| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Bleib du unschuldig und ahne nichts, bis du beklatschen kannst die Tat. | Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, till thou applaud the deed. |
| Ich muss ja auch dauernd deinen Softwarekram beklatschen. | I always have to applaud your software stuff. |
| Sie sind dabei zu sehen und sie beklatschen uns immer. | You are going to see, they always applaud us. |
| Wir beklatschen diese Aussage, und das sollte Senator McCarthy auch. | "... and the Republic cannot endure very long as a one-party system." We applaud that statement and we think Senator McCarthy ought to. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | aplaudir | Dutch | applaudisseren,bejubelen |
| English | applaud | Finnish | aplodeerata |
| French | applaudir | Greek | χειροκροτώ |
| Hungarian | megtapsol | Italian | acclamare, applaudire, osannare |
| Japanese | 喝采 | Latvian | aplaudēt |
| Lithuanian | paploti | Macedonian | ракоплеска |
| Norwegian | applaudere | Polish | aplaudować, oklaskiwać, przyklaskiwać, przyklasnąć |
| Portuguese | aplaudir | Romanian | aplauda |
| Russian | аплодировать, рукоплескать | Spanish | aplaudir, palmotear, vivar |
| Swedish | applicera, applådera, apportera | Thai | ปรบมือให้ |
| Turkish | alkışlamak |