| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Denn Sie sind der Typ, der die Verluste in den Wertpapieren erdichtet hat, obwohl Sie diese nicht gekauft haben. | Because you're the guy who invented losses in mortgage-backed securities when you never even bought them. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | اخترع | Catalan | inventar |
| Dutch | uitdenken,uitdokteren, uitvinden | English | invent |
| Estonian | leiutama | Finnish | keksiä |
| French | inventer | Greek | εφευρίσκω |
| Hebrew | המציא | Hungarian | feltalál |
| Italian | ideare, inventare | Japanese | 発明, 發明 |
| Lithuanian | išrasti | Norwegian | finne opp, oppfinne |
| Polish | nawymyślać, wybajdurzyć, wydumać, wyfantazjować, wymyślać, wymyślić, wynajdować, wynajdywać, wynaleźć, zbajać | Portuguese | inventar |
| Romanian | scorni | Russian | выдумать, выдумывать, вымышлять, изобрести, изобретать |
| Spanish | discurrir, inventar | Swedish | uppfinna |
| Thai | คิดค้น | Vietnamese | sáng chế |
