| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Miss, Sie foppen einen wohl gerne. | Miss, I do believe you're a little bit of a tease. |
| Kinder foppen, Mr. Devlin. Ich bin fast 19. | Children tease, Mr Devlin, and I am almost 19. |
| Ich mag es nicht, wenn ich gefoppt werde, Quinn. | I don't like being teased, Quinn. |
| Sie mag es nicht, gefoppt zu werden. | She doesn't like being teased. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ندف,نفش | Azeri | dolaşmaq, sataşmaq |
| Danish | drille | Dutch | jennen, plagen |
| English | tease | Esperanto | inciteti |
| Finnish | hattuilla, härnätä, kiusata, kiusoitella, pottuilla | French | lutiner, railler, rigoler, taquiner |
| Indonesian | menggoda, mengusik | Italian | accotonare, canzonare, inzigare, sfottere, sfottersi, sfruculiare |
| Japanese | いびる, 苛める, 焦らす, 嬲る | Lithuanian | erzinti, kirkinti |
| Macedonian | задева, се задира | Norwegian | erte |
| Polish | dokuczać, dokuczyć, droczyć, podokuczać, podroczyć, przekomarzać, rozdrażnić | Portuguese | cardar |
| Russian | дразнить, подразнить, раздразнивать, раздразнить | Swedish | käxa, retas |
| Thai | หยอก | Turkish | didiklemek, ditmek |
| Vietnamese | chọc ghẹo, trêu |