| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Baby, du weißt, die zerbeißen Sachen, pupsen auf den Boden. | Baby, you know, they chew stuff up, they poop on floors. |
| Du musst es gut zerbeißen, es schmeckt erst zum Schluss. | You must chew more then it has some taste. |
| Crunchie zerbeißt dauernd seinen Strick. | Crunchie always chews on his rope. |
| - Sie hatten die Kabel zerbissen. | -They'd chewed through the wiring. |
| Ich hab einen Penny zerbissen. | I chewed a penny in half. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | مضغ | Azeri | çeynəmək |
| Catalan | mastegar,masticar | Danish | tygge |
| Dutch | fijnkauwen, kauwen, stukbijten, voorkauwen | English | chew |
| Esperanto | maĉi | Estonian | mäluma, närima, nätsutama |
| Finnish | pureksia | French | macher, mâcher, mâchonner, mordiller |
| Greek | μασουλίζω, μαστίζω, μαστουριάζω, μασώ, ματαγυρίζω, ματίζω, ματσακονίζω, μεγαλύνω | Hungarian | rág |
| Indonesian | mengunyah | Italian | masticare |
| Japanese | 齧る | Lithuanian | kramtyti |
| Macedonian | изџвака, џвака | Norwegian | tygge, tyggja |
| Polish | pogryźć, przeżuć, rozgryzać, zgryźć, zzuć, zżuć, żuć | Portuguese | mastigar |
| Romanian | mesteca | Russian | жевать, пожевать |
| Spanish | masticar | Swedish | tugga, tukta |
| Thai | ขบฉัน, เคี้ยว | Turkish | çiğnemek, çiğnenmek, çiğnetmek, düşünüp taşınmak |
| Vietnamese | nhai, nhại |