| Example in German | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Schon hör ich hinter meinem Rücken gemeine Namen zischeln. | Already I can hear them Call me disgusting names. They're whispering calumnies. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | همس,وسوس | Catalan | xiuxiuejar |
| Dutch | fluisteren, influisteren, smoezelen, toefluisteren | English | whisper |
| Esperanto | flustri, murmureti | Estonian | mühisema, sosistama |
| Faroese | teska, tutla | Finnish | kuiskailla, kuiskata, kuiskia, suhista, supattaa |
| French | chuchoter | Greek | ψιθυρίζω, ψιλοκοσκινίζω, ψιλώνω, ψιχαλίζω, ψιψιρίζω, ψοφολογώ |
| Hebrew | לחש | Hungarian | súg, suttog |
| Icelandic | pískra | Indonesian | berbisik, berbisik-bisik, membisikkan |
| Italian | bisbigliare, sussurrare | Japanese | 私語, 囁く |
| Lithuanian | kuždėti, pakuždėti, šnabždėti, šnibždėti | Macedonian | прошепоти, шепне, шепоти |
| Norwegian | hviske | Polish | podszepnąć, szepnąć, szeptać, wyszeptać, zaszeptać |
| Portuguese | cochichar, segredar, sussurrar | Romanian | susura, șopti |
| Russian | прошептать, шепнуть, шептать | Spanish | cuchichear, susurrar, susurrarse |
| Swedish | viska, vispa | Thai | กระซิบ |
| Turkish | fısıldamak, fışıldamak, kulağına söylemek | Vietnamese | rì rào, rú rí, thì thào, thì thầm, xì xào |