| Example in Estonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ma ujun, kuni krokodilli vari jõepõhja tumendab. | I swim until a shadow of a crocodile that darkens the river bottom. |
| Esimeseks, miks pidi Linken oma nägu tumendama? Et rohkem mustemana paista? | First, what call would Lincoln Scott have for darkening his face? |
| Esimeseks, miks pidi Linken oma nägu tumendama? | Which raises two questions: First, what call would Lincoln Scott have for darkening his face? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غمض | Dutch | verdonkeren,verduisteren, versomberen |
| English | darken | Esperanto | mallumigi |
| Finnish | hämärtyä, pimentyä, pimentää, pimetä, synkentää, synketä, tummentaa, tummentua, tummeta, tummua | French | assombrir, enténébrer, obscurcir |
| German | dunkeln, verdunkeln | Greek | σκοτεινιάζω, σκουληκιάζω, σκουντιέμαι, σκουντουφλιάζω |
| Hungarian | elsötétít | Icelandic | dekkja, dökkna |
| Indonesian | menggelapkan | Italian | abbuiare, incupire, infoscare, infoscarsi, intenebrare, intenebrarsi, offuscare, ottenebrare, rabbuiarsi, scurire |
| Lithuanian | tamsėti, temdyti | Macedonian | затемни |
| Norwegian | mørkne | Polish | chmurnieć, ciemnić, ciemnieć, mierzchnąć, mrocznieć, mroczyć, nachmurzyć, posępnieć, przyciemniać, przyciemnić, ściemnieć, zmrocznieć |
| Portuguese | anoitecer | Romanian | înnegura, întuneca |
| Russian | вечереть, затемнить, затемнять, омрачать, омрачить, потемнеть, темнеть, темнить | Spanish | ensombrecerse, entenebrecer, oscurecer, oscurecerse |
| Swedish | mörkna | Turkish | koyulaştırmak |
| Vietnamese | làm tội |