| Example in Faroese | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Tá ið teir komu av útróðri, ella hvar teir so høvdu verið, plagdu teir at syngja ein sálm. | When they returned from fishing, or from wherever they had been, they were wont to sing a hymn. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | sing | Albanian | këndoj |
| Arabic | غنى | Basque | abestu |
| Catalan | cantar | Danish | synge |
| Dutch | bezingen,bezinken, toezingen, zingen | English | sing |
| Esperanto | kanti | Estonian | kumisema, laulma |
| Finnish | laulaa, laulella, lauleskella | German | lobsingen, singen |
| Greek | κελαηδώ, τραγουδώ, ψάλλω, ψέλνω | Hawaiian | mele |
| Hebrew | שר | Hungarian | dalol, énekel |
| Icelandic | syngja | Indonesian | bernyanyi, menyanyi, menyanyikan |
| Italian | cantare, duettare, salmodiare, zirlare | Japanese | 歌う, 歌唱 |
| Latvian | dziedāt | Lithuanian | dainuoti, padainuoti |
| Macedonian | испее, отпее, пее | Malay | nyanyi |
| Maltese | kanta | Maori | waiata |
| Norwegian | synge, syngja | Persian | آواز خواندن |
| Polish | dośpiewać, odśpiewać, opiewać, pośpiewać, śpiewać, wyśpiewać, wyśpiewywać, zakolędować, zaśpiewać | Portuguese | cantar, entoar |
| Quechua | takiy | Romanian | cânta |
| Russian | воспевать, воспеть, петь | Spanish | cantar, grillar |
| Swedish | sjunga | Thai | ขับร้อง, ซอ, ร้อง, ร้องเพลง |
| Turkish | şarkı söylemek | Vietnamese | ca, hát, hắt, hất |