| Example in Icelandic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Nú skaltu þerra kjúklinginn. | Next, pat the chicken dry. |
| Upp kom sól og þerraði hans kropp | Out came the sun and dried up all the rain |
| Svo víðtækur að hann þerrir fljótin. | So vast that dry the rivers when drinks. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | جأف,جاف, جف, نشف, يبس | Catalan | assecar, eixugar |
| Dutch | afdrogen, drogen, drogeren, droogmaken, droogvallen, indrogen, opdrogen, uitdrogen | English | dry |
| Esperanto | sekigi, sekiĝi | Estonian | kuivama, kuivatama, tahendama |
| Faroese | torna | Finnish | kelottua, kuivata, kuivatella, kuivattaa, kuivua |
| French | secher, sécher | German | dörren, trocknen |
| Greek | στεγνώνω | Hungarian | szárad, szárít |
| Italian | alidire, asciugare, disseccare, essiccare, rinsecchire, seccare | Japanese | 乾く, 乾燥, 干る |
| Lithuanian | džiovinti, džiūti, išdžiovinti, išdžiūti, nudžiūti | Macedonian | се суши, суши |
| Norwegian | tørke | Polish | dosuszać, nasuszyć, obeschnąć, osuszać, osuszyć, posuszyć, schnąć, suszyć, ususzyć, wyschnąć, wysuszyć, wysychać, zasuszyć |
| Portuguese | secar | Quechua | ch'akichiy, ch'akiy |
| Romanian | usca, zvânta | Russian | высушивать, высушиваться, высушить, высушиться, осушать, осушить, сохнуть, сушить, сушиться |
| Spanish | enjugar, enjutar, secar | Thai | ตาก, ผึ่ง |
| Turkish | kurumak | Vietnamese | hơ |