| Example in Macedonian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| "Се затемни и сонцето и небото од чадот од бездната." | And the sun and air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit”. |
| Таквите сеќавања наскоро ќе бидат отстранети од мислите, и никогаш нема да го затемнат умот. | Such memories shall soon be cleansed from thought, never again to darken mind. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | غمض | Dutch | verdonkeren,verduisteren, versomberen |
| English | darken | Esperanto | mallumigi |
| Estonian | hämarduma, tumendama, tumestama | 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 |
| 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 |