| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| En aan het grinden, schaamteloos. | Yeah, grinding' and never-mindin'. |
| En dan grinden ze ineens naar de uni. | The next day, they're grinding their way to college. |
| # Before I carry on the grind # | # Before I carry on the grind # |
| # Ik bid op de onschuldigen # # Levend op het grind # # Proberen om van 15 cent een dollar te maken # | # I prey on the innocent # # living on the grind # # tryin' to get a dollar out of 15 cents # |
| # With a little bump n' grind # | # With a little bump n' grind # |
| * These are facts, I got no axe to grind * Hey, what are you, blind? | ♪ These are facts, I got no axe to grind ♪ |
| * You on your grind * | ♪ You on your grind ♪ |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | طحن | Catalan | moldre |
| English | grind | Esperanto | mueli |
| Estonian | ihuma,terituma | Faroese | knasa, mala |
| Finnish | jauhaa, smirgelöidä | French | égriser, moler, moudre |
| German | mahlen | Greek | αλέθω, αλευρώνω |
| Hebrew | טחן | Hungarian | darál, őröl |
| Icelandic | mala, mylja | Indonesian | giling, menggilas, menggiling |
| Italian | digrignare, macinare, molare, triturare | Lithuanian | brūžinti, malti, tekinti |
| Macedonian | меле, толчи | Malay | mencanai |
| Polish | doszlifować, mielić, mleć, namleć, przemielić, przemleć, przeszlifować, rozdrabiać, szlifować, wyszlifować, zemleć, zgrzytać, zmielić | Portuguese | triturar |
| Quechua | allpayachiy, kutay | Romanian | măcina |
| Russian | молоть, отшлифовать, растереть, растирать, смолоть, шлифовать | Spanish | amolar, machar, moler, triturar |
| Swedish | mala | Thai | กรอ |
| Turkish | çektirmek | Vietnamese | giã, mài, nghiến, xay |