| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| En jullie leken... zijn ook kwaadwillig en met afgunst vervuld... want jullie spreken kwaad over priesters en bisschoppen. | And as for the laity, you are not clean of malice and envy, for you slander and rebuke priests and bishops. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | shpif | English | slander |
| Esperanto | kalumnii | Estonian | põhjama |
| Finnish | panetella | French | calomnier,diffamer |
| German | pöbeln | Hungarian | rágalmaz |
| Indonesian | memfitnah | Italian | calunniare |
| Japanese | 中傷, 謗る | Lithuanian | apkalbėti, šmeižti |
| Macedonian | клевети, наклевети | Norwegian | baktale |
| Polish | obmawiać, oszczekać, spotwarzać, szargać, szkalować | Portuguese | injuriar |
| Romanian | ponegri | Russian | злословить, клеветать, оговаривать, оговорить, охаять, хаять |
| Spanish | calumniar | Swedish | baktala, balansera, balkanisera, belacka |
| Thai | ป้ายสี | Turkish | kara çalmak, karalanmak |
| Vietnamese | vu, vu khống, vu oan |