| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Als hij gaat schooien, gaat hij naar buiten. | That thing starts begging at the table, it's gonna become an outside turtle. |
| We geven aan de een, en de anderen komen schooien. | You give to the one and the others come begging. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | bedel | Albanian | lyp |
| Catalan | suplicar | English | beg |
| Esperanto | elpetigi | Estonian | kerjama,paluma, santima |
| Finnish | anella, kerjätä, kärttää, mankua, ruinata, vongata | French | mendier, mendigoter, prier, supplier |
| German | anflehen, betteln | Greek | αιτώ, διακονεύω, εκλιπαρώ, ζητιανεύω |
| Hungarian | kéreget, könyörög | Indonesian | mengemis |
| Italian | accattare, elemosinare, mendicare, pitoccare, questuare, scongiurare | Lithuanian | elgegauti, elgetauti, išmaldauti, maldauti, melsti |
| Macedonian | моли, преколнува, проси | Norwegian | tigge |
| Polish | wyprosić | Portuguese | mendigar, suplicar |
| Romanian | cerși, țigăni | Russian | взмолиться |
| Spanish | mendigar, pordiosear, rogar, suplicar | Swedish | bettla, tigga |
| Turkish | dilenmek | Vietnamese | cầu khẩn, thỉnh cầu, van |