| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| De emotie hier gisteravond was zo sterk, dat wij, alle drie, voelden dat we in de warme avondlucht konden tasten, om het te voelen. | The emotion here last night was so strong, that we, all three of us, felt we should be able to reach out into the warm night air and touch it. |
| "Z'n reukzin is het sterkste, daarna smaak, zicht en tast." | "The sense of smell seems most developed, then taste, sight, and touch." |
| - Als je je afvraagt: Ik herken de typen door de tast. | - In case you're wondering, I keep the samples by touch. |
| Alleen gehoor en tast ontbreken. | We're only missing sound and touch. |
| En erger, 'r broer Alecs verlammende mist die je kon beroven van zicht, gehoor en tast. | And worse, the paralyzing vapor of her brother Alec who could rob you of sight, sound and touch. |
| Gelukkig gaat het bij dit orgaan niet alleen om de tast. | Good thing for us there is more to this organ than touch. |
| Alles wat ik aanraakte, tastte ik aan. | Everything I've touched, I've diminished. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | prek | Arabic | استلم,لمس, ماس, هذب |
| Catalan | tocar | Danish | berøre |
| English | touch | Faroese | nema, nerta, røra |
| Finnish | hipoa, kajota, koskea, koskettaa | French | toucher |
| German | anfassen, anrühren, berühren | Greek | αγγίζω, ψαύω |
| Hungarian | érint, megérint, meghat, tapint | Indonesian | bersinggung, menjamah, menyentuh, raba, sentuh |
| Italian | rintenerire, tangere, toccare | Japanese | タッチ, 触る, 触れる |
| Latvian | skart | Lithuanian | liesti, lytėti, pačiupinėti, paliesti, prisiliesti |
| Macedonian | допира, допре, опипа, пипне, разнежи, трогне, чачне, чепне | Malay | sentuh |
| Maori | pā | Norwegian | berøre, bevege |
| Polish | dotknąć, dotykać, tknąć | Portuguese | tocar |
| Quechua | llamkhay | Russian | дотронуться, задевать, задеть, затрагивать, затронуть, касаться, коснуться, потрогать, прикасаться, прикоснуться, притрагиваться, притронуться, соприкасаться, соприкоснуться, трогать, тронуть |
| Spanish | tocar | Swedish | nudda, tangera, tanka |
| Thai | แตะต้อง, ถูก | Turkish | değmek, dokunmak |
| Vietnamese | rờ rẫm, tút |