| Example in Dutch | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Nee, ik wist 't niet, want onze ooit zo prachtige relatie... waar iedereen jaloers op was, intiemer dan die... van 't blote stel uit de "Liefde is"-strip... is verworden tot een e-mailcorrespondentie. | I'm getting over a cold. You knew that. No, I didn't, because our once-wonderful relationship, envy of all the world, more intimate than that of the naked couple in the "love is..." cartoons, has degenerated into e-mail correspondence. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | degenerere | English | degenerate |
| Esperanto | degeneri | Estonian | degenereeruma,väärastama, väärastuma |
| Finnish | degeneroida, degeneroitua, rappeuttaa, rappeutua | French | dégénérer |
| German | abarten, ausarten | Greek | εκφυλίζω, εκχειλίζω, εκχιονίζω, εκχυλίζω |
| Hungarian | degenerál, elkorcsosodik | Italian | imbastardirsi, snaturarsi, tralignare |
| Japanese | 退化 | Macedonian | дегенерира |
| Polish | degenerować, nikczemnieć, przerodzić, wyrodnieć, zdegenerować, zwyrodnieć | Portuguese | degenerar, descambar |
| Spanish | degenerar | Thai | ทราม |
| Turkish | soysuzlaşmak | Vietnamese | suy biến, thoái hóa |