| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kunsten med kjøttboller er å fukte fingrene først. | The secret of good meatballs is that you have to moisten your fingers. |
| Kunsten med kjøttboller er å fukte fingrene først. | The secret of good meatballs is that you have to moisten your fingers. |
| Hvis du fukter oss, vil det ikke gro mose? | If you moisten us, do we not grow moss? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | بل | Dutch | bevochtigen |
| English | moisten | Estonian | niiskuma |
| Finnish | kastaa,kostuttaa | French | moitir |
| German | anfeuchten, befeuchten, benetzen, feuchten | Italian | inumidire, umettare |
| Lithuanian | drėgti, drėkti, sudirgti | Macedonian | влажни |
| Malay | membasahkan | Persian | مرطوب کردن |
| Polish | nawilgotnić, nawilżyć, odwilżyć, rozwilżać, sperlić, uwilgotnić, wilgotnieć, wilżyć, zaparować, zawilgocić, zwilgnąć, zwilgocić, zwilgotnieć, zwilżyć | Portuguese | humectar, humidecer, umectar, umidificar |
| Quechua | ch'aranchay, huq'uchay | Russian | смачивать, смочить, увлажнить, увлажнять |
| Spanish | humedecerse, humidificar, mojar | Turkish | nemlenmek |