| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Hva slags ring vil du ha? | You shall have the biggest and the most vulgar ring in Atlanta. |
| Hva er det drittene gjør? Spiller "ring-around-the-rosey"? | What are the blighters doing, playing ring-around-the-rosey? |
| Jeg ville dø for en slik ring. | I'd just die for a ring like that. |
| Du hører en melodi og ser en ring og forbinder det med et avisutklipp. | A waltz runs through your head. You don't like the initials on a ring and connect it up with a newspaper clipping. |
| Bare ring inn du, så ses vi senere. | Look, you ring in and I'll see you later. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | رن | Dutch | aanbellen,bellen, luiden, ringen, rinkelen |
| English | ring | Esperanto | sonorigi |
| Estonian | kaikuma, rõngastama, sõrmustama | Finnish | piristä, rengastaa |
| German | abstreifen, anläuten, beringen, klingeln, klingen, läuten, läutern, schellen | Hungarian | cseng, csenget, csönget, peng |
| Indonesian | berdering, berdering-dering, membunyikan | Italian | inanellare, squillare, trillare |
| Japanese | 鳴る | Latvian | pazvanīt, zvanīt |
| Lithuanian | skambėti, suskambėti | Macedonian | заѕвони, ѕвони |
| Polish | obrączkować, podkrążyć, przedzwonić, rozbrzmieć, zadźwięczeć, zahuczeć, zaobrączkować | Russian | звенеть, звонить, позвонить |
| Spanish | anillar | Vietnamese | cà rà, nhăn, nhẫn, nhấn, reo, rẻo, réo, vòng |