| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Det er måten å tilnærme seg dette. | That's how we need to approach this thing. |
| Som er lettere å tilnærme seg, fordi ingen vil i buksa på dem. | The one who's approachable and easy to talk to, because no one's trying to get in their pants. |
| Kanskje du må tilnærme deg dette uten å bruke intellektuelle metoder. | What I'm trying to say is that, maybe you can't approach this as a purely intellectual exercise. |
| Det er måten å tilnærme seg dette. | That's how we need to approach this thing. |
| Madam, vi må tilnærme oss denne planeten fra den veien den roterer | Ma'am, we aim to approach the planet in the direction it's moving. |
| Som er lettere å tilnærme seg, fordi ingen vil i buksa på dem. | The one who's approachable and easy to talk to, because no one's trying to get in their pants. |
| Men du tilnærmer deg ting som om du vil mislykkes. | But you approach everything you do like you're gonna fail. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | afrohem | Arabic | نهج,هدف |
| Azeri | yaxınlaşmaq | Dutch | benaderen, nabijkomen, naderen |
| English | approach | Esperanto | alproksimiĝi |
| Faroese | náa | Finnish | lähestyä |
| French | aborder, approcher, s’aborgner | German | herannahen, nahekommen, nähern, sich nähern |
| Greek | πλησιάζω, προσεγγίζω | Hebrew | התקרב, ניגש, קרב |
| Hungarian | közelít, megközelít | Indonesian | dekati, mendekati, menjelang |
| Italian | accostare, appressare, appressarsi, approcciare, appropinquarsi, approssimare, raccostare | Japanese | アプローチ, 寄せる, 近寄る, 近接, 近付く, 迫る |
| Latvian | pienākt | Lithuanian | artėti, artintis, priartėti, prieiti, prisiartinti, užkalbinti |
| Macedonian | пријде, пристапи, се приближува | Polish | podchodzić, zbliżyć |
| Portuguese | acercar, aproximar | Quechua | asuy, asuykuy, chimpay |
| Romanian | apropia | Russian | надвигаться, надвинуться, подойти, подступать, подступить, сближаться, сблизиться |
| Spanish | aproximarse, frisar | Swedish | approchera, nalkas, närma, närvara |
| Turkish | yaklaşılmak, yaklaşmak, yanaşmak | Vietnamese | áp, tiếp cận |