| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Jeg vandrer mer eller mindre sorover. | - l´m drifting south, more or less. |
| Jeg vandrer bare. | Just drifting´. |
| - Jeg vandrer mer eller mindre sørover. | - l'm drifting south, more or less. |
| En av mange sannheter vår tause vandrer har hørt så lenge han kan huske. | Which is one of many lessons our silent drifter's been hearing... for as long as he can remember. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | meedrijven,verlijeren | English | drift |
| Esperanto | drivi | Estonian | ajuma, hulkuma, triivima |
| Finnish | ajaantua, ajautua, ajelehtia, kulkeentua, kulkeutua | French | dériver |
| German | abdriften, driften | Hebrew | שט |
| Hungarian | sodródik | Indonesian | bertimbun |
| Japanese | 漂流 | Lithuanian | dreifuoti |
| Polish | dryfować, nalatywać, nalecieć, namieść, nawiać, przydać, przydąć, spławiać, zdryfować | Russian | дрейфовать, нанести |
| Swedish | drifva, driva | Vietnamese | trôi, trôi giạt |