| Example in Swedish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| -Jag slåss, käftar emot och knycker. | Fighting... talking back... pinching. |
| Och jag skulle sätta in pengarna på banken innan nån knycker dem. | You should get that money in the bank before somebody pinches it. Thank you. I think I will. |
| Den som knyckte den, gjorde sig av med henne. | Them 'as pinched it, done her in. |
| Nagon knyckte den. | Somebody pinched it. |
| Nån knyckte min. | Someone pinched mine. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | pessigar | Danish | knibe |
| Dutch | afknellen,beknellen, inpikken, klemmen, nijpen | English | pinch |
| Esperanto | pinĉi | Finnish | latvoa, nipistää |
| German | mausen, petzen, zwicken | Hungarian | csíp |
| Icelandic | klípa | Indonesian | mencomot, mencubit |
| Italian | appinzare, pizzicare, sgraffignare | Japanese | 摘む, 抓る |
| Lithuanian | gnaibyti, gnybtelėti, skabyti, žnybti | Macedonian | штипе, штипне |
| Maori | kini | Norwegian | klype, knipe |
| Polish | obszczypywać, podszczypać, podwędzić, przyskrzynić, szczypać, zakleszczać | Portuguese | beliscar, gamar |
| Russian | стырить, тырить, щипать | Spanish | pellizcar, pellizcarse, pillarse, pizcar, tacañear |
| Thai | ลัก, หนีบ, หยิก | Turkish | çimdiklemek, kıstırmak |
| Vietnamese | nheo, vèo, véo, vẹo |