| Afrikaans | krimp | Arabic | اشمأز,كمش |
| Dutch | krimpen, schrompelen, slinken | English | shrink |
| Esperanto | ŝrumpi | Finnish | kitistyä, kutistaa, kutistua |
| French | rétrécir, rétreindre | German | einlaufen, schrumpfen, zusammenziehen |
| Greek | φυραίνω | Hungarian | összezsugorít, zsugorít, zsugorodik |
| Indonesian | menciut, mengkeret, menyusut | Japanese | 緊縮, 後退り, 収縮, 短縮 |
| Lithuanian | mažėti, menkėti, sutraukti, trauktis | Macedonian | смалува |
| Norwegian | forminske | Persian | کوچک شدن |
| Polish | kurczyć, skurczyć, zmaleć | Portuguese | encolher |
| Romanian | micșora | Russian | сжиматься, спадаться, спасться |
| Spanish | acalambrar, encoger, encogerse | Swedish | krympa |
| Thai | หด, หลบหน้า | Turkish | daralamak, daralmak, küçülmek |
