Danish
| Example in Danish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Lad hende dog vinke. | - Oh, let her wave. |
| Hun glemmer helt at vinke. | She totally forgot to wave. |
| - lkke vinke på den måde. | -Don't wave at him like that. |
| Hun stopper for at vinke. | She pauses to wave. |
| For at kunne se Linda i vandet nedenfor og for at vinke til hende, måtte man stå helt ude på den yderste kant! | In order to have seen Linda in the water below and to wave to her... you would have had to stand right on the very edge. |
| Han vinker med et flag til en kæmpe finale! | At the very pinnacle of your pyramid, he waves a flag for a glorious finish! - Finish? |
| Idet han vinker til folkene, kan man høre en utrolig jubel! | As he waves to the crowd, you can hear the tremendous cheer! |
| Hvorfor vinker du ikke til ham? | Why don't you wave to him? |
| Når en pige bliver alvorlig, vinker han med sin vielsesring, som var den et flag. | He won't. When a girl gets serious, he waves his wedding ring like a flag. |
| En af drengene forsikrer ham om at det er helt i orden ... og vinker ham over til det hullet i gulvet som de alle ser igennem . | But one of the jerk-off guys assures him. You know, "It's cool, it's cool," and he waves him over to this hole in the floor that they're all looking through. |
| Han kunne ikke se hende uden briller, men kiggede op og vinkede, og ingen gjorde ham noget. | He couldn't see her without his glasses, but he looked up and waved. And no one would hit him. |
| Jeg så den og vinkede, men de vinkede ikke tilbage så... | I saw and I waved to it but it didn't wave back, so I... |
| Fra det øjeblik hun vinkede ad frihedsgudinden, ville alle vide alt om Maria. | From the minute she waved at the Statue of Liberty everybody wanted to know everything about Maria |
| Og søster Mae kiggede op og smilede og vinkede. Og så sendte den drukkenbolt en klat tobakssovs lige i ansigtet på hende. | Sister Mae looked up and smiled and waved... and that drunk shot a squirt of tobacco juice... right in her face. |
| - Han vinkede faktisk farvel til mig. | - He waved good-bye to me. |
| Jeg giver dig et lille vink. | I've been giving you a little finger wave. |
| Et længselsfuldt lille vink er valgfrit. | Oh, a wistful little wave is optional. |
| Hvis de har nogen udenfor, så gå hen til fængslet og vink. | If they got somebody posted outside, you walk to the jailhouse and wave. |
| Sergent, kan jeg gå ud fra, at det på ingen måde er muligt for mig med et enkelt vink med dette klæde at flytte Deres pistol fra hylsteret og over i min hånd? | Now, Sergeant, can I correctly assume that there is no way on earth that I can, with a simple wave of my fabric, ...remove your automatic from your holster into my hand? |
| Vink, vink! | If they don't ruin him at Cambridge-- Wave, wave! |
| Her kommer han, vinkende til folket. | Here he comes, waving to the crowd. |
| Tak, jeg er ikke en vinkende beundrer. | Thank you, I am not a waving aficionado. |
| Yep, der er præsidenten og hans kone Pat gladeligt vinkende. | Yep, there's the president and his wife Pat... happily waving. |
| I hundrede år var mit træ vandrende med skyerne vinkende til regnen. | Hundreds of years, my tree. Waltzing with the clouds, waving to the rain. |
| De vinker, og her kommer Jackie, også vinkende. | Now they ere waving, and here comes Jackie, waving hi. |
| Hvor er du nu, hvor dagen i gar har vinket farvel | * Where are you now that yesterday has waved goodbye |
| Han har aldrig vinket før. | Did you see? He just waved! He just waved! |
| Du har aldrig vinket før. | He's never waved before! |
| Den ældste søn, som havde vinket, troede, at det var hans skyld. | The oldest son, who had waved, thought it was his fault. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | waai | Arabic | موج |
| Dutch | wuiven,wurgen | English | wave |
| Esperanto | flagri, mansaluti | Estonian | hõljutama, lehvitama, onduleerima, sakitama, viibutama |
| Faroese | veittra | Finnish | aallota, aaltoilla, heilutella, heiluttaa, hyrskytä, kähertää, lainehtia, viittilöidä, viittoa, vilkuttaa |
| German | wedeln, wellen | Greek | κυματίζω, κυμβαλίζω, κυριολεκτώ, κυριολεχτώ |
| Hungarian | beint, int, integet, lobog | Indonesian | melambai, melambaikan |
| Italian | dimenare, ondulare, sbandierare, sventolare | Japanese | 振り翳す, 振る |
| Lithuanian | maskatuoti, mojuoti, mosikuoti, mosuoti, moti, nuvilnyti, plevėsuoti, vilnyti | Macedonian | мавта |
| Norwegian | vaie, vinke | Polish | machać, ondulować, pofalować, pomachać, wymachiwać, zafalować |
| Portuguese | ondear | Romanian | învălura |
| Russian | виться, махать, махнуть, помахать, помахивать | Spanish | ondear, ondular |
| Swedish | bölja, vinka, vinkla |