| Example in Norwegian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ingen vits i å nekte for det. | There ain't no use denying it. |
| Men mr Cohill gjorde rett i å nekte Dem, miss Dandridge. | Thank you, captain. But he was right in denying you permission to leave under the present emergency. |
| De har vel ikke tenkt å nekte? | You... You don't intend to deny them, do you? |
| Han kommer tiI å nekte på at vi var invoIvert. | He'll deny emphatically we were involved. |
| Det står ikke til å nekte. | There's no denying that. |
| Du vil vel nekte for at jeg viste vei hit... for et år siden, din skjeløyde makrell. | I suppose you'll deny I showed you the road to this spot... a year ago this very day, you cross-eyed mackerel. |
| Vel frue, jeg har tatt en sipp øl på kvelden nå og da, på et sted i byen, og jeg vil ikke nekte for at noen av de andre var der. | Well, my lady, I have had a nip of ale of a night, just now and again at a place in the town and I won't deny as some of the others were there. |
| Det kan ingen nekte meg å si. | No one can deny that. |
| Hvorfor skal jeg nekte for det? | Why should I deny it? |
| Ingen vits i å nekte for det. | There ain't no use denying it. |
| - Ingen nekter ham rettigheter. | Nobody's denying him his rights. |
| Du nekter vel ikke faren din en drape en kald kveld som dette? | Surely you wouldn't deny your father a drop on a cold night like this. |
| Jeg nekter alltid på at du var i Our American Cousin natten Lincoln ble skutt. | I always deny thatyou were in Our American Cousin the night Lincoln was shot. |
| Sett at jeg sier at De lyver når de nekter for dette, Mr. Devereaux? | Suppose I say that you're lying when you deny this, Mr. Devereaux? |
| De som nekter for det, er de som har for mye av det. | The ones who deny it are those that have too much of it. |
| - Ikke nekt. | - Now don't deny it. |
| Ikke nekt. | Don't deny it. |
| Og ikke nekt. | Don't deny it. |
| Nekt, nekt, nekt. | Deny, deny, deny. |
| lkke "nekt, nekt, nekt". | Don't "deny, deny, deny." |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | نفا,نفى, نكر | Catalan | negar |
| Danish | benægte | Dutch | loochenen, ontkennen, ontzeggen |
| English | deny | Esperanto | fornei, malagnoski, negi |
| Estonian | salgama | Finnish | epuuttaa, kiistää |
| French | démentir, dénier, nier | German | absprechen, abstreiten, bestreiten, dementieren, in Abrede stellen, leugnen, levitieren, verwehren |
| Greek | αρνιέμαι, αρνούμαι | Hebrew | הכחיש |
| Hungarian | tagad | Indonesian | memungkiri, menafikan, mengingkari, menyangkal |
| Italian | negare, smentire | Japanese | 打ち消す, 否定, 否認 |
| Lithuanian | neigti, paneigti | Macedonian | одрекува, порекне, порекнува |
| Polish | negować, odkłamać, przeczyć, zanegować, zaprzeczać, zaprzeć | Portuguese | negar |
| Romanian | dezice, dezminți, nega, tăgădui | Russian | отказать, отказывать, отрицать |
| Spanish | desdecir, negar | Swedish | dementera, demilitarisera, förmena, förneka, förvägra, neka |
| Turkish | yadsımak, yalanlamak | Vietnamese | chối cãi, phủ nhận |