| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Holunder | Holunder |
| Genitive | Holunders | Holunder |
| Dative | Holunder | Holunders |
| Accusative | Holunder | Holunder |
| Czech | bez |
|---|---|
| Danish | hyld |
| Dutch | vlier; vlierstruik; vlierbes |
| English | elder |
| Esperanto | sambuko |
| Finnish | selja |
| French | sureau |
| Hungarian | bodza |
| Italian | sambuco |
| Latin | sambucus |
| Luxemburgish | Hielenter |
| Norwegian | hyll |
| Polish | bez |
| Romanian | soc |
| Russian | бузина |
| Saterland Frisian | Kidde; Kiddeboom; Kitjeboom |
| Spanish | sambuca; saúco |
| Swedish | fläder |
| Welsh | ysgawen |
| West Frisian | flear |