| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Catalan | gingebre |
|---|---|
| Czech | zázvor lékařský |
| Danish | ingefær; ægte ingefær |
| Dutch | gember |
| English | ginger; garden ginger |
| Esperanto | zingibro |
| Finnish | inkivääri; mausteinkivääri |
| German | Ingwer; Ingber; Imber; Immerwurzel; Ingwerwurzel |
| Greek | πιπερόριζα; τζίντζερ |
| Hungarian | közönséges gyömbér |
| Icelandic | engifer |
| Italian | zenzero |
| Malay | halia; jahe |
| Norwegian | ingefær |
| Papiamento | ehèmber; gèmber |
| Polish | imbir lekarski |
| Portuguese | gengibre |
| Romanian | ghimbir |
| Russian | имбирь антечный; имбирь лекарственный; имбирь настоящий; имбирь обыкновенный |
| Saterland Frisian | Gänfer |
| Scottish Gaelic | dinnsear |
| Spanish | jengibre |
| Swahili | mtangawizi |
| Swedish | ingefära |
| Tagalog | luya |
| Thai | ขิง |
| Turkish | zencefil |
| Welsh | sinsir; sunsur |