| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Afrikaans | dak |
|---|---|
| Catalan | teulada; teulat |
| Czech | střecha |
| Danish | tag |
| Dutch | dak; kap; overkapping |
| English | roof |
| English (Old English) | gehrefan; hrof |
| Esperanto | tegmento |
| Faeroese | tak; tekja |
| Finnish | katto |
| French | toit |
| German | Dach |
| Greek | σκεπή; στέγη |
| Hungarian | tető |
| Icelandic | þak |
| Low German | dak; daak |
| Malay | atap |
| Norwegian | tak |
| Papiamento | dak |
| Polish | dach |
| Portuguese | coberta; tecto; telhado |
| Russian | крыша |
| Saterland Frisian | Dak; Däk; Toake |
| Scots | ruif |
| Spanish | techumbre; tejado |
| Sranan | daki |
| Swahili | paa |
| Swedish | tak |
| Thai | หลังคา |
| West Frisian | dak |
| Yiddish | דאַך |