| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | båtsman | båtsmanen | båtsmän | båtsmänen |
| Genitive | båtsmans | båtsmanens | båtsmäns | båtsmänens |
| Afrikaans | bootsman |
|---|---|
| Catalan | nostramo; contramestre |
| Danish | bådsmand |
| Dutch | bootsman |
| English | bosun |
| Esperanto | ĉefmatroso |
| French | bosco |
| German | Bootsführer; Bootsmann |
| Greek | ναύκληρος; λοστρόμος |
| Italian | nostromo |
| Malay | serang |
| Norwegian | båtsmann |
| Polish | bosman |
| Portuguese | contramestre |
| Russian | боцман |
| Spanish | contramaestre |