| Part of speech | adjective |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | van·a |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | vana | vanaj |
| Accusative | vanan | vanajn |
| Catalan | il·lusori; va |
|---|---|
| Czech | marný; zbytečný |
| Dutch | ijdel; nutteloos; vergeefs; vruchteloos; zinloos |
| English | futile; useless; vain; fruitless; idle; ineffectual; sterile; abortive |
| Finnish | turha |
| French | abortif; vain |
| German | vergebens; vergeblich |
| Greek | άκαρπος |
| Latin | vanus |
| Polish | daremny |
| Portuguese | estéril; fútil; improfícuo; inútil; vão |
| Saterland Frisian | ferjeeuwens; uundöimich |
| Spanish | ilusorio; ineficaz; inútil; vano |
| Turkish | abes |
| West Frisian | idel |