| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nøgle | nøglen | nøgler | nøglerne |
| Genitive | nøgles | nøglens | nøglers | nøglernes |
| Afrikaans | sleutel |
|---|---|
| Albanian | çelës |
| Catalan | clau |
| Czech | klíč |
| Dutch | sleutel |
| English | key |
| Esperanto | ŝlosilo |
| Faeroese | lykil |
| French | clef |
| German | Schlüssel |
| Greek | κλείδα; λύση; κλεδί |
| Hungarian | kulcs |
| Icelandic | lykill |
| Italian | chiave |
| Latin | clavis |
| Malay | kunci |
| Norwegian | nøkkel |
| Papiamento | yabi |
| Portuguese | chave |
| Saterland Frisian | Koai |
| Scottish Gaelic | iuchair |
| Spanish | clave; llave |
| Swahili | ufunguo |
| Swedish | nyckel |
| Tagalog | susì |
| Thai | กุญแจ; ลูกกุญแจ |
| Turkish | anahtar |
| West Frisian | kaai |