| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈkukuk/ |
| Hyphenation | koe·koek |
| Catalan | cucut |
|---|---|
| Czech | kukačka obecná |
| Danish | gøg |
| English | common cuckoo |
| Esperanto | ordinara kukolo |
| Faeroese | geykur |
| Finnish | käki |
| French | coucou gris |
| German | Kuckuck |
| Greek | κούκος |
| Hungarian | kakukk |
| Icelandic | gaukur |
| Malay | kangkok erasia |
| Norwegian | gjøk; gauk |
| Polish | kukułka; kukułka zwyczajna; kukułka pospolita |
| Portuguese | cuco‐canoro |
| Romanian | cuc |
| Russian | обыкновенная кукушка |
| Scottish Gaelic | cuthag; cuthag eòrpach |
| Spanish | cuco común |
| Swedish | gök; grågök |
| Turkish | bayağı guguk |