| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nation | nationen | nationer | nationerna |
| Genitive | nations | nationens | nationers | nationernas |
| Afrikaans | nasie |
|---|---|
| Catalan | nació |
| Czech | národ |
| Danish | nation |
| Dutch | natie; volk |
| English | nation |
| English (Old English) | leod; leodscipe; þeodscipe |
| Esperanto | nacio |
| Faeroese | tjóð |
| Finnish | kansakunta |
| German | Nation |
| Icelandic | þjóð |
| Italian | nazione |
| Jamaican Patois | nieshan |
| Latin | gens; natio |
| Low German | naty |
| Malay | bangsa |
| Papiamento | nashon |
| Polish | naród |
| Portuguese | nação |
| Saterland Frisian | Nation |
| Scots | nation |
| Spanish | nación |
| Tagalog | bansá; bansâ |
| Turkish | millet; ulus |
| Welsh | cenedl |
| West Frisian | naasje |
| Yiddish | פֿאָלק |