The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Basque language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Basque (euskara) |
| I | ni |
| you (singular) | hi, zu |
| he | hura, bera |
| we | gu |
| you (plural) | zuek |
| they | haiek |
| this | hau |
| that | hori, hura |
| here | hemen, hon- |
| there | hor, han |
| who | nor *(interrogative)* |
| what | zer *(interrogative)* |
| where | non *(no movement, interrogative)* |
| when | noiz *(interrogative)* |
| how | nola *(interrogative)* |
| not | ez |
| all | guzti, den, oro |
| many | asko |
| some | batzuk, zenbait |
| few | gutxi |
| other | beste |
| one | bat |
| two | bi |
| three | hiru |
| four | lau |
| five | bost |
| big | handi |
| long | luze |
| wide | zabal |
| thick | lodi, gizen, potolo |
| heavy | astun |
| small | txiki |
| short | labur, motz |
| narrow | estu, mehar |
| thin | argal |
| woman | emakume |
| man (adult male) | gizon |
| man (human being) | gizaki |
| child | haur, ume, sein |
| wife | emazte |
| husband | senar |
| mother | ama |
| father | aita |
| animal | abere (domestic), animalia |
| fish | arrain |
| bird | txori |
| dog | txakur |
| louse | zorri |
| snake | suge |
| worm | har |
| tree | zuhaitz |
| forest | oihan, baso |
| stick | makila |
| fruit | fruitu, zitu, igali |
| seed | ale, hazi |
| leaf | hosto, orri |
| root | erro, sustrai |
| bark (of a tree) | azal |
| flower | lore, lili |
| grass | belar, bedar |
| rope | soka |
| skin | larru |
| meat | haragi |
| blood | odol |
| bone | hezur |
| fat (noun) | gantz |
| egg | arrautza |
| horn | adar |
| tail | buztan |
| feather | luma |
| hair | ile |
| head | buru |
| ear | belarri |
| eye | begi |
| nose | sudur |
| mouth | aho |
| tooth | hortz, hagin |
| tongue (organ) | mihi |
| fingernail | azazkal |
| foot | oin |
| leg | hanka, zango |
| knee | belaun |
| hand | esku |
| wing | hego |
| belly | sabel |
| guts | heste, tripa |
| neck | lepo |
| back | bizkar |
| breast | bular |
| heart | bihotz |
| liver | gibel |
| to drink | edan |
| to eat | jan |
| to bite | kosk egin |
| to suck | xurgatu |
| to spit | txistu egin |
| to vomit | goitikatu |
| to blow | putz egin |
| to breathe | arnas egin |
| to laugh | barre egin |
| to see | ikusi |
| to hear | entzun |
| to know | jakin |
| to think | pentsatu |
| to smell | usaindu |
| to fear | beldur izan |
| to sleep | lo egin |
| to live | bizi izan |
| to die | hil |
| to kill | erahil |
| to fight | borrokatu |
| to hunt | ehizatu |
| to hit | jo |
| to cut | moztu |
| to split | pitzatu |
| to stab | sastatu |
| to scratch | urratu |
| to dig | aitzurtu |
| to swim | igeri egin |
| to fly | hegaz egin |
| to walk | ibili |
| to come | etorri |
| to lie (as in a bed) | etzan *(action)*, etzanda egon *(state)* |
| to sit | eseri *(action)*, eserita egon *(state* |
| to stand | zutitu *(action)*, zutik egon *(state)* |
| to turn (intransitive) | biratu |
| to fall | erori, jausi |
| to give | eman |
| to hold | eduki |
| to squeeze | estutu |
| to rub | igurtzi |
| to wash | ikuzi, garbitu, xahutu |
| to wipe | xukatu, lehortu |
| to pull | erakarri |
| to push | bultzatu |
| to throw | bota, jaurti(ki) |
| to tie | lotu |
| to sew | josi |
| to count | zenbatu, kondatu |
| to say | esan, erran |
| to sing | abestu |
| to play | jokatu |
| to float | igerikatu |
| to flow | isuri |
| to freeze | izoztu |
| to swell | hanpatu, puztu |
| sun | eguzki, iguzki, eki |
| moon | ilargi |
| star | izar |
| water | ur |
| rain | euri |
| river | ibai |
| lake | aintzira, zingira |
| sea | itsaso |
| salt | gatz |
| stone | harri |
| sand | hondar, hare |
| dust | hauts |
| earth | lur |
| cloud | hodei |
| fog | laino |
| sky | zeru, ortzi |
| wind | haize |
| snow | elur, edur |
| ice | izotz |
| smoke | ke |
| fire | su |
| ash | hauts, errauts |
| to burn | erre |
| road | bide |
| mountain | mendi |
| red | gorri |
| green | berde, orlegi |
| yellow | hori |
| white | zuri |
| black | beltz |
| night | gau |
| day | egun |
| year | urte |
| warm | bero |
| cold | hotz |
| full | beteta |
| new | berri |
| old | zahar |
| good | on |
| bad | txar |
| rotten | ustel |
| dirty | zikin |
| straight | zuzen |
| round | biribil |
| sharp (as a knife) | zorrotz |
| dull (as a knife) | kamuts |
| smooth | leun |
| wet | busti, heze |
| dry | lehor |
| correct | zuzen |
| near | hurbil |
| far | urrun |
| right | eskuin |
| left | ezker |
| at | -n, -an, -ean, -etan |
| in | -n, -an, -ean, -etan |
| with | -ekin, -arekin |
| and | eta |
| if | (baldin) ba- |
| because | -elako, bait-, … eta |
| name | izen, deitura |