| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Albanian | letërsi |
|---|---|
| Catalan | literatura |
| Czech | literatura; písemnictví |
| Danish | litteratur |
| Dutch | letterkunde; literatuur; litteratuur |
| English | literature |
| Esperanto | literaturo |
| Faeroese | bókmentir |
| Finnish | kirjallisuus |
| French | littérature |
| German | Literatur |
| Low German | literatuur |
| Luxemburgish | Literatur |
| Papiamento | literatura |
| Polish | literatura |
| Portuguese | literatura |
| Romanian | literatură |
| Saterland Frisian | Literatuur |
| Spanish | literatura |
| Swedish | litteratur |
| West Frisian | literatuer |
| Yiddish | ליטעראַטור |