 | English  | German | |
 | idiom quote RadioTV ["Which one would you like?" based on the "What is my profession?" quiz show question: "Which piggy-bank would you like?"] | Welches Schweinderl hätten S' denn gern? [Robert Lembke, «Was bin ich?»] | |
| quote [If it helps establish the truth ...] | Wenn's der Wahrheitsfindung dient ... [Fritz Teufel] | |
| idiom quote [posterity binds no garlands about the actor's head] | Dem Mimen flicht die Nachwelt keine Kränze. [Schiller] | |
| quote [They who want to build high towers have to give good consideration to the foundation.] | Wer hohe Türme bauen will, muss lange beim Fundament verweilen. [Anton Bruckner] | |
| lit. quote Eeyorish {adj} [A.A. Milne: Winnie-the-Pooh] | trübsinnig | |
| film quote theatre supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {adj} | superkalifragilistigexpiallegetisch | |
| film quote theatre supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {adj} | superkalifragilistischexpiallegetisch | |
| film quote theatre supercalifragilisticexpialidocious {adj} | superkalifragilistischexpiallegorisch | |
| Nouns |
| lit. quote clown [Shakespeare, Hamlet: gravedigger] | Totengräber {m} | |
| lit. quote doublethink [Orwell "1984"] | Doppeldenk {n} [Orwell "1984"] | |
| ling. lit. quote newspeak | Neusprech {m} {n} | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| quote Everything flows. [Πάντα ῥεῖ. (Panta rhei.)] [Simplicius; attributed to Heraclitus] | Alles fließt. [Simplikios; Heraklit zugeschrieben] | |
| lit. quote new-sad {adj} [Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost] | neu betrübt [Übs. Baudissin] | |
| quote Nothing overmuch. [μηδὲν ἄγαν] [reportedly inscribed on the temple at Delphi] | Nichts im Übermaß. [überlieferte Inschrift am Tempel von Delphi] | |
| lit. quote periwig-pated {adj} [Shakespeare, Hamlet] | mit einer Perücke bekleidet [Schlegel/Tieck: haarbuschig] | |
| quote lit. wind-footed {adj} [Homer] | windfüßig [Götterbotin Iris] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| econ. neol. quote confidence fairy [Paul Krugman] | Vertrauensfee {f} [auch Fee des Vertrauens] | |
| lit. quote Unverified Man Friday [Robinson Crusoe] | Freitag {m} | |
| lit. quote miching mallecho [Shakespeare, Hamlet: slinking mischief] | spitzbübische Munkelei {f} [Schlegel/Tieck] | |
| lit. myth. quote resourceful Ulysses | listenreicher Odysseus {m} | |
| lit. quote Roman knight | Römerritter {m} [bei Kleist etc.; für: römischer Ritter] | |
| lit. quote watery star [Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale] | Mond {m} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| quote Barnes are blessings. [William Shakespeare] | Kinder sind ein Segen Gottes. | |
| quote Curiouser and curiouser! [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] | Verquerer und verquerer! [Alice im Wunderland] | |
| film quote E.T. phone home. [E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial] | E.T. nach Hause telefonieren. | |
| quote Et Tu Brute? [lat.] [William Shakespeare] | Brutus, auch du? | |
| idiom quote Evil begets evil. | Das ist der Fluch der bösen Tat. [nach Schiller, Die Piccolomini] | |
| quote Full steam ahead! [German Emperor Wilhelm II] | Volldampf voraus! [Kaiser Wilhelm II.] | |
| hist. quote Homeland or death! [Che Guevara] | Vaterland oder Tod! | |
| quote I have finished. | Ich habe fertig. <IHF> [Giovanni Trapattoni] [ugs.] [Ich bin fertig.] | |
| quote I'll be back. [The Terminator] | Ich komme wieder. | |
| bibl. quote It is finished. | Es ist vollbracht. | |
| lit. quote King of Hearts [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] | Herzkönig [Alice im Wunderland] | |
| quote Logic is overrated. [Gothika] | Logik wird überschätzt. | |
| quote Nothing but death. [Jane Austen] | Nichts als den Tod. | |
| lit. quote Queen of Hearts [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] | Herzkönigin [Alice im Wunderland] | |
| quote RadioTV That's all Folks! [concluding sentence of the Looney Tunes] | Das war's dann, Leute! [Schlusssatz der Looney Tunes] | |
| quote The game's afoot. [The Life of Henry the Fifth, W. Shakespeare] | Das Wild ist auf. [König Heinrich der Fünfte, Übs. A. W. v. Schlegel] | |
| quote Thought is free. [William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night] | Gedanken sind zollfrei. [Übers. Frank Günther] | |
| quote Thoughts are free. | Die Gedanken sind frei. | |
| quote Trust, but verify. [Ronald Reagan] | Vertrauen ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser. [frei nach W. I. Lenin] | |
| quote Well roar'd Lion. [William Shakespeare] | Gut gebrüllt, Löwe. | |
| quote Work Brings Freedom [sign over the gates of Auschwitz] | Arbeit macht frei [Schild über den Toren von Auschwitz] | |
| hist. quote Work, family, fatherland! [Vichy regime's slogan, 1940-44] | Arbeit, Familie, Vaterland! | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| quote relig. faith seeking understanding [fides quaerens intellectum: Anselm] | Glaube, der nach Einsicht sucht | |
| med. philos. quote health unto death | Gesundheit {f} zum Tode [Theodor W. Adorno] | |
| lit. quote Mad Tea-Party [Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] | verrückte Teeparty {f} [Alice im Wunderland] | |
| lit. quote Never-Never Land [Peter Pan] | Nimmerland {n} | |
| philos. quote propensity to evil | Hang {m} zum Bösen [Kant] | |
| lit. myth. quote rosy-fingered dawn [Homer] | rosenfingrige Morgenröte {f} [Homer] | |
