 | English | German  |  |
 | facile {adj} | 915 banal [Bemerkung] |  |
 | suitable {adj} | 501 angebracht [Bemerkung] |  |
 | pointed {adj} [fig.: remark etc.] [bot.: leaves etc.] | 496 zugespitzt [fig.: Bemerkung etc.] [bot.: Blätter etc.] |  |
 | pertinent {adj} [remark etc.] | 471 passend [Bemerkung etc.] |  |
 | offhand {adj} [flippant] | 420 flapsig [ugs.] [Bemerkung] |  |
 | poor {adj} [joke, remark] | 335 billig [pej.] [Witz, Bemerkung] |  |
 | caustic {adj} [fig.] | 274 bissig [fig.] [Bemerkung] |  |
 | apt {adj} | 255 treffend [Bemerkung usw.] |  |
 | acerbic {adj} [remark, comment, style] | 188 bissig [Bemerkung etc.] |  |
 | saucy {adj} [coll.] | 159 anzüglich [Bemerkung, Witz] |  |
 | cagey {adj} [coll.] [evasive] [reply, comment, etc.] | 105 ausweichend [Antwort, Bemerkung usw.] |  |
 | acrid {adj} | 88 scharf [Geruch, Geschmack, Bemerkung] |  |
 | snide {adj} [remark, allusion, etc.] | 85 spitz [Bemerkung, Anspielung usw.] |  |
 | risque {adj} | 79 schlüpfrig [Bemerkung, Witz etc.] |  |
 | saucy {adj} | 75 schlüpfrig [Bemerkung, Witz] |  |
 | incisive {adj} | 53 schneidend [Schmerz, Bemerkung] |  |
 | facile {adj} | 51 nichtssagend [Bemerkung] |  |
 | waspish {adj} [remark etc.] | 39 giftig [ugs.] [bissig, gehässig (Bemerkung etc.)] |  |
 | cutting {adj} [remark] | 26 bissig [Bemerkung] |  |
 | waspish {adj} [remark, letter, etc.] | 24 bissig [gehässig, scharfzüngig (Bemerkung, Brief etc.)] |  |
 | frivolous {adj} | 22 unseriös [Bemerkung, Kleidung; Wissenschaftler] |  |
 | piercing {adj} [wind, remark] | 18 schneidend [Wind, Kälte, Bemerkung] |  |
 | inoffensive {adj} [remark, answer etc.] | 14 unverfänglich [Bemerkung, Antwort usw.] |  |
 | inappropriate {adj} [remark etc.] | 7 deplaziert [alt] [Bemerkung etc.] |  |
 | ungentlemanly {adj} [e.g. remark] | 6 unanständig [z. B. Bemerkung] |  |
 | idiom as the actress said to the bishop <ATASTTB> [Br.] | [Kommentar auf eine anzügliche Bemerkung] |  |
 | idiom as the bishop said to the actress [Br.] | [Kommentar auf eine anzügliche Bemerkung] |  |
 | off-the-cuff {adj} [attr.] [coll.] [remark, decision, reply, etc.] | spontan [Bemerkung, Entschluss, Antwort etc.] |  |
 | aptest {adj} | treffendste [Bemerkung usw.] |  |
 | most apt {adj} | treffendste [Bemerkung usw.] |  |
 | out of turn {adj} [remark] | unpassend [Bemerkung] |  |
| Verbs |
 | to interpose [remark, question] | 305 einwerfen [Bemerkung, Frage] |  |
 | to barb | 198 verspotten [spitze Bemerkung machen] |  |
 | to interpose [remark] | 39 einflechten [Bemerkung] |  |
 | to weave sth. in [remark etc.] | etw. einflechten [fig.] [Bemerkung etc.] |  |
 | Unverified to add afterwards [make an additional remark] | hinterherschieben [eine nachträgliche Bemerkung hinzufügen] |  |
 | to slip out (of one's mouth) [a remark] | jdm. herausrutschen [ugs.] [fig.] [eine Bemerkung] |  |
 | to strike home [words, remark] [fig.] [expression] | treffen [fig.] [Worte, Bemerkung] |  |
| Nouns |
 | platitude | 540 Flachheit {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | zinger [esp. Am.] [coll.] | 180 Hammer {m} [ugs.] [sensationelle Bemerkung, Ereignis] |  |
 | remark | 91 Ausführung {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | stinger [verbal] | 91 Spitze {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | observation [remark] | 52 Ausführung {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | barb [fig.] [deliberately hurtful remark] | 50 Spitze {f} [spitze, boshafte Bemerkung] |  |
 | shallowness | 35 Flachheit {f} [pej.] [Gedankenarmut, geistlose Bemerkung] |  |
 | pleasantry | 25 Artigkeit {f} [veraltet für höfliche Bemerkung] |  |
 | civility | 9 Artigkeit {f} [veraltet für höfliche Bemerkung] |  |
 | cut [jibe] | 9 Spitze {f} [spitze Bemerkung] |  |
 | aperçu [illuminating comment] | Aperçu {n} [geistreiche Bemerkung] |  |
 | spiteful remark | Bosheit {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | spiteful remark | Gehässigkeit {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | vulgar remark | Pöbelei {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
 | tactless remark | Taktlosigkeit {f} [Bemerkung] |  |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
 | to put sth. in (sth.) [remark, objection, etc.] | etw.Akk. (in etw.Akk.) einwerfen [Bemerkung, Einwand etc.] |  |
 | to bite back sth. | sichDat. etw.Akk. verbeißen [verkneifen] [eine Bemerkung, ein Gefühl etc.] |  |
 | to bite back sth. [remark etc.] | sichDat. etw.Akk. verkneifen [ugs.] [z. B. eine Bemerkung] |  |
 | to skate over sth. [brush aside] | über etw. hinweggehen [Bemerkung, Einwand] |  |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
 | [witty remark] | launische Bemerkung {f} [FALSCH für: launige Bemerkung] |  |
 | educ. [comment on a school report indicating that the pupil may have to repeat a year] | Vorrücken {n} gefährdet [versetzungsgefährdet, Bemerkung im Zwischenschulzeugnis] |  |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
 | to drop a brick [Br.] [coll.] [idiom] | eine Taktlosigkeit begehen [eine taktlose Bemerkung machen] |  |
 | to hit home [idiom] [remark etc.] | ins Schwarze treffen [Redewendung] [Bemerkung etc.] |  |
| 4 Words: Others |
 | sth. is lost on sb. | jd. kann mit etw. nichts anfangen [Witzen, Ironie, Sarkasmus, Bemerkung] |  |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
 | to be uncalled for | fehl am Platze sein [Bemerkung] |  |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
 | to hit home [remark etc.] [idiom] | den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen [fig.; Bemerkung etc.] [Redewendung] |  |
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