 | English  | German | |
 | ling. conversant {adj} [Am.] [able to hold a conversation in a foreign language] | 97 konversationsfähig | |
| strange {adj} [foreign, outlandish] | 50 fremdartig | |
| outlandish {adj} [archaic] [foreign, alien] | 34 fremdländisch | |
| [belonging to a foreign race] {adj} | außenbürtig [selten] [Nazi-Begriff, neben "fremdrassig"] [vgl. echtbürtig] | |
| quote [The foreigner is only foreign in a foreign land.] | Fremd ist der Fremde nur in der Fremde. [Karl Valentin] | |
| abroad {adv} [in a foreign country or countries] | im Ausland | |
| abroad {adv} [to a foreign country or to foreign countries] | ins Ausland | |
| overseas {adv} [to foreign country] | ins Ausland | |
| strange {adj} [archaic] [foreign] | nicht heimisch | |
| tramontane {adj} [foreign] | fremd | |
| Verbs |
| to adopt sth. [e.g. foreign ideas] | 79 etw.Akk. rezipieren [geh.] [aufnehmen, übernehmen, z. B. fremde Gedanken] | |
| [a hoax foreign word created in Germany in the first half of the 20th century] | repunsieren | |
| to foreignize sb./sth. [make foreign in character] | jdm./etw. einen fremdländischen Charakter verleihen | |
| to join [club, Foreign Legion, religious order] | eintreten in | |
| Nouns |
| med. extraction [of a foreign body] | 234 Entfernung {f} [z. B. einer Kugel] | |
| educ. ling. word [esp. of a foreign language you learn] | 46 Vokabel {f} [österr. auch {n}] | |
| [cuss word for foreigners, foreign looking people, punks, lefties etc.] | 21 Zecken {pl} [ugs.] [Ausdruck der rechtsradikalen Szene] | |
| expulsion [of a foreign citizen] | 12 Wegweisung {f} [schweiz.] [Ausweisung] | |
| foreigner [here: male person of foreign ethnicity] | 10 Fremdstämmiger {m} [veraltet] [auch Nazi-Terminologie] | |
| biol. med. introduction [e. g. of foreign species, diseases] | 7 Einschleppung {f} [z. B. von fremden Arten, Krankheiten] | |
| pol. national [not foreign] | 7 Inländer {m} | |
| alien [male person of foreign ethnicity] | 6 Fremdstämmiger {m} [veraltet] [auch Nazi-Terminologie] | |
| relig. [pastoral work with foreign minorities] | Ausländerseelsorge {f} | |
| hist. law [the predecessor of the Central Register of Foreign Nationals which was established in 1938 by the Nazi government] | Ausländerzentralkartei {f} [veraltet] | |
| ling. accent [esp. a regional or very slight foreign one] | Sprachfärbung {f} [Tonfall, Aussprache, Sprachmelodie] | |
| mus. accidental [note foreign to the key indicated by the key signature] | Akzidens {n} [fachspr.] | |
| med. allotransfusion [foreign blood donation] | Allotransfusion {f} [Fremdblutspende] | |
| pol. diplomacy [foreign relations] | Gesandtschaftswesen {n} | |
| expatriate [permanent resident in a foreign country] | ständig im Ausland Lebender {m} | |
| ling. fluency [in a foreign language] | fließende Beherrschung {f} [einer Fremdsprache] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| telecom. DX / dx [morse code abbreviation, telegraphic shorthand] [international: "(long) distance (contact)", "distant (exchange)"] [English also: "foreign countries"] | DX / dx [Morsezeichen-Abkürzung] [„(große) Entfernung“, „(weit) entfernt“, „Fernverbindung“] | |
| ling. foreign-language {adj} [attr.] [also foreign language] | fremdsprachlich | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| econ. external company [foreign company] | ausländische Gesellschaft {f} | |
| comm. econ. external trade [foreign trade] | Außenwirtschaft {f} | |
| fin. pol. forex reserves {pl} [foreign exchange reserves] | Währungsreserve {f} | |
| fin. stocks forex trading [foreign exchange trading] | Devisenhandel {m} | |
| host mother [for a foreign-exchange student] | Gastmutter {f} [bei Auslandsaufenthalt in einer Gastfamilie] | |
| hist. ling. pol. Interpretatio graeca [Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon.] | Interpretatio Graeca {f} [Gleichsetzung nichtgriechischer mit griechischen Göttern in der Antike] | |
| hist. pol. Splendid Isolation [British foreign policy 19th century] | Splendid Isolation {f} [britische Außenpolitik des 19. Jahrhunderts] | |
| pol. tricky area [e.g. in foreign politics] | glattes Parkett {n} [fig.] [schwieriges Terrain] | |
| war children [children with a foreign military parent] | Besatzungskinder {pl} | |
| Yank sweetheart [slightly pej.] [foreign girlfriend of an American, esp. an American military member] | Ami-Liebchen {n} [leicht pej.] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to bring sb./sth. back home [e.g. troops from a foreign war] | jdn./etw. heimholen | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| jobs journ. editor-at-large [foreign correspondent] | Auslandsberichterstatter {m} | |
| pol. foreign affairs chief [coll.] [foreign minister] | Außenamtschef {m} [ugs.] [Außenminister] | |
| fin. foreign exchange holdings [also: foreign-exchange holdings] | Devisenbestände {pl} | |
| mil. locally employed civilian [local employee of the foreign forces stationed in the federal republic of Germany] | lokaler Zivilangestellter {m} [örtlicher Mitarbeiter der in der BRD stationierten ausländischen Truppen] | |
| law New York Convention [New York United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958] | New Yorker Abkommen {n} [über die Anerkennung und Vollstreckung ausländischer Schiedsansprüche von 1958] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| econ. fin. pol. to divest oneself of sth. [e.g. enterprise share, foreign investment] | etw.Akk. desinvestieren [Kapital freisetzen durch die Veräußerung eines Vermögensgegenstandes bzw. Kapital aus Unternehmen oder Staaten abziehen] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| ... or the equivalent value in ... [stamps, foreign currency (e.g. francs), etc.] | ... oder der Gegenwert in ... [Briefmarken, Fremdwährung (z. B. Francs) usw.] | |
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