 | English | German  |  |
 | ambagious {adj} | 860 gewunden [Sprache] |  |
 | trenchant {adj} | 498 treffend [Sprache] |  |
 | purple {adj} [language] | 310 schockierend [Sprache] |  |
 | sophisticated {adj} [refined, ingenious] | 232 raffiniert [Sprache, Produkt, Technik etc.] |  |
 | drawling {adj} | 175 affektiert [Sprache] |  |
 | halting {adj} [language] | 118 holprig [Sprache] |  |
 | ling. inflated {adj} [e.g. speech] | 113 geschraubt [fig.] [z. B. Sprache] |  |
 | vivid {adj} | 90 bildhaft [Vorstellung, Beschreibung, Sprache] |  |
 | scatological {adj} [obscene] [language, humor, joke] [Br. also scatalogical] | 88 obszön [geh.] [unflätig] [Sprache, Humor, Witze] |  |
 | sign {adj} [attr.] [e.g. language, system] | 61 Zeichen- [z. B. Sprache, System] |  |
 | solecistic {adj} | 33 fehlerhaft [Sprache, Benehmen] |  |
 | ling. slangy {adj} | 31 salopp [Ausdruck, Sprache] |  |
 | refined {adj} [e.g. language] | 26 gewählt [z. B. Sprache] |  |
 | graphic {adj} [account, description] | 22 plastisch [Schilderung, Sprache] |  |
 | scatological {adj} [obscene] [language, humor, joke] [Br. also scatalogical] | 16 fäkal [geh.] [obszön] [Sprache, Humor, Witze] |  |
 | scatological {adj} [obscene] [language, humor, joke] [Br. also scatalogical] | 16 unflätig [geh.] [obszön] [Sprache, Humor, Witze] |  |
 | ling. monoglot {adj} | 14 einsprachig [nur eine Sprache sprechend] |  |
 | third {adj} [attr.] [e.g. brood, car, copy, country, language] | 12 Dritt- [z. B. Brut, Wagen, Ausfertigung, Staat, Sprache] |  |
 | biol. ethn. ling. allochthonous {adj} [population, language] | 9 allochthon [Bevölkerungsgruppe, Sprache] |  |
 | flatulent {adj} [inflated or pretentious in speech or writing] | 9 aufgebläht [pej.] [Rhetorik, Sprache] |  |
 | hifalutin {adj} [Am.] [e.g. language] [spv.: highfalutin] | 9 geschwollen [z. B. Sprache] |  |
 | singsong {adj} [monotonous, of speech] | 7 eintönig [Sprache, Sprechen] |  |
 | ling. monoglot {adj} | 5 monoglott [nur eine Sprache sprechend] |  |
 | powerfully pictorial {adj} | bildmächtig [Sprache, Text] |  |
 | stereotyped {adj} | formelhaft [Sprache, Stil] |  |
 | well-spoken {adj} | höflich [in Sprache, Wortwahl] |  |
 | ethn. Comanche {adj} [attr.] | Komantschen- [Sprache, Häuptling, Nation usw.] |  |
 | most popular {adj} [e.g. most in-demand language] | meistgefragt [z. B. Sprache] |  |
 | ethn. ling. Shastan {adj} [of or relating to the Shasta people or their language] | Shasta- [bezogen auf den Stamm der Shasta bzw. deren Sprache] |  |
 | audio ling. mus. tone {adj} [attr.] [e.g. arm, interval, language, poem, syllable] | Ton- [z. B. Arm, Intervall, Sprache, Dichtung, Silbe] |  |
 | ling. mus. photo. tonal {adj} [e.g. language, quality, separation, value] | Ton- [z. B. Sprache, Qualität, Trennung, Wert] |  |
 | confident in business discussions {adj} | verhandlungssicher [Sprache] |  |
 | vernacular {adj} | volksnah [Sprache, Architektur, Musik] |  |
 | colourful {adj} [Br.] [euphem.] [vulgar or rude (language)] | vulgär [Sprache] |  |
Verbs |
 | to broach sth. [a subject] | 801 etw. ansprechen [zur Sprache bringen] |  |
 | to moderate sth. [appetite, anger, language] | 672 etw.Akk. mäßigen [geh.] [Appetit, Zorn, Sprache] |  |
 | to murder sth. [coll.] [pej.] [spoil: music, a play, a language, etc.] | 324 etw.Akk. verhunzen [ugs.] [pej.] [Musik, ein Theaterstück, eine Sprache etc.] |  |
 | to translate sth. [into a different language] | 18 etw.Akk. übertragen [geh.] [in eine andere Sprache] |  |
 | to speak sth. [to be able to speak a language] [e.g. I speak German.] | etw. können [eine Sprache können] [z. B. Ich kann Englisch.] |  |
 | to let sb./sth. be | jdn./etw. ruhenlassen [auch fig.: etw. nicht zur Sprache bringen] |  |
 | to let sb./sth. rest | jdn./etw. ruhenlassen [auch fig.: etw. nicht zur Sprache bringen] |  |
Nouns |
 | ling. Australian | 193 Australisch {n} [Sprache] |  |
 | ling. pidgin | 156 Kauderwelsch {n} [aus mehreren Sprachen gemischte Sprache] |  |
 | mutilation [fig.] [e.g. of language] | 122 Vergewaltigung {f} [fig.] [z. B. der Sprache] |  |
 | scrambling [speech by means of a scrambler] | 80 Verschlüsselung {f} [von Sprache durch Zerhacker] |  |
 | ... 101 [spoken as "one-oh-one", introductory level, e.g. finance 101] | 49 Einmaleins {n} [+Gen.] ... [fig.] [Grundkenntniskurs, z. B. Einmaleins der deutschen Sprache] |  |
 | ling. pidgin | 23 Pidgin {n} [aus mehreren Sprachen gemischte Sprache] |  |
 | instance [archaic] [urgency] | 21 Dringlichkeit {f} [in Sprache, Verhalten] |  |
 | element [of character, language] | 21 Einschlag {m} [bei Person, Sprache] |  |
 | command [fig.] [mastery of sth.] | 19 Beherrschung {f} [einer Sprache, eines Instruments etc.] |  |
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