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| archi. occidented {adj} [facing west] | 13 gewestet | |
| hoo {pron} [Br.] [Lancashire, West Yorkshire dialect] [she] | 5 sie | |
Nouns |
| zool. T | 27 | |
| gastarbeiter [an immigrant worker, especially one who came to the former West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s] | 23 Gastarbeiter {m} | |
| lit. myth. Zephyr [also Zephyrus] [Greek god of the west wind] | 15 Zephir {m} [griech. Gott des Westwinds] | |
| stupidness {sg} [chiefly West Indian] [foolish behaviour] | 14 Dummheiten {pl} | |
| hist. [political, social and economic agreements made between West Germany and some Eastern bloc countries in the early 1970s] | 9 Ostverträge {pl} | |
| lit. myth. Zephyr [also Zephyrus] [Greek god of the west wind] | 7 Zephyr {m} [griech. Gott des Westwinds] | |
| [a West German who has been living in Eastern Germany for at least three years] | Wossi {m} [ugs.] | |
| geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej., West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Zone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] | |
| geogr. hist. pol. [coll. , often pej.: West German term for Germany's Soviet Occupation Zone, and then the GDR] | Ostzone {f} [ugs.] [bundesd.] [kurz für: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ), später auch pej. für: DDR] | |
| hist. pol. [compulsory tax stamp on internal West German mail to support West Berlin] | Notopfermarke {f} [Steuermarke, Zusatzporto auf Post innerhalb der Bundesrepublik zur Unterstützung von West Berlin] | |
| archi. Unverified [housing development, constructed as part of the 1957 International Building Exhibition in the Hansaviertel area of West Berlin] | Interbau {f} | |
| hist. [term for West Germany between 1945-1990] | alte Bundesrepublik {f} | |
| [traditional Schnapps drinking and cabbage eating tour of north-west Germany] | Kohlfahrt {f} [nordd.] | |
| geogr. Apia [capital of (Western) Samoa] | Apia {n} [Hauptstadt von (West-) Samoa] | |
| mus. balafon [West African xylophone] | Balafon {n} [westafrikanisches Xylofon] | |
| spec. enstoolment [West Africa] | Inthronisierung {f} | |
| geogr. Galicia [in Southeast Poland and West Ukraine] | Galizien {n} | |
| cloth. gansey [West Indian] [sweater or T-shirt] | Pullover {m} [bes. Strickpullover] | |
| meteo. gullywasher [Am.] [coll.] [regional: Midwest and West] | starker Regen {m} | |
| jobs higgler [West Indian] [peddler] | fahrender Händler {m} | |
| mus. saluang [traditional bamboo flute of West Sumatra] | Saluang {f} [traditionelle Bambusflöte in Westsumatra] | |
| bot. T | | |
| archaeo. tell [mound of remains of successive ancient settlements in West Asia] | Ruinenhügel {m} | |
| econ. pol. the West [also: the west] | der Westen {m} | |
| mus. Vorkriegsjugend [literally: pre-war youth] [influential 1980s cult Deutschpunk/hardcore punk band from West Berlin] | Vorkriegsjugend {f} [deutsche Hardcore-Punk-Band der 1980er Jahre aus Berlin-Kreuzberg] | |
| hist. pol. Wessex [Westseaxna rīce: kingdom of the West Saxons] | Königreich {n} Wessex [ein angelsächsisches Königreich] | |
| Windies [hum.] [esp. West Indies cricket team] | Westindien {n} | |
| zephyr [Am.] [the west wind] | Zephyr {m} [auch: Zephyros] [der Westwind] | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| to kick it [Am.: mostly west coast] [sl.] [to hang out] | abhängen [ugs.] [chillen] | |
| to kick it [Am.: mostly west coast] [sl.] [to hang out] | chillen [ugs.] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. "half cities" [referring to the former cities of East and West Berlin] | Halbstädte {pl} | |
| hist. pol. Bonn Republic [West Germany] | Bonner Republik {f} [alte Bundesrepublik, 1949-1990] | |
| mus. Congo music [West Afr.: soukous] | Soukous {m} | |
| hist. Federal citizens [ West Germans] | Westler {pl} [ugs.] [DDR-Begriff für Bewohner der Bundesrepublik] | |
| econ. geogr. Golden Banana [conurbation lying between Valencia in the west and Genoa in the east along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea] | Goldene Banane {f} [verdichteter Großraum entlang der Mittelmeerküste bis Valencia, Spanien] | |
| journ. pol. hard pass [Am.] [White House press pass] | Presseausweis {m} [der permanent Zutritt zum West Wing des Weißen Hauses gewährt] | |
| med. infantile spasms [West syndrome] | infantile Spasmen {pl} [maligne Säuglingsepilepsie, West-Syndrom] | |
| med. jackknife convulsions [West syndrome] | Klappmesser-Krämpfe {pl} [West-Syndrom] | |
| med. massive myoclonia [West syndrome, infantile spasms] | massive Myoklonie {f} [selten] [West-Syndrom] | |
| geol. Moni Formation [West Cyprus] | Moni-Formation {f} | |
| geogr. Mountain State [nickname] [State of West Virginia] | Bergstaat {m} [Spitzname für West Virginia, USA] | |
| geogr. Panhandle State [nickname] [State of West Virginia] | [Spitzname für den Bundesstaat West Virginia, USA] | |
| med. salaam spasms {pl} [West syndrome, West's syndrome] | Blitz-Nick-Salaam-Epilepsie {f} <BNS-Epilepsie> [Salaam-Spasmen] | |
| med. salaam tics [jackknife attacks, West syndrome] | West-Syndrom {n} | |
| geogr. hist. West Elbia [territory west of the river Elbe] | Westelbien {n} | |
| hist. West Frankland [less common] [West Francia] | Westfrankenreich {n} | |
3 Words: Others |
| pol. Montani semper liberi. [USA] [West Virginia state motto: Mountaineers are always free.] | (Die) Bergbewohner sind immer frei. [Motto des US-Staates West Virginia] | |
| two-by-four {adj} [Am.] [West-Indian] [small, insignificant] | winzig | |
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