 | English  | German | |
 | superior {adj} [better] | 582 besser | |
| seldomly {adv} [considered bad grammar, better: seldom] | 34 selten | |
| quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."] | Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“] | |
| slightly {adv} [better, different, etc.] | ein wenig [besser, anders etc.] | |
| uptown {adj} [esp. Am.] [from the better part of town, fig. for: upper-class] | aus besseren Kreisen [nachgestellt] | |
| Verbs |
| to scoop [coll.] [get the better of] | 141 zuvorkommen | |
| to top sb./sth. [be better] | 123 jdn./etw. übertreffen | |
| to rival sb. [get the better] | 42 jdn. ausstechen | |
| to improve [become better] | sichAkk. verbessern | |
| Nouns |
| neol. schlimmbesserung [making sth. worse by trying to make it better] | 46 Verschlimmbesserung {f} [ugs.] | |
| games sports punter [coll.] [Br.] [better / bettor] | 15 Wetter {m} | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| by default {adv} [in the absence of a better alternative] | mangels Alternative | |
| by default {adv} [in the absence of opposition or a better alternative] | mangels Konkurrenz | |
| Unverified Dutch oven [vulg.] [forcibly covering one's better half's head with the duvet after farting in bed] | [Situation, in der man den Kopf der besseren Hälfte mit der Bettdecke zwangsweise einhüllt, nachdem man im Bett gefurzt hat] | |
| the ... the [e.g. the bigger the better] | je ..., desto [z. B. je größer, desto besser] | |
| the ... the [e.g. the bigger the better] | je ..., je [z. B. je größer, je besser] [noch in „je länger, je lieber / mehr“, sonst veraltet] [je ..., desto / umso] | |
| the ... the [e.g. the bigger the better] | je ..., umso [z. B. je größer, umso besser] | |
| the ... the [e.g. the bigger the better] | umso ..., umso [z. B. umso größer, umso besser] [ugs.] [je ..., desto / umso] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to call for sth. [e.g. better compliance] | etw. anmahnen [fordern] [z. B. bessere Befolgung] | |
| to do better [only in progressive form: he/she/etc./the firm is doing better] | bessergehen [nur unpersönlich: es geht mir/dir/usw./der Firma besser] | |
| to get better [e.g. »It got better.«, »She's getting better.«, »The project gets better.«] | aufwärts gehen [nur unpersönlich, z. B. »Es ging aufwärts.«, »Mit ihr geht es aufwärts.«, »Es geht aufwärts mit dem Projekt.«] | |
| to put sth. before sth. [consider better, more important] | etw.Akk. über etw.Akk. stellen [besser finden, wichtiger nehmen] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. Berlin Conference [1884, better known as "Congo Conference"] | Berliner Konferenz {f} [1884, besser bekannt als "Kongokonferenz"] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| a sight better {adj} {adv} [coll.] [regional] [considerably better] | wesentlich besser | |
| better and better {adj} {adv} | immer besser | |
| better and better {adv} | besser und besser | |
| by the day {adv} [+ comparative, e. g., better by the day] | von Tag zu Tag [+ Komparativ, z. B., von Tag zu Tag besser] | |
| faute de mieux {adv} [for lack of anything better] | faute de mieux [geh.] | |
| faute de mieux {adv} [for want of better] | mangels Besserem [ugs.] | |
| faute de mieux {adv} [for want of better] | in Ermangelung eines Besseren | |
| Maybe we'd better ... [we had better] | Vielleicht sollten wir lieber ... | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to change one's ways [idiom] [for the better] | umkehren [fig.] [die schlechten Angewohnheiten etc. aufgeben] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| from tacky to classy [significant transformation for the better] | von schäbig in hochklassig [signifikante Verwandlung zum Besseren] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| bibl. to gird (up) his loins [tuck cloak into belt to better run] [archaic] | seine Lenden gürten | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| icing on the cake [idiom] [something extra that makes a good thing even better] | Sahnehäubchen {n} [fig.] | |
| MedTech. multidetector-row computed tomography <MDCT> [better: multidetector computed tomography] | Multidetektor-Computertomographie {f} <MDCT> | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| proverb Prevention is better than curing. [less frequent than: Prevention is better than cure.] | Vorbeugen ist besser als Heilen. | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| lit. F The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club [Charles Dickens] [better known as: The Pickwick Papers] | Die Pickwickier | |
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