 | English  | German | |
 | late {adj} {pres-p} [century] | 49 ausgehend [Jahrhundert] | |
| Verbs |
| to see sth. [experience, witness] [e.g. the turn of the century, the first lunar landing] | 42 etw.Akk. erleben [z. B. die Jahrhundertwende, die erste Mondlandung] | |
| [a hoax foreign word created in Germany in the first half of the 20th century] | repunsieren | |
| Nouns |
| aughts [first decade of a century] | 140 Nullerjahre {pl} [ugs.] [das erste Jahrzehnt eines neuen Jahrhunderts] | |
| furn. commode [low chest of drawers or chiffonier of a decorative type popular in the 18th century] | 113 Kommode {f} [bes. stark verzierte, niedrige Kommode des 18. Jahrhunderts] | |
| hist. [years of rapid industrial expansion in Germany at the end of the 19th century] | 12 Gründerzeit {f} | |
| hist. mil. dungarees {pl} [20th-century U.S. Navy working uniform or (part of a) Marines battle dress] | 9 [ehem. Arbeitsuniform der U.S. Navy, bzw. Uniformteil (auch: die gesamte Felduniform) der Marines] | |
| tens [second decade of a century] | 8 Zehnerjahre {pl} | |
| hist. mil. captain [German grenadier forces of the 18th century] | 6 Kapitän {m} [Hauptmannsrang deutscher Grenadiertruppen des 18. Jh.] | |
| theatre [19th-century Austrian stock comic character] | Staberl {m} | |
| archi. urban [elegant neighbourhood with detached houses from the late 19th and early 20s century in Vienna] | Cottage {n} [auch: Cottageviertel] [in Wien] | |
| lit. mus. theatre [farce with singing, popular in the 19th century] | Posse {f} mit Gesang | |
| mil. [field captain: 16th century, commanding officer of a mercenary battalion] | Feldhauptmann {m} [Landsknechtsführer] | |
| hist. mil. [literally: "chain-dogs", pejorative nickname of uniformed military police units of German forces of the 19th and 20th century] | Kettenhunde {pl} [fig.] [ugs.] [Bezeichnung der Feldgendarmerie in dt. Streitkräften des 19. und 20. Jh.] | |
| hist. [organized colonisation of depopulated areas in the Hungarian part of the Habsburg empire in the 18th century] | Schwabenzug {m} | |
| theatre [Repertoire piece of 17th and 18th century German theater companies.] | Haupt- und Staatsaktion {f} | |
| archi. urban [tenement from the late 19th century] | Gründerzeithaus {n} [Zinshaus] | |
| hist. theatre [troupes of English actors touring Germany in the 16th and 17th century] | Englische Komödianten {pl} | |
| hist. lit. Archpoet [anonymous 12th-century poet] | Archipoeta {m} | |
| hist. Armagnacs [15th-century French political party] | Armagnaken {pl} | |
| mus. backfall [17th-century England] | Vorhalt {m} [fallend] | |
| mus. bassoon [C. Denner; early 18th century] | Rackettfagott {n} | |
| hist. relig. spec. Behmenists [followers of Jakob Böhme in 17th-century England] | Böhmisten {pl} | |
| hist. bushranger [Aus.] [19th century] | Straßenräuber {m} | |
| hist. pol. Carbonari [a 19th century Italian Unitarian secret society] | Carbonari {pl} [auch: Karbonari] [italienischer, unitaristischer Geheimbund im 19. Jahrhundert] | |
| hist. mil. corporal [surplus NCO of a regiment in German armed forces of the 18th century, always officer candidates who hold the task of flagbearer] | Freikorporal {m} | |
| hist. mil. corporal [surplus NCO of a regiment in German armed forces of the 18th century, always officer candidates who hold the task of flagbearer] | Gefreitenkorporal {m} [Freikorporal] | |
| hist. deportation [forced migrations within the Habsburg Empire in the 18th century] | Transmigration {f} [Zwangsumsiedlungen im Habsburgerreich im 18. Jahrhundert] | |
| hist. drum [evening tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century] | Abendgesellschaft {f} [bes. im späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert] | |
| philos. existentialism [19th and 20th century] | Existenzphilosophie {f} | |
| mus. forefall [17th-century England] | Vorhalt {m} [steigend] | |
| publ. Krünitz [standard 18th/19th-century German encyclopedia] | Krünitz {m} [ugs.] [Oekonomische Encyklopädie] | |
| hist. spec. Mfecane [19th-century period of wars in southern Africa] | Mfecane {f} | |
| oughts [spv.] [first decade of a century] | Nullerjahre {pl} [ugs.] [das erste Jahrzehnt eines neuen Jahrhunderts] | |
| lit. précieuses [literary circle of the 17th-century] | Précieuses {pl} | |
| hist. pol. relig. Qarmatians [9th - 11th century] | Qaramita {pl} [auch: Quarmaten, Karmaten] | |
| hist. naut. transp. spitz [19th century river barge] | Péniche {f} [aus 19. Jahrhundert] | |
| curr. teston [English and French coin from the 16th century] | [englische und französische Münze des 16. Jahrhunderts] | |
| curr. testoon [English and French coin from the 16th century] | [englische und französische Münze des 16. Jahrhunderts] | |
| furn. tridarn [Welsh] [a 17th-century sideboard with three sections / levels] | [Kommode bzw. Schrank mit drei Aufsätzen] | |
| publ. Zedler [standard 18th-century German encyclopedia] | Zedler {m} [ugs.] [Großes Universal-Lexicon] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| well into ... [e.g. well into the 21st century] | bis weit in ... hinein [z. B. bis weit in das 21. Jahrhundert hinein] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. acad. big science [19th century] | Großwissenschaft {f} | |
| archi. hist. urban bourgeois house [esp. from the 11th to the 18th century] | Bürgerhaus {n} | |
| cloth. hist. box pleats [on 18th century gowns] | Watteaufalten {pl} [auch: Watteau-Falten] [moderne Bezeichnung] | |
| mus. Burgundian School [15th century music style] | burgundische Schule {f} [Musikstil] | |
| hist. mil. corporal's command [German forces of the 18th century] | Korporalschaft {f} | |
| med. English sweat [contagious disease in 15th-16th century Europe] | Englisches Schweißfieber {n} | |
| half century [also: half-century] | Jahrhunderthälfte {f} | |
| hist. Jewish emancipation [in 18th-19th century Europe] | Judenemanzipation {f} | |
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