 | English  | German | |
 | salaried {adj} [civil servants, mil., etc.] | 10 besoldet | |
| law civil {adj} [by civil law] | zivilrechtlich | |
| partnered {adj} [living in a civil partnership] | verpartnert | |
| Verbs |
| [to give someone the status of civil servant] | 78 jdn. verbeamten | |
| to remonstrate [to raise formal objections internally in German civil service law] | 36 remonstrieren [im Beamtenrecht: Einwände erheben, Gegenvorstellungen machen] [sonst veraltet, selten] | |
| Nouns |
| salary [esp. in civil service, army] | 2804 Besoldung {f} | |
| officials [civil servants] | 614 Beamte {pl} | |
| law malpractice [of civil servants] | 595 Amtsmissbrauch {m} | |
| admin. clerk [civil servant] | 276 Beamter {m} | |
| jobs internship [civil service] | 193 Referendariat {n} | |
| clerks [civil servants] | 191 Beamte {pl} | |
| pensioner [retired civil servant] | 129 Pensionär {m} [südd. auch: Pensionist] | |
| law charges [civil law] | 101 Ansprüche {pl} [Zivilrecht] | |
| admin. clerk [female civil servant] | 51 Beamtin {f} | |
| [appointment as a tenured German civil servant] | 42 Verbeamtung {f} | |
| educ. department [of civil engineering, etc., in a college or university] [Am.] | 27 Fakultät {f} | |
| insurrection [riot, rebellion, civil disorder] | 25 Insurrektion {f} [geh.] [Aufstand, Volkserhebung] | |
| admin. [obtaining a civil service position] | 20 Pragmatisierung {f} [österr.] | |
| admin. mandarin [pej.] [high ranking civil servant] | 19 Bonze {m} [pej.] [höherer Funktionär] | |
| office [esp. of a civil servant] | 16 Amtsstube {f} [veraltend, noch hum.] | |
| admin. jobs [civil servant with an academic degree] | 11 A-Beamter {m} [österr.] | |
| admin. jobs [civil servant with GCE Advanced Level] | 10 B-Beamter {m} [österr.] | |
| hist. Union [American Civil War] {sg} | 9 Nordstaaten {pl} | |
| [sb. clinging to his job, esp. a civil servant or politician] | 8 Sesselkleber {m} [ugs.] [Staatsangestellter oder Politiker, der förmlich an seinem Posten klebt] | |
| clerk [civil servant] | 7 Regierungsbeamter {m} | |
| hist. mil. bushwhacking [guerrilla warfare during the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars] | 5 [eine Form des Guerillakrieges während des Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges u. Sezessionskrieges] | |
| law [ban on the employment of teachers and civil servants who are considered to be radical] | Radikalenerlass {m} | |
| hist. [citizen without full civil rights] | Beisasse {m} | |
| [country torn by civil war] | Bürgerkriegsland {n} | |
| [employee given civil service status] | verbeamteter Angestellter {m} | |
| [German civil servants responsible for integration of foreigners] | Ausländerbeauftragte {pl} | |
| [honorary title for civil servants, teachers etc.] | Hofrat {m} [österr.] | |
| jobs [members of the civil assistance force which is an alternative to military service in Switzerland] | Zivilschützer {pl} [schweiz.] | |
| insur. [third-party insurance for German civil servants on duty] | Diensthaftpflichtversicherung {f} | |
| jobs [title of a senior civil servant] | Oberamtsrat {m} | |
| jobs assistant [of an official, civil servant] | Adjunkt {m} [veraltet] [Amtsgehilfe] | |
| fin. insur. Beamtenheimstättenwerk [civil servants' home (building) society] | Beamtenheimstättenwerk {n} | |
| sociol. bourgeoisie [civil society] | bürgerliche Gesellschaft {f} | |
| campaigner [e.g. for independence, civil rights] | Kämpfer {m} [z. B. für Unabhängigkeit, Menschenrechte] | |
| hist. Confederate [soldier, politician in the American civil war] | Konföderierter {m} | |
| hist. pol. Copperheads [Peace Democrats during the U.S.Civil War] | Copperheads {pl} [politische Bewegung während des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs] | |
| admin. fonctionnaire [civil servant] | Beamter {m} | |
| admin. hist. spec. maintenance [part of the salary of a civil servant in Bavaria] | Standesgehalt {n} | |
| pol. mandarinate [pej.] [senior civil servants] | Bonzokratie {f} [ugs.] [pej.] [Vorherrschaft von Funktionären] | |
| pension [for civil servants] | Ruhegenuss {m} [österr.] [amtsspr.] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| law accidental destruction [German civil code] | zufälliger Untergang {m} [BGB] | |
| ecol. pol. climate strike [civil action against global warming] | Klimastreik {m} | |
| admin. hist. pol. colonial service [also: Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service <HMOCS>] | Kolonialdienst {m} | |
| hist. English Revolution [1640-1660] [term preferred by Marxist historians to "English Civil War"] | Englische Revolution {f} | |
| hist. mil. pol. Freedom War [Am.] [name of the Civil War 1861 - 1865] [used primarily to express a Black viewpoint] | Freiheitskrieg {m} [Name für den US Bürgerkrieg 1861 - 1865 vornehmlich als Ausdruck der Sichtweise der Afroamerikaner] | |
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