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 | quadrennial {adj} [lasting four years] | 51 vierjährig [vier Jahre dauernd] | |
| -person {adj} [e.g. four-person family] | 15 -köpfig [z. B. vierköpfige Familie] | |
| square {adj} [four-sided] | 12 vierkantig | |
| quadruplicate {adj} [consisting of four identical copies] | 9 vierfach | |
| rail bogie {adj} [Br.] [four axles in two bogies] | 8 vierachsig | |
| equest. -horsed {suffix} [e. g. four-horsed] | -pferdig [z. B. vierpferdig] | |
| quadrennial {adj} [every four years] | vierjährlich [sich alle vier Jahre wiederholend] | |
| quadrennial {adj} [recurring every four years] | alle vier Jahre stattfindend [attr.] | |
| Verbs |
| to quarter sth. [divide in four] | 61 etw.Akk. vierteln | |
| hist. law to quarter sb. [cut into four pieces] | 43 jdn. vierteilen | |
| Nouns |
| foursome [four people] | 43 Quartett {n} | |
| quadruplet [each of four children born at one birth] | 30 Vierling {m} | |
| RealEst. [four-storied apartment buildings, constructed in the period 1950-1965] | 18 Altneubau {m} [DDR] | |
| zool. dam [a female parent; used for a four-legged animal] | 15 Mutter {f} [Stammbaum-Angabe] | |
| constr. tetrapod [four-legged concrete breakwater] | 10 Tetrapode {m} [vierfüßiger Wellenbrecher aus Beton] | |
| constr. tetrapods [four-legged concrete breakwaters] | 6 Tetrapoden {pl} [vierfüßige Wellenbrecher aus Beton] | |
| furn. [a wooden chair with four slanted legs and a slab-like backrest dovetailed into the massive plank seat] | Stabelle {f} | |
| electr. [four-conductor shielded cable with metal foil shield] | ViMF-Kabel {n} [Vierer in Metallfolie] | |
| games [group of three or four men / women playing cards regularly] | Kartelrunde {f} [ugs.] | |
| telecom. [multiparty line for four subscribers] | Vierteltelephon {n} [alt] [österr.] | |
| telecom. [multiparty line for four subscribers] | Viertler {m} [österr.] [regional] [ugs.] [Vierteltelephon] | |
| [period of four days] | Quatriduum {n} [veraltet] | |
| mus. [practice of singing by turn the lines of the Christmas hymn "Quem pastores" by four soloists or choirs] | Quempas-Singen {n} | |
| tools [set of four or five double-pointed knitting needles] | Nadelspiel {n} | |
| med. calor [one of the four classic signs of inflammation] | Hitze {f} [Grundzeichen der Entzündung] | |
| jobs naut. oldster [Br.] [midshipman of four years' standing in the British navy] | [ein schon vier Jahre dienender Seekadett der British Navy] | |
| acad. quadmester [short for: quadrimester] [period of four months] | Tertial {n} | |
| quadrennial [every four years] [also:quadriennial] | Quadriennale {f} | |
| quadrennial [lasting four years] [also:quadriennial] | Quadriennium {n} [veraltet] | |
| quadrennium [also: quadriennium] [period of four years] | Quadriennium {n} [veraltet] | |
| acad. acc. econ. quadrimester [period of four months] | Dritteljahr {n} | |
| acad. acc. quadrimester [period of four months] | Tertial {n} | |
| bike quadruplet [bicycle with four seats] | Vierer-Tandem {n} | |
| stanhope [light open horse-drawn carriage for one person, with two or four wheels] | Stanhope-Kutsche {f} [auch: Stanhope Gig {n}] | |
| med. tertial [four months] | Tertial {n} [ein drittel Jahr] | |
| geogr. the Vierlande [southeastern four districts of Hamburg, Germany] | die Vierlande {pl} [Gebiet im Hamburger Bezirk Bergedorf] | |
| mus. yueqin [also: yue qin] [traditional Chinese four-stringed plucked instrument] | Yueqin {f} [viersaitige Kastenhalslaute] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| mil. 10-4 [Am.] [sl.] [ten-four] | Verstanden! | |
| 24/7 {adv} [coll.] [twenty-four seven] | immerzu [24 Std. am Tag, 7 Tage die Woche] | |
| 24/7 {adv} [coll.] [twenty-four seven] | rund um die Uhr, sieben Tage die Woche | |
| drugs 4/20 [Am.] [sl.] [also spelled 4:20 or 420, pronounced four-twenty] | [Codewort unter Drogenkonsumenten: angeblich geeigneter Zeitpunkt oder Tag, um Marihuana zu konsumieren; Marihuanakonsum schlechthin] | |
| games en carré {adv} [a bet on the intersection of four numbers in roulette, e.g. 23/24/26/27] | en carré [Roulette] | |
| gastr. TrVocab. First Class [acc. to the European Hotelstars Union] [four stars] | Vierstern [Sterneklasse, Hotelkategorie] | |
| mus. four-beat {adj} [attr.] [also: four beat] | viertaktig | |
| four-times {adj} [also: four times] [attr.] [e.g. world champion] | viermalig [z. B. Weltmeister] | |
| ling. in German {adv} [as in "In German there are four cases."] | im Deutschen [wie in „Im Deutschen gibt es vier Fälle.“] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| anat. ape line [pej. connotation] [four-finger crease] | Affenfurche {f} [veraltet] [Vierfingerfurche] | |
| math. Bachet's conjecture [Lagrange's four-square theorem] | Satz {m} von Lagrange [Vier-Quadrate-Satz] | |
| sports Unverified backdoor sweep [in a best of 7 playoff: when a team wins four consecutive games after losing game 1, two or three then wins every other game] [coll.] | [wenn eine Mannschaft vier Spiele in Folge gewinnt, nachdem sie Spiel 1, die beiden ersten oder die ersten drei Spiele verlor] | |
| gastr. baked Alaska [glace au four] | Omelette surprise {f} [Überraschungsomelette] | |
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