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| mil. frontline {adj} [attr.] [also: front-line] [e.g. soldier, duty, visit] | 124 Front- [z. B. Soldat, Einsatz, Besuch] | |
| upfront {adv} [spv.] [sometimes also: up-front] [in advance] [idiom] | 87 vorab [im Voraus] | |
| med. MedTech. anteroposterior {adj} <AP, a.p.> [from front to back] | 18 anteroposterior <AP, a.p.> | |
| med. MedTech. posteroanterior {adj} <PA, p.a.> [from back to front] | 11 posteroanterior <PA, p.a.> | |
| cold {adj} [e.g. air, beverage, foam, front, glue, light] | Kalt- [z. B. Luft, Getränk, Schaum, Front, Leim, Licht] | |
| MedTech. posteroanterior {adj} <PA, p.a.> [from back to front] | posterior-anterior <PA, p.a.> | |
| warm {adj} [e.g. air, boot, front, house, periods, roof, water] | Warm- [z. B. Luft, Start, Front, Haus, Zeiten, Dach, Wasser] | |
Verbs |
| to obstruct sth. [by putting a piece of luggage, furniture, etc. in front of a door, etc.] | 57 etw.Akk. zustellen [(den Zugang etc.) versperren] | |
| to bar sth. [e.g. place bars in front of a window] | 31 etw. verrammeln [ugs.] | |
| to block sth. [by putting a piece of luggage, furniture, etc. in front of a door, etc.] | 28 etw.Akk. zustellen [(den Zugang etc.) versperren, blockieren] | |
| to beg [of a dog, holding up front paws] | Männchen machen | |
Nouns |
| stooge [acting as a front man] | 719 Strohmann {m} | |
| figurehead [front man] | 69 Strohmann {m} | |
| face [front side] | 37 Vorderseite {f} | |
| blind [activity or organization covering up sth. criminal] | 28 Vorwand {m} [Fassade, Front für kriminelle Aktivität] | |
| front [as in: as a front for ...] [cover for illicit activity] | 25 Tarnung {f} [wie in: als Tarnung für ...] [Verschleierung einer rechtswidrigen Aktivität] | |
| hist. mil. Hilfswilliger [non-German volunteer in the Nazi forces at the Eastern front] | 24 Hilfswilliger {m} <Hiwi, HiWi, HIWI> | |
| panniers [front or rear: on a bicycle] | 23 Radtaschen {pl} [vorne oder hinten] | |
| face [front side, gable end] | 22 Stirnseite {f} | |
| cloth. dickey [false shirt-front] | 11 Hemdbrust {f} [falsche] | |
| gastr. [tables on the sidewalk in front of a coffee house etc.] | 10 Schanigarten {m} [österr.] | |
| hort. garden [front, side or back] [Br.] | 8 Hausgarten {m} [Garten beim Haus] | |
| cloth. vamp [upper front part of a boot or shoe] | 7 Blatt {n} [Schuhblatt] | |
| cloth. dicky [false shirt-front] | 6 Hemdbrust {f} [falsche] | |
| face [front face] | 6 Vorderfläche {f} | |
| dent. buckteeth [coll.] [pej.] [projecting upper front teeth] | 5 Hasenzähne {pl} [ugs.] [oft pej.] [vorstehende obere Vorderzähne] | |
| theatre [front row seats] | Sperrsitz {m} [Sitzkategorie im Theater, Zirkus] | |
| theatre [the seat rows in front of the stage] | Cercle {m} [österr.] | |
| ling. affix [in front of the stem of a word - prefix] | vorgestellte Silbe {f} | |
| phonet. ash <æ> [symbol representing the sound of a near-open front unrounded vowel] | [phonetisches Zeichen für einen ungerundeten fast offenenen Vorderzungenvokal] <æ> | |
| automot. bra [Am.] [short for: front end bra, car bra, hood bra] | Automaske {f} [Steinschlagschutzmaske] | |
| oenol. bush [obs.] [a bunch of ivy hung as a vintner's sign in front of a tavern] | Buschen {m} [österr.] [südd.] | |
| end [front end, also of hair] | Spitze {f} [Vorderteil, auch Haarspitze] | |
| engin. ind. tech. frontlight [also: front light] [machine vision] | Auflicht {n} [industrielle Bildverarbeitung] | |
| automot. frunk [portmanteau of front and trunk] | Frunk {m} [Kofferwort aus Front (vorne) und Trunk (Kofferraum im amerik. Englisch)] | |
| meteo. gustnado [portmanteau of "gust front tornado"] | Gustnado {m} [Böenfrontwirbel] | |
| mil. troops {pl} | Truppe {f} [Gesamtheit der Streitkräfte an der Front] | |
2 Words: Others |
| comm. publ. face out {adv} [front cover display of books or magazines] | in Vollsicht [nachgestellt] [Warenpräsentation von Büchern oder Zeitschriften im Ladenregal] | |
| front running {adj} [Am.] [spv.] [in front of the field of competitors e.g.] | vorn liegend [in einem Feld von Bewerbern z. B.] | |
| front-running {adj} [Am.] [in front of the field of competitors e.g.] | vorn liegend [in einem Feld von Bewerbern z. B.] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| comp. neol. basement dweller [here: young person who spends most of their time in their room, in front of a computer] | Kellerkind {n} [ugs.] [hier: Jugendlicher, der seine Freizeit vorwiegend vor dem Computer verbringt] | |
| VetMed. bench knee [a structural fault of the horse's front legs] | Bankknie {n} [verschobenes Knie] | |
| exterior cleaning [house front, building facade] | Fassadenreinigung {f} | |
| hist. pol. Fatherland's Front [also: Patriotic Front] [Austrofascist party] | Vaterländische Front {f} <VF> [1933 - 1938] | |
| archi. flying facade [false front] | Blendfassade {f} | |
| pol. front benchers {pl} [Br.] [those on the front bench of either the government or the opposition] | Fraktionsspitze {f} | |
| automot. front drive [front-wheel drive, forward-wheel drive] | Vorderradantrieb {m} | |
| comp. front end | Präsentationsschicht {f} [Front-End, Frontend] | |
| geol. glacier front | Gletscherende {n} [Front] | |
| math. plus-sign [in front of a figure] | positives Vorzeichen {n} | |
| hist. Red Front [Red Front Fighters' League] | Rotfrontkämpferbund {m} | |
| acad. research front [cluster of co-cited academic papers] | Forschungsfront {f} [selten] [Research Front, Gruppe wissenschaftlicher Artikel, die sich gegenseitig zitieren] | |
| textil. slipped stitch <slst, sl, ss> [knitting; with yarn in back or in front] | Hebemasche {f} [Stricken; gehobene Masche] | |
| sports square pass [in front of the goal] | Stanglpass {m} [österr.] [flacher Querpass] | |
| VetMed. toe crack [crack on the front of a horse's hoof] | [Hornspalt an der Vorderseite des Pferdehufs] | |
| united front [e.g. against enemies] | Geschlossenheit {f} [geschlossene Front, z. B. gegenüber Feinden] | |
3 Words: Others |
| in front of {prep} [e.g. in front of the house, in front of the class] | vor [+Dat.] [z. B. vor dem Haus, vor der Klasse] | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| cloth. hist. coal-scuttle bonnet [woman's bonnet with huge shovel-like brim in front] | Schute {f} [breitrandiger, haubenartiger Frauenhut, dessen Krempe das Gesicht umrahmt; vornehmlich viktorianischer Stil] | |
| traffic drop-off circle [e.g. in front of hotels, schools, hospitals etc.] | Anfahrtsschleife {f} [z. B. vor Hotels, Schulen, Krankenhäusern, usw.] | |
| hist. mil. Eastern Front / front | Ostfront {f} | |
| econ. jobs executive board spokesman [as a title (esp. in front of the name): Executive Board spokesman / Spokesman] | Vorstandssprecher {m} | |
| bike front fork ends [to denote "front fork", 'Ausfallenden' is used in the sense of 'Gabelausfall'] | Ausfallenden {pl} [ugs.] [Gabelausfall] [Enden der Vorderradgabel] | |
| MedTech. optics front vertex power [reciprocal of the paraxial front vertex focal length] | objektseitiger Scheitelbrechwert {m} | |
| bike pair of paniers [spv.] [at a bicycle's rear or front wheel] | Fahrradtaschenpaar {n} [auch: Fahrradtaschen-Paar] | |
| bike pair of panniers [at a bicycle's rear or front wheel] | Fahrradtaschenpaar {n} [auch: Fahrradtaschen-Paar] | |
| hist. mil. Western Front / front | Westfront {f} | |
| cloth. y-front briefs {pl} [esp. Br.] [Y-Front®] | Slip {m} mit Y-Eingriff | |
4 Words: Others |
| hist. pol. To The German People [the iconic words located on the front of the Reichstag building] | Dem Deutschen Volke [die ikonischen Worte an der Fassade des Reichstagsgebäudes] | |
4 Words: Verbs |
| idiom mil. to be killed in action | im Felde fallen [auf dem Schlachtfeld, an der Front sterben] [veraltend] | |
4 Words: Nouns |
| split-front toilet seat [also: open- front toilet seat] | vorne offener WC-Sitz {m} | |
| meteo. weather in the rear [cold front] | Rückseitenwetter {n} [Kaltfront] | |
5+ Words: Nouns |
| Memorial Stone Against War and Fascism [memorial stone placed in front of Hitler's birth house] | Mahnstein {m} gegen Krieg und Faschismus | |
| ling. phonet. near-close near-front rounded vowel [also: near-high near-front rounded vowel] | gerundeter zentralisierter fast geschlossener Vorderzungenvokal {m} | |
| ling. phonet. near-close near-front unrounded vowel [also: near-high near-front unrounded vowel] | ungerundeter zentralisierter fast geschlossener Vorderzungenvokal {m} | |
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