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| precipitate {adj} [proceeding with too great haste] | 621 überstürzt [fig.] | |
| easy {adj} [requiring no great effort] | 369 mühelos | |
| heavily {adv} [to a great degree] | 257 stark [in hohem Maße] | |
| uxorious {adj} [rare] [husband: having or showing a great fondness for his wife] | 226 treuliebend [Ehemann] | |
| major {adj} [of great extent] | 157 groß | |
| multifarious {adj} [having great variety] | 114 vielgestaltig | |
| singular {adj} [exceptionally good or great; remarkable] | 77 einmalig [einzigartig] | |
| awesome {adj} [coll.] [great] | 74 obergeil [ugs.] | |
| desperate {adj} [urgent, great] | 68 dringend | |
| lit {adj} [coll.] [amazing, great] | 63 super [ugs.] | |
| potent {adj} [having great power, influence, or effect] | 19 wirkmächtig [geh.] | |
| keen {adj} [coll.] [great] | 18 klasse [ugs.] [indekl. Adj.] | |
| great- {prefix} [e.g. great-grandparent] | 16 ur- [z. B. Urgroßvater] | |
| impassioned {adj} [filled with or showing great emotion] | 8 enragiert [veraltet] [geh.] | |
| really {adv} [e.g. really great] | 7 gscheit [regional] [wirklich, wahrlich; z. B. gscheit schön] | |
| bibl. hist. Solomonic {adj} [also fig.: exhibiting or requiring the exercise of great wisdom] | 7 salomonisch [auch fig.: einem Weisen entsprechend ausgewogen, weise] [geh.] | |
| Brilliant. [coll.] [Great.] | Super! [ugs.] | |
| heckuva {adj} [Am.] [sl.] [great] | verdammt gut [ugs.] | |
| heckuvan {adj} [Am.] [sl.] [spv.] [great] | verdammt gut | |
| magic {adj} [coll.] [great, excellent] | irre [ugs.] [klasse, toll] | |
| pernickety {adj} [Br.] [requiring great precision] | fuselig [regional] [peinliche Genauigkeit erfordernd] | |
| persnickety {adj} [Am.] [requiring great precision] | fuselig [regional] [peinliche Genauigkeit erfordernd] | |
| bibl. hist. Solomonian {adj} [also fig.: exhibiting or requiring the exercise of great wisdom] | salomonisch [auch fig.: einem Weisen entsprechend ausgewogen, weise] [geh.] | |
Verbs |
| to hurl sth. [throw with great force] | 2927 etw. schleudern [mit kräftigem Schwung werfen] | |
| to fall [from great height] | 420 abstürzen | |
| to ruin sb./sth. [cause great damage or harm, wreck] [e.g. sb.'s life, sb.'s reputation] | 374 jdn./etw. vernichten [fig. für: ruinieren] [z. B. jds. Leben, jds. Ruf] | |
| to create sth. [the world, a great work of art etc.] | 132 etw. schöpfen [geh.] [veraltend] [erschaffen, schaffen] | |
| to scamper [run around at great speed] | 48 umhersausen [ugs.] | |
| to rage [to spread with great speed] | 41 grassieren [sich verbreiten] [sich ausbreiten] | |
| to rifle sth. [throw or hit with great speed] | 40 etw. feuern [mit Wucht einen Gegenstand werfen oder treten] | |
| to smoke [sl.] [ride, travel with great speed] | 6 düsen [ugs.] | |
| [to design and construct sth. with great attention to detail] | etw. durchkonstruieren | |
| to appreciate sth. [set great store by sth.] | auf etw.Akk. Wert legen [Redewendung] | |
| to stress sth. [attach great importance] | auf etw. besonderen Wert legen [Redewendung] | |
Nouns |
| depth [also fig.] [great depth] | 70 Untiefe {f} [auch fig.] [große Tiefe] | |
| host [multitude, great number] | 63 Unzahl {f} | |
| host [multitude, great number] | 50 Masse {f} [Menge, bes. Besucher] | |
| reverence [great esteem] | 43 Hochachtung {f} | |
| brick [Br.] [dated] [coll.] [great guy] | 41 Pfundskerl {m} [ugs.] | |
| foofaraw [Am.] [coll.] [great fuss over something trivial] | 22 Trara {n} [ugs.] | |
| splendor [Am.] [great fame or glory] | 22 Glorie {f} [geh.] [Glanz, Ruhm] | |
| art painting [of no great value] | 20 Schwarte {f} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| splendour [Br.] [great fame or glory] | 12 Glorie {f} [geh.] [Glanz, Ruhm] | |
| Gethsemane [fig.] [place or occasion of great suffering] | 7 Martyrium {n} [Qual] | |
| archi. art (the) Kunstkamera [Russian: Кунсткамера] [Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Saint Petersburg] | (die) Kunstkammer {f} [Museum in Sankt Petersburg] | |
| hist. jobs [corresponds roughly to: Lord Steward of the Household, Lord Great Chamberlain] | Hofmarschall {m} [oberster Verwaltungsbeamter eines Fürstenhofs] | |
| apollo [fig.] [young man of great physical beauty] | Adonis {m} [fig.] [schöner junger Mann] | |
| apollo [fig.] [young man of great physical beauty] | Apoll {m} [fig.] [geh.] [schöner junger Mann] | |
| cracker [Br.] [coll.] [great person] [woman] | tolle Frau {f} [ugs.] | |
| hist. Diadoch [successor of Alexander the Great] | Diadoche {m} | |
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