 | English  | German | |
 | surviving {adj} [old piece of literature etc.] | 353 erhalten | |
| sociol. black {adj} [often cap.] [people, community, literature, etc.] | 8 farbig [„schwarz“ (in Bezug auf die Hautfarbe)] [pej.] [veraltend] | |
| secondary {adj} [e.g. analysis, burial, care, caries, colour, forest, literature] | Sekundär- [z. B. Analyse, Bestattung, Versorgung, Karies, Farbe, Wald, Literatur] | |
| Verbs |
| to write [literature] | 407 dichten | |
| to review [literature, material] | 102 aufarbeiten | |
| lit. to recast sth. [esp. a poem, work of literature] | 19 etw. umdichten | |
| lit. to rework sth. [esp. a poem, work of literature] | 5 etw. umdichten | |
| to flourish [art, music, literature] | eine Blütezeit erleben | |
| to survive [old piece of literature etc.] | erhalten sein | |
| Nouns |
| womyn [spv.: used chiefly in feminist literature to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-e-n] | 45 Frauen {pl} | |
| lit. narrator [in literature] | 8 Erzählerfigur {f} | |
| lit. writing [literature] | 8 Literatur {f} | |
| hist. lit. Trümmerliteratur [literally transl.: rubble literature, i.e. German literature immediately after WW II] | 6 Kahlschlagliteratur {f} | |
| lit. tag [stock, set phrases used in literature] | 5 Klischee {n} [abgedroschene Redensart] | |
| lit. [literature for teenage girls] | Backfischliteratur {f} [veraltet] | |
| hist. lit. mus. [literature reading and / or concert] | Akademie {f} [österr.] [veraltet] [musikalische und / oder literarische Veranstaltung] | |
| lit. [literature] | Litteratur {f} [Rechtschreibung vor 1901] [Literatur] | |
| ling. lit. orature [oral literature] | mündliche Literatur {f} | |
| pornography [pornographic literature] | Schmutzliteratur {f} | |
| lit. Tirukkuṛaḷ [sometimes spelt 'Thirukkural', classical Tamil literature] | Tirukkuṛaḷ {n} [altsprachliche tamilische Literatur] | |
| hist. lit. Trümmerliteratur [literally transl.: rubble literature, i.e. German literature immediately after WW II] | Trümmerliteratur {f} | |
| unadornedness [esp. in the arts, literature] | Schmucklosigkeit {f} [Unverziertheit] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| coffee-table {adj} [attr.] [fig.] [e.g. literature] | leichtverdaulich [fig.] [z. B. Literatur] | |
| gastr. coffee-table {adj} [attr.] [fig.] [e.g. literature] | leicht verdaulich [fig.] [z. B. Literatur] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. lit. chivalric romance [genre, medieval literature] | Ritterdichtung {f} [höfischer Roman] | |
| hist. lit. Cyclic Poets [post-Homeric Greek literature] | Zyklische Dichter {pl} | |
| acad. literature survey [research literature] | Forschungsbericht {m} [Literaturübersicht] | |
| acad. ling. lit. Persian studies {pl} [Persian language and its literature] | Iranistik {f} [Studiengangsbezeichnung] | |
| lit. pop literature [coll.] [short for: popular literature] | Popliteratur {f} | |
| archi. art lit. Vienna Moderne [architecture, art, literature 1890 - 1910] | Wiener Moderne {f} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| appreciative of art {adj} [postpos.] [including music, literature etc.] | kunstsinnig [geh.] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| acad. ling. lit. student of English [female] [language and literature] | Anglistikstudentin {f} | |
| educ. ling. lit. student of English [language and literature] | Anglistikstudent {m} | |
| lit. the faithful Eckart [mythical figure in medieval German literature] | der getreue Eckart | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| geogr. lit. literature of the Caucasus [also: Caucasus literature] | Kaukasus-Literatur {f} [auch: Kaukasusliteratur] | |
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