 | English  | German | |
 | decisive {adj} [making a decision] | 470 entschlossen | |
| exacerbating {adj} {pres-p} [making worse] | 89 verschärfend [schlimmer machend] | |
| cheering {adj} [giving hope, making glad, or giving courage] | 20 aufmunternd | |
| transparent {adj} [e.g. methods, methodology, decision-making process] | 16 nachvollziehbar | |
| compromising {adj} {pres-p} [making a compromise] | Kompromiss schließend | |
| filming {pres-p} [making into film] | verfilmend | |
| piercing {pres-p} [making holes] | lochend | |
| Verbs |
| automot. to tweak sth. [coll.] [improve sth. by making fine adjustments] | 339 etw. frisieren [ugs.] [die Leistung durch nachträgliche Veränderungen steigern] | |
| to carry sb./sth. [coll.] [loss-making concern, non-productive worker] | 18 jdn./etw. durchschleppen [ugs.] [Verlustgeschäft, unproduktiven Arbeiter] | |
| to shatter [while making a clanging or clinking sound] | 5 zerklirren | |
| ind. to discontinue sth. [stop making a product] | die Produktion von etw.Dat. einstellen | |
| Nouns |
| constr. wattle [material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches] | 430 Flechtwerk {n} | |
| bootlegger [making illicit copies of sth.] | 226 Raubkopierer {m} | |
| dash [a small splash as in making a drink] | 131 Spritzer {m} | |
| art statuary [archaic] [art or practice of making statues] | 101 Bildhauerei {f} | |
| agr. FoodInd. dairy [for making cheese] | 77 Käserei {f} | |
| cuckoldry [dated] [literary] [act of making sb. a cuckold] | 47 Hörneraufsetzen {n} [ugs.] [hum.] [selten] [den Ehemann betrügen] | |
| neol. schlimmbesserung [making sth. worse by trying to make it better] | 46 Verschlimmbesserung {f} [ugs.] | |
| law legislation [law-making] | 45 Legislatur {f} | |
| law legislation [law-making] | 29 Legislation {f} | |
| art statuary [archaic] [art of making statues] | 27 Bildhauerkunst {f} | |
| art ceramics {pl} [usually treated as sg.] [the art of making ceramic articles] | 20 Töpferkunst {f} | |
| textil. tatting [lace making] | 19 Klöppeln {n} [Spitze] | |
| acad. surveying [science of making surveys of land] | 17 Vermessungskunde {f} | |
| games sports gamesmanship [way of increasing one's chances of success against an opponent by making him lose confidence] | 16 [Versuch, durch Verunsicherung des Gegners zu gewinnen, ohne gegen die Regeln zu verstoßen] | |
| recording [act of making a written record of sth.] | 14 Protokollierung {f} | |
| oenol. disgorgement [in the making of sparkling wine] | 13 Degorgement {n} | |
| spec. satisficing [decision-making strategy] | 11 Satisficing {n} [Begriff der Entscheidungstheorie] | |
| vehicle [fig.] [way / means of expressing sth. or of making sth. happen] | 11 Vehikel {n} [fig.] [Mittel um etwas deutlich, wirksam oder möglich zu machen] | |
| wheel [for making pottery] | 10 Scheibe {f} [Töpferscheibe] | |
| jobs theatre costumer [tailor making costumes] | 8 Kostümier {m} | |
| textil. rags [generally, also for making paper] | 7 Hadern {pl} [österr.] [südd.] | |
| pol. socialization [act or process of making socialistic] | 6 Verstaatlichung {f} | |
| impregnation [the act or process of making a person pregnant] | 5 Schwängern {n} | |
| hist. jobs [Bohemian workers in the Viennese brick making industry] | Ziegelböhm {pl} [österr.] [ugs.] | |
| law [judge making solo decisions] | Einzelrichter {m} | |
| [state of sitting on the fence, incapable of making a decision] | Geeiere {n} [fig.] [pej.] | |
| tech. boring [making a hole] | Bohren {n} | |
| traffic Copenhagenization [making a city more accessible to bicyclists and pedestrians, and less car dependent] | Kopenhagenisierung {f} | |
| cutinization [making of cutin as outer epidermal wall of a plant ] | Bildung {f} von fester Haut | |
| mus. Hausmusik [music making in the home] | Hausmusik {f} | |
| impregnation [the act or process of making a person pregnant] | Schwängerung {f} | |
| econ. incrementalism [e.g. in decision-making] | (schrittweises) Herantasten {n} | |
| geogr. geol. mapmaking [also: map-making] | Kartieren {n} | |
| naturalization [action of making, or causing to appear, natural] | Vernatürlichung {f} | |
| perfumery [(art of) making perfume] | Parfümherstellung {f} | |
| relig. reparation [making amends] | Sühneleistung {f} | |
| psych. spec. sensemaking [also: sense-making] | Sensemaking {n} [Fachjargon für: Sinnstiftung] | |
| textil. tatting [type of lace making] | Schiffchenarbeit {f} [Occhi, Frivolitätenarbeit] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to pop open [coll.] [making a plopping sound] | aufploppen [ugs.] | |
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