 | English  | German | |
 | therefor {adv} [Am. esp. legal usage] [often pronounced "thereFOR"] | 1157 dafür | |
| incurred {adj} {past-p} [losses etc.; more often in postpos. than not] | 844 erlitten [Verluste etc.] | |
| relig. infidel {adj} [archaic] [often pej.] [unbelieving, godless, also: heretical] | 726 ungläubig [gottlos, auch: irrgläubig] | |
| notwithstanding {prep} [often postpos.] | 682 ungeachtet [+Gen.] [geh.] | |
| notwithstanding {prep} [often postpos.] | 345 trotz [+Gen., auch +Dat.] | |
| snappy {adj} [coll.] [snappish] [often fig.] | 288 bissig [auch fig.: gehässig, scharfzüngig] | |
| dusky {adj} [person] [often pej.] [dated] | 254 dunkelhäutig [Person] | |
| therefor {adv} [Am. esp legal usage] [often pronounced "thereFOR"] | 143 hierfür | |
| regularly {adv} [often] | 114 oft | |
| theatre thespian {adj} [often: Thespian] | 102 Theater- | |
| donnish {adj} [Br.] [often pej.] | 87 professoral [auch pej.] | |
| nappy {adj} [Am.] [sl.] [often pej.] | 75 kraus [Haar] | |
| touristy {adj} [coll., often derog.] | 69 touristisch | |
| predominate {adj} [Am.] [var. of predominant; often considered wrong] | 67 überwiegend | |
| notwithstanding {prep} [often postpos.] | 63 unbeschadet [+Gen.] [geh.] | |
| modern {adj} [up-to-date; often pej.: newfangled] | 60 neumodisch [oft pej.] | |
| menial {adj} [often pej.] | 46 einfach [nieder; schlicht] [Arbeit betreffend] [oft pej.] | |
| terrific {adj} [coll.] [extremely good or intense, often used in a sarcastic sense] | 42 doll [ugs.] [großartig oder sehr ausgeprägt, oft im ironischen Sinn gebraucht] [vgl. toll] | |
| frequently {adv} [quite often] | 39 öfters [österr.] [schweiz.] [sonst regional] | |
| inclined {adj} [often with preceding adv.] | 37 veranlagt [oft mit vorangestelltem Adv.] | |
| facile {adj} [often derog.] | 17 leicht [Sieg, Arbeit, Aufgabe] | |
| needed {adj} [necessary] [often postpositive] | 16 nötig | |
| circa {adv} {prep} <ca., c.> [abbreviation "c." often with dates, e.g. born c. 1701] | 13 circa <ca.> | |
| esot. hermetic {adj} [often: Hermetic] [characteristic of occultism] | 9 okkultistisch | |
| esot. hermetic {adj} [often: Hermetic] [alchemical, alchemistic] | 5 alchimistisch [alchemistisch] | |
| cloth. beskirted {adj} {past-p} [often used when the skirt is part of a uniform] | im Rock [nachgestellt] | |
| chez {prep} [Am.] [often hum.] [at, at the home of, at the business place of] | bei | |
| zool. cirrous {adj} [having tentacles or thread-like protuberances, often in tuft- or fringe-like arrays] | cirrusartig [mit Tentakeln, Borsten, Wimpern oder dgl., oft in polster- oder fransenartigen Ansammlungen] | |
| ling. Denglish {adj} [often pej.] | denglisch [meist pej.] | |
| relig. spec. incarnate {adj} [often postpos.] | Fleisch geworden [geh.] | |
| insufficient {adj} [deficient, half-hearted, often also dishonest] | halbbatzig [schweiz.] [ungenügend, unzulänglich, oft auch unehrlich, halbherzig] | |
| insufficient {adj} [deficient, half-hearted, often also dishonest] | halbpatzig [schweiz.] [Rsv.] [ungenügend, unzulänglich, oft auch unehrlich, halbherzig] | |
| juridified {adj} {past-p} [often pej.] | verrechtlicht [oft pej.] | |
| masonically {adv} [often capitalized] | freimaurerisch | |
| archi. art furn. moderne {adj} [esp. Am.] [often: Moderne] [art deco] | Art-déco- | |
| ethn. negroid {adj} [dated; often considered pej.] | negrid [veraltet] [oft als pej. angesehen] | |
| mus. obbligato {adj} [often postpos.] | obligat | |
| overrefined {adj} [often pej.] | überfeinert [oft pej.] | |
| scraggy {adj} [often pej.] | extrem dünn [Person, Tier, Hals etc.] | |
| See? [often meant with an air of triumph or satisfaction] | Na bitte! [triumphierend] | |
| ethn. hist. Tarascan {adj} [often pej.] | taraskanisch | |
| tonsorial {adj} [often hum.] [rare] | Haar- | |
| Verbs |
| to beguile sb. [charm or enchant sb., often in a deceptive way] | 687 jdn. umgarnen [bes. in täuschender Absicht] | |
| to compose sth. [constitute] [often in the passive voice] | 142 etw. ausmachen [bilden] [oft im Passiv: zusammengesetzt sein] | |
| to mesmerise sb. [Br.] [often mesmerize] | 114 jdn. fesseln [fig.] [faszinieren] | |
| to rather sb./sth. [nonstandard or regional] [prefer] [often with a modal verb, e.g. I would rather a coffee] | 41 jdn./etw. vorziehen | |
| to arrive [at an indefinite time, often later than expected] | 39 eintrudeln [ugs.] | |
| to detail sb. [often mil.] [to assign somebody a particular task] | 36 jdn. abstellen [abordnen, abkommandieren] | |
| to disinvent sth. [often in passive] | die Erfindung von etw. rückgängig machen [meist genitivisch und passivisch: der / des ... rückgängig gemacht werden] | |
| gastr. to french sth. [Am.] [often capitalized] [rib bones] | etw. parieren [Karree] | |
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