 | English  | German | |
 | big {adj} [popular] | 6 beliebt | |
| quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."] | Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“] | |
| common {adj} [prevalent, popular] | weit verbreitet | |
| Nouns |
| myth [fig.] [popular misconception] | 169 Mär {f} [fig.] [Irrglaube] | |
| furn. commode [low chest of drawers or chiffonier of a decorative type popular in the 18th century] | 113 Kommode {f} [bes. stark verzierte, niedrige Kommode des 18. Jahrhunderts] | |
| tinfoil [popular misnomer] | 113 Aluminiumfolie {f} | |
| mus. hook [popular music] | 75 Hookline {f} [charakteristische Melodiephrase od. Textzeile] | |
| gastr. TrVocab. Jagertee [also: Jägertee] [black tea with overproof ersatz rum; popular as an après-ski drink] | 7 Jagertee {m} [österr.] [südd.] | |
| mus. song [popular music] | 6 Titel {m} | |
| sports [a style of sled runner popular in Bavaria that resembles curved horns] | Hörnerschlitten {m} | |
| lit. mus. theatre [farce with singing, popular in the 19th century] | Posse {f} mit Gesang | |
| mus. [folksy popular music genre, esp. in German speaking countries] | volkstümliche Musik {f} [kommerzialisierte, sogenannte Volksmusik] | |
| gastr. [phantasy name of a popular (German) minced meat dish in the 50s] | Arabisches Reiterfleisch {n} [Hackfleischgericht der 50er Jahre] | |
| gastr. [popular rhyme in German; literally: noshing [Br.] / chowing [Am.] like (one does / did) at Mum's / Mom's] | Futtern {n} wie bei Muttern | |
| [typical representatives of an ethnic group in traditional costumes; popular motif on old postcards] | Volkstypen {pl} | |
| hist. drum [evening tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century] | Abendgesellschaft {f} [bes. im späten 18. und frühen 19. Jahrhundert] | |
| mus. hook [popular music] | Hook {f} [ugs. in Rapperkreisen für Hookline] | |
| mus. Mandopop [also: mandopop] [Mandarin popular music] | Mandopop {m} | |
| relig. Shenism [also: shenism] [Chinese popular religion] | Schenismus {m} [chinesischer Volksglauben] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| most popular {adj} [extremely popular] | ausgesprochen beliebt | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to catch on [coll.] [to become popular] | Schule machen [Redewendung] | |
| to catch on [coll.] [to become popular] | sich durchsetzen [populär werden] | |
| to catch on [coll.] [to prove popular] | Anklang finden | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| flying monkeys [adaptions and popular culture] [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] | geflügelte Affen {pl} [Der Zauberer von Oz] | |
| mus. pop icon [popular music celebrity] | Popikone {f} | |
| mus. pop icon [popular music celebrity] | Pop-Ikone {f} | |
| lit. pop literature [coll.] [short for: popular literature] | Popliteratur {f} | |
| public opinion [popular opinion, not recorded by statistical surveys] | Volksmeinung {f} | |
| hist. lit. theatre sentimental tragicomedy [popular in the late 18th/early 19th cent.] | weinerliche Komödie {f} | |
| mus. Viennese song [folksong, popular song] | Wienerlied {n} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| philos. quote Being determines consciousness. [popular short version of a quote by Karl Marx] | Das Sein bestimmt das Bewusstsein. [verbreitete Kurzform eines Zitats von Karl Marx] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. carte de visite <c.d.v., CDV> [a small photographic portrait of a person, mounted on a piece of card; popular in the 1860s] | Visitkarton {m} [Carte de Visite, CdV, ca. 1860] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| idiom flavour of the month [most popular person or thing] [coll.] [Br.] | Hit {m} des Monats | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| A stitch in time saves nine! [popular protest slogan in Germany] | Wehret den Anfängen! | |
| idiom Nip it in the bud! [popular protest slogan in Germany] | Wehret den Anfängen! | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. law Swiss children coercion reparation initiative [Swiss federal popular initiative] | Wiedergutmachungsinitiative {f} [Schweiz] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| RadioTV F [popular German TV show, literally: pronto pronto] | Dalli Dalli [Fernsehshow] | |
| mus. RadioTV F If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd Have Baked a Cake [popular song by Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill, and Clem Watts] | Hätt ich dich heut erwartet, hätt ich Kuchen da | |
| mus. lit. F The Happy Wanderer [popular German song] | Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann [Text: Friedrich Sigismund] | |
| lit. F [a child who is considered eating too little; also popular restaurant name (modernised form of the name "Suppen-Kaspar")] | Suppenkasper {m} [modernisiert aus: Suppen-Kaspar] | |
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