 | English  | German | |
 | doting {adj} [extremely and uncritically fond of someone] | 432 vernarrt [bes. Eltern oder Großeltern in Bezug auf ihre Kinder bzw. Enkel] | |
| Boo! [to scare/frighten someone] | 33 Buh! [um jemanden zu erschrecken] | |
| [humorous reply to someone knocking on the door] | Herein, wenn's kein Schneider ist! [veraltend] [hum.] | |
| [Internet slang for: someone] {pron} <smone> | [Internetslang für: irgendwer] <iwer> | |
| kindly {adv} [esp. in a way someone else is grateful for] | dankenswerterweise [freundlicherweise] | |
| Verbs |
| to meddle [in someone else's affairs] | 1559 dareinreden [geh.] [veraltend] | |
| to blank sb. [Br.] [intentionally ignore someone you would normally greet] | 93 jdn. ignorieren [den man normalerweise begrüßen würde] | |
| [to give someone the status of civil servant] | 87 jdn. verbeamten | |
| psych. [to feel ashamed on someone else's behalf; to feel ashamed for someone else who has done sth. embarrassing] | sichAkk. fremdschämen [ugs.] | |
| to meddle [in someone else's affairs] | sichAkk. dareinmischen [geh.] | |
| to meddle [in someone else's affairs] | sichAkk. dreinmischen [ugs.] | |
| to spoon [to sleep with someone in close contact, both facing right or left] | in der Löffelchen-Position schlafen | |
| Nouns |
| audience {sg} [often treated as pl.] [listening to someone, e.g. on the radio] | 379 Zuhörer {pl} | |
| psych. [the feeling of shame on someone else's behalf; the feeling of shame for someone else who has done sth. embarrassing] | 225 Fremdschämen {n} [ugs.] | |
| sucker [esp. Am.] [coll.] [pej.] [person who deliberately lives off of someone else's aid and support] | 210 Schmarotzer {m} [fig.] [pej.] [Person] [Sozialschmarotzer usw.] | |
| minder [someone who looks after someone] | 101 Betreuer {m} | |
| fumble [coll.] [Br.] [fondling someone for sexual pleasure] | 65 Fummeln {n} [ugs.] [Petting] | |
| [someone performing federal voluntary service in Germany] | 5 Bufdi {m} [ugs.] [jd., der Bundesfreiwilligendienst leistet] | |
| [German pun on the botanic name "Nachtschattengewächs"; someone who builds their career near someone powerful] | Machtschattengewächs {n} [hum.] [pej.] [Person, die im Schatten einer mächtigen Person Karriere macht] | |
| [German slang for someone who gets somebody off the hook] | Rauspauker {m} [ugs.] | |
| Unverified [male who sounds sb. out (tries to find out the opinions of someone by asking questions)] | Kalfaktor {m} [veraltet] [regional] [pej.] [männliche Person, die andere aushorcht] | |
| [someone who profited from the German reunification] | Wendegewinner {m} | |
| [someone who refuses to eat meat] | Fleischverweigerer {m} | |
| [someone who uses a tanning bed very frequently] | Solariumopfer {n} [ugs.] [hum.] | |
| drowning [being drowned by someone] | Ertränktwerden {n} | |
| goodie [Br.] [coll.] [someone who never does anything wrong] | guter Mensch {m} [Gutmensch] | |
| med. heterotopagnosia [inability to point at someone else's body parts when prompted] | Heterotopagnosie {f} | |
| spewer [someone who spews, vomits] | Speier {m} [geh.] [jemand, der speit, erbricht] | |
| talker [someone who talks a lot] | Vielredner {m} | |
| woodsman [someone who lives in the woods] | Waldmensch {m} | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to be heard [idiom] [to have found someone willing to listen] | Gehör finden [Redewendung] [gehört werden] | |
| to cut sb. dead [idiom] [pretend you do not know someone in order to show you are angry] | jdn. wie Luft behandeln [ugs.] [Redewendung] [nicht beachten] | |
| to follow suit [idiom] [to do the same thing as someone else] | es jdm. gleichtun [Redewendung] | |
| to go for sb. [coll.] [to find someone attractive, romantically] | in jdn. verknallt sein [ugs.] | |
| to ice sb. out [idiom] [to treat someone with a lack of affection or warmth] | jdm. die kalte Schulter zeigen [Redewendung] | |
| to intervene in sth. [in someone else's affairs] | sichAkk. in etw.Akk. einmengen [sich einmischen] | |
| to knock sb. up [Br.] [wake or attract the attention of someone by knocking at their door] | jdn. herausklopfen [fig.] | |
| to lay sb. out [prepare someone for burial after death] | jdn. aufbahren | |
| to meddle in sth. [in someone else's affairs] | sichAkk. in etw.Akk. einmengen [sich einmischen] | |
| to rein sb. in [fig.] [hold someone back from doing sth.] | jdn. davon abhalten [etw. zu tun] | |
| to run sb. down [run over someone] | jdn. umlaufen [umrennen, zu Fall bringen] | |
| to see company [visit someone] | jemanden besuchen | |
| to snooker sb. into sth. [Am.] [get someone in a difficult situation] | jdn. in etw.Akk. hineinmanövrieren [jemanden in eine schwierige Situation bringen] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| bull artist [sl.] [pej.] [someone who talks bullshit] | Quatschkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| bullshit artist [sl.] [pej.] [someone who talks bullshit] | Quatschkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| psych. external shame [feeling embarrassed on behalf of someone else] | Fremdschämen {n} [ugs.] | |
| face time [Am.] [coll.] [time spent in face-to-face contact with someone] | Zeit {f} für ein persönliches Gespräch / Treffen | |
| photo. frequent snapper [Br.] [coll.] [someone who takes a lot of photos] | Vielknipser {m} [ugs.] [oft leicht pej.] [jemand, der viele Fotos macht] | |
| hand-holding [fig.] [help and advice given to someone when they are doing something for the first time] | An-die-Hand-Nehmen {n} [Einweisung, Betreung] | |
| mock bow [mocking someone] | spöttische Verbeugung {f} | |
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