 | English | German | |
 | [state of sitting on the fence, incapable of making a decision] | Geeiere {n} [fig.] [pej.] | |
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| law will theory [outdated view in German law doctrine according to which the validity of a declaration of intent depends exclusively on the subjective will of the person making the declaration] | Willenstheorie {f} | |
| FoodInd. hist. law [a law of the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern of 1999, dealing with the supervision of the labeling of beef] | Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz {n} <RkReÜAÜG M-V> | |
| pol. capital decision [decision on the capital of Germany, move of headquarters from Bonn to Berlin] | Hauptstadtbeschluss {m} [Beschluss des Deutschen Bundestages vom 20. Juni 1991] | |
| anat. audio med. promontory [a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear] | Promontorium {n} | |
| pol. [list of party candidates for election at the level of a federal state] | Landesliste {f} | |
| hist. [having to kneel on the edge of a triangular piece of wood as punishment] | Scheitelknien {n} | |
| rajpramukh [head of a state in the Democratic Republic of India] | Radschpramukh {m} [veraltet] [Rajpramukh] [Oberhaupt eines Teilstaates der Indischen Volksrepublik] | |
| 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] | |
| acad. property theory [theory based on a constellation of characteristics of the object under consideration] | Eigenschaftstheorie {f} | |
| entom. anal proleg [either of the pair of false legs occurring on the 10th abdominal segment of caterpillars] | Nachschieber {m} [bei Raupen] | |
| RealEst. [the state of not being late on rent payments] | Mietschuldenfreiheit {f} | |
| jobs law pol. justice [a judge on the highest court of a government, such as a judge on the US Supreme Court] | Richter {m} [am Obersten Gerichtshof eines Staates, z. B. der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika] | |
| pol. First Mayor [head of government of the German state of Hamburg] | Erster Bürgermeister {m} | |
| EU Free Movement Directive [coll.] [Directive on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States] | Freizügigkeitsrichtlinie {f} [Kurztitel] [Richtlinie 2004/38/EG] | |
| rajpramukh [head of a state in the Democratic Republic of India] | Rajpramukh {m} [Oberhaupt eines Teilstaates der Indischen Volksrepublik] | |
| EU Citizens' Rights Directive [short title] [Directive on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States] | Freizügigkeitsrichtlinie {f} [Kurztitel] [Richtlinie 2004/38/EG] | |
| engin. tech. piercing [production of a hole in a sheet of metal by the use of a punch and a die] | Lochen {n} [Werkstück, Scherschneiden] | |
| EU Citizens' Rights Directive [short title] [Directive on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States] | Unionsbürgerrichtlinie {f} [Kurztitel] [Freizügigkeitsrichtlinie, Richtlinie 2004/38/EG] | |
| impregnation [the act or process of making a person pregnant] | Schwängern {n} | |
| impregnation [the act or process of making a person pregnant] | Schwängerung {f} | |
| geogr. Bread and Butter State [also: Wheat State, New England of the West] [nickname] [State of Minnesota] | [Spitzname für Minnesota, USA] | |
| recording [act of making a written record of sth.] | Protokollierung {f} | |
| jobs law pol. justice [female] [a female judge on the highest court of a government, such as a female judge on the US Supreme Court] | Richterin {f} [am Obersten Gerichtshof eines Staates, z. B. der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika] | |
| pol. secularity [here: neutrality of the state on religious matters] | Laizität {f} [weltanschauliche Neutralität des Staates] | |
| RadioTV F Little House: A New Beginning [alternative title of the 9th season of the series Little House on the Prairie] | Unsere kleine Farm | |
| law constitutional {adj} [pertaining to the constitution of a state] | staatsrechtlich | |
| EU Floods Directive [Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks] | Hochwasserrisikomanagementrichtlinie {f} [Richtlinie über die Bewertung und das Management von Hochwasserrisiken (2007/60/EG)] | |
| cutinization [making of cutin as outer epidermal wall of a plant ] | Bildung {f} von fester Haut | |
| insur. [pairs or sets, e.g. a pair of shoes, where the loss of one item reduces the value of the remaining item(s)] | (einheitliche) Sachmehrheit {f} | |
| agr. hist. [chairman of a farmers cooperative or of a village who was in charge of the Flurzwang] | Schulze {m} [Schultheiß] | |
| to see the bottom [of the sea, of a lake, of a river] | den Grund sehen [Meeresgrund, Seegrund, Flussgrund] | |
| identikit [Identi-Kit®, trademark in the U.S.] [used for a method of creating a picture (as of the face of a person wanted by police)] | Identikit {n} [Identi-Kit®] | |
| facing [sewn on the inside of a garment (at the neck)] | Kragenspiegel {m} | |
| relig. maundy [ceremony of washing the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday] | Fußwaschung {f} [am Gründonnerstag] | |
| admin. [director of an intermediate regional authority between the administration of a Bundesland and that of a Kreis] | Regierungspräsident {m} [in Deutschland] | |
| St. John's fire [fire lit on the eve of the feast of St. John Baptist] | Johannisfeuer {n} | |
| mus. pol. [official anthem of the German federal state of Hesse] | Hessenlied {n} | |
| agelessness [state of not showing the effects of age] | Alterslosigkeit {f} | |
| hist. mil. corporal [surplus NCO of a regiment in German armed forces of the 18th century, always officer candidates who hold the task of flagbearer] | Freikorporal {m} | |
| med. siphonage [the emptying of a cavity, such as the stomach, by means of a siphon] | Ausheberung {f} | |
| geogr. pol. Swabia [part of the Free State of Bavaria] | Bayerisch-Schwaben {n} [inoffizielle Bezeichnung] | |
| state collection [esp. of the Free State of Bavaria] | Staatssammlung {f} [bes. bayerische] | |
| hist. mil. corporal [surplus NCO of a regiment in German armed forces of the 18th century, always officer candidates who hold the task of flagbearer] | Gefreitenkorporal {m} [Freikorporal] | |
| urban [urban development on the outskirts of Tempelhofer Feld (location of the former Tempelhof Airport, Berlin)] | Randbebauung {f} des Tempelhofer Feldes | |
| educ. med. percussion examination training [tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resulting sound] | Klopfkurs {m} [Perkussionskurs] | |
| admin. law [Ministry of Justice of a German state] | Landesjustizministerium {n} | |
| pol. Captain Regent [Head of State of the Republic of San Marino] | Regierender Kapitän {m} [Staatschef der Republik San Marino] | |
| lap [of a sitting person] | Schoß {m} | |
| traffic Unverified [stomping on the brakes in front of another driver for the sole purpose of annoying them] | Schikanestopp {m} [schweiz.] [Ausbremsen im Straßenverkehr] | |
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