 | English  | German |  |
 | mil. fortified {adj} {past-p} [town, port] | 787 befestigt |  |
 | venerable {adj} [building, town, name, etc.] | 478 altehrwürdig [geh.] [Gebäude, Stadt, Name etc.] |  |
 | home {adj} [attr.] [e.g. town, planet, leave] | 380 Heimat- [z. B. Stadt, Planet, Urlaub] |  |
 | ghost {adj} [attr.] [e.g. town, train] | 65 Geister- [z. B. Stadt, Bahn] |  |
 | admin. geogr. district {adj} [attr.] [e.g. town, municipality, boundary, synod] | 26 Kreis- [z. B. Stadt, Gemeinde, Grenze, Synode] |  |
 | in {prep} [a city or town] | 20 zu [Wien, Mantua ...] [altertümlich] |  |
 | port {adj} [attr.] [e.g. authority, map, police, tour, town] | 19 Hafen- [z. B. Behörde, Plan, Polizei, Rundfahrt, Stadt] |  |
 | geogr. [concerning the town of Jülich in North Rhine-Westphalia] {adj} | jülichsch [veraltet] |  |
 | geogr. Capetonian {adj} [from Cape Town (South Africa)] | aus Kapstadt [nachgestellt] |  |
 | extramural {adj} [outside the walls or boundaries of a city or town] | außerhalb der Stadt [nachgestellt] |  |
 | flattened {adj} [region, town etc; by an earthquake, tsunami etc.] | dem Erdboden gleichgemacht |  |
 | geogr. Luccan {adj} [of the town of Lucca] | lucchesisch |  |
 | uptown {adj} [esp. Am.] [from the better part of town, fig. for: upper-class] | aus besseren Kreisen [nachgestellt] |  |
Verbs |
 | mil. to capture sth. [a town] | 1199 etw.Akk. einnehmen |  |
 | admin. pol. to incorporate [town or city] | 466 eingemeinden |  |
 | to bypass [town, village] | 99 umfahren [auf einer Umgehungsstraße] |  |
 | mil. to embattle [town, building or position] | 26 befestigen [Stadt, Gebäude oder Position] |  |
 | law to absorb [make part of an existing town/city] | inkorporieren [eingemeinden] |  |
 | to municipalise sth. [Br.] [bring sth. under the ownership (of the authorities) of a town] | etw. in städtischen Besitz überführen |  |
 | to municipalize sth. [bring sth. under the ownership (of the authorities) of a town] | etw. in städtischen Besitz überführen |  |
Nouns |
 | traffic road [outside a city, town or village] | 972 Landstraße {f} |  |
 | admin. pol. ward [of a city or town] | 361 Bezirk {m} [Stadtbezirk] |  |
 | urban neighbourhood [Br.] [district within a town or city] | 254 Viertel {n} [Wohngegend] |  |
 | dump [coll.] [pej.] [unattractive or boring town] | 223 Kaff {n} [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | dullsville [town] [sl.] | 135 Kaff {n} [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | backwater [behind-the-times small town] [pej.] | 82 Kaff {n} [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | urban neighbourhood [Br.] [of a city or town] | 74 Stadtteil {m} |  |
 | admin. geogr. urban incorporation [Am.] [of a town, village, etc. into another] | 73 Eingemeindung {f} |  |
 | air [of building, town etc.] | 49 Atmosphäre {f} |  |
 | passage [through country, town etc.] | 47 Durchfahrt {f} |  |
 | district [part of a town, village] | 42 Ortsteil {m} |  |
 | outskirts [of town] | 40 Vorstädte {pl} |  |
 | educ. jobs schoolmarm [Am.] [a strict or old-fashioned woman schoolteacher, esp. in a rural or small-town school] | 38 Schullehrerin {f} [an den früheren Dorfschulen, streng und altmodisch] |  |
 | urban neighborhood [Am.] [of a city or town] | 34 Stadtteil {m} |  |
 | geogr. seaport [city, town] | 28 Hafenstadt {f} |  |
 | geogr. town [small town] | 28 Kleinstadt {f} |  |
 | place [village or small town] | 25 Ortschaft {f} |  |
 | admin. treasurer [of a city, town] | 23 Kämmerer {m} |  |
 | admin. [area of a city, town or village] | 21 Ortsgebiet {n} [österr.] |  |
 | admin. [German town directly subordinate to a region as opposed to a district] | 19 Stadtkreis {m} [in Baden-Württemberg für kreisfreie Stadt] |  |
 | admin. [any road outside a city, town or village] | 18 Außerortstraße {f} |  |
 | newcomers [to a country, town etc.] | 17 Zugereiste {pl} |  |
 | admin. [road outside a city, town or village] | 15 Freilandstraße {f} [österr.] |  |
 | urban centre [Br.] [of a village, town] | 12 Ortskern {m} |  |
 | hole [coll.] [unattractive, boring town etc.] | 11 Drecknest {n} [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | comm. store [especially large out of town stores] [Br.] | 9 Verbrauchermarkt {m} |  |
 | hist. aristocracy [esp. of a city or town] | 7 Patriziat {n} |  |
 | traffic [any road outside a city, town or village] | 5 Landstraße {f} [österr.] [oft für: Freilandstraße, Außerortstraße] |  |
 | [citizen of a Hanseatic town] | Hanseat {m} |  |
 | [female native of the Swiss town of Engelberg in Obwalden Canton] | Engelbergerin {f} |  |
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