 | Englisch | Deutsch | |
| Teilweise Übereinstimmung |
 | to set sth. [determine] [e.g. the pace or tempo] | etw.Akk. angeben [bestimmen, festsetzen] [z. B. das Tempo] | |
| to sweep sth. [with a broom, e.g. the floor] | etw.Akk. abkehren [bes. südd.] [etw. durch Kehren säubern, z. B. den Fußboden] | |
| to treble [grow to three times the size, amount, or number] | sichAkk. verdreifachen | |
| to wing sb. [fig.] [wound the arm with a projectile] | jdn. am Arm treffen | |
| law Unverified [a jurist's feeling for the right legal decision] | Judiz {n} | |
| hunting [branch marking the place where game was initially wounded] | Anschussbruch {m} | |
| sports [Bundesliga award handed out by the German Kicker magazine] | Torjägerkanone {f} | |
| hunting orn. [capercaillie's mating song and dance in the tree] | Baumbalz {f} [Auerhahn] | |
| brew [Colloquial name in Vienna for the Ottakringer canned beer] | Sechzehnerblech {n} [österr.] [Wiener Dialekt] | |
| hist. relig. spec. [controversy over the Apostles' Creed in Germany, 1892/1893] | Apostolikumstreit {m} | |
| law [criminal offence prosecuted only upon application by the victim] | Antragsdelikt {n} | |
| hist. mil. [fanatical soldier, fighting to the end for a lost cause] | Endkämpfer {m} | |
| hist. law [law court dealing with edicts issued by the sovereign] | Herrengericht {n} | |
| gastr. [noodles, dumplings and the like added to a clear soup] | Suppeneinlage {f} | |
| dance [round dance in 3/4 time, similar to the Ländler] | Tirolienne {f} [auch: Tyrolienne] [einem Ländler ähnlicher Rundtanz im 3/4-Takt] | |
| [Sunday before Advent on which the dead are commemorated] | Ewigkeitssonntag {m} | |
| geogr. [town on the Isar river, particularly used to refer to Munich] | Isarstadt {f} | |
| hist. jobs [worker who kept streetcar tracks clean] [until the 1950s] | Ritzenschieber {m} [ugs.] | |
| mus. bandwagon [Am.] [wagon carrying the band in a parade] | Musikantenwagen {m} | |
| Unverified bandwagon [Am.] [wagon carrying the band in a parade] | Wagen {m} der Musikkapelle | |
| cloth. hist. bodkin [long pin used for fastening up the hair] | (lange) Haarnadel {f} | |
| BOLO [sl.] [Am.] [acronym for: be on the lookout] | [US-Polizeijargon für Fahndung] | |
| broadtail [the fleece or wool from a karakul lamb] | Breitschwanz {m} | |
| relig. chartreuse [Carthusian monastery] [rare except for the Grande Chartreuse] | Kartause {f} | |
| comp. Internet cloud [metaphor for decentralized data storage on the internet] | Cloud {f} | |
| clout [coll.] [blow, esp. with the hand or fist] | Schlag {m} [bes. mit der Hand oder Faust] | |
| hist. pol. Copperheads [Peace Democrats during the U.S.Civil War] | Copperheads {pl} [politische Bewegung während des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs] | |
| pharm. electuary [a medicine mixed with honey or the like] | Latwerge {f} [breiförmige Arznei] | |
| zool. T | | |
| zool. T | | |
| name Gretchen [female given name, esp. in the U.S.] | Gretchen {n} [Koseform von Margarete, Margarethe, Grete, Gretel] | |
| hangover [fig.] [sth. unpleasant left over from the past] | Altlast {f} [fig.] [Belastendes aus der Vergangenheit] | |
| geogr. Jičín [city in the Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic] | Jitschin {n} | |
| geogr. Kaiserstuhl [low mountain range in the Upper Rhine Valley] | Kaiserstuhl {m} | |
| geogr. key [small, low-lying island, esp. in the Caribbean] | Insel {f} [bes. eine kleine, tiefliegende Insel] | |
| brew kräusen [also: Kräusen] [foam caused by the fermentation process] | Kräuse {f} [Schaumdecke / Schaumkrone während der Gärung] | |
| meteo. neol. medicane [cyclone in the Mediterranean, similar to a tropical storm] | Medicane {m} | |
| biochem. biol. megaphone [cytotoxic lignan produced from the plant Aniba megaphylla] | Megaphon {m} [zytotoxischer Neolignan von Aniba megaphylla] | |
| mondaytofridayer [Br.] [neologism] [coll.] [lodger during the working week] | Wochenendheimfahrer {m} | |
| cloth. Unverified muffetee [Br.] [dial.] [small muff worn over the wrist] | Armstutzerl {n} [auch: Stutzerl] [bayer.] [Pulswärmer] | |
| med. myrmecia [a deep wart on the hands or feet] | Myrmekia {pl} [Warzen an den Händen bzw. Füßen] | |
| Negroes [poltically correct in the 1960s but now eschewed] | Neger {pl} [heute pej.] | |
| math. passant [a line that does not intersect the circle] | Passante {f} [eines Kreises] | |
| FoodInd. gastr. pitter [contrivance for removing the pits from stone fruit] | Entkerner {m} [um Früchte zu entkernen] | |
| RadioTV rating [e.g., Nielsen rating in the U.S.] | Quote {f} | |
| scar [in the face, from fencing among university students] | Schmiß {m} [alt] [Narbe] | |
| shop [German term refers nowadays mostly to the toy version.] | Kaufladen {m} [Wird heutzutage meist auf die Spielzeugausgabe bezogen.] | |
| jobs taskwork [rare] [work paid for by the job, piecework] | Akkord {m} [Akkordarbeit] | |
| telco [coll.] [erroneously referring to a meeting over the telephone] | Telko {f} [ugs.] [Telefonkonferenz] | |
| curr. teston [English and French coin from the 16th century] | [englische und französische Münze des 16. Jahrhunderts] | |
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