 | English | German |  |
 | med. carrier [person infected with a pathogen] | Ausscheider {m} [von Krankheitserregern] |  |
Partial Matches |
 | med. direct contact infection [by direct contact with an infected person] | direkte Kontaktinfektion {f} |  |
 | caught {past-p} [became infected with sth.] | eingefangen [ugs.] [sich etw. eingefangen haben] [sich infiziert haben] |  |
 | [sleeping with a person at a lower rung of society] | Runterschlafen {n} [ugs.] [pej.] [selten] [mit jdm. unter der eigenen sozialen Stellung schlafen] |  |
 | [person at a health spa with whom one develops a relationship] | Kurschatten {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | left-hander [a blow struck with a person's left hand] | Schlag {m} mit der Linken |  |
 | jobs barker [person who stands at a show entrance and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel] | Ausrufer {m} |  |
 | [with full title (of a person)] | pleno titulo <P. T. / p. t.> [bes. österr.] [veraltet] |  |
 | [person / child with a sweet tooth] | Naschkatze {f} [ugs.] |  |
 | to embrace sth./sb. [to put one's arms around with the fingertips just touching each other; e.g. a tree, a person] | etw./jdn. umklaftern [veraltet] [mit ausgebreiteten Armen umfassen (sodass sich die Fingerspitzen eben berühren); z. B. einen Baum od. Menschen] |  |
 | med. celiac [Am.] [a person with celiac disease] | Zöliakier {m} [auch: Zöliaker] |  |
 | med. coeliac [Br.] [a person with coeliac disease] | Zöliakier {m} [auch: Zöliaker] |  |
 | to pinion sb. [a person with chains, bonds etc.] | jdn. fesseln |  |
 | anat. med. [a person covered in hair, usually with hypertrichosis] | Haarmensch {m} [veraltet] |  |
 | jobs [male person with a degree in "business informatics"] | Wirtschaftsinformatiker {m} |  |
 | date [person you go on a date with] | Ausgehpartner {m} |  |
 | acad. Master [female person with a Master's degree] | Magistra {f} <Mag.a> <Mag.> [österr.] |  |
 | Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon, identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen associated with typhoid fever] | Typhus-Mary {f} [Dauerausscheiderin von Typhus-Erregern] |  |
 | mésalliance [marriage with a person of lower social status] | Mesalliance {f} [geh.] [nicht standesgemäße Ehe] |  |
 | [person who has passed the Abitur with an A grade] | Einser-Abiturient {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | [person who has passed the Abitur with an A grade] | Einserabiturient {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | hist. [Nazi terminology for a person with at least three Jewish grandparents] | Volljude {m} |  |
 | Let me think. [said to a person addressed with the familiar 'du'] | Lass mich nachdenken. |  |
 | [short person with a long body who looks tall when sitting down] | Sitzriese {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | insur. stat. standard pensioner [person with a prior average income and 45 years' work history] | Eckrentner {m} [Deutschland] [ugs.] [mit einer modellhaften Erwerbsbiografie] |  |
 | insur. stat. standard pensioner [person with a prior average income and 45 years' work history] | Standardrentner {m} |  |
 | myth. tooth worm [a traditional belief about the pathogen of dental caries (tooth decay)] | Zahnwurm {m} |  |
 | cloth. to clothe sb. [esp. with a uniform or with a complete outfit] | jdn. einkleiden [mit notwendiger Kleidung versehen] |  |
 | prosthesis carrier [person] | Prothesenträger {m} |  |
 | law copyright control [notice on a copyrighted work that the copyright lies with the author personally and not with a publisher or similar] | [Hinweis auf einem urheberrechtlich geschützten Werk, dass das Urheberrecht beim Autor persönlich und nicht bei einem Verlag o.ä. liegt.] |  |
 | pointy ear [person or dog with a pointy ear, or the ear itself] [esp. referring to Vulcans in Star Trek] | Spitzohr {n} |  |
 | mini-me [coll.] [person who resembles a smaller version of another person] | Kleinausgabe {f} [ugs.] [Person, die wie eine Version in klein von jd. anders wirkt] |  |
 | carer [esp. Br.] [person who accompanies a disabled person, e.g. to an event] | Begleitperson {f} [eines Behinderten] |  |
 | to overwhelm sb./sth. [with work, with a task] | jdn./etw. überfordern |  |
 | traffic to knock sb./sth. down [with a car, with skis, etc.] | jdn./etw. umfahren [fahrend umstoßen] |  |
 | hist. transp. [pedlar transporting his goods afoot with a wooden back frame with shelf] | Kraxenträger {m} [österr.] [bayer.] |  |
 | mine {pron} [determiner] [archaic] [my] [used before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h] | mein |  |
 | to check sth. (off) [by marking it with a cross, e.g. a box on a form] | etw.Akk. ankreuzeln [österr.] [südd.] [ugs.] [ankreuzen] |  |
 | tumbler [drinking glass with straight sides and no handle or stem, originally with a rounded bottom] | Trinkglas {n} [Becherglas] |  |
 | med. [person afflicted with hemorrhoids] | Hämorrhoidarier {m} [veraltet] |  |
 | to place sb./sth. [e.g. children with foster parents; redundant workers into employment; dogs, cats, etc. with a family] | jdn./etw. vermitteln [z. B. Kinder zu Pflegeeltern; Arbeitslosen eine Stelle; Hunde, Katzen etc. in eine Familie] |  |
 | gastr. Schinkenhäger® / Schinkenhaeger / Schinkenhager [German gin, a spirit flavoured with juniper berries; sold in earthenware (Steingut) bottles with blue cap] | Schinkenhäger® {m} [ursprünglich "Steinhäger Urquell"; in brauner Steinzeugflasche mit blauer Verschlusskappe] |  |
 | [person with eclectic reading habits] | Querbeetleser {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | educ. [person with multiple doctor titles] | Dr. mult. [multiplex] [Doktor mit mehreren Doktortiteln] |  |
 | games sports muggle [person unfamiliar with geocaching] | Muggel {m} [Person, die nicht über Geocaching Bescheid weiß] |  |
 | psych. savant [person with savant syndrome] | Inselbegabter {m} |  |
 | med. spastic [person with cerebral palsy] | Spasti {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Spastiker] |  |
 | Honorary Consul [capitalized as honorary title for a Person, the title of a book and a movie] | Honorarkonsul {m} |  |
 | print to print sth. [mark sth. (a surface, typically a fabric or garment) with a coloured design or pattern] | etw.Akk. bedrucken [einen Stoff, ein Kleidungsstück etc.] |  |
 | pol. [person with full citizen's rights] | Aktivbürger {m} [bes. schweiz.] |  |
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