 | English | German | |
 | constr. four-by-two [Br.] | Kantholz {n} 5 auf 10 (cm) [ca. 2x4 inch] | |
| constr. two-by-four [Am.] | Kantholz {n} 5 auf 10 (cm) [ca. 2x4 inch] | |
| four by two [cockney rhyming slang: Jew] | [Cockney Rhyming Slang für: Jude] | |
| two-by-four {adj} [Am.] [West-Indian] [small, insignificant] | winzig | |
| Partial Matches |
| automot. four-by-four <4 x 4> [a four-wheel-drive motor vehicle] | Geländewagen {m} [Fahrzeug mit Vierradantrieb] | |
| mus. two four times | Zweivierteltakte {pl} | |
| mus. two-four time | Zweivierteltakt {m} | |
| mil. Hup, two, three, four. | Links, zwo, drei, vier. | |
| pol. Two Plus Four Agreement | Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag {m} | |
| hist. pol. Two-Plus-Four talks | Zwei-plus-Vier-Gespräche {pl} | |
| mil. One, two, three, four! [marching cadence] | Eins, zwo, drei, vier! | |
| two / three / four / five consecutive months | zwei / drei / vier / fünf aufeinanderfolgende Monate {pl} | |
| to divide by four | durch vier teilen | |
| to divide by four | vierteln | |
| math. to multiply sth. by four | etw.Akk. vervierfachen [Zahl] | |
| gastr. For four people you should plan on about two pounds of meat. | Für vier Personen rechnet man mit ca. zwei Pfund Fleisch. | |
| automot. four-by-fours {pl} [coll.] <4x4s> | vierradgetriebene Fahrzeuge {pl} | |
| carriage drawn by four horses | vierspännige Kutsche {f} | |
| four minutes away from sth. by foot {adv} | vier Gehminuten von etw.Dat. (entfernt) | |
| automot. tech. sth. is supported by / in four bearings | etw. ist vierfach gelagert | |
| two by two {adv} | in Zweiergruppen | |
| two by two {adv} | zu zweit | |
| two by two {adv} | zwei um zwei | |
| sports They were four goals down by half-time. | Zur Halbzeit lagen sie mit vier Toren im Rückstand. | |
| RadioTV two / three / four back-to-back episodes {pl} | zwei / drei / vier Episoden {pl} am Stück | |
| RadioTV two / three / four back-to-back episodes {pl} | zwei / drei / vier Episoden {pl} hintereinander | |
| RadioTV two / three / four back-to-back episodes {pl} | zwei / drei / vier Folgen {pl} am Stück | |
| RadioTV two / three / four back-to-back episodes {pl} | zwei / drei / vier Folgen {pl} hintereinander | |
| math. to multiply sth. by two | etw.Akk. verzweifachen [Zahl] [selten] | |
| flanked by two policemen | flankiert von zwei Polizisten | |
| longer by two inches {adj} [postpos.] | um zwei Zoll länger | |
| to come in two by two | zu zweit hereinkommen | |
| He is survived by two daughters. | Er hinterlässt zwei Töchter. | |
| to increase by two orders of magnitude | (sich) verhundertfachen | |
| quote Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. [George Orwell] | Freiheit ist die Freiheit zu sagen, dass zwei plus zwei vier ist. Wenn das gewährt ist, folgt alles weitere. | |
| She had two sons by her first husband. | Sie hatte zwei Söhne von ihrem ersten Ehemann. | |
| comm. to terminate a contract by giving two weeks' notice to the end of the calendar month | einen Vertrag mit zweiwöchiger Frist zum Ende eines Kalendermonats kündigen | |
| quote Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference. [Robert Frost] | Im Wald zwei Wege boten sich mir dar, / und ich nahm den, der weniger betreten war. / Und dies änderte mein Leben. | |
| entom. T | | |
| mus. four-four time | Viervierteltakt {m} | |
| mus. two-two meter [Am.] | Zweihalbetakt {m} | |
| mus. two-two metre [Br.] | Zweihalbetakt {m} | |
| two-on-two situation | Zwei-gegen-zwei-Situation {f} | |
| bot. T | | |
| math. stat. two-way analysis of variance <two-way ANOVA> | zweifache Varianzanalyse {f} | |
| mus. two-two time | Zweihalbetakt {m} | |
| math. by threes {adv} <by 3's, by 3s> [in steps of three / 3] | in Dreierschritten | |
| electr. three-phase four-wire system <3-phase four-wire system, 3-phase 4-wire system> | Drehstrom-Vierleitersystem {n} [auch: Drehstromvierleitersystem] | |
| by-passed by history {adj} {past-p} [postpos.] | von der Geschichte übergangen | |
| quote ...by Madam Ross exposed to town, I mean by those who will give half a crown. [Nell Gwyn] | ...durch Madam Ross vor der Stadt entblößt, für diejenigen, die (dafür) eine halbe Krone geben. | |
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