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Dictionary English → German: literal

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edit	ADJ	literal \| more literal \| most literal
edit	NOUN	literal \| literals
	SYNO	erratum \| literal \| literal error ...
	erratum \| literal \| literal error \| misprint \| typo \| typographical error actual \| genuine \| literal \| real © Princeton University

ADJ	literal \| - \| - ... literaler \| literale \| literales	edit
NOUN	das Literal \| die Literale	edit

literal {adj}

574

buchstäblich

literal {adj} <lit.>

245

wörtlich

literal {adj}

197

wortwörtlich

literal {adj}

wortgetreu

literal {adj} [actual]

tatsächlich

literal {adj} [prosaic]

nüchtern [geh.] [trocken, sachlich]

literal {adj}

buchstabengetreu

literal {adj}

Buchstaben-

literal {adj}

prosaisch [trocken]

Nouns

comp. print literal [e.g. $]

Buchstabensymbol {n} [z. B. $]

2 Words: Others

more literal {adj}

wortgetreuer

most literal {adj}

wortgetreueste

most literal {adj}

wortgetreuste

2 Words: Nouns

print publ. literal (error)

Druckfehler {m}

literal (error) [mistake in handwriting]

Schreibfehler {m}

literal (error) [typing error]

Tippfehler {m}

literal annihilation

buchstäbliche Vernichtung {f}

ling. med. literal ataxia [rare] [syllable stumbling]

literale Ataxie {f} [Silbenstolpern]

literal construction

Wortauslegung {f} [z. B. eines Gesetzes]

literal construction

wörtliche Auslegung {f} [z. B. eines Gesetzes]

literal instruction

Direktbefehl {m}

literal interpretation

wörtliche Übertragung {f}

literal meaning

eigentliche Bedeutung {f}

relig. literal meaning [esp. of the Bible]

Literalsinn {m} [bes. der Bibel]

print publ. literal mistake [literal error]

Druckfehler {m}

literal proof

schriftlicher Beweis {m}

literal sense

Wortsinn {m}

literal sense

buchstäblicher Sinn {m}

relig. literal sense [esp. of the Bible]

Literalsinn {m} [bes. der Bibel]

ling. literal translation

wörtliche Übersetzung {f}

3 Words: Nouns

interlinear literal translation

interlineare wörtliche Übersetzung {f} [Interlinearübersetzung]

4 Words: Others

in a literal sense {adv}

in buchstäblichem Sinne

in the literal sense {adv}

im Wortsinn

5+ Words: Others

idiom in the literal sense (of the word) {adv}

im wörtlichen Sinne

That is the literal truth.

Das ist die reine Wahrheit.

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A 2022-11-25: Sticklers for literal translation might go in for +nexus of interests+ whi...
A 2021-03-07: When the figurative becomes too literal, the ninnies resort to violence.
A 2021-01-15: Often the literal translation is more unidiomatic than people on one end i...
A 2020-10-25: Good point, MK. +Fingerspitzengefühl+ in the literal sense may perhaps als...
A 2020-10-25: If Wiki is anything to go by +fine motor skills+ imply +hands and fingers,...
A 2020-09-29: Frequently, however, the idiom appears to be used in the literal sense
A 2019-05-31: Adding to Llllllama's literal suggestion https://en.oxforddictionaries.c...
A 2018-07-05: Case against literal translations at all cost
A 2018-02-09: [fig.] should not be understood as "in contrast to the literal meaning"
A 2017-10-10: 15:04 Whoever grew up in post-war austerity loved to muck about in the mos...
A 2017-06-28: more discussion of the literal sense: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/...
A 2017-06-28: Literal sense 2: https://www.google.co.uk/#q=%22fell+on+his+sword%22+%22Gr...
A 2017-06-28: Literal sense: https://www.google.co.uk/#q=%22fell+on+his+sword%22+%22Roma...
A 2015-11-28: Yes, I just gave the literal meaning of kriegen.
A 2015-11-02: What would be the literal translation of the Fiedensbewegte?
A 2015-10-12: A literal translation of the individual words won't really get you very fa...
A 2015-07-23: OK but it is not a literal translation
A 2015-06-18: Not only sirens "howling" (literal translation)
A 2015-05-20: A literal translation would be +May growth,+ but I don't think anyone woul...
A 2015-03-28: literal?

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