 | Englisch | Deutsch | |
 | Internet original poster <OP> [refers to the person who posted the original question or comment] | Originalposter {m} | |
| Teilweise Übereinstimmung |
| That's what I'm saying! [as response to a person who, while explaining why they are in agreement, mentioned facts that the original speaker had already alluded to or said] | Eben! | |
| [a person who "looks the other way" in the face of a crime or misfortune] | Weggucker {m} | |
| admin. jobs Unverified [something like the surgeon general or the head of the CDC in the USA or health minister in the UK, Canada or Australia] | Gesundheitsvorsteher {m} [schweiz.] | |
| fish bankster [obs.] [person who fishes from the bank of a river or stream] | Angler {m} [der vom Flussufer aus angelt] | |
| doormat [coll.] [pej.] [person who gets used or walked over all the time] | Opfer {n} [Jugendsprache] [pej.] [Person, die ständig ausgenutzt oder schikaniert wird] | |
| I did. [answering the question WHO did sth.] | Das war ich. [Antwort auf die Frage, WER etw. getan hat] | |
| I did. [answering the question WHO did sth.] | Ich war's. [Antwort auf die Frage, WER etw. getan hat] | |
| I was. [answering the question WHO was sth.] | Ich (war es). [Antwort auf die Frage, WER etw. war] | |
| bushman [person who lives, works, or travels in the bush, esp. in Australia] | Buschmann {m} [bes. Australien] | |
| automot. [the members of the patrol force of the ADAC, Germany; equivalent to the AA and RAC in the UK or the AAA in the USA.] | die Gelben Engel {pl} | |
| to look down (on sb./sth.) [from the vantage of the person or object below] | (auf jdn./etw.) herniedersehen [geh.] | |
| automot. aviat. rail anti-lock brakes {pl} [refers to the entire braking system, not just the brakes] | Antiblockiersystem {n} <ABS> | |
| hist. [Poles who migrated to the Ruhr area at the end of the 1800s] | Ruhrpolen {pl} | |
| pol. [question of who will be the next chancellor candidate of a party] | K-Frage {f} [ugs.] [kurz für: Kanzlerfrage] | |
| pol. [question of who will be the next chancellor candidate of a party] | Kanzlerfrage {f} | |
| lit. F The Nazi and the Barber [earlier titles: The Nazi and the Barber, a Tale of Vengeance / The Nazi Who Lived As a Jew] | Der Nazi & der Friseur [Edgar Hilsenrath] | |
| jester [person who habitually plays the fool] | Spaßvogel {m} | |
| [a person who is obliged to leave the country] | Ausreisepflichtiger {m} | |
| educ. [person who is doing, has done the Matura] | Maturant {m} [österr.] | |
| acad. educ. doctor [person who holds the highest university degree] | Doktor {m} [Träger eines Doktortitels] | |
| proverb [The bigger the choice, the harder it is to choose. Or, literally transl.: Whoever has (the) choice has (the) torment.] | Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual. | |
| agr. zool. breeder [the animal being bred, not the person doing the breeding] | Zuchttier {n} | |
| [female person who breaks the law out of moral conviction] | Gesinnungstäterin {f} | |
| [male person who breaks the law out of moral conviction] | Gesinnungstäter {m} | |
| [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.] | |
| [from or pertaining to the Swiss canton of Basel or the city of the same name] {adj} | Basler [indekl.] | |
| art lit. mus. highly romantic {adj} [refers to the quality of a work of art, not necessarily to the period it was produced in] | hochromantisch | |
| sociol. cisgender <cis> [person who identifies with the sex assigned at birth] | Cisgender {m} {f} [auch: Zisgender] [Person, die sich mit dem bei Geburt eingetragenen Geschlecht identifiziert] | |
| early bird [here: person who gets up early in the morning] | Bettflüchter {m} [ugs.] [hum.] [Frühaufsteher] [vgl. Nestflüchter] | |
| agr. jobs stockman [Aus.] [person who looks after the livestock on a large property] | Viehhirt {m} | |
| yoni [the symbol of the Goddess (Shakti or Devi), the Hindu Divine Mother] | Yoni {n} {f} [als heilig geltendes Symbol des weiblichen Geschlechts in Indien] | |
| to be a Cancerian [person who is born under the sign of Cancer] [rare] | (ein) Krebs sein | |
| breath [the air taken into or expelled from the lungs; the process of breathing] | Atem {m} | |
| The translation is faithful to the spirit of the original. | Die Übersetzung hält sich genau an den Geist des Originals. | |
| pol. front benchers {pl} [Br.] [those on the front bench of either the government or the opposition] | Fraktionsspitze {f} | |
| oenol. cleanskin (wine) [Aus.] [wine whose label does not indicate the name of the winery or the winemaker] | [(billiger) Wein ohne Angabe des Abfüllers auf dem Etikett] | |
| law will theory [outdated view in German law doctrine according to which the validity of a declaration of intent depends exclusively on the subjective will of the person making the declaration] | Willenstheorie {f} | |
| myth. [demon who destroys the crop in the fields] | Bilmesschnitter {m} [bayer.] | |
| law [the court's right to reduce or abate (the fines or punitive measures)] | richterliches Mäßigungsrecht {n} | |
| film F Zootropolis [renamed title, used in the UK, some other European countries and the Middle East, original title: Zootopia] [Byron Howard, Rich Moore] | Zoomania | |
| hist. carpetbagger [pej.] [USA: term Southerners gave to Northerners who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era] | Carpetbagger {m} [pej.] [USA: Nordstaatler, der nach dem Sezessionskrieg in den unterlegenen Süden kam, Art "Glücksritter"] | |
| law skip [Am.] [coll.] [bail jumper] [person who gives up the bail bond of court] | [jd., der vor Gericht eine Kaution verfallen lässt und nicht vor Gericht erscheint] | |
| workings {pl} [the manner of functioning or operating; e.g. the inner workings of the government] | Arbeitsweise {f} | |
| F [nickname of Kelly Bundy in "Married with Children"; in the German version rather translated as "dimwit", unlike "pumpkin" in the original US-series] | Dumpfbacke {f} [Christina Applegate als Kelly Bundy, US-Fernsehserie "Eine schrecklich nette Familie"] | |
| gastarbeiter [an immigrant worker, especially one who came to the former West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s] | Gastarbeiter {m} | |
| mus. [tubes or channels that convey air from the wind-chest to the pipes not mounted on the chest itself] | Conducten {pl} [Orgel] | |
| nose lines [facial lines or wrinkles that appear at the sides of the upper portion of the nose] | Nasenrückenfalten {pl} | |
| [irrespective of a person or the persons involved] {adj} | personenunabhängig | |
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