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English	German
literal sense	buchstäblicher Sinn {m}
literal sense [esp. of the Bible]	Literalsinn {m} [bes. der Bibel]
literal translation	wörtliche Übersetzung {f}
literalism	Buchstabenglaube {m}
literalism	(zu) strenge Auslegung {f}
literalism	Realismus {m}
literalism	Literalismus {m}
literalist	Literalist {m} [jd., der sich an wörtliche Bedeutung von Aussagen hält]
literality	Wörtlichkeit {f}
literality	wörtliche Bedeutung {f}
literality	Schriftlichkeit {f} [Literalität]
literality	Literalität {f}
literally	in wörtlichem Sinne
literally	buchstäblich
literally	wortgetreu
literally	wortwörtlich
literally	im Wortsinn
literally	im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes
literally [coll.] [with some exaggeration]	geradezu
literally [emphatic]	förmlich [im Sinn von regelrecht]
literally <lit.>	wörtlich
literally speaking	wörtlich genommen
[literally a 'stage-consecrating festival play'; Wagner's description of his last dramatic work "Parsifal"]	Bühnenweihfestspiel {n}
[literally 'earthworm'; human being as transitory and insignificant]	Erdenwurm {m} [poet.] [Mensch als vergänglicher, unbedeutender Teil der Natur]
[literally "grit years", "courage years"]	Mutjahre {pl} [Zunft; Gesellenjahre vor der Meisterschaft]
[literally, sb. swallowed a clown for breakfast, meaning sb. is too funny]	jd. hat einen Clown verschluckt / gefrühstückt [ugs.] [Redewendung] [Jemand ist übermäßig zum Spaßen aufgelegt]
[literally: "chain-dogs", pejorative nickname of uniformed military police units of German forces of the 19th and 20th century]	Kettenhunde {pl} [fig.] [ugs.] [Bezeichnung der Feldgendarmerie in dt. Streitkräften des 19. und 20. Jh.]
[literally: perpetrator generation. Generation of Germans who theoretically was able to participate in Nazi crimes]	Tätergeneration {f}
literalness	Wortwörtlichkeit {f}
literaricity	Literarizität {f}
literarily	literarisch
literarily	dichterisch [schriftstellerisch]
literariness	literarische Ebene {f}
literariness	Literarizität {f} [Literaturhaftigkeit]
literarization	Literarisierung {f}
literary	dichterisch [schriftstellerisch] <dichter.>
literary [not colloquial]	gewählt
literary [having to do with literary studies]	literaturwissenschaftlich
literary <liter.>	literarisch <lit.> <liter.>
literary adaptation	Literaturadaption {f}
literary adaptation of the Bible	Bibeldichtung {f}
literary agency	Literaturagentur {f}
literary agent	Literaturagent {m}
literary agent [female]	Literaturagentin {f}
literary and artistic director	künstlerischer Leiter {m}
literary archives {pl}	Literaturarchiv {n}
literary authority	literarische Autorität {f}
literary café	Literatencafé {n}
literary calendar	Literaturkalender {m}
literary canon	Literaturkanon {m}
literary character	literarische Figur {f}
literary circle	literarischer Kreis {m}
literary circle	Literaturkreis {m}
literary classics	Literaturklassiker {pl}
literary copyright	literarisches Eigentum {n}
literary critic	Literaturkritiker {m}
literary critic [female]	Literaturkritikerin {f}
literary criticism	Literaturkritik {f}
literary criticism	Literarkritik {f} [Bibelexegese]
literary criticism [academic]	Literaturwissenschaft {f}
literary culture	Literaturkultur {f}
literary debate	Literaturdebatte {f}
literary device	literarisches Ausdrucksmittel {n}
literary dispute	Literaturstreit {m}
literary effusions	literarische Ergüsse {pl} [geh.] [oft hum.]
literary estate	schriftlicher Nachlass {m}
literary evening	Leseabend {m}
literary excursion	Literaturexkurs {m}
literary fabric [fig.]	literarisches Gewebe {n} [fig.]
literary festival	Literaturfestival {n}
literary figure	Literat {m}
literary (film) adaptation	Literaturverfilmung {f}
literary form	Gattung {f}
literary form	Literaturform {f} [Gattung, Literaturart]
literary genius	Literaturgenie {n} [ugs.]
literary genre	Literaturgattung {f}
literary genre	literarisches Genus {n}
literary genre	Textgattung {f}
literary genre	literarische Gattung {f}
literary great	Literaturgröße {f}
literary guide	Literaturführer {m}
literary historian	Literaturhistoriker {m}
literary historian	Literaturgeschichtler {m}
literary historian [female]	Literaturhistorikerin {f}
literary historical	literarhistorisch
literary historical	literaturgeschichtlich
literary historiography	Literaturgeschichtsschreibung {f}
literary history	Literaturgeschichte {f}
literary journal	Literaturzeitschrift {f} [Fachzeitschrift]
literary language	Schriftsprache {f}
literary language	Literatursprache {f}
literary license	literarische Freiheit {f}
literary lion	Literaturfürst {m}
literary lion	gefeierter Autor {m}
literary magazine	Literaturzeitschrift {f}
literary man	Literat {m}
literary monument	literarisches Denkmal {n}
literary monument	Literaturdenkmal {n}
literary museum	Literaturmuseum {n}
literary oeuvre [total literary output]	literarisches Oeuvre {n} [geh.] [literarisches Gesamtwerk]
« liqu — list — list — list — list — lite — lite — lith — lith — liti — litt »

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