| Englisch | Deutsch | |
| vivid {adj} [description] | 355 klar [anschaulich] | |
| graphic {adj} [account, description] | 140 anschaulich | |
| -savvy {adj} [description of a person interested in or knowledgable about sth.] | 99 -affin [geh.] [adjektivbildendes Suffix] [z. B. technikaffin, kulturaffin] | |
| outlandish {adj} [prose, style, description] | 57 eigenwillig | |
| apt {adj} [comparison, description etc.] | 24 schlagend [fig.] | |
| graphic {adj} [account, description] | 22 plastisch [Schilderung, Sprache] | |
| twee {adj} [Br.] [description] | 20 verniedlichend | |
| grandiloquent {adj} [description] | 11 grandios | |
Verben |
| journ. to profile sb. [present a description, analysis of sb.] | 71 jdn. porträtieren [jdm. einen großen Artikel widmen] | |
| to fit sb./sth. [e.g. the description fits him exactly, the lid doesn't fit the pot] | auf jdn./etw. passen [z. B. Beschreibung auf jdn., Deckel auf Dose] | |
Substantive |
| account [description] | 237 Beschreibung {f} | |
| portrayal [verbal description] | 117 Schilderung {f} [Darstellung] | |
| account [narrative description] | 69 Schilderung {f} [Bericht, z. B. einer Reise] | |
| law signalment [short personal description, list] | 15 Signalement {n} [bes. schweiz.] [Personenbeschreibung mithilfe von charakteristischen (äußeren) Merkmalen; Auflistung] | |
| outlandishness [of prose, style, description] | 9 Eigenwilligkeit {f} | |
| [coll. description of paramedical staff working in emergency services regardless of rank or education] | 5 Notarzthelfer {pl} [ugs.] [falsche Bezeichnung für das Rettungsdienstpersonal] | |
| mus. theatre [literally a 'stage-consecrating festival play'; Wagner's description of his last dramatic work "Parsifal"] | Bühnenweihfestspiel {n} | |
| actuality [realism in description / presentation] | Wirklichkeitstreue {f} | |
| hist. lit. Belopoeica [book by Heron of Alexandria; a description of war machines] | Buch {n} der Projektile [Belopoeika] | |
| racket [coll.] [disapproving description of a profitable business] | einträgliches Geschäft {n} | |
| agr. jobs threshers [short for: threshing machines or job description] | Drescher {pl} [kurz für: Dreschmaschinen bzw. Berufsbezeichnung] | |
| variablename [parameter description] | Variablenname {m} | |
2 Wörter: Substantive |
| sociol. genre picture [description of the customs or way of life of a society, social class etc.] | Sittenbild {n} [Beschreibung der Sitten einer bestimmten Epoche, eines bestimmten Volkes oder bestimmter Schichten] | |
| graphic account [vivid description] | bildhafte Schilderung {f} | |
| jobs job purpose [job description] | [übergreifendes Ziel der Stelle] [Stellenbeschreibung] | |
| biochem. metabolic factory [description for muscles] | Stoffwechselfabrik {f} [Beschreibung für die Muskeln] | |
| biol. original description [description of a new species] | Erstbeschreibung {f} | |
| audio film RadioTV visual description [audio description] | akustische Bildbeschreibung {f} [Audiodeskription] | |
3 Wörter: Andere |
| said to contain <S.T.C.> [description of cargo] | beinhaltet angeblich | |
3 Wörter: Substantive |
| a crafty bitch [coll.] [pej.] [insulting description of a woman] | ein gerissenes Luder {n} [ugs.] [pej.] [von einer meist weibliche Person] | |
| comm. EU harmonized system code <HS code> [Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System] | HS-Code {m} [Harmonisiertes System der Zolltarifnomenklatur] | |
4 Wörter: Verben |
| to be a crafty bitch [coll.] [pej.] [insulting description of a woman's behavior] | ein gerissenes Luder sein [ugs.] [meist von einer weiblichen Person] | |