 | English | German  | |
 | bare {adj} [legs, feet, chest, etc.; also: branch, wall, floor] | 1554 nackt [Beine, Füße, Oberkörper etc.; auch: Ast, Wand, Boden] | |
| cracked {adj} [walls etc.] | 489 rissig [Boden, Wand, Leder etc.] | |
| agr. arable {adj} [e.g. crop, land, plot, soil] | 373 Acker- [z. B. Frucht, Land, Parzelle, Boden] | |
| soggy {adj} [soil] | 251 durchweicht [Boden] | |
| devastated {adj} {past-p} | 245 zerschmettert [fig.] [am Boden zerstört] | |
| meteo. sodden {adj} [soil] | 121 aufgeweicht [Boden] | |
| squelchy {adj} | 92 quatschig [ugs.] [selten] [matschig, bes. Weg, Boden] | |
| constr. tamped {adj} {past-p} | 52 gestampft [Boden, Untergrund, etc.] | |
| geol. chalky {adj} | 39 kalkhaltig [z. B. Boden, Gestein] | |
| retentive {adj} | 35 zurückhaltend [bes. Wasser, z. B. Boden] | |
| agr. bot. tame {adj} [Am.] | 30 kultiviert [Boden, Pflanzen] | |
| agr. fertile {adj} | 27 geil [Boden] | |
| lake {adj} [attr.] [e.g. basin, bottom, level, resort] | 26 See- [Binnensee-] [z. B. Becken, Boden, Spiegel, Bad] | |
| agr. cultivable {adj} | 19 bebaubar [Boden] | |
| meteo. soaked {adj} {past-p} | 13 aufgeweicht [Boden] | |
| consolidated {adj} {past-p} [forming a solid mass] [e.g. soil] | 12 verfestigt [z. B. Boden] | |
| luxuriant {adj} | 11 fett [Boden, Weide] | |
| bottomless {adj} | 5 grundlos [ohne festen Boden] | |
| constr. raised {adj} [flooring] | aufgeständert [Boden] | |
| floor-to-ceiling {adj} | deckenhoch [vom Boden bis zur Decke reichend] | |
| ecol. sth. becomes salty [e.g. soil] | etw. versalzt [wird salzig, z. B. Boden] | |
| agr. rich {adj} [soil] | fett [Boden] | |
| naut. flat-bottomed {adj} [with a flat bottom] | flach [mit flachem Boden] | |
| naut. flat-bottomed {adj} | flachbödig [mit flachem Boden] | |
| hard with frost {adj} [postpos.] [ground] | hartgefroren [Boden] | |
| climbing slip-proof {adj} | trittsicher [Boden, Leiter etc.] | |
| Verbs |
| to floor sb. [coll.] [knock to the ground] | 445 jdn. umlegen [ugs.] [niederschlagen, zu Boden werfen] | |
| agr. geol. to exhaust [soil] | 357 ausmergeln [Boden] | |
| agr. to till | 151 beackern [den Boden] | |
| agr. to till sth. | 98 etw.Akk. bestellen [bewirtschaften] [Land, Feld, Boden etc.] | |
| to tamp | 78 stampfen [Boden, Untergrund] | |
| to arise [waters of a spring] | 69 entspringen [eine Quelle aus dem Boden] | |
| agr. to ameliorate | 69 meliorieren [regional] [Boden verbessern] | |
| agr. hort. to aerate [soil] | 48 auflockern [Boden] | |
| to emaciate | 36 auslaugen [Boden] | |
| to subside [house, floor, ground etc.] | 32 absinken [Haus, Boden etc.] | |
| chem. ecol. to acidify | 25 versauern [Boden] | |
| to ram | 22 stampfen [Boden, Metall] | |
| constr. tech. to grout | 19 verfestigen [Boden] | |
| to remove sth. [e.g. asphalt, tissue] | 13 etw.Akk. abtragen [(schichtweise) entfernen, z. B. Boden, Material, Gewebe] | |
| agr. hort. to plant sth. [potatoes etc.] | 12 etw.Akk. auslegen [pflanzen, in den Boden legen] | |
| to wax [moustache, floor] | 6 wichsen [Bart, Boden] [veraltend] | |
| to scrub (sth.) [e.g. the floor] | (etw.Akk.) schrubbern [regional] [mit dem Schrubber scheuern, z. B. Boden] | |
| to fall off [leaves etc.] | abfallen [zu Boden fallen] | |
| to sand down | abziehen [Boden, Holz] | |
| to tear up [ground, road e.g.] | aufwühlen [Boden, Straße z. B.] | |
| to burrow through | durchwühlen [z. B. Boden] | |
| geol. to wash sth. away [e.g. river: soil or sand] | etw.Akk. abschwemmen [z. B. Fluss: Boden oder Sand] | |
| to put sth. down [e.g. the luggage] | etw.Akk. abstellen [auf den Boden, Tisch etc. stellen] [z. B. das Gepäck] | |
| agr. hort. to aerate sth. [soil, lawn] | etw.Akk. aerifizieren [Boden, Rasen] | |
