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 | terse {adj} [brief and pithy] | 145 lapidar [geh.] |  |
 | indignant {adj} [letter] | 39 gepfeffert [Brief] |  |
 | waspish {adj} [remark, letter, etc.] | 24 bissig [gehässig, scharfzüngig (Bemerkung, Brief etc.)] |  |
 | pastoral {adj} [e.g. letter, life, poem] | 20 Hirten- [z. B. Brief, Leben, Gedicht] |  |
 | short {adj} [rudely brief, abrupt] | 17 barsch |  |
 | enveloped {past-p} {adj} [letter] | 17 kuvertiert [Brief] [österr.] [sonst fachspr.] [mit Umschlag versehen] |  |
 | abrupt {adj} [brief to the point of rudeness] | barsch |  |
 | three-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, article, etc.] | dreiseitig [Brief, Artikel etc.] |  |
 | five-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, essay, etc.] | fünfseitig [Brief, Aufsatz etc.] |  |
 | love {adj} [attr.] [e.g. affair, letter, match, poem, story] | Liebes- [z. B. Affäre, Brief, Heirat, Gedicht, Film] |  |
 | multi-page {adj} [attr.] | mehrseitig [z. B. Brief, Darstellung (auch in elektronischen Medien)] |  |
 | six-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, essay, etc.] | sechsseitig [Brief, Aufsatz etc.] |  |
 | seven-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, essay, etc.] | siebenseitig [Brief, Aufsatz etc.] |  |
 | four-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, document, etc.] | vierseitig [Brief, Schriftstück etc.] |  |
 | two-page {adj} [attr.] [letter, article, etc.] | zweiseitig [Brief, Artikel etc.] |  |
| Verbs |
 | to forward sth. [a letter, etc.] | 1412 etw. weiterleiten [einen Brief etc.] |  |
 | to deliver sth. [goods, a parcel, a letter, mail, etc.] | 893 etw.Akk. zustellen [Waren, ein Paket, einen Brief, Post etc.] |  |
 | to enclose sth. [place sth. in an envelope together with a letter] | 889 etw.Akk. beilegen [etw. (einem Brief) beifügen] |  |
 | to write sth. [a letter, an article, etc.] | 873 etw.Akk. verfassen [einen Brief, einen Artikel etc.] |  |
 | law to intercept sth. [seize] [e.g. a letter] | 529 etw.Akk. unterschlagen [abfangen, nicht weiterleiten] [z. B. einen Brief] |  |
 | to register sth. [mail] | 494 etw. einschreiben [Brief etc.] |  |
 | to answer sth. [a question, a letter] | 473 etw.Akk. beantworten [eine Frage, einen Brief] |  |
 | to file sth. [place (documents, a letter, etc.) in a file] | 424 etw.Akk. abheften [Unterlagen, einen Brief etc.] |  |
 | to predate sth. [affix a prior date to a letter, etc.] | 356 etw.Akk. zurückdatieren [einen Brief etc.] |  |
 | to drop sb. sth. [e.g. letter, postcard] | 355 jdm. etw.Akk. schicken [z. B. Brief, Postkarte] |  |
 | to post sth. [esp. Br.] [a letter, a parcel, etc.] | 199 etw. aufgeben [einen Brief, ein Paket etc.] |  |
 | to deliver [esp. on a regular basis, by a postman or roundsman] | 124 austragen [zustellen] [seitens eines Brief- oder Austrägers] |  |
 | to frank [letter, parcel] | 81 frankieren [Brief, Paket] |  |
 | to reach sb. [letter] | 80 jdm. zugehen [Brief] |  |
 | to prepare [survey, report, draft, letter, etc.] | 68 verfassen [Gutachten, Bericht, Entwurf, Brief etc.] |  |
 | to mail sth. [a letter, a package, etc.] | 36 etw.Akk. aufgeben [einen Brief, ein Paket etc.] |  |
 | to frank sth. | 23 etw.Akk. freimachen [Brief, Paket] |  |
 | to forward sth. [letter, parcel etc.] | 12 etw.Akk. weiterschicken [Brief, Paket etc.] |  |
 | to be enclosed [be in an envelope together with a letter] | beiliegen [einem Brief beigefügt sein] |  |
 | to reply to sth. [e.g. to a letter] | etw.Akk. beantworten [z. B. einen Brief] |  |
 | to gather sth. from sth. [fig.] [infer from] | etw.Akk. etw.Dat. entnehmen [fig.] [einem Buch, Brief etc.] |  |
 | to be enclosed with sth. [e.g. with a letter] | etw.Dat. beiliegen [z. B. einem Brief] |  |
 | to prepay | freimachen [Brief] |  |
| Nouns |
 | enclosures | 502 Anlagen {pl} [im Brief] |  |
 | specimen | 405 Muster {n} [für Brief, Bewerbung etc.] |  |
 | receipt | 398 Empfang {m} [Ware, Brief etc.] |  |
 | missive | 161 Schreiben {n} [Brief] |  |
 | letter [esp. official letter] | 160 Schreiben {n} [(bes. offizieller) Brief] |  |
 | salutation [in a letter] | 135 Grußformel {f} [Anrede im Brief] |  |
 | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | 99 Glosse {f} |  |
 | epitome [brief summery, synopsis] | 73 Inhaltsangabe {f} [kurze Zusammenfassung] |  |
 | breather [coll.] [brief pause for rest] | 66 Atempause {f} |  |
 | epitome [brief summery, abstract] | 60 Abriss {m} [kurze Zusammenfassung] |  |
 | brief [short] [brief outline] | 59 Abriss {m} [Kurzdarstellung] |  |
 | cloth. Speedo® [swim brief] | 45 Speedo® {f} [knappe Badehose] |  |