 | English | German  | |
 | wiry {adj} | 1122 drahtig [Haar, Mensch] | |
| dull {adj} [knife; colour, hair] | 1021 stumpf [Messer; Farbe, Haar] | |
| straight {adj} [hair etc.] | 576 glatt [Haar etc.] | |
| kinky {adj} [hair] | 453 kraus [Haar] | |
| thick {adj} [hair] | 370 üppig [Haar] | |
| undone {adj} | 362 offen [Haar; Knopf] | |
| fuzzy {adj} | 201 struppig [Haar] | |
| tousled {adj} [hair] | 148 wuschelig [ugs.] [Haar: zerzaust, verwuschelt] | |
| shaggy {adj} [hair] | 98 wirr [Haar] | |
| frizzy {adj} [hair] | 97 wuschelig [ugs.] [Haar: dicht und stark gelockt] | |
| nappy {adj} [Am.] [sl.] [often pej.] | 94 kraus [Haar] | |
| layered {adj} | 44 stufig [Haar] | |
| receding {adj} {pres-p} [hair] | 33 fliehend [Stirn, Haar] | |
| grizzled {adj} {past-p} [hair, beard] | 31 angegraut [Haar, Bart] | |
| anat. bot. axillary {adj} [e.g. artery, hair, bud] | 23 Achsel- [z. B. Arterie, Haar, Knospe] | |
| curling {adj} {pres-p} | 22 lockend [Haar] | |
| plenteous {adj} [hair] | 10 voll [Haar] | |
| wirily {adv} | 8 drahtig [Haar, Mensch] | |
| tauted {adj} [Scot.] [Irish] | 7 verfilzt [Haar, Fell] | |
| tousled {adj} [esp. hair] | 6 wuschlig [Rsv.] [wuschelig] [bes. Haar: zerzaust, verwuschelt] | |
| peroxided {adj} {past-p} [coll.] [hair bleached with hydrogen peroxide] | 5 blondiert [Haar mit Wasserstoffperoxid gebleicht] | |
| pinned up {adj} {past-p} [hair] | aufgesteckt [Haar, mit Nadeln etc. hochgesteckt] | |
| angel {adj} [attr.] [e.g. figure, hair, shark] | Engels- [z. B. Figur, Haar, Hai] | |
| pepper and salt {adj} | graumeliert [Haar] | |
| salt-and-pepper {adj} [hair] | graumeliert [Haar] | |
| chin-length {adj} [attr.] [hair] | halblang [Haar] | |
| pinned-up {adj} [hair] | hochgesteckt [Haar] | |
| neck-length {adj} [hair] | nackenlang [Haar] | |
| full of volume {adj} [postpos.] [hair] | volumig [Haar] | |
| peroxide blonde {adj} | wasserstoffblond [Haar] | |
| shock-haired {adj} | wirrhaarig [mit wirrem Haar] | |
| Verbs |
| to dye sth. | 1592 etw.Akk. färben [Haar, Stoff etc.] | |
| to curl | 208 kräuseln [Haar etc.] | |
| to undo sth. [e.g. a knot, a ponytail] | 70 etw.Akk. lösen [z. B. Knoten, zusammengebundenes Haar] | |
| to tousle sth. [sb.'s hair] | 27 etw.Akk. zerwühlen [zerzausen] [jds. Haar] | |
| to unloosen [knot, hair, etc.] | 10 lösen [Knoten, Haar etc.] | |
| cosmet. to shellac [fig.] [hair] | 9 betonieren [ugs.] [fig.] [Haar] | |
| to pin on | anstecken [mit Nadel(n); Blume, Haar] | |
| to pin up | aufstecken [hochstecken: Haar mit Nadeln, Saum etc.] | |
| to put up | aufstecken [hochstecken: Haar, Gardinen] | |
| to give sth. a bleach (bath / treatment) | etw.Akk. bleichen [Haar, Haut, Leinen usw.] | |
| to uncurl sth. | etw.Akk. glätten [z. B. Haar, Stoffe] | |
| to rumple sth. (up) [sb.'s hair] | etw. verwuscheln [ugs.] [jds. Haar] | |
| Nouns |
| streak | 1130 Strähne {f} [Glücks-, Pech-, Haar-] | |
| thatch [coll.] [hair] | 443 Schopf {m} [Haar] | |
| thatch [coll.] [hair] | 395 Mähne {f} [Haar] | |
| snarl [in hair] | 116 Knoten {m} [im Haar] | |
| skein | 94 Strähne {f} [Wolle, Haar] | |
| bunches [of hair] | 72 Zöpfchen {pl} [Haar] | |
| hank [skein] | 53 Strähne {f} [Wolle, Garn, Haar] | |
