 | English | German  |  |
 | concocted {adj} {past-p} [plan, scheme] | 442 ausgebrütet [fig.] [Plan, Idee] |  |
 | embraced {adj} {past-p} [accepted: idea etc.] | 113 ergriffen [aufgegriffen: Idee etc.] |  |
 | crazy {adj} [senseless, silly: suggestion, idea, etc.] | 112 hirnrissig [ugs.] [pej.] [Vorschlag, Idee etc.] |  |
 | retrograde {adj} | 67 rückschrittlich [Idee, Politik, Maßnahme] |  |
 | propounded {adj} {past-p} | 33 vorgelegt [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | dominant {adj} [idea, etc.] | 7 leitend [Idee, usw.] |  |
 | unformed {adj} [e.g. idea] | 7 unausgegoren [fig.] [oft pej.] [z. B. Idee, Plan] |  |
 | unformed {adj} [e.g. idea] | 7 unausgereift [z. B. Idee] |  |
 | pol. potentially acceptable to all parties {adj} [pred. or postpos.] | konsensfähig [Idee, Vorschlag] |  |
 | central {adj} [idea, etc.] | leitend [Idee, usw.] |  |
 | amusing {adj} | neckisch [Idee, Melodie] |  |
 | blue-sky {adj} [attr.] [idea, expectations, etc.] | überoptimistisch [Idee, Erwartungen usw.] |  |
 | poorly conceived {adj} | unausgereift [Plan, Idee] |  |
 | infectious {adj} [fig.] [idea] | zündend [fig.] [Idee] |  |
| Verbs |
 | to pursue sth. | 7777 etw.Akk. verfolgen [Ziel, Idee, auch Straftat] |  |
 | to scrap sth. [idea, plan, theory] | 1919 etw.Akk. verwerfen [Idee, Plan, Theorie] |  |
 | to dismiss sth. [a thought, idea etc.] | 640 etw. aufgeben [Idee etc.] |  |
 | to borrow sth. [idea, method etc.] | 481 etw. übernehmen [Idee, Methode etc.] |  |
 | to drop sth. [idea, plan, etc.] | 413 etw.Akk. aufgeben [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to cherish | 412 festhalten [an einer Idee] |  |
 | to cherish sth. | 329 etw. nähren [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to develop sth. [idea, plan] | 320 etw.Akk. entfalten [geh.] [Idee, Plan] |  |
 | to represent sb./sth. [a country, an idea, a client, etc.] | 299 jdn./etw. vertreten [Land, Idee, Klienten etc.] |  |
 | to grasp sth. [idea] | 238 etw.Akk. erfassen [eine Idee] |  |
 | to scrap sth. [coll.] [idea, plan etc.] | 143 etw.Akk. fallenlassen [Rsv.] [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to favour sth. [Br.] [approve] | 41 etw. gutheißen [z. B. Plan, Idee, Vorschlag] |  |
 | to extend sth. [a work / idea] | 40 etw. weiterentwickeln [eine Arbeit / Idee] |  |
 | to doff sth. [discard or get rid of (an idea, etc.)] | 29 etw. verwerfen [eine Idee etc.] |  |
 | to adopt sth. [expression, term, idea etc.] | 25 etw.Akk. übernehmen [Ausdruck, Terminologie, Idee etc.] |  |
 | to impassion sb. [arouse emotionally] | 17 jdn. beseelen [geh.] [mit Leidenschaft erfüllen, z. B. Idee] |  |
 | to seize on sth. | etw.Akk. aufgreifen [Idee] |  |
 | to wrap one's head around sth. [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] | etw.Akk. durchblicken [ugs.] [durchschauen] [Problem, Idee etc.] |  |
 | to deep-six sth. [Am.] [coll.] [idea, plan, etc.] | etw.Akk. fallenlassen [Rsv.] [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to immediately suggest sth. | etw.Akk. nahelegen [Frage, Idee, Maßnahme] |  |
 | to bring sth. back into use | etw. wiederbeleben [Idee etc.] |  |
 | to go after sb./sth. [fig.] [attack] | jdn./etw. angreifen [Überzeugung, Argument, Idee usw.] |  |
 | to immediately suggest itself | naheliegen [Frage, Idee, Maßnahme] |  |
| Nouns |
 | notion [conception, idea] | 2149 Gedanke {m} [Begriff, Idee, Konzept] |  |
 | clue [idea] | 760 Ahnung {f} [Idee] |  |
 | vision [idea] | 508 Vorstellung {f} [(geistiges) Bild, Idee] |  |
 | pushback [Am.] [negative or unfavorable response] | 277 Widerstand {m} [gegen eine Idee oder Initiative] |  |
 | image [mental representation or idea] | 249 Vorstellung {f} [(geistiges) Bild, Idee] |  |
 | idea | 216 Begriff {m} [Vorstellung, Idee] |  |
 | maggot [rare] [fantastic idea, whim] | 213 Grille {f} [fig.] [verrückte Idee] |  |
 | philos. intuition | 211 Anschauung {f} [Idee] |  |
 | fountainhead [fig.] | 160 Ursprung {m} [z. B. einer Idee, Bewegung] |  |
 | conveying [opinion, idea] | 141 Vermittlung {f} [das Vermitteln einer Ansicht, Idee] |  |
 | notion [whim, idea] | 133 Einfall {m} [Laune, Grille, Idee] |  |
 | concept [notion, idea] | 95 Gedanke {m} [Begriff, Idee, Konzept] |  |
 | conception [notion, idea concept] | 33 Gedanke {m} [Begriff, Idee, Konzept] |  |