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proactive {adj} [person]
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initiativ [geh.] [(politisch) aktiv, die Initiative ergreifend]
Verbs
to dwindle [trade, initiative]
56
verkümmern
to burke sth. [suppress, silence]
29
etw.Akk. abwürgen [ugs.] [fig.] [Diskussion, Initiative etc.]
Nouns
drive [energy and initiative]
333
Tatendrang {m}
pushback [Am.] [negative or unfavorable response]
226
Widerstand {m} [gegen eine Idee oder Initiative]
initiative [determination, resolution]
217
Entschlusskraft {f} [Initiative, Entschlossenheit]
law [initiative of the SVP to tighten border controls between Switzerland and the EU]Begrenzungsinitiative {f} [Schweiz] [offizieller Titel: Volksinitiative «Für eine massvolle Zuwanderung»]
2 Words
to be proactive [person]agieren [geh.] [aktiv handeln, die Initiative ergreifen]
to be proactive [person]initiativ werden [geh.] [die Initiative ergreifen, aktiv werden]
to start up sth. [firm, organization, campain, initiative etc.]etw.Akk. aufziehen [gründen, starten]
pol. counter-initiative [also: counter initiative, counterinitiative]Gegeninitiative {f}
3 Words
pol. factory farming initiative [initiative against factory farming]Massentierhaltungsinitiative {f} [Initiative gegen Fabriktierhaltung] [bes. Schweiz]
4 Words
econ. pol. Belt and Road Initiative [in China] <B&R, B&R Initiative, BRI>Neue Seidenstraße {f} [ugs.] [Belt and Road Initiative; bis 2016: Projekt One Belt, One Road (OBOR)]
stick-in-the-mud [coll.] [pej.] [person lacking initiative or enthusiasm]Schlaftablette {f} [fig.] [ugs.] [pej.] [jd., dem es an Schwung fehlt]
5+ Words
hist. law Swiss children coercion reparation initiative [Swiss federal popular initiative]Wiedergutmachungsinitiative {f} [Schweiz]
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