 | English | German  |  |
 | wiry {adj} | 1158 drahtig [Haar, Mensch] |  |
 | puny {adj} [small and weak] | 1059 mickrig [ugs.] [pej.] [Mensch, Tier, Pflanze] |  |
 | ferocious {adj} [fierce] | 993 wild [Tier, Mensch, Aussehen] |  |
 | inhibited {adj} {past-p} | 956 gehemmt [auch Mensch] |  |
 | wiry {adj} | 466 sehnig [drahtig] [Mensch] |  |
 | floundering {adj} | 397 haltlos [Mensch] |  |
 | awkward {adj} | 375 ungemütlich [Mensch] |  |
 | unbearable {adj} | 363 ungenießbar [fig.] [Mensch] [ugs.] |  |
 | sly {adj} | 320 verschlagen [Mensch, Blick, Tier etc] |  |
 | placid {adj} [calm] | 252 ruhig [Mensch, Charakter; auch: Gewässer] |  |
 | heinous {adj} | 116 ruchlos [geh.] [bes. Tat, Verbrechen; auch: Mensch] |  |
 | indifferent {adj} [half-hearted, lukewarm] | 115 lau [Mensch, Gesinnung] |  |
 | adrift {adj} {adv} [fig.] [morally / psychologically] | 77 haltlos [Mensch] |  |
 | restless {adj} | 32 unstet [Mensch] |  |
 | offbeat {adj} [fig.] [eccentric] | 27 unkonventionell [Mensch, Lebensweise] |  |
 | earthy {adj} | 27 urig [Mensch] |  |
 | irritable {adj} | 22 irritabel [bes. in der Medizin] [reizbar, erregbar (Mensch); empfindlich (Nerven)] |  |
 | disoriented {adj} | 13 haltlos [Mensch] |  |
 | portly {adj} [person] | 12 füllig [Mensch] |  |
 | wirily {adv} | 9 drahtig [Haar, Mensch] |  |
 | overstressed {adj} | 8 stressüberladen [Mensch, Alltag] |  |
 | senile {adj} | 7 vertrottelt [ugs.] [bes. älterer Mensch] |  |
 | because of whom {adv} | derenthalben [Menschen oder weiblicher Mensch] [veraltet] |  |
 | on whose account {adv} | derenthalben [Menschen oder weiblicher Mensch] [veraltet] |  |
 | because of whom {adv} | derentwegen [Menschen oder weiblicher Mensch] |  |
 | on whose account {adv} | derentwegen [Menschen oder weiblicher Mensch] |  |
 | on account of whom {adv} | derentwegen [Menschen oder weiblicher Mensch] |  |
 | on whose account {adv} | dessenthalben [Mensch] [veraltet] |  |
 | on account of whom {adv} | dessenthalben [Mensch] [veraltet] |  |
 | because of whom {adv} | dessentwegen [Mensch] [veraltet] [wegen welchem] |  |
 | on whose account {adj} | dessentwegen [Mensch] [veraltet] [wegen welchem] |  |
 | on account of whom {adj} | dessentwegen [Mensch] [veraltet] [wegen welchem] |  |
 | down-at-heel {adj} | heruntergekommen [Mensch] |  |
 | wicked {adj} [person] | ruchlos [Mensch] |  |
 | on one's / its last legs | scheintot [fig.] [Mensch, Partei] |  |
 | fit for transport {adj} | transportfähig [Mensch, Tier] |  |
 | wild and woolly {adj} [esp. Am.] [coll.] [rough, untamed] | ungebändigt [Natur, Mensch] |  |
 | anonymous {adj} | ungenannt [Mensch] |  |
 | out of practice | ungeübt [Mensch] |  |
 | natural {adj} [free from affectation or constraint] [manner, person, etc] | urwüchsig [Art, Mensch usw.] |  |
 | lost without trace {adj} [postpos.] | verschollen [Schiff, Flugzeug, Gemälde, Mensch usw.] |  |
| Verbs |
 | to excite sb./sth. [arouse] | 1467 jdn./etw. aufregen [erregen] [Mensch, Tiere] |  |
 | to release sb./sth. | 1064 jdn./etw. freilassen [Mensch oder Tier, Druck, Energie, Emotionen, Ideen] |  |
 | to lair | 183 lagern [Mensch, Tier] |  |
 | dent. med. to treat sb./sth. | 173 jdn./etw. versorgen [Mensch / Tier] [behandeln] |  |
 | to anthropomorphize | 69 vermenschlichen [als Mensch darstellen] |  |
 | to shriek | 67 aufkreischen [Mensch] |  |
 | to anthropomorphise [Br.] | 30 vermenschlichen [als Mensch darstellen] |  |
 | to give a shriek | aufkreischen [Mensch] |  |
 | to grow pale | erblassen [Mensch] |  |