 | English | German  |  |
 | exalted {adj} [lofty, sublime] | 430 erhaben [z. B. Thema, Stil, Gedanke] |  |
 | broached {past-p} [subject / theme] | 119 angeschnitten [Thema] |  |
 | emotive {adj} | 71 emotional [Thema etc.] |  |
 | esoteric {adj} | 66 abseitig [Theorie, Thema] |  |
 | conversational {adj} [e.g. partner, tone, topic, therapy] | 20 Gesprächs- [z. B. Partner, Ton, Thema, Therapie] |  |
 | excursive {adj} | 8 sprunghaft [vom Thema abkommend] |  |
 | Internet off topic <OT> | [Beitrag gehört nicht zum Thema] |  |
 | red-hot {adj} | brandaktuell [Thema] |  |
 | red-hot {adj} | brandheiß [Nachricht, Thema, Angebot etc.] |  |
 | touched on {past-p} [subject] | gestreift [Thema] |  |
 | as regards subject matter | thematisch [was das Thema betrifft] |  |
Verbs |
 | to approach sth. | 3365 etw.Akk. behandeln [Thema, Frage etc.] |  |
 | to raise sth. [money, subject] | 1236 etw. aufbringen [Geld, Thema] |  |
 | to digress | 846 abgehen [vom Thema] |  |
 | to cover sth. [topic] | 787 etw.Akk. behandeln [Thema] |  |
 | to address sth. [topic] | 644 etw.Akk. behandeln [Thema] |  |
 | to digress | 612 abweichen [vom Thema] |  |
 | to introduce sth. [topic] | 455 etw. anschneiden [Thema] |  |
 | to elaborate | 388 bearbeiten [z. B. Thema] |  |
 | to examine | 330 beackern [Thema, Wissensgebiet] [ugs.] |  |
 | to touch | 284 betreffen [Thema] |  |
 | to treat sth. [a topic or subject] | 269 etw.Akk. abhandeln [Thema etc.] |  |
 | to address sth. [topic] | 187 etw.Akk. adressieren [Thema ansprechen] |  |
 | educ. to cover sth. [topic at school] | 62 etw. durchnehmen [Thema in der Schule] |  |
 | to milk sth. [coll.] [e.g. a story in the papers] | 43 etw.Akk. ausschlachten [Thema usw.] [ugs.] |  |
 | to touch upon | [ein Thema] ansprechen |  |
 | to do sth. to death [fig.] | [etw., z. B. einen Ausdruck, eine Geschichte, ein Thema, so oft wiederholen, bis es banal, sinnentleert und wirkungslos ist] |  |
 | to fly off at a tangent [Br.] [to go off on a tangent] | abschweifen [vom Thema abkommen] |  |
 | to go off at a tangent [Br.] [idiom] [to go off on a tangent] | abschweifen [vom Thema abkommen] |  |
 | to touch on | antasten [fig.] [Thema, Frage] |  |
 | to take up [to start to participate in] | aufgreifen [Thema, Gedanke] |  |
 | to go into [investigate] | beackern [Thema, Wissensgebiet] [ugs.] |  |
 | to bring sth. up [topic etc.] | etw.Akk. aufbringen [Thema] |  |
 | to dispense with sth. | etw.Akk. erledigen [Thema] |  |
 | to beat sth. to death [Am.] [idiom] [discuss to a laborious extent] | etw.Akk. totreiten [ugs.] [fig.] [ein Thema bis zum Überdruss diskutieren] |  |
 | to enlarge upon sth. [a topic of discussion] | etw.Akk. vertiefen [ein Thema] |  |
 | to pick up on sth. [topic, hint, etc.] | etw. aufgreifen [Thema, Hinweis etc.] |  |
 | to thrash sth. out [subject] | etw. ausreizen [Thema] |  |
 | film lit. to deal with sth. [subject] | etw. behandeln [Thema] |  |
 | to allude to sth. | etw. berühren [Thema] |  |
 | to touch on sth. [topic, issue] | etw. berühren [Thema] |  |
 | to be pertinent [to an ongoing discussion] | hergehören [selten neben: hierher gehören, hierhergehören] [zum Thema gehören] |  |
 | to be pertinent [to an ongoing discussion] | hierhergehören [selten neben: hierher gehören] [zum Thema gehören] |  |
 | to broach the subject again | nachhaken [ugs.] [das Thema wieder anschneiden] |  |
Nouns |
 | issue [question] | 553 Frage {f} [Thema] |  |
 | subject [theme, topic] | 518 Gegenstand {m} [Thema] |  |
 | dealing | 402 Behandlung {f} [Thema, Antrag etc.] |  |
 | topic | 202 Gegenstand {m} [Thema] |  |
 | psych. rhet. whataboutism [Br.] | 179 Whataboutism {m} [auch {n}] [auf Anschuldigung oder unangenehme Frage mit Gegenfrage antworten oder anderes Thema aufgreifen] |  |
 | publ. compendium [Br.] [guide on a subject] | 107 Handbuch {n} [zu einem Thema] |  |