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 | ling. obsolete {adj} <obs.> [No longer in use, and no longer likely to be understood. Obsolete is a stronger term than archaic, and a much stronger term than dated.] | 2336 veraltet |  |
 | sb./sth. could [would be able] | 1324 jd./etw. könnte |  |
 | bold {adj} [dated] [so confident as to be impudent or presumptuous] | 1131 dreist [Person, Verhalten, Blick etc.] |  |
 | hopefully {adv} [sentence adverb: it is to be hoped that ...] | 875 hoffentlich |  |
 | decent {adj} [coll.] [sufficiently clothed to be seen] | 391 salonfähig [ausreichend bekleidet] |  |
 | [we/they/you] could [would be able] | 171 [wir/sie/Sie] könnten |  |
 | prompt {adj} [punctual, on time, e.g. "Be prompt for your appointment."] | 145 pünktlich [z. B. "Sei pünktlich!"] |  |
 | becoming {adj} {pres-p} [coming to be, coming into existence] | 126 werdend |  |
 | serious {adj} [to be taken seriously] | 104 ernstzunehmend |  |
 | [you] could [would be able] | 103 [du] könntest |  |
 | slippery {adj} [person: not to be relied on] | 84 gerissen [ugs.] [hier pej.: nicht vertrauenswürdig] |  |
 | med. palpable {adj} [tumor etc. that can be felt] | 57 ertastbar [Tumor u. ä.] |  |
 | [you] could [would be able] | 36 [ihr] könntet |  |
 | tbc [to be confirmed] | 36 unbestätigt |  |
 | law dative {adj} [that may be given] | 24 vergebbar |  |
 | sb. deserves [e.g.: ... to be promoted / to get paid / to be punished] | 21 jd. gehört ... [z. B. ... befördert / bezahlt / bestraft zu werden] [ugs. auch verkürzt: jd. gehört befördert / bezahlt / bestraft] |  |
 | vaguely {adv} [e.g. to be vaguely reminiscent of sth.] | 19 entfernt [vage, schwach] [z. B. entfernt an etw. erinnern] |  |
 | ocular {adj} [able to be seen] | 16 augenfällig [sichtbar, deutlich] |  |
 | law committable {adj} [rare: able to be committed] | 13 begehbar [Fehler, Verbrechen] |  |
 | demanding {adj} [requiring difficult conditions to be met] | 12 voraussetzungsvoll |  |
 | unspeakable {adj} [not able to be expressed in words] | 11 unbeschreiblich [unaussprechlich] |  |
 | undoable {adj} [can be undone] | 9 lösbar |  |
 | telecom. interceptable {adj} {adv} [able to be intercepted] | 5 abhörbar |  |
 | bibl. [... for many be called, but few chosen.] | ... Viele sind berufen, aber wenige sind auserwählt. [hum.] [Redewendung] [nach dem Gleichnis von den Arbeitern im Weinberg] |  |
 | ling. [able to be used in the forefield (first position) of a German sentence] {adj} | vorfeldfähig |  |
 | quote [Everything man-made will perish / be destroyed.] | Tand, Tand ist das Gebilde von Menschenhand. [auch scherzhaft zitiert] [aus: Die Brück' am Tay (Theodor Fontane)] |  |
 | proverb [German hum. proverb, meaning "One has to be brave." or "One mustn't be oversensitive to pain.", literally: "An Indian knows no pain."] | Ein Indianer kennt keinen Schmerz. [hum.] |  |
 | proverb [German pun, may be literally translated as: When flies fly behind flies, flies are flying after flies (to follow them).] | Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach. |  |
 | [I] couldn't [would not be able] | [ich] könnte nicht |  |
 | [late (deceased)] {adj} [attr.] [may in German be used colloquially hum. for things that do not exist any longer, besides the standard meaning for persons which is becoming old-fashioned] | seligen Angedenkens [nachgestellt] [ugs. hum.] [einstig, früher] [nicht Personen betreffend] |  |
 | [May there always be enough water beneath your keel.] | Immer eine Handbreit Wasser unterm Kiel! [fig.] |  |
 | quote market. [Ö1 deserves to be listened to. - slogan of an Austrian radio programme] | Ö1 gehört gehört. [Slogan des Radioprogramms Ö1 des Österreichischen Rundfunks] |  |
 | [something must urgently be done] | (Es ist) Feuer unterm Dach! [ugs.] [Redensart] [österr. auch: (Es ist) Feuer am Dach!] |  |
 | [Thinking should be left to (the) horses because they have bigger heads.] | Das Denken sollte man besser den Pferden überlassen, die haben die größeren Köpfe [Redewendung] |  |
 | [we/they/you] couldn't [would not be able] | [wir/sie/Sie] könnten nicht |  |
 | [you] couldn't [would not be able] | [du] könntest nicht |  |
 | [you] couldn't [would not be able] | [ihr] könntet nicht |  |
 | cosmet. 12M [bathroom products / toiletries; time in months by which a product should be used after opening] | 12 M [Haltbarkeitsdatum; Wirksamkeit geöffneter kosmetischer Produkte; in diesem Beispiel: 12 Monate] |  |
 | cockamamie {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [too crazy to be believed] | zu verrückt (um glaubhaft zu sein) |  |
 | conspicuous {adj} [which cannot be overlooked] | nicht zu übersehen |  |
 | depthless {adj} [too deep to be measured] | unermesslich tief |  |
 | fakeable {adj} [that which can be faked or falsified] | verfälschbar |  |
 | flourishable {adj} [can be waved around] | schwenkbar [geeignet herumzuschwenken] |  |
 | knowable {adj} [what can be known] | wissbar [geh.] |  |
 | nonsensical {adj} [failed to be convincing] | abverreckt [schweiz.] |  |
 | passable {adj} [clear of obstacles and able to be travelled on] | wegsam [selten] [begeh-, befahrbar] |  |
 | sports pottable {adj} [ball in snooker, pool etc.] [able to be potted] | versenkbar [Poolkugel usw.] [kann versenkt werden] |  |
 | phys. refrangible {adj} [of light, able to be refracted] | fähig, gebrochen zu werden [Licht] |  |
 | satiable {adj} [of a need or desire: able to be met] | stillbar [von einem Bedürfnis, einer Sehnsucht: befriedigbar] |  |
 | sb. couldn't [would not be able] | jd. könnte nicht |  |