Dictionary English German: [correct]

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English German
proper {adj} [correct, acceptable]
2071
passend [angemessen, richtig]
appropriate {adj} [applicable, correct]
911
zutreffend
pol. sociol. queer {adj} [in place of LGBT or gay] [more politically correct and inclusive]
675
queer [für alle LGBT-Formen] [fachsprachlich oder Szenejargon]
accurate {adj} [correct]
564
korrekt
accurate {adj} [correct]
433
richtig
accurate {adj} [correct]
427
zutreffend [korrekt]
stuffy {adj} [pej.] [stiffly correct, prim]
201
überkorrekt [steif]
meet {adj} [archaic] [suitable, correct]
54
billig [veraltet] [recht, richtig]
orderly {adj} {adv} [correct, properly] [rarely used as an adverb]
14
ordnungsgemäß
nice {adj} [socially correct]
10
wohlerzogen
grammatical {adj} [grammatically correct]grammatisch korrekt
Verbs
to revamp sth. [mend, correct]
280
etw. ausbessern [wiederherstellen]
to right sth. [correct]
111
etw. richtigstellen
to rectify sth. [correct]
28
etw. abändern [berichtigen]
med. to redress sth. [to perform a redressement; to correct]etw.Akk. redressieren [ein Redressement vornehmen]
to ring sth. [to encircle] [word, correct answer, etc.]etw.Akk. einkreisen [Wort, richtige Antwort, usw.]
to shortchange sb. [give less than the correct amount of change]jdm. zu wenig Wechselgeld herausgeben
Nouns
bummer [Am.] [coll.] [Careful: can also mean "a bad situation". Only the context can guarantee the correct interpretation]
45
Schnorrer {m} [ugs.]
[ironic: politically hyper-correct, often moralising person]
14
Gutmensch {m} [pej.]
Negroes [poltically correct in the 1960s but now eschewed]
5
Neger {pl} [heute pej.]
['mobile ethnic minority', politically correct police term for Romani people]mobile ethnische Minderheit {f} <MEM> [polizeidienstl. für: Sinti und Roma]
tech. sizing [determining the correct size]Sizing {n}
jobs workperson [politcally correct gender free version of workman]Arbeiter {m}
2 Words: Others
even so [archaic] [that is correct]so ist es
You see? [e.g. pointing out something correct or correctly working to another person]Siehst du wohl!
2 Words: Verbs
to drift off [move away from the correct course]abdriften
to make sth. up [correct]etw.Akk. ausmachen [z. B den Unterschied, die Qualität]
to red-pencil sth. [correct]etw.Akk. korrigieren
to red-pencil sth. [correct]mit dem Rotstift über etw.Akk. gehen [fig.]
to short-change sb. [give less than the correct amount of change]jdm. zu wenig Wechselgeld herausgeben
2 Words: Nouns
chem. calcium cyanamide [correct: crude calcium cyanamide]Kalkstickstoff {m}
bot. dry fruit [note: 'dried fruit' is the correct term when referring to edible, processed fruit]Trockenfrucht {f}
mus. right pitch [correct pitch]richtige Tonhöhe {f}
3 Words: Others
idiom I stand corrected. [have to correct myself]Ich muss mich hier berichtigen / korrigieren.
on the beam {adj} [coll.] [correct]korrekt
3 Words: Nouns
electr. unit volt-ampere reactive <var> [not correct, but widely used: Var, VAr or VAR]Var {n} <var>
4 Words: Verbs
to set the record straight [correct a misapprehension]den Sachverhalt richtigstellen
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