 | English  | German |  |
 | vivid {adj} [description] | 362 klar [anschaulich] |  |
 | -savvy {adj} [description of a person interested in or knowledgable about sth.] | 150 -affin [geh.] [adjektivbildendes Suffix] [z. B. technikaffin, kulturaffin] |  |
 | graphic {adj} [account, description] | 146 anschaulich |  |
 | outlandish {adj} [prose, style, description] | 62 eigenwillig |  |
 | apt {adj} [comparison, description etc.] | 39 schlagend [fig.] |  |
 | graphic {adj} [account, description] | 23 plastisch [Schilderung, Sprache] |  |
 | twee {adj} [Br.] [description] | 22 verniedlichend |  |
 | grandiloquent {adj} [description] | 12 grandios |  |
Verbs |
 | journ. to profile sb. [present a description, analysis of sb.] | 105 jdn. porträtieren [jdm. einen großen Artikel widmen] |  |
 | to fit sb./sth. [e.g. the description fits him exactly, the lid doesn't fit the pot] | auf jdn./etw. passen [z. B. Beschreibung auf jdn., Deckel auf Dose] |  |
Nouns |
 | account [description] | 243 Beschreibung {f} |  |
 | portrayal [verbal description] | 124 Schilderung {f} [Darstellung] |  |
 | account [narrative description] | 70 Schilderung {f} [Bericht, z. B. einer Reise] |  |
 | law signalment [short personal description, list] | 14 Signalement {n} [bes. schweiz.] [Personenbeschreibung mithilfe von charakteristischen (äußeren) Merkmalen; Auflistung] |  |
 | outlandishness [of prose, style, description] | 9 Eigenwilligkeit {f} |  |
 | [coll. description of paramedical staff working in emergency services regardless of rank or education] | 5 Notarzthelfer {pl} [ugs.] [falsche Bezeichnung für das Rettungsdienstpersonal] |  |
 | mus. theatre [literally a 'stage-consecrating festival play'; Wagner's description of his last dramatic work "Parsifal"] | Bühnenweihfestspiel {n} |  |
 | actuality [realism in description / presentation] | Wirklichkeitstreue {f} |  |
 | hist. lit. Belopoeica [book by Heron of Alexandria; a description of war machines] | Buch {n} der Projektile [Belopoeika] |  |
 | racket [coll.] [disapproving description of a profitable business] | einträgliches Geschäft {n} |  |
 | agr. jobs threshers [short for: threshing machines or job description] | Drescher {pl} [kurz für: Dreschmaschinen bzw. Berufsbezeichnung] |  |
 | variablename [parameter description] | Variablenname {m} |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | sociol. genre picture [description of the customs or way of life of a society, social class etc.] | Sittenbild {n} [Beschreibung der Sitten einer bestimmten Epoche, eines bestimmten Volkes oder bestimmter Schichten] |  |
 | graphic account [vivid description] | bildhafte Schilderung {f} |  |
 | jobs job purpose [job description] | [übergreifendes Ziel der Stelle] [Stellenbeschreibung] |  |
 | biochem. metabolic factory [description for muscles] | Stoffwechselfabrik {f} [Beschreibung für die Muskeln] |  |
 | biol. original description [description of a new species] | Erstbeschreibung {f} |  |
 | audio film RadioTV visual description [audio description] | akustische Bildbeschreibung {f} [Audiodeskription] |  |
3 Words: Others |
 | said to contain <S.T.C.> [description of cargo] | beinhaltet angeblich |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | a crafty bitch [coll.] [pej.] [insulting description of a woman] | ein gerissenes Luder {n} [ugs.] [pej.] [von einer meist weibliche Person] |  |
 | comm. EU harmonized system code <HS code> [Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System] | HS-Code {m} [Harmonisiertes System der Zolltarifnomenklatur] |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | to be a crafty bitch [coll.] [pej.] [insulting description of a woman's behavior] | ein gerissenes Luder sein [ugs.] [meist von einer weiblichen Person] |  |