 | English  | German |  |
 | cold {adj} [e.g. allergy, bridge, desert, intolerance, pole, spell] | 5 Kälte- [z. B. Allergie, Brücke, Wüste, Intoleranz, Pol, Welle] |  |
 | burning {adj} [desert] | glühend heiß |  |
 | sandy {adj} [e.g. beach, desert, loess, soils] | Sand- [z. B. Strand, Wüste, Löss, Böden] |  |
Verbs |
 | to leave sb./sth. [quit, abandon, desert] | 3963 jdn./etw. verlassen |  |
 | ecol. to desertify [turn into desert] | 27 verwüsten [selten] [zu Wüste werden] |  |
 | [to destroy by excess vehicle traffic, e.g. dunes or desert habitat] | 7 etw.Akk. zerfahren [durch vieles Befahren völlig zerstören] |  |
 | to abandon sb. [desert] | jdn. sitzen lassen [auch: sitzenlassen] [ugs.] [im Stich lassen] |  |
 | to abandon sb./ sth. [desert sb.; give up sth. (a plan etc.)] | jdn./etw. fallen lassen [auch: fallenlassen] [jdn. im Stich lassen; etw. (einen Plan etc.) aufgeben] |  |
Nouns |
 | geogr. karoo [also: Karoo] [semi-desert natural region of South Africa] | Karoo {f} [Halbwüste] |  |
 | geogr. karroo [also: Karroo] [semi-desert natural region of South Africa] | Karroo {f} [Halbwüste] |  |
 | geogr. Negev [desert in southern Israel] | Negev {m} [Wüste im südlichen Israel] |  |
2 Words |
 | geogr. An Nafud [also: Al-Nefud, the Nefud (Desert)] [desert in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula] | (die) Nefud {f} [auch: Nafud] [Wüste im nördlichen Teil der Arabischen Halbinsel] |  |
 | hist. relig. desert father [also: Desert Father] | Wüstenvater {m} |  |
 | hist. relig. desert mother [also: Desert Mother] | Wüstenmutter {f} |  |
 | med. progressive coccidioidomycosis [desert rheumatism] | disseminierter Wüstenrheumatismus {m} |  |
 | mineral. sand rose [desert rose] | Sandrose {f} |  |
4 Words |
 | mil. to go over the hill [Am.] [WW II, sl. for: to desert] | abhauen [ugs.] [desertieren] |  |
 | relig. (St.) Antony the Great [also: Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Antony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, and Anthony of Thebes; known as "Father of All Monks"] | (St.) Antonius {m} der Große [auch: Antonius der Einsiedler, Antonius Eremita oder Antonius Abbas, „Vater der Mönche“] |  |
Fiction (Literature and Film) |
 | lit. F Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad [Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller] | Wüstenblume |  |
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
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