| Englisch | Deutsch | |
| Shoot! [Am.] [coll.] [euphemism for 'shit'] | 415 Mist! [ugs.] | |
| Shoot! [Am.] [coll.] [euphemism for 'shit'] | 243 Verflixt! [ugs.] | |
| Shoot! [Am.] [coll.] [euphemism for 'shit'] | 214 Mensch! [ugs.] | |
| ruddy {adj} [Br.] [coll.] [euphemism for 'bloody'] [dated] | 171 verflixt [ugs.] | |
| redacted {adj} {past-p} [euphemism for: censored] | 126 redigiert [Euphemismus für: zensiert] | |
| effin' {adv} [coll., euphemism for "fucking"] | 43 [verstärkendes Adverb, wird nicht übersetzt, etwa: wirklich, verdammt] | |
| Frack! [Am.] [vulg.] [sl.] [used as euphemism for "fuck"] | 8 Verdammt! [ugs.] | |
| duck [euphemism for "fuck"] | [verstärkendes, euphemisierendes Wort im Sinne von "Scheiß-", "verdammt"] | |
| goldarn {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [attr.] [euphemism for: goddamn] | verflixt [ugs.] | |
| goldarned {adj} [coll.] [euphemism for: goddamned] | gottverdammt [ugs.] | |
| goldurned {adj} [coll.] [euphemism for: goddamned] | gottverdammt [ugs.] | |
Substantive |
| deuce [coll.] [euphemism for 'the devil', used in expressions of annoyance, surprise etc.] | 556 Teufel {m} | |
| heck [euphemism] | 69 [Euphemismus für "hell" - Hölle] | |
| anat. (the) girls {pl} [Am.] [coll.] [euphemism for breasts] | 33 Busen {m} | |
| comm. [euphemism for a health insurance company] | 24 Gesundheitskasse {f} | |
| anat. (the) boys [Am.] [coll.] [euphemism for testicles] | 13 Hoden {pl} | |
| Shinola [Am.] [coll.] [also: shinola] [euphemism for shit] | 5 Scheibenkleister {m} [ugs.] [verhüllend für Scheiße als Schimpfwort] | |
| hist. [euphemism for the invasion of Austria by the German army in 1938, literally "flower campaign"] | Blumenfeldzug {m} [Euphemismus für den Einmarsch der Wehrmacht in Österreich 1938] | |
| rissole [vulg.] [esp. Aus.] [euphemism for arsehole] | Arschloch {n} [vulg.] | |
| hist. Sonderbehandlung ['special treatment', the Nazi euphemism for bureaucratized, state-organized murder] | Sonderbehandlung {f} <S.B.> [NS-Tarnbezeichnung für staatl. angeordneten Mord] | |
2 Wörter: Andere |
| dad-blasted {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [used as a euphemism in expressions of surprise, disgust, anger, etc.] [damned] | verflixt [ugs.] | |
| differently abled {adj} [euphemism] [handicapped] | anders begabt [Euphemismus] [behindert] | |
2 Wörter: Verben |
| to fall asleep [German word is nowadays likely to be understood as a euphemism for "to die"] | entschlafen [geh.] [einschlafen] | |
2 Wörter: Substantive |
| F-word [euphemism for fuck or feminism] | F-Wort {n} | |
| RealEst. garden flat [Br.] [euphemism for basement flat] | Kellerwohnung {f} | |
| N-word [euphemism for the use of the word nigger] [Am.] | N-Wort {n} [bezieht sich auf das Wort "Nigger" oder "Neger", eine verächtliche Bezeichnung für einen dunkelhäutigen Menschen] | |
| nice-nellyism [euphemism] | Euphemismus {m} | |
| sociol. preemptive policing [also euphemism for excessive police brutality] | präemptive Polizeiarbeit {f} [auch Euphemismus für übertriebene Polizeigewalt] | |
| R-word [euphemism for the use of the word retard] | [verschleiernde Bezeichnung für das Schimpfwort »retard«] | |
| smallest room [euphemism: WC] | stilles Örtchen {n} [beschönigend: WC] | |
3 Wörter: Andere |
| in deep yogurt {adj} [idiom] [euphemism for: in deep shit] | tief im Schlamassel [Redewendung] | |
| What the hey! [coll.] [euphemism for: what the hell] | Was soll's! [Egal!] | |
| What the pluck...? [euphemism for fuck] [Aus.] | Was zur Hölle...? [ugs.] | |
3 Wörter: Verben |
| to be financially embarrassed [euphemism: be broke or temporarily without a means to pay] | kein Geld haben [in finanzieller Verlegenheit sein] | |
| to do one's business [primarily "to defecate" but could include "to urinate"] [euphemism] | sein Geschäft erledigen [ugs.] [seine Notdurft verrichten] | |
| to find eternal rest [euphemism] | in die Ewigkeit eingehen [geh.] [euphem.] | |
| to speak to sb. (about sth.) [coll.] [euphemism, admonish] | mit jdm. (über etw.Akk.) ein Wörtchen reden [ugs.] | |
3 Wörter: Substantive |
| how's your father [Br.] [hum.] [euphemism for sexual intercourse or penis] | [britischer Euphemismus für Geschlechtsverkehr oder Penis] | |
4 Wörter: Verben |
| to be a code for sth. [coll.] [euphemism] | eine (beschönigende) Umschreibung für etw.Akk. sein [Euphemismus] | |