 | English  | German |  |
 | antithetical {adj} [idea] | 294 entgegengesetzt |  |
 | ludicrous {adj} [idea, suggestion] | 239 haarsträubend |  |
 | grotesque {adj} [idea, proposal, allegation] | 127 absurd |  |
 | false {adj} [idea, belief] | 120 abwegig |  |
 | fluffy {adj} [Am.] [fig.] [thought, idea, proposition] | 118 substanzlos |  |
 | embraced {adj} {past-p} [accepted: idea etc.] | 103 ergriffen [aufgegriffen: Idee etc.] |  |
 | crazy {adj} [senseless, silly: suggestion, idea, etc.] | 102 hirnrissig [ugs.] [pej.] [Vorschlag, Idee etc.] |  |
 | immature {adj} [plan, idea] | 86 unausgegoren |  |
 | enterprising {adj} [idea, scheme] | 64 einfallsreich |  |
 | psych. compulsive {adj} [e.g. act, behaviour, crying, idea] | 45 Zwangs- [z. B. Handlung, Verhalten, Weinen, Vorstellung] |  |
 | suggested {adj} {past-p} [idea, etc.] | 41 angeregt [vorgeschlagen, initiiert] |  |
 | weird {adj} [idea] | 35 versponnen [eigenartig] |  |
 | enterprising {adj} [idea, scheme] | 22 originell |  |
 | madcap {adj} [idea] | 20 versponnen |  |
 | fanciful {adj} [story, idea] | 18 fantastisch |  |
 | dominant {adj} [idea, etc.] | 7 leitend [Idee, usw.] |  |
 | unformed {adj} [e.g. idea] | 6 unausgereift [z. B. Idee] |  |
 | unformed {adj} [e.g. idea] | 5 unausgegoren [fig.] [oft pej.] [z. B. Idee, Plan] |  |
 | brilliant {adj} [idea] | geistvoll |  |
 | central {adj} [idea, etc.] | leitend [Idee, usw.] |  |
 | coherent {adj} [idea, text] | (leicht) verständlich |  |
 | infectious {adj} [fig.] [idea] | zündend [fig.] [Idee] |  |
Verbs |
 | to convey sth. [an impression, an idea, a feeling, etc.] | 4472 etw.Akk. vermitteln [einen Eindruck, eine Vorstellung, ein Gefühl etc.] |  |
 | to scrap sth. [idea, plan, theory] | 1855 etw.Akk. verwerfen [Idee, Plan, Theorie] |  |
 | to embrace sth. [an idea, a plan etc.] | 1780 etw.Akk. annehmen [einverstanden sein, übernehmen] |  |
 | to canvass [for a party, product, idea etc.] | 855 werben [Wahlwerbung, Kundenwerbung etc.] |  |
 | to nurture sth. [idea, ambitions] | 656 etw.Akk. hegen |  |
 | to dismiss sth. [a thought, idea etc.] | 626 etw. aufgeben [Idee etc.] |  |
 | to poach [idea] | 484 stehlen |  |
 | to borrow sth. [idea, method etc.] | 475 etw. übernehmen [Idee, Methode etc.] |  |
 | to drop sth. [idea, plan etc.] | 410 etw. aufgeben [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to represent sb./sth. [a country, an idea, a client, etc.] | 293 jdn./etw. vertreten [Land, Idee, Klienten etc.] |  |
 | to rubbish [person, idea] [Br.] [coll.] | 224 runtermachen [ugs.] |  |
 | to grasp sth. [idea] | 221 etw. erfassen [eine Idee] |  |
 | to entertain sth. [consider (an idea)] | 183 etw.Akk. erwägen |  |
 | to tantalise sb. [Br.] [e.g. questions, the idea of sth.] | 174 jdn. peinigen [geh.] [z. B. Fragen, die Vorstellung von etw.] |  |
 | to seize sth. [idea etc.] | 147 etw. aufgreifen |  |
 | to scrap sth. [coll.] [idea, plan etc.] | 132 etw.Akk. fallenlassen [Rsv.] [Idee, Plan etc.] |  |
 | to tantalise sb. [Br.] [e.g. questions, the idea of sth.] | 70 jdn. quälen [z. B. Fragen, die Vorstellung von etw.] |  |
 | to articulate sth. [shape, idea] | 38 etw. gliedern |  |
 | to extend sth. [a work / idea] | 38 etw. weiterentwickeln [eine Arbeit / Idee] |  |
 | to dally [with an idea] | 37 spielen [mit einem Gedanken] |  |
 | to doff sth. [discard or get rid of (an idea, etc.)] | 30 etw. verwerfen [eine Idee etc.] |  |
 | to adopt sth. [expression, term, idea etc.] | 21 etw.Akk. übernehmen [Ausdruck, Terminologie, Idee etc.] |  |
 | to trivialize [idea, feeling] | 21 banalisieren |  |
 | to debunk sth. [expose the falseness of an idea or belief] | etw.Akk. als falsch entlarven [eine Vorstellung, einen Glauben] |  |
 | to doff sth. [discard or get rid of (an idea, etc.)] | sich von etw. verabschieden [von einer Idee etc.] |  |
 | to embrace sth. [idea, concept, project, etc.] | etw. (gern / bereitwillig) aufgreifen [sich zu eigen machen: Idee, Gedanke, Plan, Projekt etc.] |  |
 | to gel [of an idea, plan] | Form annehmen |  |
 | to imagine sth. [form a mental picture or idea of sth.] | sichDat. etw. vorstellen (können) |  |