Dictionary English German: [mainly]

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English German
basically {adv} [mainly]
525
hauptsächlich
downbeat {adj} [mainly Br.] [unmoved, unenthusiastic]
5
unaufgeregt
forrader {adv} [mainly Br.] [more forward]vorwärts
unionist {adj} [mainly Br.]gewerkschaftlich
Verbs
mus. to alter [mainly folk songs]
12
zersingen [im Laufe der Zeit in Text und Melodie verändern] [z. B. Volkslieder]
to shoogle sb./sth. [mainly Scot.]
8
jdn./etw. schütteln
to bean sb. [mainly Am.] [sl.]jdm. eins über die Rübe ziehen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
mus. to change [mainly folk songs]zersingen [im Laufe der Zeit in Text und Melodie verändern] [z. B. Volkslieder]
Nouns
homemaker [male] [mainly Am.]
70
Hausmann {m}
tad [mainly Br.] [coll.] [a little bit, slightly]
65
Tick {m} [ugs.] [ein wenig]
sharpie [coll. for: Sharpie® (pen)] [mainly U.S. trademark] [a permanent felt-tip pen]
23
Filzstift {m}
gastr. [traditional peasant dish, similar to a pancake cut into small pieces, today mainly sweet dessert]
7
Schmarrn {m} [österr.] [südd.]
provincial [person] [mainly disapproving]
5
Provinzbewohner {m}
games [A form of amusement mainly at children's birthday parties in which a sausage is hung by a string above the heads of the children who must jump to bite off a piece]Würstelschnappen {n} [regional, bes. südd., österr.]
[cutting board used mainly for breakfast as a plate substitute in Germany]Frühstücksbrettchen {n}
hunting [raptor that kills (mainly) with its beak; e.g. a falcon]Bisstöter {m}
hunting [raptor that kills (mainly) with its feet; e.g. a hawk]Grifftöter {m}
boofhead [mainly Aus.] [ sl.] [a stupid person]Trottel {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [einfältige Person]
Jewry [district inhabited mainly by Jews, ghetto]Judenviertel {n}
mil. weapons missilery {sg} [mainly Am.]Geschosse {pl}
paramour [dated] [mainly pej.] [a male or female lover]Poussade {f} [ugs. veraltet] [meist pej.] [Geliebte, Geliebter]
paramour [dated] [mainly pej.] [a male or female lover]Poussage {f} [ugs. veraltet] [meist pej.] [Geliebte, Geliebter]
patootie [attractive woman] [mainly Am.] [sl.]flotte Biene {f} [ugs.]
provincial [female] [mainly disapproving]Provinzbewohnerin {f}
provincial [person] [mainly disapproving]Provinziale {m} [pej.] [veraltet]
provincial [person] [mainly disapproving]Provinzler {m} [ugs.] [pej.]
provincial [woman] [mainly disapproving]Provinzlerin {f} [ugs.] [abwertend]
2 Words: Verbs
to stand down sth. [mainly Br.] [stop working]etw.Akk. einstellen [nicht fortsetzen]
to wobble around [to move around in an unbalanced, unsteady manner] [mainly of objects]herumtaumeln [umhertaumeln, torkeln]
2 Words: Nouns
traffic urban (pedestrian) mall [mainly Am. and Aus.] [outdoors]Fußgängerbereich {m} [Fußgängerzone]
geogr. hist. Bleeding Kansas [series of violent confrontations mainly in the Kansas Territory (ca. 1854-1861); hence also old nickname for the State of Kansas][Serie gewalttätiger Konflikte vor allem im Kansas-Territorium Mitte des 19. Jhs.; daher auch alter Beiname für Kansas, USA; wörtlich: Blutendes Kansas]
clear-out [mainly Br.] [coll.]Ausmisten {n} [ugs.] [Entrümpeln, Aussortieren]
cub scouts [scouting movement for young persons, mainly boys aged 7 to 11]Wölfe {pl} [schweiz.] [Wölflinge]
jobs ear cleaner [mainly in Asia]Ohrputzer {m} [in Asien verbreitet]
magic pill [mainly fig.]Wunderpille {f} [meist fig.]
hist. main camp [mainly of Nazi concentration camps]Stammlager {n} [vor allem bei Konzentrationslagern]
maternal twins [coll.] [the offspring inherited characteristics mainly related to the mother][eineiige Zwillinge, die vornehmlich Eigenschaften der Mutter vererbt bekommen haben]
paternal twins [coll.] [the offspring inherited characteristics mainly related to the father][eineiige Zwillinge, die vornehmlich Eigenschaften des Vaters vererbt bekommen haben]
traffic urban pedestrian mall [mainly Am. and Aus.]Fußgängerzone {f}
constr. jobs sand diver [mainly in Africa]Sandtaucher {m} [hauptsächlich in Afrika]
3 Words: Others
comp. under the hood {adv} [fig.] [mainly Am.]unter der Haube [fig.] [ugs.] [unterhalb der Benutzeroberfläche]
3 Words: Verbs
pol. to call a race [mainly used by news media]den Sieger einer Wahl verkünden
3 Words: Nouns
built-in closet [mainly Am.]Einbauschrank {m}
late 80's / eighties [mainly of the 20th century]Spät-Achtziger {pl} [Jahre, vor allem des 20. Jh.s]
biol. chem. Ziehl-Neelsen stain [a stain used to identify acid-fast organisms, mainly mycobacteria]Ziehl-Neelsen-Färbung {f}
4 Words: Verbs
to be lost for words [mainly Br.]um Worte verlegen sein
to show / teach sb. the ropes [mainly fig.]jdn. mit allem vertraut machen
4 Words: Nouns
sociol. twenty-four hour city [mainly Am.]24-Stunden-Stadt {f}
5+ Words: Others
I was lost for words. [mainly Br.]Mir fehlten die Worte.
It's not the done thing. [in this country] [mainly Br.]Das tut man nicht. [hierzulande]
5+ Words: Nouns
idiom the new kid on the block [male] [mainly US] [also fig.]der Neue {m}
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
bot. T
bot. T
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