 | English  | German |  |
 | epic {adj} [novel] | 605 monumental |  |
 | newfangled {adj} [pej.] [of a new kind or fashion, needlessly novel] | 293 neumodisch [pej.] |  |
 | racy {adj} [behavior, novel] | 147 anzüglich |  |
 | sloppy {adj} [film, novel] | 43 schmalzig [ugs.] |  |
 | gothic {adj} [novel, play, film] | 21 Schauer- |  |
 | espionage {adj} [attr.] [e.g. activities, mission, network, novel] | 20 Spionage- [z. B. Aktivitäten, Mission, Netzwerk, Roman] |  |
 | new {adj} [novel] | 18 neuartig |  |
 | epistolary {adj} [e.g. form, correspondence, style, novel] | 13 Brief- [z. B. Form, Wechsel, Stil, Roman] |  |
 | spy {adj} [attr.] [e.g. film, novel, plane, ring, satellite] | 10 Spionage- [z. B. Film, Roman, Flugzeug, Ring, Satellit] |  |
 | novelistic {adj} [like a novel] | romanhaft [wie in einem Roman] |  |
Verbs |
 | to revise sth. [e.g. a manuscript, an article, a novel] | 5540 etw.Akk. überarbeiten [und verbessern] [z. B. ein Manuskript, einen Artikel, einen Roman] |  |
 | lit. to adapt sth. [e.g. a novel for the stage or screen] | 501 etw.Akk. bearbeiten [z. B. einen Roman für die Bühne oder den Film] |  |
 | to project sth. [an image e.g. in a novel, an account] | 413 etw. entwerfen [Bild einer Person etc.] |  |
 | to pummel sth. [fig.] [novel, film etc.] | 136 etw.Akk. vernichten [fig.] [Roman, Film etc.] [durch Kritiken verreißen] |  |
 | to repackage [edition, novel, record] | 9 aufmotzen [ugs.] |  |
 | journ. publ. to serialize sth. [Am.] [novel, story, chronicle etc.] | etw.Akk. in Fortsetzungen veröffentlichen |  |
Nouns |
 | film lit. figure [personality, character in a novel etc.] | 816 Gestalt {f} [Person, Persönlichkeit, Figur in einem Roman etc.] |  |
 | lit. sequel [of a novel] | 318 Nachfolgeroman {m} |  |
 | film lit. theatre character [e.g. play, novel] | 269 Figur {f} |  |
 | film [film based on a novel] | 119 Literaturverfilmung {f} [Film, der auf einem Roman basiert] |  |
 | writer [of a novel, an article, a letter, etc.] | 108 Verfasser {m} |  |
 | lit. sequel [of a novel] | 26 Romanfortsetzung {f} |  |
 | device [in a novel, film etc.] | 23 Einfall {m} [in Buch, Film etc.] |  |
 | lit. personage [character in a play, novel] | 13 Figur {f} [in einem Roman, Stück] |  |
 | lit. [novel of character development] | 8 Bildungsroman {m} |  |
 | lit. characters {pl} [all characters of a novel] | 7 Personal {n} [Romanfiguren] |  |
 | lit. [novel concerned with the author's critical analysis of the age in which s/he lives] | 6 Zeitroman {m} |  |
 | lit. theatre structure [drama, novel] | 6 Anlage {f} [Drama, Roman] |  |
 | lit. [novel based on real events but using changed names] | 5 Schlüsselroman {m} |  |
 | Babbitt [Am.] [dated] [after the main character of Sinclair Lewis' 1922 novel Babbitt.] | Babbitt {m} [geschäftstüchtiger nordamerikanischer Spießbürger] |  |
 | insipidness [of person, novel, lyrics] | Geistlosigkeit {f} |  |
 | lit. novelette [esp. Br.] [pej.] [short novel with shallow content] | (kurzer) Groschenroman {m} |  |
 | lit. novelette [esp. Br.] [pej.] [short novel with shallow content] | (kurzer) Kitschroman {m} [pej.] |  |
 | lit. novelette [short novel] | Kurzroman {m} |  |
 | lit. tec [coll.] [dated] [detective novel] | Krimi {m} [ugs.] [Kriminalroman] |  |
 | timescale [in novel, drama etc.] | zeitlicher Rahmen {m} |  |
 | lit. western [novel] | Wildwestroman {m} |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | adapted from {prep} [e.g. a film adapted from a novel by ...] | nach [+Dat.] [z. B. ein Film nach einem Roman von ...] |  |
 | sth. is about sth. [e.g. The novel is about ...] | etw. handelt von etw.Dat. [z. B. Der Roman handelt von ...] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | film lit. theatre to be set [somewhere] [scene of film or play, novel, etc.] | [irgendwo] spielen [Film- oder Theaterszene, Roman etc.] |  |
 | to turn down [candidate, novel, offer etc.] | ablehnen |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | hist. lit. chivalric romance [chivalric novel] | Ritterroman {m} |  |
 | lit. fictional character [novel] | Romanfigur {f} |  |
 | lit. gothic romance [gothic novel] | Schauerroman {m} |  |
 | lit. literary success [novel] | Romanerfolg {m} |  |
 | lit. magical novel [also: magic novel, novel of magic] | Zauberroman {m} |  |
 | lit. military fiction [war novel] | Militärroman {m} |  |
 | lit. spine-chiller [novel] | Schauerroman {m} |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | lit. an easy read [novel] | ein Unterhaltungsroman {m} |  |
5+ Words: Nouns |
 | The Land of the Delight Makers [archaic nickname suggested by George Wharton James; name from The Delight Makers, novel by Adolph F. Bandelier] | [historischer bzw. veralteter Spitzname für New Mexico, USA] |  |