 | English  | German |  |
 | to slash [coll.] [reduce] | 1186 reduzieren |  |
 | to deplete [reduce] | 477 verringern |  |
 | to cut sth. [decrease / reduce] | 464 etw. abbauen [verringern] |  |
 | to slash [fig.] [reduce] | 450 kürzen |  |
 | to cut sth. [reduce] | 407 etw. absenken |  |
 | to cut [reduce] | 395 kürzen |  |
 | to cut [reduce] | 338 reduzieren |  |
 | to cut [reduce] | 327 senken |  |
 | to foreshorten [reduce in time or scale] | 319 verkürzen |  |
 | to cut [reduce] | 315 herabsetzen |  |
 | to cut [reduce] | 312 vermindern |  |
 | to slacken sth. [reduce] | 225 etw.Akk. verringern |  |
 | to slash sth. [coll.] [cut down, reduce drastically] | 198 etw. zusammenstreichen [ugs.] |  |
 | to taper [reduce] | 130 abnehmen [kleiner, geringer werden / machen] |  |
 | to deplete [reduce] | 107 vermindern |  |
 | comm. to cheapen sth. [reduce the price of sth.] | 42 etw.Akk. verbilligen |  |
 | to discount [reduce effect of] | 39 einkalkulieren |  |
 | to winnow sth. [reduce] | 31 etw.Akk. reduzieren [sichten, aussortieren] |  |
 | to derate sth. [to reduce e.g., the electrical power rating] | 24 etw.Akk. herabsetzen [bes. die Leistung eines elektrischen od. elektronischen Bauteiles] |  |
 | spec. to deplete [reduce the amount of sth. in sth.] | 21 abreichern [den Anteil von etw. in etw. verringern] |  |
 | to degrade sth. [reduce the quality] | 17 etw.Akk. verschlechtern [die Qualität vermindern] |  |
 | to shave sth. [fig.] [reduce] | 13 etw.Akk. reduzieren |  |
 | to deconstruct sth. [reduce sth. to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it] | etw. (zur Neuinterpretation) auf seine (wesentlichen) Bestandteile zurückführen |  |
 | to deprioritize sth. [to reduce the priority level] | etw.Akk. depriorisieren [eine niedrigere Priorität / Rangfolge zuweisen] |  |
 | to slacken [slow, reduce] | sichAkk. vermindern |  |
 | to slacken sth. [reduce] | etw.Akk. vermindern |  |
 | to slash [greatly reduce] | drastisch kürzen |  |
 | to slash [greatly reduce] | drastisch reduzieren |  |
 | to unmagnify sth. [diminish, reduce] [also: un-magnify] | etw. verkleinern |  |
Nouns |
 | econ. [competition between countries in a globalised world to reduce wages, company taxes and social security payments] | 24 Dumpingwettlauf {m} [ugs.] |  |
 | med. pharm. [medical treatment to reduce blood coagulation with coumarin-type drugs] | Marcumarisierung {f} [ugs.] [medikamentöse Behandlung mit Marcumar®] |  |
 | law [the court's right to reduce or abate (the fines or punitive measures)] | richterliches Mäßigungsrecht {n} |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | gastr. to boil sth. down [reduce the volume of a liquid by boiling] | etw. reduzieren [das Einkochen lassen bis zu der gewünschten Dicke] |  |
 | to bring down [reduce] | herunterfahren |  |
 | to cut back [to reduce] | drosseln |  |
 | to detract from sth. [reduce or lessen] | etw.Akk. schmälern |  |
 | to hone sth. to sth. [reduce] | etw. zu etw. zusammenschrumpfen lassen |  |
 | comm. to mark sth. down [reduce the price] | etw.Akk. herabsetzen [Preis] |  |
 | to pare sth. back [reduce] | etw.Akk. herunterfahren [verringern] |  |
 | to scale sth. back [to reduce, esp. proportionally] | etw.Akk. verringern |  |
 | to scale sth. back [to reduce, esp. proportionally] | etw.Akk. zurücknehmen [verringern] |  |
 | to scale sth. down [fig.] [reduce] | etw. abspecken [ugs.] [fig.] [verkleinern] |  |
 | pharm. to taper (off) sth. [gradually reduce] | etw.Akk. ausschleichen [langsam reduzieren] |  |
 | to turn down [reduce output] | abdrehen [z. B. Thermostat] |  |
 | to wind down [reduce] | reduzieren |  |
 | to wind down [reduce] | zurückschrauben |  |
 | acc. to write down [depreciate, reduce in value] | abschreiben [im Wert mindern] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | to cut down on sth. [reduce] | etw. abbauen [reduzieren] |  |
 | to whittle away at sth. [gradually reduce it] | etw. allmählich reduzieren |  |