 | English  | German | |
 | to reference sth. [refer to] | auf etw.Akk. verweisen | |
| to reference sth. [refer to] | sichAkk. auf etw.Akk. beziehen | |
| Nouns |
| mil. [derogatory acronym for "Greatest Field Commander of all Time", a title initially publicized by Nazi propaganda to refer to Adolf Hitler during the early years of WWII] | GröFaZ {m} [ugs.] [auch: Gröfaz] [abfälliges Kürzel für "Größter Feldherr aller Zeiten", Nazi-Propaganda-Bezeichnung für Adolf Hitler aus den Anfangsjahren des 2. WK] | |
| geogr. [town on the Isar river, particularly used to refer to Munich] | Isarstadt {f} | |
| 2 Words |
| blue-eyed {adj} [Am.] [coll.] [used indiscriminately by some groups to refer to Caucasians] | weiß [bes. von Schwarzen verwendeter Begriff für Menschen mit weißer Hautfarbe] | |
| gastr. cup color [Am.] [can also refer to color of contents, usually tea] | Tassenfarbe {f} [kann sich auch auf die Farbe des Inhalts, meist Tee, beziehen] | |
| cup colour [Br.] [can also refer to colour of contents, usually tea] | Tassenfarbe {f} [kann sich auch auf die Farbe des Inhalts, meist Tee, beziehen] | |
| phys. Loschmidt constant [sometimes used to refer to the Avogadro constant] | Avogadro-Konstante {f} | |
| presidential elections [may refer to both a single vote and several votes] | Präsidentschaftswahlen {pl} [kann sowohl eine einzelne Wahl meinen als auch mehrere] | |
| rail summit tunnel [generally only used to refer to the higher of two tunnels through the same mountain] | Scheiteltunnel {m} | |
| 5+ Words |
| idiom 'She' is the cat's mother. [used to encourage children to use names instead of pronouns to refer to females to whom they should show respect] | 'Die' heißt mein Unterrock, und 'der' hängt im Schrank. [regional] [Satz, mit dem Kinder gerügt werden, die von einer (anwesenden) Frau mit 'die' sprechen] | |
| to serve as models / as a model [depending on whether you refer to several objects or just one] | Modellcharakter haben | |
