 | English  | German | |
 | blunt {adj} [remark, statement] | 1599 unverblümt | |
| appropriate {adj} [remark etc.] | 686 treffend | |
| pointed {adj} [fig.: remark etc.] [bot.: leaves etc.] | 495 zugespitzt [fig.: Bemerkung etc.] [bot.: Blätter etc.] | |
| pertinent {adj} [remark etc.] | 460 passend [Bemerkung etc.] | |
| poor {adj} [joke, remark] | 335 billig [pej.] [Witz, Bemerkung] | |
| flat {adj} [also fig.: joke, remark etc.] | 323 platt [auch fig.: abgeschmackt, trivial] | |
| borderline {adj} [remark] | 315 grenzwertig | |
| vitriolic {adj} [criticism, remark] | 276 beißend | |
| tart {adj} [remark] | 232 scharf [bissig] | |
| acerbic {adj} [remark, comment, style] | 173 bissig [Bemerkung etc.] | |
| disavowed {adj} {past-p} [a remark etc.] | 127 abgeleugnet | |
| censorious {adj} [remark, glance] | 123 strafend | |
| pregnant {adj} [remark, silence, pause] [fig.] | 100 bedeutungsvoll | |
| caustic {adj} [wit, remark, criticism] | 89 ätzend [fig.] | |
| snide {adj} [remark, allusion, etc.] | 80 spitz [Bemerkung, Anspielung usw.] | |
| bitchy {adj} [coll.] [remark] | 78 bissig | |
| inept {adj} [remark, criticism] | 74 unqualifiziert | |
| inept {adj} [comment, remark] | 72 unpassend [unangebracht] | |
| petty {adj} [remark] | 66 spitz | |
| cutting {adj} [remark etc.] | 45 scharf [schneidend] | |
| rich {adj} [coll.] [remark] | 40 lächerlich | |
| misguided {adj} [remark, measures] | 38 unsinnig | |
| waspish {adj} [remark etc.] | 36 giftig [ugs.] [bissig, gehässig (Bemerkung etc.)] | |
| apropos {adj} [remark] | 35 passend [treffend] | |
| acid {adj} [fig.] [remark] | 31 scharf [fig.] [Anmerkung] | |
| wounding {adj} {pres-p} [remark, tone] | 31 verletzend [fig.] | |
| cutting {adj} [remark] | 26 bissig [Bemerkung] | |
| waspish {adj} [remark, letter, etc.] | 22 bissig [gehässig, scharfzüngig (Bemerkung, Brief etc.)] | |
| piercing {adj} [wind, remark] | 18 schneidend [Wind, Kälte, Bemerkung] | |
| apropos {adj} [remark] | 15 treffend | |
| inoffensive {adj} [remark, answer etc.] | 7 unverfänglich [Bemerkung, Antwort usw.] | |
| inappropriate {adj} [remark etc.] | 6 deplaziert [alt] [Bemerkung etc.] | |
| ungentlemanly {adj} [e.g. remark] | unanständig [z. B. Bemerkung] | |
| Verbs |
| to note sth. [remark] | 2157 etw.Akk. anmerken | |
| to drop [throw down] [also: remark etc.] | 435 hinwerfen [fallen lassen] [auch fig.] | |
| to observe [remark] | 355 anmerken [bemerken, sagen] | |
| to interpose [remark, question] | 301 einwerfen [Bemerkung, Frage] | |
| to interpose [remark] | 40 einflechten [Bemerkung] | |
| to venture [risk the remark] | (mit Vorsicht) äußern [zu sagen wagen] | |
| Nouns |
| potshot [fig.] [critical remark] | 708 Attacke {f} | |
| line [remark] | 77 Spruch {m} | |
| purport [the meaning or sense of a speech, remark, letter, etc.] | 51 Tenor {m} [Sinn od. grundlegender Gehalt einer Äußerung etc.] | |
| observation [remark] | 50 Ausführung {f} [Bemerkung] | |
| observation [remark] | 42 Bemerkung {f} | |
| barb [fig.] [deliberately hurtful remark] | 39 Spitze {f} [spitze, boshafte Bemerkung] | |
| observation [remark, comment] | 35 Äußerung {f} [zu etw.] | |
| shaft [remark intended to be witty, wounding, or provoking] | 22 Bemerkung {f} [geistreich, verletzend oder provokant] | |
| puerility [act, remark etc.] | 6 Kinderei {f} [Spaß etc.] | |
|  [witty remark] | launische Bemerkung {f} [FALSCH für: launige Bemerkung] | |
| barb [fig.] [deliberately hurtful remark] | spitze Bemerkung {f} | |
