 | English  | German | |
 | incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 1559 aufhetzend | |
| pol. incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 734 aufrührerisch | |
| lengthy {adj} [speech] | 415 ausführlich | |
| powerful {adj} [of a book, speech etc.] | 395 eindringlich [Buch, Rede etc.] | |
| funeral {adj} [e.g. address or speech, car, cortege or procession, feast or meal] | 368 Leichen- [z. B. Rede, Wagen, Rede, Zug, Schmaus] | |
| hateful {adj} [speech] | 360 hasserfüllt | |
| lengthy {adj} [speech] | 163 langatmig | |
| tempestuous {adj} [speech] | 158 leidenschaftlich | |
| emotive {adj} [speech, style] | 150 pathetisch | |
| ling. inflated {adj} [e.g. speech] | 146 geschraubt [fig.] [z. B. Sprache] | |
| racy {adj} [speech, style, play, wine] | 146 feurig | |
| racy {adj} [speech, style, play] | 138 schwungvoll | |
| trenchant {adj} [view, speech] | 93 pointiert | |
| incendiary {adj} [fig.] [speech] | 84 aufwiegelnd | |
| forceful {adj} [speech, words] | 76 eindringlich | |
| garrulous {adj} [speech] | 61 langatmig [Rede] | |
| emotional {adj} [speech, manner] | 44 pathetisch | |
| diffuse {adj} [speech etc.] | 42 weitschweifig | |
| perceptive {adj} [analysis, article, speech, study etc.] | 41 erkenntnisreich | |
| pompous {adj} [pej.] [speech, rhetoric, etc.] | 36 schwülstig [pej.] [Rede, Rhetorik etc.] | |
| polished {adj} {past-p} [speech, essay, poem, etc.] | 34 ausgefeilt [fig.] | |
| honeyed {adj} [fig.] [e.g. speech, voice] | 31 honigsüß [fig.] [z. B. Sprache, Stimme] | |
| diffuse {adj} [speech etc.] | 17 langatmig | |
| sb./sth. knows [reported speech] | 17 jd./etw. kenne [Konjunktiv 1] | |
| powerful {adj} [music, speech] [also: blow] | 16 wuchtig [Klänge, Rede] [auch: Schlag] | |
| affected {adj} [manners, speech etc.] | 15 geziert | |
| ling. regional {adj} [accent, speech, expression, usage, etc.] | 15 landschaftlich <landsch.> | |
| flatulent {adj} [inflated or pretentious in speech or writing] | 13 aufgebläht [pej.] [Rhetorik, Sprache] | |
| simple {adj} [speech, elegance] | 13 schnörkellos | |
| audio distorted {adj} [speech test] | 12 verhallt | |
| humorless {adj} [Am.] [speech, laugh, book] | 9 trocken [humorlos] | |
| singsong {adj} [monotonous, of speech] | 8 eintönig [Sprache, Sprechen] | |
| affected {adj} [manners, speech etc.] | 6 manieriert [geh.] | |
| phonet. dental {adj} [of a speech sound] | dental | |
| disconnected {adj} [text, speech, etc.] | zusammenhanglos | |
| disconnected {adj} [text, speech, etc.] | zusammenhangslos | |
| humourless {adj} [Br.] [speech, laugh, book] | trocken | |
| pithy {adj} [of a comment, speech, piece of writing, etc.] | kurz und bündig | |
| speaking {adj} [having the gift of speech, esp. animals] | sprachbegabt | |
| audio undistorted {adj} [speech test] | unverhallt [Sprachtest] | |
| audio undistorted {adj} [speech test] | ohne Verhallung [nachgestellt] [Sprachtest] | |
| Verbs |
| to slur [one's speech] | 1051 lallen [z. B. auf Grund von Alkoholisierung] | |
| to deliver sth. [speech, sermon, lecture] | 159 etw. halten [Rede etc.] | |
| to rehearse sth. [to repeat sth., e.g. a poem, a speech] | 142 etw. einüben [ein Gedicht / eine Rede durch wiederholtes Aufsagen] | |
| to structure [essay, speech, organization] | 67 aufbauen [fig.] [strukturieren] | |
| to stumble [hesitate in speech or action] | 54 zaudern | |
| to polish [fig.] [speech, plan etc.] | 51 ausfeilen [fig.] [Rede, Plan usw.] | |
| to interlard sth. [intersperse or embellish a speech or writing] | 18 etw. ausschmücken | |
| to deliver [speech etc.] | von sich geben | |
| to halt [in speech] | stockend sprechen | |
