 | English  | German | |
 | fluffy {adj} [thinking etc.] | 462 oberflächlich | |
| convoluted {adj} [plot, thinking etc.] | 170 verschlungen | |
| wifty {adj} [esp. N. Am.] [coll.] [vague] [of thinking, argument, etc.] | 8 vage | |
| [Thinking should be left to (the) horses because they have bigger heads.] | Das Denken sollte man besser den Pferden überlassen, die haben die größeren Köpfe [Redewendung] | |
|  [to my way of thinking] {adv} | meines Erachtens nach [FALSCH für: meines Erachtens; meiner Meinung nach] | |
| Verbs |
| to outgrow sth. [change a way of thinking or behaving, become mature] | 35 etw.Akk. ablegen [fig.] [sich von etw. frei machen, überwinden] | |
| [to find / obtain sth. by very deep thinking] | etw. ergrübeln [durch langes Grübeln herausfinden] | |
| Nouns |
| consideration [deliberation, careful thinking] | 389 Erwägung {f} | |
| rethinking [change in thinking] | 245 Umdenken {n} | |
| mind [way of thinking] | 197 Denkweise {f} | |
| reflection [thinking] | 17 Bedenken {n} [Nachdenken, Überlegung] | |
| consideration [thinking] | 14 Gedankenarbeit {f} | |
| break [for thinking things over] | 9 Denkpause {f} | |
| deliberations {pl} [thinking about how to solve a problem] | 7 Knobelei {f} [Nachdenken über die Lösung eines Problems] | |
| pol. [line of political thinking in the German parties CDU and CSU] | Unionslinie {f} | |
| philos. freethinking [also: free-thinking] | Freigeisterei {f} | |
| philos. freethinking [also: free-thinking] | Freigeistigkeit {f} | |
| 2 Words |
| off-beam {adj} [mistaken in what one is thinking] | irrig [Gedanke] | |
| to be suicidal [person: to be thinking of suicide] | Selbstmordgedanken haben | |
| independent thinking [autonomous thinking] | eigenständiges Denken {n} | |
| philos. independent thinking [self-thinking] | Selbstdenken {n} | |
| philos. independent thought [independent thinking] | Selbstdenken {n} | |
| relig. monastic spirit [way of thinking] | monastischer Geist {m} [Denkweise] | |
| hist. relig. religious thought [religious thinking] | religiöses Denken {n} | |
| 3 Words |
| to lay sth. to rest [idiom] [stop discussing, thinking about, or focusing on sth.] | etw.Akk. zu den Akten legen [ugs.] [Redewendung] | |
| way of thought [way of thinking] | Denkweise {f} | |
| 4 Words |
| What are you thinking? [meaning: that's absurd / you're on the wrong track thinking that] | Wo denkst du hin? [Redewendung] | |
| 5+ Words |
| Are you thinking what I'm thinking? | Denkst du gerade das gleiche wie ich? | |
