| Englisch | Deutsch | |
| to wangle sth. [coll.] [obtain sth. through manipulative or deceitful methods] | (sichDat.) etw. erschwindeln [durch Mogeln oder Tricksen] | |
Substantive |
| passage [way through, through access] | 527 Durchgang {m} | |
| draft [Am.] [through draft] | 117 Durchzug {m} [Luft] | |
| life [journey through life] | 85 Lebensweg {m} | |
| pass [permit to enter, travel through] | 49 Passierschein {m} | |
| passage [through country, town etc.] | 48 Durchfahrt {f} | |
| passage [way through] | 33 Durchlass {m} | |
| travel [trip through Europe] | 21 Europareise {f} | |
| traffic urban close [Br.] [residential street without through access; often in names] | 19 [Wohnstraße ohne Durchgangsverkehr] | |
| cutting [through a wood] | 19 Schneise {f} | |
| travel [trip through the USA] | 18 Amerikareise {f} | |
| examination [inspection, looking through] | 17 Sichten {n} [Sichtung] | |
| law usucapion [acquiring property through uninterrupted possession] | 17 Ersitzung {f} | |
| geogr. flume [ravine or gorge with stream running through it] | 16 Klamm {f} | |
| ecol. percolation [esp. material movement through ground layers] | 12 Durchsickern {n} | |
| sifting [e.g. through piles of documents] | 12 Sichtung {f} [Durchsicht z. B. von Datenbeständen] | |
| sodcasting [coll.] [playing music loudly through a phone in public] | 11 [lautes Musikhören über Handylautsprecher] | |
| comm. layaway [Am.] [an article bought through a deferred purchase plan] | 9 [angezahlte und zurückgelegte Ware] | |
| educ. learning [knowledge gained through schooling] | 9 Bildung {f} | |
| passage [passing through sth.] | 9 Durchtritt {m} | |
| archi. passage [through building or buildings] | 7 Durchhaus {n} [österr.] | |
| hist. [improvised water boiler; leading electric current directly through water by means of two electrodes and thus heating it; cf. stinger] | 6 Ufo {n} [NVA-Jargon: improvisierter Wasserkocher] | |
| contamination [through microbial (re-)growth] | 6 Verkeimung {f} | |
| pol. [voting procedure similar to a division in the House of Commons where MPs re-enter the floor through one of three doors] | 5 Hammelsprung {m} [Abstimmungsverfahren] | |
| [marten chewing through cables and wires in engines] | Automarder {m} [ugs.] [Marder, der Schäden an Kabeln in Autos anrichtet] | |
| relig. [mutual support through complementary -- even oppositional -- roles.] | Füreinander {n} [Kirchenjargon] | |
| [part of a tenement house accessible only through a courtyard] | Hinterhaus {n} | |
| [woman/mistress who enjoys ostentatious demonstration of wealth through clothing and jewelry.] | Luxusweib {n} [meist pej.] | |
| traffic arterial [through street] | Durchfahrtsstraße {f} | |
| traffic arterial [through street] | Durchfahrtstraße {f} [Rsv.] | |
| equest. bangtail [Am.] [a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone] | (glatt) abgeschnittener Pferdeschweif {m} [Haar, nicht Knochen] | |
| constr. breakthrough [tunnel hole-through] | Durchschlag {m} [Tunneldurchschlag] | |
| mus. cipher [on the organ, a note that persists in sounding through some failure in the action] | Hänger {m} [hängenbleibender Ton, bes. Orgel] | |
| agr. for. clearing [of forests through slash-and-burn agriculture] | Schwenden {n} | |
| sports howler [football / soccer] [a goal conceded by a goalkeeper through an error] | faules Ei {n} [Fußballjargon] | |
| name hypocorism [simplified name, (as if) formed through an infant's babbling] | Lallname {m} | |
| MedTech. lithotrite [early medical instrument which was inserted through the urethra to crush the stones inside the bladder] | Lithotripter {m} [Lithoklast] | |
| meuse [Br.] [regional] [gap in a fence or hedge through which hares, rabbits, etc., pass, esp. as a means of escape] | Durchschlupf {m} [für Tiere, z. B. in Hecken] | |
| chem. tech. outlet [opening through which a liquid or gas can come out] | Ausgang {m} [für Flüssigkeit, Gas] | |
| comp. pass [an iteration through a software loop] | Schleifendurchgang {m} | |
| naut. passage [through a lock] | Durchschleusung {f} | |
| for. hist. perambulation [chiefly historical] [record of a forest's boundaries established through walking its perimeter] | Waldvermessung {f} [hauptsächlich historisch] | |
| hist. perambulation [chiefly historical] [survey of territorial boundaries through walking] | Grenzbegehung {f} | |
| med. tech. pullthrough [also: pull-through] | Durchzug {m} | |
| astron. seeing [image quality of celestial bodies through a telescope] | Seeing {n} | |
| skipping [Br.] [coll.] [sifting through rubbish for food] | Dumpstern {n} [ugs.] [Mitnahme weggeworfener Lebensmittel aus Abfallcontainern] | |
| med. sternotomy [surgical incision through the sternum] | Sternotomie {f} | |
| med. thyrotomy [incision of the larynx through the thyroid cartilage] | Thyreotomie {f} [operative Schildknorpeldurchtrennung] | |
| transit [through a lock] | Durchschleusung {f} | |
| traffic weaver [coll.] [through traffic] | Kolonnenspringer {m} [ugs.] | |