 | English  | German |  |
 | empty {adj} [also fig.: words, promise, etc.] | 6613 leer [auch fig.: Worte; Versprechen etc.] |  |
 | rough {adj} [words, sound, handling] | 685 hart [Worte, Ton, Behandlung] |  |
 | ordinary {adj} [things, words in use] | 347 gebräuchlich |  |
 | couched {adj} {past-p} [put in words] | 324 formuliert |  |
 | acrimonious {adj} [person, words] | 168 bissig [fig.] |  |
 | shortly {adv} [in a few words, briefly] | 120 kurz [in wenigen Worten] |  |
 | forceful {adj} [speech, words] | 76 eindringlich |  |
 | ling. interchangeable {adj} [of two words] | 60 synonym |  |
 | offending {adj} {pres-p} [words, etc.] | 55 verletzend [Worte etc.] |  |
 | ling. iconically {adv} [of words, signs] | 39 ikonisch |  |
 | ling. lit. verbal {adj} [having to do with spoken or written words] | 23 sprachlich |  |
 | sb. slurs sth. [words, syllables, endings, etc.] | 13 jd. verschleift etw.Akk. [Wörter, Silben, Endungen usw.] |  |
 | twee {adj} [Br.] [words] | 13 zuckersüß |  |
 | mysterious {adj} [words, expression] | 12 sibyllinisch [geh.] |  |
 | scrumtrulescent {adj} [too wonderful for words] | 11 bonfortionös [nicht mit Worten zu beschreiben] |  |
 | unspeakable {adj} [not able to be expressed in words] | 11 unbeschreiblich [unaussprechlich] |  |
 | hist. med. pre- {prefix} [used especially in words regarded as Latin] | 10 prä- |  |
 | sb. slurred sth. [words, syllables, endings, etc.] | 5 jd. verschliff etw.Akk. [Wörter, Silben, Endungen usw.] |  |
 | bandyed {adj} {past-p} [ball, words] | gewechselt |  |
 | lit. octosyllabic {adj} [words also] | mit acht Silben [nachgestellt] |  |
 | hist. med. prae- {prefix} [Br.] [used especially in words regarded as Latin] | prä- |  |
 | sb. bandies [words] | jd. wechselt [Worte] |  |
 | scrumtrulescent {adj} [too wonderful for words] | bomfortionös [aus: bonfortionös; nicht mit Worten zu beschreiben] |  |
 | uncapitalised {adj} [Br.] [words] | klein geschrieben [alt] |  |
 | uncapitalized {adj} [words] | klein geschrieben [alt] |  |
 | unregretted {adj} [words] | nicht bereut |  |
Verbs |
 | to voice sth. [express in words] | 1586 etw.Akk. äußern [zum Ausdruck bringen] |  |
 | to weigh sth. [fig.] [words, possibilities] | 1149 etw. abwägen [fig.] |  |
 | to exchange sth. [esp. currency, also words] | 866 etw. wechseln |  |
 | ling. to voice sth. [express in words] | 497 etw.Akk. aussprechen |  |
 | to spout [utter a stream of words about sth.] [coll.] [pej.] | 387 palavern [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | to ejaculate [dated] [words] | 270 hervorstoßen [Worte] |  |
 | to sputter [spit out words] | 118 sprudeln [überhastet sprechen] |  |
 | to frame sth. [sentence, words] | 112 etw. bilden [Satz, Worte] |  |
 | to verbalize [express in words] | 70 versprachlichen |  |
 | to bandy [words] | 58 wechseln [Worte] |  |
 | to sprinkle sth. [words, examples, etc. into a talk, essay, etc.] | 50 etw. einstreuen [Worte, Beispiele etc. in Rede, Aufsatz etc.] |  |
 | to slur sth. [words, syllables, endings, etc.] | 29 etw.Akk. verschleifen [Wörter, Silben, Endungen usw.] |  |
 | to conform [sound, words etc.] | 15 gleichlauten |  |
 | to malappropriate (sth.) [words for humorous effect] | 12 (etw.Akk.) verballhornen [Wörter zum humorvollen Effekt] |  |
 | to fence [with words, arguments] | die Klingen kreuzen [fig.] [streiten, debattieren] |  |
 | to malappropriate (sth.) [words for humorous effect] | (etw.Akk.) ballhornisieren [selten] [Wörter zum humorvollen Effekt] |  |
 | to mouth sth. [move the lips as if saying sth., e.g. words of farewell] | etw. [unhörbar] mit den Lippen formen [z. B. Abschiedsworte] |  |
 | to utter sth. [words etc.] | etw.Akk. von sichDat. geben [Worte etc.] |  |
 | to utter sth. [words of insult, etc.] | etw.Akk. in den Mund nehmen [bestimmte Worte oder Ausdrücke] |  |
 | to voice sth. [express in words] | etw.Akk. zum Ausdruck bringen [aussprechen, äußern] |  |
Nouns |
 | spate [of words etc.] | 454 Schwall {m} |  |
 | paronomasia [pun, play on words] | 374 Wortspiel {n} |  |
 | ling. vocabulary {sg} [words] | 298 Vokabeln {pl} [Wortschatz] |  |
 | barrage [fig.] [of words, protests, criticism etc.] | 274 Schwall {m} [von Worten, Vorwürfen, kritischen Bemerkungen etc.] |  |