 | English  | German |  |
| – |
 | especially {adv} <esp.> | 3951 insbesondere <insb., insbes.> |  |
 | especially {adv} <esp.> | 1962 besonders <bes., bsd.> |  |
 | especially {adv} | 941 hauptsächlich |  |
 | especially {adv} | 752 zumal |  |
 | especially {adv} | 588 vornehmlich |  |
 | especially {adv} | 432 speziell |  |
 | especially {adv} | 136 extra [eigens] |  |
 | especially {adv} | 73 vorzugsweise [besonders] |  |
 | especially {adv} | 62 sonderlich |  |
 | especially {adv} | 54 gerade [besonders, speziell] |  |
 | especially {adv} | 41 namentlich [insbesondere] |  |
 | especially {adv} | 24 auserlesen [geh.] [überaus, besonders: ein auserlesen schönes Bild] |  |
 | especially {adv} | 17 insbesondre |  |
 | especially {adv} | bevorab [veraltet] |  |
 | especially {adv} | vor allem |  |
 | especially {adv} [to like] | besonders gern [mögen] |  |
| 2 Words |
 | especially as {conj} | zumal |  |
 | especially because {conj} | besonders weil |  |
 | especially brutal {adj} | besonders brutal |  |
 | especially since {conj} | zumal |  |
 | especially telling {adj} [revealing] | besonders entlarvend |  |
| 3 Words |
 | especially after death {adv} | insbesondere nach dem Tode |  |
 | especially considering that {conj} | zumal |  |
 | especially considering that ... {conj} | besonders wenn man bedenkt, dass ... |  |
 | especially for you {adv} | eigens für dich / Sie / euch |  |
 | especially hard hit {adj} {past-p} | besonders hart getroffen / betroffen |  |
 | especially suitable (for) {adj} | besonders geeignet (für) |  |
 | to be especially effective | besonders eindrucksvoll sein |  |
| 5+ Words |
 | quote Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. [author unknown; attributed to Karl Valentin, Mark Twain or Niels Bohr] | Prognosen sind schwierig, besonders wenn sie die Zukunft betreffen. [Urheber unbekannt; Karl Valentin, Mark Twain oder Niels Bohr zugeschrieben] |  |
 | This is especially so if ... | Dies trifft besonders dann zu, wenn ... |  |