 | English | German  | |
 | sb. invokes | 46 jd. ruft | |
| sb. calls | 34 jd. ruft | |
| 2 Words |
| sth. results in | etw. ruft hervor | |
| sth. gives rise to | etw. ruft hervor | |
| sth. cuckoos | etw. ruft Kuckuck | |
| sb. exclaims | jd. ruft aus | |
| sb. produces | jd. ruft hervor | |
| sb./sth. evokes | jd./etw. ruft hervor | |
| sb./sth. rouses | jd./etw. ruft wach | |
| 3 Words |
| Duty calls. | Die Pflicht ruft. | |
| comp. sb. recalls sth. [data] | jd. ruft etw. wieder auf [Daten] | |
| Who am I talking to? [coll.] | Wer ruft an? [ugs.] | |
| 4 Words |
| bibl. proverb Deep calls to deep. [also: Deep calls unto deep.] [Psalm 42:7, several transl.] | Tiefe ruft der Tiefe. [Psalm 42,7, mehrere Übers.] [sprichwörtlich auch: Eine Tiefe ruft die andere. Bei Luther als 42,8] | |
| Can I ask who's calling, please? [phone call at work] | Wer ruft an, bitte? [Mit wem spreche ich? (Frage am Telefon, auf der Arbeit)] | |
| Who am I speaking to, please? [phone call at home (if you think it might be business or official)] | Wer ruft an, bitte? [Mit wem spreche ich? (Frage am Telefon, zuhause)] | |
| 5+ Words |
| proverb Whom the gods love dies young. | Wen Gott liebt, ruft er früh zu sich. | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film F Father Goose [Ralph Nelson] | Der große Wolf ruft | |
| film F The Yearling [Clarence Brown] | Die Wildnis ruft | |
| film F Phone Call from a Stranger [Jean Negulesco] | Ein Fremder ruft an | |
| mus. F Sleepers Wake | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme [J. S. Bach, BWV 140] | |
| lit. F The Raven Boys [Maggie Stiefvater] | Wen der Rabe ruft | |
