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German to English Linguistics Translation Glossary

German term English translation
Landfahrer (day)-tripper
Lautbuchstabe vowel
Entered by: Teresa Reinhardt
Lautkörper body of sound :: aural quality/identifier/signifier
Leistungsorientierung performance-oriented
lernen in + Dat learn within (the bounds of)
Entered by: Erik Macki
letzte Post most recent mailing address
ließ den Knüppel im Sack left his big stick at home
linguistische „Laien“ non-linguists
luepfen to raise, lift
Man ist noch weit zurück to be (way) behind the times
Man kann nicht nicht kommunizieren One cannot 'not' communicate
möglicherweise anschließend possibly resultant
mehrstimmig on a majority vote
Menschenfänger Pied Pipers
metrosexuell metrosexual
mit Abstand by far
morphokombinatorisch morphocombinatorial
nachbarwissenschaft related discipline
Nachfolge (here) follow-on product
Entered by: Rowan Morrell
nachschieben push from behind
nahe stehen have links with
namenkundlich (...) in onomastics
Namenmotivation origin of names
Neugier curiosity
nichts Entscheidendes nothing decisive
Entered by: Erik Macki
noch nicht einmal not even
nur so um sie herum all over
Objektkonkordant word showing object concord
Ostsprachen Eastern European languages
Periode periodic sentence
Plombe ball
Präsenz zeigen show our presence
prozentuale Längenverschiebung percentage change in length
Entered by: Steffen Walter
pts Paper Technology Specialists (PTS)
Pulver ...... aufsparen saving one's ammunition
punktual point by point
qualifizierte deutsche Sprache standard German (language)
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Raumwissenschaft political/analytical geography
Entered by: Mario Marcolin
regarding hyphens leave them out in English
Rufbus On-call bus
Entered by: roak
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