 | English  | German | |
 | subdued {adj} [light, music] | 1129 dezent | |
| highbrow {adj} [tastes, music, author] | 1068 anspruchsvoll | |
| tinny {adj} [sound, music, voice, etc.] | 507 blechern [Klang, Musik, Stimme etc.] | |
| rousing {adj} [music] | 266 schwungvoll | |
| upbeat {adj} [coll.] [e.g. music] | 127 peppig [ugs.] | |
| moody {adj} [picture, film, music] | 82 stimmungsvoll | |
| gastr. table {adj} [attr.] [e.g. knife, water, mustard, music] | 49 Tafel- [Tisch-; z. B. Messer, Wasser, Senf, Musik] | |
| mellifluous {adj} [voice, music, etc.] | 28 wohltönend [geh.] | |
| languorous {adj} [music, melody] | 23 schmelzend [Musik, Melodie] | |
| lively {adj} [e.g. music] | 17 peppig [ugs.] | |
| powerful {adj} [music, speech] [also: blow] | 16 wuchtig [Klänge, Rede] [auch: Schlag] | |
| gothic {adj} [fashion, music etc.] | 12 Gothic- | |
| funky {adj} [coll.] [of music, clothes etc.] | 10 schrill [fig.] [irre, abgefahren] | |
| mus. -core {suffix} [music genre] | 6 -core [musikalisches Subgenre mit extremen Stilelementen] | |
| dance mus. boppy {adj} [esp. Br.] [coll.] [suitable or good for dancing to] [of pop music] | 5 tanzbar [vor allem Pop-Musik] | |
| lit. quote [Music is often experienced as unpleasant since it is always connected with noise.] | Musik wird oft nicht schön gefunden, // Weil sie stets mit Geräusch verbunden. [Wilhelm Busch, Der Maulwurf] | |
| film mus. explicit {adj} [X-rated] [content in movies, music lyrics etc.] | nicht jugendfrei | |
| punky {adj} [music, subculture, etc.] | punkig | |
| Verbs |
| to vary [also in music] | 3092 variieren [auch musikalisch] | |
| to murder sth. [coll.] [pej.] [spoil: music, a play, a language, etc.] | 331 etw.Akk. verhunzen [ugs.] [pej.] [Musik, ein Theaterstück, eine Sprache etc.] | |
| to caress [music etc.] | 148 schmeicheln [den Ohren] | |
| to butcher [fig.] [play, piece of music, language] | 35 vergewaltigen [fig.] | |
| Internet to leak [to publish software, music etc. on the internet before the official release date] | 35 leaken [Software, Musik etc. über das Internet verbreiten vor der offiziellen Veröffentlichung] | |
| film mus. theatre to score sth. [e.g., to compose music, to underlay a film] | 21 etw.Akk. schreiben [Film-, Bühnenmusik] | |
| mus. theatre to fake [music, stage dialogue etc.] | 14 improvisieren | |
| dance mus. to swing [play music in the style of swing, with a flowing but vigorous rhythm] | 10 swingen [in der Art des Swing ein Musikstück spielen] | |
| mus. to chart [to sell enough copies to enter the music charts] | es in die Charts schaffen | |
| dance to disco [dance to disco music] | Disco tanzen | |
| audio to fade [of sound, music] | leiser werden [verklingen] | |
| mus. to fiddle [to play dance music with one or more fiddles] | aufgeigen | |
| to flourish [art, music, literature] | eine Blütezeit erleben | |
| mus. theatre to fluff [coll.] [on ones lines, in music] | sich verhaspeln | |
| to massacre sb./sth. [coll.] [fig.] [e.g. a piece of music, a play; a sporting opponent] | jdn./etw. massakrieren [ugs.] [fig.] [z. B. ein Musikstück, Theaterstück; einen Wettkampfgegner] | |
| to present sth. [song, piece of music, poem, etc.] | etw. zum Vortrag bringen [geh.] [Lied, Musikstück, Gedicht etc.] | |
| Nouns |
| educ. college [of music, agriculture, technology etc.] | 586 Fachhochschule {f} <FH> | |
| fin. fee [pay, esp. in film, theatre, music business etc.] | 320 Gage {f} | |
| buff [coll.] [enthusiast, e.g. a music buff] | 146 Enthusiast {m} | |
| mus. hook [popular music] | 74 Hookline {f} [charakteristische Melodiephrase od. Textzeile] | |
| lit. mus. passage [of a text, music] | 59 Passage {f} [Textstelle, Musikstelle] | |
| mus. account [interpretation or rendering of a piece of music] | 51 Interpretation {f} [künstlerische Wiedergabe von Musik] | |
| snatch [of conversation or music] | 43 Fetzen {m} [Wort- oder Musikfetzen] | |
| mus. composition [writing of music, composing] | 36 Komponieren {n} | |
| lit. mus. passage [of a book, piece of music] | 32 Stelle {f} [in Buch, Musikstück] | |
| mus. charts [pop music] | 31 Charts {pl} | |
| revival [play, film, music] | 24 Wiederaufführung {f} | |
| hist. mus. lit. paean [in ancient Greek poetry and music] | 17 Päan {m} [feierlicher altgriech. Gesang] | |
| sodcasting [coll.] [playing music loudly through a phone in public] | 17 [lautes Musikhören über Handylautsprecher] | |
| sociol. ... scene [music scene, drug scene, etc.] | 16 -szene {f} [Musikszene, Drogenszene etc.] | |
| amateur [of cars, art, music etc.] | 15 Liebhaber {m} [von Autos, Kunst, Musik etc.] | |
| shade [of colour, music, meaning] | 13 Zwischenton {m} | |
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