 | English  | German | |
 | ling. obsolete {adj} <obs.> [No longer in use, and no longer likely to be understood. Obsolete is a stronger term than archaic, and a much stronger term than dated.] | 2345 veraltet | |
| after {prep} [later in time than; next to and following in order or importance] | 1805 nach [+Dat.] <n.> [zeitlich; zur Angabe einer Reihenfolge oder Rangfolge] | |
| apparent {adj} [ostensible rather than actual] | 1022 anscheinend | |
| incurred {adj} {past-p} [losses etc.; more often in postpos. than not] | 923 erlitten [Verluste etc.] | |
| ling. archaic {adj} [no longer in general use, but still found in some contemporary texts (e.g. the Bible) and generally understood; a stronger term than »dated«, but not as strong as »obsolete«] | 411 veraltet | |
| apparent {adj} [ostensible rather than actual] | 332 scheinbar [ugs.] [anscheinend] | |
| alright {adj} {adv} [less formal than "all right"] | 132 akzeptabel | |
| otherwise {adj} [other than supposed] [postpos.] | 105 anders [nachgestellt] | |
| acad. med. preventative {adj} [attr.] [less frequent than: preventive] | 78 Vorsorge- | |
| roundly {adv} [less frequent than: approximately, about] | 54 rund <rd.> [ungefähr, etwa] | |
| widely {adv} [more than locally] | 30 überregional | |
| beyond {adv} [besides; other than] | 22 außer | |
| city {adj} [attr.] [relating to more than one city, e.g. comparison, excursion, network, planning, tour, trip] | 7 Städte- [z. B. Vergleich, Trip, Netz, Bau, Tour, Reise] | |
| promiseful {adj} [less common than promising] | 5 vielversprechend | |
| admin. law [adopted as law rather than as constitutional amendment] {adv} | auf Gesetzesstufe [Schweiz] | |
| quote [I belong rather to the "old iron" (literally: the scrap heap / here also: the good old stuff) than to the "new sheet iron" (here: the new piffle).] | Ich gehöre lieber zum alten Eisen als zum neuen Blech. [u. a. dem Schauspieler Max „Maxi“ Böhm zugeschrieben] | |
| proverb [Rather get an upset stomach than let anything go back to the innkeeper.] | Lieber den Magen verrenken, als dem Wirt etwas / was schenken. [auch: Lieber den Magen verrenkt, als dem Wirt was geschenkt.] | |
| abundant {adj} [more than enough] | mehr als genug | |
| alright {adj} {adv} [less formal than "all right"] | in Ordnung | |
| ample {adj} [more than enough, plentiful] | im Überfluss [nachgestellt] | |
| ample {adj} [more than enough, plentiful] | im Überfluss vorhanden | |
| beyond sth. {adv} [more than] | weiter als etw.Nom. | |
| admin. cantonal {adj} [concerning cantonal rather than federal personnel] | kantonseigen [Schweiz] | |
| either {adv} [any more than the other] | auch (nicht) | |
| limper {adj} [than] | schlaffer [als] | |
| longwise {adv} [less frequent than: lengthways] | der Länge nach | |
| mixed {adj} [made up of items of more than one kind] | gemischt [aus verschiedenen Bestandteilen bestehend] | |
| only {adv} [no more than] | gerade mal [ugs. für: gerade einmal] | |
| pluperfect {adj} [more than perfect] | exzeptionell [geh.] [überragend] | |
| save {prep} [formal or literary] [except, other than] | mit Ausnahme [+Gen.] [oder: mit Ausnahme von (+Dat.)] | |
| sth. reawakened sth. [e.g. the interest, the fear] [German less frequent than: sth. has/had reawakend sth.] | etw. erweckte etw.Akk. wieder [z. B. das Interesse, die Angst] [seltener als: etw. hat/hatte etw. wiedererweckt] | |
| woundless {adj} [less frequent than: unwounded] | unverletzt | |
| Verbs |
| to prepone sth. [Ind.] [do something earlier than planned] | 359 etw. vorziehen [früher erledigen als geplant] | |
| to scheme [more than one person] [pej.] | 310 mauscheln [ugs.] [pej.] [oft antisemitisch] | |
| to arrive [at an indefinite time, often later than expected] | 116 eintrudeln [ugs.] | |
| to tank sth. [coll.] [do less well than one could have done] | 76 etw.Akk. vergeigen [ugs.] [verbocken, verpatzen] | |
| to outwear sth. [last longer than sth.] | 34 etw.Akk. überdauern | |
| to overcomplicate sth. [more than necessary] | 20 etw. verkomplizieren [mehr als notwendig] | |
| to outdraw sb. [pull out a gun faster than sb.] | 5 [seine Waffe schneller ziehen als jd.] | |
| comp. Internet to email [mutually and more than one] | sich E-Mails schreiben | |
| to outrun sb. [to run faster than sb.] | schneller laufen als jd. | |
| to shortchange sb. [give less than the correct amount of change] | jdm. zu wenig Wechselgeld herausgeben | |
| to undergrow [archaic] [chiefly in the participial adjective] [to grow less than usual size] | unterwachsen [veraltet] [meist im Partizip Perfekt] [auf weniger als die gewöhnliche Größe wachsen] | |
| to woggle (sth.) [less frequent than: wiggle, waggle] | (mit etw.Dat.) wackeln | |
| to woggle sth. [less frequent than: waggle] [e.g. move one's head repeatedly up and down] | etw.Akk. mehrmals auf und ab bewegen [Kopf, Finger] | |
| Nouns |
| urban suburb [less urbanized than a Vorstadt] | 2142 Vorort {m} | |
| fur [fur with fewer than 400 hairs per square cm, e.g. on a dog, cat or deer] | 892 Fell {n} | |
| cloth. jeans [more than one pair] | 810 Jeans {pl} [mehrere Paare] | |
| cloth. slacks [more than one pair] | 795 Hosen {pl} [sportliche oder legere Hosen] | |
| cloth. breeches [more than one pair] | 304 Kniehosen {pl} | |
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