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Pocket Oxford German Dictionary PLUS Grammar and Culture Guide The world’s most trusted dictionaries Pocket Oxford German Dictionary ... Fourth Edition German.> English English.* German Chief Editors M. Clark O. Thyen OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, t and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in,certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York © Oxford University Press and Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. 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Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Data available Designed by Information Design Unit, Newport Pagnell Typeset in Nimrod, Arial and Meta by Asiatype, Inc. Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives pic ISBN 978-0-19-956076-9 10 987654321 Preface Words added to this edition of the Reforms to the spelling of German Pocket Oxford German Dictionary ratified by the governments of have for the first time been Germany, Austria, and Switzerland garnered from Oxford’s brand-new have been fully incorporated, and Languages Tracker programme, former spellings are still included, which monitors up-to-the-minute marked as such, with cross- German writing and records references to the modern forms changes in the language as they when necessary. All the major happen. spelling changes are also described in the introductory pages. The Pocket combines the authority of the Oxford German Dictionary Designed to meet the needs of with the convenience of a small a wide range of users, from the format and quick-access layout student at intermediate level or and is thus the ideal reference above to the enthusiastic traveller tool for all those requiring quick and business professional, the and reliable translations on the Pocket Oxford German Dictionary spot. It provides clear guidance is an invaluable resource for on selecting the most appropriate learners of modern, idiomatic translation, numerous examples German. to help with problems of usage and construction, and precise information on grammar, style, and pronunciation. All grammatical terms used are explained in a glossary at the back. Additional help is provided by a centre supplement on life and culture in German-speaking countries, with a calendar of festivals and an A-Z of cultural institutions and practices, as well as a guide to letter-writing and a list of text-message abbreviations. There is also a succinct German grammar appendix, accompanied by sections on irregular verbs and numbers. IV Editors and contributors Editors A Z of German culture Michael Clark Calendar of traditions, Olaf Thyen festivals, and holidays Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht Ella Associates Magdalena Seubel Valerie Grundy Bernadette Mohan Eva Vennebusch Robin Sawers Neil Morris Gunhild Prowe Roswitha Morris For the Fourth Edition Penelope Isaac Maurice Waite Michael Deicke Data input Summary of German Susan Wilkin Grammar Anne McConnell Nicholas Rollin Anna Cotgreave Marie-Louise Wasmeier Inhalt / Contents Erläuterungen zum deutsch- ... vi Key to German-English entries.. vi englischen Text Erläuterungen zum englisch-.. viii Key to English-German .viii deutschen Text entries Die neue Regelung der.x German spellings in this.x deutschen Rechtschreibung dictionary Abkürzungen.xii Abbreviations.xii Die für das Englische.xviii Phonetic symbols used in.xvi verwendeten Zeichen transcriptions of German words der Lautschrift Deutsch-englisches.1 German-English.1 Wörterverzeichnis Dictionary Calendar of traditions, festivals, and holidays in German-speaking_442 countries A-Z of life and culture in German-speaking countries .444 Letter-writing / Briefeschreiben.474 SMS (text messaging).489 Englisch-deutsches.491 English-German.491 Wörterverzeichnis Dictionary Grammar Reference Glossary of grammatical terms.933 Summary of German grammar.936 German irregular verbs.951 English irregular verbs.955 Numbers 957 VI Erläuterungen zum deutsch-englischen Text / Key to German-English Entries Stichwort •- Bild-schirm der (Ferns., Informations!.) screen Headword Bjldschirm-: ~gerät das VDU; visual Kompositablock. display unit: ~SChoner der; ~~s, ~~ Eine Tilde ersetzt (DV) screen saver jeweils den gemeinsamen Die Aussprache- •- Blues /blu:s/ der; ~, blues pl. ersten Bestandteil angaben (in IPA- der Komposita Lautschrift) stehen Compound block unmittelbar hinter with a swung dash dem Stichwort representing the (s.S.xvi) first element of Pronunciation is each compound shown in IPA immediately after the headword (see p. xvi) dar bieten (geh.) um. tr. V. (aufführen, Ein senkrechter vortragen) perform; ... Strich nach dem ersten Bestandteil eines zusammen¬ Ein unter einen •- darüber Adv. (a) over it/them; ~ stehen gesetzten Verbs Vokal gesetzter (fig.) be above such things zeigt an, dass es waagerechter Strich sich um eine unfeste zeigt die Länge des Zusammensetzung Vokals und in handelt mehrsilbigen A vertical bar Wörtern zugleich indicates that a die Betonung der compound verb is betreffenden Silbe separable an An underline indicates a long vowel, stressed darum Adv. (a) [ajround it/them; ... Ein unter einen in words of more than Vokal gesetzter one syllable Punkt zeigt die Kürze des Vokals und in mehrsilbigen Wörtern zugleich Ein hochgestellter •— dass, *daß Konj. (a) that; ... die Betonung Stern vor einem der betreffenden Stichwort zeigt an, Silbe an dass es sich um eine An underdot alte, nicht mehr indicates a short gültige Schreibung vowel, stressed in handelt words of more than An asterisk indicates one syllable an old spelling Erst-aufführung die premiere Kompositionsfuge Dot marking the Grammatische •- erstklassig 3] Adj. first-class juncture of the Gliederungspunkte §] adv. superbly elements of a und Wortartangaben compound Grammatical categories and parts of speech vii Key to German-English entries Die Formen des •- Falter der: ~s, ~ (Nachts) moth; (Tag~) Genitivs und des butterfly Plurals eines Substantivs fliehen /'fliian/ unr. itr. V; mit sein flee Der Hinweis mit sein Genitive and plural (vor + Dat. from); ... zeigt an, dass das forms of a noun betreffende Verb die Perfekttempora mit dem Hilfsverb sein Unregelmäßige •- fromm; ~er od. frömmer, ~st... od. bildet Steigerungsformen frömmst... [T]Adj. pious, devout (.person); mit sein indicates that eines Adjektivs a verb is conjugated Irregular comparative ' with the auxiliary verb and superlative forms sein in its perfect of an adjective tenses Gehässigkeit die; -ven (a) (Wesen) Semantische spitefUlness Gliederungspunkte (b) (Äußerung) spiteful remark und Bedeutungs¬ indikatoren Stilistische •- happig Adj. (ugs.) ~e Preise fancy prices Sense categories and Kennzeichnungen (coll.) indicators Style labels Haube die; ~, ~n (a) bonnet; (einer Krankenschwester) cap (b) (Kfc-W.) bonnet (Brit.); hood (Amer.) Angaben zur heuer Adv. (südd., österr., Schweiz.) this year räumlichen Zuordnung Bereichsangaben •— Icon /'akkan/ das; ~s, ~s (DV) icon Regional labels Subject labels Immun schwäche die (Med.) immunodeficiency; immune deficiency knallen |T] itr. V. (a) (shot) ring out; Kollokatoren <firework> go bang; (cork) pop; (door) slam; (Wörter, mit denen (whip, rifle) crack;... zusammen das knapp [T] Adj. (a) meagre; narrow (victory, Stichwort häufig lead); narrow, bare (majority);... vorkommt) als Hilfe zur Auswahl der für Beispiele (jeweils •— machen [T]tr. V (a) make; aus Plastik/ den jeweiligen mit einer Tilde an Holz usw. gemacht made of plastic/wood etc.: Kontext passenden Stelle des sich (Dat.) etw. ~ lassen have sth. made; ... Übersetzung Stichworts) Collocators (words Examples (with often used with the a swung dash headword) shown to representing the help select the correct headword) translation for each context Omi die; ~s ► oma Ein Pfeil verweist auf ein bedeutungs¬ Mit s. auch wird • Samstag der; ~[e]s, ~e Saturday; s. auch gleiches anderes auf ein Stichwort dienstag Stichwort verwiesen, unter An arrow directs the dem noch user to another zusätzliche headword with the Informationen same meaning zu finden sind s. auch directs the user to another headword where additional information can be found Key to English-German Entries / Erläuterungen zum englisch-deutschen Text Headword •- barber /'ba:ba(r)/ n. [Herren]friseur, der; Stichwort ~’s shop (Brit.) Friseursalon, der barbiturate /bcu'bitjorat/ n. (Chem.) Barbiturat, das bar: ~ chart n. Stabdiagramm, das; Compound block -s- code n. Strichcode, der with a swung dash representing the bear2 [Tj v.t., bore /bo:(r)/, borne /bo:n/ ... first element of each Each phrasal verb *- ■ bear 'out v.t. (fig.) bestätigen <Bericht, compound is entered on a new Erklärung>; ~ sb. out jmdm. Recht geben Kompositablock. Eine line immediately ■ 'bear with v.t. Nachsicht haben mit Tilde ersetzt jeweils following the entry den gemeinsamen for the first element ersten Bestandteil der Die Phrasal Verbs Komposita folgen, jedes auf einer neuen Zeile, direkt auf bemused /bi’mjuizd/ adj. verwirrt Pronunciation den Eintrag zu ihrem shown in IPA Grundverb (see p. xviii). Ausspracheangaben Stress mark, •- 'bin liner n. Müllbeutel, der (in IPA-Lautschrift) showing stress on (s. S. xviii) the following syllable cart /ka:t/ 0] n. Wagen, der Grammatical Betonungszeichen vor HO v.t. (coli.) schleppen categories der betonten Silbe and parts of speech Grammatische Irregular tenses choose /tju:z/ \T\ v.t., chose /tjaoz/, Gliederungspunkte of a verb chosen /'tjauzn/ (a) wählen und Wortartangaben Unregelmäßige Verbformen dub /dwb/ v.t.. -bb- (Cinemat.) synchronisieren Doubling of a final consonant of a verb before-ed or-mg Verdoppelung des Endkonsonanten Irregular •- good /god/ (Tj adj., better /'beta(r)/. best eines Verbs vor -ed comparative and /best/ (a) gut; günstig <Gelegenheit, oder -ing superlative forms Angebot>; ... of an adjective Unregelmäßige groom /gru:m, grom/ (T)«. (a) (stable boy) Sense categories Steigerungsformen Stallbursche, der and sense eines Adjektivs (b) (bride~) Bräutigam, der indicators Semantische Gliederungspunkte Subject labels •- HTML abbr. (Comp.) =hypertext markup und Bedeutungs¬ Bereichsangaben language HTML indikatoren immobilizer /i'meobilaize(r)/ n. (Motor Veh.) Wegfahrsperre, die

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