 | English | German  | |
 | just {adv} [exactly, at the moment or very recently, barely] | 3651 gerade [genau, genau jetzt bzw kürzlich, knapp] | |
| definite {adj} | 1175 bestimmt [genau festgelegt] | |
| meticulously {adv} | 985 minutiös [geh.] [peinlich genau] | |
| fussy {adj} | 404 eigen [regional: penibel, genau] | |
| accurate {adj} [precise, exact] | 317 fein [genau] | |
| exactly {adv} | 174 eben [gerade, genau] | |
| precise {adj} | 134 klar [präzise, genau] | |
| scrupulous {adj} [having scruples, principled; minutely careful or precise] | 101 skrupulös [geh.] [veraltend] [bedenkenvoll; peinlich genau, gewissenhaft] | |
| meticulous {adj} | 89 minutiös [geh.] [peinlich genau] | |
| precisely {adv} | 76 gerade [eben, genau] | |
| precisely {adv} | 71 eben [gerade, genau] | |
| meticulous {adj} | 47 minuziös [geh.] [peinlich genau] | |
| just {adv} | 40 just [geh.] [auch hum.] [gerade, genau] | |
| meticulously {adv} | 33 minuziös [geh.] [peinlich genau] | |
| flat {adv} [completely, exactly] | 18 glatt [ugs.] [vollkommen, genau] | |
| exactly {adv} | 17 just [geh.] [auch hum.] [genau] | |
| exactly {adv} | 15 gerade [genau] | |
| close {adj} [observation, examination, etc.] | 14 eingehend [genau, sorgfältig] | |
| exact {adj} [true, faithful] | 12 getreu [genau] | |
| exact {adj} | 11 akkurat [genau] | |
| just {adv} [exactly] | 7 akkurat [regional] [genau, gerade] | |
| exact {adj} | 6 scharf [genau] | |
| jump {adv} [obs.] [exactly] | 5 gerade [genau] | |
| exactly {adv} | akkurat [regional] [genau] | |
| on the nose {adv} [esp. Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [precisely, exactly, as in: at seven on the nose] | genau [z. B. um genau 7 Uhr] | |
| tech. micron-precise {adj} | mikrometergenau [µ-genau] | |
| contrary / opposite to the sense intended {adj} {adv} | sinnwidrig [den Sinn einer Aussage genau entgegengesetzt] | |
| word for word {adv} | wörtlich [genau so, originalgetreu] | |
| Verbs |
| to scrutinize sb./sth. | 1997 jdn./etw. hinterfragen [genau prüfen] | |
| to observe sb./sth. [watch carefully] | 474 jdn./etw. überwachen [genau beobachten] | |
| to dissect sth. [cut up, also: analyse in detail] | 442 etw.Akk. zerlegen [zerschneiden, sezieren; auch: genau analysieren] | |
| to scrutinize sth. | 161 etw.Akk. studieren [genau untersuchen oder durchlesen] | |
| to ensure sth. | 8 etw. absaven [ugs.] [genau absichern] | |
| to true sth. | 6 etw.Akk. zurichten [justieren, genau ausrichten] | |
| to spell sth. out | etw.Akk. ausbuchstabieren [fig.] [genau erklären] | |
| Nouns |
| fibber [coll.] | 114 Schwindler {m} [leicht pej.] [der es mit der Wahrheit nicht so genau nimmt] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| with religious exactitude {adv} | äußerst gewissenhaft [extrem genau] | |
| ipso facto {adv} [by that very fact] | eben dadurch [genau auf Grund dieser Tatsache] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to know the ins and outs [coll.] [idiom] | Bescheid wissen [sich genau auskennen] | |
| to tell sth. down to the last detail | etw. klitzeklein erzählen [ugs.] [etw. ganz genau, in allen Details erzählen] | |
| Unverified to be sb.'s wheelhouse [Am.] [idiom] | jds. Ding sein [ugs.] [für jdn. genau das Richtige sein] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| low on the horizon {adv} | nahe dem [oder genau am] Horizont | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to dot the / one's i's and cross the / one's t's [coll.] [idiom] | (äußerst) pingelig sein [ugs.] [alles bis aufs i-Tüpfelchen genau machen] | |
| to be (kept) under close observation | im Visier stehen [genau beobachtet werden] | |
| cloth. to fit like a glove [idiom] | wie angegossen passen [ugs.] [genau passen] | |
| cloth. to fit like a glove [idiom] | wie angegossen sitzen [ugs.] [genau passen] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| painstakingly {adv} | auf Punkt und Komma [fig.] [sorgfältig, genau] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to look every inch a ... [coll.] [idiom] [certain type of person] | haargenau so aussehen wie ... [ugs.] [Redewendung] [einem Stereotyp genau entsprechen] | |
| to follow sb./sth. with one's eyes | jdn./etw. mit den Augen verfolgen [Redewendung] [jdm./etw. genau zusehen, aufmerksam hinterherblicken] | |
| to be dubious about sth. [to be hesitating or doubting] | über etw. im Zweifel sein [etwas nicht ganz genau wissen oder sich noch nicht entschieden haben] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| It's exactly the other way round. | Umgekehrt wird ein Schuh draus. [Redewendung] [Es ist genau umgekehrt.] | |
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