 | English  | German | |
 | inert {adj} [not moving] | 171 reglos | |
| prompting {adj} {pres-p} [inducing, moving] | 158 veranlassend | |
| pathetic {adj} [moving, touching] | 119 ergreifend [bewegend, rührend] | |
| inert {adj} [not moving] | 62 unbeweglich | |
| about {adv} [in the vicinity; moving about in the vicinity] | 23 rum [ugs.] [herum] | |
| dallying {adj} {pres-p} [acting or moving slowly] | 15 trödelnd [ugs.] [oft pej.] [beim Arbeiten oder Gehen] | |
| rectilinear {adj} [moving in or forming a straight line] | 12 gradlinig | |
| blusterous {adj} [moving loudly or violently] | 10 tobend [in lauter und wilder Bewegung] | |
| barreling {adj} {pres-p} [Am.] [coll.] [moving or progressing rapidly] | vorstoßend | |
| astron. descensional {adj} [moving or directed downward] | absteigend [abwärtsgehend, nach unten verlaufend] | |
| slinky {adj} [moving in a sinuously graceful or provocative way] | mit aufreizendem Gang [nachgestellt] | |
| Nouns |
| automot. transp. van [moving furniture] | 23 Möbelwagen {m} | |
| pushback [moving an airplane from a passenger terminal to a runway or taxiway] | 22 Pushback {m} [Zurückschieben eines Flugzeugs vom Terminal auf das Rollfeld] | |
| sports airflow [also airstream, flow of air around a moving person or vehicle] | 19 Fahrtwind {m} | |
| departure [moving to another place for good] | 16 Wegzug {m} | |
| transferral [the act of moving sb./sth. from one location to another] | 14 Verlegung {f} [von jdm./etw. an einen anderen Ort, z. B. einen Patienten, Firmensitz] | |
| action [manner of moving, e.g. of a machine, a horse] | 11 Gang {m} [Gangart, z. B. einer Maschine, eines Pferds] | |
| salmon [sl.] [person or vehicle that is moving against the flow] | 7 [Person oder Fahrzeug, die/das sich zu einem Menschen- oder Fahrzeugstrom entgegengesetzt bewegt] | |
| ["light weaving", moving patterns of sunlight and shadows, esp. in misty air] | Lichtweben {n} [poet.] | |
| games black [chess player moving black pieces] | Schwarzspieler {m} [Schach] | |
| weapons deflection [leading the moving target when shooting] | Vorhalt {m} [einer Waffe auf ein bewegtes Ziel] | |
| med. MedTech. gurney [Am.] [a bed on wheels that is used in hospitals for moving sick people] | fahrbares Krankenbett {n} | |
| film pix [coll.] [(moving) pictures] | Filme {pl} | |
| med. MedTech. trolley [Br.] [a bed on wheels for moving patients in hospital] | fahrbares Krankenbett {n} | |
| automot. transp. vans [moving furniture] | Möbelwagen {pl} | |
| theatre wandeldekoration [moving scenery] | Wandeldekoration {f} | |
| games white [chess player moving white pieces] | Weißspieler {m} [Schach] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| free-running {adj} [moving smoothly and uninterruptedly] | freischwingend | |
| spine-tingling {adj} [moving] | ergreifend | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to budge over [Am.] [coll.] [make room for another person by moving] | aufrücken [um für eine weitere Person Platz zu machen] | |
| to crash into sth. [moving into it] | in etw.Akk. donnern [ugs.] [(gegen etw. prallen und dabei) in etw. eindringen] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| rail clearance gauge [between moving rail vehicles and fixed structures] | Lichtraumprofil {n} | |
| tech. creeper dolly [e.g. for moving heavy objects and wheeling them to the desired location] | Rollbrett {n} | |
| hunting drive hunt [with slow moving] | Drückjagd {f} [langsames Scheuchen in Richtung Schussfeld der Schützen] | |
| comm. market. fast movers [fast-moving consumer goods] | Schnelldreher {pl} [fachspr.] [Produkte, die sich schnell verkaufen] | |
| relig. house blessing [esp. when moving into a new home] | Haussegnung {f} | |
| hist. military road [for moving and supplying troops] | Etappenstraße {f} | |
| Internet news ticker [moving display of news text on lowest horizontal portion of screen] | Nachrichtenticker {m} | |
| packing case [for household moving] | Umzugskarton {m} | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| idiom to bite the bullet [fig.] [to accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to continue moving forward] | die Kröte schlucken [fig.] [eine unangenehme Konsequenz akzeptieren] | |
| weapons to give lead to sth. [a moving target with a gun] | (etw.) vorhalten [eine Schusswaffe auf ein sich bewegendes Ziel] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| automot. constr. tech. deflection-limiting volume <DLV> [earth-moving machinery] | Verformungsgrenzbereich {m} ["Überlebensraum"; Schutzaufbauten bei Erdbaumaschinen] | |
| hist. double summer time [moving clocks ahead by 2 hours during WWII] | doppelte Sommerzeit {f} [Vorstellen der Uhren um 2 Stunden während des 2. Weltkriegs] | |
| RealEst. move-in date [date of moving into a new place of residence] | Einzugstermin {m} [Datum des Umzugs an einen neuen Wohnort] | |
| audio tech. moving coil loudspeaker [also: moving-coil loudspeaker] | Tauchspulenlautsprecher /Tauchspulen-Lautsprecher {m} | |
| mus. tech. moving-coil pickup [also: moving coil pickup] | elektrodynamischer Tonabnehmer {m} | |
| admin. obligation to deregister [e.g. when moving residence] | Abmeldepflicht {f} [z. B. bei Wohnungswechsel] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| in the slow lane {adv} [coll.] [moving ahead slowly] | auf der Kriechspur [ugs. langsam vorankommend] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| mus. tech. moving-coil pick-up [also: moving coil pick-up] | elektrodynamischer Tonabnehmer {m} | |
| Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
| bot. T | | |
| bot. T | | |
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