 | English  | German | |
 | local {adj} [located there] | 12 dortig | |
| quote [Here, there is no why.] | Hier ist kein Warum. [Zitat aus KZ Auschwitz, überliefert von Primo Levi] | |
| [May there always be enough water beneath your keel.] | Immer eine Handbreit Wasser unterm Kiel! [fig.] | |
| quote [quote from a popular German TV sketch, used to express that everything was better in the past; literally: "There was more lametta (on the Christmas tree) in the old days."] | Früher war mehr Lametta. [Loriot, aus „Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts“; verallgemeinert verwendet im Sinne von „Früher war alles besser.“] | |
| [There are ... ] | Es giebt ... [Rechtschreibung vor 1901] [Es gibt] | |
| [There is ... ] | Es giebt ... [Rechtschreibung vor 1901] [Es gibt] | |
| [There's nothing warming the crown jewels, yet he thinks he's ready for Vegas.] | (Noch) keine Haare am Sack, aber im Puff vordrängeln. [vulg.] | |
| Brummagem {adj} [also: brummagem] [coll.] [relating to Birmingham, UK, or the dialect of English spoken there] | birminghamsch | |
| there're [coll.] [there are] | es gibt | |
| there's [there is] | es gibt [existiert, ist vorhanden] | |
| Verbs |
| to haunt sth. [go there frequently] | 375 etw.Akk. frequentieren [geh.] | |
| to run [street, border, etc.] [e.g. Where does ... run? / There runs ...] | langgehen [ugs.] [verlaufen] [Straße, Grenze etc.] [z. B. Wo geht ... lang? / Da geht ... lang.] | |
| Nouns |
| [space between two double beds; humorous suggestion that a 3rd person could sleep there] | 5 Besucherritze {f} [ugs.] [hum.] | |
| mil. challenge [call of "who goes there"] | 5 Werdaruf {m} | |
| admin. fish law [an official term in Germany for license to fish in specific locations there] | Gewässerschein {m} [Fischereierlaubnisschein] | |
| acad. comp. telecom. BITNET [short for: Because It's There / Time NETwork] | BITNET {n} | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| ling. in German {adv} [as in "In German there are four cases."] | im Deutschen [wie in „Im Deutschen gibt es vier Fälle.“] | |
| There, there ... [expression used to comfort sb.] | Na, na ... [beruhigend] | |
| There, there. [to comfort sb.] | Ist schon gut. [jdn. trösten] | |
| there's been sth. [there has been] | es hat etw.Akk. gegeben | |
| there's been sth. [there has been] | es ist etw. passiert | |
| Who's there? [Who is there?] | Wer ist da? | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to be around [be there] | dabei sein [anwesend sein] | |
| to be out [not there, e.g. not at home] | nicht da sein [z. B. nicht zu Hause sein] | |
| to run there [in order to be there] | hinzulaufen [geh.] [um dabei zu sein] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| TINA choice [TINA = There is no alternative] | TINA-Entscheidung {f} | |
| TINA principle [TINA = There is no alternative] | TINA-Prinzip {n} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| proverb In vino veritas. ["In wine (there is) truth."] | Im Wein ist / liegt Wahrheit. | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to settle in X [a place (town, region, etc.), by buying property there] | sich in X ankaufen [veraltend] [sich in einer Stadt, Gegend usw. durch Grunderwerb ansiedeln] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| the (whole) works {pl} [coll.] [everything that there is to do] | das ganze Programm {n} [ugs.] [alles, was man machen kann] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| There is no comparison. [also: There's no comparison.] | Das ist (doch) gar kein Vergleich! | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| quote And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. [American Beauty] | An diesem Tag ist mir klar geworden, dass hinter allem Leben steckt. Und diese unglaublich gütige Kraft, die mich wissen lassen wollte, dass es keinen Grund gibt, Angst zu haben. | |
| proverb I'll get there when I get there. | Komm' ich heute nicht, komm' ich morgen. | |
| proverb In wine there is truth, in water there is health. [In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas.] | Im Wein liegt die Wahrheit, im Wasser liegt die Gesundheit. | |
| Is there anybody out there? | Ist da irgendjemand draußen? | |
| There are ..., are there not? | Es gibt ..., nicht wahr? | |
| There is a letter there ... | Es ist ein Brief dabei ... | |
| idiom There is a lot of wheeling and dealing going on there. | Dort wird viel gekungelt. | |
| There were trillions of them there. [coll.] | Es waren Millionen und Abermillionen da. [ugs.] | |
| proverb Where there's a will there's a way. | Wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg. | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to make up for it on sth. [e.g. to make up for there not being any sausages left by having more cake] | sich an etw.Dat. schadlos halten [meist hum.] [sehr viel von etw. (als Ersatz) nehmen, kräftig zulangen] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| mus. F I am driven to and fro [also: It drives me here, it drives me there!] | Es treibt mich hin, es treibt mich her! [R. Schumann, Liederkreis, Op. 24] | |
| mus. F There is no soundness in my body [also: There is no soundness in my flesh] | Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe [J. S. Bach, BWV 25] | |
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