Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
mark | |
| Englisch | Deutsch |
| accent mark n | (diacritical mark on letter) | Akzentzeichen Nn |
beauty spot (UK),
beauty mark (US) n | (mole on the face) | Schönheitsfleck Nm |
| One of the the most famous beauty marks is the one that Marilyn Monroe had on her left cheek. |
benchmark,
bench mark n | (mark used for surveying) (vage) | Markierung Nf |
| Fixpunkt Nm |
| Prüfmarke, Bezugsmarke Nf |
| Start the measurement at the benchmark on the stone post at the edge of the field. |
| Fange mit der Messung bei der Markierung am Steinpfosten am Rande des Feldes an. |
benchmark,
bench mark n | figurative (standard) | Standard Nm |
| Maßstab Nm |
| By the end of the school year, all third-grade students will need to meet this benchmark. |
| Am Ende des Schuljahres müssen alle Drittklässler diesen Standard erreichen. |
benchmark,
bench mark n | figurative (standard of excellence) | Maßstab Nm |
| Richtwert Nm |
| This restaurant is the benchmark against which I measure all other restaurants. |
| Dieses Restaurant ist der Maßstab, nachdem ich alle anderen Restaurants beurteile. |
| birth mark n | (patch of dark, red skin) | Muttermal Nn |
| She is really self-conscious about the birth mark on her neck. |
check mark,
checkmark n | US (tick: list item, correct answer, etc.) | Haken Nm |
| Häkchen Nn |
| He wrote a check mark next to each completed task on his list. |
exclamation point (US),
exclamation mark (UK) n | US (punctuation) | Ausrufezeichen Nn |
| It is considered poor style to use too many exclamation points when writing. |
fingermark,
finger mark n | (smear, print left by a finger) (Kindersprache) | Tapser Nm |
| Fingerabdruck Nm |
| high-water mark n | (sea, river: highest level) | Hochwasserstand Nm |
| Hochwassermarke Nf |
| The high-water mark is easy to identify on a beach by a line of debris such as seaweed. |
| high-water mark n | figurative (achievement) | Höhepunkt Nm |
| The end of the second century was the high-water mark of the Roman Empire. |
| hit the mark v expr | figurative (satisfy [sth]) | genau richtig sein Rdw |
| gut tun Adj + Vt |
| hit the mark v expr | figurative (be suitable for [sth]) | für [etw] geeignet sein Rdw |
| zu [etw] passen Präp + Vi |
index mark,
index track n | (point marked on hard disk drive) | indizierte Markierung V Part Perf + Nf |
| The index mark indicates the starting point of a track on a hard drive. |
| make a mark on [sth] v expr | (write, draw or paint) | eine Stelle markieren Rdw |
| Markierung machen Nf + Vt |
| He made a mark on the pavement to show where to turn. |
| make a mark on [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (have an impact) | Spuren hinterlassen Npl + Vt, sepa |
| etwas beeinflussen Pron + Vt |
| einen Effekt auf etwas haben Rdw |
| Dick Button made his mark on figure skating when he performed the first double axel jump. |
| make your mark on/in [sth] v expr | (have an impact) | sich einen Namen machen Rdw |
| Einfluss haben Nm + Vt |
| Peter Jackson has made his mark in the cinematic realm. |
mark my words,
you mark my words interj | (this is sure to happen) | merk dir meine Worte Int |
| Mark my words! That boy will always be a troublemaker. |
| mark scheme n | UK (set method of exam grading) | Notenvergabe Nf |
| Notenspiegel Nm |
| Notenschlüssel Nm |
| The teacher gave us the mark scheme so we could mark the paper ourselves. |
| mark the beginning of [sth] v expr | (be the start of [sth]) | den Anfang von [etw] bedeuten Rdw |
| der Anfang von [etw] sein Rdw |
| The lighting of the torch marks the beginning of the Olympic Games. |
| mark the beginning of [sth] v expr | (celebrate the start of [sth]) | einläuten Vt, sepa |
| In the year 2000, there were celebrations around the world to mark the beginning of the new millennium. |
| mark the occasion v expr | (celebrate or commemorate [sth]) | zur Feier des Tages Rdw |
| anlässlich [etw] Präp |
| Let us mark the occasion by opening a bottle of champagne. |
| mark [sth] up vtr + adv | US (scratch, mar) (ugs, missbilligend) | etwas ankritzeln Vt, sepa |
| etwas bemalen Vt |
| (ugs, missbilligend) | etwas beschmieren Vt |
| The children had marked up the walls with crayon. |
| Die Kinder haben die Wände mit Farbstiften angekritzelt. |
markup,
mark-up n | (price increase) | Preissteigerung Nf |
| Preiserhöhung, Preisanhebung Nf |
| Aufschlag Nm |
| The dealer added a 5% markup to the car. |
markup,
mark-up n | (printing instructions) | Druckanleitung Nf |
| (Anglizismus) | Markup Nn |
| Lindsay printed the final document without markups. |
| miss the mark v expr | figurative (fail to achieve intended aim) | am Thema vorbei Rdw |
| das Ziel verfehlen Rdw |
| The essay misses the mark because it doesn't directly answer the question. |
| miss the mark v expr | (fail to hit target) | das Ziel verfehlen Rdw |
| danebenschießen Vi, sepa |
| am Ziel vorbeischießen Rdw |
| The soccer player's shot missed the mark and went out for a goal kick. |
| no-mark n | UK, slang (unimportant person) | Niemand Nm |
| Versager Nm |
| Taugenichts Nm |
| off the mark expr | (incorrect) (ugs) | verkehrt Adj |
| falsch Adj |
| nicht richtig Adv + Adj |
on your mark,
on your marks,
take your mark,
take your marks interj | (sport: take up starting position) (Sport) | Zeichen Nn |
| Signal Nn |
| On your marks; get set; go! |
| punctuation mark n | (comma, question mark, etc.) | Satzzeichen Nn |
| Don't forget to end your sentence with a punctuation mark. |
| question mark n | (interrogative punctuation symbol) | Fragezeichen Nn |
| A written sentence that is a question must end with a question mark. |
| question mark n | figurative (element of doubt) | in Frage stellen Rdw |
| dahingestellt V Part Perf |
| fragwürdig Adj |
| There's a question mark over his ability to manage the team. |
| Seine Fähigkeit, das Team zu leiten, wird noch in Frage gestellt. |
| ⓘDieser Satz ist keine Übersetzung des englischen Satzes. Es sei noch dahingestellt, ob er die Fähigkeit besitzt, das Team zu leiten. |
quick on the draw,
quick on the trigger,
quick off the mark adj | figurative, informal (quick to act or react) | leicht eingeschnappt Adj + Vt |
| leicht beleidigt Adj + Vt |
| eine dünne Haut haben Rdw |
quotation mark,
also UK: speech mark,
also UK: inverted comma n | usually plural (punctuation indicating speech, etc.) | Anführungszeichen Nn |
| (informell) | Gänsefüßchen Nn |
| Should quotation marks come before or after a full stop? |
| Werden Anführungszeichen vor oder nach einem Punkt gesetzt? |
scuff,
scuff mark n | often plural (scratch mark, scrape) | Schramme Nf |
| There was a black scuff on the white floor tile. |
| stretch mark n | often plural (streak on skin) | Dehnungsstreifen Npl |
| Schwangerschaftsstreifen Npl |
| After her baby was born, Sarah's stretch marks gradually faded from red to white. |
watermark,
water mark,
water line n | (mark of water level) | Wasserstand Nm |
| Wasserlinie Nf |
| Wasserspiegel Nm |
| The flood had left a watermark on the wall. |
wide,
wide of the target,
wide of the mark adj | (shot: off-target) | daneben Adj |
| verfehlt V Part Perf |
| The shot was wide of the target. |
| Der Schuss ging weit daneben. |
