Zusammengesetzte Wörter: floor | |
| Englisch | Deutsch |
| dance floor n | (area of venue for dancing) | Tanzfläche Nf |
| (altmodisch) | Parkett Nn |
| (altmodisch) | Tanzparkett Nn |
| The dance floor was so crowded we could hardly move. |
| Die Tanzfläche war so überfüllt; wir konnten uns kaum bewegen. |
| first floor n | US (floor at ground level) | Erdgeschoss Nn |
| (gehoben) | Parterre Nn |
| It's a one-storey ranch house so everything's on the first floor. |
| first floor n as adj | US (at ground level) | Erdgeschoss- Präf |
| im Erdgeschoss Präp + Nn |
| Our first-floor clinic is wheel-chair accessible. |
| first floor n | UK (floor above ground level) | erster Stock Zahlwort + Nm |
| erstes Stockwerk Zahlwort + Nn |
| erste Etage Zahlwort + Nf |
| For health reasons he always takes the stairs to the first floor rather than the lift. |
| first floor n as adj | UK (at floor above ground level) | im ersten Stock Rdw |
| auf der ersten Etage Rdw |
floor cloth, floorcloth n | UK (cloth for cleaning the floor) | Bodenwischtuch n |
floor cloth, floorcloth n | US (light rug) | Teppichvorleger, Vorleger Nm |
| kleiner Teppich Adj + Nm |
| floor it v expr | slang (depress the accelerator) | Gas geben Nn + Vt |
| aufs Gaspedal treten VP |
| When the light turned green, he floored it and the car sped away. |
| floor plan n | (outline of a room or storey) (Archit) | Grundriss Nm |
| The floor plan shows the internal layout of the property. |
| floor tile n | (slab: for flooring) | Bodenfliese Nf |
| Kacheln Npl |
| Platten, Fußbodenplatten Npl |
| Fliese Nf |
| ground floor n | (ground level of a building) | Erdgeschoss Nn |
| Parterre Nn |
| Anmerkung: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| Office buildings often have shops on the ground floor. |
| Bürohäuser haben oft Geschäfte im Erdgeschoss. |
| ground floor n | US, figurative (entry-level job) (Anglizismus) | Einstiegsjob Nm |
| ganz unten Adj + Adv |
| Harry started on the ground floor and worked his way up. |
| Harry fing ganz unten an und hat sich seinen Weg nach oben gearbeitet. |
| ground floor n | figurative (early stages of [sth]) | Anfang Nm |
| This is a great investment opportunity, so you might want to get in on the ground floor. |
| ground-floor n as adj | (storey: at ground level) | Erdgeschoss- Präf |
| im Erdgeschoss Präp + Nn |
| Anmerkung: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| Brian lived in a ground-floor flat. |
| Brian lebte in der Erdgeschosswohnung. |
| ground-floor n as adj | US, figurative (job: entry-level) | Anfänger- Präf |
| Einstiegs- Präf |
| Alan worked his way up from a ground-floor job in a lawyer's office to become a respected attorney. |
| have the floor v expr | (have a turn to speak publicly) | das Wort haben Rdw |
| The chairman let him have the floor for ten minutes. |
| main floor n | (first floor of building) | erster Stock Zahlwort + Nm |
| erste Etage Zahlwort + Nf |
| main floor n | (floor of building used most often) | Hauptgeschoss Nn |
| Hauptetage Nf |
| ocean floor n | (sea bed) | Meeresgrund Nm |
| Meeresboden Nm |
| The ocean floor is littered with the remains of shipwrecks. |
| parquet floor n | (flooring made of inlaid wood) | Parkett Nn |
| Parkettboden, Parkettfußboden Nm |
| My sister recently had a parquet floor installed in her kitchen. |
| Meine Schwester hat sich kürzlich Parkett in der Küche verlegen lassen. |
| second floor n | US (storey above ground level) | erster Stock Adj + Nm |
| erste Etage Adj + Nf |
| The fire was on the second floor of the building. |
| second-floor n as adj | US (on storey above ground level) | im ersten Stock Rdw |
| in der ersten Etage Rdw |
| You can hear less traffic noise from our second-floor office than from the one on the first floor. |
| second floor n | UK (storey: second above ground level) | zweiter Stock Adj + Nm |
| zweite Etage Adj + Nf |
| My offices are on the second floor. |
| second-floor n as adj | UK (on second storey above ground level) | im zweiten Stock Rdw |
| auf der zweiten Etage Rdw |
| I wouldn't mind living in a second-floor flat if the building had a lift! |
shop floor, production floor n | (factory: production area) | Fertigungsbereich Nm |
| Produktionshalle Nf |
| Produktionsbereich Nm |
shop floor, production floor n | (staff in production area) (Abkürzung, ugs) | Produktion Nf |
| take the floor v expr | (speak publicly) | seine Stimme erheben Rdw |
| das Wort ergreifen Rdw |
| top floor n | (highest storey of a building) | oberstes Stockwerk Adj + Nn |
| From the top floor of the building you can see the whole city. |
| trading floor n | (stock exchange: room where trading is done) (umgangssprachlich) | Parkett Nn |
| Börsenparkett Nn |
| They're saying on the trading floor that the stock market is going to crash. |
| The trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange is a madhouse all day long. |
| wet floor n | (slippery floor surface) | nasser Boden Adj + Nm |
| wooden floor n | (floor boards) | Parkett Nn |
| Holzboden Nm |
| Wooden floors, especially made of fine hard woods, are very popular again. |