| Zusammengesetzte Wörter: |
| Englisch | Deutsch |
air base,
airbase n | (military aircraft station) | Luftwaffenstützpunkt Nm |
| Militärflugplatz Nm |
| at the base of prep | (at the bottom of) | zu Fuße von [etw] Rdw |
| We'll meet at the base of the volcano and hike up together. |
| base camp n | (mountaineers' shelter) | Lager Nn |
| (Anglizismus) | Camp Nn |
| My daughter is no mountain climber, but she's trekking as far as the Everest base camp. |
| base hit n | (type of baseball hit) (Anglizismus) | Base Hit Nm |
| The batter got a base hit and the runner scored easily. |
base jump,
BASE jump n | (sport: jump from fixed structure) | Base-Jumping Nn |
| The stuntman's base jump from the Eiffel Tower was impressive. |
| base of operations n | (military installation) | Stützpunkt Nm |
| (Kurzform) | Basis Nf |
| Operationsbasis Nf |
| The Allies moved their base of operations from England to the coast of Normandy. |
| base of operations n | (business headquarters) | Hauptverwaltung Nf |
| The Hong Kong offices currently serve as the company's base of operations for global activities. |
| base on balls n | (baseball: walk awarded) (Anglizismus) | Base on Balls Nf |
| (Abk, Anglizismus) | BB Nf |
| (Anglizismus) | Walk Nm |
| The pitcher gave a base on balls. |
| base price n | (cost before extras) | Grundpreis Nm |
| Basispreis Nm |
| The base price is $20,000; if you want a stereo or air conditioning, that will be extra. |
| base rate n | (interest rate: to set lending rate) | Basiszinssatz Nm |
| Banks use the base rate as their starting point when deciding on individual lending rates. |
base rate,
basic rate n | (wages) | Grundlohn Nm |
| Grundgehalt Nn |
| We're paid £55 a day as a base rate of pay. |
| base rate n | UK (interest rate: Bank of England) | Basiszinssatz der Bank of England Rdw |
| The Bank of England set the base rate at 0.5 per cent. |
baseline,
base line n | (standard, guideline) | Richtwert Nm |
| Referenzwert Nm |
| Orientierungspunkt Nm |
| These sales figures will be used as the baseline for the company's success in future years. |
baseline,
base line n | (baseball: line between bases) | Grundlinie Nf |
| (Anglizismus) | Baseline Nf |
| The baseline from first to second base is not marked on the field. |
baseline,
base line n | (tennis court marking) | Grundlinie Nf |
| The player serves from just behind the baseline. |
baseline,
base-line n as adj | (standard) | regelmäßig Adj |
| The machine monitors any deviation from the patient's baseline heart rate. |
| Das Gerät registriert jegliche Abweichung vom regelmäßigen Herzschlag des Patienten. |
| bed base n | (support for mattress) | Bettenrost Nn |
| Lattenrost Nn |
| BX n | US, initialism (base exchange) | BX |
| customer base n | (group of clients or consumers) | Kundenstamm Nm |
| The home improvement store expanded its customer base when it added a new garden center. |
database,
data base n | (data bank, collection of data) | Datenbank Nf |
| Police are compiling a database of crime locations. |
| Die Polizei stellt eine Datenbank mit Tatortstandorten zusammen. |
database,
data base n | (computing: searchable data) | Datenbank Nf |
| The database contained four records with that name. |
| Die Datenbank enthielt vier Einträge mit diesem Namen. |
double,
two-base hit n | (baseball) | Zwei-Punkte-Treffer Nm |
| The batter hit a double. |
| first base n | (baseball: first station) (Anglizismus) | First Base Nf |
| Baseball is so dull that I fall asleep before anyone gets to first base. |
| first base n | slang (kissing on a date) | Küssen Nn |
| He thought the date was going well, but in the end he didn't even make it to first base. |
home base,
home plate n | (baseball: home plate) (Anglizismus) | Home Plate Nn |
| (Anglizismus) | Home Base Nf |
| A pitcher must throw the ball over home base for it to be declared a 'strike'. |
| home base n | (headquarters, center of action) | Zentrale Nf |
| Hauptquartier Nn |
| Heimatstandort Nm |
| home base n | (games: destination, objective) | Ziel Nn |
| In this game, home base is a large yellow square at the center of the board. |
| home plate n | (baseball: batter's station) (Anglizismus) | Home Base Nf |
| Schlagmal Nn |
| A pitcher must throw the ball over home plate for it to be declared a "strike.". |
| military base n | (army facility) (ugs) | Stützpunkt Nm |
| militärischer Stützpunkt Adj + Nm |
| Militärbasis Nf |
| My aunt's a civilian worker on a military base. |
plate,
home plate,
home base n | (baseball) | Batter's box Nf |
| The runner slid into the plate to score the winning run. |
| tax base n | (resources subject to taxation) (vage) | Bemessungsgrundlage Nf |
| Steuerbemessungsgrundlage Nf |
| Our tax base has dwindled since the hurricane. |
touch base,
touch bases vtr + n | US, figurative, informal (make contact) | sich bei jemanden melden VP |
| etwas von sich hören lassen VP |
| We'll touch base when you've finished the first task. |
| Wir melden uns bei Ihnen, wenn Sie mit der ersten Aufgabe fertig sind. |
touch base with [sb],
touch bases v expr | US, figurative, informal (make contact with [sb]) | sich bei jemanden melden VP |
| (Telefon: informell) | bei jemanden durchklingeln Präp + Vi, sepa |
| Touch base with me in a few weeks so I can see how the project's coming along. |
| Melden Sie sich in ein paar Wochen bei mir, sodass ich sehen kann, wie es mit dem Projekt vorangeht. |
triple,
three-base hit n | (baseball) (Anglizismus) | Trippeln Nn |
| The crowd cheered when the batter hit a triple. |
