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English Wörter


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This set of flashcards helps university-level students learn English. It focuses on expanding vocabulary with words like "fundamental," "facilitate," and "external," while also covering related terms and usage examples. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to study from the target language to the source language. Ideal for advanced learners, this flashcard set aids in improving fluency and understanding complex concepts.
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occur

auftreten, erfolgen, einfallen

Related to occur:

to be found to exist; come to one's mind; suggest itself; come to pass

1. happen

2. anticipate

3. come

4. be

5. hap

6. take place

7. pass

8. pass off

9. come about

10. go on

percent

Prozent

Related to percent:

a proportion multiplied by 100

1. percentage

2. pct

3. per centum

period

Periode, Zeit, Zyklus

Related to period

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; the end or completion of something; a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

1. point

2. menses

3. menstruation

4. flow

5. stop

6. full stop

7. time period

8. catamenia

9. full point

10. Geological Period

11. Historic Period

12. Historical Period

13. period of time

policy

Politik, Regel, Versicherungspolice

Related to policy:

a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group; written contract or certificate of insurance; a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government

1. insurance

2. insurance policy

principle

Prinzip

Related to principle:

a basic truth or law or assumption; a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning

1. precept

2. rationale

3. rule

proceed

Vorgehen

Related to proceed:

follow a certain course; move ahead; travel onward in time or space; follow a procedure or take a course; continue a certain state, condition, or activity; continue with one's activities

1. go

2. continue

3. move

4. keep

5. go on

6. carry on

7. go along

8. go forward

9. keep on

 

process

verarbeiten

Related to process:

a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

1. procedure

2. operation

3. work

4. act

5. litigate

6. March

7. outgrowth

8. appendage

9. serve

10. work on

11. Sue

12. treat

13. summons

14. cognitive operation

15. cognitive process

16. swear out

17. unconscious process

require

erfordern

Related to require:

make someone do something; consider obligatory; request and expect; have need of; require as useful, just, or proper

1. necessitate

2. involve

3. need

4. compel

5. expect

6. want

7. take

8. ask

9. demand

10. command

11. call for

 

research

Forschung

Related to research:

systematic investigation to establish facts; a search for knowledge

1. inquiry

2. search

3. explore

4. enquiry

respond

reagieren

Related to respond:

espond favorably or as hoped; show a response or a reaction to something; reply or respond to; 

1. react

2. answer

3. reply

 

role

Rolle

Related to role:

normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; what something is used for; the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person 

1. part

2. character

3. persona

4. function

5. purpose

6. office

7. use

8. theatrical role

section

Abschnitt

Related to section:

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); a segment of a citrus fruit; a small team of policemen working as par.

1. segment

2. division

3. subdivision

4. department

5. part

6. incision

7. plane section

sector

Sektor

Related to sector:

measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end; a particular aspect of life or activity; a body of people who form part of society or economy; a portion of a military position

1. sphere

significant

signifikant

Related to significant:

important in effect or meaning; too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; fairly large; rich in significance or implication;

1. substantial

2. considerable

3. large

4. noteworthy

5. monumental

6. meaningful

7. profound

8. big

9. important

10. remarkable

11. key

12. fundamental

13. momentous

14. epochal

15. earthshaking

16. prodigious

17. evidentiary

18. evidential

19. portentous

20. head

21. operative

22. meaning

23. pregnant

24. epoch-making

25. world-shaking

26. world-shattering

similar

ähnlich

Related to similar:

marked by correspondence or resemblance; (of words) expressing closely related meanings; resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; having the same or similar

1. analogous

2. like

3. akin

4. corresponding

5. related

6. twin

7. standardized

8. kindred

9. interchangeable

10. ish

11. quasi

12. synonymous

13. alike

14. suchlike

15. exchangeable

16. siamese

17. replaceable

18. correspondent

19. confusable

20. connatural

21. like-minded

source

Quelle

Related to source:

a facility where something is available; anything that provides inspiration for later work; a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a 

1. generator

2. reference

3. channel

4. origin

5. informant

6. root

7. seed

8. author

9. germ

10. beginning

specific

Spezifisch

Related to specific:

relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species; stated explicitly or in detail; (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

1. particular

2. specified

3. unique

4. special

5. proper

6. limited

7. particularized

8. peculiar

9. ad hoc

10. particularised

11. circumstantial

structure

Struktur

Related to structure:

a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts; a particular complex anatomical structure; the complex composition of knowledge as elemet

1. architecture

2. construction

3. anatomical structure

4. bodily structure

5. body structure

6. complex body part

7. Social Organization

8. Social Structure

9. Social System

theory

Theorie

Related to theory:

a belief that can guide behavior; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenom

1. hypothesis

2. possibility

vary

variieren

Related to vary:

be subject to change in accordance with a variable; make something more diverse and varied; be at variance with; be out of line with; make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its

1. diverge

2. deviate

3. alter

4. change

5. depart

6. motley

7. variegate

achieve

erreichen

Related to achieve:

to gain with effort

1. attain

2. accomplish

3. reach

acquire

erwerben

Relatet to acquire:

win something through one's efforts; locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar; come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; gain

1. develop

2. produce

3. assume

4. grow

5. adopt

6. take

7. get

8. take on

administer

verwalten

Related to administer:

administer ritually; of church sacraments; work in an administrative capacity; supervise; give or apply (medications); administer or bestow, as in small portions;

1. administrate

2. dispense

3. distribute

4. allot

5. deal

6. deal out

7. dish out

8. dole out

9. mete out

10. parcel out

11. shell out

12. lot

affect

beeinflussen

Related to affect:

act physically on; have an effect upon; have an effect upon; have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; connect closely and often incriminatingly; make believe with the intent to deceive

1. impact

2. involve

3. regard

4. impress

5. move

6. strike

7. touch

8. pretend

9. sham

10. dissemble

11. feign

12. bear on

13. bear upon

14. touch on

 

appropriate

angemessen

Related to appropriate:

suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; suitable and fitting; meant or adapted for an occasion or use; being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

1. proper

2. suitable

3. expedient

4. apposite

5. pertinent

6. advantageous

7. apt

8. apropos

9. suited

10. befitting

11. congruent

12. fit

13. right

14. congruous

15. allow

16. harmonious

17. reserve

18. earmark

19. Pat

20. due

21. seize

22. called for

23. in order

24. set aside

25. take over

aspect

Aspekt, Erscheinung

Relatet to aspect:

a characteristic to be considered; a distinct feature or element in a problem; the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb; the visual percept of a region; the expression on a person's.

1. facet

2. view

3. expression

4. facial expression

5. scene

6. prospect

7. look

8. vista

9. panorama

10. face

assist

helfen

Related to assist:

ct as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function; give help or assistance; be of service; work for or be a servant to; 

1. help

2. assistance

3. helping

4. aid

5. serve

6. attend

7. wait on

8. attend to

category

Kategorie, Klasse, Gruppe

Related to category:

a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme; a collection of things sharing a common attribute

1. class

2. family

chapter

Kapitel

Relatet to chapter

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; a series of related events forming an episode; a local branch of some fraternity or association; an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery 

 

commission

Kommission, Gebühren, Auftrag

Related to commission:

he act of granting authority to undertake certain functions; an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces; a formal statement of a command 

AllNounsAdjectivesVerbsAdverbs
1. committee

2. delegation

3. charge

4. perpetration

5. deputation

6. mission

7. direction

8. delegacy

9. military commission

community

Gemeinschaft, Gemeinde, Bevölkerungsgruppe

Related to community:

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other; a group of people living in a particular local area; a group of people having ethnic

1. local

2. public

3. profession

4. common

5. community of interests

6. residential area

7. residential district

complex

Komplex, kompliziert

Related to complex:

a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

1. complicated

2. convoluted

3. intricate

4. labyrinthine

5. Byzantine

6. labyrinthian

7. knotty

8. interwoven

9. tortuous

10. interlocking

11. tangled

12. compound

13. multiplex

14. involved

15. analyzable

16. decomposable

17. interlacing

18. thickening

19. interlinking

20. composite

21. colonial

22. mazy

23. Gordian

24. building complex

25. coordination compound

compute

berechnen

Related to compute:

make a mathematical calculation or computation

1. calculate

2. figure

3. cipher

4. reckon

5. cypher

conclude

daraus schliessen, folgern

Related to conclude:

come to a close; bring to a close; reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation; reach agreement on; decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion;

1. resolve

2. reason

3. reason out

conduct

Verhalten, Führung, Benehmen

Related to conduct:

manner of acting or conducting yourself; (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people; transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; direct the course of; manage or control; lead

1. behavior

2. behave

3. deportment

4. carry

5. take

6. comport

7. demeanor

8. acquit

9. convey

10. transmit

11. guide

12. direct

13. lead

14. behaviour

15. deport

16. carry out

17. carry on

18. bear

19. channel

20. deal

21. demeanour

consequent

Konsequent, daraus folgen

Related to consequent:

following as an effect or result

1. resultant

2. resulting

3. subsequent

4. sequent

5. ensuant

construct

bauen, Konstrukt

Related to construct:

draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; make by combining materials and parts; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; create by linking linguistic units; 

1. build

2. reconstruct

3. fabricate

4. manufacture

5. make

6. concept

7. conception

8. retrace

consume

verbaurchen, konsumieren

Related to consume

ngage fully; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; use up (resources or materials); spend extravagantly; destroy completely; eat immoderately

1. eat

2. ingest

3. devour

4. deplete

5. squander

6. take

7. waste

8. exhaust

9. have

10. ware

11. go through

12. wipe out

13. down

14. eat up

15. take in

16. use up

17. run through

 

credit

Kredit, Gutschrift

Related to credit:

sed in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

1. recognition

2. quotation

3. citation

4. accredit

5. reference

6. mention

7. course credit

8. credit entry

9. deferred payment

culture

Kultur, Bildung

Related to culture:

the raising of plants or animals; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

1. acculturation

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