English

Adjektiv

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to England.

   During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible. The sole result was that they brought back a hatred of all Europeans, except the Germans, whose courage they admired.

2. 2

   English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.

   Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.

   Honest, honest, English is just a language of confusions.

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).

   The Uſuwrper [...] within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.

   Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

   These first English migrants to Jamestown endured terrible disease and arrived during a period of drought and colder-than-normal winters. The migrants to Roanoke on the outer banks of Carolina, where the English had gone in the 1580s, disappeared. And a brief effort to settle the coast of Maine in 1607 and 1608 failed because of an unusually bitter winter.

4. 4

   Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.

   an English ton

5. 5

   Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.

6. 6

   Denoting a vertical orientation of the barn doors on a camera.

Substantiv

1. 1

   The people of England, e.g., Englishmen and Englishwomen.

   Cricket—a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.

   The English and the ROTW have a long history of conflict, periodically interrupted for tea.

2. 2

   The non-Amish, people outside the Amish faith and community.

3. 3

   Facility with the English language, ability to employ English correctly and idiomatically.

   Sorry, my English isn't very good. I wish I had better English.

4. 4

   A particular instance of the English language, including: The English term or expression for some thing or idea.

   What's the English for 'à peu près'? It depends: how is it being used?

5. 5

   A particular instance of the English language, including: The English text or phrasing of some spoken or written communication.

   The specs are all correct, but the English in the instructions isn't as clear as it should be.

6. 6

   A particular instance of the English language, including: A clear and readily understandable expression of some idea in English.

   Thank you, doctor. Now, please say that again in English.

   Data: I have completed my analysis of the anomaly. It appears to be a multi-phasic temporal convergence in the space-time continuum. Dr. Crusher: In English, Data.

7. 7

   A particular instance of the English language, including: Synonym of language arts, the class dedicated to improving primary and secondary school students' mastery of English and the material taught in such classes.

   I loved reading until 7th grade English.

   This reflects that in English, students learn a range of text types, such as procedures, editorials, poetry, and not just academic essays.

8. 8

   veraltendA size of type between pica (12 point) and great primer (18 point), standardized as 14-point.

9. 9

   Variante von englishAlternative form of english.

   You are putting too much English on the ball.

Eigenname

1. 1

   The language that developed in England and is now spoken in the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and many other parts of the world.

   English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.

   How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?

   She speaks English, French, and German. English is her first language.

   English is a world language: it is widely used in dozens of countries and is studied in at least a hundred more.

2. 2

   A variety, dialect, or idiolect of spoken and or written English.

3. 3

   English language, literature, composition as a subject of study

4. 4

   An English surname originally denoting a non-Celtic or non-Danish person in Britain.

5. 5

   A male or female given name.

6. 6

   A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Crawford County, Indiana; named for Indiana statesman William Hayden English.

7. 7

   A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Kentucky.

8. 8

   A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.

9. 9

   A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas.

10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Verb

1. 1

   altertümlichTo translate, adapt or render into English.

   […] severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.

   Mamma is an adaptation of a French farce by Mr. Sydney Grundy, made in the time when his chief claim to recognition as a playwright lay in his ingenious aptitude for Englishing the un-Englishable.

   Here, the poems are Englished by twelve different translators

2. 2

   altertümlichTo make English; to claim for England.

   While the man Clive—he fought Plassy, spoiled the clever foreign game, Conquered and annexed and Englished!

Formen

Plural

Englishes

Komparativ

more English

Superlativ

most English

Präteritum

Englished

Partizip II

Englished

Partizip I

Englishing

3. Person Singular

Englishes