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Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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comedy; comic play Komödie {f}; Lustspiel {n} [art]

comedies; comic plays Komödien {pl}; Lustspiele {pl}

comic heiter; komisch {adj}; Komödien... [art] [lit] [listen] [listen]

a comic novel ein heiterer Roman

comic; comedian; comedienne (rare and slightly affected); comedy actor; comedy actress; funny man; funny woman Komiker {m}; Komikerin {f}; Spaßmacher {m} [humor.]; Spaßmacherin {f} [humor.]

comics; comedians; comediennes; comedy actors; comedy actresses; funny men; funny women Komiker {pl}; Komikerinnen {pl}; Spaßmacher {pl}; Spaßmacherinnen {pl}

comedy double act; comic double act Komikerduo {n}

comic-strip character; cartoon-strip character; cartoon character; anime character Zeichentrickfigur {f}

comic-strip characters; cartoon-strip characters; cartoon characters; anime characters Zeichentrickfiguren {pl}

comic-strip hero; cartoon-strip hero; cartoon hero Zeichentrickheld {m}; Comic-Held {m}

comic-strip heroes; cartoon-strip heroes; cartoon heroes Zeichentrickhelden {pl}; Comic-Helden {pl}

comic-strip artist; cartoon-strip artist; cartoon artist; cartoonist Zeichentrickzeichner {m}; Zeichentrickzeichnerin {f}; Comiczeichner {m}; Comiczeichnerin {f}

comic-strip artists; cartoon-strip artists; cartoon artists; cartoonists Zeichentrickzeichner {pl}; Zeichentrickzeichnerinnen {pl}; Comiczeichner {pl}; Comiczeichnerinnen {pl}

comic book; comic Zeichentrickheft {n}; Comic-Heft {n}; Comicbuch {n}

comic books; comics Zeichentrickhefte {pl}; Comic-Hefte {pl}; Comicbücher {pl}

children's comic Kindercomic {m}

comic exhibition Comicausstellung {f}

comic exhibitions Comicausstellungen {pl}

comic book price Comicbuchpreis {m}; Comicpreis {m}

comic book prices Comicbuchpreise {pl}; Comicpreise {pl}

comic character; cartoon character Comicfigur {f}

comic characters; cartoon characters Comicfiguren {pl}

comic actress Komödiendarstellerin {f}

comic actresses Komödiendarstellerinnen {pl}

comic relief (person) Pausenclown {m} (allgemein); Klinikclown {m} (im Krankenhaus)

comic paper Witzblatt {n}

comic papers Witzblätter {pl}

comic strip; comic [Am.]; cartoon strip; cartoon [listen] Zeichentrickgeschichte {f}; Comicstrip {m} (in Zeitungen /Zeitschriften)

comic strips; comics; cartoon strips; cartoons Zeichentrickgeschichten {pl}; Comicstrips {pl}

comic strip series; newspaper cartoon series Zeichentrickserie {f} (in Zeitungen/Zeitschriften)

comic relief komische Einlage {f} (während eines ernsten Geschehens) [art] [soc.]

for comic relief zur Auflockerung (der Stimmung)

stand-up comedian; stand-up comic; stand-up Bühnenkomiker {m}

stand-up comedians; stand-up comics; stand-ups Bühnenkomiker {pl}

opera [listen] Oper {f} [mus.]

operas Opern {pl}

comic opera komische Oper

fairytale opera Märchenoper {f}

the legal philosophy of sb. jds. Rechtsverständnis {n} [jur.]

the legal philosophy of comic books das Rechtsverständnis in Zeichentrickheften

under the German legal system nach deutschem Rechtsverständnis

novel [listen] Roman {m}; Langerzählung {f} [selten] [lit.]

novels Romane {pl}

adventure novel Abenteuerroman {m}

cloak-and-dagger novel Agentenroman {m}; Spionageroman {m}

medical romance novel; medical fiction Arztroman {m}

coming-of-age novel; bildungsroman Bildungsroman {m}

epistolary novel Briefroman {m}

private detective novel; private investigator novel; PI novel Detektivroman {m}

dialogue novel; dialog novel Dialogroman {m}

entwicklungsroman; development novel Entwicklungsroman {m}

fantasy novel Fantasy-Roman {m}

serial novel; serial [listen] Fortsetzungsroman {m}

photo comic; photonovel; fotonovela Fotoroman {m}

photo comics; photonovels; fotonovelas Fotoromane {pl}

contemporary novel Gegenwartsroman {m}

penny dreadful; dime novel [Am.] Groschenroman {m}; Heftroman {m}; Hintertreppenroman {m}; Kitschroman {m}; Billigroman {m} [lit.]

rural novel; regional novel Heimatroman {m}

serialized pulp novel Kolportageroman {m}

detective novel; mystery novel Kriminalroman {m} [lit.]

Künstlerroman; artist novel Künstlerroman {m}

short novel Kurzroman {m}

romantic novel Liebesroman {m}

write-along novel; collaborative novel Mitschreibroman {m}; Interaktivroman {m}

horror novel; Gothic novel Schauerroman {m}; Gruselroman {m} [lit.]

picaresque novel Schelmenroman {m}; pikarischer/pikaresker Roman

roman a clef Schlüsselroman {m}

funny novel Schmunzelroman {m}

trashy novel; pulp novel Schundroman {m}; Kitschroman {m}

sensation novel Sensationsroman {m}

novel of manners Sittenroman {m}

non-fiction novel Tatsachenroman {m}

science fiction novel; sci-fi novel Zukunftsroman {m}; Science-Fiction-Roman {m}

actor; actress; player [dated] (usually in proper names); thespian [formal] [humor.]; stager [archaic] [listen] [listen] [listen] Schauspieler {m}; Schauspielerin {f}; Darsteller {m}; Darstellerin {f} [art] [listen] [listen]

actors; actresses; players; thespians Schauspieler {pl}; Schauspielerinnen {pl}; Darsteller {pl}; Darstellerinnen {pl} [listen]

stage actor Bühnenschauspieler {m}; Bühnendarsteller {m}

character actor Charakterschauspieler {m}; Charakterdarsteller {m}; Mime {m} [geh.]; Mimin {f} [geh.]

film actor [Br.]; movie actor [Am.] Filmschauspieler {m}; Filmdarsteller {m}

small-part actor; bit-part actor; bit player Kleindarsteller {m}

comic actor Komödiendarsteller {m}; Komödiant {m}

up-and-coming actor Nachwuchsschauspieler {m}

pornographic actor; porn actor; Pornodarsteller {m}

series actor; serial actor Seriendarsteller {m}

passionate actor Vollblutschauspieler {m}

actor-director regieführender Schauspieler

You would have made a splendid actor / politician. An dir ist ein Schauspieler / Politiker verloren gegangen.

smurf (comic character) Schlumpf {m} (Comicfigur) [lit.]

smurfs Schlümpfe {pl}

smurfette Schlumpfine {f}

Brainy Smurf Schlaubi Schlumpf

(professional) writer; (professional) author; authoress (rare and slightly affected); (professional) penman; (professional) penwoman; man of letters; woman of letters; littérateur [listen] [listen] Schriftsteller {m}; Schriftstellerin {f}; Autor {m}; Autorin {f}; Literat {m}; Literatin {f} [lit.] [listen] [listen]

writers; authors; authoresses; penmen; penwomen; men of letters; women of letters; littérateurs Schriftsteller {pl}; Schriftstellerinnen {pl}; Autoren {pl}; Autorinnen {pl}; Literaten {pl}; Literatinnen {pl} [listen]

comic writer Comicautor {m}

best-selling author; best-seller autor Erfolgsautor {m}; Bestsellerautor {m}

children's book author; children's author Kinderbuchautor {m}; Kinderbuchautorin {f}

travel book writer; travel writer; travel book author; travel author Reiseschriftsteller {m}

novelist Romanschriftsteller {m}; Romanautor {m}; Romancier {m}

short story writer; writer of short stories Autor von Kurzgeschichten

a writer of distinction ein Schriftsteller von Rang

to beat sb. to sth. bei etw. schneller sein; vor jdm. da/fertig sein {v}

She beat me to the top of the hill. Sie war vor mir auf dem Hügel.

I bet I can beat you to the front door! Wetten, dass ich vor dir an der Haustür bin?

He beat me narrowly to the finish line. Er hat die Ziellinie knapp vor mir passiert.

We wondered which of us would finish our work first, and she beat me to it by two days. Wir haben uns gefragt, wer von uns zuerst mit der Arbeit fertig ist und sie hat es zwei Tage früher geschafft.

You beat me to it.; You beat me to the punch. Du bist mir zuvorgekommen.; Du warst schneller.

I wanted to take the last piece of pie, but somebody beat me to it. Ich wollte das letzte Kuchenstück nehmen, aber da war jemand schneller.

They wanted to make the comic strip series into a film, but another studio beat them to the punch. Sie wollten die Zeichentrickserie verfilmen, aber ein anderes Studio kam ihnen zuvor.