Deutsch vs English - What's the difference?
deutsch | english |
(Germanism) German (the language)
* 1997 , Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night , page 76:
* 2002 , Richard Braden, Escape from Europe , page 102:
* 2012 , Rosalind Lauer, A Simple Spring: A Seasons of Lancaster Novel , page 163:
(rare, Germanism) German, in the German language
* 1997 , Thomas E. Q. Williams, James Whitcomb Riley: the poet as flying islands of the night , page 76:
Of or pertaining to England or its people.
English-language; of or pertaining to the English language.
Of or pertaining to an Englishman or Englishwoman.
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Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
(Amish) Non-Amish.
(collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
(Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish.
(surname)
One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
The English-language term or expression for something.
Specific language or wording; a text or statements in speech, whether a translation or otherwise.
(countable) A regional type of spoken and or written English; a dialect.
(printing, dated) A kind of type, in size between pica and great primer.
(North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
(archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
*, page 214 (2001 reprint):
*:severe prohibuit viris suis tum misceri feminas in consuetis suis menstruis, etc. I spare to English this which I have said.
As a proper noun deutsch
is (germanism) german (the language).As an adjective deutsch
is (rare|germanism) german, in the german language.As a noun english is
(us) spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.deutsch
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
- This letter had to be written in Deutsch because neither Paul nor Harriet knew Danish.
- “We sing our Sunday hymns a cappella, too,” Sadie said. “But Amish songs are very different from yours. They're written in Deutsch , and there's no harmony.”
Adjective
(en adjective)- Riley's father, Reuben, spoke Deutsch in his boyhood home and did not learn to speak English until after his childhood even though he came from Irish roots. Riley's ancestors kept alive many of the old folktales and stories of their lives. Few of these Deutsch tales survive.
english
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
- English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
Usage notes
* The name of the language, English , when it means "the English language", does not assume an article. Hence: "Say it in plain English!" * The people as a collective noun require the definite article "the" or a demonstrative adjective. Hence: "The English are coming!" or "Oh, those English, always drinking their tea..."Noun
(en-noun)- My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
- How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English ?
- The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
- Put more English on the ball.