Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
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| back door n | (building: rear door) | Hintertür Nf |
| | In this house the back door opens directly into the kitchen. |
| beat a path to [sb]'s door v expr | figurative (be keen to meet with [sb]) (umgangssprachlich) | jdm die Bude einrennen Rdw |
| | If you have a good idea, investors will beat a path to your door. |
| | Wenn du eine gute Idee hast, dann werden dir die Investoren die Bude einrennen |
| by the back door adv | figurative, informal (by illegitimate means) | durch das Hintertürchen Rdw |
| cellar door n | (door leading into basement) | Kellertür Nf |
| | Be careful going through the cellar door because the stairs are very steep. |
| | He went to get another bottle of wine and walked straight into the cellar door. |
| closed-door adj | figurative (secret or restricted) | hinter verschlossener Tür Rdw |
| | | geheim Adj |
| door closer n | (device: closes door automatically) | Türschließer Nm |
| | | Türheber Nm |
door frame,
doorframe n | (structure around a door) | Türrahmen Nm |
| | If you keep slamming the door you'll damage the door frame. |
| door handle n | (knob, etc. for opening a door) | Klinke Nf |
| | | Türklinke Nf |
| | | Türgriff Nm |
| | Don't kick the door open - use the door handle! |
| door knocker n | (fixture on a door) | Türklopfer Nm |
| | The door knocker on Jane's house is in the shape of an owl. |
| door lock n | (for locking a door) | Schloss Nn |
| | | Türschloss Nn |
| | After the thief broke in, I had a hard time replacing the door lock. |
| door person n | (doorkeeper, [sb] guarding an entrance) (Club, Bar) | Türsteher Nm |
| | | Pförtner Nf |
| | (gehoben) | Portier Nm |
| door prize n | US ([sth] won in raffle) | Preis einer Verlosung Rdw |
| | | Preis einer Tombola Rdw |
| door to door adv | (selling: from one door to another) | von Tür zu Tür Rdw |
| Anmerkung: hyphen used when term is an adj |
| | I got my start in sales selling vacuum cleaners door to door. |
| door-to-door adj | (sales: from one door to another) | Vertriebs- Präf |
| | | Haustür- Präf |
| | | Haus-zu-Haus- Präf |
| | I started my sales career as a door-to-door insurance salesman. |
| door-to-door adj | (shipping: all-inclusive) | Haus-zu-Haus- Präf |
| | | Tür-zu-Tür- Präf |
| | Are those shipping costs door-to-door or port-to-port? |
| door-to-door saleswoman n | (female seller: knocks on doors) | Hausiererin Nf |
| | (vage) | Verkäuferin Nf |
| | (vage) | Händlerin Nf |
| fire door n | (fire-resistant inner door) | Brandschutztür Nf |
| | The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| four-door adj | (car: having four doors) | Viertürer Nm |
| | | viertürig Adj |
| | | mit vier Türen Rdw |
| French door n | often plural (door with floor-length window) (Tür zum Balkon) | Balkontür Nf |
| | (Fenster) | bodentiefes Fenster Adj + Nn |
| | The French doors bring a lot of light into the room. |
| front door n | (main entrance) (Haus) | Haustür Nf |
| | | Eingangstür Nf |
| | (Gebäude) | Vordereingang Nm |
| | My family usually goes in and out of the house by the kitchen door, but we prefer that guests use the front door. |
| | Meine Familie benutzt zum Rein- und Rausgehen normalerweise die Küchentür, Gäste jedoch sollen den Vordereingang benutzen. |
| garage door n | (part of a house, building) | Garagentor Nn |
| | | Garagentür Nf |
| | My house is the one with the brown garage door. |
get your foot in the door,
get a foot in the door v expr | figurative (succeed at an initial step) (übertragen) | einen Fuß in der Tür haben Rdw |
| | Melanie got her foot in the door of the fashion industry by working as a sales assistant in a clothing store. |
| hinge n | (joint in a door frame) | Scharnier Nn |
| | | Scharniergelenk Nn |
| | Jake greased the hinge on the door. |
| | Jake schmierte das Scharnier des Tores. |
| keep the door open v expr | figurative (allow possibility) | sich ein Hintertürchen offen lassen Rdw |
| | | die Option offen halten Rdw |
| | The Prime Minister said he would like to keep the door open for future negotiations. |
| keep the wolf from the door v expr | (have just enough money to survive) | gerade so über die Runden kommen Rdw |
leave the door open for [sb/sth],
leave the door open to [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (allow possibility, access) | jmdm/[etw] alle Möglichkeiten offen lassen Rdw |
| | | (jmdm) [etw] ermöglichen Vt |
| | When the reigning gold medalist fell, she left the door open for her competitors. |
| | By not completely cutting ties with the country's former allies, the prime minister is leaving the door open for negotiations to be resumed in the future. |
| | Als die amtierende Goldmedaillistin fiel, ließ sie ihren Gegnern alle Möglichkeiten offen. |
| | Indem er den Kontakt mit den vorherigen Verbündeten nicht komplett abbrach, ermöglicht der Premierminister zukünftige Verhandlungen. |
| next door adv | (in the next house along) | nebenan Adv |
| | She lives next door with her mother and half a dozen cats. |
| next door to [sb/sth] adv + prep | (in the next house along from) | neben jmdm Präp |
| | | Nachbars- Präf |
| next-door n as adj | (neighboring) | nebenan Präp |
| | | Nachbar- Präf |
| | The people in the next-door apartment are very nosy. |
| next door n | informal, UK (next-door neighbors) | Nachbarn Npl |
| | | nebenan Adv |
| | I see that next door have visitors over the holidays. |
next-door neighbor (US),
next-door neighbour (UK) n | often plural (person: in next house, apartment) | Nachbar Nm |
| | My next-door neighbor is always waking me up with his loud music. |
| open door n | figurative (invitation, [sth] giving access) | offene Tür Adj + Nf |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| | "Gratitude is an open door to abundance." - Yogi Bhajan |
| open-door n as adj | figurative (promoting free movement) | offene Tür Adj + Nf |
| | This government has an open-door approach to immigration. |
| open-door policy n | (politics: free movement) | Politik der offenen Tür Rdw |
| | | zu jeder Zeit mit [jmd] reden können Rdw |
| | The country decided to adopt an open-door economic policy. |
| open-door policy n | (person: availability) | zu jeder Zeit mit [jmd] reden können VP |
| | My boss has an open-door policy -- he wants his employees to feel comfortable talking to him any time. |
| revolving door n | (door that rotates) | Drehtür Nf |
| | | Karusselltür Nf |
| revolving door n | figurative (organization: high staff turnover) | Unternehmen, bei dem die Mitarbeiter nicht lange bleiben Rdw |
| screen door n | (outer door: mesh screen) | Fliegengittertür Nf |
| | | Tür mit Fliegengitter Rdw |
| see [sb] to the door v expr | (show out) | zur Tür begleiten Rdw |
| | Would you see Mrs. Barlow to the door, please? |
| show [sb] the door v expr | figurative (make [sb] leave) (übertragen) | jmdn vor die Tür setzen Rdw |
| | | jmdn zum Gehen auffordern VP |
| shut the door v expr | figurative (put up a barrier) | die Tür vor der Nase zuschlagen Rdw |
| | | die Möglichkeit nehmen, die Möglichkeit rauben Rdw |
| | He failed his entrance exam, which has shut the door on him becoming a lawyer. |
| sliding door n | (door which opens on a runner) | Schiebetür Nf |
| | | Rolltür Nf |
| | A wardrobe with a sliding door requires less space than one whose doors open outwards. |
swing door,
also US: swinging door n | (door that swings in both directions) | Flügeltür Nf |
| | | Schwingtür Nf |
| | There was a large swing door at the entrance of the bar. |
trapdoor,
trap door n | (opening in floor or ceiling) | Falltür Nf |
| | The magician disappeared by way of a trapdoor in the stage floor. |