| Wichtigste Übersetzungen |
| floor n | (indoor ground surface) (Zimmer) | Boden Nm |
| | He sweeps the floor of the room once a week. |
| | Er wischt den Boden des Zimmers einmal die Woche. |
| floor n | (flooring: material structure) (Material) | Boden Nm |
| | The floor was tiled. |
| | Der Boden war gekippt. |
| floor n | (building: storey, level) | Stock Nm |
| | | Etage Nf |
| Anmerkung: In the US, the ground or street level is considered the "first floor," so the "second floor" is one floor up from the street. In the UK, the "first floor" is one floor up from the street, the "second floor" is two floors up from the street, etc. |
| | I live on the first floor of my building. |
| | Ich wohne im ersten Stock meines Gebäudes. |
| floor [sth]⇒ vtr | (install flooring in) | verlegen Vt |
| | The workers are going to floor our bathroom today. |
| | Die Arbeiter verlegen heute den Fußboden in unserem Badezimmer. |
| floor [sb]⇒ vtr | (knock down) | zu Boden reißen Rdw |
| | The football player floored his opponent as he went for the ball. |
| | Der Fußballspieler riss seinen Gegner zu Boden als er dem Ball nachging. |
| floor [sb] vtr | figurative, informal, often passive (stun) | fassungslos sein Adj + Vi |
| | He was floored by the news that his boss had quit. |
| | Er war fassungslos, als er erfuhr, dass sein Chef gekündigt hat. |
Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
floor | flooring |
| dance floor n | (area of venue for dancing) | Tanzfläche Nf |
| | (altmodisch) | Parkett Nn |
| | (altmodisch) | Tanzparkett Nn |
| | The dance floor was so crowded we could hardly move. |
| | Die Tanzfläche war so überfüllt; wir konnten uns kaum bewegen. |
| first floor n | US (floor at ground level) | Erdgeschoss Nn |
| | (gehoben) | Parterre Nn |
| | It's a one-storey ranch house so everything's on the first floor. |
| first floor n as adj | US (at ground level) | Erdgeschoss- Präf |
| | | im Erdgeschoss Präp + Nn |
| | Our first-floor clinic is wheel-chair accessible. |
| first floor n | UK (floor above ground level) | erster Stock Zahlwort + Nm |
| | | erstes Stockwerk Zahlwort + Nn |
| | | erste Etage Zahlwort + Nf |
| | For health reasons he always takes the stairs to the first floor rather than the lift. |
| first floor n as adj | UK (at floor above ground level) | im ersten Stock Rdw |
| | | auf der ersten Etage Rdw |
floor cloth,
floorcloth n | UK (cloth for cleaning the floor) | Bodenwischtuch n |
floor cloth,
floorcloth n | US (light rug) | Teppichvorleger, Vorleger Nm |
| | | kleiner Teppich Adj + Nm |
| floor it v expr | slang (depress the accelerator) | Gas geben Nn + Vt |
| | | aufs Gaspedal treten VP |
| | When the light turned green, he floored it and the car sped away. |
| floor plan n | (outline of a room or storey) (Archit) | Grundriss Nm |
| | The floor plan shows the internal layout of the property. |
| floor tile n | (slab: for flooring) | Bodenfliese Nf |
| | | Kacheln Npl |
| | | Platten, Fußbodenplatten Npl |
| | | Fliese Nf |
| ground floor n | (ground level of a building) | Erdgeschoss Nn |
| | | Parterre Nn |
| Anmerkung: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| | Office buildings often have shops on the ground floor. |
| | Bürohäuser haben oft Geschäfte im Erdgeschoss. |
| ground floor n | US, figurative (entry-level job) (Anglizismus) | Einstiegsjob Nm |
| | | ganz unten Adj + Adv |
| | Harry started on the ground floor and worked his way up. |
| | Harry fing ganz unten an und hat sich seinen Weg nach oben gearbeitet. |
| ground floor n | figurative (early stages of [sth]) | Anfang Nm |
| | This is a great investment opportunity, so you might want to get in on the ground floor. |
| ground-floor n as adj | (storey: at ground level) | Erdgeschoss- Präf |
| | | im Erdgeschoss Präp + Nn |
| Anmerkung: In US English this level is usually called the first floor, but it is sometimes called the ground floor. |
| | Brian lived in a ground-floor flat. |
| | Brian lebte in der Erdgeschosswohnung. |
| ground-floor n as adj | US, figurative (job: entry-level) | Anfänger- Präf |
| | | Einstiegs- Präf |
| | Alan worked his way up from a ground-floor job in a lawyer's office to become a respected attorney. |
| have the floor v expr | (have a turn to speak publicly) | das Wort haben Rdw |
| | The chairman let him have the floor for ten minutes. |
| main floor n | (first floor of building) | erster Stock Zahlwort + Nm |
| | | erste Etage Zahlwort + Nf |
| main floor n | (floor of building used most often) | Hauptgeschoss Nn |
| | | Hauptetage Nf |
| ocean floor n | (sea bed) | Meeresgrund Nm |
| | | Meeresboden Nm |
| | The ocean floor is littered with the remains of shipwrecks. |
| parquet floor n | (flooring made of inlaid wood) | Parkett Nn |
| | | Parkettboden, Parkettfußboden Nm |
| | My sister recently had a parquet floor installed in her kitchen. |
| | Meine Schwester hat sich kürzlich Parkett in der Küche verlegen lassen. |
| second floor n | US (storey above ground level) | erster Stock Adj + Nm |
| | | erste Etage Adj + Nf |
| | The fire was on the second floor of the building. |
| second-floor n as adj | US (on storey above ground level) | im ersten Stock Rdw |
| | | in der ersten Etage Rdw |
| | You can hear less traffic noise from our second-floor office than from the one on the first floor. |
| second floor n | UK (storey: second above ground level) | zweiter Stock Adj + Nm |
| | | zweite Etage Adj + Nf |
| | My offices are on the second floor. |
| second-floor n as adj | UK (on second storey above ground level) | im zweiten Stock Rdw |
| | | auf der zweiten Etage Rdw |
| | I wouldn't mind living in a second-floor flat if the building had a lift! |
shop floor,
production floor n | (factory: production area) | Fertigungsbereich Nm |
| | | Produktionshalle Nf |
| | | Produktionsbereich Nm |
shop floor,
production floor n | (staff in production area) (Abkürzung, ugs) | Produktion Nf |
| take the floor v expr | (speak publicly) | seine Stimme erheben Rdw |
| | | das Wort ergreifen Rdw |
| top floor n | (highest storey of a building) | oberstes Stockwerk Adj + Nn |
| | From the top floor of the building you can see the whole city. |
| trading floor n | (stock exchange: room where trading is done) (umgangssprachlich) | Parkett Nn |
| | | Börsenparkett Nn |
| | They're saying on the trading floor that the stock market is going to crash. |
| | The trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange is a madhouse all day long. |
| wet floor n | (slippery floor surface) | nasser Boden Adj + Nm |
| wooden floor n | (floor boards) | Parkett Nn |
| | | Holzboden Nm |
| | Wooden floors, especially made of fine hard woods, are very popular again. |