Copyright: © 2000 Kalyan Koora & Rüdiger Werner


Contents
Science -- Wissenschaft

© 1997-2001 Kalyan Koora and Rüdiger Werner

•	The chemical elements -- die chemischen Elemente

•	Mathematical Symbols -- mathematische Symbole

•	Country Codes -- Länderkennzeichen

•	Abbreviations -- Abkürzungen

•	Roman Numerals -- römische Zahlen

•	Signs of the Zodiac -- Sternzeichen

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The chemical elements -- die chemischen Elemente

English	Symbol	atomic number	Deutsch
actinium	Ac	89	Actinium
aluminium	Al	13	Aluminium
americium	Am	95	Americium
antimony	Sb	51	Antimon
argon	Ar	18	Argon
arsenic	As	33	Arsen
astatine	At	85	Astat
barium	Ba	56	Barium
berkelium	Bk	97	Berkelium
beryllium	Be	4	Beryllium
bismuth	Bi	83	Bismuth
boron	B	5	Bor
bromine	Br	35	Brom
cadmium	Cd	48	Cadmium
caesium	Cs	55	Caesium
calcium	Ca	20	Calcium
californium	Cf	98	Californium
carbon	C	6	Kohlenstoff
cerium	Ce	58	Cerium
chlorine	Cl	17	Chlor
chromium	Cr	24	Chromium
cobalt	Co	27	Cobalt
copper	Cu	29	Kupfer
curium	Cm	96	Curium
dysprosium	Dy	66	Dysprosium
einsteinium	Es	99	Einsteinium
erbium	Er	68	Erbium
europium	Eu	63	Europium
fermium	Fm	100	Fermium
fluorine	F	9	Fluor
francium	Fr	87	Francium
gadolinium	Gd	64	Gadolinium
gallium	Ga	31	Gallium
germanium	Ge	32	Germanium
gold	Au	79	Gold
hafnium	Hf	72	Hafnium
hahnium	Ha	105	Hahnium, Nielsbohrium
helium	He	2	Helium
holmium	Ho	67	Holmium
hydrogen	H	1	Wasserstoff
indium	In	49	Indium
iodine	I	53	Iod
iridium	Ir	77	Iridium
iron	Fe	26	Eisen
krypton	Kr	36	Krypton
lanthanum	La	57	Lanthan
lawrencium	Lr	103	Lawrencium
lead	Pb	82	Blei
lithium	Li	3	Lithium
lutetium	Lu	71	Lutetium
magnesium	Mg	12	Magnesium
manganese	Mn	25	Mangan
mendelevium	Md	101	Mendelevium
mercury	Hg	80	Quecksilber
molybdenum	Mo	42	Molybdän
neodymium	Nd	60	Neodymium
neon	Ne	10	Neon
neptunium	Np	93	Neptunium
nickel	Ni	28	Nickel
noibium	Nb	41	Niobium
nitrogen	N	7	Stickstoff
nobelium	No	102	Nobelium
osmium	Os	76	Osmium
oxygen	O	8	Sauerstoff
palladium	Pd	46	Palladium
phosphorus	P	15	Phosphor
platinum	Pt	78	Platin
plutonium	Pu	94	Plutonium
polonium	Po	84	Polonium
potassium	K	19	Kalium
praseodymium	Pr	59	Praseodymium
promethium	Pm	61	Promethium
protactinium	Pa	91	Protactinium
radium	Ra	88	Radium
radon	Rn	86	Radon
rhenium	Re	75	Rhenium
rhodium	Rh	45	Rhodium
rubidium	Rb	37	Rubidium
ruthenium	Ru	44	Ruthenium
rutherfordium	Rf	104	Rutherfordium, Kurtschatovium
samarium	Sm	62	Samarium
scandium	Sc	21	Scandium
selenium	Se	34	Selen
silicon	Si	14	Silicium
silver	Ag	47	Silber
sodium	Na	11	Natrium
strontium	Sr	38	Strontium
sulphur	S	16	Schwefel
tantalum	Ta	73	Tantal
technetium	Tc	43	Technetium
tellurium	Te	52	Tellur
terbium	Tb	65	Terbium
thallium	Tl	81	Thallium
thorium	Th	90	Thorium
thulium	Tm	69	Thulium
tin	Sn	50	Zinn
titanium	Ti	22	Titanium
tungsten	W	74	Wolfram
uranium	U	92	Uranium
vanadium	V	23	Vanadium
xenon	Xe	54	Xenon
ytterbium	Yb	70	Ytterbium
yttrium	Y	39	Yttrium
zinc	Zn	30	Zink
zirconium	Zr	40	Zirconium


Mathematical Symbols -- mathematische Symbole

+	plus, and addition	plus, und Addition
-	minus, less subtraction	minus, weniger Subtraktion
×, *, •	multiplied with multiplication	mal Multiplikation, multipliziert mit (Dativ)
:, ÷, /	divided by division	dividiert durch Division
/	per integer division	je, pro Ganzzahldivision (ohne Rest)
%, v.H.	per cent	vom Hundert, Prozent
‰		vom Tausend, Promille
=	equal to	gleich
≡	identical with congruent to	identisch
≠	not equal to	nicht gleich ungleich
≈	approximately equal to	ungefähr gleich rund
≅	isomorphic to	kongruent zu, deckungsgleich
∼	equivalent to	ähnlich, proportional, nicht (Negation)
<	smaller than	kleiner als
>	greater than	größer als
≤	smaller than or equal to	kleiner oder gleich
≥	greater than or equal to	größer oder gleich
<<	smaller than compared to	klein gegen
>>	larger than compared to	groß gegen
		entspricht
	square root of x	Quadratwurzel von x (Dativ)
	n. root of x	n. Wurzel von x (Dativ)
x	absolute value of x	Betrag von x
x
n!	n factorial	n-Fakultät
i (= [image])	imaginary part	Einheit des Imaginären
	n over k	n über k, Binomialkoeffizient
loga	logarithm of base a	allgemeiner Logarithmus, Basis a
lg	logarithm of base 10	dekadischer Logarithmus, Basis 10
ln	logarithm of base e natural logarithm	natürlicher Logarithmus, Basis e
e		Basis der natürlichen Logarithmen
	partial differentiation	partielle Differentiation
:	ratio to	Verhältnis zu
::	used between ratios
…	to, and so on	bis, und so weiter (usw.)
∴	therefore	demnach
	since, because	weil
∝	proportional to	proportional zu (Dativ)
∞	infinity	unendlich
\/	or, disjunction	oder, Disjunktion
/\	and, conjunction	und, Konjunktion
	cartesian product	Kreuzprodukt
	modulo addition	Modulo-Addition
	that implies	wenn – so Implikation
	equivalent	genau dann – wenn Äquivalenz
	for all	für alle
⊥	perpendicular to	rechtwinklig, senkrecht auf
∠	angle	Winkel
	right angle	rechter Winkel rechtwinklig
||	parallel to	parallel zu (Dativ)
		parallel und gleich
	triangle	Dreieck
	rectangle	Viereck
	square	Quadrat
	parallelogram	Parallelogramm
°	degrees of arc  degree Celsius (temperature)	Grad (Bogenmaß) Grad Celsius (Temperatur)
´	minutes	Minute
´´	seconds	Sekunde
∑	sum of	Summe über
∏	product of	Produkt über
	integral	Integral über
	ring integral	Ringintegral über
	matrix	Matrix
∪	or, union	oder, Vereinigung
∩	and, intersection	und, Durchschnitt
⊆	contained as subclass within	Untermenge von
⊇	contains as subclass	enthält die Untermenge
	a member of	ein Mitglied von
	not a member of	kein Mitglied von
	diameter	Durchschnitt


Country Codes -- Länderkennzeichen

English country names and codes

This list states the country names (official short names in English) in alphabetical order as given in ISO 3166-1 and the corresponding ISO 3166-1-Alpha-2 code elements.

The list is complete and up-to-date as of 2000-06-23.

It lists 239 official short names and code elements.

Country	Code	Noun/Adjective	Language	Currency
Afghanistan	AF	Afghan	Pushtu, Dari	Afghani
Albania	AL	Albanian	Albanian	Lek
Algeria	DZ	Algerian	Arabic	Dinar
American Samoa	AS	Samoan	Samoan, English	Tala
Andorra	AD	Andorran	Catalan	Franc, Peseta
Angola	AO	Angolan	Portugese	Kwanza
Anguilla	AI
Antarctica	AQ
Antigua and Barbuda	AG	Antiguan	English	East Caribbean Dollar
Argentina	AR	Argentine, Argentinian	Spanish	Peso
Armenia	AM	Armenian	Armenian	Manat
Aruba	AW	Arubian
Australia	AU	Australian	English	Australian Dollar
Austria	AT	Austrian	German	Schilling
Azerbaijan	AZ	Azerbaijani	Azeri	Manat
Bahamas	BS	Bahamian	English	Bahamian Dollar
Bahrain	BH	Bahraini	Arabic	Bahrain Dinar
Bangladesh	BD	Bangladeshi	Bengali	Taka
Barbados	BB	Barbadian	English	Barbados Dollar
Belarus	BY	Belorussian	Belorussian	Belorussian Rouble
Belgium	BE	Belgian	Flemish, Dutch, French, German	Belgian Franc
Belize	BZ	Belizean	English	Belize Dollar
Benin	BJ	Beninese	French	CFA Franc
Bermuda	BM	Bermudan		Dollar
Bhutan	BT	Bhutanese	Dzongkha	Ngultrum
Bolivia	BO	Bolivian	Quechua, Ayamara, Spanish	Peso Boliviano
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	Bosnian	Serbo-Croat	Dinar
Botswana	BW	Motswana, Batswana	English	Pula
Bouvet Island	BV
Brazil	BR	Brazilian	Portuguese	Cruzeiro, Real
British Indian Ocean Territory	IO
Brunei Darussalam	BN	Bruneian	Malay	Brunei Dollar
Bulgaria	BG	Bulgarian	Bulgarian	Lev
Burkina Faso	BF	Burkinabe	French	CFA Franc
Burundi	BI	Burundian	French, Kirundi	Burundi Franc
Cambodia	KH	Cambodian	Khmer	Riel
Cameroon	CM	Cameroonian	French, English	CFA Franc
Canada	CA	Canadian	English, French	Canadian Dollar
Cape Verde	CV	Cape Verdean	Portuguese	CV Escudo
Cayman Islands	KY
Central African Republic	CF	Central African	French	CFA Franc
Chad	TD	Chadian	Arabic, French	CFA Franc
Chile	CL	Chilean	Spanish	Chilean Peso
China	CN	Chinese	Chinese	Renminbi Yuan
Christmas Island	CX
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	CC
Colombia	CO	Colombian	Spanish	Colombian Peso
Comoros	KM	Comoran	Arabic, French	CFA Franc
Congo	CG	Congolese	French	CFA Franc
Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The	CD
Cook Islands	CK
Costa Rica	CR	Costa Rican	Spanish	CR Colon
Cote D'ivoire	CI	Ivorian	French	CFA Franc
Croatia	HR	Crotian	Serbo-Croat	Dinar
Cuba	CU	Cuban	Spanish	Cuban Peso
Cyprus	CY	Cypriot	Greek, Turkish	Cyprus Pound
Czech Republic	CZ	Czech	Czech	Koruna
Denmark	DK	Dane; Danish	Danish	Danish Krone
Djibouti	DJ	Djiboutian	Arabic	Djibouti Franc
Dominica	DM	Dominican	English	East Caribbean Dollar
Dominican Republic	DO	Dominican	Spanish	Dominican Peso
East Timor	TP
Ecuador	EC	Ecuadorean	Spanish	Sucre
Egypt	EG	Egyptian	Arabic	Egyptian Pound
El Salvador	SV	Salvadoran	Spanish	Colon
Equatorial Guinea	GQ	Equatorial Guinean	Spanish	CFA Franc
Eritrea	ER	Eritrea	Amharic	Birr
Estonia	EE	Estonian	Estonian	Kroon
Ethiopia	ET	Ethiopian	Amharic	Ethiopian Birr
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	FK
Faroe Islands	FO
Fiji	FJ	Fijian	English	Fiji Dollar
Finland	FI	Finn, Finnish	Finnish, Swedish	Markka
France	FR	French	French	French Franc
French Guiana	GF		French	French Franc
French Polynesia	PF		French	French Franc
French Southern Territories	TF		French	French Franc
Gabon	GA	Gabonese	French	CFA Franc
Gambia	GM	Gambian	English	Dalasi
Georgia	GE	Georgian	Georgian	Rouble
Germany	DE	German	German	Deutsche Mark
Ghana	GH	Ghanaian	English	Cedi
Gibraltar	GI
Greece	GR	Greek	Greek	Drachma
Greenland	GL
Grenada	GD	Grenadian	English	East Caribbean Dollar
Guadeloupe	GP
Guam	GU
Guatemala	GT	Guatemalan	Spanish	Quetzal
Guinea	GN	Guinean	French	Guinean Franc
Guinea-Bissau	GW	Guinea-Bissauan	Portuguese	GB Peso
Guyana	GY	Guyanese	English	Guyana Dollar
Haiti	HT	Haitian	French	Gourde
Heard Island And McDonald Islands	HM
Holy See (Vatican City State)	VA			Lira
Honduras	HN	Hounduran	Spanish	Lempira
Hong Kong	HK			HK Dollar
Hungary	HU	Hungarian	Hungarian	Forint
Iceland	IS	Icelandic	Icelandic	Krona
India	IN	Indian	Hindi, English	Indian Rupee
Indonesia	ID	Indonesian	Indonesian	Indonesian Rupiah
Iran, Islamic Republic Of	IR	Iranian	Farsi	Iranian Rial
Iraq	IQ	Iraqi	Arabic	Iraqi Dinar
Ireland	IE	Irishman, -woman; Irish	English, Irish Gaelic	Irish pound
Israel	IL	Israeli	Hebrew, Arabic	Israeli Shekel
Italy	IT	Italian	Italian	Lira
Jamaica	JM	Jamaican	English	Jamaican Dollar
Japan	JP	Japanese	Japanese	Yen
Jordan	JO	Jordanian	Arabic	Jordanian Dinar
Kazakhstan	KZ	Kazakhstani	Kazakh	Rouble
Kenya	KE	Kenyan	Swahili, English	Kenyan Shilling
Kiribati	KI
Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of	KP	Korean	Korean	Won
Korea, Republic Of	KR	Korean	Korean	Won
Kuwait	KW	Kuwaiti	Arabic	Kuwaiti Dinar
Kyrgyzstan	KG	Kyrgystanian	Kyrgyz	Rouble
Laos, People's Democratic Republic of	LA	Laotian	Lao	Kip
Latvia	LV	Latvian	Latvian	Latvian Rouble
Lebanon	LB	Lebanese	Arabic	Lebanese Pound
Lesotho	LS	Mosotho, Basotho	English, Sesotho	Loti
Liberia	LR	Liberian	English	Liberian Dollar
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LY	Libyan	Arabic	Libyan Dinar
Liechtenstein	LI	Liechtenstein	German	Swiss Franc
Lithuania	LT	Lithuanian	Lithuanian	Rouble
Luxembourg	LU	Luxembourg	French, German, Letzeburgish	Luxembourg Franc
Macau	MO
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of	MK	Macedonian	Macedonian	Dinar
Madagascar	MG	Malagasy	Malagasy	Madagascar Franc
Malawi	MW	Malawian	English, Chichewa	Kwacha
Malaysia	MY	Malaysian	Malay	Malaysian Dollar, Ringgit
Maldives	MV	Maldivian	Dhivevhi	Rufiyaa
Mali	ML	Malian	French	CFA Franc
Malta	MT	Maltese		Pound
Marshall Islands	MH	Marshallese	Marshallese	US Dollar
Martinique	MQ
Mauritania	MR	Mauritanian	Arabic	Ouguiyja
Mauritius	MU	Mauritian	English	Mauritian Rupee
Mayotte	YT
Mexico	MX	Mexican	Spanish	Mexican Peso
Micronesia, Federated States Of	FM	Micronesian	English	US Dollar
Moldova, Republic Of	MD	Moldovan	Moldovan	Rouble
Monaco	MC	Monegasque	French	French Franc
Mongolia	MN	Mongolian	Khalka Mongol	Tugrik
Montserrat	MS
Morocco	MA	Moroccan	Arabic	Moroccan Dirham
Mozambique	MZ	Mozambican	Portuguese	Metical
Myanmar	MM	Burmese	Burmese	Kyat
Namibia	NA	Nambian	English	South African Rand
Nauru	NR	Nauruan		Dollar
Nepal	NP	Nepalese	Nepali	Nepalese Rupee
Netherlands	NL	Dutchman, -woman; Dutch	Dutch	Guilder
Netherlands Antilles	AN
New Caledonia	NC
New Zealand	NZ	New Zealander	English, Maori	NZ Dollar
Nicaragua	NI	Nicaraguan	Spanish	Cordoba
Niger	NE	Nigerien	French	CFA Franc
Nigeria	NG	Nigerian	English	Naira
Niue	NU
Norfolk Island	NF
Northern Mariana Islands	MP
Norway	NO	Norwegian	Norwegian	Norwegian Krone
Oman	OM	Omani	Arabic	Omani Rial
Pakistan	PK	Pakistani	Urdu, English	Pakistan Rupee
Palau	PW
Palestinian Territory, Occupied	PS	Palestinian
Panama	PA	Panamanian	Spanish	Balboa
Papua New Guinea	PG	Papuan	English, Motu	Kina
Paraguay	PY	Paraguayan	Spanish	Guarani
Peru	PE	Peruvian	Spanish, Quechua	Sol
Philippines	PH	Philippine	Philipino, English	Philippine Peso
Pitcairn	PN
Poland	PL	Polish	Polish	Zloty
Portugal	PT	Portuguese	Portuguese	Escudo
Puerto Rico	PR
Qatar	QA	Qatari	Arabic	Qatari Riyal
Reunion	RE
Romania	RO	Romanian	Romanian	Leu
Russian Federation	RU	Russian	Russian	Rouble
Rwanda	RW	Rwandan	French, Kinyarwanda	Rwanda Franc
Saint Helena	SH
Saint Kitts And Nevis	KN	Kittsian, Nevisian	English	East Caribbean Dollar
Saint Lucia	LC	Saint Lucian	English	East Caribbean Dollar
Saint Pierre And Miquelon	PM
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines	VC		English	East Caribbean Dollar
Samoa	WS	Samoan	Samoan, English	Tala
San Marino	SM	Sammarinese	Italian	Italian Lira
Sao Tome And Principe	ST	Sao Tomean	Portuguese	Dobra
Saudi Arabia	SA	Saudi Arabian	Arabic	SA Riyal
Senegal	SN	Senegalese	French	CFA Franc
Seychelles	SC	Seychelles	Creole	Seychelles Rupee
Sierra Leone	SL	Sierra Leonean	English	Leone
Singapore	SG	Singaporean	English, Malay, Chinese, Tamil	Singaporean Dollar
Slovakia	SK	Slovakian	Slovak	Slovak Koruna
Slovenia	SI	Slovenian	Slovene, Serbo-Croat	Tolar
Solomon Islands	SB	Solomon Islander	English	SI Dollar
Somalia	SO	Somalian	Somali, Arabic	Somali Shilling
South Africa	ZA	South African	English, Africaans	Rand
South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands	GS
Spain	ES	Spanish	Spanish	Peseta
Sri Lanka	LK	Sri Lankan	Sinhala, Tamin	Sri Lankan Rupee
Sudan	SD	Sudanese	Arabic	Sudanese Pound
Suriname	SR	Surinamese	Dutch	S. Guilder, Florin
Svalbard And Jan Mayen	SJ
Swaziland	SZ	Swazi	English, Siswati	Lilangeni
Sweden	SE	Swede ; Swedish	Swedish	Swedish Krona
Switzerland	CH	Swiss	German, French, Italian, Romansch	Swiss Franc
Syrian Arab Republic	SY	Syrian	Arabic	Syrian Pound
Taiwan, Province Of China	TW	Taiwanese	Mandarin Chinese	Taiwan Dollar
Tajikistan	TJ	Tajikistani	Tajik	Rouble
Tanzania	TZ	Tanzanian	Swahili, English	Tanzanian Shilling
Thailand	TH	Thai	Thai	Baht
Togo	TG	Togolese	French	CFA Franc
Tokelau	TK
Tonga	TO	Tongan		Pa’anga
Trinidad And Tobago	TT	Trinidadian, Tobagan	English	TT Dollar
Tunisia	TN	Tunisian	Arabic	Tunisian Dinar
Turkey	TR	Turk; Turkish	Turkish	Turkish Lira
Turkmenistan	TM	Turkmenistani	Turkmenian	Manat
Turks And Caicos Islands	TC
Tuvalu	TV
Uganda	UG	Ugandan	English	Ugandan Shilling
Ukraine	UA	Ukrainian	Ukrainian	Hryvana
United Arab Emirates	AE	Emirian	Arabic	UAE Dirham
United Kingdom	GB	Briton; British	English	Pound Sterling
United States	US	American	English	US Dollar
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Uruguay	UY	Uruguayan	Spanish	Uruguayan Peso
Uzbekistan	UZ	Uzbekistani	Uzbek	Rouble
Vanuatu	VU	Vanuatuan	English, French, Bislama	Vatu
Venezuela	VE	Venezuelan	Spanish	Bolivar
Viet Nam	VN	Vietnamese	Vietnamese	Dong
Virgin Islands, British	VG			Pound
Virgin Islands, U.S.	VI			Dollar
Wallis And Futuna	WF
Western Sahara	EH
Western Samoa		Samoan		Dollar
Yemen	YE	Yemeni	Arabic	Yemeni Riyal
Yugoslavia	YU	Yugoslavian	Serbo-Croat	Yugoslavian Dinar
Zaire		Zairean	French	Zaire
Zambia	ZM	Zambian	English	Kwacha
Zimbabwe	ZW	Zimbabwean	English	Zimbabwean Dollar


Abbreviations -- Abkürzungen

English	German
abbreviation	meaning	Abkürzung	Bedeutung
-	Foreign Office	AA	das Auswärtige Amt
ill.	illustration, figure	Abb.	Abbildung
dep.	departure	Abf.	Abfahrt
abbr.	abbreviation	Abk.	Abkürzung
-	subscription	Abo	Abonnement
par.	paragraph	Abs.	Absatz
-	sender	Abs.	Absender
-	section	Abschn.	Abschnitt
ch.	chapter	Abschn.	Abschnitt
dept.	department	Abt.	Abteilung
-	less, minus	abzgl.	abzüglich
retd.	retired	a.D.	außer Dienst
-	on the Danube	a.D.	an der Donau
-	General German Automobile Association	ADAC	Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club
-	General German News Service	ADN	Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst
-	address	Adr.	Adresse
PLC	public limited company	AG	Aktiengesellschaft
-	stock corporation	AG	Aktiengesellschaft
gen.	general	allg.	allgemein
-	on the Main	a.M.	am Main
Am.	American	am.	amerikanisch
off.	official	amtl.	amtlich
app.	appendix	Anh.	Anhang
arr.	arrival	Ank.	Ankunft
enc.	enclosure(s)	Anl.	Anlage(n)
-	note	Anm.	Anmerkung
foll.	following	anschl.	anschließend
-	senior lecturer, associate professor	a.o. Prof.	außerordentlicher Professor
-	extraparliamentary opposition	APO	Außerparlamentarische Opposition
teleph., ext.	extension, telephone	App.	Apparat
-	Working Pool of the Broadcasting Corporations of the Federal Republic of Germany	ARD	Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
-	on the Rhine	a.Rh.	am Rhein
art.	article	Art.	Artikel
ed.	edition	Aufl.	Auflage
-	file number	Az.	Aktenzeichen
-	at, with, near	b.	bei
c/o	care of	b.	bei
vol	volume	Bd.	Band (Buch)
vols	volumes	Bde.	Bände (Bücher)
encl.	enclosed	beil.	beiliegend
-	Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg	BENELUX	Belgien, Niederlande, Luxemburg
esp.	especially	bes.	besonders
ord.no.	order number	Best.-Nr.	Bestellnummer
conc.	concerning, regarding	Betr.	Betreff, betrifft (in Briefen)
pop.	population	Bev.	Bevölkerung
-	mark, name, designation	Bez.	Bezeichnung
dist.	district	Bez.	Bezirk
-	Civil Code	BGB	Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
-	Federal Supreme Court	BGH	Bundesgerichtshof
Sta.	station	Bhf.	Bahnhof
-	bank code number	BLZ	Bankleitzahl
-	Federal Intelligence Service	BND	Bundesnachrichtendienst
FRG	Federal Republic of Germany	BRD	Bundesrepublik Deutschland
-	British	brit.	britisch
GRT	gross register tons	BRT	Bruttoregistertonnen
esp.	especially	bsd.	besonders
-	Federal Armed Forces	Bw.	Bundeswehr
PTO, p.t.o.	please turn over	b.w.	bitte wenden
-	with reference to	bzgl.	bezüglich
resp.	respectively	bzw.	beziehungsweise
C	Celsius centigrade	C	Celsius
ca	circa, about	ca.	circa, ungefähr, etwa
approx.	approximately	ca.	circa, ungefähr, etwa
-	candidate	cand.	Kandidat (Prüfungsanwärter)
-	Christian Democratic Union	CDU	Christlich-Demokratische Union
co.	company	Co.	Compagnie (Handelsgesellschaft)
-	partner	Co.	Kompagnon (Mitinhaber)
-	Christian Social Union	CSU	Christlich-Soziale Union
YMCA	Young Men's Christian Association	CVJM	Christlicher Verein Junger Männer
-	Young People's Christian Association	CVJM	Christlicher Verein Junger Menschen
Sen., sen., Snr, Sr	senior	d.Ä.	der Ältere
-	Trade Union of German Employees	DAG	Deutsche Angestelltengewerkschaft
-	Federal Railways	DB	Deutsche Bundesbahn
GDR	German Democratic Republic, East Germany	DDR	Deutsche Demokratische Republik
-	German Football Association	DFB	Deutscher Fußballbund
-	Federation of German Trade Unions	DGB	Deutseher Gewerkschaftsbund
-	the like	dgl.	dergleichen, desgleichen
-	the Great	d.Gr.	der Große
i.e.	that is	d.h.	das heißt
i.e.	that is	d.i.	das ist
-	German Institute for Standardization	DIN	Deutsches Institut für Normung
-	diploma	Dipl.	Diplom
-	graduate engineer	Dipl.-Ing.	Diplomingenieur
Dir., dir.	director	Dir.	Direktor
-	the directors	Dir.	Direktion
Jun., jun., Jnr, Jr,	junior	d.J.	der Jüngere
-	of this year	d.J.	diesen Jahres
-	German Youth Hostel Association	DJH	Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk
-	German Communist Party	DKP	Deutsche Kommunistische Partei
-	German Mark(s), Deutschmark(s)	DM	Deutsche Mark
inst.	instant	d.M.	diesen Monats
-	the above-mentioned	d.O.	das Obige
-	lecturer	Doz.	Dozent
-	German Press Agency	dpa	Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Dr.	Doctor	Dr.	Doktor
LLD	Doctor of Laws	Dr. Jur.	Doktor der Rechte
MD	Doctor of Medicine	Dr. med.	Doktor der Medizin
DPhil, PhD	Doctor of Philosophy	Dr. phil.	Doktor der Philosophie
DSc, ScD	Doctor of Science	Dr. rer. nat.	Doktor der Naturwissenschaften
DD	Doctor of Divinity	Dr. theol.	Doktor der Theologie
Ger.	German	dt.	deutsch
doz.	dozen	Dtzd.	Dutzend
ib	ibidem, in the same place	ebd.	ebenda
ed.	edition	Ed.	Edition, Ausgabe
ed.	edited by, published by	ed.	hat herausgegeben
EDP	electronic data processing	EDV	elektronische Datenverarbeitung
EC	European Community	EG	Europäische Gemeinschaft
hon.	honorary	e.h.	ehrenhalber
-	formerly	ehem.	ehemals
-	former	ehem.	ehemalig
fed.	federal, confederate, Swiss	eidg.	eidgenössisch
-	actual(ly), real(ly), strictly speaking	eigtl.	eigentlich
incl.	inclusive(ly), including	einschl.	einschließlich
-	relevant	einschl.	einschlägig
-	Protestant Church in Germany	EKD	Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
ECG	electrocardiogram	EKG	Elektrokardiogramm
Eng.	English	engl.	englisch
corr.	corresponding	entspr.	entsprechend
-	built, erected	erb.	erbaut
-	adults	Erw.	Erwachsene
Prot.	Protestant	ev.	evangelisch
-	registered society, registered association	e.V.	eingetragener Verein
poss.	possibly, perhaps	evtl.	eventuell
exc.	except(ed)	exkl.	exklusive
excl.	exclusive, excluding	exkl.	exklusive
-	sample, copy	Expl.	Exemplar
F	Fahrenheit	F	Fahrenheit
-	firm, (auf Adressen) Messrs	Fa.	Firma
-	family, (auf Adressen) Mr & Mrs ...	Fam.	Familie
FC	Football Club	FC	Fußballclub
-	Free Federation of German Trade Unions	FDGB	Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DDR)
-	Liberal Democratic Party	F.D.P.	Freie Demokratische Partei
-	college	FH	Fachhochschule
fig.	figure	Fig.	Figur
diag.	diagram	Fig.	Figur
fig.	figurative(ly)	fig.	figurativ, figürlich, bildlich
foll.	following	folg.	folgend(e)
-	continuation	Forts.	Fortsetzung
to be contd	to be continued	Forts.f.	Fortsetzung folgt
Mrs, Ms		Fr.	Frau
-	Miss	Frl.	Fräulein
Fr.	French	frz.	französisch
b.	born	geb.	geboren, geborene
bd	bound	geb.	gebunden
Bros.	Brothers	Gebr.	Gebrüder
-	founded	gegr.	gegründet
est(ab).	established	gegr.	gegründet
abr.	abridged	gek.	gekürzt
assoc.	association	Ges.	Gesellschaft
co.	company	Ges.	Gesellschaft
soc.	society	Ges.	Gesellschaft
-	law	Ges.	Gesetz
div.	divorced	gesch.	geschieden
regd.	registered	ges. gesch.	gesetzlich geschützt
d.	died, deceased	gest.	gestorben
w.,wt	weight	Gew.	Gewicht
-	should the occasion arise; if necessary; if applicable	ggf(s).	gegebenenfalls
sgd,	signed	gez.	gezeichnet (vor der Unterschrift)
-	limited liability company	GmbH	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
cent. sta.	central station, main station	Hbf.	Hauptbahnhof
hon.	honorary	h.c.	honoris causa, ehrenhalber
-	with regards to, regarding, as to	hins.	hinsichtlich
-	half board	HP	Halbpension
Mr.		Hr(n).	Herr(n)
ed.	editor	H(rs)g.	Herausgeber
ed.	edited	h(rs)g.	herausgegeben
-	in	i.	im
p.p.	per pro	i.A.	im Auftrag
-	in general	i.allg.	im allgemeinen
gen.	generally	i.allg.	im allgemeinen
-	in particular	i.b.	im besonderen
-	intercity express (train)	ICE	Intercity-Expreß
-	on duty	i.D.	im Dienst
on av.	on average	i.D.	im Durchschnitt
-	on the premises	i.H.	im Hause
-	Chamber of Industry and Commerce	IHK	Industrie- und Handelskammer
eng.	engineer	Ing.	Ingenieur
prop., propr	proprietor	Inh.	Inhaber
cont.	contents	Inh.	Inhalt
incl.	including, included, inclusive of	inkl.	inklusive
ret., retd.	retired	i.R.	im Ruhestand
IRC	International Red Cross	IRK	Internationales Rotes Kreuz
p.p.	by proxy, on behalf of	i.V.	in Vertretung
in prep.	in preparation	i.V.	in Vorbereitung
c, cent.	century	Jh.	Jahrhundert
-	yearly	jhrl.	jährlich
ann.	annual(ly)	jhrl.	jährlich
Jun., jun., Jnr, Jr	junior	jr., jun.	junior
leg.	legal	jur.	juristisch
ch(ap).	chapter	Kap.	Kapitel
C(ath).	Catholic	kath.	katholisch
-	merchant, businessman, trader	Kfm.	Kaufmann
dlr	dealer	Kfm.	Kaufmann
agt	agent	Kfm.	Kaufmann
com(m).	commercial	kfm.	kaufmännisch
-	motor vehicle	Kfz.	Kraftfahrzeug
-	limited partnership	KG	Kommanditgesellschaft
cl.	class	Kl.	Klasse
CP	Communist Party	KP	Kommunistische Partei
CID	criminal investigation department	Kripo	Kriminalpolizei
acct, a/c	account	Kto.	Konto
l.	left	l.	links
-	single, unmarried	led.	ledig
-	current, running	lfd.	laufend
ser. no.	serial number	lfd. Nr.	laufende Nummer
dely	delivery	Lf(r)g.	Lieferung
HGV	heavy goods vehicle	Lkw, LKW	Lastkraftwagen
acc. to	according to	lt.	laut
-	as per	lt.	laut
man.	managing	ltd.	leitend
mangt	management	Ltg.	Leitung
-	direction	Ltg.	Leitung
Luth.	Lutheran	luth.	lutherisch
-	mark(s) (DDR-Währung)	M	Mark
MA	Middle Ages	MA	Mittelalter
-	Military Counter-Intelligence Service	MAD	Militärischer Abschirmdienst
max.	maximum	max.	maximal
-	with limited liability	mbH	mit beschränkter Haftung
-	Member of the Bundestag	MdB	Mitglied des Bundestages
-	Member of the Landtag	MdL	Mitglied des Landtages
-	verbal, oral	mdl.	mündlich
-	in my opinion	m.E.	meines Erachtens
CET	Central European Time	MEZ	mitteleuropäische Zeit
MG	machine gun	MG	Maschinengewehr
m	million	Mill.	Million(en)
min.	minute(s)	Min., min.	Minute(n)
min.	minimum	min.	minimal
m	million	Mio.	Million(en)
-	assistance, participation, cooperation	Mitw.	Mitwirkung
furn.	furnished	möbl.	möbliert
mod.	modern	mod.	modern
-	submachine gun	MP	Maschinenpistole
bn	billion	Mrd.	Milliarde(n)
-	a thousand million	Mrd.	Milliarde(n)
-	monthly	mtl.	monatlich
-	as far as I know	m.W.	meines Wissens
VAT	value-added tax	MwSt., MWSt.	Mehrwertsteuer
N	North	N	Nord(en)
-	after	n.	nach
-	successor	N(a)chf.	Nachfolger
p.m. pm	in the afternoon	nachm.	nachmittags
viz, i.e.	namely, that is to say	näml.	nämlich
AD	anno domini	n.Chr.	nach Christus
-	name hither to unknown	N.N.	nomen nominandum
NE	northeast	NO	Nordost(en)
-	National-Democratic Party of Germany	NPD	Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands
No., no.	number	Nr.	Nummer
NW	northwest	NW	Nordwest(en)
E	east	O	Ost(en)
-	above	o.	oben
-	or	o.	oder
w/o	without	o.	ohne
-	or the like	o.ä.	oder ähnlich(e, -es )
-	Chief Burgomaster, Lord mayor	OB	Oberbürgermeister
-	results negative	o.B.	ohne Befund
-	Upper Bavaria	Obb.	Oberbayern
-	or	od.	oder
off.	official	offiz.	offiziell
-	general partnership	OHG	offene Handelsgesellschaft
Prof., prof.	(full) professor	o.Prof.	ordentlicher Professor
orig.	original	Orig.	Original
Orth.	Orthodox (Religion)	orth.	orthodox
Aus.	Austrian	österr.	österreichisch
c/o	care of	p.A(dr).	per Adresse
pers.	personal, personally, in person	pers.	persönlich
pf.	pfennig	Pf	Pfennig
-	German pound(s)	Pfd.	Pfund (Gewicht)
pt	point	Pkt.	Punkt
-	motor car	Pkw, PKW	Personenkraftwagen
Sq.	Square	Pl.	Platz
p.p.	per pro(c)., by proxy	pp(a).	per Prokura
-	unsalaried lecturer	Priv.-Doz.	Privatdozent
Prof.	Professor	Prof.	Professor
HP, hp	horsepower	PS	Pferdestärke(n)
PS	postscript	PS	Postskriptum
sq.km	square kilometre	qkm (veraltet)	Quadratkilometer
sq.m	square metre	qm (veraltet)	Quadratmeter
r.	right	r.	rechts
-	lawyer	RA	Rechtsanwalt
sol., solr	solicitor	RA	Rechtsanwalt
bar.	barrister	RA	Rechtsanwalt
att., atty	attorney	RA	Rechtsanwalt
-	roughly	rd.	rund (ungefähr)
-	administrative district	Reg.-Bez.	Regierungsbezirk
rel.	religion	Rel.	Religion
Rep.	Republic	Rep.	Republik
resp.	respectively	resp.	respektive
-	Radio in the American Sector	RIAS	Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor
RC	Roman Catholic	rk., r.-k.	römisch-katholisch
Rom.	Roman	röm.	römisch
-	penal code, criminal code	StGB	Strafgesetzbuch
St	Street	Str.	Straße
Rd	Road	Str.	Straße
-	student	stud.	studiosus, Student
-	(road) traffic regulations	StVO	Straßenverkehrsordnung
-	Highway Code	StVO	Straßenverkehrsordnung
-	see below	s.u.	siehe unten
SW	southwest	SW	Südwest(en)
-	daily, a day, per day	t(ä)gl.	täglich
tel.	telephone	Tel.	Telefon
-	college of technology, technical university	TH	Technische Hochschule
-	technical university	TU	Technische Universität
-	Association for Technical Inspection, Technical Control Board	TÜV	Technischer Überwachungsverein
-	underground, subway	U-Bahn	Untergrundbahn
-	and	u.	und
-	and others	u.a.	und andere(s)
-	among others	u.a.	unter anderem
v.	verse	V.	Vers
l.	line	V.	Vers
o.n.o.	or near(est) offer	VB	Verhandlungsbasis (Preis)
BC	before Christ	v.Chr.	vor Christus
-	on duty, in charge	v.D.	vom Dienst
-	state-owned enterprise	VEB	volkseigener Betrieb (DDR)
-	author	Verf.	Verfasser
mar.	married	verh.	verheiratet
-	publishing house, publishing company, publishers	Verl.	Verlag
-	widowed	verw.	verwitwet
cf.,cp.	confer, compare	vgl.	vergleiche
pc	per cent	v.H.	vom Hundert
-	adult education program(me), adult evening classes	VHS	Volkshochschule
-	of last year	v.J.	vorigen Jahres
-	of last month	v.M.	vorigen Monats
a.m., am	in the morning	vorm.	vormittags
-	formerly	vorm.	vormals
chair, chm.,chw.	chairman, chairwoman	Vors.	Vorsitzende
-	full board, board and lodging	VP	Vollpension
-	per thousand	v.T.	vom Tausend
W	west	W	West(en)
W	watt(s)	W	Watt
-	repetition, repeat	Wdh(lg).	Wiederholung
GMT	Greenwich Mean Time	WEZ	westeuropäische Zeit
-	flat share, people sharing a flat	WG	Wohngemeinschaft
-	flat, apartment	Whg.	Wohnung
-	winter semester, winter term	WS	Wintersemester
TM	trademark	Wz.	Warenzeichen
-	watermark	Wz.	Wasserzeichen
l.	line	Z.	Zeile
-	number	Z.	Zahl
-	at, to	z.	zu, zum, zur
e.g.	for example, for instance	z.B.	zum Beispiel
-	Second Channel of German Television Broadcasting	ZDF	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
-	contemporary	zeitgen.	zeitgenössisch
attn	attention (of)	z.H(d).	zu Händen
rm (no.)	room (number)	Zi.	Zimmer
fig.	figure	Zi.	Ziffer
No., no.	number, subparagraph, item	Zi.	Ziffer
-	partly	z.T.	zum Teil
-	(news)paper	Ztg.	Zeitung
mag.	magazine	Ztschr.	Zeitschrift
jour.	journal	Ztschr.	Zeitschrift
-	back	zur.	zurück
tog.	together	zus.	zusammen
-	plus	z(u)zgl.	zuzüglich
bet.	between, among	zw.	zwischen
-	at present, for the time being, at the time of	z.Z(t).	zur Zeit


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Roman Numerals -- romische Zahlen
Roman Numerals -- römische Zahlen

Roman	Arabic
I	1
II	2
III	3
IV	4
V	5
VI	6
VII	7
VIII	8
IX	9
X	10
XI	11
XII	12
XIII	13
XIV	14
XV	15
XVI	16
XVII	17
XVIII	18
XVIX	19
XX	20
XXX	30
XL	40
L	50
LX	60
LXX	70
LXXX	80
XC	90
C	100
CC	200
CCC	300
CD	400
D	500
DC	600
DCC	700
DCCC	800
CM	900
M	1000
MM	2000


Signs of the Zodiac -- Sternzeichen

Sign	Latin	English	Deutsch	Date
	Aries	the Ram	Widder	21st Mar - 19th Apr
	Taurus	the Bull	Stier	20th Apr - 20th May
	Gemini	the Twins	Zwillinge	21st May - 21st Jun
	Cancer	the crab	Krebs	22nd Jun - 22nd Jul
	Leo	the lion	Löwe	23rd Jul - 22nd Aug
	Virgo	the virgin	Jungfrau	23rd Aug - 22nd Sep
	Libra	the Balance	Waage	23rd Sep - 21st Oct
	Scorpio	the Scorpion	Skorpion	22nd Oct - 21st Nov
	Sagittarius	the Archer	Sütze	22nd Nov - 21st Dec
	Capricorn	the Goat	Steinbock	22nd Dec - 19th Jan
	Aquarius	the Water Bearer	Wassermann	20th Jan - 18th Feb
	Pisces	the Fish	Fische	19th Feb - 20th Mar