🇩🇪 German Vocabulary — 29 Jun 2026
English words from daily news with German translations. Test your knowledge →
frightening or intimidating
"The task before them now – which will be led by their diaspora of players in the main – is daunting, with Uruguay, Saudi Arabia and European champions Spain, lying in wait in the group stage."
a situation or fact that is observed to exist or to be happening
"Rabies spread is a ‘mammal to mammal’ phenomenon and health experts believe that immunising 70pc of street dogs can ward off a looming crisis."
relating to the overall structure or pattern of something
"“There are two elements to it,” Renfrey says. “One are external economic factors and macro factors of lack of supply and high cost, but the other is the lack of financial certainty until there is a resolution on the split of wealth.”"
extremely painful or unpleasant
"“If one person says, ‘Well, we’re separated, so I’m going online and I’ll be dating and if I’m out overnight you should tolerate that because we’re separated’, that can be excruciating,” says Shaw."
showing negative feelings indirectly
"“We had clients who were living under the same roof and he would walk in the hallway and turn the lights on every time he’d go in, and she would walk in the hallway the next minute and turn the lights off – it was this kind of passive aggressive kind of thing,” Houseman says."