🇩🇪 German Vocabulary — 15 Jul 2026

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GUARDIAN V
Schaden

to reduce the quality or effectiveness of something

"The new rule rescinded that definition, and the environmental groups are challenging determinations that degrading a habitat does not qualify under the Endangered Species Act as an illegal take of endangered and threatened wildlife"

impair weaken harm
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GUARDIAN N
neu starten

the act of starting something again after a pause or interruption

"There is now a serious danger of escalation, with diminishing prospects for the resumption of talks in Islamabad after the expiration of the fragile ceasefire."

restart recommencement revival
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GUARDIAN N
Rückzahlung

the act of paying back or compensating someone for a loss or expense

"The president said the so-called reimbursement fee he only announced 24 hours earlier, would be replaced by trade and investment deals with Gulf states, which would see billions and billions of dollars pour into America"

repayment refund compensation
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GUARDIAN V
deaktiviert

damaged or weakened, especially in a way that affects a person's or animal's ability to function

"The agencies interpreted the term to include significant habitat modification or degradation that injures or kills protected species by impairing their ability to feed, breed or find shelter"

disabled weakened hindered
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GUARDIAN ADJ
Fahrzeug

relating to or involving vehicles, especially cars or trucks

"I think it is absolutely time that we take a hard look, if not a moratorium, on vehicular stops, until such time as we can decide, you know, what do we need to do to prevent this from re-occurring"

vehicle automotive motorized
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GUARDIAN ADJ
unparteiisch

supported or agreed upon by both parties, especially in a two-party system

"And yet, occupation is a bipartisan business: it needs no Modi or Yogi to spur it along."

nonpartisan cross-party interparty
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GUARDIAN ADJ
dringend

requiring immediate attention

"I don’t know of any exigent circumstances that said the only way to take them into custody is to execute that high-risk vehicular stop"

pressing urgent critical
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GUARDIAN N
Erlaubnis

official permission or approval for something

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Thursday that President Trump does not have to comply with a law requiring presidents to seek congressional authorization to continue a war beyond 60 days because the cease-fire agreement reached with Iran has paused the clock on any such obligation."

approval consent sanction
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GUARDIAN ADJ
unabhängig

standing alone, not supported or attached to anything else

"The environmental groups are challenging determinations that maintaining a freestanding definition of ‘harm’ is unnecessary"

self-contained autonomous separate
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GUARDIAN N
Einspruch

a statement or action expressing disagreement or disapproval

"But protest alone is not a strategy."

objection demonstration dissent
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GUARDIAN ADJ
plötzlich

sudden and significant, especially in relation to a change or increase

"For all the sharp elbows of the last year, they appear to have concluded that the best way to deal with a disruptive president is to court him, particularly since they still hope to engage the United States on thorny issues like the war in Ukraine."

sudden abrupt rapid
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GUARDIAN N

a temporary suspension of an activity

"I think it is absolutely time that we take a hard look, if not a moratorium, on vehicular stops, until such time as we can decide, you know, what do we need to do to prevent this from re-occurring"

suspension stoppage pause
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GUARDIAN ADJ
tödlich

causing or capable of causing death

"The FIR states that three men opened fire and fled the scene; she sustained a fatal bullet in the chest."

deadly mortal lethal
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GUARDIAN V
beschleunigt

speeded up or accelerated, especially in a formal or official process

"The report, citing case documents, also found that the court had been instructed to treat Khalil’s case as if he were still in detention custody, which typically results in an expedited processing timeline."

accelerated hastened fast-tracked
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