Dyer's Glossary of Technical Abbreviations


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Technical Glossaries

Abbreviations

Chromatography

Firearms

Guns and Ammo

Microbiology

Optical Microscopy

Pharmaceutical

Microbiology Glossary - Grammatical Notes

Part 1 - German terms with English translations.

Part 2 - English terms and abbreviations with explanations.

Part 3 - Important usage notes for Translators.

Alphabetization and Grammatical Information

The Main Glossary is organized alphabetically by German entry.

It should be remembered that Z and C may be interchanged (Zyto-, Cyto-), as may C and K (Actinomycosis, Aktinomycose).

The Main Glossary listing contains short grammtical information on the German entries. The conventions and abbreviations used are as follows:

Nouns are marked for gender:

m     masculine
f       feminine
n      neuter pl plural only

Where a plural form is in use, it is given in abbreviated form behind the gender. A hyphen followed by one or more letters indicates the plural ending: Alge f -n means that Alge is feminine and the plural is Algen. A trema before the hyphen means that the plural is formed by umlaut: Ansatz m ¨-e means that Ansatz is masculine and the plural is Ansätze. A hyphen without letters behind it indicates that the plural exists but is the same as the singular. Irregular plurals are indicated by a tilde:
Bakterium n ~ien means that Bakterium is neuter and the plural is Bakterien. If no plural indication is given, no plural is commonly used.

Verbs are marked as transitive (taking a direct object) or intransitive (not taking a direct object);

vt transitive verb
vi intransitive verb

Adjectives are marked adj. They usually also work as adverbs.

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