Vocabulary mid-course test 7.11.

2022
Melina Reisinger | MuK22

p. 7 definition synonyms translation

appreciation the act of recognizing or recognition, honor, Anerkennung
understanding that something is acknowledgement
valuable/important
wellbeing the state of being comfortable, welfare Wohlbefinden
happy, healthy
to sketch to quickly make a simple outline, design skizzieren, entwerfen
drawing/a rough drawing

p. 8 definition translation

parent or holding company similar to a holding company, sometimes more Muttergesellschaft,

involved (both terms are often used Holdinggesellschaft
interchangeably)
holding company it owns and controls a group of related Muttergesellschaft,
companies Holdinggesellschaft

head office/headquaters the place from which an organization is Hauptquartier, Zentrale,

controlled Hauptsitz

line manager a person in a charge of a department or group leitender Angestellte

management board a group of senior managers in charge of a Geschäftsführer

company

managing director a person at or near the upper level of an Geschäftsführer

organization (often used interchangeably with
„CEO“)
regional directorate the board of directors in a certain area regionale Direktion

devision a sub-department (often used interchangeably Abteilung

with „department“)

project manager a person in charge of a particular project Projektleiter/-manager

subsidiary a business whose parent company holds a Tochtergesellschaft

mayority stake

CEO the highest-ranking person in a company (chief Vorsitzender

executive officer)
department a section of a company Abteilung

CIO a person in charge of IT (chief information Vorsitzender

officer)

COO a person in charge of the administrative and Vorsitzender

operational functions of a business (chief
operating officer)
CFO a person in charge of finances (chief financial Finanzvorstand
officer)

supervisory board a group of people chosen by the sharesholders of Aufsichtsrat

a company to promote their interests

middle manager a person in charge of a small group of people not Mittelmanager

making decisions affecting the whole company

shareholder a person, company, or institution that owns at Aktionäre

least one share of a countryˋs stock

branch office an outlet of a company; it does not constitute a Zweigniederlassung, Filiale

seperate legal entity

franchise a business that has the formal permission by a Franchise

company to sell ist goods in a particular area

top manager a person among the highest leaders functioning Topmanager

under the CEO

employees staff; people paid to work for somebody Angestellte, Mitarbeiter

synonyms: workers, staff, personnel

affiliate company a business whose parent company holds a verbundenes Unternehmen,

minority stake Tochterunternehmen

p. 11 definition translation
functional/silo structure a type of website architecture where your group, Silostruktur
isolate, and interlink content about a specific topic
matrix structure a combination of two or more types of organisational Matrixstruktur
structures; a company structure where teams report to
multiple leaders
centralized controlled by a single authority or managed in one zentralisiert
place
decentralized controlled by several local offices or authorities rather dezentral
than one single one
a take? a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed eine Aufnahme
or recorded continuously at one time
a chain of command a system (in a military or civil organisation) by which Befehlskette
instructions are passed from one person to another
final say responsibility for making a decision, although other letztes Wort
people can give their opinion first
a grid a framework of spaced bars that are parallel to or cross Netz, Gitter
each other; a grating

p. 13 definition snonyms translation

memo a message or other information in writing note, notice, message Notiz, Mitteilung
sent by one person or department to
another in the same business organisation
minutes the written record of what was said at a protocol, log Protokoll
meeting
negotiation discussion aimed at reaching an hearing, trial Verhandlung
agreement
coherent (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical related Kohärent,
and consistent Zusammenhängend
eloquent fluent or persuasive in speaking or talkative wortgewandt
writing; clearly expressing or indicating
something
hesitant tentative, unsure, or slow in acting tentative, indecisive zögerlich
inhibited unable to act in a relaxed/natural way uptight gehemmt, verklemmt
because of self-consciousness or mental
restraint
lucid expressed clearly; easy to understand clear, plain, klar, durchsichtig
transparent
persuasive good at persuading someone to do or convincing überzeugend
believe sth. through reasoning or the use
of temptation
rambling (of writing or speech) lengthy + confused incoherent weitläufig,
or inconsequential; e.g: „a rambling 6 zusammenhangslos
hour speech“
responsive reacting quickly + positively interested empfänglich,
interessiert
sensitive easily upset by things other people say empathic empfindlich, sensibel
succinct briefly + clearly expressed (written or concise, incisive prägnant
spoken)
tongue-tied too shy or emberrassed to speak stunned, speechless sprachlos
brand promise a value or experience a company’s Markenversprechen
customers can expect to receive every
single time they interact with that
company
concise giving a lot of information clearly + in a succinct, incisive, prägnant, präzise,
few words precise, exact knapp

p. 14-15 definition synonyms translation

to convey transport or carry to a place transfer, transmit vermitteln/übermitteln
to initiate cause (a process or action) to begin begin, start einleiten, initiieren
to alternate occur in turn repeatedly change/switch (ab-) wechseln
to transmit cause sth. to pass on from one person or transfer übertragen
 place to another
to encode convert in a coded form encrypt, codify kodieren, verschlüsseln
to enable to make something possible make possible ermöglichen
to decode convert (a coded message) into decipher dekodieren, entschlüsseln
intelligible language
ambiguous open to more than one interpretation; equivocal, suggestive zwei-/mehrdeutig
not having one obvious meaning; not
clear or decide subtle d

p. 17 definition synonyms translation

nuance a difference in shade or meaning, Nuance
expression, or sound
to catch on understand what is meant or how to do get, understand anfangen/verfangen,
sth. kapieren
repository a place where or in which things are or source Quelle, Lager
may be stored
ambiguity the quality of being open to more than one equivocalness Mehr-/Zweideutigkeit
interpretation; inexactness
self-esteem confidence in one’s own worth or abilities self-respect Selbstachtung
to evolve develop gradually develop entwickeln
to hamper to prevent someone doing sth. easily make more difficult behindern, erschweren
to conduct Lead or guide (someone) to or around a lead etwas leiten
particular place

p. 19 definition translation
a message written/spoken/non-verbal communication of Nachricht, Botschaft,
information Mitteilung

to convey (a to transport/carry/communicate übermitteln

meaning/message)

to influence/affect a mood to change how someone feels eine Stimmung beeinflussen

hand gesture movements made with the hands which carry a Geste
meaning
interpersonal communication communication between people interpersonelle
Kommunikation
to trigger sth. to start/set off a reaction auslösen
(mood/reaction)
visual clues signs, signals you can see which transport visuelle Hinweise
meaning to you
vocal variety to be able to change the intonation of your voice Stimmvielfalt
and volume to create/maintain interest
to articulate to express your thoughts or feelings clearly in artikulieren
words
to be articulate to be able to express your thoughts or feelings sich gut artikulieren können
clearly in words
to project your voice to make your voice heard at a distance (audible) eine weitreichende Stimme
haben
to make an impression on the feeling or opinion you that you give Eindruck machen
someone someone by your behaviour/appearance
to mumble to speak unclearly nuscheln
jargon words/expressionsused by a particular group of Fachvokablen
people/profession & are difficult for others to
understand. e.g: legal jargon

p. 20 definition translation
in/formal language language which is either used in a certain informelle Sprache, formale
situation: Sprache
formal language = suitable for official/important
occasions
informal language = friendly, familiar language
register the level and style of a piece of writing or Wortschatz
speech
colloquial language idiomatic language & slang Umgangssprache
to talk at cross purposes to misunderstand what someone an einander vorbei reden
means/understand it in the wrong way
clarity of voice to use a clear, loud voice when speaking Klarheit der Stimme
a cue an action/signal for something to happen or Signal, Hinweis
someone to do something
semiotics the study of signs and symbols and their Semiotik
meaning and use
facial expression the meaning communicated by someone’s face Gesichtsausdruck
misunderstanding when communication breaks down and a person Missverständnis
is not understood
a trait a quality in your personality Eigenschaft
report vs. rapport a description of the difference between Bericht vs. Beziehung
male/female communication:
male communication tendency = to report –
saying facts
female tendency = rapport – building a positive
relation to sth./someone
to be tentative not behaving with confidence zögerlich
to be blunt very direct, saying what you think direkt, unumwunden
to be tactful careful not to say or do anything that will annoy taktvoll
or upset other pwople
to be incomprehensible impossible to understand unverständlich/unfassbar
to get the message to understand what someone is trying to tell you die Information oder
Nachricht zu verstehen

p.21-22 definition synonyms translation

a leave time allowed away from work e.g: Urlaub, Auszeit
maternity/paternity
leave – on leave
alumni a former pupil or student, especially a graduate, student Absolventen
male one, of a particular school, college,
or university
a perk a benefit to which one is entitled because advantage, benefit Vorteil
of one’s job
to acquire learn or develop (a skill,…) purchase, earn erwerben
to pursue follow or chase (someone or sth.) follow verfolgen
to gain obtain or secure (sth. wanted or desirable) obtain, get, acquire gewinnen, erlangen
to tackle Bsp.: tackle these complicated problems angehen, anpacken,
angreifen
to advocate publicly recommend or support endorse, support befürworten
invaluable extremely useful; indispensable priceless unschätzbar,
unbezahlbar

p. 24 definition synonyms translation

performance the action or process of performing a task power, output Leistung
or function
to set aside save or keep sth., typically money or time, save, put Beiseite legen,
for a particular purpose by/aside/away aufheben
sustained strengthen or support physically or lasting, persistent nachhaltig
mentally
determination the process of establishing sth. exactly by establishing, fixing Festlegung,
calculation or research Bestimmung,
Ermittlung,
Entschlossenheit
an obstacle a thing that blocks one’s way or prevents barrier, obstruction ein Hindernis
or hinders progress
branding the promotion of a particular product or Branding
company by means of advertising and
distinctive design

p. 25-27 definition synonyms translation

mere e.g: CV is a mere formality bare nur, bloß, rein
crucial of great importance decisive, central zentral, entscheidend,
ausschlaggebend,
bedeutend
marital status one’s situation with regard to whether Personen-/
one is single, married, separated, Familienstand
divorced, or widowed
to abbreviate shorten (a word, phrase, or text) shorten, reduce, ver-/abkürzen
decrease
prospective expected or expecting to be the specified expected, future prospektiv,
thing in the future; likely to happen at a voraussichtlich,
future date zukünftig
to differentiate recognize or ascertain what makes distinguish differenzieren,
(someone or sth.) different unterscheiden
a heading a title at the head of a page or section of headline, title eine Überschrift
a book

p. 28 definition synonyms translation

ageism prejudice or discrimination on the age discrimination Altersdiskriminierung,
grounds of a person’s age Benachteiligung
inexperienced having little knowledge or experience of unskilled, unerfahren, ungeübt,
a particular thing unacquainted unwissend
reliable consistently good in quality or dependable, zuverlässig, verlässlich
performance; able to be trusted trustworthy
to retain continued to have (sth.); keep hold/keep back zurückhaltend,
possession of beibehalten, bewahren
succession a number of people or things of a emulation Nachfolge (Folge,
similar kind following one after the Abfoslge)
other; e.g: effective succession planning