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1 Kleinbuchstabe
m small (DRUCK. lower case, Am. lowercase) letter* * *der Kleinbuchstabelowercase character; small letter* * *Klein|buch|sta|bemsmall letter, lowercase letter (TYP)* * *Klein·buch·sta·bem minusculein \Kleinbuchstaben drucken to print in lower case letters* * *der small letter; lower-case letter (Printing)* * ** * *der small letter; lower-case letter (Printing)* * *m.lower-case character n.small letter n. -
2 Buchstabe
m; -n, -n letter; (Schriftzeichen) character (auch Anschlag); großer Buchstabe capital (letter); DRUCK. uppercase letter; kleiner Buchstabe small (DRUCK. lowercase) letter; Buchstabe für Buchstabe letter by letter; auf den Buchstaben genau to the letter; nach dem Buchstaben des Gesetzes according to the letter of the law; am Buchstaben kleben take s.th. ( oder things) very literally; die vier Buchstaben umg., hum. the bottom, the behind; setz dich auf deine vier Buchstaben umg., hum. plonk yourself down, take a pew* * *der Buchstabeletter* * *Buch|sta|be ['buːxʃtaːbə]m -n(s), -nletter; (= esp Druckbuchstabe) characterkleiner Búchstabe — small letter
großer Búchstabe — capital (letter)
ein fetter Búchstabe — a bold character, a character in bold (face)
in fetten Búchstaben — in bold (face)
Betrag in Búchstaben — amount in words
dem Búchstaben nach (fig) — literally
bis auf den letzten Búchstaben (fig) —
nach dem Búchstaben des Gesetzes ist das verboten, aber... — according to the letter of the law that's illegal but...
See:→ vier* * *(a mark expressing a sound: the letters of the alphabet.) letter* * *Buch·sta·be<-n[s], -n>[ˈbu:xʃta:bə]m character, letterfetter \Buchstabe bold character [or letter]in großen \Buchstaben in capitals, in upper casein kleinen \Buchstaben in small letters, in lower casein \Buchstaben in wordsden Betrag bitte in \Buchstaben vermerken please write the amount out [in words]▶ nach dem \Buchstaben des Gesetzes according to the letter of the law▶ dem \Buchstaben nach to the letter* * *der; Buchstabens, Buchstaben letter; (Druckw.) characterein großer/kleiner Buchstabe — a capital [letter]/small letter
sich auf seine vier Buchstaben setzen — (ugs. scherzh.) sit [oneself] down
* * *großer Buchstabe capital (letter); TYPO uppercase letter;kleiner Buchstabe small (TYPO lowercase) letter;Buchstabe für Buchstabe letter by letter;auf den Buchstaben genau to the letter;nach dem Buchstaben des Gesetzes according to the letter of the law;die vier Buchstaben umg, hum the bottom, the behind;setz dich auf deine vier Buchstaben umg, hum plonk yourself down, take a pew* * *der; Buchstabens, Buchstaben letter; (Druckw.) characterein großer/kleiner Buchstabe — a capital [letter]/small letter
sich auf seine vier Buchstaben setzen — (ugs. scherzh.) sit [oneself] down
* * *m.alphabetic character n.letter n.
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