Category:German terms by usage

German terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:German terms with archaic senses: German terms with individual senses that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:German archaic terms: German terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature, sometimes still used for special effect, and typically recognized by native speakers.
• Category:German autological terms: German terms that possess the property they themselves describe.
• Category:German censored spellings: German spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original term.
• Category:German childish terms: German terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:German colloquialisms: German terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:German dated terms: German terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:German derogatory terms: German terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:German dialectal terms: German terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:German ecclesiastical terms: German terms used only by religious figures.
• Category:German endearing terms: German terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:German familiar terms: German terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.
• Category:German formal terms: German terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:German gender-neutral terms: German terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.
• Category:German higher register terms: German terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:German historical terms: German terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.
• Category:German humorous terms: German terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:German informal terms: German terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:German journalistic terms: German terms that are used especially in journalistic language, i.e. in newspapers and magazines.
• Category:German nonstandard terms: German terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:German terms with obsolete senses: German terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:German obsolete terms: German terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:German offensive terms: German terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:German officialese terms: German terms that are chiefly used by official sources, and are often bureaucratic-sounding.
• Category:German placeholder terms: German terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.
• Category:German poetic terms: German terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:German proscribed terms: German terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.
• Category:German terms with rare senses: German terms with individual senses that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:German rare terms: German terms that are rarely found in general use and may not be recognized by some native speakers.
• Category:German rustic terms: German terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.
• Category:German short forms: German terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:German slang: German colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:German solemn terms: German terms that are used to instill a sense of somberness.
• Category:German superseded forms: German forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.
• Category:German technical terms: German terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.
• Category:German terms with historical senses: German terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:German terms with transferred senses: German terms with transferred senses.
• Category:German trademarks: German terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:German terms with uncommon senses: German terms with individual senses that are in general use but not common.
• Category:German uncommon terms: German terms that are in general use but not common.
• Category:German vulgarities: German terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.