Insektenstiche

Question 1

sich ausdehnen / ausbreiten

Answer 1

to spread

Question 2

die Abheilung

Answer 2

the healing

Question 3

die Heilung

Answer 3

the cure

Question 4

ein roter Ring

Answer 4

a red circle

Question 5

Grippesymptome

Answer 5

symptoms of the flu

flulike symptoms

Question 6

quetschen

Answer 6

to squeeze

Question 7

die Pinzette

Answer 7

the tweezers

Question 8

der Eiter

Answer 8

the pus

Question 9

die Schwellung

Answer 9

the swelling

Question 10

der Juckreiz

Answer 10

the itching

Question 11

der Durchmesser

Answer 11

the diameter

Question 12

die Blase

Answer 12

the blister

Question 13

der Lymphknoten

Answer 13

the lymphnode

Question 14

der Stich

Answer 14

the sting

Question 15

die Müdigkeit

Answer 15

the exhaustion / tiredness / sleepiness

Question 16

die Erstickungsgefahr

Answer 16

danger of suffocation

Question 17

das Insektengift (gegen Insekten)

Answer 17

the insecticide

Question 18

das Gift (des Insekts)

Answer 18

the venom

Question 19

Unterschied zwischen: venom and toxin

Answer 19

If you bite it and die, it is poisonous; if it bites you and you die, it is venomous.

Question 20

die Kopfhaut

Answer 20

the scalp

Question 21

die Quaddel

Answer 21

the wheal (ausgesprochen: weel) / hive

Question 22

das Engegefühl

Answer 22

the chest tightness

Question 23

das Ohrläppchen

Answer 23

the ear lobe

Question 24

die Fingerspitze

Answer 24

the finger tip

Question 25

auslösen

Answer 25

to provoke

Question 26

automatisch

Answer 26

automatic

Question 27

the bug

Answer 27

Käfer, Insekt

Question 28

What's the difference between insects and spiders?

Answer 28

Insects have six legs, spiders eight.

Question 29

Do we say "I was bitten by a tic" or "I was stung by a tic"?

Answer 29

I was stung by a tic, because tics belong to the species of spiders (eight legs) and spiders only can sting.

Question 30

the beetle

Answer 30

der Käfer

Question 31

the butterfly

Answer 31

der Schmetterling

Question 32

the moth

Answer 32

die Motte

Question 33

the ant

Answer 33

die Ameise

Question 34

the bee

Answer 34

die Biene

Question 35

the bumblebee

Answer 35

die Hummel

Question 36

the wasp

Answer 36

die Wespe

Question 37

the fly

Answer 37

die Fliege

Question 38

the hornet

Answer 38

die Hornisse

Question 39

the horsefly

Answer 39

die Bremse

Question 40

swelling and redness might enlarge gradually

Answer 40

Schwellung und Rötung können zunehmen

Question 41

a heavy / severe local reaction

Answer 41

eine starke lokale Reaktion

Question 42

swelling at the site of the sting

Answer 42

Schwellung im Bereich des Stichs

Question 43

symptoms should resolve over five to ten days

Answer 43

die Symptome sollten nach fünf bis zehn Tagen abgeklungen sein / sollten während der nächsten fünf bis zehn Tage abklingen

Question 44

more severe

Answer 44

schlimmer / stärker

Question 45

the redness is larger than the swelling and it tends towards purple

Answer 45

die Rötung ist grösser als die Schwellung und ist eher purpurrot als rot

Question 46

Insektenstiche im Gesichtsbereich, vor allem in Augennähe, können sehr gefährlich sein (Nähe zu Hirnvenen)

Answer 46

insect stings in the face, especially close to the eyes, can be very dangerous (brain veins)