| Deutsch | English |
|---|---|
| Verben | verbs |
| peilen | to suss |
| peilen | to locate |
| über den Daumen peilen | to guesstimate |
| Substantive | nouns |
| Peilen | taking a bearing |
| Sprachgebrauch | usage |
| peilen | to take a bearing |
| etw. über den Daumen peilen | to estimate sth. by rule of thumb |
| die Lage peilen | to test the waters |
| die Lage peilen | to spy the land |
| die Lage peilen | to see how the land lies |
| etw. über den Daumen peilen | to make a rough guess on sth. |
| automatisches Peilen (ADF); | Automatic Direction Finding (ADF), |