| Subject | English | German |
| tech. | basic theme | Leitfaden |
| tech. | basic theme | Leitmotiv |
| tech. | basic theme | Grundlinie |
| tech. | breadth of themes | Themenbreite |
| gen. | central theme | der rote Faden |
| gen. | central theme | Leitidee |
| gen. | central theme | Leitgedanke |
| comp., MS | Change theme | Design (The menu item that enables users to change their Windows Live theme) |
| gen. | Christmas theme | Weihnachtsmotiv |
| gen. | complex of themes | Themenkomplex |
| gen. | complex of themes | Thematik |
| gen. | contrasting theme | kontrastierendes Thema |
| gen. | core theme | Schwerpunkt |
| econ. | exhibition theme | Ausstellungsthema |
| econ. | fair theme | Messeslogan |
| econ. | fair theme | Messemotiv |
| gen. | improvise on a theme | über ein Thema improvisieren |
| gen. | operation on a specific theme | thematische Massnahme |
| gen. | Policy theme department | Themadirektion |
| gen. | principal theme | Hauptthema (Musik) |
| immigr. | Programme for cooperation among local communities in the European Union, local communities in Mediterranean non-member countries and organizations involving migrants and supported by these communities, constituted in networks on the theme of migration | Programm bezüglich der Zusammenarbeit zwischen lokalen Gebietskörperschaften der Europäischen Union,lokalen Gebietskörperschaften der Drittländer im Mittelmeerraum sowie netzförmig angelegten Einrichtungen,die Migranten betreffen und von diesen Gebietskörperschaften unterstützt werden,im Bereich der Migrationen |
| immigr. | Programme for cooperation among local communities in the European Union, local communities in Mediterranean non-member countries and organizations involving migrants and supported by these communities, constituted in networks on the theme of migration | Programm Med-Migration |
| gen. | raise themes | Themen aufbringen |
| gen. | rocket theme | Mannheimer Rakete |
| gen. | sub-theme | Unterthema |
| gen. | teaching using the theme approach | Blockunterricht |
| gen. | teaching using the theme method | Blockunterricht |
| gen. | the central theme | der rote Faden |
| gen. | the recurrent theme | der rote Faden |
| social.sc. | theme and rheme | Thema-Rhema |
| ed. | theme-based learning | Themen basierter Unterricht |
| gen. | Theme-Centered Interaction TCI, group discussion leadership method developed by Ruth Cohn | Themenzentrierte Interaktion TZI |
| brit. | theme-centred interaction | themenzentrierte Interaktion |
| comp., MS | theme color | Farbdesign (One of a set of colors that is used in a file. Theme colors, theme fonts, and theme effects compose a theme) |
| comp., MS | theme effect | Effektdesign (One of a set of visual attributes that is applied to elements in a file. Theme effects, theme colors, and theme fonts compose a theme) |
| comp., MS | theme engine | Moduldesign (The program module that applies a predefined graphic theme to the user interface) |
| comp., MS | theme family | Designfamilie (A set of variants on a single theme) |
| comp., MS | theme font | Schriftartendesign (One of a set of major and minor fonts that is applied to a file. Theme fonts, theme colors, and theme effects compose a theme) |
| gen. | theme group | Themengruppe |
| gen. | theme island | Themeninsel |
| busin. | theme melody | Titelmelodie |
| busin. | theme melody | Erinnerungsmelodie |
| gen. | theme music | Titelmusik |
| gen. | theme music | Erkennungsmelodie |
| comp., MS | theme pack | Themenpaket (A renamed .cab file which contains a .theme file, and optionally one or more desktop backgrounds, icons, mouse pointer files, and sound files. It does not contain executables or screen savers) |
| gen. | theme park | Vergnügungspark |
| gen. | theme park | Freizeitpark |
| hobby | theme park | Themen-Park |
| gen. | theme park | Themenpark |
| comp., MS | theme resource | Designressource (A file of supported type used in a theme) |
| gen. | theme restaurant | Themenrestaurant |
| gen. | theme-rheme | Thema/Rhema-Gliederung |
| gen. | theme-rheme | Thema-Rhema |
| gen. | theme-rheme articulation | Thema/Rhema-Gliederung |
| gen. | theme-rheme articulation | Thema-Rhema |
| gen. | theme song | Titelsong |
| gen. | theme song | Titellied |
| busin. | theme song | Erinnerungsmelodie |
| busin. | theme song | Erkennungsmelodie |
| gen. | theme song | Erkennungslied |
| gen. | theme tune | Titelmelodie |
| gen. | theme tune | Erkennungsmelodie |
| comp., MS | theme variant | Designvariante (One of the variations of a theme that make up a theme family) |
| gen. | theme-work teaching | Blockunterricht |
| gen. | top theme | Topthema |
| gen. | topical theme | aktuelles Thema |
| gen. | warm to a theme | sich für ein Thema erwärmen |