| Subject | English | German |
| gen. | amateur detective | Hobbydetektiv |
| gen. | amateur detective female | Freizeitdetektivin |
| brit. | detective chief inspector female | Kriminaloberinspektorin |
| brit. | detective chief inspector | Kriminaloberinspektor |
| brit. | detective chief superintendent female | Kriminalhauptkommissarin |
| brit. | detective chief superintendent | Kriminalhauptkommissar |
| law, ADR | detective condition of the goods | mangelhafter Zustand der Waren |
| brit. | detective constable female | Kriminalbeamtin |
| brit. | detective constable | Kriminalbeamter |
| law, ADR | detective design | fehlerhafte Konstruktion |
| polygr. | detective fiction | Detektivromane |
| law | detective police | Kriminalpolizei |
| brit. | detective sergeant female | Kriminalmeisterin |
| brit. | detective sergeant | Kriminalmeister |
| lit. | detective story | Kriminalgeschichte (makhno) |
| brit. | detective superintendent female | Kriminalkommissarin |
| law | detective work | Detektivarbeit (Andrey Truhachev) |
| gen. | detective work | kriminalistische Arbeit |
| comp., MS | Junior Detective | Juniordetektiv (Skill level in the Purble Place game. Once a Purble Place game is completed, a player gets a skill level rank assigned automatically by the game (based on number of guesses and hints during the game)) |
| law, ADR | liability for detective products | Haftung für fehlerhafte Produkte |
| gen. | narcotics detective | Drogenfahnder |
| biol. | non-detective | fehlerfrei |
| gen. | private detective female | Privatdetektivin |
| law, social.sc. | private detective | Berufsdetektiv |
| gen. | private detective | Privatdetektiv |
| law, ADR | replace detective parts | schadhafte Teile auswechseln |
| comp., MS | Senior Detective | Meisterdetektiv (Skill level in the Purble Place game. Once a Purble Place game is completed, a player gets a skill level rank assigned automatically by the game (based on number of guesses and hints during the game)) |
| gen. | store detective | Kaufhausdetektiv |
| law, immigr. | use of undercover detectives | Verwendung verdeckter Ermittler |