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Übersetzungen vom Englischen ins Deutsche – Questions on translations from English to German

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German idiom similar to "to put the whole matter into a nutshell"?

Does similar figure of speech exist in German or should one translate to put the whole matter into a nutshell literally? Ein Fazit ziehen seems to make sense, but seems to be better used as a he …
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Is there a German analog for the English expression, "It's not rocket science"?

I never heard Raketenwissenschaft in this context in Germany. Is this a case of anglicism, or are there better suited German synonyms for this expression?
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Busy-ness, angry-ness; is there a simple German suffix rule to make an adjective a noun?

Normally, the -ness and -ty suffixes seem to be translated to -heit or -keit. But for busy-ness ("Beschäftigkeit"?), angriness ("Wutigkeit"?) and further "-ness" words it apparently isn't used. In the …
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