the easiest way to find this out is via help.sap.com
e.g. you search for the material types at this address:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/en/ff/515afd49d811d182b80000e829fbfe/content.htm
then just exchange the the en to de
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp60_sp/helpdata/de/ff/515afd49d811d182b80000e829fbfe/content.htm
and you can immediately see how things are translated.