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| a- {prefix} (not, without, opposite of) | :: a- |
| a {article} (an) SEE: an | :: |
| A {abbr} (playing card) | :: A [Ass] |
| AA {prop} (Alcoholics Anonymous) | :: AA {p} |
| Aachen {prop} (city in North Rhine-Westphalia) | :: Aachen {n} |
| Aalborg {prop} (city in northern Denmark) | :: Aalborg {n}, Ålborg {n}, Aalburg {n} [archaic spelling] |
| Aar {prop} (A river in Switzerland) | :: Aare |
| Aarau {prop} (Swiss town) | :: Aarau |
| aardvark {n} (mammal) | :: Erdferkel {n} |
| aardwolf {n} (the mammal species Proteles cristatus) | :: Erdwolf {m} |
| Aargau {prop} (canton) | :: Aargau |
| Aarhus {prop} (Danish city) | :: Aarhus |
| Aaron {prop} (biblical brother of Moses) | :: Aaron |
| Aaron {prop} (male given name) | :: Aaron |
| Aaronic {adj} (pertaining to Aaron) | :: aaronitisch |
| Aaron's rod {n} | :: Königskerze {f}, Goldrute {f} |
| Aaron's rod {n} (goldenrod) SEE: goldenrod | :: |
| Aaron's rod {n} (mullein) SEE: mullein | :: |
| ab {n} (abdominal muscle) | :: Bauchmuskeln {p} {f} |
| aba {n} (fish) | :: Großnilhecht {m} |
| aba {n} (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) SEE: abaya | :: |
| abaca {n} (plant) | :: Abaka {m} |
| abaca {n} (fiber/fibre) SEE: Manila hemp | :: |
| abacist {n} (One who uses an abacus.) | :: Abakist {m} |
| aback {adv} (backwards) | :: rückwärts |
| aback {adv} (in the rear) | :: hinten |
| aback {n} (abacus) SEE: abacus | :: |
| abacus {n} (device for performing arithmetical calculations) | :: Abakus {m}, Rechenbrett {n} |
| abacus {n} (uppermost portion of the capital of a column) | :: Kapitelldeckplatte {f} |
| Abaddon {prop} (the destroyer) | :: Abaddon {m} |
| Abaddon {prop} (Hell) | :: Abaddon {m} |
| a bad workman always blames his tools {proverb} (not the tools but how they're employed) | :: wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, hat das Pferd Schuld [if the rider is no good, it's the horse's fault], ein schlechter Handwerker schimpft immer auf sein Werkzeug |
| abaft {prep} ((nautical) behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of) | :: achtern, hintern |
| abaft {adv} ((nautical) on the aft side) | :: achteraus, achtern |
| abaka {n} (plant) SEE: abaca | :: |
| abaka {n} (fiber/fibre) SEE: Manila hemp | :: |
| abalone {n} (edible univalve mollusc) | :: Abalone {f}, Meerohr {n}, Seeohr {n} |
| abandon {v} (to give up control of, surrender) | :: aufgeben, verlassen |
| abandon {v} (to leave behind or desert; to forsake) | :: aufgeben, zurücklassen, aussetzen |
| abandon {v} (to cast out, expel, reject) | :: verbannen |
| abandon {n} (a giving up to natural impulses) | :: Hingabe {f}, Ungezwungenheit {f}, Selbstvergessenheit {f} |
| abandoned {adj} (no longer maintained, forsaken, deserted) | :: verlassen, herrenlos |
| abandonment {n} (act of abandoning) | :: Überlassen {n}, Aufgabe {f}, Preisgabe {f} |
| abandonment {n} | :: Hinterlassung |
| abarthrosis {n} (diarthrosis) SEE: diarthrosis | :: |
| abase {v} (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings) | :: erniedrigen |
| abasement {n} (the act of abasing) | :: Erniedrigung {f} |
| abash {v} (to make ashamed, to embarrass) | :: beschämen |
| abashed {adj} (embarrassed) | :: beschämt, verlegen |
| abasia {n} (incapacity to walk) | :: Abasie |
| abate {v} (to bring down or reduce to a lower state) | :: verringern, mindern, abmindern, vermindern |
| abate {v} (to bring down a person physically or mentally) | :: nachlassen, zurückgehen, erniedrigen, herabsetzen |
| abate {v} (to decrease or make less in strength) | :: nachlassen, sich legen (storm), schwächen, abschwächen, vermindern, verringern |
| abate {v} (to reduce in size, amount, or value) | :: vermindern, verringern, verkleinern, herabsetzen |
| abate {v} (to deduct, to omit) | :: abziehen, reduzieren, weglassen |
| abate {v} (to bar, to except) | :: absehen von, ausnehmen |
| abate {v} (obsolete: to bring entirely down or put an end to) | :: einstellen, beenden |
| abate {v} (to be defeated) | :: verlieren |
| abate {v} (to cut away) | :: abnehmen, abschlagen, abschneiden |
| abatement {n} (the act of abating or the state of being abated) | :: Abnahme {f}, Verminderung {f}, Verringerung {f}, Unterdrückung {f} |
| abaton {n} (enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept) | :: Abaton {n} |
| A battery {n} (battery to heat the filament of electron tube) | :: Anodenbatterie {f} |
| abattoir {n} (public slaughterhouse) | :: Schlachthaus {n}, Schlachthof {m} |
| abaya {n} (loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from abaya or silk) SEE: aba | :: |
| abaya {n} (coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair) | :: Abaya {f} |
| Abbas {prop} (A male given name) | :: Abbas |
| Abbasid {n} (member of the dynasty that ruled from Baghdad from about to 750 to 1250) | :: Abbaside {m} |
| abbess {n} (female superior of a nunnery) | :: Äbtissin {f}, Priorin {f}, Oberin {f} [Reverend Mother] |
| abbey {n} (monastery headed by an abbot) | :: Abtei {f} |
| abbey {n} (church of a monastery) | :: Klosterkirche {n} |
| abbot {n} (superior or head of an abbey or monastery) | :: Abt {m} |
| abbotship {n} (the state or office of an abbot) | :: Abtschaft {f} |
| abbreviate {v} (to make shorter) | :: kürzen, abkürzen |
| abbreviate {v} (to reduce to lower terms) | :: kürzen |
| abbreviate {n} (abridgment) SEE: abridgment | :: |
| abbreviated {adj} (shortened) | :: abgekürzt |
| abbreviation {n} (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase) | :: Abkürzung {f}, Kurzbezeichnung {f}, Kürzel {n}, Kurzform {f}, Abbreviation, Abbreviatur {f} |
| abbreviation {n} (act or result of shortening or reducing) | :: Abkürzung {f}, Kürzen {n} |
| abbreviature {n} (abbreviation) SEE: abbreviation | :: |
| ABC {n} (alphabet) SEE: alphabet | :: |
| ABC {n} (primer for learning the alphabet) | :: Abc-Buch {n}, ABC-Buch {n}, Abecebuch {n}, Abecedarium {n}, Abcdarium {n}, Buchstabierbuch {n}, Lese-Lern-Buch {n}, Lern-Lese-Buch {n}, ABC-Fibel {f}, Fibel {f} |
| ABC book {n} (primer) SEE: primer | :: |
| Abderite {n} (native of Abdera, Thrace) | :: Abderit {m} |
| abderitic {adj} (relating to abderitism) | :: abderitisch |
| abdicate {v} (to disclaim and expel from family, see also: disinherit) | :: ausstoßen |
| abdicate {v} (to reject, cast off, discard) | :: verweigern |
| abdicate {v} (to surrender or relinquish as sovereign power; to withdraw from filling or exercising) | :: abdanken |
| abdicate {v} (to renounce a throne or other high office) | :: abdanken |
| abdicate {v} (to depose) SEE: depose | :: |
| abdication {n} (the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder) | :: Verzicht, Abdankung {f} |
| abdicative {adj} ((rare) causing, or implying, abdication) | :: abdikativ |
| abdomen {n} (belly) | :: Bauch {m}, Unterleib {m} |
| abdominal {adj} (of or pertaining to the abdomen) | :: abdominal, den Unterleib betreffend, abdominell |
| abdominal cavity {n} (hollow portion of the torso, containing abdominal organs) | :: Bauchhöhle {f} |
| abdominal fin {n} (pelvic fin) SEE: pelvic fin | :: |
| abdominocentesis {n} (extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen) | :: Bauchpunktion {f} |
| abducens nerve {n} (nerve) | :: Nervus abducens |
| abduct {v} (to take away) | :: entführen |
| abduct {v} (to draw away from its ordinary position) | :: abspreizen, wegziehen |
| abduction {n} (leading away, carrying away) | :: Entführung {f} |
| abduction {n} (physiology: movement separating limb from axis) | :: Abduktion {f} |
| abduction {n} (logic: type of syllogism) | :: Abduktion {f} |
| abduction {n} (law: wrongful carrying off of a human being) | :: Entführung {f} |
| abductor {n} (kidnapper) | :: Entführer {m}, Entführerin {f} |
| abductor {n} (muscle) | :: Abduktor {m} |
| Abdul {prop} (male given name) | :: Abdul |
| Abdullah {prop} (Muslim given name) | :: Abdulla {m} |
| abeam {adv} (on the beam) | :: Querab |
| abearance {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior | :: |
| abecedarium {n} (a book used to teach the alphabet) SEE: primer | :: |
| abed {adv} (in bed, or on the bed) | :: zu Bett, im Bett |
| Abegg's rule {prop} (rule in chemistry) | :: Abegg’sche Regel {f} |
| Abel {prop} (biblical character) | :: Abel {m} |
| Abel {prop} (male given name) | :: Abel {m} |
| abele {n} (Populus alba) SEE: white poplar | :: |
| abelian {adj} (math: of a group) | :: abelsch, kommutativ |
| Abelian {n} (member of a sect living like Abel) | :: Abelianer {m}, Abelianerin {f}, Abelit {m}, Abelitin {f} |
| abelian group {n} (group in which the group operation is commutative) | :: abelsche Gruppe {f}, kommutative Gruppe {f} |
| abelmosk {n} (A. moschatus) | :: Abelmoschus {m} |
| Abelonian {n} (Abelian) SEE: Abelian | :: |
| Abenaki {n} (member of the Algonquian people) | :: Abenaki {m} |
| Abenaki {adj} (related to the Abenaki people or language) | :: abenakisch [rare] |
| abend {n} (abnormal end) | :: Abbruch |
| aberrance {n} (state of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude) | :: Abweichung {f} |
| aberrant {adj} (straying from the right way) | :: aberrante |
| aberrant {n} (person wandering from the rest of the group) | :: Abweichler {m}/Abweichlerin {f}, Abtrünniger {m}/Abtrünnige {f} |
| aberration {n} (act of wandering or deviation; abnormality) | :: Aberration {f}, Abartigkeit {f}, Abweichung {f}, Verirrung {f} |
| aberration {n} (optics: convergence to different foci) | :: Aberration {f} |
| aberration {n} (astronomy: small periodical change of position of heavenly bodies) | :: Aberration {f} |
| aberration {n} (partial alienation of reason) | :: Aberration {f} |
| aberration {n} (minor or temporary mental disorder) | :: Aberration {f}, Abweichung {f} |
| aberration {n} (zoology, botany: atypical development or structure) | :: Aberration {f}, Abweichung {f} |
| aberration {n} (medicine: deviation from normal range) | :: Abweichung {f} |
| aberration {n} | :: Aberration {f} |
| abessive {n} (the abessive case) | :: Abessiv {m} |
| abessive case {n} (case used to express the lack of something) | :: Abessiv {m} |
| abet {v} (to assist or encourage in crime) | :: ermutigen, aufhetzen, anstiften |
| abet {v} (to support, uphold, or aid) | :: stützen, helfen |
| abetment {n} (act of abetting a crime) | :: Beihilfe {f}, Gehilfenschaft {f} [Switzerland] |
| abettor {n} (inciter) | :: Anstifter {m}, Anstifterin {f} |
| abeyance {n} (expectancy; condition of being undetermined) | :: Schwebezustand {m}, Unentschiedenheit {f} |
| Abha {prop} (city in Saudi Arabia) | :: Abha |
| abhor {v} (to regard with horror or detestation) | :: verabscheuen |
| abhorrence {n} (extreme aversion) | :: Abscheu {f}, Ekel {m} |
| abhorrence {n} (loathsome person or thing) | :: Ekel {n} |
| abhorrent {adj} (inconsistent with) | :: unverträglich |
| abhorrent {adj} (contrary or discordant) | :: unvereinbar, konträr |
| abhorrent {adj} (detesting; showing abhorrence) | :: abstossend, abscheulich |
| abhorrent {adj} | :: verabscheuungswürdig |
| abide {v} (endure without yielding) | :: aushalten |
| abide {v} (bear patiently; tolerate) | :: ausstehen, ertragen |
| abide {v} (pay for; stand the consequences of) | :: zahlen [with für] |
| abide {v} (stay) | :: verbleiben |
| abide {v} (dwell) | :: weilen, verweilen |
| abide {v} (wait in expectation) | :: [with genitive] harren |
| abide {v} (abide by) SEE: abide by | :: |
| abide by {v} (accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it) | :: einhalten, befolgen |
| abide by {v} (remain faithful to something or someone) | :: beistehen, zur Seite stehen, stehen [with zu], halten [with zu] |
| Abidjan {prop} (the largest city of Ivory Coast) | :: Abidjan |
| abietate {n} (any salt or ester of abietic acid) | :: Abietat {n} |
| abigail {n} (lady's waiting-maid) | :: Zofe {f} |
| Abigail {prop} (biblical wife of David) | :: Abigail, Abigajil |
| Abigail {prop} (female given name) | :: Abigail |
| abigeat {n} (theft of cattle) | :: Viehdieb {m} |
| ability {n} (quality or state of being able) | :: Fähigkeit {f} |
| abiogenesis {n} (origination of living organisms from lifeless matter) | :: Abiogenesis {f}, Abiogenese {f} |
| a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush {proverb} (small but certain advantage is preferable) | :: Besser ein Spatz in der Hand als eine Taube auf dem Dach |
| abirritant {adj} (acting to diminish irritation) | :: reizmindernd |
| a bit {adv} (a little) SEE: a little | :: |
| abjad {n} (writing system) | :: Abdschad {m} |
| abject {adj} (Sunk to a low condition; down in spirit or hope) | :: elend, kläglich, jämmerlich |
| abject {adj} (Cast down; rejected; low-lying) | :: bitter (poverty), verächtlich |
| abjure {v} (to renounce with solemnity) | :: [with dative] abschwören |
| Abkhaz {adj} (of or pertaining to Abkhazia) | :: abchasisch |
| Abkhaz {n} (person from Abkhazia) | :: Abchase {m}, Abchasin {f} |
| Abkhaz {prop} (a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia) | :: Abchasisch {n} |
| Abkhazia {prop} (territory in the Caucasus, see also: Republic of Abkhazia) | :: Abchasien {n} |
| Abkhazian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Abkhazia) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| Abkhazian {n} (Abkhaz) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| Abkhazian {prop} (Abkhazian language) SEE: Abkhaz | :: |
| ablative {adj} (applied to one of the cases of the noun in other language) | :: ablativisch |
| ablative {n} (ablative case) SEE: ablative case | :: |
| ablative absolute {n} (linguistic construction in Latin) | :: Ablativus absolutus |
| ablative case {n} (grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source) | :: Ablativ {m}, sechster Fall {m} |
| ablaut {n} (substitution of one root vowel for another) | :: Ablaut {m} (Vokalabstufung {f}) |
| ablaze {adj} (on fire) | :: lodernd |
| ablaze {adv} (on fire) | :: in Flammen |
| able {adj} (permitted to) | :: imstande, fähig |
| able {adj} (skillful) | :: fähig, tüchtig |
| able {adj} (legally qualified) | :: kompetent |
| -able {suffix} (able to be done) | :: -bar, -abel [for words from Latin or Romance languages] |
| -able {suffix} (expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense) | :: -wert |
| -able {suffix} | :: -bar |
| able {adj} (healthy) SEE: healthy | :: |
| able {v} (enable) SEE: enable | :: |
| able-bodied seaman {n} (seaman who has been trained in certain skills) | :: Vollmatrose {m} |
| ableism {n} (discrimination against persons with disabilities) | :: Ableismus {m}, Disablismus {m} |
| ablution {n} (the act of washing or cleansing) | :: Waschung {f}, Abwaschung {f}, Ablution {f} [religious] |
| ablutophobia {n} (pathological fear of washing or bathing) | :: Ablutophobie {f} |
| ably {adv} (with great ability) | :: fähig |
| abnegate {v} (to deny oneself something) | :: entsagen |
| abnormal {adj} (not conforming to rule or system) | :: unnormal, ungewöhnlich |
| abnormal {adj} (of or pertaining to behaviour that deviates from norms) | :: anormal, abnormal |
| abnormality {n} (state of being abnormal) | :: Abweichung |
| abnormally {adv} (In an abnormal manner) | :: unnormal |
| abnormalness {n} (abnormality) SEE: abnormality | :: |
| aboard {adv} (on board) | :: an Bord |
| aboard {prep} (on board of) | :: an Bord |
| abode {n} (obsolete: act of waiting) | :: Verweilen {n}, Warten {n} |
| abode {n} (stay or continuance in a place; sojourn) | :: Aufenthalt {m} |
| abode {n} (slightly dated: residence) | :: Bleibe {f}, Wohnung {f} |
| abode {n} (omen) SEE: omen | :: |
| abolish {v} (to end a law, system, institution, custom or practice) | :: abschaffen, aufheben |
| abolish {v} (to destroy) | :: vernichten |
| abolishment {n} (The act of abolishing) | :: Abschaffung {f} |
| abolition {n} (act of abolishing) | :: Abschaffung {f}, Aufhebung {f} |
| abolition {n} (abolition of slavery and the slave trade) | :: Abschaffung (der Sklaverei / des Sklavenhandels) |
| abolitionism {n} (opinion in favor of the abolition of something) | :: Abolitionismus |
| abomasum {n} (fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant) | :: Labmagen {m} |
| A-bomb {n} (atomic bomb) | :: A-Bombe {f}, Atombombe {f} |
| abominable {adj} (hateful; detestable; loathsome) | :: verabscheuungswürdig, verhasst, abscheulich |
| abominable {adj} ((obsolete) excessive; large) | :: riesig, monströs |
| abominable snowman {n} (humanoid or apelike animal said to exist in the Himalayas) | :: Yeti {m}, Schneemensch {m} |
| abominate {v} (to feel disgust towards, to hate in the highest degree) | :: verabscheuen |
| abomination {n} (an abominable act) | :: Greuel |
| abomination {n} (the feeling of extreme disgust) | :: Abscheu {m} |
| abomination {n} (something abominable) | :: Abscheulichkeit {f} |
| abonnement {n} (season ticket) | :: Abonnement {n} |
| aboriginal {adj} (original; indigenous) | :: eingeboren, einheimisch |
| aboriginal {n} | :: einheimisch |
| Aboriginal {n} (aboriginal) SEE: aboriginal | :: |
| Aboriginal {adj} (of or pertaining to aborigines) | :: indigene, einheimische |
| Aboriginal {n} (original inhabitant of any land) | :: Eingeborener {m}, Eingeborene {f}, Ureinwohner {m}, Ureinwohnerin {f}, Einheimischer {m}, Einheimische {f} |
| aborigine {n} (aboriginal inhabitant of a country) | :: Aborigine {m}, Urbewohner {m} |
| Aborigine {n} (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) | :: Aborigine {m} {f} |
| abort {n} (miscarriage) | :: Abort {m}, Schwangerschaftsabbruch {m} |
| abort {n} (function used to abort a process) | :: Abbruch {m} |
| abort {v} (computing: to terminate a process prior to completion) | :: abbrechen |
| abortion {n} (miscarriage) | :: Fehlgeburt {f} |
| abortion {n} (induced abortion) | :: Abtreibung {f}, Schwangerschaftsabbruch {m} |
| abortion {n} (act of inducing abortion) | :: Abtreibung {f} |
| abortionist {n} (one who performs an illegal (backstreet) abortion) | :: Engelmacher {m}, [euphemistic] (backstreet) Engelmacherin {f} |
| abortionist {n} (one who favors abortion being legal) | :: Abtreibungsbefürworter {m}, Abtreibungsbefürworterin {f} |
| abortionist {n} | :: Abtreiber {m}, Abtreiberin {f}, Abtreibungsarzt {m}, Abtreibungsärztin {f}, abtreibender Arzt {m}, abtreibende Ärztin {f}, Abtreibungshelfer {m}, Abtreibungshelferin {f} |
| abortive {adj} (produced by abortion; born prematurely) | :: abgetrieben |
| abortive {adj} (coming to naught; fruitless) | :: erfolglos, wirkungslos |
| abortive {adj} (imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile) | :: unvollkommen, rudimentär |
| abortive {adj} (causing abortion) | :: abtreibend |
| abortive {adj} (medicine: cutting short) | :: abbrechen |
| abortive {n} (that which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion) | :: Abort {m}, Abtreibung {f}, Interruptio {n} |
| abortive {n} (fruitless effort) | :: Erfolglosigkeit {f} |
| abortive {n} (a medicine) | :: Abtreibungsmittel {n} |
| abound {v} (to be plentiful) | :: im Überfluss vorhanden sein, wimmeln [von] |
| abound {v} (to be copiously supplied) | :: wimmeln [von] |
| abounding {adj} (ample, plenteous, plenty) | :: reichlich |
| abound with {v} (abound) SEE: abound | :: |
| about {prep} (on every side of) | :: um... (herum) |
| about {prep} (near, approximately, regarding time, size or quantity) | :: ungefähr, etwa |
| about {prep} (on the point or verge of) | :: bereit zu |
| about {prep} (over or upon different parts of) | :: über |
| about {prep} (concerned with, engaged in) | :: über, von |
| about {prep} (concerning) | :: über |
| about {adv} (nearly, approximately) | :: etwa, ungefähr |
| about-face {n} (reversal of direction or attitude) | :: Kehrtwende {f} |
| about-face {v} (to turn 180 degrees) | :: Kehrtwende machen |
| about to {phrase} (indicating imminence) | :: gleich [adverb modifying the verb], wollen [auxiliary verb ‘to be about to’] |
| above {prep} (in or to a higher place) | :: über |
| above {prep} (superior to, surpassing) | :: über |
| above {prep} (more) | :: über |
| above {adv} (overhead, on top of) | :: oben |
| above {adv} (earlier in order in writing) | :: früher, vorher |
| above {adv} (in a higher place) | :: höher, oben, darüber |
| above {adv} (higher in rank) | :: ranghöher, vorgesetzt |
| above all {prep} (of prime importance) | :: vor allem, hauptsächlich, vor allem anderen |
| above average {prep} (Better than average) | :: überdurchschnittlich |
| above-board {adj} (straightforward, transparent) | :: einwandfrei, ehrlich, offen, korrekt |
| abovementioned {adj} (abovementioned) SEE: above-mentioned | :: |
| above-mentioned {adj} (mentioned or named before; aforesaid) | :: obengenannt, oben genannt, obenerwähnt, oben erwähnt, vorstehend |
| above-named {adj} (mentioned or named before) SEE: above-mentioned | :: |
| abovesaid {adj} (mentioned before) | :: oben erwähnt, vorstehend, oben gesagt |
| above-said {adj} | :: vorstehend, oben gesagte |
| above the law {prep} (exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else) | :: über dem Gesetz |
| abracadabra {n} (use of term abracadabra) | :: Simsalabim {n} |
| abracadabra {interj} (used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed) | :: abrakadabra |
| abrade {v} ((transitive) to rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction) | :: abschleifen, abschürfen |
| Abraham {prop} (prophet in the Old Testament) | :: Abraham |
| Abrahamic {adj} (pertaining to Abrahamic religions) | :: abrahamitisch |
| Abrahamitic {adj} (Abrahamic) SEE: Abrahamic | :: |
| abrasion {n} (act of abrading) | :: Abrasion {f}, Abschürfen {n}, Abtragen {n} |
| abrasion {n} (geology: effect of mechanical erosion of rock) | :: Abrasion {f}, Abrieb {n}, Abtrag {m} |
| abrasion {n} (medicine: superficial wound) | :: Abrasion {f}, Abschürfung {f} |
| abrasion platform {n} (sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone) | :: Abrasionsplattform {f}, Abrasionsplatte {f} |
| abrasive {adj} (producing abrasion; rough) | :: abrasiv |
| abrasive {adj} (rough and coarse in manner or disposition) | :: schroff, rauh |
| abrasive disc {n} (rotating disc of abrasive material) | :: Schleifscheibe {f} |
| Abraum salts {n} (mixture) | :: Abraumsalz {n} |
| abreact {v} (eliminate previously repressed emotions) | :: abreagieren |
| abreaction {n} (psychoanalysis) | :: Abreaktion {f} |
| abreast {adv} (informed) | :: auf dem Laufenden |
| abreast {adv} (side by side) | :: beieinander |
| abreast {adv} (up to a certain level or line) | :: Schritt [with halten], auf dem Laufenden [with bleiben], auf der Höhe [with bleiben] |
| abridge {v} (to make shorter) | :: verkürzen, kürzen |
| abridge {v} (to shorten or contract by using fewer words) | :: verkürzen |
| abridged {adj} (cut or shortened, especially of a literary work) | :: gekürzt, verkürzt |
| abridgment {n} (state of being abridged) | :: Kürzung {f} |
| abridgment {n} (shortened version) | :: Auszug {m}, Kurzfassung {f}, Kurzform {f} |
| abroad {adv} (in foreign countries) | :: [place] im Ausland; [movement to] ins Ausland |
| abroad {n} (countries or lands abroad) | :: Ausland {n} |
| abrogate {v} (to annul by an authoritative act) | :: abschaffen |
| abrogate {v} (to put an end to) | :: zunichte machen, aufheben, rückgängig machen |
| abrogation {n} (act of abrogating) | :: Abschaffung {f}, Aufhebung {f}, Abolition {f}, Niederschlagung {f}, Abrogation {f} [law], Zurücknahme {f}, Kündigung {f}, Annullierung {f}, Annullieren {n} |
| Abruka {prop} (Estonian island located in the Gulf of Riga) | :: Abruka (Abro) |
| abrupt {adj} (extremely steep) | :: abrupt, jäh, schroff, steil |
| abrupt {adj} (without notice) | :: abrupt, jäh |
| abrupt {adj} (curt in manner) | :: einsiblig, wortkarg, kurz angebunden |
| abrupt {adj} (having sudden transitions from one state to next) | :: abrupt, jäh |
| abrupt {adj} (botany: truncated) | :: abgestumpft |
| abruptly {adv} (in an abrupt manner) | :: abrupt, plötzlich, unerwartet |
| abruptly {adv} (precipitously) | :: abgerissen, abschüssig |
| Absalom {prop} (Biblical character) | :: Abschalom |
| Absalom {prop} (male given name) | :: Absalom |
| abscess {n} (cavity filled with pus) | :: Abszess {m}, Eiterbeule {f} |
| abscissa {n} (first of two coordinates) | :: Abszisse {f} |
| abscissa {n} (horizontal axis) | :: Rechtsachse {f} |
| abscissin {n} (plant hormone) | :: Abscisinsäure {f} |
| abscond {v} (to flee, often secretly) | :: sich davonmachen, türmen, davonstehlen |
| abscond {v} (to withdraw from) | :: sich zurückziehen |
| abscond {v} (to hide (something)) | :: sich verstecken |
| abseil {v} (to descend a vertical drop using a rope) | :: abseilen |
| absence {n} (state of being away) | :: Abwesenheit {f}, Absenz {f} |
| absence {n} (lack; deficiency; non-existence) | :: Abwesenheit {f}, Fehlen {n} |
| absence {n} (inattention to things present) | :: Abwesenheit {f} |
| absence {n} (medical: temporary loss or disruption of consciousness) | :: Absence {f} |
| absence makes the heart grow fonder {proverb} (when someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love or miss them or it) | :: [semantically close, but rather rare] dem Auge fern, dem Herzen nah (far from the eye, close to the heart); [more common, but no exact match] willst du gelten, mach dich selten (if you want to be cherished, make yourself scarce) |
| absent {adj} (being away from a place) | :: abwesend |
| absent {adj} (inattentive) | :: geistig abwesend |
| absent {v} (to withhold from being present) | :: fehlen, fernbleiben |
| absentee {n} (person who is absent) | :: Abwesender {m}, Abwesende {f} |
| absent-minded {adj} (absent in mind) | :: zerstreut, geistesabwesend |
| absent-mindedly {adv} (preoccupiedly) | :: gedankenverloren, geistesabwesend |
| absent-mindedness {n} (state or quality of being preoccupied) | :: Zerstreutheit {f}, Stumpfsinn {m} |
| absinthe {n} (liquor) | :: Absinth {m}, Wermutbranntwein {n} |
| absinthe {n} (Artemisia absinthium) | :: Wermut {m} |
| absinthium {n} (Artemisia absinthium) SEE: wormwood | :: |
| absolute {adj} (free from limitations or conditions) | :: absolut |
| absolute {adj} | :: absolut |
| absolute alcohol {n} (reasonably pure ethyl alcohol) | :: absoluter Alkohol {m} |
| absolutely {adv} (in an absolute manner) | :: absolut, durchaus, (with negatives) gar |
| absolutely {interj} (yes; certainly) | :: allerdings, aber hallo |
| absolute magnitude {n} (intrinsic luminosity of a celestial body) | :: Absolute Helligkeit {f} |
| absolute majority {n} (A number of votes totalling over 50 per cent) | :: absolute Mehrheit {f} |
| absolute monarchy {n} (rule) | :: absolute Monarchie {f} |
| absoluteness {n} (the fact free from any conditions or other beings) | :: Absolutheit {f} |
| absolute pitch {n} (ability to identify and reproduce a tone) SEE: perfect pitch | :: |
| absolute superlative {n} (absolute superlative) | :: Elativ {m}; absoluter Superlativ {m} |
| absolute value {n} (numerical value of a real number) | :: Absolutwert {f}, Betrag {f} |
| absolute zero {n} (coldest possible temperature) | :: absoluter Nullpunkt {m} |
| absolution {n} (exercise of priestly jurisdiction in the sacrament of penance, by which Catholics believe the sins of the truly penitent are forgiven) | :: Absolution {f} |
| absolutism {n} (political science: absolute or arbritary government; despotism) | :: Absolutismus {m} |
| absolutist {n} (one who favors autocratic government) | :: Absolutist {m} |
| absolutist {n} (metaphysics) | :: Absolutist {m} |
| absolutist {adj} (of or pertaining to absolutism) | :: absolutistisch |
| absolutistic {adj} (pertaining to absolutism) | :: absolutistisch |
| absolutive case {n} (case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action) | :: Absolutiv {m} |
| absolve {v} (to set free) | :: entbinden, befreien, entlassen |
| absolve {v} (to pronounce free or give absolution) | :: freisprechen |
| absolve {v} (law: to pronounce not guilty; to grant a pardon for) | :: freisprechen, für unschuldig erklären |
| absolve {v} (theology: to pronounce free or give absolution from sin) | :: freisprechen, lossprechen, absolvieren |
| absolve {v} (obsolete: to finish, accomplish) | :: vollbringen, erreichen |
| absolve {v} (to pass a course or test; to gain credit for a class; to qualify academically) | :: bestehen, sich qualifizieren |
| absorb {v} (to include so that it no longer has separate existence) | :: absorbieren, (in sich) aufnehmen |
| absorb {v} (to suck up or drink in) | :: aufsaugen |
| absorb {v} (to learn) | :: aufnehmen |
| absorb {v} (to occupy fully) | :: (ganz) in Anspruch nehmen, fesseln |
| absorb {v} (to consume completely) | :: konsumieren, aufbrauchen |
| absorb {v} (to endure) | :: aushalten, ertragen |
| absorb {v} (physics: to take up by chemical or physical action) | :: absorbieren |
| absorbance {n} (logarithmic measure) | :: Absorbanz {f} |
| absorbed {adj} (fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed) | :: vertieft |
| absorbency {n} (quality of being absorbent) | :: Absorbierfähigkeit {f} |
| absorbent {adj} (absorbing) | :: saugfähig |
| absorber {n} (one who, or that which, absorbs) | :: Absorber {m}, Augsauger {m} |
| absorption {n} (act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything) | :: Absorption {f} |
| absorption {n} (act or process of being absorbed and made to disappear) | :: Absorption {f} |
| absorption {n} (chemistry, physics: imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action) | :: Absorption {f} |
| absorption {n} (physiology: process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed) | :: Absorption {f} |
| absorption {n} (entire occupation of the mind) | :: Vertiefung {f} |
| absorption line {n} (a spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength) | :: Absorptionslinie {f} |
| absquatulate {v} (to leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart) | :: fliehen, fortlaufen, davonmachen |
| abstain {v} (refrain from) | :: sich enthalten |
| abstain {v} (refrain from voting) | :: sich enthalten |
| abstain {v} (hinder, withhold) | :: abhalten |
| abstemious {adj} (refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink) | :: enthaltsam |
| abstention {n} (the act of abstaining) | :: Enthaltung {f} |
| abstergent {n} (a substance used in cleansing) | :: Reinigend |
| abstinence {n} (the act or practice of abstaining) | :: Enthaltsamkeit {f}, Abstinenz {f} |
| abstinence {n} (specifically, abstinence from alcohol) | :: Abstinenz {f} |
| abstinence {n} (specifically, abstinence from sexual intercourse) | :: Keuschheit {f} |
| abstinence {n} (the practice of self-denial) | :: Enthaltsamkeit {f} |
| abstinent {adj} (refraining from indulgence) | :: abstinent (mostly when referring to alcohol or smoking), enthaltsam (sexually abstinent, celibate) |
| abstinent {n} (one who abstains) | :: Abstinenzler {m} [often pejorative] |
| abstract {n} (an abridgement or summary) | :: Auszug {m}, Zusammenfassung {f} |
| abstract {adj} (apart from practice or reality; not concrete) | :: abstrakt |
| abstract {adj} (art: free from representational qualities) | :: abstrakt |
| abstract {v} (to separate; to disengage) | :: trennen |
| abstract {v} (to remove; to take away; to withdraw) | :: entziehen |
| abstract {v} (to consider abstractly) | :: abstrahieren |
| abstract algebra {n} (branch of mathematics) | :: abstrakte Algebra {f} |
| abstract art {n} (art that does not depict objects in the natural world) | :: abstrakte Kunst {f} |
| abstract away {v} (to ignore, omit) SEE: ignore | :: |
| abstract class {n} (in software - a class which cannot be instantiated) | :: abstrakte Klasse {f} |
| Abstract Expressionism {n} (genre of modern art) | :: abstrakter Expressionismus {m} |
| abstract factory pattern {n} (a software creation design pattern that decouples object creation) | :: Abstrakte Fabrik {f} |
| abstraction {n} (act of abstracting) | :: Abstraktion {f} |
| abstractionism {n} (abstract art) | :: Abstraktionismus {m} |
| abstract method {n} (software - a method of an abstract class that has to be implemented by all subtyping classes) | :: abstrakte Methode {f} |
| abstract noun {n} (noun that denotes an abstract concept) | :: Abstraktum {n}, abstraktes Substantiv {n}, Begriffswort {n} |
| abstruse {adj} | :: abstrus, unfaßbar |
| absurd {adj} (contrary to reason or propriety) | :: absurd |
| absurdism {n} (absurdity) SEE: absurdity | :: |
| absurdism {n} (philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational) | :: Absurdismus |
| Absurdistan {prop} (country where absurdity is the norm) | :: Absurdistan {n} |
| absurdity {n} (the quality of being absurd) | :: Absurdität {f} |
| absurdity {n} (an absurd action) | :: Absurdität {f} |
| Abu Dhabi {prop} (capital of UAE) | :: Abu Dhabi {n} |
| abugida {n} (writing system, see also: alphasyllabary) | :: Abugida {f} |
| abulia {n} (absence of will-power or decisiveness) | :: Abulie {f}, Entschlussunfähigkeit {f} |
| Abun {n} (father (title)) | :: Abun {m}, Abuna {m}, Abune {m} |
| abundance {n} (ample sufficiency) | :: Überfluss {m} |
| abundant {adj} (fully sufficient; plentiful) | :: reichlich, wohlhabend |
| abundantly {adv} (in an abundant manner) | :: reichlich |
| a burnt child dreads the fire {proverb} (a person that has been harmed by the danger becomes more cautious about it) | :: ein gebranntes Kind scheut das Feuer |
| abuse {n} (corrupt practice) | :: Missbrauch {m} |
| abuse {n} (improper usage) | :: Missbrauch |
| abuse {n} (insulting speech) | :: Beschimpfung {f}, Schmähung {f}, Beleidigung {f} |
| abuse {n} (physical maltreatment) | :: Misshandlung {f} |
| abuse {n} (sexual violation or assault) | :: Missbrauch {m} |
| abuse {v} (to use improperly) | :: missbrauchen |
| abuse {v} (to hurt) | :: missbrauchen |
| abuse {v} (to insult) | :: beschimpfen, beleidigen |
| abuse {v} (to rape) | :: vergewaltigen, missbrauchen |
| abuse {v} (to adulterate) SEE: adulterate | :: |
| abuse {n} (delusion) SEE: delusion | :: |
| abuse {n} (catachresis) SEE: catachresis | :: |
| abuser {n} (one who abuses) | :: Missbraucher |
| Abu Simbel {prop} (Egyptian village) | :: Abu Simbel {n} |
| abusio {n} (catachresis) SEE: catachresis | :: |
| abut {v} (to border on) | :: grenzen, angrenzen |
| abutment {n} (state of abutting) | :: Angrenzen {n} |
| abuzz {adj} (characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz) | :: schwirren |
| abysm {n} (abyss) SEE: abyss | :: |
| abysmal {adj} (pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound) | :: abgründig, abgrundtief |
| abysmal {adj} (extremely bad) | :: erbärmlich, jämmerlich, unterirdisch, unter aller Sau |
| abyss {n} (hell, bottomless pit) | :: Abgrund {m}, Hölle {f} |
| abyss {n} (bottomless or unfathomed depth) | :: Abgrund {m} |
| abyss {n} (moral depravity, vast intellectual or moral depth) | :: Abgrund {m} |
| Abyssinia {prop} (historical name of Ethiopia) | :: Abessinien {n} |
| Abyssinian {adj} (of or pertaining to Abyssinia) | :: abessinisch |
| Abyssinian {prop} (Amharic) SEE: Amharic | :: |
| abzyme {n} (antibody with catalytic properties) | :: Abzyme |
| AC {n} (alternating current) | :: Wechselstrom {m} |
| AC {n} (alternating potential) | :: Wechselspannung |
| acacia {n} (shrub or tree) | :: Akazie {f} |
| acacia tit {n} (Melaniparus thruppi) | :: Somalimeise {f}, Somalirußmeise {f}, Somali-Rußmeise {f} |
| academese {n} (artificial form of communicating prevalent in institutes of higher education) | :: Fachchinesisch {n} [pejorative] |
| academian {n} (member of an academy) | :: Akademiker {m}, Akademikerin {f} |
| academic {adj} (belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning) | :: akademisch |
| academic {adj} (scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific) | :: akademisch |
| academic {adj} (having an aptitude for learning) | :: intellektuell |
| academically {adv} (in an academic style or way) | :: akademisch |
| academically {adv} (in terms of educational achievement) | :: wissenschaftlich |
| academician {n} (member of an academy) | :: Akademiker {m}, Akademikerin {f} |
| academician {n} (collegian) | :: Akademiker {m}, Akademikerin {f}, Student {m}, Studentin {f} |
| academician {n} (member faculty) | :: Akademiker {m}, Akademikerin {f} |
| academicism {n} (art: traditional or orthodox formalism.) | :: Akademismus {m} |
| academic year {n} (time period) | :: Studienjahr {n} |
| academy {n} (learned society) | :: Akademie {f} |
| academy {n} (specialized school) | :: Akademie {f} |
| academy {n} (college or university) | :: Akademie, akademische Einrichtung {f} |
| academy {n} (place of training, school) | :: Akademie {f} |
| acai {n} | :: Kohlpalme {f} |
| acajou {n} (wood from trees of Meliaceae family) SEE: mahogany | :: |
| acajou {n} (cashew tree) SEE: cashew | :: |
| acajou {n} (cashew nut) SEE: cashew nut | :: |
| acanthesthesia {n} (tingling, numbing sensation as of being pierced) | :: Akanthästhesie {f}, Nadelgefühl {n} |
| acanthite {n} (a mineral form of silver sulfide) | :: Akanthit {m} |
| acanthocyte {n} (spur cell) SEE: spur cell | :: |
| a cappella {adv} (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment) | :: a cappella |
| acarophobia {n} | :: Acarophobie {f}, Akarophobie {f} |
| acaudate {adj} (tailless) SEE: tailless | :: |
| accelerate {v} (to cause to move faster) | :: beschleunigen |
| accelerate {v} (to quicken natural or ordinary progression or process) | :: beschleunigen |
| accelerate {v} (to hasten) | :: eilen, sich beeilen |
| accelerate {v} (to become faster) | :: schneller werden, beschleunigen |
| accelerated {adj} (moving or progressing faster than is usual) | :: beschleunigt |
| acceleration {n} (act or state) | :: Beschleunigung {f} |
| acceleration {n} (amount) | :: Beschleunigung {f} |
| acceleration {n} ((physics)) | :: Beschleunigung {f} |
| accelerationism {n} | :: Akzelerationismus {m} |
| accelerationist {n} (proponent of accelerationism) | :: Akzelerist {m} |
| accelerator {n} (one who, or that which, accelerates) | :: Beschleuniger {m} |
| accelerator {n} (device for causing acceleration) | :: Beschleuniger {m} |
| accelerator {n} (substance which speeds up chemical reactions) | :: Beschleuniger {m}, Katalysator {m} |
| accelerator {n} (accelerator pedal) | :: Gaspedal {n} |
| accelerometer {n} (instrument for measuring acceleration) | :: Beschleunigungssensor {m}, Beschleunigungsmesser {m} |
| accent {n} (stronger articulation) | :: Betonung {f} |
| accent {n} (orthography: mark to indicate accent) | :: Akzent {m}, Akzentzeichen {n} |
| accent {n} (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.) | :: Akzent {m} |
| accent {n} (word, significant tone or sound) | :: Betonung {f} |
| accent {n} (prosody: stress on syllables of a verse) | :: Betonung {f} |
| accent {n} (music: recurring stress on a tone) | :: Betonung {f} |
| accent {n} (music: special emphasis on a tone) | :: Betonung {f} |
| accent {n} (math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind) | :: Akzent {m} |
| accent {n} (mark to denote feet or inches) | :: Akzent {m} |
| accent {v} (to express the accent of) SEE: accentuate | :: |
| accent {v} (to mark with written accents) SEE: accentuate | :: |
| accent {n} (utterance) SEE: utterance | :: |
| accentologist {n} (one who studies accentology) | :: Akzentologe {m}, Akzentologin {f} |
| accentology {n} (systematic analysis of word or phrase stress) | :: Akzentologie {f} |
| accentor {n} (bird of the Prunella genus) | :: Braunelle {f} |
| accentuate {v} (to pronounce with an accent) | :: akzentuieren |
| accentuate {v} (to mark with a written accent) | :: hervorheben |
| accept {v} (to receive with consent) | :: annehmen, abnehmen, akzeptieren |
| accept {v} (to admit to a place or a group) | :: aufnehmen, akzeptieren, zulassen, einlassen |
| accept {v} (to regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in) | :: akzeptieren, annehmen |
| accept {v} (to receive as adequate or satisfactory) | :: annehmen, akzeptieren |
| accept {v} (to agree to) | :: akzeptieren, annehmen, zusagen, zustimmen |
| accept {v} (to endure patiently) | :: hinnehmen, auf sich nehmen, in Kauf nehmen, ertragen |
| accept {v} (to agree to pay) | :: kaufen, akzeptieren, annehmen |
| accept {v} (to receive officially) | :: annehmen, empfangen, entgegennehmen |
| accept {v} (to receive something willingly) | :: akzeptieren |
| acceptability {n} (acceptableness) | :: Zulässigkeit {f} |
| acceptable {adj} (capable, worthy or sure of being accepted) | :: annehmbar, akzeptabel |
| acceptance {n} (act of accepting) | :: Annahme {f} |
| acceptance {n} (state of being accepted) | :: Annahme {f} |
| acceptance {n} (assent and engagement by person on whom bill of exchange is drawn) | :: Annahme {f} |
| acceptance {n} (bill of exchange when accepted) | :: Vertrag {m} |
| acceptance {n} (agreeing which results in a legally binding contract) | :: Annahme {f} |
| acceptance {n} (etendue) SEE: etendue | :: |
| acceptancy {n} (acceptance) SEE: acceptance | :: |
| access {n} (way or means of approaching) | :: Zugang {m}, Eingang {m} |
| access {n} (act of approaching or entering) | :: Zugang {m} |
| access {n} (right or ability of approaching or entering) | :: Zugang {m}, Zutritt {m} |
| access {n} (outburst of an emotion) | :: Ausbruch {m}, Gefühlsausbruch {m}, Anfall {m} |
| access {n} (right to visit one's child) | :: Umgangsrecht {n} |
| access {n} (computing: process of locating data in memory) | :: Zugriff {m} |
| access {n} (communication with a computer program or the Internet) | :: Zugriff {m} |
| access {v} (computing: to have access to (data)) | :: Zugang haben, zugreifen |
| accessibility {n} (the quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach) | :: Zugänglichkeit {f}, Barrierefreiheit {f}, Erreichbarkeit {f} |
| accessibility {n} (feature that increases software usability) | :: Barrierefreiheit {f} |
| accessible {adj} (easy of access or approach) | :: zugänglich |
| accessible {adj} (built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities) | :: barrierefrei |
| accessible {adj} (of a person, approachable) | :: zugänglich |
| accessible {adj} (easily understood) | :: zugänglich |
| accession {n} (a coming to) | :: Beitritt {m} |
| accession {n} (increase by something added) | :: Zuwachs {m} |
| accession {n} ((legal) mode of acquiring property) | :: Vermögenszuwachs {m} |
| accession {n} (act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity) | :: Antritt {m}, Besteigung {f}, Thronbesteigung {f} |
| access modifier {n} (access specifier) SEE: access specifier | :: |
| accessory {adj} (having a supplementary function) | :: nebensächlich, zusätzlich, begleitend |
| accessory {n} (that which belongs to something else deemed the principal, attachment) | :: Zubehör {n} |
| accessory {n} (clothing accessory) | :: Accessoire {n} |
| accessory {n} (contributor to an offense) | :: Beihilfe {f} |
| accessory {n} (unessential part in a work of art) | :: Accessoire {n} |
| access specifier {n} | :: Zugriffsmodifikator {m} |
| accident {n} (unexpected event with negative consequences) | :: Unfall {m} |
| accident {n} (chance event) | :: Zufall {m} |
| accident {n} (transport: unintended event that causes damage) | :: Unfall {m} |
| accident {n} (euphemism: unintended pregnancy) | :: Unfall {m} |
| accident {n} (military: unplanned event resulting in injury) | :: Unfall {m} |
| accidental {adj} (happening by chance) | :: versehentlich, zufällig |
| accidental {n} (a property which is not essential) | :: Zufall {m}, Versehen {n} |
| accidentally {adv} (unexpectedly, unintentionally) | :: versehentlich |
| accidently {adv} (unexpectedly, unintentionally) SEE: accidentally | :: |
| acclaim {v} (to shout) | :: zujubeln |
| acclaim {v} (to shout applause) | :: applaudieren, klatschen |
| acclaim {v} (to applaud) | :: applaudieren, klatschen |
| acclaimed {adj} (greatly praised) | :: bejubelt, gefeiert |
| acclamation {n} (applause) | :: Zuruf |
| acclimation {n} (acclimatization) SEE: acclimatization | :: |
| acclimatization {n} (the act of acclimatizing) | :: Eingewöhnung {f}, Akklimatisierung {f} |
| acclimatize {v} (to get used to a new climate) | :: sich akklimatisieren |
| acclimatize {v} (to make used to a new climate) | :: akklimatisieren |
| acclimature {n} (act of acclimating) | :: Akklimatisierung {f} |
| accoil {v} (nautical sense) SEE: coil | :: |
| accolade {n} (an expression of approval; praise) | :: Ritterschlag {m} |
| accolade {n} (a salutation marking the conferring of knighthood) | :: Ritterschlag {m} |
| accolade {n} ((music) a brace used to join two or more staves) | :: Akkolade {f} |
| accolade {n} ((American military) written presidential certificate) | :: Akkolade |
| accommodate {v} (to render fit or suitable) | :: machen, endigen |
| accommodate {v} (to cause to come into agreement) | :: in Übereinstimmung bringen, anpassen |
| accommodate {v} (to provide housing for) | :: unterbringen, beherbergen, einquartieren |
| accommodate {v} (to provide with something desired) | :: einrichten |
| accommodate {v} (to show the correspondence of; adapt to fit) | :: anpassen |
| accommodate {v} (rare: to adapt oneself) | :: anpassen |
| accommodating {adj} (affording accommodation) | :: entgegenkommend, gefällig, zuvorkommend |
| accommodation {n} (lodging) | :: Unterkunft {f}, Übernachtung {f} |
| accommodation {n} (state of being fitted and adapted) | :: Anpassung |
| accompanied {adj} (being part of a group of at least two) | :: begleitet |
| accompaniment {n} (music: that which gives support or adds to the background) | :: Begleitung {f} |
| accompaniment {n} (that which accompanies) | :: Begleitung {f} |
| accompanist {n} (performer who takes the accompanying part) | :: Begleiter {m}, Begleiterin {f} |
| accompany {v} (to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition) | :: begleiten |
| accompany {v} (to attend as a companion) | :: begleiten |
| accompany {v} (to perform an accompanying part next to another instrument) | :: begleiten |
| accompany {v} (to keep company) | :: begleiten, geleiten |
| accompany {v} | :: beiliegen |
| accomplice {n} (associate in the commission of a crime) | :: Mittäter {m}, Mittäterin {f}, Komplize {m}, Komplizin {f} |
| accomplice {n} (cooperator) | :: Mitarbeiter {m}, Mittäter {m}, Partner {m}, Handlanger {m}, Helfer {m} |
| accomplish {v} (to finish successfully) | :: vollenden vollziehen, ausführen |
| accomplish {v} (to complete, as time or distance) | :: vollenden |
| accomplish {v} (to bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform) | :: vollenden |
| accomplish {v} ((archaic) to equip or furnish thoroughly) | :: vollenden |
| accomplished {adj} (completed) | :: erreicht, realisiert, bewerkstelligt, vollendet |
| accomplished {adj} (having many accomplishments) | :: vollendet, fähig, versiert |
| accomplished {adj} (showing skill) | :: vollendet |
| accomplishment {n} (the act of accomplishing) | :: Ausführung {f} Durchführung {f}, Vollendung {f}, Erfüllung {f} |
| accomplishment {n} (that which completes) | :: Fertigkeit {f}, Errungenschaft {f}, Fähigkeit {f} |
| accomplishment {n} (achievement) | :: Leistung {f} |
| accord {n} (agreement or concurrence of opinion) | :: Übereinstimmung {f} |
| accord {n} (harmony of sounds) | :: Akkord {m} |
| accordance {n} (agreement; harmony; conformity) | :: Übereinstimmung {f} |
| accordingly {adv} (agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable) | :: dementsprechend |
| accordingly {adv} (in natural sequence; consequently; so) | :: logischerweise |
| according to {prep} (based on statement) | :: laut, gemäß, zufolge, nach [+ dative case] |
| according to {prep} (in proportion) | :: entsprechend |
| according to plan {prep} (as intended, as planned) | :: nach Plan |
| accordion {n} (A small, portable, keyed wind instrument) | :: Akkordeon {n}, Ziehharmonika {f}, Handharmonika {f}, Handorgel {f}, [regional] Quetsche {f}, [slangy, humorous] Quetschkommode {f}, Schifferklavier {n} |
| accordionist {n} (player of the accordion) | :: Akkordeonspieler {m}, Akkordeonspielerin {f}, Akkordeonist {m}, Akkordeonistin {f} |
| accost {v} | :: sich nähern |
| accoucheur {n} (person who assists women in childbirth) | :: Entbindungspfleger {m}, Geburtshelfer {m}, Entbindungshelfer {m} |
| accoucheuse {n} (woman who assists women in childbirth) | :: Entbindungspflegerin {f}, Geburtshelferin {f}, Entbindungshelferin {f} |
| account {n} (a registry of pecuniary transactions) | :: Konto {n} |
| account {n} (a statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc.) | :: Begründung {f} |
| account {n} (a statement of facts or occurrences) | :: Bericht {m} |
| account {n} (a statement and explanation or vindication) | :: Rechenschaft {f} |
| account {n} (an authorization to use a service) | :: Konto {n} |
| account {v} (credit (to)) SEE: credit | :: |
| account {v} (account for) SEE: account for | :: |
| account {v} (account to) SEE: account to | :: |
| accountability {n} (state of being accountable) | :: Verantwortlichkeit {f}, Rechenschaftspflicht {f} |
| accountable {adj} (obliged to answer for one’s deeds) | :: verantwortlich |
| accountancy {n} (the profession of accounting) | :: Buchführungswesen |
| accountant {n} (a reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s)) | :: Buchhalter {m}, Buchhalterin {f} |
| accountant {n} (one whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another) | :: Buchhalter {m}, Buchhalterin {f} |
| account book {n} (a book in which accounts are kept) | :: Rechnungsbuch {n}, Geschäftsbuch {n}, Kontobuch {n} |
| account executive {n} (an executive in an advertising agency, or public relations firm who manages a client's account) | :: Kundenbetreuer {m} |
| account for {v} (to constitute in amount or portion) | :: ausmachen |
| accounting {n} (development and maintenance of system for recording and analyzing financial transactions) | :: Buchhaltung {f} |
| accounting cost {n} (total amount of money or goods) | :: Anschaffungskosten {p} |
| accounts payable {n} (money that is owed by a party, and is counted by that party as a debit) | :: Verbindlichkeiten {f-p} |
| accounts receivable {n} (total monetary amount) | :: Forderungen {f-p}, Debitorenbuchhaltung {f} |
| account statement {n} (bank statement) SEE: bank statement | :: |
| account to {v} (to be responsible to) | :: Rechenschaft ablegen, Rechenschaft schuldig sein |
| accourage {v} (encourage) SEE: encourage | :: |
| accoutred {adj} | :: gerüstet |
| Accra {prop} (capital of Ghana) | :: Accra {n} |
| accredit {v} (To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction) | :: akkreditieren |
| accredit {v} (To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.) | :: akkreditieren |
| accreditation {n} (giving of credentials) | :: Beglaubigung {f} |
| accretion {n} (act of increasing by natural growth) | :: Zunahme {f} |
| accretion disk {n} (structure formed by matter falling into a gravitational source) | :: Akkretionsscheibe {f} |
| accrual {n} (an increase) | :: Zuwachs {m} |
| accrual {n} (an accounting charge) | :: abgegrenzte Schulden {f}, Abgrenzungsposten {m}, Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten {m} |
| accrue {v} (increase) | :: anfallen |
| accubation {n} (the act or posture of reclining on a couch) | :: Akkubation {f}, Akkubition {f} |
| acculturate {v} (to change the culture of a person by the influence of another culture) | :: akkulturieren |
| acculturate {v} (to be changed by acculturation) SEE: acculture | :: |
| acculture {v} (familiarize oneself with a new culture) | :: akkulturieren |
| accumulate {v} (to pile up) | :: aufstauen |
| accumulate {v} (to grow in number) | :: sich vermehren |
| accumulation {n} (act of accumulating, the state of being accumulated) | :: Anhäufung {f} |
| accumulation {n} (concurrence of several titles to the same proof) | :: Konkurrenz {f} |
| accumulation {n} (continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings) | :: Anhäufung {f} |
| accumulator {n} (one who or that which accumulates) | :: Akkumulator {m} |
| accumulator {n} (wet-cell storage battery) | :: Akkumulator {m} |
| accuracy {n} (state of being accurate) | :: Genauigkeit {f}, Sorgfalt {f}, Exaktheit {f}, Richtigkeit {f}, Fehlerfreiheit {f} |
| accurate {adj} (exact or careful conformity to truth) | :: genau, präzise, exakt |
| accurately {adv} (exactly, precisely) | :: genau, akkurat, präzise |
| accusation {n} (act of accusing or charging with a crime) | :: Anklage {f}, Beschuldigung {f} |
| accusative {adj} (related to accusative case) | :: Akkusativ-, akkusativisch |
| accusative {n} (accusative case) | :: Akkusativ {m}, Wenfall {m}, vierter Fall {m} |
| accusative case {n} (case used to mark the immediate object) SEE: accusative | :: |
| accusatory {adj} (pertaining to, or containing, an accusation) | :: anklagend, anklägerisch |
| accuse {v} (attribute blame to someone) | :: beschuldigen, anklagen |
| accused {n} (defendant) | :: Angeklagte {m} |
| accused {adj} (having been accused) | :: angeklagt |
| accuser {n} (one who accuses) | :: Ankläger {m}, Ankläger {f} |
| accustom {v} (to make familiar by use) | :: gewöhnen |
| accustom {v} (to be wont) | :: sich gewöhnen [to get used/accustomed to], pflegen |
| accustom {v} (cohabit) SEE: cohabit | :: |
| accustomed {adj} (familiar) | :: gewohnt, gewöhnt |
| ace {n} (card with a single spot) | :: Ass {n} |
| ace {n} (tennis: point scored without the opponent hitting the ball) | :: Ass {n} |
| ace {n} (expert) | :: Ass {n} |
| ace {n} (excellent military aircraft pilot) | :: Ass {m} |
| acedia {n} (boredom) SEE: boredom | :: |
| ace in the hole {n} (ace up one's sleeve) SEE: ace up one's sleeve | :: |
| acenaphthene {n} (hydrocarbon found in coal tar) | :: Acenaphthen |
| acentric {adj} (without a center) | :: azentrisch |
| ace of aces {n} (ace with the greatest number of kills) | :: As der Asse |
| ace of clubs {n} (playing card) | :: Kreuz-Ass {n}, Kreuzass {n} |
| ace of diamonds {n} (playing card) | :: Karo-Ass {n}, Karoass {n} |
| ace of hearts {n} (playing card) | :: Herz-Ass {n}, Herzass {n} |
| ace of spades {n} (playing card) | :: Pik-Ass {n}, Pikass {n} |
| acephalic {adj} (headless) SEE: headless | :: |
| acephalous {adj} (without a leader or chief) SEE: leaderless | :: |
| acephalous {adj} (headless) SEE: headless | :: |
| acerbic {adj} (sour or bitter) | :: sauer, bitter |
| acerbic {adj} (sharp, biting) | :: ätzend, beißend |
| acerbity {n} (sourness) | :: Sauerkeit {f} |
| acerbity {n} (harshness) | :: Bitterkeit {f} |
| acetal {n} (any diether of a geminal diol) | :: Acetal {n} |
| acetaldehyde {n} (the organic compound CH3CHO) | :: Acetaldehyd {m} |
| acetamide {n} (amide of acetic acid) | :: Acetamid {n} |
| acetate {n} (salt or ester of acetic acid) | :: Azetat {n}, Acetat {n} |
| acetic acid {n} (clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH) | :: Essigsäure {f} |
| acetic anhydride {n} (organic compound) | :: Acetanhydrid {n}, Essigsäureanhydrid {n} |
| acetimeter {n} (an instrument) | :: Azetometer {n} |
| acetoacetic acid {n} (organic compound) | :: Acetessigsäure {f} |
| acetone {n} (the organic compound (CH3)2CO) | :: Aceton {n}, Azeton {n}, Propanon {n}, Dimethylketon {n} |
| acetonitrile {n} (the simplest organic cyanide or nitrile) | :: Acetonitril {n} |
| acetyl chloride {n} (acyl chloride of acetic acid) | :: Essigsäurechlorid {n} |
| acetylcholine {n} (the neurotransmitter compound) | :: Azetylcholin {n} |
| acetylcholinesterase {n} (enzyme) | :: Acetylcholinesterase {f} |
| acetylene {n} (acetylene) | :: Acetylen {n}, Azetylen {n} |
| acetylsalicylic acid {n} (acetate ester of salicylic acid; aspirin) | :: Acetylsalicylsäure {f} |
| acetyltransferase {n} (transacetylase) SEE: transacetylase | :: |
| ace up one's sleeve {n} (a surprise of which others are not aware) | :: Ass im Ärmel {n} |
| Achaea {prop} (a region in the northern head of the Peloponnese) | :: Achaia {n}, Achäa {n} |
| Achaean {n} (an inhabitant of Achaea) | :: Achäer {m} |
| Achaemenid Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty) | :: Achämenidenreich {n} |
| a chain is only as strong as its weakest link {proverb} (aphorism) | :: eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied |
| ache {v} (be in pain) | :: weh tun, schmerzen |
| ache {n} (dull pain) | :: Schmerz {m} |
| acheful {adj} (full of aches) | :: schmerzhaft, schmerzend |
| acheilia {n} (liplessness) SEE: liplessness | :: |
| achene {n} (small dry fruit) | :: Achäne {f}; genera Fragaria and Rosa: Nüsschen {n} |
| Acherontic {adj} (pertaining to or resembling Acheron) | :: acherontisch |
| achievable {adj} (capable of being achieved) | :: erreichbar, erzielbar, verwirklichbar |
| achieve {v} (to carry out successfully; to accomplish) | :: erreichen, realisieren |
| achieve {v} (to obtain, or gain as the result of exertion) | :: erreichen, erlangen |
| achievement {n} (act of achieving or performing) | :: Errungenschaft {f}, Leistung {f} |
| achievement {n} (great or heroic deed) | :: Großtat {f}, Heldentat {f} |
| achievement {n} (a reward in video games) | :: Errungenschaft {f}, Erfolg {m} |
| Achilles {prop} (Greek mythical hero) | :: Achilleus {m} |
| Achilles heel {n} (vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation) | :: Achillesferse {f} |
| Achilles tendon {n} (strong tendon in the calf of the leg) | :: Achillessehne {f} |
| achlamydeous {adj} (having no perianth) | :: achlamydeisch |
| ach-laut {n} (German sound) | :: Ach-Laut {m} |
| achoo {interj} (the sound of a sneeze) | :: hatschi, hatzi |
| achromia {n} (absence of pigmentation) | :: Achromie {f} |
| acid {adj} (sour, sharp, or biting to the taste) | :: sauer |
| acid {adj} (sour-tempered) | :: sauer |
| acid {n} (a sour substance) | :: Säure {f} |
| acid {n} (in chemistry) | :: Säure {f} |
| acid dissociation constant {n} | :: Säurekonstante {f} |
| acidic {adj} (chemistry: having pH less than 7) | :: sauer |
| acidic {adj} | :: sauer, säurehaltig |
| acidification {n} (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid) | :: Säurebildung {f} |
| acidifier {n} (simple or compound whose presence is necessary to produce acidity) | :: Säuerungsmittel {n} |
| acidify {v} (to make something acidic) | :: säuern |
| acidity {n} (quality or state of being acid) | :: Acidität |
| acidness {n} (acidity) SEE: acidity | :: |
| acidophilic {adj} (thriving under acidic conditions) | :: acidoklin, acidophil, säureliebend |
| acidosis {n} (abnormally increased acidity of the blood) | :: Azidose {f} |
| acid rain {n} (unusually acidic rain) | :: saurer Regen {m} |
| acid-resistant {adj} (able to resist acids) | :: säurebeständig |
| acid test {n} (Rigorous test or appraisal of the quality or worth) | :: Lackmustest |
| acidulous {adj} (slightly sour) | :: säuerlich |
| acknowledge {v} (to admit the knowledge of) | :: zur Kenntnis nehmen, erkennen, bekennen |
| acknowledge {v} (to admit the claims or authority of) | :: anerkennen |
| acknowledge {v} (to notify receipt) | :: den Empfang bestätigen |
| acknowledge {v} | :: anerkennen |
| acknowledgment {n} (act of acknowledging) | :: Anerkennung {f}, Bestätigung {f} [confirmation] |
| acknowledgment {n} (act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship) | :: Anerkennung {f}, Anerkenntnis {n} |
| acknowledgment {n} (award) | :: Anerkennung {f} |
| acknowledgment {n} (expression of thanks) | :: Danksagung {f} |
| acknowledgment {n} (message informing that the originator's communication has been received and understood) | :: Quittung {f} |
| acknowledgment {n} (indication of a successful receipt of a transmission) | :: Quittung {f} |
| acknowledgment {n} (act of a man admitting a child as his own) | :: Anerkennung {f} |
| acknowledgment {n} (formal statement or document recognizing the fulfilment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure) | :: Bestätigung {f} |
| acme {n} (the highest point) | :: Höhepunkt {m}, Gipfel {m} |
| acme {n} (full bloom) | :: Blüte des Lebens {f} |
| acne {n} (a skin condition) | :: Akne {f} |
| acne {n} (a pattern of blemishes resulting from the skin condition) | :: Akne {f} |
| acolyte {n} (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass) | :: Akolyth {m} |
| acolyte {n} (in general: assistant) | :: Gehilfe {m} |
| aconite {n} (herb wolfsbane) | :: Eisenhut |
| acorn {n} (fruit of the oak tree) | :: Eichel {f} |
| acorn woodpecker {n} (Melanerpes formicivorus) | :: Eichelspecht {m} |
| A Coruña {prop} (city in Galicia) | :: La Coruña {n} |
| acoustic {adj} (pertaining to hearing or the science of sounds) | :: akustisch |
| acoustic {adj} (producing or produced without electrical amplification) | :: akustisch |
| acoustical {adj} (of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics) | :: akustisch |
| acoustic coupler {n} | :: Akustikkoppler {m} |
| acoustician {n} (One versed in acoustics) | :: Akustiker {m}, Akustikerin {f} |
| acoustics {n} (quality of a space for doing music) | :: Akustik {f} |
| acoustics {n} (physics: a science of sounds) | :: Akustik {f} |
| acqua alta {n} (regular flooding in Venice) | :: Acqua alta {f}, Hochwasser {n} |
| acquaint {v} (to furnish or give experimental knowledge of) | :: vertraut machen |
| acquaint {v} (to communicate notice to) | :: in Kenntnis setzen [with davon], mitteilen , unterrichten [with darüber], informieren [with darüber ] |
| acquaintance {n} (state of being acquainted, acquaintanceship) | :: Bekanntschaft {f}, Umgang {m} |
| acquaintance {n} (person) | :: Bekannter {m}, Bekannte {f} |
| acquaintanceship {n} (the state of being acquainted) SEE: acquaintance | :: |
| acquaintanceship {n} (acquaintance) SEE: acquaintance | :: |
| acquainted {adj} (familiar) | :: bekannt |
| acquiescence {n} (silent or passive assent) | :: Duldung {f} |
| acquiescence {n} (inaction to take legal recourse which implies the abandonment of a right) | :: Verwirkung {f} |
| acquire {v} (to get) | :: erwerben |
| acquire {v} (to gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own) | :: erwerben, akquirieren |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome {n} (infectious disease caused by HIV) | :: erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom {n} |
| acquis communautaire {n} (full body of European Union law) | :: Besitzstand der Gemeinschaft {m}, gemeinschaftlicher Besitzstand {m} |
| acquisition {n} (act or process of acquiring) | :: Erwerb {m}, Aneignung {f} |
| acquisition {n} (thing acquired or gained; an acquirement; a gain) | :: Erwerb {m} |
| acquit {v} (to declare or find innocent or not guilty) | :: freisprechen, für unschuldig erklären |
| acquit {v} (to discharge (for example, a claim or debt)) | :: befreien, degagieren, entbinden, entlassen, erlassen, freisprechen |
| acquit {v} (to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, etc.) | :: abzahlen, begleichen, zurückzahlen |
| acquit {v} (to bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part) | :: sich halten, sich beweisen |
| acquit {v} (to clear oneself) | :: befreien, bereinigen, entledigen, reinigen, sich befreien |
| acquit {v} ((obsolete) to release, rescue) | :: freisprechen |
| acquit {v} ((obsolete) to pay for, to atone for) | :: abzahlen, begleichen, büßen, gutmachen, wiedergutmachen |
| acquit {v} | :: freisprechen |
| acquittal {n} (legal decision of not guilty) | :: Freispruch {m} |
| acrasia {n} (lack of self-control) | :: innerer Schweinehund {m}, Akrasia {f} |
| acre {n} (unit of surface area) | :: Morgen {m}, Acker {m}, Joch {n}, Joch Landes {n}, Juchart {m} {f} [Swiss] |
| Acre {prop} (city) | :: Akkon {n} |
| acrimonious {adj} (angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies) | :: erbittert, bissig |
| acrimony {n} (bitter hatred) | :: Verbitterung {f}, bitterer Hass {m} |
| acrivastine {n} (drug) | :: Acrivastin {n} |
| acrobat {n} (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination) | :: Akrobat {m}, Akrobatin {f} |
| acrobatic {adj} (of or pertaining to an acrobat) | :: akrobatisch, artistisch |
| acrobatics {n} (art of performing acrobatic feats) | :: Akrobatik {f} |
| acrocyanosis {n} (acrocyanosis) | :: Akrozyanose, Akroasphyxie, Acroasphyxia |
| acrolect {n} (variety of speech that is considered the standard form) | :: Akrolekt {m} |
| acromegaly {n} (chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones) | :: Akromegalie {f} |
| acronym {n} (word formed by initial letters) | :: Akronym {n} |
| acronymania {n} (enthusiastic creation and use of acronyms) | :: Abkürzungsfimmel {m} |
| acrophobia {n} (fear of heights) | :: Höhenangst {f}, Akrophobie {f} |
| Acropolis {prop} (Athenian Acropolis) | :: Akropolis {f} |
| across {prep} (from the far side) | :: über |
| across {prep} (on the opposite side) | :: gegenüber |
| across {prep} (from one side to another) | :: quer |
| acrostic {n} (poem or text in which certain letters spell out a name or message) | :: Akrostichon {n} |
| acrylamide {n} (Amide of acrylic acid) | :: Acrylamid {n} |
| acrylic {n} (acrylic resin) SEE: acrylic resin | :: |
| acrylic fiber {n} (Synthetic fibers made from a polymer) | :: Akrylfaser, Harz {n} |
| acrylic resin {n} (acrylic resin) | :: Acrylharz {n} |
| act {n} (deed) | :: Handlung {f}, Tat {f}, Akt {m} |
| act {n} (statute) | :: Gesetz {n} |
| act {n} (process of doing) | :: Akt {m}, Handlung {f} |
| act {n} (formal record of something done) | :: Akte {f} |
| act {n} (drama: division of theatrical performance) | :: Akt {m} |
| act {n} (display of behaviour) | :: Spiel {n} |
| act {v} (to do something) | :: handeln, tun, machen |
| act {v} (to perform a theatrical role) | :: spielen |
| act {v} (to behave in a certain way) | :: spielen, benehmen, fungieren |
| act {v} (to respond to information) | :: agieren |
| act {v} (to have an effect on) | :: wirken, agieren, auswirken |
| acting {adj} (temporarily assuming the duties or authority) | :: amtierender, stellvertretend, geschäftsführend |
| actinia {n} (a sea anemone) | :: Seeanemone {f} |
| actinium {n} (chemical element) | :: Actinium {n} |
| actinobiology {n} (study of the effects of radiation upon living organisms) | :: Aktinobiologie {f} |
| actinolite {n} (mineral with monoclinic crystals belonging to the amphibole group) | :: Aktinolith |
| action {n} (something done so as to accomplish a purpose) | :: Handlung {f}, Aktion {f} |
| action {n} (way of motion or functioning) | :: Bewegung {f}, Funktion {f} |
| action {n} (fast-paced activity) | :: Action {f} |
| action {n} (mechanism) | :: Mechanismus {m} |
| action {n} (military: combat) | :: Kampf {m} |
| action {n} (law: a charge) | :: Klage {f} |
| action at a distance {n} | :: Fernwirkung {f} |
| action figure {n} (children's toy) | :: Action-Figur {f} |
| actionism {n} (An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change) | :: Aktionismus {m} |
| action movie {n} (a type of motion picture) | :: Actionfilm {m} |
| action plan {n} (planned series of actions) | :: Aktionsplan {m} |
| action potential {n} (electrical potential) | :: Aktionspotential {n} |
| actions speak louder than words {proverb} (it is more effective to act than speak) | :: Taten statt Worte; Nägel mit Köpfen machen; Taten sagen mehr als Worte |
| actions speak louder than words {proverb} (actions indicate true sentiments) | :: Taten sagen mehr als Worte; an ihren Taten sollt ihr sie erkennen |
| action verb {n} (word that expresses action) | :: Handlungsverb {n} |
| action word {n} (verb) SEE: verb | :: |
| activate {v} (to put into operation) | :: aktivieren |
| activate {v} (to activate a software functionality) SEE: enable | :: |
| activated carbon {n} (absorbent form of finely powdered carbon) | :: Aktivkohle {f} |
| activation {n} (making active) | :: Aktivierung {f}, Aktivieren {n} |
| activator {n} (chemical increasing transcription) | :: Aktivator {m}, Beschleuniger {m} |
| active {adj} (having the quality or power of acting) | :: aktiv |
| active {adj} (quick in physical movement) | :: gewandt, flink |
| active {adj} (in action) | :: aktiv |
| active {adj} (given to action) | :: tätig |
| active {adj} (given to action rather than contemplation) | :: rührig |
| active {adj} (in grammar) | :: aktiv |
| active duty {n} (active duty) | :: aktiver Dienst {m}, militärischer Einsatz {m} |
| active galactic nucleus {n} (region) | :: aktiver galaktischer Kern {m} |
| actively {adv} (in an active manner) | :: aktiv |
| actively {adv} (in the active form) | :: active |
| active power {n} (the real component of the power of an alternating current circuit) | :: Wirkleistung {f} |
| active voice {n} (the form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action) | :: Aktiv {n}, Aktivum {n} |
| active volcano {n} (active volcano) | :: aktiver Vulkan {m} |
| activism {n} (practice of using action to achieve a result) | :: Aktivismus {m} |
| activist {n} (one who is politically active) | :: Aktivist {m}, Aktivistin {f} |
| activistic {adj} (activist) SEE: activist | :: |
| activity {n} (state or quality of being active) | :: Aktivität {f}, Tätigkeit {f} |
| activity {n} (something done as an action or a movement) | :: Aktivität {f}, Handlung {f} |
| activity {n} (something done for pleasure or entertainment) | :: Aktivität {f}, Unternehmung {f} |
| act of God {n} (unforeseen occurrence) | :: höhere Gewalt {f} |
| act one's age {v} (to be mature and not childish) | :: sich seinem Alter entsprechend benehmen |
| actor {n} (person who performs in a theatrical play or film, see also: actress) | :: Schauspieler {m}, Schauspielerin {f} [actress] |
| actor {n} (one who acts; a doer) | :: Handelnder {m}, Handelnde {f} [der / die Handelnde] |
| actor {n} (plaintiff) SEE: plaintiff | :: |
| act out {v} (to express one's feelings through disruptive actions) | :: ausleben |
| actress {n} (female actor, see also: actor) | :: Schauspielerin {f} |
| Acts {prop} (Book of Acts) SEE: Acts of the Apostles | :: |
| Acts of the Apostles {prop} (fifth book of the New Testament) | :: Apostelgeschichte {f} |
| actual {adj} (existing in act or reality, not just potentially) | :: tatsächlich, konkret |
| actual {adj} (in action at the time being) | :: gegenwärtig, aktuell |
| actual {adj} (emphasise a noun) | :: tatsächlich |
| actualism {n} (the belief that only actual things exist) | :: Aktualismus {m} |
| actualize {v} (make real) | :: realisieren, verwirklichen |
| actualize {v} (become real) | :: sich verwirklichen |
| actually {adv} (In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively) | :: eigentlich |
| actuary {n} (maker of insurance calculations) | :: Versicherungsfachmann {m}, Versicherungsmathematiker {m}, Aktuar {m} |
| acuity {n} (sharpness or acuteness) | :: Schärfe {f} |
| acumen {n} (quickness of perception) | :: Scharfsinn {m} |
| acupuncturation {n} (acupuncture) SEE: acupuncture | :: |
| acupuncture {n} (insertion of needles for remedial purposes) | :: Akupunktur {f} |
| acute {adj} (intense, sensitive, sharp, see also: intense; sensitive; sharp) | :: scharf |
| acute {adj} ((geometry) of an angle: less than 90 degrees) | :: spitz |
| acute {adj} ((medicine) of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset) | :: akut |
| acute {adj} ((geometry) of a triangle: having all internal angles acute) SEE: acute-angled | :: |
| acute {n} (acute accent) SEE: acute accent | :: |
| acute accent {n} (acute accent) | :: Akut {m} |
| acute angle {n} (angle measuring less than ninety degrees) | :: spitzer Winkel {m} |
| acute-angled {adj} (geometry) | :: spitzwinklig |
| acyclic digraph {n} (directed acyclic graph) SEE: directed acyclic graph | :: |
| acyl {n} (any of a class of organic radicals) | :: Acyl {n} |
| acylation {n} (the process of adding an acyl to a compound) | :: Acylierung {f} |
| AD {adv} (anno Domini) | :: n. Chr. (nach Christus, nach Christo); n. Chr. Geb., n. Chr. G. (nach Christi Geburt) |
| adage {n} (old saying) | :: Sprichwort {n}, geflügeltes Wort {n} |
| Adam {prop} (first man in Abrahamic religions) | :: Adam {m} |
| Adam {prop} (male given name) | :: Adam {m} |
| Adam and Eve {prop} (the first man and woman (according to Genesis)) | :: Adam und Eva |
| adamant {adj} (determined; unshakeable; unyielding) | :: unnachgiebig, unerbittlich, felsenfest, rigoros, hartnäckig, stur, steinhart, eisern, fest, unerschütterlich, undurchdringbar, unüberwindbar, unverrückbar, sehr hart |
| adamant {n} (rock or mineral) | :: adamant |
| adamant {n} (magnet or loadstone) SEE: magnet | :: |
| Adam's apple {n} (lump in the throat) | :: Adamsapfel {m} |
| Adangme {prop} (a Niger-Congo language spoken in southeastern Ghana) | :: Dangme |
| adapt {v} (to make suitable) | :: anpassen, angleichen, anwenden, einrichten |
| adapt {v} (to fit by alteration) | :: anpassen, modifizieren, überarbeiten, umarbeiten, adaptieren, umschreiben, einpassen, bearbeiten |
| adapt {v} (to make by altering) | :: herrichten, rezipieren, nachempfinden, nachgestalten |
| adapt {v} (to change to make oneself suitable) | :: assimilieren, akkommodieren |
| adapt {adj} (adapted (adjective)) | :: adaptiert |
| adaptability {n} (quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable) | :: Anpassungsfähigkeit {f} |
| adaptable {adj} (capable of adapting or of being adapted) | :: anpassungsfähig |
| adaptation {n} | :: Anpassung {f}, Adaptation {f} |
| adaptative {adj} (adaptive) SEE: adaptive | :: |
| adaptee {n} (class converted to another with a so-called adapter class) | :: Adaptierte {f} |
| adapter {n} (device to allow compatibility (in general)) | :: Adapter {m} |
| adapter {n} (device allowing more plugs at an outlet) | :: Steckdosenleiste {f}, Steckerleiste {f} |
| adapter {n} (device allowing plug to fit in an outlet of different type) | :: Adapter {m} |
| adaptive {adj} (of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable) | :: adaptiv |
| ad banner {n} (advertisement that stretches across a web site) | :: Werbebanner {m} |
| add {v} (to append, as a statement) | :: addieren |
| add {v} (to make an addition) | :: hinzufügen |
| add {v} (to perform the arithmetical operation of addition, to add up) | :: addieren |
| addend {n} (any of various terms added together) | :: Summand {m} |
| addend {n} (term added to another) | :: zweiter Summand {m} |
| addendum {n} (something to be added) | :: Anhang {m}, Nachtrag {m} |
| adder {n} (snake) | :: Natter {f} |
| adder {n} (viper) | :: Otter {f}, Viper {f}, Kreuzotter {f} |
| adder stone {n} (stone with a naturally formed hole) | :: ≈ Hühnergott {m} |
| add fuel to the fire {v} (worsen a conflict) | :: Öl ins Feuer gießen |
| addict {n} (person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug) | :: Süchtiger |
| addict {v} (to cause to become addicted) | :: süchtig machen |
| addicted {adj} (having an insatiable need for a biochemical substance) | :: süchtig |
| addiction {n} (the state of being addicted) | :: Abhängigkeit {f}, Sucht {f} |
| addiction {n} (a habit or practice) | :: Abhängigkeit {f} |
| addictive {adj} (tending to cause addiction) | :: süchtig machend, verführerisch |
| addictologist {n} (person who practises addictology) | :: Addiktologe {m}, Addiktologin {f}, Suchtmediziner {m}, Suchtmedizinerin {f} |
| addictology {n} (the study of addictions) | :: Addiktologie {f} |
| adding machine {n} | :: Addiermaschine {f} |
| add insult to injury {v} (to further a loss with mockery or indignity) | :: Salz in die Wunde streuen |
| Addis Ababa {prop} (capital of Ethiopia) | :: Addis Abeba |
| Addison's disease {n} (Addison's disease) | :: Addison-Krankheit {f} |
| addition {n} (act of adding) | :: Zufügung {f}, Hinzufügung {f} |
| addition {n} (thing added) | :: Zusatz {m} |
| addition {n} (arithmetic: process of adding) | :: Addition {f} |
| addition {n} (arithmetic: thing added) | :: Summant {m} |
| additional {adj} (Supplemental or added to) | :: zusätzlich |
| addition sign {n} (plus sign) SEE: plus sign | :: |
| additive {n} (substance added to another substance to produce certain properties) | :: Zusatzstoff {m}, Zusatz {m}, Additiv {n} |
| additive manufacturing {n} | :: additive Fertigung {f}, generative Fertigung {f}, additive Herstellung {f} |
| addon {n} (add-on) SEE: add-on | :: |
| add-on {n} (something which can be appended to something else) | :: Erweiterung {f} |
| add-on {n} (software: extension of core application) | :: Erweiterung {f}; (colloquial:) Addon {n} / Add-on {n} / Add-On {n} |
| address {n} (direction for letters) | :: Adresse {f}, Anschrift {f} |
| address {n} (act of addressing oneself to a person) | :: Ansprache {f} |
| address {n} (manner of speaking to another) | :: Art {f}, Anrede {f} |
| address {n} (attention in the way one addresses a lady) | :: Ansprache {f} |
| address {n} (skill) | :: Fähigkeit {f} |
| address {n} | :: Anrede {f}, Diskurs {m} |
| address {v} ((obsolete in English) to direct speech) | :: ansprechen |
| address {v} (reflexively: to prepare oneself) | :: sich vorbereiten |
| address {v} (to direct in writing) | :: adressieren |
| address {v} (to refer a location in computer memory) | :: adressieren |
| address bar {n} (bar in a web browser that displays the address) | :: Adresszeile {f} |
| address book {n} (small book with addresses) | :: Adressbuch {n} |
| addressee {n} (person or organization to which something is addressed or sent) | :: Adressat {m}, Adressatin {f}, Empfänger {m}, Empfängerin {f}, Rezipient {m}, Rezipientin {f} |
| addresser {n} (a person who addresses an object to be delivered) | :: Versender {m}, Versenderin {f} |
| addresser {n} (a machine that addresses) | :: Adressiermaschine {f} |
| addressing {n} | :: Adressierung |
| add up {v} (be reasonable or consistent) SEE: make sense | :: |
| Adela {prop} (female given name) | :: Adele {f} |
| Adelaide {prop} (female given name) | :: Adelheid {f} |
| Adelaide {prop} (state capital of South Australia) | :: Adelaide |
| Adele {prop} (female given name) SEE: Adela | :: |
| Adelie penguin {n} (Pygoscelis adeliae) | :: Adeliepinguin {m} |
| Aden {prop} (seaport of Yemen) | :: Aden {n} |
| adenectomy {n} (surgical removal of the adenoid glands) | :: Adenektomie |
| adenine {n} (base that pairs with thymine or uracil) | :: Adenin {n} |
| adenoid {n} (folds of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium) | :: Mandel {f} |
| adenoma {n} (benign tumour) | :: Adenom {n}, gutartige Drüsengeschwulst {f},, Drüsengeschwulst {f} |
| adenopathy {n} (any glandular disease) | :: Lymphadenopathie {f} |
| adenosine triphosphate {n} (adenosine triphosphate) | :: Adenosintriphosphat |
| adept {adj} (well skilled) | :: geschickt, fähig, geübt, befähigt, erfahren, versiert, bewandert, eingeweiht, kundig |
| adept {n} (one fully skilled or well versed in anything) | :: Meister {m} |
| adequate {adj} (equal to some requirement) | :: angemessen, adäquat |
| adequateness {n} (meeting needs) | :: Adäquatheit {f} |
| adermatoglyphia {n} (rare congenital absence of epidermal ridges; genetic disorder which causes this condition) | :: Adermatoglyphie |
| adessive {n} (the adessive case, or a word in that case) | :: Adessiv {m} |
| adessive case {n} (noun case used to indicate adjacent location) | :: Adessiv {m} |
| adhan {n} ((Islam) The call to prayer) | :: Adhān {m}, Muezzinruf {m} |
| adhere {v} (To stick fast or cleave) | :: kleben |
| adhere {v} (To hold, be attached, or be devoted) | :: halten |
| adhere {v} (To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree) | :: sich (an etwas) halten, befolgen, festhalten |
| adherence {n} (support for a cause) | :: Unterstützung {f} |
| adherent {adj} (adhesive) | :: klebend, anhaftend |
| adherent {adj} (that has the quality of clinging) | :: anhängend |
| adherent {n} (a person who has membership in some group) | :: Mitglied {n}, Anhänger {m} |
| adhesion {n} (ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance) | :: Adhäsion {f}, Haftung {f} |
| adhesion {n} (abnormal union of surface) | :: Verwachsung {f} |
| adhesive {adj} (sticky) | :: klebend, adhäsiv |
| adhesive {adj} (clinging) | :: klebrig |
| adhesive {n} (substance that provides or promotes adhesion) | :: Klebstoff {m}, Kleber {m}, Leim {m} |
| adhesive tape {n} (adhesive tape generally) | :: [more formal] Klebeband {n}; [more informal] Tesafilm {m}, {n}, Tesa {n}, |
| ad hoc {adj} (for this particular purpose) | :: ad hoc |
| ad hoc {adj} (special) SEE: special | :: |
| ad hoc {adj} (impromptu) SEE: impromptu | :: |
| ad hominem {n} (personal attack) | :: persönlicher Angriff {m} |
| adiabatic {adj} (occurring without gain or loss of heat) | :: adiabatisch |
| adicity {n} (number of arguments) | :: Stelligkeit {f} |
| adieu {interj} (farewell, goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adieu {n} (a farewell) | :: Adieu {n} |
| Adige {prop} (river in South Tyrol) | :: Etsch {f}, Adige {f} |
| ad infinitum {adv} (endlessly) | :: endlos, ad infinitum |
| adios {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| adipose tissue {n} (tissue) | :: Fettgewebe {n} |
| adiposity {n} (obesity) | :: Adipositas {f}, Fettleibigkeit {f}, Obesitas {f}, Fettsucht {f}, Übergewicht {n} |
| adjacent {adj} (lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring) | :: daneben, anliegend, benachbart, adjazent |
| adjacent {adj} (just before, after, or facing) | :: umliegend, nachfolgend, darauffolgend |
| Adjara {prop} (autonomous republic of Georgia) | :: Adscharien {n} |
| adjectival {adj} (functioning as an adjective) | :: beiwörtlich, eigenschaftswörtlich; adjektivisch, Adjektiv- |
| adjectival pronoun {n} (pronoun) | :: adjektivisches Pronomen {n}, Adjektivpronomen {n} |
| adjective {n} ((grammar) a word that modifies a noun or describes a noun’s referent) | :: Adjektiv {n}, Eigenschaftswort {n}, Beiwort {n}, Wiewort {n}, Beschreibungswort {n} |
| adjective {adj} (methods of enforcement and rules of procedure) | :: formal |
| adjective {adj} (adjectival) SEE: adjectival | :: |
| adjective phrase {n} (Phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun) | :: Adjektivphrase {f}, adjektivisches Satzglied {n} |
| adjectivization {n} (the process or result of adjectivizing) | :: Adjektivierung {f} |
| adjika {n} (spicy paste from the Caucasus) | :: Adschika {f} |
| adjoining {adj} (being in contact at some point) | :: benachbart, angrenzend |
| adjoint {adj} (matrix) | :: adjungiert |
| adjoint {n} (matrix) | :: Adjungierte {f} |
| adjourn {v} (to postpone) | :: unterbrechen [short period of time], vertagen [long period of time] |
| adjourn {v} (to defer) | :: aufschieben |
| adjourn {v} (to end or suspend an event) | :: schließen, aufheben |
| adjourn {v} (to move from one place to another) | :: sich begeben, sich zurückziehen [participants]; verlegen [venue] |
| adjournment {n} (the state of being adjourned) | :: Vertagung {f} [postponement], Verschiebung {f} |
| adjudicator {n} (one who adjudicates) | :: Schiedsrichter {m}, Schiedsrichterin {f} |
| adjunct {n} (appendage) | :: Hilfs-, Zusatz- |
| adjust {v} (to modify) | :: anpassen, abstimmen, ausrichten, justieren, geringfügig ändern, leicht abändern, etwas verstellen |
| adjust {v} (to improve or rectify) | :: berichtigen, nachbessern |
| adjust {v} (to change to fit circumstances) | :: anpassen [reflexive], einfügen [reflexive], einleben [reflexive], eingewöhnen [reflexive] |
| adjustable {adj} (capable of being adjusted) | :: einstellbar, justierbar, verstellbar |
| adjustable spanner {n} (adjustable hand tool) | :: Rollgabelschlüssel {m}, Engländer {m} |
| adjustment {n} (action of adjusting) | :: Anpassen {n}, geringfügiges Ändern {n} |
| adjustment {n} (result of adjusting, small change) | :: Anpassung {f}, Regulierung {f}, geringfügige Änderung {f} |
| adjutant {n} (lower-ranking officer) | :: Adjutant {m} |
| adjutant {n} (assistant) | :: Assistent {m} |
| ad lib {adv} (at pleasure) | :: beliebig, nach Herzenslust, nach Belieben |
| ad lib {adv} (at will) | :: beliebig |
| ad lib {adv} (extemporaneously) | :: improvisiert |
| ad lib {adj} (extemporaneous) | :: improvisiert, unvorbereitet |
| ad lib {v} (to perform without script) | :: improvisieren |
| ad lib {v} (to perform without preparation) | :: improvisieren |
| ad lib {v} (to perform extemporaneously) | :: improvisieren |
| adminicle {n} (aid) SEE: aid | :: |
| adminicle {n} (auxiliary) SEE: auxiliary | :: |
| administer {v} (to cause to take by openly offering or through deceit) | :: darreichen, verabreichen |
| administer {v} (to work in an administrative capacity; to supervise) | :: verwalten, administrieren |
| administrate {v} (administer) SEE: administer | :: |
| administration {n} (the act of administering) | :: Verwaltung {f}, Administration {f} |
| administration {n} (the executive part of government) | :: Verwaltung {f} |
| administration {n} (the act of administering or tendering something to another) | :: Verabreichung {f} |
| administrative {adj} (of or relating to administering or administration) | :: administrativ |
| administrative law {n} (laws that pertain to the administrative agencies of government) | :: Verwaltungsrecht {n} |
| administrator {n} (one who administers affairs) | :: Verwalter {m}, Verwaltungsleiter {m}, Sachbearbeiter {m}, Administrator {m} (Computer) |
| administrator {n} (law: one to whom the right of administration has been committed) | :: Nachlassverwalter {m} |
| admirable {adj} (deserving of the highest esteem or admiration) | :: bewundernswert |
| admirably {adv} (to an admirable degree) | :: bewundernswert |
| admiral {n} (naval officer of the highest rank) | :: Admiral {m} |
| admiral of the fleet {n} (top rank in other navies) | :: Großadmiral |
| Admiral of the Fleet {prop} (nautical rank) SEE: admiral of the fleet | :: |
| admiralty {n} (office or jurisdiction) | :: Admiralität, Seebehörde, Admiralsamt, Admiralswürde |
| Admiralty Islands {prop} (group of islands) | :: Admiralitätsinseln |
| admiration {n} (adoration; appreciation) | :: Bewunderung {f} |
| admire {v} (regard with wonder and delight) | :: bewundern, verehren, hochschätzen |
| admirer {n} (one who admires) | :: Bewunderer {m}, Bewundrerin {f}, Bewunderin {f} |
| admissibility {n} (state or quality) | :: Zulässigkeit {f} |
| admissible {adj} (capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable) | :: akzeptabel, annehmbar |
| admission {n} (the act or practice of admitting) | :: Zulassung {f}, Aufnahme {f}, Einlass {m}, Anerkennung {f}, Eintritt {m} |
| admission {n} (power or permission to enter) | :: Zutritt {m}, Eintritt {m}, Einlass {m}, Zugang {m} |
| admission {n} ((law) acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another) | :: Schuldeingeständnis {n} |
| admission {n} (a fact, point, or statement admitted) | :: Eingeständnis {n} |
| admission {n} (cost or fee associated with attendance or entry) | :: Eintrittspreis {m}, Aufnahmegebühr {f} |
| admit {v} (to allow to enter; to grant entrance) | :: einlassen, zulassen |
| admit {v} (to concede as true) | :: zugeben |
| admittedly {adv} (by admission) | :: zugegebenermaßen |
| admixture {n} | :: Beimischung |
| admonish {v} (warn or notify of a fault; exhort) | :: ermahnen, warnen |
| admonish {v} (warn against danger or an offense) | :: warnen |
| admonition {n} (gentle or friendly reproof) | :: Ermahnung {f} |
| ad nauseam {adv} (to a sickening degree) | :: bis zum Geht-nicht-mehr |
| adnominal {adj} | :: adsubstantivisch |
| ado {n} (doing; trouble; difficulty; troublesome business; fuss; bustle; as, to make a great ado about trifles) | :: Getue {n} |
| ado {n} | :: Getöse {n}, Lärm {m}, Mühe {f} |
| adobe {n} (unburnt brick) | :: Adobe {m}, Lehmziegel {m} |
| adolescence {n} (period between childhood and maturity) | :: Adoleszenz {f}, Pubertät {f}, Flegeljahre {p}, Flegelalter {n} |
| adolescent {n} (a teenager) | :: Jugendliche {m} |
| Adolf {prop} (male given name) SEE: Adolph | :: |
| Adolph {prop} (male given name) | :: Adolf |
| Adolphus {prop} (male given name) SEE: Adolph | :: |
| Adonai {prop} (one of the names of God in Judaism) | :: Adonai |
| adopt {v} (to take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen) | :: adoptieren |
| adopt {v} (to take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally) | :: annehmen, übernehmen |
| adoptee {n} (adopted son or daughter) | :: Adoptierter {m}, Adoptierte {f} |
| adoptee {n} (person who was adopted as a child) | :: Adoptierter {m}, Adoptierte {f} |
| adoption {n} (act of adopting, or state of being adopted) | :: Adoption {f} |
| adoptive {adj} (related through adoption) | :: adoptiv |
| adoptive father {n} (man who has adopted a child) | :: Adoptivvater {m} |
| adoptive mother {n} (woman who has adopted a child) | :: Adoptivmutter {f} |
| adorable {adj} (befitting of being adored) | :: süß, lieb, nett, bezaubernd, goldig, niedlich |
| adoration {n} (an act of religious worship) | :: Anbetung {f} |
| adore {v} (worship) | :: anbeten, verehren |
| adore {v} (love with entire heart and soul) | :: anbeten, verehren |
| adorn {v} (to make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate) | :: schmücken, zieren, verzieren |
| adornment {n} (a decoration; that which adorns) | :: Verzierung {f} |
| adorn oneself with borrowed plumes {v} (adorn oneself with borrowed plumes) | :: sich mit fremden Federn schmücken |
| adposition {n} (element combining with a phrase and indicating how to interpret the phrase in the context) | :: Adposition {f}, Präposition {f} (broad sense), Verhältniswort, Lagewort |
| adrenal {n} (noun sense) SEE: adrenal gland | :: |
| adrenal gland {n} (endocrine gland situated above the kidney) | :: Nebenniere {f} |
| adrenaline {n} (the compound epinephrine) | :: Adrenalin {n} |
| adrenergic {adj} (having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine) | :: adrenerg |
| adrenergic {adj} (containing or releasing adrenaline) | :: adrenerg |
| Adrian {prop} (male given name) | :: Adrian |
| Adriatic {prop} (Adriatic Sea) SEE: Adriatic Sea | :: |
| Adriatic Sea {prop} (sea that stretches from the Ionian Sea to the Gulf of Venice) | :: Adriatisches Meer {n}, Adria {f} |
| adrift {adj} (floating at random) | :: abtreibend |
| adrift {adv} (in a drifting condition) | :: abtreiben |
| adroit {adj} (dexterous) SEE: dexterous | :: |
| adscript {adj} (held to service as attached to the soil) | :: leibeigen |
| adsorb {v} (to accumulate on a surface) | :: adsorbieren |
| adsorption calorimetry {n} | :: Adsorptionskalorimetrie {f} |
| adsorptive {adj} (pertaining to adsorption) | :: adsorptiv |
| adstrate {n} (adstratum) SEE: adstratum | :: |
| adstratum {n} (Any language having elements that are responsible for change in neighbouring languages) | :: Adstrat {n} |
| adularia {n} (variety of orthoclase feldspar) | :: Adular {m} |
| adulate {v} (to flatter effusively) | :: lobhudeln |
| adulator {n} (one who adulates) | :: Schmeichler {m} |
| adult {n} (fully grown human) | :: Erwachsener {m}, Erwachsene {f} |
| adult {adj} (fully grown) | :: erwachsen |
| adult actress {n} (female porn star) | :: Pornodarstellerin {f} |
| adulter {v} (adulterate) SEE: adulterate | :: |
| adulterate {v} (corrupt) | :: verfälschen, verderben, verunreinigen, verschlechtern, panschen, abwandeln, verschneiden, korrumpieren |
| adulterer {n} (husband or wife who commits adultery) | :: Ehebrecher {m}, Ehebrecherin {f} |
| adulteress {n} (woman or girl who commits adultery) | :: Ehebrecherin {f} |
| adulterous {adj} (of or characterized by adultery) | :: ehebrecherisch |
| adultery {n} (sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse) | :: Ehebruch {m} |
| adulthood {n} (time of life) | :: Erwachsenenalter {n} |
| adult shop {n} (sex shop) SEE: sex shop | :: |
| adult star {n} (porn star) SEE: porn star | :: |
| adumbrate {v} (To give a vague outline.) | :: umreißen |
| adumbration {n} (state of being in shadow or shade) | :: Abschattung {f}, Beschattung {f} |
| adumbration {n} (faint sketch; brief representation, outline) | :: Adumbration {f}, Anriss {m}, Entwurf {m}, Schilderung {f}, Skizze {f}, Umrandung {f}, Umriss {m} |
| adumbration {n} (rough or symbolic representation) | :: Abbild {n}, Abriss {m}, Metapher {f}, Schattenriss {m}, Umriss {m} |
| adumbration {n} (vague indication of what is to come, see also: foreshadowing) | :: Andeutung {f} |
| adumbration {n} (form of an object as seen by an observer) | :: Abbild {n}, Abschattung {f}, Projektion {f}, Schatten {m}, Schattenriss {m} |
| advance {v} (to raise to a higher rank; to promote) | :: erhöhen, erheben, befördern |
| advance {v} (to move forwards, to approach) | :: vorrücken |
| advance {n} (forward move) | :: Fortschritt {m} |
| advance {n} (amount of money) | :: Vorschuss {m}, Anzahlung {f} |
| advanced {adj} (at or close to state of the art) | :: fortgeschritten |
| advance directive {n} (document expressing a desire to die naturally in certain medical circumstances) | :: Patientenverfügung {f} |
| advance guard {n} (leading unit of an army) | :: Vorhut {f} |
| advancement {n} (state of being advanced) | :: Fortschritt {m} |
| advancement {n} (property given in advance of future distribution) | :: Erbvorbezug {m} [inheritance] |
| advancement {n} (payment in advance) SEE: advance payment | :: |
| advance payment {n} (part of a contractually due sum) | :: Vorkasse {f}, Vorauszahlung {f} |
| advantage {n} (any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success) | :: Vorteil {m} |
| advantage {n} (superiority; mastery) | :: Vorteil {m} |
| advantage {n} (superiority of state, or that which gives it) | :: Vorzug {m} |
| advantage {n} (the score where one player wins a point after deuce) | :: Vorteil {m} |
| advantageous {adj} (being of advantage, see also: beneficial) | :: vorteilhaft |
| advantageously {adv} (in an advantageous manner) | :: zweckmäßigerweise |
| advection {n} (The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.) | :: Strömungstransport , Advektion {f} |
| advection fog {n} (A type of fog caused by the passage of moist air horizontally over a relatively colder surface and the consequent cooling of that air to below its dew point) | :: Advektionsnebel {m} |
| advent {n} (coming, arrival) | :: Ankunft {f} |
| advent {n} (Christianity) SEE: Advent | :: |
| Advent {prop} (season before Christmas) | :: Advent {m} |
| Advent calendar {n} (calendar used to count down the days of Advent) | :: Adventskalender {m}; [Austria] Adventkalender {m}; [unusual] Weihnachtskalender {m} |
| Adventist {n} (believer in the Second Advent of Jesus; an advocate of Adventism) | :: Adventist {m}, Adventistin {f} |
| Adventist {adj} (relating to believers in the Second Advent of Jesus; relating to Adventism) | :: adventistisch |
| Adventist {adj} (relating to Seventh-day Adventism / the Seventh-day Adventist Church) | :: adventistisch |
| Advent Sunday {prop} (fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, the start of Advent) | :: Adventssonntag {m} |
| adventure {n} (encountering of risks) | :: Abenteuer {n}, Wagnis {n} |
| adventure {n} (remarkable occurrence) | :: Abenteuer {n} |
| adventure {n} (that which happens without design) | :: Abenteuer {n} |
| adventure playground {n} (playground) | :: Abenteuerspielplatz {m} |
| adventurer {n} (one who enjoys adventures) | :: Abenteurer {m}, Abenteurerin {f} |
| adventurer {n} (social pretender on the lookout for advancement) | :: Thronbewerber {m}, Thronbewerberin {f} |
| adventuress {n} (female adventurer) | :: Abenteuerin {f}, Abenteurerin {f} |
| adventurism {n} (policy led by excessive risk taking) | :: Abenteurertum {n} |
| adventurous {adj} (inclined to adventure) | :: abenteuerlustig, abenteuerdurstig, abenteuerhungrig, abenteuersüchtig |
| adventurous {adj} (full of hazard) | :: abenteuerlich |
| adventurousness {n} (quality of being adventurous) | :: Abenteuerlichkeit {f} |
| adverb {n} (lexical category) | :: Adverb {n}, Umstandswort {n}, Nebenwort {n}, Zuwort {n}, dated: Adverbium {n}, dated, rare: Zeitnebenwort {n} |
| adverbial {adj} (of or relating to an adverb) | :: adverbial, [rarer form] adverbiell, Adverbial-, umstandswörtlich, nebenwörtlich |
| adverbial {n} (grammar: word or phrase modifying a verb) | :: Umstandsbestimmung {f}, Adverbialbestimmung {f}, adverbiale Bestimmung {f}, Adverbial {n}, Adverbiale {n} |
| adverbial clause {n} (a subordinate clause that functions as an adverb within a main clause) | :: Umstandssatz {m}, Adverbialsatz {m} |
| adverbialization {n} (the process of adverbializing) | :: Adverbialisierung {f}, Adverbisierung {f} |
| adverbial participle {n} (linguistic sense) | :: Adverbialpartizip {n}, Transgressiv {m} |
| adverbial phrase {n} (type of phrase) | :: Adverbphrase {f}, Adverbialphrase {f}, Adverbgruppe {f}, adverbiales Satzglied {n} |
| adversarial {adj} (characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary) | :: feindlich |
| adversary {n} (opponent) | :: Gegner {m}, Gegnerin {f}, Widersacher {m}, Widersacherin {f}, Gegenspieler {m}, Gegenspielerin {f}, Kontrahent {m}, Kontrahentin {f} |
| adversative {adj} (expressing opposition or difference) | :: adversativ |
| adverse {adj} (unfavourable) | :: widrig |
| adverse {adj} (contrary, hostile) | :: gegnerisch |
| adverse effect {n} (side-effect, especially a negative one in pharmacology) | :: Nebenwirkung {f} |
| adversity {n} (state of being adverse) | :: Widrigkeit {f}, Ungemach {n} [dated] |
| adversity {n} (adverse event) | :: Widrigkeit {f} |
| advert {n} (advertisement) SEE: advertisement | :: |
| advertently {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| advertise {v} ((transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly) | :: ankündigen, annoncieren |
| advertise {v} ((intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others) | :: inserieren, werben |
| advertise {v} ((transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)) | :: anbieten, anpreisen |
| advertisement {n} (commercial solicitation) | :: Anzeige {f}, Werbung {f}, Annonce {f}, Reklameanzeige {f} |
| advertisement {n} (public notice) | :: Anzeige {f}, Bekanntmachung {f} |
| advertising {n} (communication) | :: Werbung {f} |
| advertorial {n} (advertisement presented as editorial) | :: Advertorial {n} |
| advice {n} (opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel) | :: Rat {m} |
| advice columnist {n} (someone who writes for an advice column) | :: Briefkastenonkel {m}, Briefkastentante {f} |
| advisable {adj} (worthy of being recommended) | :: ratsam |
| advisatory {adj} (advisory) SEE: advisory | :: |
| advise {v} (to give advice to; to offer an opinion; to counsel; to warn) | :: raten, beraten, empfehlen |
| advise {v} (to give information or notice to; to inform) | :: mitteilen, informieren, verständigen |
| adviser {n} (advisor) SEE: advisor | :: |
| advisor {n} | :: Berater {m}, Beraterin {f}, Ratgeber {m}, Ratgeberin {f} |
| advisory {adj} (able to give advice) | :: beratend, Beratungs- |
| advocaat {n} (liqueur) | :: Eierlikör {m} |
| advocacy {n} (the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting something) | :: Fürsprache {f}, Befürwortung {f} |
| advocate {n} (person who argues the case of another) | :: Rechtsanwalt {m}, Rechtsanwältin {f}, Verteidiger {m} |
| advocate {n} (person who speaks in support of something) | :: Fürsprecher {m}, Anwalt {m} |
| advocate {v} (argue for) | :: verteidigen, plädieren |
| advocate {v} (encourage support for) | :: verteidigen, plädieren |
| Adygea {prop} (Adygea, Russia) | :: Adygeja {f} |
| Adygeic {adj} | :: adygeisch |
| adynaton {n} (form of hyperbole that expresses impossibility) | :: Adynaton {n} |
| adze {n} (cutting tool) | :: Queraxt {f}, Dechsel {f} |
| adzuki {n} (azuki bean) SEE: azuki bean | :: |
| aedile {n} (elected official in Ancient Rome) | :: Ädil {m} |
| Aegadian Islands {prop} (islands off the coast of Sicily) | :: die Ägadischen Inseln |
| Aegean {prop} (Aegean Sea) SEE: Aegean Sea | :: |
| Aegean {adj} (of or relating to the Aegean Sea) | :: ägäisch |
| Aegean Sea {prop} (sea of the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea) | :: Ägäis {f}, Ägäisches Meer {n} |
| Aegidius {prop} (male given name) | :: Ägid, Ägidius |
| aegis {n} (mythological shield) | :: Ägis {f} |
| aegis {n} (guidance, protection) | :: Ägide {f} |
| -aemia {suffix} (condition of the blood) | :: -ämie {f} |
| Aeneas {prop} (Trojan hero) | :: Äneas |
| Aeneid {prop} (Classic epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas fleeing Troy and settling in Italy.) | :: Aeneis {f} |
| aeolian {adj} (of, or relating to the wind) | :: äolisch |
| aeolian {adj} | :: äolisch |
| Aeolian Islands {prop} (Lipari Islands) SEE: Lipari Islands | :: |
| Aeolus {prop} (character in Greek mythology) | :: Äolus |
| aerate {v} (to supply with oxygen or air) | :: belüften |
| aeration {n} (the circulation of air) | :: Belüftung {f} |
| aerator {n} (a device which mixes air with a substance) | :: Belüfter {m}, Belüftungsanlage {f} |
| aerial {n} (device for receiving or transmitting) | :: Antenne {f} |
| aerialist {n} (acrobat performing high off the ground) SEE: tightrope walker | :: |
| aerial photography {n} (taking photographs from the air) | :: Luftbildaufnahme {f} |
| aerobe {n} (organism that can tolerate the presence of oxygen) | :: Aerobier {m} |
| aerobic {adj} (involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body) | :: aerob |
| aerobics {n} (exercise for cardiovascular fitness) | :: Aerobic {n} |
| aerodynamic {adj} (aerodynamic) | :: aerodynamisch, stromlinienförmig |
| aerodynamical {adj} (aerodynamic) | :: aerodynamisch |
| aerodynamics {n} (The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases) | :: Aerodynamik {f} |
| aerogel {n} (ultralight solid-state substance) | :: Aerogel {n} |
| aerolite {n} (a meteorite consisting of silicate minerals) | :: Aerolith {m} |
| aerology {n} (branch of meteorology) | :: Aerologie |
| aeromancy {n} (divination by use of atmospheric conditions) | :: Aeromantie {f} |
| aerometer {n} (instrument used to measure mass and density of gases) | :: Aerometer {n} |
| aeronaut {n} (one who glides through the air in an airship) | :: Aeronaut {m}, Aeronautin {f} |
| aeronautic {adj} (having to do with aerial navigation) | :: aeronautisch |
| aeronautics {n} (mechanics and science of aircraft) | :: Luftfahrt {f} |
| Aeronian {prop} | :: Aeronium |
| aerophone {n} (musical instrument) | :: Aerophon |
| aeroplane {n} (airplane) SEE: airplane | :: |
| aerosol {n} (gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter) | :: Aerosol {n} |
| aerosol can {n} (pressurized canister) | :: Sprühdose {f}, Spraydose {f} |
| aerosol string {n} (sprayed coloured foam) | :: Luftschlangenspray {m} |
| aerostatic {adj} (pneumatic) SEE: pneumatic | :: |
| aerostatics {n} (study of gases in equilibrium) | :: Aerostatik {f} |
| aerothorax {n} (pneumothorax) SEE: pneumothorax | :: |
| Aeschylus {prop} (Greek tragedian) | :: Äschylus {m}, Aischylos {m} |
| aesir {n} (Æsir) SEE: Æsir | :: |
| Aesop {prop} (ancient Greek author) | :: Äsop {m} |
| aesthete {n} (someone who cultivates an unusually high sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature) | :: Ästhet {m}, Ästhetin {f}, Schöngeist {m} |
| aesthetic {adj} (concerned with beauty) | :: ästhetisch |
| aesthetic {n} (that which appeals to the senses) | :: Ästhetik {f}, (stilvolle) Schönheit {f} |
| aesthetic {n} (the study of art or beauty) SEE: aesthetics | :: |
| aesthetically {adv} (in an aesthetic manner) | :: ästhetisch |
| aesthetician {n} (oneone who studies aesthetics; student of art or beauty) | :: Ästhetiker {m}, Ästhetikerin {f} |
| aesthetician {n} (someone who provides beauty treatments) | :: Schönheitskünstler {m}, Schönheitskünstlerin {f}, Schönheitspfleger {m}, Schönheitspflegerin {f}, Kosmetiker {m}, Kosmetikerin {f} |
| aestheticism {n} (doctrine which holds aesthetics as the highest ideal) | :: Ästhetizismus {m} |
| aesthetics {n} (study or philosophy of beauty) | :: Ästhetik {f}, Lehre vom Schönen {f} |
| aestivation {n} (state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer) | :: Sommerschlaf {m} |
| a.e.t. {prep} (after extra time) | :: n.V. |
| aetiology {n} (study of causes or origins) | :: Ätiologie {f} |
| Afade {prop} (the language) | :: Afade {n} |
| afar {adv} (at, to or from a great distance) | :: weit, fern, weit weg, weither |
| Afar {prop} (language) | :: Afar, Danakil |
| afebrile {adj} (having no fever, without a fever) | :: fieberfrei, fieberlos |
| a few {determiner} (a small number of) | :: einige, ein paar |
| a few {pron} (a small number of things) | :: einige, wenige |
| affability {n} (state or quality of being affable) | :: Freundlichkeit {f}, Umgänglichkeit {f}, Leutseligkeit {f} |
| affable {adj} (friendly, courteous, sociable) | :: umgänglich, affabel |
| affable {adj} (mild; benign) | :: umgänglich |
| affair {n} (that which is done or is to be done) | :: Angelegenheit {f} |
| affair {n} (any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely) | :: Angelegenheit {f} |
| affair {n} (action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle) | :: Scharmützel {n} |
| affair {n} (material object (vaguely designated)) | :: Ding {n} |
| affair {n} (adulterous relationship) | :: Beziehung {n}, Affäre {f}, Liebesaffäre {f}, Verhältnis {n}, Liebesverhältnis {n}, Liebelei {f}, Liaison {f}, Liebschaft {f}, Liebesangelegenheit {f}, Liebesbeziehung {f}, Liebesabenteuer {n}, Gspusi {n} [mainly Austrian, S. German, coll.] |
| affect {v} (to influence or alter) | :: beeinflussen |
| affect {v} (to move to emotion) | :: rühren, bewegen |
| affect {v} (to make a false display of) | :: vortäuschen, fingieren |
| affect {n} (psychology: feeling in response to a stimulus) | :: Affekt {m} |
| affectation {n} (an attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real) | :: Geschraubtheit {f} |
| affected {adj} (simulated in order to impress) | :: affektiert |
| affected {adj} (artificial, stilted) | :: affektiert |
| affection {n} (any emotion) | :: Zuneigung {f} |
| affection {n} (feeling of love or strong attachment) | :: Rührung {f}, Zuneigung {f} |
| Affenpinscher {n} (Affenpinscher) | :: Affenpinscher {m} |
| afferent {adj} (Carrying towards) | :: hinführend, afferent |
| affidavit {n} (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement) | :: eidesstattliche Versicherung {f}, eidesstattliche Erklärung {f}, Versicherung an Eides statt {f} |
| affiliate {v} (to adopt) SEE: adopt | :: |
| affiliate {n} (something that is affiliated) | :: Tochterunternehmen {n}, Tochtergesellschaft {f}, Zweigunternehmen {n}, Zweigniederlassung {f} |
| affiliate {v} (to fix the paternity of) | :: aufnehmen |
| affiliate {v} (to connect in the way of descent) | :: herleiten |
| affiliate {v} (to attach (to) or unite (with)) | :: verbinden, beitreten, beifügen, zufügen |
| affiliated {adj} (associated, related or united) | :: angegliedert, angeschlossen, aufgenommen, angehörig |
| affiliation {n} (The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another) | :: Zugehörigkeit {f}, Verbindung {f} |
| affiliation {n} (A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union) | :: Zusammenschluss {m} |
| affine {n} (in-law) SEE: in-law | :: |
| affine space {n} (vector space having no origin) | :: affiner Raum |
| affine transformation {n} (linear transformation followed by a translation) | :: affine Abbildung {f} |
| affinity {n} (natural attraction for something) | :: Affinität {f} |
| affinity {n} (family relationship through marriage of a relative) | :: Verwandtschaft {f} |
| affinity {n} (attraction between atoms) | :: Affinität {f} |
| affinity {n} (attraction between an antibody and an antigen) | :: Affinität {f} |
| affirm {v} (to agree with or verify) | :: zustimmen, bejahen, bestätigen |
| affirm {v} (to support or encourage) | :: unterstützen |
| affirmance {n} (affirmation) SEE: affirmation | :: |
| affirmation {n} (that which is affirmed) | :: Bestätigung, Zustimmung |
| affirmation {n} (autosuggestion) | :: Autosuggestion, Selbsteinrede |
| affirmative {adj} (pertaining to truth) | :: affirmativ |
| affirmative {adj} (positive) | :: affirmativ |
| affirmative {n} (answer that shows agreement or acceptance) | :: affirmativer Satz {m} |
| affirmative sentence {n} (sentence that affirms) | :: bejahender Satz {m}, positiver Satz {m} |
| affix {n} (that which is affixed) | :: Anhang {m}, Anhängsel {n} |
| affix {n} (linguistics: a bound morpheme added to a word’s stem) | :: Affix {n}, Zusatzsilbe {f} |
| affix {v} (to attach) | :: befestigen, anheften, anbringen |
| affix {n} (suffix) SEE: suffix | :: |
| affixation {n} (addition of an affix) | :: Affigieren {n}, Affigierung {f}, Affixation {f} |
| affixoid {n} (regular word that also works as an affix) | :: Affixoid |
| afflict {v} (To cause pain to) | :: bekümmern |
| affluence {n} (abundance of wealth) | :: Überfluss {m}, Reichtum {m} |
| affluence {n} (moderate level of wealth) | :: Wohlstand {m} |
| affluent {n} (someone wealthy) | :: Reicher {m}, Geldsack {m} [pejorative] |
| affluent {adj} (abundant) | :: reichlich |
| affluent {adj} (abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy) | :: wohlhabend, begütert, reich |
| affluent {n} (tributary) SEE: tributary | :: |
| afford {v} (to incur, stand, or bear) | :: sich leisten, imstande sein |
| afford {v} (to offer, provide, or supply) | :: gewähren |
| affordable {adj} (able to be afforded) | :: erschwinglich |
| affordance {n} (A potential action that is made possible by a given object or environment) | :: Angebotscharakter {m}, Affordanz {f}, Aufforderungscharakter {m}, Anbietung {f} |
| afforest {v} (make into a forest) | :: aufforsten |
| affreightment {n} (hire a vessel for cargo) | :: Befrachtung {f}, Chartern {n} |
| affricate {n} (sound) | :: Affrikata {f}, Affrikate {f} |
| affront {v} (to insult intentionally, especially openly) | :: beleidigen |
| affront {n} (open or intentional offense, slight, or insult) | :: Affront {m} |
| Afghan {n} (person from Afghanistan) | :: Afghane {m}, Afghanin {f} |
| Afghan {n} (Afghan hound) | :: Afghane {m} |
| Afghan {prop} (Pashto language) | :: Afghanisch |
| Afghan {adj} (pertaining to Afghanistan) | :: afghanisch |
| Afghan hound {n} (Afghan Hound) SEE: Afghan Hound | :: |
| Afghan Hound {n} (Afghan Hound) | :: Afghanischer Windhund {m} |
| Afghani {n} (citizen or native of Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghani {adj} (relating to Afghanistan) SEE: Afghan | :: |
| Afghanistan {prop} (country) | :: Afghanistan {n} |
| afire {adj} (literally on fire) | :: in Flammen, in Brand |
| afire {adj} (metaphorically on fire) | :: Feuer und Flamme sein, begeistert sein |
| A-flat {n} (tone four fifths below C) | :: As |
| A-flat major {n} (A-flat major) | :: As-dur |
| A-flat minor {n} (minor key) | :: as-Moll |
| aflutter {adj} (in a state of excited anticipation) | :: aufgeregt |
| afocal {adj} (having a focal point at infinity) | :: afokal |
| afoot {adv} (means of locomotion, walking) | :: zu Fuß |
| afoot {adv} (support of the body, standing) | :: auf de Füssen |
| aforementioned {adj} (previously mentioned) | :: obenerwähnt, vorher erwähnt, obengenannt, oben genannt, vorstehend |
| aforementioned {n} (one or ones mentioned previously) | :: das oben erwähnte, das vorher erwähnte |
| aforenamed {adj} | :: vorstehend |
| aforesaid {adj} (previously stated) | :: vorstehend, oben gesagt |
| aforetime {adv} (formerly) | :: früher |
| a fortiori {adv} | :: a fortiori |
| afraid {adj} (impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive) | :: ängstlich |
| afraid {adj} ((colloquial, to be afraid) regretful, sorry) | :: bedauern [to be afraid]; leider [unfortunately, regrettably] |
| Africa {prop} (continent south of Europe) | :: Afrika {n} |
| Africa-Eurasia {prop} (Afro-Eurasia) SEE: Afro-Eurasia | :: |
| African {adj} (Of or pertaining to Africa) | :: afrikanisch |
| African {n} (a native of Africa) | :: Afrikaner {m}, [female] Afrikanerin {f} |
| African American {adj} (African-American) SEE: African-American | :: |
| African American {n} (African-American) SEE: African-American | :: |
| African-American {adj} (American and black) | :: afroamerikanisch |
| African-American {n} (A black American) | :: Afroamerikaner {m}, Afro-Amerikaner {m}, Afroamerikanerin {f}, Afro-Amerikanerin {f} |
| African blue tit {n} (Cyanistes teneriffae) | :: Kanarenmeise {f} |
| African crake {n} (bird from the family Rallidae) | :: Steppenralle {f} |
| African hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) | :: Afrikanischer Wildhund {m} |
| Africanist {n} (a specialist in African studies) | :: Afrikanist {m}, Afrikanistin {f} |
| African penguin {n} (Spheniscus demersus) | :: Brillenpinguin {m} |
| African Union {prop} (multinational organisation) | :: Afrikanische Union {f} |
| African wildcat {n} (Felis silvestris lybica) | :: Falbkatze {f}, Afrikanische Wildkatze {f} |
| African wild dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| a friend in need is a friend indeed {proverb} (someone who helps you in your time of need is a real friend) | :: ein Freund in der Not ist ein Freund in der Tat, wahre Freunde erkennt man in der Not |
| Afrikaans {prop} (language) | :: Afrikaans {n} |
| Afrikaans {prop} (Afrikaner) SEE: Afrikaner | :: |
| Afrikaner {n} (member of ethnic group) | :: Afrikaander {m}, Afrikaanderin {f}, Afrikander {m}, Afrikanderin {f}, Afrikaaner {m}, Afrikaanerin {f}, Bure {m}, Burin {f}, Weißafrikaner {m}, Weißafrikanerin {f}, Weissafrikaner {m} [Switzerland, Liechtenstein], Weissafrikanerin {f} [Switzerland, Liechtenstein], Kapholländer {m}, Kapholländerin {f} |
| afro {n} (hairstyle) | :: Afro-Look {n}, Afrolook {n}, Afro {n} |
| Afro-American {n} (African-American) SEE: African-American | :: |
| Afro-American {adj} (African-American) SEE: African-American | :: |
| Afro-Asiatic {adj} (of or pertaining to a language family) | :: afroasiatisch, hamito-semitisch [formerly] |
| Afro-Eurasia {prop} (supercontinent) | :: Afrika-Eurasien |
| Afrophobia {n} (the fear, hate or dislike of Africans) | :: Afrophobie {f} |
| aft {adv} (at, near, or towards the stern) | :: achtern |
| aftcastle {n} (raised part of the upper deck) | :: Heckkastell {n} |
| after {adv} (behind; later in time; following) | :: hinterher, darauf |
| after {prep} (subsequently; following in time; later than) | :: nach |
| after {prep} (behind) | :: hinter |
| after {prep} (in allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing) | :: nach |
| after {prep} (next in importance or rank) | :: nach |
| after {prep} (as a result of) | :: wegen |
| after {prep} (in spite of) | :: trotz |
| after {conj} (Signifies that the action of its clause takes place before the action of the other clause) | :: nachdem |
| after all {prep} (in the end; anyway) | :: immerhin, schließlich, allerdings |
| afterbirth {n} (material expelled after childbirth) | :: Nachgeburt {f} |
| afterbrain {n} (part of brain) | :: Markhirn |
| afterburner {n} (a device in a turbojet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust) | :: Nachbrenner {m} |
| after dark {prep} (after nightfall, at night) | :: nach Einbruch der Dunkelheit, nach Dunkelwerden |
| afterdeck {n} (part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern) | :: Achterdeck {n}, Hinterdeck {n} |
| after-effect {n} (after-effect) SEE: aftereffect | :: |
| aftereffect {n} (delayed effect) | :: Nachwirkung {f} |
| afterings {n} (the last milk that is obtained when milking a cow) | :: Nachgemelk {n}, Restmilch {f} |
| afterings {n} (the last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance) | :: Neige {f} |
| afterlife {n} (life after death) | :: Leben nach dem Tod {n}, Jenseits {n}, Unterwelt {f} |
| aftermath {n} (second mowing) | :: Nachernte {f} |
| aftermath {n} (that which happens after, that which follows) | :: Nachwirkung {f}, Folge {f} |
| afternoon {n} (part of the day between noon and evening) | :: Nachmittag {m} |
| aftershave {n} (lotion, gel or liquid) | :: Aftershave {n}, Rasierwasser {n} |
| aftershock {n} (earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another) | :: Nachbeben {n} |
| aftertaste {n} (The persistence of the taste of something no longer present) | :: Nachgeschmack {m} |
| afterward {adv} (afterwards) SEE: afterwards | :: |
| afterwards {adv} (at a later or succeeding time) | :: später, nachher, danach, hinterher |
| afterword {n} (appendix) SEE: appendix | :: |
| afterword {n} (postscript) SEE: postscript | :: |
| afterword {n} (epilogue) | :: Nachwort {n} |
| after you {phrase} (polite invitation for another to go first) | :: nach Ihnen |
| again {adv} (back to a former place or state) | :: wieder, zurück |
| again {adv} (another time) | :: erneut, noch einmal, nochmal, schon wieder, wieder, wiederum |
| again {adv} (used in a question to ask something one has forgotten) | :: nochmal, gleich, doch, noch |
| again and again {adv} (repeatedly) | :: immer wieder |
| against {prep} (in a contrary direction to) | :: gegen |
| against {prep} (in opposition to) | :: gegen, wider |
| against {prep} | :: gegen |
| against all odds {prep} (despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) | :: entgegen aller Erwartungen, wider Erwarten |
| against the law {prep} (illegal, forbidden by law) | :: gesetzwidrig |
| agalactia {n} (failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth) | :: Agalaktie {f} |
| agalactorrhea {n} (disease) SEE: agalactia | :: |
| agalloch {n} (soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis) SEE: agarwood | :: |
| agalmatophilia {n} (paraphilia) | :: Agalmatophilie {f} |
| agamic {adj} (occurring without the union of male and female gametes) | :: agamisch |
| agar {n} (material) | :: Agar {m} {n} |
| agarwood {n} (type of heartwood) | :: Adlerholz {n} |
| agate {n} (mineral) | :: Achat {m} |
| Agatha {prop} (female given name) | :: Agathe {f} |
| agave {n} (genus) | :: Agave {f} |
| age {n} (century) SEE: century | :: |
| age {n} (whole duration of a being) | :: Lebenszeit {f} |
| age {n} (one of the stages of life) | :: Alter {n} |
| age {n} (particular period of time in history) | :: Zeit {f}, Epoche {f}, Periode {f} |
| age {n} (great period in the history of the Earth) | :: Ära {f}, Zeitalter {n} |
| age {n} (generation, see also: generation) | :: Generation {f} |
| age {n} (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time) | :: Alter {n} |
| age {n} (advanced period of life; latter part of life) | :: Alter {n} |
| age {n} (time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities) | :: Volljährigkeit {f} |
| age {v} (transitive: cause to grow old) | :: altern lassen |
| age {v} (intransitive: become old) | :: altern, vergreisen, reifen |
| age before beauty {phrase} (Translations) | :: Alter vor Schönheit |
| aged care {n} (eldercare) SEE: eldercare | :: |
| age distribution {n} (the number of people in stated age ranges) | :: Altersaufbau, Altersstruktur, Altersgliederung, Altersverteiling |
| ageful {n} (eternity) SEE: eternity | :: |
| ageful {adj} (aged, old) SEE: elderly | :: |
| age group {n} (demographic grouping based on age) | :: Altersgruppe {f} |
| ageism {n} (the treating of a person or people differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age) | :: Altersdiskriminierung {f} |
| age-mate {n} (one who is the same age as another) | :: Gleichaltriger {m} |
| agency {n} (faculty of acting or of exerting power) | :: Wille {m}, Agency [philosophy], Handlungsfähigkeit {f} [philosophy] |
| agency {n} (office of an agent, or factor) | :: Agentur {f} |
| agency {n} (place of business of an agent) | :: Agentur {f} |
| agency {n} (government office) | :: Behörde {f} |
| agency {n} (agent) SEE: agent | :: |
| agenda {n} (temporally organized plan) | :: Agenda {f} |
| agenda {n} (list of matters to be taken up) | :: Tagesordnung {f} |
| agent {n} (one who acts in place of another) | :: Agent {m} |
| agent {n} (grammar: performer of the action in a sentence) | :: Agens {n} {m} |
| agent noun {n} (noun that denotes an agent) | :: Nomen Agentis {n} |
| agent provocateur {n} (a person who disrupts a group's activities from within) | :: Agent Provocateur {m}; Provokateur {m} |
| age of consent {n} (an age at which one is legally mature enough to have sex) | :: Schutzalter {n} |
| Age of Enlightenment {prop} (period of history) | :: Zeitalter der Aufklärung {n} |
| age of majority {n} (age at which the rights and privileges of an adult are legally granted) | :: Volljährigkeit {f}, Volljährigkeitsalter {n} |
| agglomeration {n} (act of collecting in a mass) | :: Sammlung {f} |
| agglomeration {n} (state of being collected in a mass) | :: Ansammlung {f} |
| agglomeration {n} (extended city area) | :: Ballungsraum {m} |
| agglutination {n} (act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance) | :: Agglutination {f} |
| agglutinative {adj} (having words derived by combining parts) | :: agglutinierend |
| aggrandizement {n} (the act of aggrandizing) | :: Erhöhung {f} |
| aggravate {v} (To make worse, or more severe) | :: verschlimmern, erschweren |
| aggravate {v} (To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate) | :: ärgern, verbittern |
| aggravation {n} (act of aggravating) | :: Erschwerung, Verärgerung, Zuspitzung, med. Verschlechterung, erschwerender Umstand |
| aggregate {n} (a mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars) | :: Aggregat {n} |
| aggregate {n} (any of the five aspects constituting the sentient being in Buddhism) | :: skandha |
| aggression {n} (act of initiating hostilities or invasion) | :: Aggression {f}, Angriff {m} |
| aggression {n} (the practice or habit of launching attacks) | :: Aggression {f} |
| aggression {n} (hostile or destructive behavior or actions) | :: Aggression {f} |
| aggressive {adj} (tending or disposed to aggress) | :: aggressiv, angriffslustig |
| aggressiveness {n} (state or quality being aggressive) | :: Aggressivität {f} |
| aggressor {n} (the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression) | :: Aggressor {m} |
| aggrieve {v} (to give pain or sorrow to, to afflict, to oppress) | :: kränken, verletzen [figurative] |
| agha {n} (an honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries) | :: Agha {m} |
| aghast {adj} (terrified) | :: bestürzt, zutiefst erschrocken, fassungslos |
| Aghori {prop} (an order of Hindu ascetics) | :: Aghori {p} |
| agile {adj} (having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs) | :: behände, agil, wendig |
| agile gibbon {n} (Hylobates agilis) | :: Schwarzhandgibbon {m} |
| agility {n} (quality of being agile) | :: Beweglichkeit {f} |
| aging {n} (the process of becoming older or more mature) | :: Altern {n} |
| aging {adj} (becoming elderly) | :: alternd |
| agitate {v} (to move with a violent, irregular action) | :: aufwühlen, aufrühren, rühren, schütteln, umrühren, durchrühren, aufwirbeln |
| agitate {v} (to stir up, to disturb or excite) | :: aufwiegeln, aufregen, aufrühren, erregen, durcheinander bringen, aus der Fassung bringen |
| agitate {v} (to discuss with great earnestness; to debate) | :: debattieren, diskutieren |
| agitate {v} | :: aufwühlen |
| agitation {n} (act of agitating) | :: Aufwühlung {f}, Agitation {f} |
| agitator {n} (one who agitates) | :: Agitator {m} |
| agitprop {n} (political propaganda) | :: Agitprop {f} |
| Aglaia {prop} (female given name) | :: Aglaia {f}, Aglaja {f} |
| aglet {n} (catkin) SEE: catkin | :: |
| aglet {n} (cover of a shoelace) SEE: aiglet | :: |
| agnate {n} (relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family) | :: Agnat {m} |
| agnathic {adj} (agnathous) SEE: agnathous | :: |
| agnathous {adj} (jawless) SEE: jawless | :: |
| agnathous {adj} (characteristic of agnathia) | :: agnath |
| Agnes {prop} (female given name) | :: Agnes |
| agnolotti {n} (type of square ravioli from Piedmont) | :: Agnolotti {p} |
| agnostic {adj} (of or relating to agnosticism) | :: agnostisch, skeptisch |
| agnostic {n} (one who holds to a form of agnosticism.) | :: Agnostiker {m}, Agnostikerin {f} |
| agnosticism {n} (view that the existence of a God or gods is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable) | :: Agnostizismus {m} |
| agnotology {n} (promotion of inaccurate or misleading scientific data) | :: Agnotologie {f} |
| agnus castus {n} (chaste tree) SEE: chaste tree | :: |
| ago {adv} (past; gone by; since) | :: vor [used before the time] |
| agog {adj} (in eager desire) | :: gespannt |
| agog {adj} (wide open) | :: weit geöffnet |
| agon {n} (a struggle or contest) | :: Agon {m} |
| agon {n} (a test of will) | :: Agon {m} |
| agon {n} (a contest in ancient Greece) | :: Agon {m} |
| agonize {v} (to writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.) | :: quälen |
| agony {n} (violent contest or striving) | :: Qual {f}, Todeskampf {m} |
| agony {n} (extreme pain of mind or body) | :: Agonie {f}, Qual {f}, Pein {f} |
| agony {n} (paroxysm of joy) | :: Freudenausbruch {m} |
| agony {n} (last struggle of life) | :: Agonie {f}, Todeskampf {m} |
| agora {n} (a place for gathering) | :: Agora {f} |
| agoraphobia {n} (fear of open spaces) | :: Agoraphobie {f} |
| agouti {n} (a rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs) | :: Aguti |
| Agra {prop} (city in India) | :: Agra {n} |
| agraffe {n} (a glasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring) | :: Agraffe {f} |
| agrarian {adj} (relating to the cultivation of land) | :: Agrar-, agrarisch |
| agree {v} (harmonize in opinion; be in unison or concord; be united; concur) | :: zustimmen, einverstanden sein |
| agree {v} (to yield assent, to accede) | :: akzeptieren, annehmen |
| agree {v} (to come to terms or to a common resolve) | :: sich verständigen |
| agree {v} (grammar: to correspond in gender, number, case, person, etc.) | :: kongruieren, übereinstimmen; [uncommon] nachfolgen |
| agree {v} | :: übereinstimmen, zustimmen |
| agreeable {adj} (pleasing) | :: angenehm |
| agreeable {adj} (willing; ready to agree or consent) | :: verträglich, liebenswürdig, gefällig |
| agreeableness {n} (personality trait) | :: Verträglichkeit {f} |
| agreeably {adv} (in an agreeable manner) | :: angenehm |
| agreement {n} (understanding to follow a course of conduct) | :: Vereinbarung {f}, Zustimmung {f} |
| agreement {n} (state whereby several parties share a view) | :: Einigkeit {f}, Einvernehmen {n}, Übereinstimmung {f}, Einverständnis {n} |
| agreement {n} (legally binding contract) | :: Vertrag {m} |
| agreement {n} (grammatical agreement) | :: Kongruenz {f} |
| agribusiness {n} (big business connected to agriculture) | :: Agribusiness {n}, Agrobusiness {n} |
| agricultural {adj} (of or pertaining to agriculture) | :: landwirtschaftlich, Landwirtschafts- {f}, agrarisch |
| agriculture {n} (the art or science of cultivating the ground) | :: Landwirtschaft {f}, Ackerbau {m} |
| Agrigento {prop} (province and city in Sicily) | :: Agrigent {n} |
| agrimi {n} (type of goat) | :: Kretische Wildziege {f}, Kretische Gämse, Agrimi, Kri-kri |
| agrimony {n} (plant of the genus Agrimonia) | :: Odermennig {m} |
| agrobiology {n} (the science of plant life and nutrition) | :: Agrobiologie {f} |
| agrochemistry {n} (branch of chemistry) | :: Agrochemie {f} |
| agronomic {adj} (of or pertaining to agronomy) | :: agronomisch |
| agronomist {n} (scientist specialized in agronomy) | :: Agronom {m}, Agronomin {f}, Agraringenieur {m}, Agraringenieurin {f} |
| agronomy {n} (science of utilizing plants, animals, and soils for food, fuel, feed and more) | :: Agronomie {f}, Pflanzenbauwissenschaft {f}, Ackerbaukunde {f}, Landwirtschaft {f}, Agrarökonomie {f} |
| Aguascalientes {prop} (state of Mexico) | :: Aguascalientes {m} |
| ague {n} (intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits) | :: Schüttelfrost |
| ague {n} (chill, or state of shaking, as with cold) | :: Schüttelfrost {m} |
| ague {n} (malaria) SEE: malaria | :: |
| aha {interj} (exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition) | :: aha |
| Ahab {prop} (biblical king of Israel) | :: Ahab |
| aha moment {n} (instance of becoming clear) | :: Aha-Erlebnis {n} |
| Ahasuerus {prop} (biblical king of Persia) | :: Ahasverus, Ahasveros |
| Ahasuerus {prop} (the Wandering Jew) | :: Ahasver, Ahasverus |
| Ahaz {prop} (biblical king of Judah) | :: Ahas |
| ahead of time {prep} (early) | :: frühzeitig, vorzeitig |
| ahistorical {adj} (lacking historical perspective) | :: ahistorisch |
| ahlspiess {n} (polearm used in Germany in the 15th century) | :: Ahlspieß |
| Ahmadinejad {prop} (Persian surname) | :: Ahmadinedschad; [rare] Ahmadineschad |
| Ahmed {prop} (male given name) | :: Ahmet {m}; Ahmed {m}; Ahmad {m} |
| Ahnenerbe {prop} | :: Ahnenerbe {n} |
| ahold {adv} (nautical) | :: dicht am Wind |
| ahold {n} | :: sich zusammenreißen, jemanden zwischen die Finger bekommen |
| ahorse {adv} (on the back of a horse) SEE: horseback | :: |
| ahorseback {adv} (on the back of a horse) SEE: horseback | :: |
| ahoy {interj} (used to hail a ship, etc) | :: ahoi |
| ahoy {n} | :: Ahoi {n} |
| AI {prop} (artificial intelligence) | :: KI {f} |
| aichmophobia {n} (fear of pointed or sharp objects) | :: Aichmophobie {f} |
| aid {n} (help; succor; assistance; relief) | :: Hilfe {f} |
| aid {n} (a person that promotes or helps in something being done; a helper) | :: Helfer {m} |
| aid {n} (something which helps; a material source of help) | :: Hilfe {f}, Hilfsmittel {n} |
| aid {v} (to support) | :: helfen |
| aid {n} (aide-de-camp) SEE: aide-de-camp | :: |
| aide {n} (assistant) SEE: assistant | :: |
| aide {n} (military: officer who acts as an assistant to a more senior one) SEE: aide-de-camp | :: |
| aide-de-camp {n} (military officer) | :: Flügeladjutant {m}, Aide-de-camp {m} |
| Aidi {n} (dog breed) | :: Atlas-Berghund |
| AIDS {n} (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) | :: AIDS |
| aiglet {n} (tip on a ribbon or cord) | :: Pinke {f} |
| aiguillette {n} (ornamental braided cord) | :: Achselschnur {f}, Fangschnur {f}, Schulterschnur {f}, Feldachselstück {n}, Achselband {n} |
| aikido {n} (Japanese martial art) | :: Aikido {m} |
| ail {v} (to cause to suffer) | :: weh tun, plagen |
| ail {v} (to be ill) | :: kränklich sein, leiden, krank sein, kränkeln |
| ail {n} (An ailment; trouble; illness) | :: Krankheit {f}, Leiden {n} |
| ailanthus {n} (any of several deciduous Asiatic trees of the genus Ailanthus) | :: Götterbaum {m} |
| aileron {n} (Hinged part on trailing edge of airplane wing) | :: Querruder |
| ailing {adj} (sick) | :: krank, kränklich, kränkelnd, marode, dahinsiechend, leidend, angeschlagen, notleidend |
| ailment {n} (something which ails one; a disease; sickness) | :: Leiden {n} |
| ailurophobia {n} (irrational fear or hatred for cats) | :: Ailurophobie {f}, Aelurophobie {f} |
| aim {n} (point intended to be hit) | :: Ziel {n} |
| aim {n} (Intention; purpose) | :: Ziel {n} |
| aim {v} (to point or direct a missile weapon) | :: zielen |
| aimless {adj} (without aim) | :: planlos, ziellos |
| aimlessly {adv} (without an aim) | :: ziellos |
| Ainu {prop} (language) | :: Ainu {n} |
| air {v} (to bring into contact with the air) | :: lüften |
| air {v} (to broadcast) | :: ausstrahlen |
| air {n} (historical: one of the basic elements) | :: Luft {f} |
| air {n} (mixture of gases making up the atmosphere of the Earth) | :: Luft {f} |
| air {n} (music: a song, an aria) | :: Arie {f} |
| air ambulance {n} (an aircraft equipped as an ambulance) | :: Sanitätsflugzeug {n} |
| airbag {n} (protective system in automobiles) | :: Airbag {m}, Prallkissen {n} |
| air ball {n} (basketball) | :: Airball {m} |
| air base {n} (military airport) | :: Luftstützpunkt, Flugplatz {m} |
| airbase {n} (airbase) SEE: air base | :: |
| air bearing {n} (type of bearing) | :: Luftlager {n} |
| air bladder {n} (swim bladder) SEE: swim bladder | :: |
| airborne {adj} (carried by the air) | :: über die Luft transportiert |
| airbridge {n} (link established by air transport) | :: Luftbrücke {f} |
| airbrush {n} (handheld paint sprayer powered by compressed air) | :: Airbrush {f} |
| air bubble {n} (a small pocket of air) | :: Luftblase {f} |
| air-condition {v} (to mechanically cool a space or an entire structure) | :: klimatisieren |
| air conditioner {n} (a machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space) | :: Klimaanlage {f} |
| air conditioning {n} (the state of temperature and humidity produced by an air conditioner) | :: Klimatisierung {f} |
| air conditioning {n} (an air conditioner or system of air conditioners, see also: air conditioner) | :: Klimaanlage {f} |
| aircraft {n} (machine capable of atmospheric flight) | :: Luftfahrzeug {n}; [airplane] Flugzeug {n} |
| aircraft carrier {n} (warship for launching aircraft) | :: Flugzeugträger {m} |
| aircrew {n} (team that operates an aircraft) | :: Flugzeugbesatzung {f}, Flugpersonal {n} |
| airer {n} (clotheshorse) SEE: clotheshorse | :: |
| airfield {n} (place where airplanes can take off and land) | :: Flugplatz {m} |
| airfoil {n} (wing of an aircraft) SEE: wing | :: |
| airfoil {n} (structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air) | :: tragflächenprofil {n} |
| air force {n} (branch of the military devoted to air warfare) | :: Luftwaffe {f}, Luftstreitkräfte {p} |
| air freshener {n} (device containing substances that neutralize unpleasant odours) | :: Lufterfrischer {m} |
| air guitar {n} (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) | :: Luftgitarre {f} |
| air gun {n} (gun that propels a projective by compressed air) | :: Luftgewehr {n} |
| airhead {n} (foolish, silly, or unintelligent person) | :: Dummkopf {m}, Wirrkopf {m} |
| air hole {n} (hole in surface) | :: Luftloch {n} |
| air hole {n} (air pocket) | :: Luftloch {n} |
| air hole {n} (blowhole) | :: Blasloch {n} |
| air hose {n} (hose for conveying compressed air within a pneumatic system) | :: Druckluftschlauch {m} |
| air hose {n} (hose for conveying air to a diver) | :: Luftschlauch {m}, Luftleitung {f} |
| air hostess {n} (female flight attendant) SEE: stewardess | :: |
| airing cupboard {n} (clothes storage cupboard) | :: Trockenschrank {m}, Wäschetrockenschrank {m} |
| airlift {n} (the transportation of troops) | :: Luftbrücke {f} |
| airlift {n} (a flight) | :: Luftbrücke {f}, Luftbrückenflug {m} |
| airline {n} (company that flies airplanes) | :: Fluggesellschaft {f} |
| airliner {n} (passenger aircraft) | :: Passagierflugzeug {n}, Verkehrsflugzeug {n}, Linienflugzeug {n}, Linienmaschine {f} [colloquial], Passagiermaschine {f} [colloquial] |
| airlock {n} (used to provide access to and from the sealed area) | :: Luftschleuse {f}, Druckschleuse {f} |
| airmail {n} (the system of conveying mail using aircraft) | :: Luftpost {f} |
| airmail {n} (the items of mail carried using aircraft) | :: Luftpost {f} |
| airmail {v} (to send mail by air) | :: per Luftpost schicken |
| air marshal {n} (law enforcement) | :: Air Marshal {m}, Sky Marshal {m} |
| air marshal {n} (military rank) | :: Air Marshal |
| air mass {n} ((meteorology) a particular volume of air) | :: Luftmasse {f} |
| airmass {n} (a body of air with uniform characteristics) | :: luftmasse |
| air pistol {n} (pistol that propels a pellet) | :: Luftpistole {f} |
| airplane {n} (powered aircraft) | :: Flugzeug {n} |
| air pocket {n} (a local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current) | :: Luftloch {n} |
| air pollution {n} (contamination of the atmosphere by noxious gases and particulates) | :: Luftverschmutzung {f}, Luftverunreinigung {f} |
| airport {n} (place designated for airplanes) | :: Flughafen {m}, [colloquial] Flugplatz {m} |
| airport lounge {n} (area in an airport which offers comforts beyond those in the main parts) | :: Flughafenlounge {f} |
| air pressure {n} (atmospheric pressure) SEE: atmospheric pressure | :: |
| air pump {n} (pump that moves air either into or out of something) | :: Luftpumpe {f} |
| air purifier {n} (device used to remove contaminants from the air) | :: Luftreiniger {m} |
| air-raid shelter {n} (reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids) | :: Luftschutzbunker {m} |
| air resistance {n} (friction that slows things moving through air) | :: Luftwiderstand {m} |
| airscrew {n} (propeller of an aircraft) | :: Luftschraube {f}, Flugzeugpropeller {m} |
| air shaft {n} SEE: airshaft | :: |
| airshaft {n} (an opening facilitating air circulation) | :: Lüftungsschacht {m}, Lüftungschacht {m}, Abzugsschacht {m}, Abzugschacht {m} |
| airship {n} (aircraft) SEE: aircraft | :: |
| airship {n} (self-propelled lighter-than-air aircraft that can be steered) SEE: dirigible | :: |
| air show {n} (a public display of stunt flying, aerobatics, and historical aircraft) | :: Flugschau {f} |
| airsickness {n} (form of motion sickness) | :: Luftkrankheit {f}, Flugkrankheit {f}, Fliegerkrankheit {f} |
| airspace {n} (controlled portion of atmosphere) | :: Luftraum {m} |
| airspace {n} (part of sky used by aircraft) | :: Luftraum {m} |
| air strike {n} (attack by aircraft) | :: Luftangriff {m}, Luftschlag {m} |
| air ticket {n} (a pass entitling the holder to travel in an aeroplane) | :: Flugticket {n} |
| airtight {adj} (impermeable to air or other gases) | :: luftdicht, hermetisch |
| airtight {adj} (having no weak points or flaws) | :: hieb- und stichfest, wasserdicht |
| airtime {n} (duration of transmission) | :: Sendezeit {f} |
| air-to-air {adj} (fired from an aircraft in flight at another one) | :: Luft-Luft |
| air-to-air missile {n} (missile) | :: Luft-Luft-Rakete {f} |
| air-to-ground {adj} | :: Luft-Boden |
| air-to-ship {adj} | :: Luft-Schiff |
| air-to-surface {adj} (fired from an aircraft at a target on land or water) | :: Luft-Boden |
| air-to-surface missile {n} (missile) | :: Luft-Boden-Rakete {f} |
| air traffic {n} (movement of aircraft) | :: Luftfahrt {f}, Flugverkehr {m} |
| air traffic control {n} (system designed to give assistance to aircraft) | :: Flugsicherung {f} |
| air traffic controller {n} (operator of air traffic control system) | :: Fluglotse {m} |
| airway {n} (windpipe) SEE: windpipe | :: |
| airway {n} (trachea) SEE: trachea | :: |
| airway {n} (flight path used by aeroplanes) | :: Flugroute {f} |
| airworthiness {n} (the state of being airworthy) | :: Flugtauglichkeit {f}, Flugtüchtigkeit {f} |
| airworthy {adj} (being able to fly) | :: flugtüchtig, flugtauglich, flugfähig |
| airy {adj} (breezy, in an airy situation) | :: belüftet, gelüftet, zugig, umweht, luftig |
| airy {adj} (light of heart, superficial) | :: oberflächlich, unbeständig, sorglos, lebhaft, sorgenfrei |
| Aisha {prop} (female given name) | :: Aischa {f} |
| aisle {n} (wing of a building, notably in a church) | :: Seitenschiff {n} |
| aisle {n} (clear path through rows of seating) | :: Gang {m} |
| aisle {n} (corridor in a supermarket) | :: Gang {m} |
| aisle {n} (any path through obstructed space) | :: Gang, Durchgang {m} |
| aitch {n} (name of the letter H, h) | :: Ha {n} |
| ajar {adj} (slightly turned or opened) | :: angelehnt |
| Ajax {prop} (either of two heroes of the Trojan War) | :: Aias {m}, Ajax {m} |
| Ajax {prop} (Amsterdam football club) | :: Ajax {n}; [usually] Ajax Amsterdam |
| a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step {proverb} (a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step) | :: eine Reise von tausend Meilen beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt |
| AKA {adv} (also known as) | :: alias |
| Akan {prop} (Niger-Congo language) | :: Akan |
| Akan {prop} (language group spoken in Ghana) | :: Akan |
| Akhalkalaki {prop} (an Armenian-populated town) | :: Achalkalaki |
| Akhenaten {prop} (Pharaoh in 14th century BCE, founder of Atenism) | :: Echnaton |
| akhund {n} ((historical) a spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China) | :: Achund {m} |
| akimbo {adj} (with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward) | :: in die Seiten gestemmt |
| akimbo {adv} (with arms akimbo) | :: die Arme in die Seite gestemmt, die Arme in die Hüften gestemmt |
| akin {adj} (of the same kin; related by blood) | :: verwandt |
| akinesia {n} (loss of the ability to control muscles) | :: Akinese {f} |
| akinete {n} (a thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae) | :: Akineten |
| akinetic {adj} (without motion) | :: akinetisch |
| Akkadian {adj} (pertaining to the language) | :: akkadisch |
| Akkadian {prop} (Semitic language) | :: Akkadisch {n} |
| Akkadian {n} (inhabitant of the Akkad region) | :: Akkadier {m}, Akkadierin {f} |
| Akureyri {prop} (city on the north coast of Iceland) | :: Akureyri |
| Alabama {prop} (U.S. State) | :: Alabama |
| Alabama {prop} (river) | :: Alabama |
| alabandite {n} (mineral form of manganese sulfide) | :: Alabandin {m} |
| alabaster {n} (variety of gypsum) | :: Alabaster {m} |
| alabaster {adj} (made of alabaster) | :: alabastern |
| alack {interj} (expression of sorrow) | :: O weh, ach |
| alacrity {n} (eagerness) | :: Eifer {m} |
| Alan {n} (member of a Sarmatian tribe) | :: [plural refering to the people] Alanen {m-p} |
| Aland {prop} (archipelago) | :: Åland {n} |
| Al-Andalus {prop} (Islamic Spain) | :: Al-Andalus |
| alanine {n} (nonessential amino acid; C3H7NO2) | :: Alanin {n} |
| Alaric {prop} (king of Visigoths) | :: Alarich {m} |
| Alaric {prop} (male given name) | :: Alarich |
| alarm {n} (summons to arms) | :: Alarm {m} |
| alarm {n} (notice of approaching danger) | :: Alarm {m}, Alarmsignal {n} |
| alarm {n} (sudden surprise with fear or terror) | :: Alarmstimmung {f} |
| alarm {n} (mechanical contrivance for awaking) | :: Wecker {m} |
| alarm {v} (to give notice (by sound or otherwise) of approaching danger) | :: Alarm schlagen [intransitive], alarmieren [transitive] |
| alarm {v} (to surprise with apprehension of danger) | :: alarmieren |
| alarm {v} (to keep in excitement; to disturb) | :: in Alarmstimmung versetzen |
| alarm {v} | :: Alarm schlagen [intransitive], alarmieren |
| alarm bell {n} (sudden awareness of danger) | :: Alarmglocke {f} |
| alarm clock {n} (type of clock) | :: Wecker {m} |
| alarmed {adj} (worried) SEE: worried | :: |
| alarmism {n} (production of needless alarms) | :: Alarmismus {m}, Panikmache {f} |
| alarmist {n} (one who causes others to become alarmed without cause) | :: Panikmacher {m}, Panikmacherin {f}, Alarmist {m}, Alarmistin {f} |
| alarm system {n} (a burglar alarm) | :: Alarmanlage {f} |
| alas {interj} (exclamation of sorrow, etc.) | :: leider, ach, bedauerlicherweise, weh |
| Alaska {prop} (US state) | :: Alaska |
| Alawite {n} | :: Alawit {m}, Alawitin {f} |
| Alazani {prop} (river in the Caucasus and main tributary of the Kura) | :: Alasani {m} |
| alb {n} (a long white robe worn by priests and other ministers) | :: Albe {f} |
| albacore {n} (large marine fish) | :: Weißer Thun |
| Alban {prop} (male given name) | :: Alban |
| Albania {prop} (country in south-eastern Europe) | :: Albanien |
| Albanian {adj} (of or pertaining to Albania) | :: albanisch |
| Albanian {n} (person from Albania) | :: Albanier {m}, Albanierin {f} |
| Albanian {prop} (language) | :: Albanisch |
| Albanology {prop} (study of Albanian language, culture and history) | :: Albanologie {f} |
| Albany {prop} (capital of New York) | :: Albany |
| albatross {n} (seabird) | :: Albatros {m} |
| albatross {n} (three under par) | :: Albatros {m} |
| albedo {n} (the fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body) | :: Albedo {f} |
| albeit {conj} (despite its being; although) | :: wenn auch, wenngleich, obgleich, obschon |
| Albert {prop} (male given name) | :: Albert {m}, Edlerbrecht {m} |
| Alberta {prop} (province) | :: Alberta {n} |
| Albin {prop} (male given name) | :: Albin |
| albinism {n} (lack of melanin pigmentation) | :: Albinismus {m} |
| albinistic {adj} (of or pertaining to albinism) | :: albinotisch |
| albino {adj} (congenitally lacking melanin) | :: albino- |
| albino {n} (one congenitally lacking melanin) | :: Albino {m} |
| albinoism {n} (albinism) SEE: albinism | :: |
| Albion {prop} (England) | :: Albion {n} |
| Albireo {prop} (Beta (β) Cygni.) | :: Albireo |
| album {n} (book for photographs, stamps, or autographs) | :: Album {n} |
| album {n} (phonograph record (LP)) | :: Album {n} |
| album {n} (group of audio recordings on any media) | :: Album {n} |
| albumen {n} (white part of an egg) | :: Eiweiß {n} |
| albumin {n} (class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water) | :: Albumin {n} |
| alburn {n} (bleak) SEE: bleak | :: |
| alburnum {n} (sapwood) SEE: sapwood | :: |
| alcazar {n} (Moorish fortress in Spain) | :: Alkazar {m}, Alcázar {m} |
| alchemist {n} (one who practices alchemy) | :: Alchemist {m}, Alchemistin {f} |
| alchemy {n} (ancient chemistry) | :: Alchemie {f} |
| Alcibiades {prop} (Greek name) | :: Alkibiades |
| alcid {n} (seabird of the family Alcidae - an alcid) | :: Alkenvogel {m} |
| Alcmene {prop} (the wife of Amphitryon and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles) | :: Alkmene |
| alcohol {n} (organic chemistry sense) | :: Alkohol {m} |
| alcohol {n} (intoxicating beverage) | :: Alkohol {m}, Weingeist [old], Branntwein [juristic] |
| alcohol abuse {n} (abuse caused by excessive drinking of alcohol) | :: Alkoholmissbrauch {m} |
| alcohol addiction {n} (dependency on alcohol) | :: Alkoholkrankheit {f}, Alkoholsucht {f}, Trunksucht {f} |
| alcohol-free {adj} (containing no alcohol) | :: alkoholfrei |
| alcoholic {n} (a person addicted to alcohol) | :: Alkoholiker {m}, Alkoholikerin {f}, Alkoholkranker {m}, Alkoholkranke {f} |
| alcoholic {n} (one who abuses alcohol) | :: Alkoholiker {m}, Alkoholikerin {f}, Alkoholkranker {m}, Alkoholkranke {f} |
| alcoholic {adj} (having more than a trace amount of alcohol in its contents) | :: alkoholisch, alkoholhaltig |
| Alcoholics Anonymous {prop} (proper noun) | :: Anonyme Alkoholiker {m-p} |
| alcoholism {n} (chronic disease) | :: Alkoholismus {m}, Alkoholkrankheit {f} |
| alcoholism {n} (acute alcohol poisoning) | :: Alkoholvergiftung {f} |
| alcoholized {adj} (under the influence of alcohol) | :: alkoholisiert |
| alcohology {n} (study of the effects of alcohol) | :: Alkohologie |
| alcohol poisoning {n} (condition of having very high alcohol level in blood) | :: Alkoholvergiftung {f} |
| alcove {n} (small recessed area) | :: Alkoven {m}; Alkov {m} [dated], Alkove {m} {f} [dated] |
| alcuronium {n} (drug) | :: Alcuroniumchlorid {n} |
| Alcyone {prop} (Star) | :: Alkione |
| Aldebaran {prop} (star) | :: Aldebaran {m} |
| aldebaranium {n} (rejected named for ytterbium) | :: Aldebaranium |
| aldehyde {n} (organic compound of the general formula R·CHO) | :: Aldehyd {n} |
| al dente {adj} (firm) | :: bissfest, al dente |
| alder {n} (any tree or shrub of the genus Alnus) | :: Erle {f} |
| aldern {adj} (made of alder wood) | :: erlen |
| aldrin {n} (insecticide) | :: Aldrin {n} |
| ale {n} (beer produced by warm fermentation) | :: Ale {n} |
| aleatory {adj} (depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance) | :: aleatorisch, zufällig |
| Alecto {prop} (Greek goddess of vengeance) | :: Alekto {f} |
| Alectryon {prop} (character in Greek mythology) | :: Alektryon {m} |
| alehouse {n} (beer parlour) SEE: beer parlour | :: |
| Alejandro {prop} (cognates of Alejandro) SEE: Alexander | :: |
| Alekhine's Defence {n} (chess opening) | :: Aljechin-Verteidigung {f} |
| Alemannic {prop} (High German language or dialect group) | :: Alemannisch {n} |
| Alemannic {adj} (of or relating to the Alemannic language or dialect group) | :: alemannisch |
| alembic {n} (chemical apparatus) | :: Alambic {m}, Destillierkolben {m} |
| a leopard cannot change its spots {proverb} (one cannot change one's own nature) | :: die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht |
| aleph {n} (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) | :: [Hebrew letter] Aleph {n}, Alef {n} |
| Aleppine {adj} (of or pertaining to Aleppo) | :: aleppinisch |
| Aleppine {n} (a person from, or an inhabitant of, Aleppo) | :: Aleppiner {m}, Aleppinerin {f} |
| Aleppo {prop} (city in Syria) | :: Aleppo |
| alert {adj} (attentive) | :: aufmerksam, wachsam |
| alert {n} (an alarm) | :: Alarm {m} |
| alert {v} (to give warning to) | :: verständigen |
| alethiology {n} (branch of logic dealing with truth and error) | :: Alethiologie {f} |
| Aleut {adj} (of the Aleutian Islands) | :: aleutisch |
| Aleut {n} (native of the Aleutian Islands) | :: Aleute {m}, Aleutin {f} |
| Aleut {prop} (language of the Aleutian Islands) | :: Aleutisch {n}, Alëutisch {n} |
| Aleutian Islands {prop} (archipelago) | :: Aleuten {p}, Alëuten {p} |
| alewife {n} (female publican) | :: Wirtin {f}, Schankwirtin {f} |
| alewife {n} (Alosa pseudoharengus) | :: Großaugenhering {m} |
| Alex {prop} (male given name) SEE: Alexius | :: |
| Alexander {prop} (male given name) | :: Alexander {m} |
| Alexander the Great {prop} (King of Macedonia) | :: Alexander der Große {m} |
| Alexandra {prop} (female given name) | :: Alexandra |
| Alexandria {prop} (city in Egypt) | :: Alexandria {f}, Alexandrien {f} |
| alexandrine {n} (line of a twelve-syllable poetic meter) | :: Alexandriner {m} |
| Alexandroupoli {prop} (city) | :: Alexandroupolis |
| Alexis {prop} (male given name) SEE: Alexius | :: |
| alexithymia {n} (deficiency in understanding emotions) | :: Alexithymie {f} |
| alexithymic {adj} (pertaining to or having alexithymia) | :: alexithymisch |
| Alexius {prop} (male given name) | :: Alexius |
| alfalfa {n} (Medicago sativa) | :: Luzerne {f}, Alfalfa {f} |
| Alfonso {prop} (male given name) | :: Alfons |
| Alfred {prop} (Male given name) | :: Alfred {m} |
| Alfvén wave {n} (a hydromagnetic shear wave in a charged plasma) | :: Alfvén-Welle {f} |
| alga {n} (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms) | :: Alge {f} |
| algae {n} (plural of alga) | :: Algen {f-p} |
| algal bloom {n} (dense spread of algae) | :: Algenblüte {f} |
| algebra {n} (system for computation) | :: Algebra {f} |
| algebra {n} (study of algebraic structures) | :: Algebra {f} |
| algebraic {adj} (relating to algebra) | :: algebraisch |
| algebraic equation {n} (mathematical equation) | :: algebraische Gleichung {f} |
| algebraic geometry {n} (branch of mathematics that studies solutions of systems of algebraic equations using both algebra and geometry) | :: algebraische Geometrie {f} |
| algebraic number {n} (element of a number field that is a root of a polynomial with integer coefficients) | :: algebraische Zahl {f} |
| algebraic number theory {n} (branch of number theory concerning algebraic number fields) | :: algebraische Zahlentheorie {f} |
| algebraic structure {n} (sets with operations) | :: algebraische Struktur {f} |
| algebraist {n} (mathematician) | :: Algebraiker {m} |
| Algeria {prop} (country) | :: Algerien {n} |
| Algerian {n} (person from Algeria) | :: Algerier {m}, Algerierin {f} |
| Algerian {adj} (of Algeria or its people) | :: algerisch |
| algesimeter {n} (algometer) SEE: algometer | :: |
| Alghero {prop} (port town in Sardinia) | :: Alghero {n} |
| algid {adj} (cold, chilly) | :: kalt |
| Algiers {prop} (the capital of Algeria) | :: Algier |
| algolagnia {n} (Physical condition) | :: Algolagnie |
| algology {n} (branch of botany dealing with algae) | :: Algologie {f}, Algenkunde {f}, Phykologie {f} |
| algometer {n} (instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli) | :: Algometer {n} |
| algophobia {n} (fear of pain) | :: Algophobie {f} |
| algorithm {n} (well-defined procedure) | :: Algorithmus {m}, Rechenverfahren |
| Ali {prop} (male given name from Arabic) | :: Ali {m} |
| alias {n} (another name; an assumed name) | :: Pseudonym {n}, Deckname {m} |
| alibi {n} (criminal legal defense) | :: Alibi {n} |
| alibi {n} (excuse) | :: Alibi {n} |
| Alice {prop} (female given name) | :: Alice {f} |
| Alice {prop} (message sender in cryptography) | :: Alice {f} |
| alidade {n} (measuring apparatus) | :: Alhidade |
| a lie has no legs {proverb} (you can't get away with a lie) | :: Lügen haben kurze Beine |
| alien {n} (person, etc. from outside) | :: Fremdling {m}, Fremder {m}, Fremde {f}, Ausländer {m}, Ausländerin {f} |
| alien {n} (foreigner) | :: Fremder {m}, Fremde {f}, Ausländer {m}, Ausländerin {f} |
| alien {n} (life form of non-Earth origin) | :: Außerirdischer {m}, Außerirdische {f}, Alien {m} {n} |
| alien {adj} (very unfamiliar, strange) | :: fremd, fremdartig |
| alien {adj} (pertaining to extraterrestrial life) | :: außerirdisch |
| alienate {v} (to estrange) | :: befremden, entfremden |
| alienate {v} | :: entfremden |
| alienated {adj} (isolated, excluded or estranged) | :: entfremdet |
| alienation {n} (the act of alienating) | :: Entfremdung {f} |
| alienist {n} (psychiatrist) SEE: psychiatrist | :: |
| alienist {n} (psychologist) SEE: psychologist | :: |
| alight {v} (to spring down, get down, or descend) | :: aussteigen |
| align {v} (To adhere oneself with a group or a way of thinking) | :: abstimmen |
| alignment {n} (arrangement of items in a line) | :: Ausrichtung {f}, Aufreihung {f}, Aneinanderreihung {f} |
| alignment {n} (process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned) | :: Ausrichtung {f}, Abgleich {m}, Justierung {f}, Einstellung {f} |
| alignment {n} (alliance of factions) | :: Ausrichtung {f}, Gruppierung {f}, Allianz {f}, Zusammenschluss {m}, Fraktion {f}, Parteiengemeinschaft {f} |
| alignment {n} (astronomy: conjunction of two celestial objects) | :: Konstellation {f}, Konjunktion {f} |
| alignment {n} (transport: precise route or course of a road etc.) | :: gerader Streckenverlauf {m} |
| alike {adj} (having resemblance; similar) | :: gleich |
| alike {adv} (tn the same manner, form, or degree; equally) | :: gleichermaßen, gleich |
| alimentary canal {n} (digestive tract) SEE: digestive tract | :: |
| alimony {n} (a court-enforced allowance) | :: Unterhalt {m}, Alimente {p} |
| aliphatic {adj} (organic chemistry: having carbon atoms arranged in an open chain) | :: aliphatisch |
| aliquot {n} (portion) | :: Aliquote {f} |
| a little {adv} (to a small extent or degree) | :: ein bisschen, ein wenig, etwas |
| a little bird told me {phrase} (idiomatic) | :: ein Vöglein hat mir gezwitschert |
| alive {adj} (having life) | :: lebendig |
| alive {adj} (in a state of action) | :: lebendig |
| alive {adj} (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings) | :: lebendig |
| alive and kicking {adj} (healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances) | :: gesund und munter |
| aliyah {n} (immigration of Jews into Israel) | :: Alija {f} |
| Al Jazeera {prop} (Arabic satellite TV news channel) | :: Al-Dschasira |
| alkali {n} (class of caustic bases) | :: Alkali {n} |
| alkali metal {n} (soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table) | :: Alkalimetall {n} |
| alkaline {adj} (of or relating to an alkali) | :: alkalisch |
| alkaline {adj} (having a pH greater than 7) | :: alkalisch |
| alkaline earth metal {n} (any element of group II of the periodic table) | :: Erdalkalimetall {n} |
| alkaloid {n} (organic heterocyclic base) | :: Alkaloid |
| alkane {n} (saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2) | :: Alkan {n} |
| alkekengi {n} (bladder cherry) SEE: bladder cherry | :: |
| alkene {n} (unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds) | :: Alken {n} |
| alkoxide {n} (alcohol-derived compound formed by replacing a hydrogen atom with another cationic species) | :: Alkoholat {n} |
| alkyl {n} (univalent radical of the general formula CnH2n+1) | :: Alkyl {n} |
| alkyne {n} (hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon-carbon triple bond) | :: Alkin {n} |
| all {determiner} (every individual of the given class) | :: all, alle, jeder {m}, jede {f}, jedes {n}, jede {p} |
| all {determiner} (throughout the whole of (a stated period of time)) | :: ganz |
| all {adv} (intensifier) | :: völlig, vollkommen, ganz, total |
| all {adv} (apiece) | :: pro Stück |
| all {n} (everything possible) | :: alles |
| all {pron} (everyone) SEE: everyone | :: |
| all {pron} (everything) SEE: everything | :: |
| Allah {prop} (God, in Islam) | :: Allah {m} |
| Allahu akbar {interj} (Muslim takbir (proclamation)) | :: Allahu akbar |
| all along {adv} (duration) | :: die ganze Zeit, schon immer, von Anfang an |
| all and sundry {pron} (all; everyone) | :: jedermann, alle |
| allative {n} (allative case) | :: Allativ {m} |
| allative case {n} (case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something) | :: Allativ {m} |
| allay {v} (To make quiet or put at rest) | :: beruhigen, dämpfen |
| allay {v} (To alleviate) | :: erleichtern |
| all but {adv} (very nearly) | :: fast |
| all cats are gray at night {proverb} (all cats are grey in the dark) SEE: all cats are grey in the dark | :: |
| all cats are grey in the dark {proverb} (proverb) | :: nachts sind alle Katzen grau |
| all-clear {n} (A sign or signal indicating that a hindrance or danger is clear) | :: Entwarnung {f} |
| all day {adv} (the entire day) | :: den ganzen Tag |
| all ears {adj} (awaiting explanation) | :: ganz Ohr sein |
| allegate {v} (allege) SEE: allege | :: |
| allegation {n} (an assertion or accusation) | :: Behauptung {f} |
| allege {v} (assert without proof) | :: behaupten |
| alleged {adj} (asserted) | :: mutmaßlich |
| alleged {adj} (supposed) | :: mutmaßlich |
| allegedly {adv} (according to someone's allegation) | :: angeblich [neutral], vermeintlich [expressing doubt] |
| allegement {n} (allegation) SEE: allegation | :: |
| allegiance {n} (loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler) | :: Treue, Loyalität, Treuherzigkeit, Gefolgschaft {f}, Gefolgschaftstreue {f} |
| allegoric {adj} (of, or relating to allegory) | :: allegorisch, sinnbildlich |
| allegorical {adj} (of, relating to, or containing allegory) | :: allegorisch, sinnbildlich |
| allegorically {adv} (in an allegorical manner) | :: allegorisch, sinnbildlich |
| allegorise {v} (to create an allegory from some event or situation) | :: sinnbildlich darstellen, allegorisieren |
| allegorization {n} (the act of turning into allegory) | :: Allegorisierung {f} |
| allegory {n} (the representation of abstract principles) | :: Allegorie {f}, Sinnbild {n} |
| allegory {n} (symbolic representation) | :: Allegorie {f}, Sinnbild {n} |
| allegory {n} | :: Allegorik {f} |
| allegretto {adv} (musical direction) | :: allegretto |
| allele {n} (variant of a gene) | :: Allel {n} |
| allelic {adj} (pertaining to alleles) | :: allel |
| allelomorph {n} (allele) SEE: allele | :: |
| allelopathy {n} (release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants) | :: Allelopathie {f} |
| alleluia {n} (liturgical form of hallelujah) | :: Halleluja |
| all-embracing {adj} | :: allumfassend |
| Allen key {n} (a hex head wrench) | :: Innensechskantschlüssel {m}, Inbusschlüssel {m} |
| Allen screw {n} (screw whose head has a hexagonal socket) | :: Inbusschraube {f}, Innensechskantschraube {f} |
| allergen {n} (substance) | :: Allergen {n} |
| allergic {adj} (pertaining to allergy) | :: allergisch |
| allergic {adj} (having an allergy) | :: allergisch |
| allergic {adj} (excessively sensitive) | :: allergisch |
| allergically {adv} (because of allergies) | :: allergisch |
| allergist {n} (doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.) | :: Allergologe {m}, Allergologin {f} |
| allergologist {n} (physician) SEE: allergist | :: |
| allergologist {n} (scientist) | :: Allergologe {m}, Allergologin {f} |
| allergology {n} (the study of the causes and treatment of allergies) | :: Allergologie {f} |
| allergy {n} (hypersensitivity) | :: Allergie {f} |
| allergy {n} | :: Allergie {f} |
| alleviate {v} (make less severe) | :: mildern, lindern, abschwächen |
| alleviation {n} (alleviation) | :: Erleichterung {f}, Linderung {f}, Milderung {f} |
| alley {n} (narrow street) | :: Gasse {f} |
| alley oop {interj} (interjection) | :: alley oop |
| alleyway {n} (narrow street) SEE: alley | :: |
| All Fools' Day {n} (April Fools' Day) SEE: April Fools' Day | :: |
| all good things come to an end {proverb} (nothing good lasts forever) | :: alles hat sein Ende |
| All Hallows' Day {prop} (All Saints' Day) SEE: All Saints' Day | :: |
| allheal {n} (valerian) SEE: valerian | :: |
| allheal {n} (Stachys) SEE: woundwort | :: |
| alliance {n} (state of being allied) | :: Allianz {f}, Zusammenschluss {m}, Verbund {m}, Bund {m}, Bündnis {n} |
| alliance {n} (union resembling that of families or states) | :: Allianz {f}, Bund {m}, Bündnis {n} |
| alliance {n} (persons or parties allied) | :: Verbündeten {p} {m}, Bündnis {n}, Allianz {f} |
| alliance {n} (treaty between nations) | :: Allianz {f}, Bündnis {n} |
| allicin {n} (organic compound) | :: Allicin |
| allied {adj} (joined as allies) | :: alliiert, verbündet |
| alligator {n} (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator) | :: Alligator {m} |
| alligator clip {n} (electronics connector) | :: Krokodilklemme |
| alligator pear {n} ((dialectal) avocado) | :: Alligator-Birne |
| all in all {adv} (generally) | :: alles in allem |
| all-inclusive {adj} (providing all amenities, benefits or perquisites in a single package) | :: pauschal |
| all in good time {adv} ((set phrase) One should be patient.) | :: alles zu seiner Zeit |
| alliteration {n} (the repetition of consonants) | :: Alliteration {f} |
| all kidding aside {adv} (idiom, speech act) | :: Spaß beiseite, ohne Scheiß |
| all-knowing {adj} (knowing everything) | :: allwissend |
| all mouth and trousers {adj} (superficial) | :: große Klappe, nichts dahinter |
| all-night {adj} (lasting throughout the whole night) | :: abendfüllend |
| allocate {v} (to distribute according to a plan) | :: zuteilen |
| allocation {n} (The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.) | :: Vergabe {f}, Zuteilung {f}, Zuweisung {f} |
| allodium {n} (freehold land or property) | :: Allod {n}, Allode {p}, Allodialbesitz {m} |
| all of a sudden {adv} (colloquial: suddenly, see also: suddenly) | :: urplötzlich, unversehens |
| all of the sudden {adv} (all of a sudden) SEE: all of a sudden | :: |
| allograph {n} (variant form of a letter) | :: Allograph {n} |
| allonge {n} (attachment to negotiable instrument) | :: Allonge {f} |
| allonym {n} (the name of another person taken by an author as a pen name) | :: Allonym |
| allopathy {n} (historical: alternative medicine) | :: Allopathie {f} |
| allopathy {n} (traditional medical method or treatment) | :: Allopathie {f}, Schulmedizin {f} |
| allopatric {adj} (geographically isolated) | :: allopatrische |
| allophone {n} (alternative pronunciation for a phoneme) | :: Allophon {n}, Allofon {n}, Phonemvariante {f}, Fonemvariante {f}, Lautvariante {f} |
| allophone {n} (person whose mother tongue is neither English nor French) | :: Allophoner {m}, Allophone {f} |
| allophone {adj} (of a language neither English nor French) | :: allophon |
| all-or-nothing {adj} (all or nothing) | :: alles oder nichts |
| allot {v} (to distribute) | :: verteilen, austeilen |
| allot {v} (to assign) | :: zuteilen |
| allotment {n} (that which is alloted) | :: Anteil |
| allotment {n} (plot of land) | :: Schrebergarten {m}; Kleingarten {m} |
| allotrope {n} (element form of different molecular structure to another form of the same element) | :: Allotrop |
| allotropic {adj} (of an element that exhibits allotropy) | :: allotrop |
| allotropical {adj} (allotropic) SEE: allotropic | :: |
| allotropism {n} (elemental property) SEE: allotropy | :: |
| allotropy {n} (having multiple atomic structures) | :: Allotropie {f} |
| all over {adv} (all over) | :: vorbei |
| all over {adv} (over an entire extent) | :: vollständig, ganz, ganz und gar |
| all over {adv} (everywhere) | :: überall, an jeder Stelle, an jedem Ort |
| all over {adv} (in every way; thoroughly) | :: typisch, ganz der/die/das |
| all over {prep} (all over) | :: ganz ... über, vollständig ... über |
| all over {prep} (everywhere; covering completely) | :: ganz über, über ... ganze/n |
| all-over {adj} (over the whole area or extent) | :: vollflächig, flächendeckend, vollständig |
| all over the place {prep} (Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.) | :: durcheinander, chaotisch, uneinheitlich; querbeet, überall |
| allow {v} (to grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have) | :: erlauben, zulassen |
| allow {v} (to acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion) | :: akzeptieren |
| allow {v} (to permit) | :: erlauben, zulassen |
| allow {v} (to let something happen, to admit, to concede) | :: erlauben, zulassen |
| allow {v} (to make allowance) | :: erlauben, mit einberechnen |
| allowance {n} (the act of allowing, granting, conceding, or admitting; authorization; permission; sanction; tolerance) | :: Erlaubnis {f} |
| allowance {n} (a child's allowance; pocket money) SEE: pocket money | :: |
| allowedly {adv} (admittedly) SEE: admittedly | :: |
| alloy {n} (metal combined of more elements) | :: Legierung {f} |
| alloy {v} (mix or combine) | :: legieren |
| alloy steel {n} | :: Stahllegierung {f} |
| alloy wheel {n} (aluminium wheel) | :: Leichtmetallfelge {f} |
| all-powerful {adj} (Omnipotent) | :: allmächtig |
| all-purpose {adj} (for all purposes) | :: Allzweck- [in compound words] |
| all right {adj} (good) | :: in Ordnung, gut |
| all right {adj} (in good health) | :: gesund, unversehrt |
| all right {adv} (fairly well) | :: in Ordnung, gut |
| all right {interj} (Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent ) | :: gut, in Ordnung |
| all right {interj} (Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement ) | :: bravo, super |
| all right {interj} (Used to fill space or pauses ) | :: also, nun, na schön |
| all right {interj} (Used as a general lead-in or beginning ) | :: nun, also |
| all right {interj} (Used to express exasperation or frustration, often with already ) | :: schon gut (occasionally doubled in case of impatience, e. g. when the one you're speaking to takes too long to get to the point) |
| all rights reserved {phrase} (copyright notice formula) | :: alle Rechte vorbehalten |
| all roads lead to Rome {proverb} (different paths can take to the same goal) | :: alle Wege führen nach Rom |
| All Saints Day {prop} (All Saints Day) SEE: All Saints' Day | :: |
| All Saints' Day {prop} (feast day) | :: Allerheiligen {n} |
| all-season tire {n} | :: Ganzjahresreifen {m} |
| all's fair in love and war {proverb} (unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) | :: in der Liebe und im Krieg ist alles erlaubt |
| all skin and bones {adj} | :: knochendürr |
| All Souls' Day {prop} (Christian feast day) | :: Allerseelen {n}, Allerseelentag {m} |
| allspice {n} (spice) | :: Piment {m} {n}, Neugewürz {n}, Nelkenpfeffer {m}, Jamaikapfeffer {m}, Modegewürz {n} [archaic] |
| all's well that ends well {proverb} (A happy ending makes up for everything that has gone before...) | :: Ende gut, alles gut |
| all that glitters is not gold {proverb} (things that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so) | :: es ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt |
| all that jazz {n} (everything else related to something; other similar things) | :: und so |
| all the best {interj} (good luck) | :: alles Gute |
| all the more {adv} (even more) | :: erst recht, umso mehr |
| all the same {adv} (anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless) | :: trotzdem, immerhin |
| all the time {adv} (always) | :: immer |
| all the way {adv} (to the end) | :: durchgehend, durchweg |
| all things come to those who wait {proverb} (good things come to those who wait) SEE: good things come to those who wait | :: |
| all thumbs {adj} (clumsy (idiom)) | :: zwei linke Hände haben (have two left hands) |
| all together {adv} (as a group) | :: alle zusammen |
| all too {adv} (way too) SEE: way too | :: |
| allude {v} (refer to something indirectly or by suggestion) | :: andeuten, erwähnen |
| allure {n} (the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction) | :: Verlockung {f}, Reiz {m}, Anziehungskraft {f} |
| allure {v} (to attempt to draw) | :: locken, verlocken |
| alluring {adj} (having to power to allure) | :: verführerisch, verlockend |
| allusion {n} (indirect reference, hint) | :: Anspielung {f}, Allusion {f} |
| alluvial {n} (deposition of sediment) SEE: alluvium | :: |
| alluvial fan {n} (cone-shaped heap of alluvium) | :: Schwemmkegel {m} |
| alluvial plain {n} (plain formed by deposition of sediment of a river) | :: Alluvialebene {f} |
| alluvium {n} (deposited material) | :: Alluvium {n}, Alluvialboden {n}, Anschwemmungsboden {m} |
| all-weather tire {n} | :: Allwetterreifen {m} |
| all-wheel drive {n} (drive to all wheels) | :: Allrad |
| ally {n} (one united to another by treaty or league) | :: Alliierter {m}, Alliierte {f}, Verbündeter {m}, Verbündete {f} |
| allyl alcohol {n} | :: Allylalkohol {m} |
| ALM {n} (application lifecycle management (initialism)) | :: AM {n} |
| Alma {prop} (female given name) | :: Alma |
| alma mater {n} (graduated school) | :: Alma Mater {f} |
| almanac {n} (book or table listing astronomical, nautical or other events for the year) | :: Almanach {m} |
| almandine {n} (mineral) | :: Almandin {m} |
| Almaty {prop} (Astana) SEE: Astana | :: |
| Almaty {prop} (city) | :: Almaty {n} |
| Almere {prop} (city in the Netherlands) | :: Almere |
| almighty {adj} (unlimited in might) | :: allmächtig |
| Almighty {prop} (God, the supreme being) | :: Allmächtiger {m} |
| almond {n} (nut) | :: Mandel {f} |
| almond {n} (tree) | :: Mandelbaum {m} |
| almond {n} (colour) | :: Mandelfarbe {f} |
| almond {adj} (resembling the colour of an almond nut) | :: mandelfarben, mandelfarbig |
| almond milk {n} (milky liquid from almonds) | :: Mandelmilch {f} |
| almond paste {n} (paste made from ground almonds and sugar in equal quantities) | :: Mandelmasse {f}, Marzipanmasse {f}, Marzipanrohmasse {f} |
| almond-shaped {adj} (oval) | :: mandelförmig |
| almond tree {n} (Prunus dulcis) | :: Mandelbaum {m} |
| almond tree {n} (Terminalia catappa) | :: Badam {m}, Katappenbaum {m}, Seemandelbaum {m}, Indische Mandel {f} |
| almost {adv} (very close to) | :: fast, beinahe, so gut wie |
| almost doesn't count {proverb} (near success (or correctness) is not deemed success (or correctness)) SEE: close, but no cigar | :: |
| almost everywhere {adv} (everywhere except at a set of measure zero) | :: fast überall |
| alms {n} (something given to the poor as charity) | :: Almosen {n} |
| almucantar {n} (small circle on the celestial sphere) | :: Höhenparallele |
| aloe {n} (plant of the genus Aloe) | :: Aloe {f} |
| aloe vera {n} (Aloe vera) | :: [biology] Echte Aloe {f}; [skin care etc. usually] Aloe vera {f} |
| aloha {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| aloha {interj} (goodbye) SEE: goodbye | :: |
| aloha shirt {n} (Hawaiian shirt) | :: Hawaiihemd |
| alone {adj} (by oneself) | :: allein |
| alone {adv} (by oneself) | :: allein, einsam |
| alone {adv} (without outside help) | :: selbst |
| alone {adv} (only) | :: nur, ausschließlich, allein |
| aloneness {n} (the state of being alone) | :: Alleinsein {n} |
| along {prep} (by the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to) | :: entlang, längs |
| along {prep} (in a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on) | :: entlang |
| along {adv} (onward, forward) | :: weiter |
| aloof {adj} (reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant) | :: distanziert, menschenscheu, zurückhaltend, reserviert |
| alopecia {n} (pathology: deficiency of the hair) | :: Haarlosigkeit {f} |
| alopecia {n} (medicine: loss of hair) | :: Haarausfall {m} |
| alopecia {n} (baldness) SEE: baldness | :: |
| a lot {n} (a large amount) | :: viel |
| a lot {n} (many things) | :: vieles {n} |
| a lot {adv} (very much) | :: viel |
| a lot {adv} (often) | :: oft |
| aloud {adv} (loudly) | :: laut |
| aloud {adv} (audibly, not silent) | :: laut, [see: to "read aloud"] vorlesen [verb] |
| Aloysius {prop} (male given name) | :: Alois |
| alp {n} (very high mountain) | :: Alm {f} |
| alpaca {n} (camelid animal of the Andes) | :: Alpaka {n}, Alpakahengst {m}, Alpakastute {f} |
| alpenglow {n} (a reddish glow seen near sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains) | :: Alpenglühen {n} |
| alpha {n} (name of the letter Α, α) | :: Alpha {n} |
| alpha and omega {n} (the first and the last) | :: A und O |
| alphabet {n} (an ordered set of letters used in a language) | :: ABC {n}, Alphabet {n} |
| alphabetic {adj} (alphabetical) SEE: alphabetical | :: |
| alphabetical {adj} (pertaining to the alphabet) | :: alphabetisch |
| alphabetical {adj} (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) | :: alphabetisch |
| alphabetically {adv} (in an alphabetical manner) | :: alphabetisch |
| alphabetically {adv} (arranged in the sequence of the alphabet) | :: alphabetisch |
| alphabetical order {n} (the sequence of a collection of items) | :: alphabetische Reihenfolge {f} |
| alphabetisation {n} (act of arranging in alphabetical order) | :: Alphabetisierung {f} |
| alphabetism {n} (form of literacy) | :: Alphabetismus {m} |
| alphabet soup {n} (soup that contains noodles in the shape of alphabetical letters) | :: Buchstabensuppe {f} |
| alphabet soup {n} (overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations) | :: Abkürzungsdschungel {m} |
| Alpha Centauri {prop} (brightest star in the southern constellation of Centaurus) | :: Alpha Centauri {m} |
| alpha decay {n} (radioactive decay by emitting an alpha particle) | :: Alphazerfall {m} |
| alpha female {n} (dominant female animal) | :: Alpha-Weibchen {n}, Alphaweibchen {n} |
| alpha male {n} (dominant male animal) | :: Alpha-Männchen {n}, Alphamännchen {n}, Platzhirsch {m} [deer], Alphawolf {m} [wolf], Leitwolf {m} [wolf], Alpharüde {m} [canine], Leitbulle {m} [bovine], Alphatier {n} [male or female], Leittier {n} [male or female] |
| alpha male {n} (figuratively: leading man) | :: Leitwolf {m} |
| alphanumeric {adj} (consisting of letters and numbers) | :: alphanumerisch, alphanummerisch |
| alphanumerical {adj} (alphanumeric) SEE: alphanumeric | :: |
| alpha particle {n} (positively charged nucleus) | :: Alpha-Teilchen {n}, α-Teilchen {n}, Alphateilchen {n} |
| alpha privative {n} (the prefix a- expressing negation or absence) | :: Alpha privativum {n} |
| alphasyllabary {n} (an alphasyllabary) | :: Alphasyllabar {n} |
| alpha version {n} (software in an early status) | :: Alpha-Version {f} |
| alphorn {n} (musical instrument) | :: Alphorn {n} |
| alpine bullhead {n} (Cottus poecilopus) | :: sibirische Groppe {f} |
| alpine chough {n} (alpine chough) | :: Alpendohle {f} |
| alpine combined {n} (event in skiing) | :: Alpine Kombination {f} |
| alpine newt {n} (Ichthyosaura alpestris) | :: Bergmolch {m}, Alpenmolch {m} |
| alpine skiing {n} (sport) | :: alpiner Skilauf {m}, alpines Skifahren {n}, Ski Alpin {n} |
| alpinism {n} | :: Alpinismus {m} |
| alpinist {n} (mountain climber) SEE: mountaineer | :: |
| Alps {prop} (a mountain range in Western Europe) | :: Alpen {f-p} |
| al-Qaeda {prop} (The global network of militant Islamic extremists.) | :: Al-Kaida {f}, Al-Qaida {f} |
| al-Quds {prop} (Jerusalem) SEE: Jerusalem | :: |
| already {adv} (prior to some time) | :: bereits, schon |
| already {adv} (used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation) | :: schon |
| Alsace {prop} (region on the west bank of the upper Rhine) | :: Elsass {n}, Elsaß {n} |
| Alsatian {adj} (of or relating to Alsace) | :: elsässer, elsässisch |
| Alsatian {n} (person from Alsace) | :: Elsässer {m}, Elsässerin {f} |
| Alsatian {prop} (language of Alsace) | :: Elsässisch {n} |
| also {adv} (in addition; besides; as well; further; too) | :: auch |
| also known as {adv} (used to introduce an alternative name) SEE: AKA | :: |
| Altai {prop} (Altay) SEE: Altay | :: |
| Altaic {adj} (pertaining to the group of languages) | :: altaisch |
| Altair {prop} (star) | :: Altair |
| altar {n} (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) | :: Altar {m} |
| altar boy {n} (A boy serving as an acolyte) | :: Messdiener {m}, Ministrant {m} |
| altar girl {n} (a girl serving as an acolyte) | :: Messdienerin {f}. Ministrantin {f} |
| Altay {prop} (mountain range) | :: Altai {m} |
| alter {v} (to change the form or structure of) | :: abändern |
| alteration {n} (the act of altering or making different) | :: Änderung {f}, Veränderung {f} |
| altercation {n} (dispute) | :: heftige Auseinandersetzung {f}, Auseinandersetzung {f}, Streit {m}, Disput {m}, Kontroverse {f} |
| alter ego {n} (alternate personality or persona) | :: Alter Ego {n}, anderes Ich {n} |
| alterity {n} (otherness) | :: Alterität {f} |
| alternate {adj} (being or succeeding by turns) | :: alternierend |
| alternate {adj} (other; alternative) | :: alternativ |
| alternate {v} (to perform by turns) | :: alternieren |
| alternate {v} (to happen, succeed, or act by turns) | :: abwechseln, alternieren |
| alternate {v} (to vary by turns) | :: wechseln zwischen, alternieren |
| alternate angles {n} | :: Wechselwinkel {m} |
| alternately {adv} (succeding by turns) | :: abwechselnd, wechselweise, abwechslungsweise |
| alternate universe {n} (hypothetical world) SEE: parallel universe | :: |
| alternating {adj} (such that it alternates) | :: Wechsel- , abwechselnd, alternierend |
| alternating current {n} (electric current that reverses direction periodically) | :: Wechselstrom {m} |
| alternation {n} (ablaut) SEE: ablaut | :: |
| alternative {adj} (Relating to a choice) | :: alternativ |
| alternative {adj} (other) | :: alternativ |
| alternative {n} (a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities) | :: Alternative {f} |
| alternative {n} (one of several things which can be chosen) | :: Alternative {f} |
| alternative dispute resolution {n} (resolution of a dispute through negotiation or similar means) | :: Alternative Konfliktllösung {f} [literally], Außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung {f} [legal] |
| alternative fact {n} (politically expedient assertion) | :: alternative Fakten {m} |
| alternative hypothesis {n} (hypothesis) | :: Alternativhypothese {f} |
| alternative investment fund {n} (type of fund) | :: alternativer Investmentfonds |
| alternatively {adv} (in an alternative way) | :: alternativ, andernfalls, andererseits, beziehungsweise, ersatzweise, hilfsweise, oder aber |
| alternative medicine {n} (any of various medical methods and practices used in place of conventional medicine) | :: Alternativmedizin {f} |
| although {conj} (in spite of the fact that) | :: obwohl, obschon [poetical], obgleich |
| although {conj} (but) | :: trotzdem |
| altiloquence {n} (pompous language) | :: bombastischer Wortschwall {m}, hochtrabendes Gerede {n} |
| altimeter {n} (an apparatus for measuring altitude) | :: Höhenmesser {m}, Altimeter {n} |
| altitude {n} (absolute height) | :: Höhe {f} |
| altitude {n} (distance measured upwards) | :: Höhe {f} |
| altitude {n} (distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex) | :: Höhe {f} |
| altitude sickness {n} (oxygen deficiency at high altitudes) | :: Höhenkrankheit {f} |
| alt key {n} (computing: a key on a keyboard) | :: Alt-Taste {f} |
| alto {n} (musical part) | :: Alt {m} |
| alto {n} (person or instrument) | :: Alt {m} |
| alto clef {n} (Musical notation) | :: Bratschenschlüssel {m}, Altschlüssel {m} |
| altogether {adv} (without exception; wholly; completely) | :: ganz und gar, ohne Ausnahme, ausnahmslos, insgesamt |
| altogether {adv} (on the whole; everything considered) | :: alles in allem, alles zusammengenommen, insgesamt |
| altophobia {n} (acrophobia) SEE: acrophobia | :: |
| altruism {n} (policy that benefits others' interests) | :: Altruismus {m}, Selbstlosigkeit, Uneigennützigkeit |
| altruistic {adj} (regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish) | :: altruistisch, selbstlos, uneigennützig |
| alum {n} (chemistry: double sulfate) | :: Alaun {n} |
| aluminite {n} (a hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral) | :: Aluminit {m} |
| aluminium {n} (silvery metal) | :: Aluminium {n} |
| aluminium family {n} | :: Aluminiumfamilie {f} |
| aluminium foil {n} (very thin, pliable, eaily torn sheet of aluminium) | :: Aluminiumfolie {f}, Alufolie {f} |
| aluminium gallium arsenide {n} | :: Aluminiumgalliumarsenid {n} |
| aluminium nitride {n} | :: Aluminiumnitrid {n} |
| aluminium paper {n} (aluminium foil) SEE: aluminium foil | :: |
| aluminothermy {n} (the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium) | :: Aluminothermie {f} |
| aluminum {n} (aluminium) SEE: aluminium | :: |
| alumnus {n} (a male pupil or student) | :: Student {m} |
| alumnus {n} (a student) | :: Student |
| alunite {n} (mineral) | :: Alunit {m} |
| alveolar {adj} (formed with the tongue touching or approaching the ridge behind the upper teeth) | :: alveolar |
| alveolar {n} (an alveolar consonant) | :: Alveolar {m} |
| alveolar ridge {n} (ridge that forms the borders of the maxilla and the mandible) | :: Alveolarkamm {m}, Zahndamm {m} |
| alveolization {n} (the process or result of becoming alveolate) | :: Alveolenbildung {f} |
| alveopalatal {adj} (intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants) | :: alveolopalatal, alveolo-palatal, alveopalatal |
| alveopalatal {n} (any consonant that is intermediate in articulation between the coronal and dorsal consonants) | :: Alveolopalatal {m}, Alveolopalatallaut {m}, Alveopalatallaut {m} |
| Alvin {prop} (male given name meaning "elf friend") | :: Albwin, Albuin, Alvin |
| Alvíssmál {prop} (tenth book of the Poetic Edda) | :: Alvíssmál |
| always {adv} (at all times) | :: immer, stets, ständig |
| always {adv} (constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals) | :: immer |
| Alwin {prop} (male given name meaning "noble friend") | :: Alwin |
| alyssum {n} (any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum) | :: Steinkraut {n} |
| Alzette {prop} (river) | :: Alzig {f}, Alzette {f} |
| Alzheimer's disease {n} (mental disorder from brain tissue changes) | :: Alzheimer {?}, Alzheimer-Krankheit {f} |
| a.m. {adv} (before noon) | :: morgens, vormittags |
| AM {adv} (before noon) | :: vormittags, morgens |
| A major {n} (major key) | :: A-dur |
| amalgam {n} (alloy) | :: Amalgam {n} |
| amalgamate {v} (to combine or blend) | :: fusionieren, mischen, verbinden |
| amalgamate {v} (to make an alloy of mercury and another metal) | :: verquicken, amalgamieren, mit Quecksilber legieren |
| Amanda {prop} (female given name) | :: Amanda |
| amanita {n} (mushroom of the genus Amanita) | :: Wulstling {m}, Knollenblätterpilz {m}, Fliegenpilz {m} |
| amanuensis {n} (a clerk, secretary or stenographer) | :: Schreiber {m}, Schreiberin {f}, Sekretär {m}, Sekretärin {f} |
| amaranth {n} (herb of the genus Amaranthus) | :: Amarant {m} |
| amaranth {n} (purplish-red colour) | :: Amarant |
| amaranth {n} (seed of these plants, used as a cereal) | :: Amarant {m} |
| amaretto {n} (a sweet almond-flavoured liqueur) | :: Amaretto {m} |
| Amarone {n} (strong Italian dry red wine) | :: Amarone {m} |
| amaryllis {n} (Amaryllis belladonna) | :: Amaryllis {f}, Narzissenlilie {f} |
| amaryllis {n} (lily in the genus Hippeastrum) | :: Ritterstern {m} |
| amass {v} (to collect into a mass or heap) | :: ansammeln, zusammensammeln, zusammenklauben, anhäufen |
| amateur {n} (person attached to a pursuit without pursuing it professionally) | :: Amateur {m}, Amateurin {f} |
| amateur {n} (someone unqualified) | :: Amateur {m}, Amateurin {f} |
| amateur {adj} (showing lack of professionalism, experience or talent) | :: amateurhaft |
| amateur {adj} (nonprofessional) SEE: nonprofessional | :: |
| amateurish {adj} (reflecting the efforts of an amateur) | :: amateurhaft, laienhaft |
| amateur radio {n} (hobby) | :: Amateurfunk {m} |
| amaxophobia {n} (fear of riding in a vehicle) | :: Amaxophobie {f}, Fahrangst {f} |
| amaze {v} (to fill with surprise, astonish) | :: verwundern |
| amazement {n} (the condition of being amazed; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear) | :: Staunen {n}, Verwunderung {f} |
| amazing {adj} (very good) SEE: good | :: |
| amazing {adj} (causing wonder and amazement) | :: erstaunlich, unglaublich, verwunderlich |
| amazing {adj} (possessing uniquely wonderful qualities) | :: toll, super, unglaublich |
| amazingly {adv} (wonderfully) | :: erstaunlich, erstaunlicherweise |
| amazingly {adv} (to a wonder-inspiring extent) | :: erstaunlich |
| Amazon {n} (Mythological female warrior) | :: Amazone {f} |
| Amazon {prop} (river) | :: Amazonas {m} |
| Amazonian antshrike {n} (Thamnophilus amazonicus) | :: Amazonien-Tropfenameisenwürger {m} |
| amazonite {n} (gem) | :: Amazonit {m} |
| amazonstone {n} (amazonite) SEE: amazonite | :: |
| amœba {n} (amoeba) SEE: amoeba | :: |
| ambages {n} (indirect or roundabout ways of talking) SEE: circumlocution | :: |
| amban {n} (provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule) | :: Amban {m} |
| ambassador {n} (minister) | :: Botschafter {m} |
| ambassador {n} (representative) | :: Botschafter {m}, Botschafterin {f} |
| ambassadress {n} (female ambassador) | :: Botschafterin {f} |
| ambassadress {n} (wife of an ambassador) | :: Botschaftergemahlin {f}, Botschafterfrau {f}, Ehefrau eines Botschafters {f} |
| amber {n} (fossil resin) | :: Bernstein {m} |
| amber {n} (colour) | :: Bernsteingelb {n} |
| amber {n} (traffic light colour) | :: Gelb {n} |
| amber {adj} (of a brownish yellow colour) | :: bernsteinen |
| amber {n} (ambergris) SEE: ambergris | :: |
| Amber {prop} (female given name) | :: Amber |
| ambergris {n} (waxy substance produced by sperm whales) | :: Ambra {f}, Amber {m} |
| amberjack {n} (fish of genus Seriola) | :: Gelbschwanzmakrele {f} |
| ambiance {n} (particular mood or atmosphere of an environment) | :: Ambiente {n} |
| ambidextrous {adj} (having equal ability in both hands) | :: beidhändig |
| ambigram {n} (design that reads as the same word or phrase in two different orientations) | :: Ambigramm {n} |
| ambiguity {n} (something liable to more than one interpretation) | :: Ambiguität {f}, Mehrdeutigkeit {f}, Doppeldeutigkeit {f}, Zweideutigkeit {f}, Vieldeutigkeit {f}, Doppelsinnigkeit {f}, Uneindeutigkeit {f}, Doppelbödigkeit {f}, Doppelsinn {m}, Polysemie {f}, Ambivalenz {f} |
| ambiguous {adj} (open to multiple interpretations) | :: mehrdeutig (doppeldeutig, zweideutig) |
| ambiguous {adj} (vague and unclear) | :: unklar, vage |
| ambiposition {n} (adposition that can occur before or after its complement) | :: Ambiposition {f} |
| ambit {n} (sphere or area of control and influence of something) | :: Einflussbereich {m}, Einflusssphäre {f}, Geltungsbereich {m}, Einflussgebiet {n}, Wirkungsbereich {m}, Herrschaftsbereich {m}, Machtbereich {m} |
| ambit {n} (circuit, or a boundary around a property) | :: Begrenzung {f}, Umgrenzung {f}, Umfriedung {f}, Abgrenzung {f}, Bereichsgrenze {f}, Grenze {f} |
| ambition {n} (desire) | :: Ehrgeiz {m} |
| ambition {n} | :: Ehrgeiz {m}, Ambition {f} |
| ambitious {adj} (possessing, or controlled by, ambition) | :: ehrgeizig, ambitioniert |
| ambitious {adj} (strongly desirous) | :: ehrgeizig |
| ambitious {adj} (showy) | :: ehrgeizig, aufstrebend |
| ambivalence {n} (coexistence of opposing attitudes) | :: Ambivalenz {f} |
| ambivalence {n} (state of uncertainty) | :: Ambivalenz {f} |
| ambivalent {adj} (experiencing or expressing opposing feelings) | :: ambivalent, doppelwertig, zwiespältig |
| amble {n} (an unhurried leisurely walk or stroll) | :: gemächlicher Gang {m}, Spaziergang |
| amble {n} (an easy gait, especially that of a horse) | :: Passgang {m} |
| amble {v} (to stroll or walk slowly and leisurely) | :: schlendern, flanieren, spazieren, zotteln |
| amblyopia {n} (dimness or blurring of the eyesight) | :: Amblyopie {f}, Sehschwäche {f}, Schwachsichtigkeit {f} |
| ambo {n} (stationary podium) | :: Ambo {m} |
| ambrosia {n} (food of gods or delicious foods) | :: Ambrosia {f} |
| ambulance {n} (emergency vehicle) | :: Rettungswagen {m}, Krankenwagen {m}, Sanka {m}, Ambulanz {f}, Notarztwagen, Sanitätswagen |
| ambulate {v} (walk; relocate oneself using one's legs) | :: gehen, wandeln, umherwandeln, umherziehen, herumspazieren, herumwandeln |
| ambulation {n} (walking) | :: Spaziergang {m}, Spaziergänge {m-p}, Umherwandeln {n}, Umherspazieren {n}, Herumwandern {n}, Umherwandern {n}, Herumspazieren {n} |
| ambulatory {adj} (Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient) | :: ambulant |
| ambuscade {n} (ambush) | :: Hinterhalt {m} |
| ambuscade {v} (to lie in wait for, or to attack) | :: auflauern |
| ambush {n} | :: Hinterhalt {m} |
| ambush {v} (to station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy) | :: einen Hinterhalt legen |
| ambush {v} (to attack by ambush; to waylay) | :: aus dem Hinterhalt angreifen |
| Amduat {prop} (ancient Egyptian funerary text) | :: Amduat {n} |
| Amelia {prop} (female given name) | :: Amelie {f} |
| ameliorate {v} (to make better) | :: verbessern |
| amelioration {n} (act of making better) | :: Verbesserung {f}, Besserung {f} |
| amelioration {n} (improvement) | :: Melioration {f}, Verbesserung {f}, Besserung {f} [medicine] |
| ameloblast {n} (epithelial cell) | :: Adamantoblast {m} |
| amen {adv} (so be it) | :: Amen |
| amen {adv} (truly, verily) | :: Amen |
| amenable {adj} (Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions) | :: fügsam, gefügig, zugängig, zugänglich |
| amend {v} (to make better) | :: verbessern, ausbessern |
| amend {v} (to become better) | :: verbessern |
| amend {v} (to make a formal alteration) | :: novellieren |
| amendment {n} (correction or addition to a law) | :: Änderung {f}, Gesetzesänderung {f}, Novelle {f} |
| amendment {n} (that which is added) | :: Abänderung {f}, Nachbesserung {f}, Verbesserung {f}, Ergänzung {f} |
| amendment {n} (addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution) | :: Zusatzartikel {m}, Verfassungsänderung, Verfassungsergänzung {f} |
| amends {n} (compensation for a loss or injury) | :: Wiedergutmachung {f} |
| amenity {n} (pleasantness) | :: Annehmlichkeit {f}, Anmut {f} |
| amenity {n} (something that makes life easier or more pleasant) | :: Annehmlichkeit {f} |
| amenity {n} (unit of community infrastructure) | :: Einrichtung {f}, öffentliche Einrichtung {f}, Anlage {f} |
| amenity {n} (convenience) SEE: convenience | :: |
| amenorrhoea {n} (lack of a menstrual period) | :: Amenorrhoe {f} |
| amerce {v} (to make an exaction) SEE: punish | :: |
| amerce {v} (to impose a fine on) SEE: fine | :: |
| America {prop} (United States of America) SEE: United States of America | :: |
| America {prop} (Americas) SEE: Americas | :: |
| American {n} (inhabitant of the Americas) | :: Amerikaner {m} (Amerikanerin {f}) |
| American {n} (person born in, or a citizen of, the U.S.) | :: US-Amerikaner {m} (US-Amerikanerin {f}), [slang] Amerikaner {m} (Amerikanerin {f}), Ami {m} (Amis {m-p}) |
| American {n} (1-point type) | :: Achtelpetit |
| American {prop} (American English, see also: American English) | :: Amerikanisch {n}, [more precisely], amerikanisches Englisch {n} |
| American {adj} (of or pertaining to the Americas) | :: amerikanisch |
| American {adj} (of or pertaining to the U.S. or its culture) | :: amerikanisch, [more precisely] US-amerikanisch |
| American badger {n} (Taxidea taxus) | :: Silberdachs {m} |
| American basswood {n} (Tilia americana) | :: amerikanische Linde {f} |
| American bison {n} (mammal) | :: Nordamerikanischer Bison {m} |
| American bittern {n} (Botaurus lentiginosus) | :: Nordamerikanische Rohrdommel {f} |
| American black bear {n} (Ursus americanus) | :: Amerikanischer Schwarzbär {m}, Baribal {m} |
| American black vulture {n} (black vulture) SEE: black vulture | :: |
| American brook char {n} (Salvelinus fontinalis) SEE: brook trout | :: |
| American Bulldog {n} (American Bulldog) | :: amerikanische Bulldogge {f} |
| American Civil War {prop} (civil war in the United States (1861-1865)) | :: Sezessionskrieg {m}, Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg {m} |
| American cocker spaniel {n} (breed of sporting dog) | :: Amerikanischer Cocker Spaniel {m} |
| American Cordillera {prop} (chain of mountain ranges) | :: Kordilleren {p} |
| American eagle {n} (bald eagle) SEE: bald eagle | :: |
| American English {prop} (English of the United States) | :: US-amerikanisches Englisch {n}, Amerikanisches Englisch {n} [proscribed or nonstandard] |
| American football {n} (American football) | :: American Football {m}, Amerikanisher Fußball {m} |
| American golden plover {n} (Pluvialis dominic) | :: Wanderregenpfeifer {m} |
| American Indian {n} (a member of some indigenous peoples of the Americas) SEE: Indian | :: |
| Americanisation {n} (assimilation) | :: Amerikanisierung {f} |
| Americanism {n} (linguistic feature) | :: Amerikanismus {m} |
| Americanization {n} (Americanisation) SEE: Americanisation | :: |
| Americanize {v} (to make American) | :: amerikanisieren |
| American kestrel {n} (species) | :: Buntfalke {m} |
| American pokeweed {n} (pokeweed) SEE: pokeweed | :: |
| American Revolutionary War {prop} | :: Amerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg {m} |
| American Samoa {prop} (US overseas territory in Oceania) | :: Amerikanisch-Samoa {n} |
| American Samoan {n} (person) | :: Samoaner {m}, Samoanerin {f} |
| American Samoan {adj} (pertaining to American Samoa) | :: samoanisch |
| American studies {n} (an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the Americas, with a historical emphasis upon the United States) | :: Amerikanistik |
| American sweetgum {n} (deciduous tree) | :: Amerikanische Amberbaum |
| American wigeon {n} (Anas americana) | :: Nordamerikanische Pfeifente {f} |
| Americas {prop} (North and South America) | :: Amerika {n} |
| americium {n} (chemical element with atomic number 95) | :: Americium {n} |
| Amerindian {n} (an American Indian) SEE: Indian | :: |
| amethyst {n} (gem) | :: Amethyst {m} |
| amethyst {adj} (colour) | :: amethysten |
| ametrine {n} (variety of quartz with zones of purple and yellow or orange) | :: Ametrin {m} |
| Amharic {prop} (language) | :: Amarinya {n}, Amharisch {n} |
| amiable {adj} (friendly as an amiable temper or mood) | :: liebenswürdig, liebenswert, gutmütig |
| amiable {adj} (possessing sweetness of disposition) | :: liebenswürdig, liebenswert |
| amicable {adj} (showing friendliness or goodwill) | :: einvernehmlich (agreement), freundlich (person), freundschaftlich (agreement, discussion, gesture), gütlich (settlement), liebenswürdig (person) |
| amicable number {n} (number theory) | :: befreundete Zahlen |
| amicably {adv} (out of court) | :: gütlich |
| amice {n} (hood, or cape with a hood, formerly worn by the clergy) | :: Amikt {m}, Humerale {n} |
| amid {prep} (surrounded by) | :: inmitten |
| amide {n} (organic chemistry: derivative of an oxoacid) | :: Amid {n} |
| amide {n} (ionic derivative of ammonia) | :: Amid {n} |
| amidst {prep} (in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among) | :: inmitten |
| amigo {n} (friend) SEE: friend | :: |
| amine {n} (organic compound containing an amine functional group) | :: Amin {n} |
| -amine {suffix} (an amine) | :: -amin |
| amino acid {n} (any organic compound containing amino and carboxylic acid) | :: Aminosäure {f} |
| amino acid {n} (any of the twenty α-amino acids) | :: Aminosäure {f} |
| aminogram {n} | :: Aminogramm {n} |
| aminolevulinic acid {n} (amino derivative of levulinic acid) | :: Aminolävulinsäure {f} |
| A minor {n} (minor key) | :: a-Moll {n} |
| A minor {n} (minor chord) | :: a-Moll {n} |
| A-minor {n} (minor key with A as its tonic) | :: a-Moll {n} |
| amiodarone {n} (medicine used against arrhythmia) | :: Amiodaron |
| Amish {prop} (a strict Anabaptist sect) | :: [adjective-derived noun] Amische {m-p} |
| Amish {adj} (relating to the Amish sect) | :: amisch |
| amiss {adj} (wrong) SEE: wrong | :: |
| a miss is as good as a mile {proverb} (failure remains a failure) SEE: close, but no cigar | :: |
| a mite {adv} (to a small extent) SEE: a little | :: |
| amla {n} (fruit) | :: aschfarbige Myrobalane {f} [archaic] |
| Amman {prop} (the capital of Jordan) | :: Amman {n} |
| ammeter {n} (device that measures an electric current) | :: Strommessgerät {n}, Amperemeter {n}, Strommesser {m} |
| ammocoete {n} (lamprey larva) | :: Neunaugenlarve |
| ammonia {n} (the compound NH3) | :: Ammoniak {n} |
| ammonium {n} (univalent NH4+ cation) | :: Ammonium {n} |
| ammonium chloride {n} (NH4Cl) | :: Ammoniumchlorid {n} |
| ammonium polyvanadate {n} | :: Ammoniumpolyvanadat {n} |
| ammunition {n} (articles used in charging firearms) | :: Munition {f} |
| amnesia {n} (loss of memory) | :: Amnesie {f} |
| amnesia {n} (forgetfulness) SEE: forgetfulness | :: |
| amnesty {n} (act of the sovereign power) | :: Amnestie {f} |
| amniocentesis {n} (procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid) | :: Amniozentese {f}, Fruchtwasseruntersuchung {f} |
| amnion {n} (a fetal membrane of reptiles, birds, and mammals, see also: amniotic sac) | :: Amnion {n} |
| amniotic fluid {n} (fluid that surrounds a developing embryo or fetus) | :: Fruchtwasser {n}, Amnionflüssigkeit {f} |
| amniotic sac {n} (sac in which foetus develops, see also: amnion) | :: Fruchtblase {f}, Fruchtsack {m} |
| amoeba {n} (member of a genus of unicellular protozoa) | :: Amöbe {f}, Wechseltierchen {n} |
| amok {adv} (in a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk) | :: Amok |
| among {prep} (mingling or intermixing) | :: unter, zwischen |
| among {prep} (belonging to a group) | :: untereinander |
| among other things {adv} (inter alia) SEE: inter alia | :: |
| amongst {prep} (Used to denote a mingling or intermixing) | :: zwischen, unter |
| amoral {adj} (of acts) | :: amoralisch |
| amorality {n} (lack of morality) | :: Amoralität {f} |
| Amorite {n} (member of an ancient Semitic people who lived to the west of the Euphrates) | :: Amurriter {m} |
| Amorite {prop} (the language of the Amorites) | :: Amurritisch |
| Amorite {adj} (pertaining to the Amorites) | :: amurritisch |
| amorous {adj} (inclined to love) | :: amourös, verliebt |
| amorous {adj} (indicating love or sexual desire) | :: anzüglich, erotisch, amourös, verliebt |
| amorous {adj} (of or relating to, or produced by, love) | :: Liebes-, amourös, liebschaftlich |
| amorous {adj} (affected with love) | :: verliebt |
| amorphous {adj} (lacking a definite form or clear shape) | :: amorph, formlos, gestaltlos |
| amorphous {adj} (being without definite character or nature) | :: amorph |
| amortization {n} (process of distributing asset cost) | :: Abschreibung {f} |
| amortize {v} (decrease (debt) in installments) | :: amortisieren |
| Amos {prop} (figure mentioned in the Old Testament) | :: Amos {m} |
| Amos {prop} (book of the Old Testament) | :: Amos {m} |
| amount {n} (number of elements in a set) SEE: number | :: |
| amount {n} (total or sum of items) | :: Anzahl {f}, Menge {f}, Betrag {m} |
| amount {n} (quantity or volume) | :: Menge {f} |
| amount {v} (to total or evaluate) | :: beträgt |
| amount of substance {n} (amount of substance) | :: Stoffmenge {f} |
| ampelographic {adj} (relating to ampelography) | :: ampelographisch |
| ampelography {n} (science of grapevine cultivars) | :: Ampelographie {f} |
| amperage {n} (electric current) SEE: current | :: |
| ampere {n} (unit of electrical current) | :: Ampere {n} |
| ampere-hour {n} (unit of electric charge) | :: Amperestunde {f} |
| ampere-turn {n} (unit of magnetomotive force) | :: Amperewindung {f} |
| amperometric {adj} (that involves measurement of an electric current) | :: amperometrisch |
| ampersand {n} (the symbol &) | :: Et-Zeichen {n}, Kaufmanns-Und {n} |
| ampersat {n} (at sign) SEE: at sign | :: |
| amphetamine {n} (amphetamine) | :: Amphetamin {n}, Benzedrin {n} |
| amphibian {adj} (of or relating to the class Amphibia) | :: amphibisch, Amphibien- |
| amphibian {n} (vertebrate) | :: Amphibie {f}, Amphibium {n}, Lurch {m} |
| amphibian {n} (vehicle) | :: Amphibienfahrzeug {n} |
| amphibious {adj} (capable of functioning on land or in water) | :: amphibisch |
| amphibious {adj} | :: amphibisch |
| amphibole {n} (Any of a large group of similar hydrated double silicate minerals) | :: Amphibol {m} |
| amphibrach {n} (metrical foot of three syllables) | :: Amphibrachys {m}, Skolius {m} |
| amphictyon {n} (deputee from the confederated states of Ancient Greece) | :: Amphiktyone {m} |
| amphictyony {n} (religious cooperation among ancient Greek city-states) | :: Amphiktyonie {f} |
| amphiprostyle {n} (amphiprostyle temple) | :: Amphiprostylos {m} |
| amphitheatre {n} (an open, outdoor theatre) | :: Amphitheater {n} |
| ampholyte {n} (amphoteric electrolyte) | :: Ampholyt {m} |
| amphora {n} (type of jar) | :: Amphore {f} |
| ample {adj} (fully sufficient; abundant) | :: üppig |
| amplification {n} (result of amplifying) | :: Verstärkung {f} [intensity]; Vergrößerung {f} [enlarging] |
| amplification {n} (in physics) | :: Verstärkung {f} |
| amplification {n} (in electronics) | :: Verstärkung {f} |
| amplification {n} (in translation studies) | :: Amplificatio, Amplifikation {f} |
| amplifier {n} (anything that amplifies) | :: Verstärker {m} |
| amplify {v} (render larger etc.) | :: verstärken (more intense); vergrößern (larger) |
| amplify {v} (increase amplitude) | :: verstärken |
| amplitude {n} (maths: maximum absolute value) | :: Amplitude {f} |
| amplitude {n} (physics: maximum absolute value) | :: Amplitude {f} |
| amplitude modulation {n} (method of sending information) | :: Amplitudenmodulation {f} |
| amply {adv} (in an ample manner) | :: reichlich |
| ampoule {n} (small glass vial hermetically sealed) | :: Ampulle {f} |
| amputate {v} (To surgically remove a body part) | :: amputieren |
| amputation {n} (surgical removal of a limb) | :: Amputation {f} |
| amputee {n} (person who has had one or more limbs removed) | :: Amputierte {m} |
| Amsterdam {prop} (capital of the Netherlands) | :: Amsterdam {n} |
| Amsterdamer {n} (An inhabitant or a resident of Amsterdam) | :: Amsterdamer {m}, Amsterdamerin {f} |
| amulet {n} (protective charm) | :: Amulett {n} |
| Amun {prop} (Egyptian wind deity) | :: Amun {m}, Ammon, Amon |
| Amur {prop} (the river between the Far East Russia and China) | :: Amur {m} |
| amurca {n} (sediment in olive oil) | :: Öldrüsen {f-p}, Ölhefe {f}, Ölsatz {m}, Gärbe {f}, Ölschaum {m} |
| Amur leopard {n} (Panthera pardus orientalis) | :: Amurleopard {m} |
| amuse {v} (to entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner) | :: amüsieren, vergnügen |
| amuse {v} (to cause laughter) | :: belustigen, erheitern |
| amusement {n} (entertainment) | :: Amüsement {n} [obsolete], Entertainment {n} [colloquial], Unterhaltung {f}, Vergnügen {n} |
| amusement park {n} (commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions) | :: Freizeitpark {m}, Vergnügungspark {m} |
| amusia {n} (the inability to comprehend or respond to music) | :: Amusie {f} |
| amusing {adj} (entertaining) | :: amüsant, vergnüglich, lustig |
| amygdala {n} (region of the brain) | :: Amygdala {f} |
| amylase {n} (enzyme, present in saliva, that breaks down carbohydrates such as starch) | :: Amylase |
| amylose {n} (soluble form of starch) | :: Amylose {f} |
| amylum {n} (amylum) SEE: starch | :: |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis {n} (disease) | :: Amyotrophe Lateralsklerose {f} |
| an {article} (indefinite article) | :: ein {m} {n}, eine {f} |
| an {conj} (if; so long as) | :: so |
| an {prep} (in each; to or for each; per) | :: pro, den, das, die |
| -an {suffix} (of or pertaining to) | :: -isch |
| Anabaptism {n} (doctrine of Anabaptists) | :: Täuferbewegung {f}, Anabaptismus {m}, Wiedertäuferlehre {f}, Lehre der Wiedertäufer {f} |
| Anabaptist {n} (member of radical wing of Christians during Reformation) | :: Wiedertäufer, Wiedertäuferin {f}, Anabaptist {m}, Anabaptistin {f} |
| Anabaptist {n} (member of present-day church) | :: Täufer {m}, Täuferin {f} |
| Anabaptist {adj} (relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists during the Protestant Reformation) | :: wiedertäuferisch, täuferisch, Wiedertäufer-, Täufer-, anabaptistisch |
| Anabaptist {adj} (relating to Anabaptism or the Anabaptists of the present-day) | :: täuferisch, Täufer- |
| anabasis {n} (military march up-country) | :: Anabasis {f} |
| anabolism {n} (the constructive metabolism of the body) | :: Anabolismus {m} |
| anachronism {n} (chronological mistake) | :: Anachronismus {m} |
| anachronism {n} (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time) | :: Anachronismus {m} |
| anachronistic {adj} (erroneous in date) | :: anachronistisch, fehldatiert, zeitwidrig |
| anachronistic {adj} (preferring past things and values) | :: anachronistisch, altmodisch, veraltet, überkommen, antiquiert, traditionalistisch, obsolet, unzeitgemäß |
| anacoluthon {n} (intentional rhetorical structure) | :: Anakoluth {n}, Satzbruch {m} |
| anaconda {n} (any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes) | :: Anakonda {f} |
| anacreontic {adj} (pertaining to the Greek poet Anacreon) | :: anakreontisch |
| anacrusis {n} ((prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse) | :: Auftakt {m} |
| anacrusis {n} ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase) | :: Auftakt {m}, Anakrusis {f} |
| anadiplosis {n} (a rhetorical device) | :: Anadiplose {f} |
| anaesthesia {n} (anesthesia) SEE: anesthesia | :: |
| anaesthetist {n} (anaesthetist) SEE: anesthesiologist | :: |
| anagram {n} (word or phrase created by rearranging letters from another word or phrase) | :: Anagramm {n} |
| anal {adj} (of, related to, intended for or involving the anus) | :: anal |
| anal {adj} (of a person, compulsive and stubborn) | :: zwanghaft, stur, pingelig, kleinlich, pedantisch, etepetete, heikel, eigen, zimperlich, übergenau, überkorrekt |
| Anal {prop} (language) | :: Anal |
| anal cleft {n} (groove between buttocks) SEE: gluteal cleft | :: |
| analemma {n} (curve of the Sun's position in the sky throughout the year) | :: Analemma {n} |
| analgesia {n} (absence of the sense of pain) | :: Analgesie {f} |
| analgesic {n} (medicine that reduces pain) | :: Analgetikum {n} |
| analgesic {adj} (of or relating to analgesia) | :: analgetisch |
| analog {adj} (represented by a continuously variable physical quantity) | :: analog |
| analog {n} (something that bears an analogy) | :: Analogon {n} |
| analog clock {n} (clock that displays the time using hands) | :: Analoguhr {f} |
| analog computer {n} (computer that processes using continuously varying signals) | :: Analogrechner {m} |
| analogic {adj} (analogical) SEE: analogical | :: |
| analogical {adj} | :: analogisch |
| analogous {adj} (having analogy; corresponding to something else) | :: analog |
| analogue {n} (analog) SEE: analog | :: |
| analogue watch {n} (A watch that displays time by means of a dial and hands) | :: Analoguhr {f} |
| analogy {n} (relationship of resemblance or equivalence) | :: Analogie {f} |
| analphabet {n} (person who does not know the letters of the alphabet, see also: illiterate) | :: Analphabet {m}, Analphabetin {f} |
| analphabetism {n} (analphabetism) | :: Analphabetismus {m} |
| anal-retentive {adj} (preoccupied with achieving order) | :: analfixiert, pingelig, ordnungsliebend, minutiös, genau, akribisch, peinlich, etepetete, bürgerlich, spießig |
| anal-retentive {adj} (overly obsessive concerning small details) | :: kleinlich, pedantisch, übergenau, überkorrekt, etepetete, penibel, übergenau, kleinkariert |
| anal sex {n} (sex involving the anus) | :: Analverkehr {m}, Analsex {m} |
| analysand {n} (a person) | :: Analysand {m}, Analysandin {f} |
| analysis {n} (decomposition into components in order to study) | :: Analyse {f} |
| analysis {n} (result of such process) | :: Analyse {f} |
| analysis {n} (in mathematics) | :: Analysis {f} |
| analysis {n} (chemistry: process of breaking down a substance or the result of this process) | :: Analyse {f} |
| analysis {n} (psychoanalysis) SEE: psychoanalysis | :: |
| analyst {n} (person who analyses) | :: Analytiker {m}, Analytikerin {f} |
| analytic {adj} (relating to analysis) | :: analytisch |
| analytic {adj} (relating to division into elements or principles) | :: analytisch |
| analytic {adj} (able to analyze) | :: analytisch |
| analytic {adj} (relating to algebra) | :: analytisch |
| analytical {adj} (analytic) SEE: analytic | :: |
| analytics {n} (application of computer technology, operational research, and statistics to solve problems) | :: Analytics {f}, Analytik {f} |
| analyzability {n} (the ability to be analyzed) | :: Analysierbarkeit {f} |
| analyzable {adj} (able to be analyzed) | :: analysierbar |
| analyze {v} (to subject to analysis) | :: analysieren |
| anamnesis {n} (medical history of a patient) | :: Anamnese {f} |
| ananas {n} (pineapple) SEE: pineapple | :: |
| anapest {n} (metrical foot) | :: Anapäst {m} |
| anapest {n} (verse using this meter) | :: Anapäst {m} |
| anaphase {n} (stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate) | :: Anaphase {f} |
| anaphora {n} (repetition of a phrase used for emphasis) | :: Anapher {f} |
| anaphora {n} (linguistics: expression that refers to another expression) | :: Anapher {f} |
| anaphoresis {n} (movement of electrically charged particles) | :: Anaphorese {f} |
| anaphoric {adj} (relating to an anaphora) | :: anaphorisch |
| anaphrodisiac {adj} (antaphrodisiac) SEE: antaphrodisiac | :: |
| anaphrodisiac {n} (antaphrodisiac) SEE: antaphrodisiac | :: |
| anaphylactic {adj} (pertaining to anaphylaxis) | :: anaphylaktisch |
| anaphylactic shock {n} (severe allergic reaction) | :: anaphylaktischer Schock {m} |
| anaphylaxic {adj} (anaphylactic) SEE: anaphylactic | :: |
| anaphylaxis {n} (severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen) | :: Anaphylaxie {f} |
| an apple a day keeps the doctor away {proverb} (apples are good for you) | :: ein Apfel pro Tag hält den Doktor fern |
| anaptyxis {n} (epenthesis of a vowel) | :: Sprossvokal {m}, Sproßvokal {m}, Anaptyxe {f}, Anaptyxis {f} |
| anarchic {adj} (relating to anarchy) | :: anarchistisch |
| anarchic {adj} (chaotic, without law or order) | :: anarchisch |
| anarchical {adj} (anarchic) SEE: anarchic | :: |
| anarchism {n} (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) | :: Anarchismus {m} |
| anarchist {n} (believer in anarchism) | :: Anarchist {m}, Anarchistin {f} |
| anarchistic {adj} (of or relating to anarchism or anarchy) | :: anarchistisch |
| anarcho-capitalism {n} (philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and a self-regulating free market) | :: Anarchokapitalismus |
| anarcho-capitalistic {adj} (of or relating to anarchism or anarchy) | :: anarchokapitalistisch |
| anarcho-syndicalism {n} (A branch or field of anarchy that focuses on the abolition of capitalism) | :: Anarchosyndikalismus {m} |
| anarchy {n} (absence of any form of political authority or government) | :: Anarchie {f} |
| anarchy {n} (political disorder and confusion) | :: Anarchie {f} |
| an arm and a leg {n} (exorbitant amount) | :: [verb] ein Vermögen kosten, [verb] Kopf und Kragen kosten |
| Anastasia {prop} (female given name) | :: Anastasia |
| Anastasius {prop} (male given name) | :: Anastasios {m}, Anastasios {m} |
| anastomosis {n} (connection between two channels) | :: Anastomose {f} |
| anastomosis {n} (connection between blood vessels) | :: Anastomose {f} |
| anastomosis {n} (creation of a connection between blood vessels) | :: Anastomose {f} |
| anastrophe {n} (switching in the syntactical order of words) | :: Anastrophe {f}, Inversion {f} |
| anastylosis {n} (reassembly of ruined monuments) | :: Anastylosis |
| anathema {n} (ban or curse) | :: Bannfluch {m}, Bannstrahl {m}, Kirchenbann {m}, Anathema {n} |
| anathema {n} (something vehemently disliked) | :: Gräuel {n} [preceded by ein], Graus {m} [preceded by ein] |
| anathema {n} (imprecation) | :: Verwünschung {f}, Fluch {m} |
| anathematize {v} (to cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema) | :: anathematisieren, mit dem Kirchenbann belegen |
| Anatoli {prop} (transliteration of Анато́лий) | :: Anatoli {m}, Anatol {m} |
| Anatolia {prop} (peninsula of Western Asia) | :: Anatolien {n} |
| Anatolius {prop} (male given name) | :: Anatol {m} |
| anatomic {adj} (anatomical) SEE: anatomical | :: |
| anatomical {adj} (Of or relating to anatomy or dissection) | :: anatomisch |
| anatomically {adv} (pertaining to anatomy) | :: anatomisch |
| anatomist {n} (one involved in the science of anatomical structures) | :: Anatom {m} |
| anatomy {n} (art of studying the different parts of any organized body) | :: Anatomie {f} |
| anatoxin {n} (toxoid) | :: Anatoxin {n} |
| ancestor {n} (one from whom a person is descended) | :: Vorfahr {m}, Vorfahrin {f}, Ahn {m}, Ahne {m}, Ahne {f}, Ahnin {f}, Urahn {m}, Urahne {m}, Urahne {f}, Stammvater {m}, Stammmutter {f}, Familiengründer {m} |
| ancestor {n} (an earlier type) | :: Vorläufer, Vorgänger {m} |
| ancestral {adj} (pertaining to ancestors) | :: Ahnen-, Vorfahren-, der Vorfahren [postpositioned ], angestammt, altüberliefert |
| ancestry {n} (condition as to ancestors) | :: Vorfahren {m-p} |
| ancestry {n} (series of ancestors or progenitors) | :: Vorväter {p}, Ahnen {p} {m} |
| anchor {n} (tool to moor a vessel into sea bottom) | :: Anker {m} |
| anchor {n} (any instrument serving similar purpose to anchor) | :: Verankerung {f}, Magnet {m} [figurative] |
| anchor {n} (TV anchorman) | :: TV-Moderator {m}, TV-Moderatorin {f}, Moderator {m}, Moderatorin {f}, TV-Chefsprecher {m}, TV-Chefsprecherin {f}, Chefsprecher {m}, Chefsprecherin {f}, Anchorman {m}, Anchorwoman {f} |
| anchor {v} (to hold an object to a fixed point) | :: ankern |
| anchorage {n} (place for anchoring) | :: Ankerplatz {m} |
| Anchorage {prop} (city) | :: Anchorage |
| anchor baby {n} (anchor baby) | :: Ankerkind {n} |
| anchorite {n} (one who lives in seclusion) | :: Anachoret {m}, Eremit {m}, Klausner {m}, Einsiedler {m} |
| anchorman {n} (TV host) | :: Anchorman {m}, Leitgesicht {n} |
| anchorman {n} (runner) | :: Schlussläufer {m}, Schlußläufer {m} [old spelling, now obsolete] |
| anchovy {n} (small saltwater fish) | :: Sardelle {f} |
| ancient {adj} (having lasted from a remote period) | :: uralt, antik |
| ancient {adj} (existent or occurring in time long past) | :: alt |
| ancient {adj} | :: antik |
| Ancient Egypt {prop} (civilization) | :: altes Ägypten {n} |
| Ancient Greece {prop} (ancient civilization of the Mediterranean) | :: Antikes Griechenland {n} |
| Ancient Greek {prop} (the Greek language of classical antiquity) | :: Altgriechisch {n} |
| ancient history {n} (period of history) | :: Alte Geschichte {f} |
| ancient history {n} (not worth discussing any more) | :: schon längst Geschichte {f} |
| Ancient Rome {prop} (civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 5th century AD) | :: das alte Rom {n} |
| ancillary {adj} (subordinate, secondary, auxiliary, accessory) | :: hilfs-, neben-, zusatz- |
| Ancus {prop} (male given name) | :: Ancus |
| and {conj} (used to connect two similar words, phrases, et cetera) | :: und |
| and {conj} (used at the end of a list to indicate the last item) | :: und |
| and {conj} (used to string together sentences or sentence fragments in chronological order) | :: und |
| Andalusia {prop} (autonomous community of Spain) | :: Andalusien {n} |
| Andalusian {adj} (from or pertaining to Andalusia) | :: andalusisch |
| Andalusian {n} (someone from Andalusia) | :: Andalusier {m}, Andalusierin {f} |
| Andalusian {n} (horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula) | :: Andalusier {m} |
| Andalusian {n} (dialect (or varieties) of Spanish spoken in Andalusia) | :: Andalusisch {n} |
| andalusite {n} (mineral) | :: Andalusit {m} |
| Andaman Islands {prop} (islands) | :: Andamanen {p} |
| Andean condor {n} (Vultur gryphus) | :: Andenkondor {m} |
| Andean flamingo {n} (Phoenicopterus andinus) | :: Andenflamingo {m} |
| Andes {prop} (mountain range in South America) | :: die Anden {p} |
| AND gate {n} (a physical Boolean device) | :: UND-Gatter {n} |
| and how {phrase} (strong confirmation of preceding) | :: und wie! |
| andiron {n} (a utensil for supporting wood while burning) | :: Feuerbock {m}, Kaminbock {m}, Brandbock {m} |
| and/or {conj} (inclusive "or") | :: und/oder |
| Andorra {prop} (country) | :: Andorra {n} |
| Andorra la Vella {prop} (capital of Andorra) | :: Andorra la Vella {n} |
| Andorran {n} (person from Andorra) | :: Andorraner {m}, Andorranerin {f} |
| Andorran {adj} (pertaining to Andorra) | :: andorranisch |
| andragogy {n} (methods used to teach adults) | :: Andragogik {f} |
| Andrew {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Andreas |
| Andrew {prop} (male given name) | :: Andreas |
| andrewsarchus {n} (prehistoric mammal) | :: andrewsarchus {m} |
| androcracy {n} (government or rule by men) | :: Androkratie {f} |
| androgen {n} (androgen) | :: Androgen {n} |
| androgenic hair {n} (body hair) SEE: body hair | :: |
| androgynous {adj} (having sex organs of both genders) SEE: hermaphroditic | :: |
| androgynous {adj} (pertaining to a characteristic that is not definitively of either sex) | :: geschlechtsneutral, androgyn |
| androgynous {adj} (possessing qualities of both sexes) | :: androgyn |
| androgyny {n} (hermaphroditism) | :: Zwittrigkeit {f} |
| androgyny {n} (having traits of both male and female genders) | :: Androgynie {f} |
| android {n} (robot with human form) | :: Android {m} / Androide {m} |
| andrologist {n} (person who studies andrology) | :: Androloge {m}, Andrologin {f}, Männerarzt {m}, Männerärztin {f} |
| andrology {n} (branch of medicine concerned with male diseases) | :: Andrologie {f} |
| Andromache {prop} (the wife of Hector) | :: Andromache |
| Andromeda {prop} (mythical daughter of Cepheus) | :: Andromeda |
| Andromeda {prop} (constellation) | :: Andromeda |
| Andromeda Galaxy {prop} | :: Andromedagalaxie {f}, Andromeda-Galaxie {f} |
| andropause {n} (male equivalent of the menopause) | :: Andropause {f} |
| androphilic {adj} (sexually attracted to men) | :: androphil |
| androphobia {n} (fear of men) | :: Androphobie {f}, Männerscheu {f} |
| and so forth {phrase} (indicating a list continues similarly) | :: und so weiter, usw. |
| and so on {phrase} (indicating a list continues) SEE: and so forth | :: |
| and whatnot {phrase} (and whatnot) | :: und was nicht alles |
| Andy {prop} (pet form of Andrew or its equivalent in the language concerned) | :: Andi |
| -ane {suffix} (alkanes) | :: -an |
| anecdotal {adj} (relating to or of the nature of an anecdote) | :: anekdotisch |
| anecdotal evidence {n} (examples) | :: anekdotisch Beleg {m-p} |
| anecdotally {adv} (in an anecdotal manner) | :: anekdotisch |
| anecdote {n} (short account of an incident) | :: Anekdote {f} |
| anecdote {n} (previously untold, secret account of an incident) | :: Anekdote {f} |
| anecdotic {adj} (anecdotal) SEE: anecdotal | :: |
| anecdotic {adj} (tending to tell anecdotes) | :: anekdotisch |
| anecdotive {adj} (anecdotal) SEE: anecdotal | :: |
| anemia {n} (medical condition with decreased oxygen transport) | :: Anämie {f}, Blutarmut {f}, Blutmangel {m} |
| anemic {adj} (of or pertaining to anemia) | :: anämisch |
| anemo- {prefix} (forms words relating to wind) | :: anemo- |
| anemometer {n} (an instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind) | :: Windmesser {m} |
| anemone {n} (sea anemone) SEE: sea anemone | :: |
| anemone {n} (any plant of genus anemone) | :: Windröschen {n}, Anemone {f} |
| anemonefish {n} (fish of the genus Amphiprion) SEE: clownfish | :: |
| anesthesia {n} (loss of bodily sensation) | :: Anästhesie {f}, Narkose {f}, Betäubung {f} |
| anesthesia {n} (general anesthesia) SEE: general anesthesia | :: |
| anesthesiologist {n} (physician specializing in anesthesiology) | :: Anästhesiologe {m}, Anästhesiologin {f}, Facharzt für Anästhesiologie {m}, Fachärztin für Anästhesiologie {f}, Narkosefacharzt {m}, Narkosefachärztin {f}, Narkosenfacharzt {m}, Narkosenfachärztin {f}, Narkotiseur {m}, Narkotiseurin {f}, Narkotiseuse {f} |
| anesthesiology {n} (science of administering anaesthetics) | :: Betäubungskunde, Anästhesiologie {f} |
| anesthetic {adj} (reducing pain sensitivity) | :: anästhetisch, betäubend |
| anesthetic {n} (a substance for the reduced perception of pain) | :: Anästhetikum {n}, Betäubungsmittel {n}, Narkosemittel {n}, Narkotikum {n} |
| anesthetist {n} (person who gives an anesthetic) | :: Anästhesist {m}, Anästhesistin {f}, Narkosearzt {m}, Narkoseärztin {f}, Narkosefacharzt {m}, Narkosefachärztin {f}, Narkotiseur {m}, Narkotiseurin {f}, Narkotiseuse {f} |
| anesthetization {n} (an administration of anesthesia) | :: Betäubung {f}, Anästhesierung {f}, Anästhesie {f} |
| anesthetize {v} (administer anesthesia) | :: betäuben, anästhesieren, anästhetisieren |
| anestrus {n} (sexual respite in between breeding periods) | :: Anöstrus {m} |
| aneurysm {n} (abnormal blood-filled swelling) | :: Aneurysma {n} |
| anew {adv} (again) | :: erneut, abermals, neuerlich |
| a new broom sweeps clean {proverb} (new management will often make radical changes) | :: neue Besen kehren gut |
| angel {n} (messenger from a deity) | :: Engel {m} |
| angel {n} (in Christian angelology, the lowest order of angels) | :: Engel {m} |
| angel {n} (selfless person) | :: Engel {m} |
| Angel {prop} (female given name) SEE: Angela | :: |
| Angel {prop} (male given name) SEE: Angelo | :: |
| Angela {prop} (female given name) | :: Angela {f} |
| Angeleno {n} (person from Los Angeles) | :: Angeleno {m} |
| angelfish {n} (freshwater fish) | :: Skalar {m} |
| angel hair {n} (very thin type of pasta) | :: Capelli d'angelo {p}, Engelshaarpasta {f}, Capellini {p} |
| angelic {adj} (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel) | :: engelhaft |
| angelica {n} (plants of genus Angelica) | :: Engelwurz {f} |
| Angelica {prop} (female given name) | :: Angelika |
| angelical {adj} (resembling, characteristic of, an angel) SEE: angelic | :: |
| Angelo {prop} (male given name) | :: Angelo |
| angel of death {n} (personification of death in fiction and in art) | :: Todesengel {m} |
| angelology {n} (study of angels) | :: Angelologie {f} |
| angel shark {n} (a member of the unusual genus Squatina of sharks) | :: Engelhai {m} |
| angel's trumpet {n} (Brugmansia or Datura) | :: Engelstrompete {f} |
| Angelus {n} (Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation) | :: Angelusgebet {n} |
| anger {n} (A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something) | :: Ärger {?}, Zorn {m}, Wut {m}, Groll {m}, Ingrimm {m}, Grimm {m}, Furor {m}, Jähzorn {m} |
| anger {v} (to cause such a feeling of antagonism) | :: ärgern |
| anger {v} (to become angry) | :: zornig werden |
| angina {n} (angina pectoris) SEE: angina pectoris | :: |
| angina pectoris {n} (intermittent chest pain) | :: Angina Pectoris {f} |
| angiography {n} (medical imaging technique) | :: Angiografie {f}, Angiographie {f} |
| angioma {n} (benign tumor) | :: Angiom {n} |
| angiosperm {n} (member of plant group) | :: Bedecktsamer {m}, Angiosperme {m} |
| angiospermous {adj} (having seeds enclosed in pericarp) SEE: angiosperm | :: |
| Angkor Wat {prop} (Cambodian temple complex) | :: Angkor Wat {n} |
| angle {n} (geometrical figure) | :: Winkel {m} |
| angle {n} (measure of such a figure) | :: Winkel {m} |
| angle {n} (corner where two walls intersect) | :: Ecke {f} |
| angle {n} (viewpoint) | :: Blickwinkel {m} |
| angle {v} (to fish with hook and line) | :: angeln |
| Angle {n} (A member of the ancient Germanic tribe) | :: Angel {m} |
| angle bisector {n} (ray that divides an angle into two equal parts) | :: Winkelhalbierende {f} |
| angle bracket {n} (type of bracket) | :: spitze Klammer {f} |
| angle grinder {n} (power tool) | :: Winkelschleifer {m}, Flex {f} [colloquial] |
| angle of incidence {n} (angle that a straight line makes with the normal of a surface) | :: Einfallswinkel {m} |
| angle quote {n} (guillemet) SEE: guillemet | :: |
| angler {n} (person who fishes with a hook and line) | :: Angler {m}, Anglerin {f} |
| anglerfish {n} (fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes) | :: Anglerfisch {m}, Seeteufel {m} |
| Anglian {n} (Angle) SEE: Angle | :: |
| Anglian {adj} (pertaining to the Angles) | :: anglisch |
| Anglian {prop} (Old English dialect from Mercia or Northumbria) | :: Anglisch {n} |
| Anglican {adj} (pertaining to the Church of England and related churches) | :: anglikanisch |
| Anglican {n} (member of an Anglican church) | :: Anglikaner {m}, Anglikanerin {f} |
| Anglican Communion {prop} (worldwide network of churches) | :: Anglikanische Gemeinschaft {f}, Anglikanische Kommunion {f} |
| Anglicanism {n} (beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church) | :: Anglikanismus {m} |
| anglicisation {n} (process of anglicising) | :: Anglisierung {f} |
| anglicise {v} (make English) | :: anglisieren |
| anglicise {v} (become English) | :: sich anglisieren |
| anglicism {n} (word or other feature borrowed from English to another language) | :: Anglizismus {m} |
| Anglicist {n} (expert on Anglistics) | :: Anglist {m}, Anglistin {f} |
| angling {n} (fishing with a rod, line and angle, for recreation or sport) | :: Angeln {n} |
| Anglish {prop} (variety of English) | :: Anglisch |
| Anglo- {prefix} (prefix: relating to England, English, or the English) | :: Englisch-, Anglo- |
| Anglo-American {adj} (of relating to England and USA) | :: angloamerikanisch |
| Anglo-Frisian {prop} (language group) | :: Anglo-Friesisch {n} |
| Anglo-Norman {adj} (relating to the Anglo-Norman language) | :: anglonormannisch |
| Anglo-Norman {prop} (language) | :: Anglonormannisch {n} |
| Anglophile {adj} (person who loves or admires the country, culture or people of England) | :: Anglophiler {m}, Anglophile {f}, Englandfreund {m}, Englandfreundin {f}, Englandliebhaber {m}, Englandliebhaberin {f} |
| Anglophilia {n} (the love of the country, culture or people of England) | :: Anglophilie {f}, Englandfreundlichkeit {f} |
| Anglophobe {n} (person who hates or fears England, its people or anything English) | :: Anglophober {m}, Anglophobe {f}, Englandfeind {m}, Englandfeindin {f}, Englandhasser {m}, Englandhasserin {f} |
| Anglophobia {n} (hatred or fear of England or anything English) | :: Anglophobie {f}, Englandhass {m}, Hass gegen englisches Wesen {m} |
| Anglophobic {adj} (having an aversion to England or the English) | :: anglophob |
| Anglophone {adj} (English-speaking) | :: englischsprachig, anglophon |
| Anglophone {n} (one who speaks English) | :: Englischsprachiger {m}, Englischsprachige {f} |
| Anglo-Saxon {prop} (Old English) SEE: Old English | :: |
| Anglo-Saxon {n} (member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century) | :: Angelsachse {m}, Angelsächsin {f} |
| Anglo-Saxon {n} (person of English ethnic descent) | :: Angelsachse {m}, Angelsächsin {f} |
| Anglo-Saxon {adj} (related to the Anglo-Saxon peoples or language) | :: angelsächsisch |
| Anglosphere {prop} (set of anglophone countries) | :: Anglosphäre {f} |
| ang moh {n} (white person) SEE: white | :: |
| Angola {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Angola |
| Angolan {adj} (of, from or pertaining to Angola or its people) | :: angolanisch |
| Angolan {n} (person from Angola or of Angolan descent) | :: Angolaner {m}, Angolanerin {f} |
| Angrapa {prop} (river) | :: Angerapp {f} |
| Angria {prop} (historical region) | :: Engern |
| angrily {adv} (in an angry manner) | :: verärgert, wütend |
| angry {adj} (displaying anger) | :: böse, verärgert, zornig |
| angry fruit salad {n} | :: Klickibunti {n} |
| angst {n} (feeling of acute anxiety or apprehension) | :: Angst {f} |
| angst-ridden {adj} (dominated or plagued by angst) | :: angstbesetzt |
| angstrom {n} (A very small unit of length, 10−10 m) | :: Ångström {n}, Angström {n} |
| anguiform {adj} (serpentine) SEE: serpentine | :: |
| Anguilla {prop} (British overseas territory in the Caribbean) | :: Anguilla |
| Anguillan {n} (person from Anguilla) | :: von Anguilla |
| Anguillan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Anguilla) | :: von Anguilla |
| anguilliform {adj} (shaped like an eel) | :: aalförmig |
| anguish {n} (extreme pain) | :: Kreuz {n}, Agonie {f}, Todesangst {f} |
| anguish {v} (suffer pain) | :: sich quälen, leiden |
| anguish {v} (cause to suffer pain) | :: quälen |
| anguished {adj} (experiencing extreme discomfort) | :: schmerzgeplagt |
| angular {adj} (relating to or forming an angle; sharp-cornered) | :: eckig |
| angular {adj} (figurative: sharp and stiff in character) | :: kantig |
| angularity {n} (the property or characteristic of possessing angles) | :: Eckigkeit {f} |
| angular momentum {n} (angular momentum) | :: Drehimpuls {m} |
| angular velocity {n} (angle turned in a given time) | :: Winkelgeschwindigkeit {f} |
| anhimid {n} (screamer) SEE: screamer | :: |
| anhinga {n} (Anhinga anhinga) | :: Amerikanische Schlangenhalsvogel {m} |
| anhinga {n} (bird of the genus Anhinga) | :: Schlangenhalsvogel {m} |
| anhydrite {n} (saline evaporite) | :: Anhydrit {m} |
| aniconic {adj} (not having or involving icons) | :: anikonisch |
| anile {adj} (characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman) | :: altweibisch, senil |
| aniline {n} (the simplest aromatic amine) | :: Anilin {n} |
| aniline yellow {n} | :: Anilingelb {n} |
| anilingus {n} (form of oral sex) | :: Anilingus {m}, Analingus {m} |
| animacy {n} (quality of being animate) | :: Belebtheit {f} |
| animadvert {v} (To criticise, to censure) | :: kritisieren, zensieren |
| animal {adj} (of animals) | :: tierisch |
| animal {n} (organism) | :: Tier {n} |
| animal {n} (organism other than man) | :: Tier {n} |
| animal {n} (person who behaves wildly) | :: Bestie {f}, Unmensch {m}, Monster {n}, Scheusal {n} |
| animal husbandry {n} (management and care of farm animals) | :: Tierhaltung {f} |
| animality {n} (animal kingdom) SEE: animal kingdom | :: |
| animal kingdom {n} (Regnum Animalia) | :: Tierreich {n}, Fauna {f} |
| animal magnetism {n} (magnetic fluid or ethereal medium said to reside in the bodies of animate beings) | :: Animalischer Magnetismus |
| animal rights {n} (fundamental rights for animals) | :: Tierrechte {n-p}, Tierschutz {m}, Tierschutzrecht {n} |
| animal rights activist {n} | :: Tierschützer {m}, Tierschützerin {f} |
| animal shelter {n} (organization that provides temporary homes for stray pet animals) | :: Tierheim {n}, Tierschutzbund {m} |
| animal shelter {n} (facility providing such shelter) | :: Tierheim {n} |
| animal testing {n} (use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation) | :: Tierversuch {m} |
| animate {adj} (that which lives) | :: lebendig, beseelt |
| animate {adj} (possessing the quality or ability of motion) | :: bewegt |
| animate {adj} (dynamic, energetic) | :: lebhaft |
| animate {adj} (in grammar) | :: belebt |
| animate {v} (to impart motion or its appearance) | :: beleben, animieren |
| animated cartoon {n} (any of several types of film/movie, the frames of which are drawn by hand) | :: Trickfilm {m}, Zeichenfilm {m}, Zeichentrickfilm {m}, Animationsfilm {m} |
| animation {n} (The act of animating) | :: Belebung, Vitalisierung |
| animation {n} (causing images to appear to move) | :: Animation {f} |
| animator {n} (one who animates something) | :: Beleber {m}, Beleberin {f}, Beseeler {m}, Beseelerin {f} |
| animator {n} (one who creates an animation) | :: Animator {m}, Animatorin {f}, Trickfilmzeichner {m}, Trickfilmzeichnerin {f} |
| anime {n} (an animated work originated in Japan) | :: Anime {m} |
| animism {n} (belief in spirits) | :: Animismus {m} |
| animist {n} (believer in animism) | :: Animist {m}, Animistin {f} |
| animistic {adj} (of or pertaining to animism) | :: animistisch |
| animosity {n} (violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike) | :: Hass {m}, Abneigung {f}, Animosität {f} |
| animus {n} (the basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions) | :: Unterbewusstsein {n} |
| animus {n} (a feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will) | :: Feindseligkeit {f}, Groll {m}, Abneigung {f} |
| animus {n} ((Jungian psychology) the masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality) | :: Animus {m} |
| anion {n} (negatively charged ion) | :: Anion {n} |
| anise {n} (plant) | :: Anis {m} |
| anise {n} (fennel) SEE: fennel | :: |
| aniseed {n} (the seed-like fruit of the anise) | :: Anissamen {m} |
| anisette {n} (alcoholic liqueur) | :: Anisette {m} |
| anisomorphism {n} (differences between two languages) | :: Anisomorphie |
| anisotropic {adj} (exhibiting anisotropy) | :: anisotrop |
| anisotropy {n} (the property of being directionally dependent) | :: Anisotropie {f} |
| Ankara {prop} (capital of Turkey) | :: Ankara {n} |
| ankerite {n} (any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals) | :: Ankerit {m} |
| ankh {n} (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top) | :: Anch |
| ankle {n} (joint between foot and leg) | :: Knöchel {m}, Fußknöchel {m} |
| anklebone {n} (the talus) | :: Sprungbein {n}, Rollbein |
| ankle bracelet {n} (anklet) SEE: anklet | :: |
| ankle bracelet {n} (ankle monitor) SEE: ankle monitor | :: |
| ankle-deep {adj} | :: knöcheltief |
| ankle monitor {n} (device individuals under house arrest are often required to wear) | :: Fußfessel {f}, elektronische Fußfessel {f} |
| anklet {n} (a bracelet at the ankle) | :: Fußkette {f}, Fußband {n} |
| ankylosaurus {n} (large herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous) | :: Ankylosaurus |
| ankylosing spondylitis {n} (arthritis disease) | :: Spondylitis ankylosans {f}, Morbus Bechterew {m} |
| ankylosis {n} (the growing together of bones) | :: Ankylose {f} |
| anlaut {n} (The first sound of a word (word-initial position) or syllable (syllable-initial position)) | :: Anlaut {m} |
| Ann {prop} (female given name) | :: Anna {f} |
| Anna {prop} (given name) SEE: Ann | :: |
| Anna {prop} (biblical prophetess) | :: Hanna {f}, Anna {f} [Textbibel, Elberfelder Bibel] |
| Annabel {prop} (female given name) | :: Annabell {f} |
| annals {n} (a relation of events) | :: Annalen {f-p} |
| Annam {prop} (the former name of Vietnam) | :: Annam {n}, Anam |
| Annamite {n} (inhabitant of Annam) | :: Annamese {m}, Annamit {m} |
| Annamite {adj} (of or from Annam) | :: annamitisch, anamitisch |
| Anne {prop} (given name) SEE: Ann | :: |
| anneal {v} (to subject to great heat and then cooling) | :: ausglühen, tempern, anlassen, spannungsfrei glühen, spannungsfrei machen, vergüten |
| anneal {v} (to strengthen or harden) | :: härten, abhärten, stählen, |
| annealing {n} (act of heating solid metal or glass) | :: Glühen {n} |
| annelid {n} (annelid) | :: Ringelwurm {m}; Anneliden {p} [in plural] |
| annex {n} (addition, an extension) | :: Anhang {m}, Zusatz {m}, Erweiterung {f}, Annex {m}, Ergänzung {f}, Beilage {f}, Beiheft {n} |
| annex {n} (appendix) | :: Anhang {m}, Ergänzung {f}, Zusatz, Nachtrag {m}, Anhängsel {n}, Appendix {m}, Annex {m}, Fortsatz {m} |
| annex {n} (addition or extension to a building) | :: Nebengebäude {n}, Anbau {n}, Erweiterung {f}, Zubau {m}, Seitengebäude {n}, Erweiterungsbau {m}, Nebenflügel {m}, Seitenflügel {m} |
| annex {v} (to add something to another, to incorporate into) | :: annektieren, beifügen, anfügen, anhängen, angliedern, einverleiben, anheften, sich aneignen, sich einverleiben, aneignen |
| annex {n} (addition of territory) SEE: annexation | :: |
| annexation {n} (addition or incorporation of something) | :: Annexion {f}, Anschluss {m} |
| annihilate {v} (to reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate) | :: vernichten |
| annihilation {n} (act of reducing to nothing) | :: Vernichtung {f}, Zerstörung {f} |
| annihilation {n} (process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy) | :: Annihilation {f} |
| annihilator {n} (one who annihilates) | :: Vernichter; [in mathematics] Annullator |
| anniversary {n} (day an exact number of years since an event) | :: Jahrestag {m} |
| anniversary {n} (wedding anniversary) | :: Hochzeitstag {m} |
| anno Domini {n} (in the year of our Lord) SEE: Anno Domini | :: |
| Anno Domini {adv} (in the year of our Lord) | :: im Jahr des Herrn (abbr. A.D.) |
| annotate {v} (to add annotation) | :: mit Anmerkungen versehen, kommentieren, beschriften, annotieren |
| annotation {n} (critical or explanatory commentary or analysis) | :: Kommentar {m} |
| annotation {n} (comment added to a text) | :: Anmerkung {f}, Bemerkung {f} |
| annotation {n} (process of writing a comment or commentary) | :: Kommentierung {f} |
| annotation {n} | :: Annotation {f}, Anmerkung {f}, Kommentar {m}, Erläuterung {f} |
| announce {v} (give public notice) | :: ankündigen, verkünden, bekanntgeben, verkündigen, verlauten |
| announce {v} (declare by judicial sentence) | :: verkünden, bekanntgeben, bekanntmachen |
| announcement {n} (that which conveys what is announced) | :: Bekanntmachung {f} |
| announcement {n} | :: Ankündigung {f} |
| announcer {n} (announcer) | :: Ansager {m}, Sprecher {m} |
| annoy {v} (to disturb or irritate) | :: stören, ärgern, belästigen, nerven, verägern, verdrießen, aufregen, vergrätzen, erregen, krank machen, auf die Nerven gehen, belästigen, verstimmen, quälen, plagen, anzipfen, enervieren, irritieren, reizen, fuchsen |
| annoy {v} (to do something to upset or anger someone) | :: ärgern, stören, nerven, auf die Nerven gehen, irritieren, reizen |
| annoy {v} (to molest; to harm; to injure) | :: schaden, schädigen, molestieren, belästigen |
| annoyance {n} (that which annoys) | :: Ärger {m}, Ärgernis {n} |
| annoyance {n} (an act or instance of annoying) | :: Ärger {m} |
| annoyance {n} (the psychological state of being annoyed or irritated) | :: Verärgerung {f}, Verdruss {m} |
| annoyed {adj} (troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked; vexed) | :: verärgert, sauer, genervt, ärgerlich, gereizt, belästigt, irritiert, ungehalten, geplagt, gequält, verdrossen, verdrießlich |
| annoying {v} (causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious) | :: ärgerlich, lästig, leidig, verdrießlich |
| annual {adj} (happening once a year) | :: jährlich |
| annual general meeting {n} (meeting held each year) | :: Hauptversammlung {f} |
| annualise {v} (to express a quantity as if measured over one year) | :: auf das Jahr hochrechnen, annualisieren |
| annually {adv} (once every year) | :: jährlich |
| annual report {n} (company report of activities for the preceding year) | :: Jahresbericht {m} |
| annual ring {n} (layer of wood) SEE: tree ring | :: |
| annul {v} (formally revoke the validity of) | :: annullieren |
| annul {v} (dissolve (a marital union)) | :: annullieren |
| annular {adj} (having the form of a ring) | :: ringförmig, kranzförmig |
| annulment {n} (act or instance of annulling) | :: Annullierung {f} |
| annulment {n} (invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid) | :: Annullierung {f} |
| annulus {n} (ring-shaped structure) | :: Ring {m} |
| annunciate {v} (announce) | :: verkündigen, verkünden |
| annunciation {n} (act of annunciating) | :: Verkündigung {f} |
| Annunciation {prop} (Christianity) | :: Verkündigung {f} |
| annus mirabilis {n} (year that includes significant and fateful events) | :: annus mirabilis |
| anoa {n} (a small Indonesian water buffalo) | :: Anoa |
| anoda {determiner} (another) SEE: another | :: |
| anodal {adj} (anodic) SEE: anodic | :: |
| anode {n} (the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which oxidation occurs) | :: Anode {f} |
| anode slime {n} | :: Anodenschlamm {m} |
| anodic {adj} (relating to an anode) | :: anodisch |
| anodize {v} (to coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide) | :: eloxieren |
| anodyne {adj} (capable of soothing or eliminating pain) | :: schmerzstillend, analgetisch |
| anodyne {adj} (soothing or relaxing) | :: beruhigend |
| anodyne {adj} (noncontentious, blandly agreeable) | :: verwässert |
| anoint {v} (to smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance) | :: ölen, schmieren, einreiben |
| anoint {v} (to apply oil to or to pour oil upon) | :: ölen, salben |
| Anointing of the Sick {prop} (sacrament) | :: Krankensalbung {f} |
| anomalistic {adj} (irregular) SEE: irregular | :: |
| anomalistic {adj} (anomalous) SEE: anomalous | :: |
| anomaloscope {n} (instrument used to test for color blindness) | :: Anomaloskop {m} |
| anomalous {adj} (deviating from the normal) | :: unregelmäßig, irregulär, anomal |
| anomalously {adv} (in an anomalous manner) | :: anormal, anomal |
| anomaly {n} (deviation from norm) | :: Anomalie {f} |
| anomaly {n} (dated: an irregularity or inconsistency) | :: Anomalie {f} |
| anomic {adj} (socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated) | :: anomisch |
| anomie {n} (alienation or social instability) | :: Anomie {f} |
| anon {adv} (straightway, at once) | :: sofort |
| anon {adv} (soon, in a little while) | :: bald |
| anonym {n} (anonymous person) | :: Anonymus {m} |
| anonymity {n} (the quality or state of being anonymous) | :: Anonymität {f} |
| anonymity {n} (that which is anonymous) | :: Anonyme |
| anonymization {n} (act of making anonymous) | :: Anonymisierung {f} |
| anonymize {v} (to render anonymous) | :: anonymisieren |
| anonymous {adj} (wanting a name, not named and determined) | :: namenlos |
| anonymous {adj} (without any name (of responsible agent) acknowledged) | :: anonym |
| anonymous {adj} (of unknown name; whose name is withheld) | :: anonym |
| anonymous class {n} | :: anonyme Klasse {f} |
| anopheles {n} (member of the Anopheles genus of mosquitos) | :: Anopheles {f}, Malariamücke {f} |
| anopheline {n} (anopheles) SEE: anopheles | :: |
| anopia {n} (medical condition) | :: Anopsie, Anopie |
| anorak {n} (heavy weatherproof jacket) | :: Anorak {m} |
| anorak {n} (geek or nerd) | :: Sonderling {m}, Eigenbrötler {m}, schrullige Person {f} |
| anorexia {n} (anorexia nervosa) SEE: anorexia nervosa | :: |
| anorexia {n} (loss of appetite) | :: Anorexie {f} |
| anorexia nervosa {n} (disorder) | :: Anorexia nervosa, Anorexia mentalis, Magersucht {f} |
| anorexic {adj} (pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia) | :: magersüchtig |
| another {determiner} (one more, in addition to a former number) | :: noch einer, noch eine {f}, noch eines {n} |
| another {determiner} (not the same; different) | :: ein anderer, anderer, anders {n}, andere {f-p} |
| anothermal {adj} | :: anotherm |
| an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure {proverb} (prevention is better than cure) SEE: prevention is better than cure | :: |
| Anschluss {n} (the annexation of Austria into Germany in 1938 or an analogy) | :: Anschluss {m}, Anschluß {m} [old spelling] |
| Anselm {prop} (male given name) | :: Anselm {m} |
| answer {n} (response) | :: Antwort {f} |
| answer {n} (solution) | :: Lösung {f} |
| answer {v} (to make a reply or response to) | :: antworten |
| answerable {adj} (obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good) | :: verantwortlich |
| answering machine {n} (device that automatically records voice mail) | :: Anrufbeantworter {m} |
| answerphone {n} (answering machine) SEE: answering machine | :: |
| answer to {v} (to be responsible to) | :: passen zu |
| ant {n} (insect) | :: Ameise {f} |
| antacid {n} (agent reducing acidity) | :: Antazidum {m} |
| antagonism {n} (strong dislike) | :: Antagonismus {m}, Gegensatz {m} |
| antagonist {n} (opponent) | :: Antagonist {m} |
| antagonist {n} (chemical) | :: Antagonist {m} |
| antagonistic {adj} (antagonistic) | :: antagonistisch |
| antagonize {v} (to oppose) | :: antagonisieren, entgegenwirken, bekämpfen, zu seinem Gegner machen |
| antaphrodisiac {adj} (capable of reducing the sex drive) | :: anaphrodisisch |
| antaphrodisiac {n} (substance capable of reducing the sex drive) | :: Anaphrodisiakum {n}, Antaphrodisiakum {n} |
| Antarctic {adj} (pertaining to Antarctica) | :: antarktisch |
| Antarctica {prop} (southernmost continent) | :: Antarktis {f} |
| Antarctic Circle {prop} (geographical line) | :: südlicher Polarkreis {m}, südliche Polarkreis {m} |
| Antarctic Peninsula {prop} (the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica) | :: Antarktische Halbinsel {f} |
| Antares {prop} (star) | :: Antares {m} |
| antazoline {n} (drug) | :: Antazolin {n} |
| antbird {n} (A member of Thamnophilidae) | :: Ameisenvogel {m} |
| anteater {n} (mammal) | :: Ameisenbär {m} |
| antebellum {adj} (of a period of time prior to a war) | :: Vorkriegszeit, Vorkriegs- |
| antebrachium {n} (forearm) SEE: forearm | :: |
| antecedent {adj} (earlier in time or order) | :: früher, vorausgehend, vorgängig, voriger {m}, vorige {f}, voriges {n}, vorangehend, vorgängig, vorrangig, vorhergehend, vor- |
| antecedent {n} (any thing that precedes another thing) | :: Vorgeschichte {f}, Ursache {f}, Vorleben {n}, Vorangehende {n}, Vorhergehende {n}, Antezedenz {f}, Vorläufer {m}, Vorstufe {f}, Vorform {f} |
| antecedent {n} (ancestor) | :: Ahne {m} {f}, Vorläufer {m}, Vorfahre {m}, Vorfahr {m}, Uhrahn {m}, Uhrahne {m} {f}, Stammvater {m}, Ahn {m}, Ahnin {f}, Ahne {m} {f} |
| antecedent {n} (word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun) | :: Beziehungswort {n}, Bezugselement {n}, Antezedens {n}, Bezugswort {n} |
| antecedent {n} (conditional part of a hypothetical proposition) | :: Antezedens {n} |
| antechinus {n} (marsupial) | :: Breitfuß-Beutelmäuse |
| antediluvian {adj} (extremely ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric) | :: vorsintflutlich |
| antediluvian {adj} (extremely dated) | :: vorsintflutlich, altfränkisch |
| anteflexion {n} (a forward bending or an organ, especially of the uterus) | :: Anteflexion {f}, Vorwärtsknickung {f} |
| antelope {n} (mammal of the family Bovidae) | :: Antilope {f} |
| antelope {n} (pronghorn) SEE: pronghorn | :: |
| antenna {n} (feeler organ) | :: Antenne {f}, Fühler {m} |
| antenna {n} (device to receive or transmit radio signals) SEE: aerial | :: |
| antepenultimate {adj} (two before the last) | :: drittletzter, vorvorletzter |
| anterior {adj} (before in place) | :: Vorder- |
| anterior chamber {n} (space between cornea and iris) | :: vordere Augenkammer {f} |
| anterior deltoid {n} (the largest of the muscles of the front of the shoulders) | :: Vorderdeltoideus |
| anthelmintic {adj} (destructive to parasitic intestinal worms) | :: anthelminthisch |
| anthem {n} (national anthem) | :: Hymne {f} |
| anther {n} (pollen-bearing part of the stamen) | :: Staubbeutel {m} |
| ant-hill {n} (anthill) SEE: anthill | :: |
| anthill {n} (home of ants and termites) | :: Ameisenhaufen {m}, Ameisenhügel {m} |
| anthocyanin {n} (any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments) | :: Anthocyan {n} |
| anthology {n} (collection of literary works) | :: Anthologie {f}, Sammelband {f}, Blütenlese {f} |
| anthology {n} (assortment of things) | :: Auslese |
| Anthony {prop} (given name) | :: Anton |
| anthracite {n} (type of coal) | :: Anthrazit {m} |
| anthrax {n} (disease) | :: Milzbrand {m} |
| anthropo- {prefix} (men; people) | :: anthropo- |
| Anthropocene {prop} (the current geological period) | :: Anthropozän {n} |
| anthropocentric {adj} (giving preference to humans) | :: anthropozentrisch |
| anthropocentrism {n} (viewpoint) | :: Anthropozentrismus {m} |
| anthropodicy {n} (a justification of the fundamental goodness of humanity) | :: Anthropodizee |
| anthropogenic {adj} (having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature) | :: anthropogen |
| anthropoid {adj} (having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance) | :: menschenähnlich |
| anthropologic {adj} (anthropological) SEE: anthropological | :: |
| anthropological {adj} (relating to anthropology) | :: anthropologisch |
| anthropologically {adv} (in a manner which pertains to anthropology) | :: anthropologisch |
| anthropologist {n} (one who is versed in anthropology) | :: Anthropologe {m}, Anthropologin {f} |
| anthropology {n} (the study of humanity) | :: Anthropologie {f}, Menschenkunde {f}, Menschenlehre {f} |
| anthropomorphic {adj} (having the form of a person) | :: anthropomorph |
| anthropomorphic {adj} (given human attributes) | :: anthropomorph, vermenschlicht |
| anthropomorphism {n} (the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to something not human) | :: Anthropomorphismus {m} |
| anthropomorphization {n} (attribution of human qualities) | :: Vermenschlichung {f}, Anthropomorphisierung {f} |
| anthropomorphize {v} (attribute human qualities) | :: vermenschlichen, anthropomorphisieren |
| anthroponym {n} (name of a person) | :: Personenname, Anthroponym |
| anthroponymy {n} (study of personal names) | :: Anthroponymie {f}, Anthroponomastik {f} |
| anthropophobia {n} (fear of human beings) | :: Anthropophobie {f}, Menschenscheu {f} |
| anthroposophic {adj} (of or pertaining to anthroposophy) | :: anthroposophisch |
| anthroposophy {n} (a spiritual philosophy) | :: Anthroposophie {f} |
| anti- {prefix} (against, hostile to) | :: gegen-, anti- |
| antiabortion {adj} (opposed to the practice of abortion) | :: Anti-Abtreibungs- |
| antiabortionist {n} (one who is opposed to the practice and/or legality of abortion) | :: Abtreibungsgegner {m}, Abtreibungsgegnerin {f}, Abtreibungsfeind {m}, Abtreibungsfeindin {f} |
| antiacid {n} (antacid) SEE: antacid | :: |