German–English dictionary

Gequake

Talk, especially meaningless or unimportant talk.

Gequassel

(derogatory) Foolish or nonsensical talk.

Gequatsche

(derogatory) Foolish or nonsensical talk.

Gequengel

The action of the verb nag.

gerade

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.

gerade noch

(not comparable, degree) Almost not at all.

geradeaus

Forward, straight ahead.

geradeaus sprechend

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.

geradeheraus

Straightforward, open and sincere.

gerader Streckenverlauf

(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.

gerädert

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, sometimes, offensive) Tired or exhausted.

geradezu

Completely, wholly.

geradlinig

In a straight line.

geradzahlig

(not comparable, of an integer) Divisible by two.

Gerald

A en given name.

Gerangel

A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.

Geranie

(strictly) Any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, of family Geraniaceae.

Gerank

An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.

Gerappel

A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds.

Gerassel

Rattling sound.

Gerät

A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.

geraten

(intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; (often with to).

Geräteschild

(UK) The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).

Gerätschaft

Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.

geräuchert

Of food, treated with smoke, often for flavor or as a method of preservation.

geräumig

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

Geräusch

(uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.

Geräuschemachen

(uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.

geräuschlos

In a quiet manner, without any noise.

Geräuschlosigkeit

The state or condition of being soundless.

geräuschvoll

in a noisy manner; in such a way as to create a great deal of noise or sound

geräuschvoll kauen

(often with "on") To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.

Gerbbrühe

Tanning liquor, an aqueous extract of vegetable matter (tanbark, sumac, etc.) in a tanning vat used to tan leather.

gerben

(transitive, stative) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.

Gerber

A person whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan.

gerecht

Marked by or having equity.

gerecht werden

(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.

gerechtfertigt

Having a justification.

Gerechtigkeit

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

gerechtwerden

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

Gerede

(informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

gereift

Fully developed; mature.

gereinigt

Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:

gereizt

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

Gereiztheit

Anger or irritability.

Gerhard

A en given name.

Gerharda

A en given name.

Gericht

The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

gerichtlich

(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.

gerichtlich verfolgbar

(legal) Affording grounds for legal action.

Gerichts-

(dated) Relating to, or appropriate for, courts of law; suitable or adapted to legal argumentation.

Gerichtsdiener

A doorkeeper in a courtroom.

Gerichtsentscheid

(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

Gerichtsgebäude

A public building housing courts of law.

Gerichtshof

An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

Gerichtsmediziner

(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

Gerichtssaal

The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.

Gerichtsschreiber

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Gerichtsurkunde

(countable, legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

Gerichtsurteil

(law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

Gerichtsverfahren

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

Gerichtsverhandlung

(legal) A meeting or series of meetings in a court of law at which evidence is presented to a judge (and sometimes a jury) to allow them to decide on a legal matter (especially whether an accused person is guilty of a crime).

Gerichtsvollzieher

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

Gerichtswesen

The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.

gering

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

Geringachtung

The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.

geringe Anzahl

A small number or amount of something.

geringere

Of two (or, rarely, more than two) things: the smaller in size (littler), in value, in importance etc.

geringfügig

Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:

geringfügig ändern

(transitive) To modify.

geringfügige Änderung

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration

geringfügiges Ändern

The action of adjusting something

Geringfügigkeit

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

geringschätzen

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

geringschätzig

Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.

geringschätzig behandeln

(transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.

Geringschätzung

(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.

geringst

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

Geringste

(sometimes, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

geringwertig

(obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.

Gerinne

A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

gerinnen

(intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

Gerinnung

Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).

Gerippe

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

gerissen

Quickly and critically discerning.

Gerissenheit

The quality of being astute.

Germane

A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.

Germanien

(historical) An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples.

Germanin

A member of the Germanic ethnic group which is the most populous ethnic group in Germany; a person of German descent.

Germanium

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Ge) with an atomic number of 32: a lustrous, hard-brittle, grayish-white metalloid in the carbon group.

Germinal

(historical) The seventh month of the French Republican Calendar, starting on the date of the vernal equinox (March 21 or 22) and ending on April 19 or 20.

gern geschehen

A polite reaction to receiving thanks, meaning that the speaker enjoyed helping the listener.

gern haben

Affectionate.

gerne

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

gernhaben

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]

Geröll

(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Geröllhalde

(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]

geronnenes Blut

Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.

geröstet

Cooked by roasting.

Gerste

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

Gerstenkorn

(agriculture) A grain of barley.

Gerte

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.

gertenschlank

(of a person) Tall, slender and graceful.

Gertraud

A en given name.

Gertrud

A en given name.

Gertrude

A en given name.

Geruch

(countable) Foul or unpleasant smell, especially body odor.

geruchlich

(relational) Concerning the sense of smell.

geruchlos

Having no odor.

geruchlos machen

To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).

Geruchssinn

The sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.

Geruchsverschluss

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

Gerücht

(informal) Major topic of conversation; widespread rumor; information spread behind the scenes.

Gerüchteküche

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

Gerüchten zufolge

According to reports or rumors. [from 19th c.]

geruchtilgend

acting or including an agent to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor.

geruhen

(transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.

gerührt

Emotionally affected; touched.

gerundet

(phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.

gerüscht

Having frills; frilled.

Gerüst

(bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the last frame of a game.

Gerüstpfeiler

A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.

Gerüttel

A movement, such as a jolt or a shake.

Gesabbere

Saliva trickling from the mouth.

gesalbt

Having undergone the process of anointing.

Gesalbter

A person who has been anointed, especially for religious reasons.

gesalzen

To which salt has been added.

gesammelt

(not comparable) Gathered together.

gesamt

Morally whole; pure; sheer.

Gesamtbetrag

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Gesamtergebnis

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.

Gesamtheit

The whole; the complete or amount.

Gesamtschuld

All debts totalled.

Gesamtsumme

An amount obtained by the addition of smaller amounts.

Gesandte

(law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

Gesandter

(law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.

Gesang

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Gesäß

(euphemism) A person's buttocks.

gesättigt

(not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.

gesäuert

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

geschädigt

Rendered less effective.

Geschäft

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

geschäftiges Hin und Her

(figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.

geschäftlich

Of or pertaining to commerce.

Geschäftsabschluss

A deal or business agreement.

Geschäftsabwicklung

The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

Geschäftsbereich

(politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

Geschäftsdurchführung

The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).

Geschäftsfrau

A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution.

geschäftsführend

Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.