German–English dictionary

Gesetzwidrigkeit

(uncountable) The state of being unlawful.

Gesicht

(in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

Gesichts

(medicine, relational) Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.

Gesichtsausdruck

Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.

Gesichtsfarbe

The quality, colour, or appearance of the skin on the face.

gesichtslos

Having no face.

Gesichtspunkt

A position from which something is perceived; outlook; standpoint.

Gesichtsröte

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

Gesichtsstraffung

Plastic surgery to the face to remove wrinkles, fat or various signs of aging.

Gesims

(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.

Gesindel

(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.

Gesinnung

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

gesittet

Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming.

Gesöff

Grub, slop, swill

gesondert

Placed or standing apart or alone; in isolation.

gespalten

(heraldry) (Partitioned) vertically; (especially) partitioned vertically into two halves (formally party per pale).

Gespann

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

gespannt

In eager desire, eager, astir.

Gespenst

A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

gespenstisch

Horrifyingly shocking.

Gesperre

A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch and pawl.

gesperrt

Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.

gespiegelt werden

(intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.

Gespött

Act of treating with disdain.

Gespräch

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

gesprächig

(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.

Gesprächspartner

A person who participates in a conversation.

gesprenkelt

Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted.

gesprochen

Relating to speech

Gespür

A vague mental impression.

Gestalt

A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.

Gestalten

The act of arranging.

gestalterisch

Having or revealing creative skill.

gestaltlos

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

Gestaltung

The act of arranging.

Gestaltungsart

The manner of being arranged.

Gestaltungskraft

Ability to produce offspring.

Gestaltungsweise

The manner of being arranged.

Gestaltwandler

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

Gestaltwandlerin

(fantasy, mythology, science fiction) A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.

gestanden

Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

Geständnis

An open declaration of affirmation or admission of knowledge.

Gestänge

An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.

Gestank

The quality of being fetid

Gestapo

(historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany.

gestatten

(transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.

Gestattung

authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)

gestehen

(transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.

gesteigertes Interesse

An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.

Gestein

(uncountable) The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.

Gesteinschutt

(countable, chiefly, geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.

Gestell

The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.

gestelzt

(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.

gestern

On the day before today.

gesteuert

Subject to guidance.

Gestirn

A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.

gestirnt

Having stars visible.

gestohlen

That has been stolen.

Gestöhn

A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.

Gestöhne

A low sound associated with extended suffering, sorrow, and toil.

gestorben

(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.

gestört

Showing symptoms of mental illness, severe psychosis, or neurosis.

Gesträuch

Shrubs collectively.

gestreift

Of a brownish, tawny or gray colour, with streaks or spots; streaky, spotted.

gestresst

(colloquial) Stressed and exhausted (either physically or emotionally).

gestrichelt

(of a, line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

gestriger Tag

The day immediately before today; one day ago.

Gestrüpp

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.

Gestühl

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

Gesuch

Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

gesund

In good health, unharmed.

gesund und munter

(idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.

gesundend

recovering one's health and strength after a period of illness

Gesundende

A person recovering from illness.

Gesundender

A person recovering from illness.

Gesundenuntersuchung

(medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.

gesunder Menschenverstand

Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

gesundheitlich

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.

Gesundheits-

Of or relating to health.

gesundheitsförderlich

Promoting good physical health and well-being.

gesundheitsfördernd

Promoting health or well-being; wholesome, especially relating to food or air.

gesundheitsschädlich

(formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.

Gesundung

A gradual healing after illness or injury.

gesunken

caused, by natural or unnatural means, to be depressed (lower than the surrounding area) or submerged

Geta

(game of go) A technique for capturing stones by enclosing them in a “net” preventing them from escaping in any direction.

getarnt

wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised

getäuscht

Being affected by delusions.

geteilt

separated or split into pieces

getitelt

(literally) Having a title.

getönt

Slightly colored, having tint.

Getöse

Pompous, officious talk.

getragen

carried, supported.

getragen werden

(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

Getränk

A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, usually excluding water.

geträumt

Imagined or only extant in a dream or dreams.

Getreide

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

Getreideähre

(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.

Getreidespeicher

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Getreidespelze

The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.

getrennt

Excluded from consideration.

getreu

Loyal; adhering firmly to person or cause.

Getriebe

(countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.

Getriebeglied

(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

getrieben

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Getrippel

A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.

getrocknet

From which the water has been removed.

getroffen

Emotionally moved; touched.

Getröpfel

A very thin flow; the sound of such a flow.

getrübt

(figurative) Unclear; surrounded in mystery.

Getter

(sciences) A material which is included in a vacuum system or device for removing gas by sorption.

Getto

An (often walled) area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law. (Used particularly of areas in medieval Italy and in Nazi-controlled Europe.)

gettoisieren

(transitive) To confine (a specified group of people) to a ghetto.

Getue

trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion

Getümmel

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

getupft

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.

geübt

Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.

Gevatter

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

Gevatterin

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

Gewächs

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

Gewächshaus

A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

gewagt

Of dubious respectability or morality.

Gewagtheit

The property of being racy.

gewählt

picked; selected

gewahr

Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

gewähren

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

gewährleisten

(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]

gewährleistet

Authorized with a warrant.

Gewahrsam

(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.

Gewahrsein

(uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

Gewalt

(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

Gewaltausbruch

An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.

gewaltbereit

In favour of violence.

Gewaltenteilung

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

Gewaltentrennung

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

Gewaltfreiheit

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

Gewaltherrschaft

A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

Gewaltherrscher

A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

gewaltig

Of major significance or importance.

Gewaltlosigkeit

A philosophy that rejects the use of violence, and instead seeks to bring about change through peaceful responses even to violent acts.

Gewaltmarsch

A long or tiring walk.

gewaltsam

With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.

Gewalttaten

Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.

gewalttätig

Violent, destructive and cruel.

Gewalttätigkeiten

Widespread fighting.

gewandt

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

Gewandtheit

Skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.

Gewäsch

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

Gewässer

Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, a lake or a bay.

Gewebe

A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.

Gewebetod

(pathology) The localized death of cells or tissues through injury, disease, or the interruption of blood supply.