German–English dictionary

Gin

A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails.

Ginster

Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, with long, stiff, thin branches and small or few leaves used for the domestic utensil.

Gipfel

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]

Gipfeli

A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.

gipfeln

(intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.

Gipfelpunkt

(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.

Gipfeltreffen

The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.

Gips

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

Gipsabdruck

(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; a plaster cast.

gipsen

(transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.

Gipskarton

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

Gipskartonplatte

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

Gipskartonwand

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

Gipsputz

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

Gipsschiene

(medicine) A device to immobilize a body part.

Gipsverband

A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.

Giraffe

(constellation) A faint circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a giraffe.

Girlande

An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.

Girlitz

Serinus serinus, a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

Girren

The murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

Gischt

(nautical) Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.

Gisela

A en given name.

Gitarre

(musical instrument) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

Gitarrenbauer

A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.

Gitarrenbauerin

A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.

Gitarrenspieler

Someone who plays a guitar.

Gitarrenspielerin

Someone who plays a guitar.

Gitarrist

Someone who plays a guitar.

Gitarristin

Someone who plays a guitar.

Gitter

(sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars.

Gitterbett

(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

Gitternetz

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

Gitterstab

A vertical pole, post, or support.

Gitterstange

A vertical pole, post, or support.

Gitterstangen

A framework of such posts, used to secure or confine cattle.

Gitterwerk

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

Gitterzaun

A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.

Gizeh

A city on the west bank of the Nile river, Egypt, famous for its ancient monuments including the Great Sphinx of Giza and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Gladiator

(Ancient Rome) A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal.

Gladiole

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Gladiolus, having sword-shaped leaves and showy flowers on spikes; gladiola.

Glamour

(uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal).

glamourös

Having glamour; stylish.

glanduläre

(medicine) Pertaining to a gland or glands.

Glanz

The quality of being bright.

glänzen

(intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.

glänzend

Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.

Glanzleistung

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

glanzlos

Having no shine or lustre; dull.

glanzpolieren

(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.

glanzschleifen

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

Glanzstück

A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.

Glas

A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of clay or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.

Glasachat

(mineral) A type of naturally occurring black glass produced by volcanoes.

glasartig

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

Glasaugenbarsch

(plural "walleye" or "walleyes") A species of gamefish, Sander vitreus, native to the Northern U.S. and Canada with pale, reflective eyes.

Glasbecher

A drinking glass that has no stem, foot, or handle — so called because such glasses originally had a pointed or convex base and could not be set down without spilling. This compelled the drinker to finish their measure.

Glaser

One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.

Glaserin

One who glazes; a craftsman who works with glass, fitting windows, etc.

gläsern

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

Glasgow

A major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland.

Glasharmonika

(musical instruments) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

Glashaus

A heated greenhouse.

glasieren

(transitive) To coat (something, e.g. a cake) with icing to resemble frost.

glasig

Of or resembling glass; glassy.

Glasschrank

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Glasur

(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.

Glasware

Articles made from glass, especially drinking glasses, jugs and other tableware made of glass.

glatt

(music, voice) Without variations in pitch.

glatt scheuern

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

glatt wie ein Aal sein

Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.

Glattbutt

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Glätte

The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.

Glatteis

A smooth, barely visible, and dangerously slippery film of ice, usually over a dark surface, such as rock or pavement.

glätten

To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

Glättkelle

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Glatze

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

glatzköpfig

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

Glaube

A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.

glauben

(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

glauben an

(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

Glauben schenken

(obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.

glaubend

In a faithful manner.

Glaubensbekenntnis

That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

Glaubensgericht

(historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.

Glaubenssatz

A system of beliefs; a set of beliefs with interrelations.

glaubenstreu

Having faith.

Glaubenszeugnis

(religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.

glaubhaft

Capable of being believed; credible.

gläubig

Having faith.

Gläubige

A person who believes; especially regarding religion.

Gläubiger

A person who believes; especially regarding religion.

glaublich

In all likelihood.

glaubwürdig

In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.

Glaubwürdigkeit

The state or quality of being believable.

Glaukom

(pathology) An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

glazial

Of, or relating to glaciers.

gleich

(idiomatic, with infinitive verb) Indicates something that will happen very soon; indicates action that is imminent; ready to; went to

gleichaltrig

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

Gleichaltrige

Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).

Gleichaltriger

One who is the same age as another.

gleichartig

(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)

Gleichartigkeit

The quality of being the same; identity.

gleichauf sein

To compare with; to equal; to rival.

gleichbedeutend

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

Gleichberechtigung

The concept that every person is to be treated equally by the law.

gleichen

(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

Gleicher

Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).

gleichermaßen

In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally.

gleichfalls

(manner) In a similar manner.

gleichförmig

(figuratively, often, pejorative) Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.

Gleichförmigkeit

A tiring lack of variety; monotony.

gleichgerichtet

(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.

gleichgesinnt

Having the same or very similar nature, personality, tastes, habits or interests.

Gleichgesinnter

(idiomatic) Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.

Gleichgesinntheit

The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.

Gleichgestellte

A person or thing of equal status to others.

Gleichgestellter

A person or thing of equal status to others.

Gleichgewicht

The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).

gleichgültig

Unimpressed with something because of overfamiliarity.

Gleichgültigkeit

Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

Gleichheit

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

Gleichklang

The state of being in harmony or agreement; harmonious agreement or togetherness, synchronisation. [from 17th c.]

gleichlaufend

Equally distant from one another at all points.

gleichmäßig

(manner) In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly

Gleichmut

The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.

gleichmütig

Calm and composed; of stable disposition.

Gleichnis

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Gleichniserzählung

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Gleichnisrede

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Gleichrangiger

Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).

Gleichschritt

(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.

Gleichstand erzielen

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

Gleichstellung

(mathematics) The fact of being equal, of having the same value.

Gleichung

(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.

gleichwertig

Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

Gleichwertigkeit

(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.

gleichzeitig

At the same time; simultaneously; together.

Gleichzeitigkeit

An instance of simultaneous occurrence.

gleichziehen

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

Gleis

The metal bar forming part of the track for a railroad.

gleisnerisch

Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. [from mid-16th c.]

Gleißen

Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.

gleißend

Shining brilliantly; radiant.

Gleisstopfmaschine

(rail) A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.

gleiten

(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.

gleiten lassen

(transitive) To cause to glide.

Gleiter

Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.

Gleitmittel

A compound used on threads, bolts, gaskets and other mechanical joints to prevent seizing and galling, to improve installation, removal and disassembly, and to prevent corrosion.

Gletscher

(geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

Gletscherlawine

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.