German–English dictionary

Grat

(geology) A very thin ridge of rock.

Gräte

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

Gratifikation

An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.

grätig

Full of bones.

Gratin

The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.

gratis

Without paying; free.

Gratisartikel

The act of giving something away for free.

Gratisgeschenk

(informal) Something which is free; a giveaway or handout.

Grätsche

(soccer) a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first

grätschen

(transitive) To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.

Gratulation

The act of congratulating.

gratulieren

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

Grau

An achromatic colour between black and white.

grau werden

(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

Graubart

(poetic) An old man.

graubraun

Of a brownish grey colour.

Grauchen

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

Graue

An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.

Graue Eminenz

One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.

graue Maus

A quiet or shy person.

Gräuel

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

Gräueltat

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

grauen

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

grauenerregend

Causing mild fear.

grauenhaft

Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.

grauenvoll

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.

grauer Star

(ophthalmology, pathology) A clouding of the lens in the eye leading to a decrease in vision.

gräulich

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.

Graupe

(chiefly, in the plural) Hulled grain, chiefly hulled oats.

Graupel

(uncountable) A precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water condense on a snowflake.

graupeln

(impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.

Graus

(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.

grausam

Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.

Grausamkeit

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

Grausen

Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

grausig

Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.

grauslich

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

Grautier

A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.

Graviditätszahl

(agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Gravieren

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard surface, by cutting grooves into it.

Gravierer

Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]

Graviererin

Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing. [from 18th c.]

graviert

Decorated with engravings.

Gravitation

(physics) The fundamental force of attraction that exists between all matter in the universe, caused by the curvature of spacetime caused by matter. It is the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, and possesses a gauge boson known as the graviton.

Gravitations-

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

gravitationsbedingt

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

gravitätisch

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]

gravitativ

Pertaining to, or caused by, gravity or gravitation.

Graviton

(particle) A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass.

Gravur

A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.

Gray

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.

Grazie

(uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

grazil

Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

graziös

Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.

Gregor

A en given name.

gregorianisch

Of or relating to a person named Gregory, especially any of the popes of that name.

Greif

A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.

greifbar

Near; soon.

Greifen

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

greifen nach

(transitive, by extension) To extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut.

Greifer

A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.

Greiferin

(derogatory, slang) A police officer. [From ante 1785.]

Greifzange

(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Greis

(informal, chiefly, North America, sometimes, mildly, derogatory) An old person, usually a male, typically a cranky old man.

grell

Very bright (as if to cause blindness).

grell leuchten

(intransitive, figuratively) To shine out with gaudy colours; to be offensively bright or showy.

Gremium

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

Grenada

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Grenadine

A cordial syrup made from pomegranates.

Grenoble

A commune in the French Alps in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Grenze

(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

Grenzen

(figurative, often, in the plural) the bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond)

grenzen an

(intransitive) To be or come very close; to border; to approach.

grenzenlos

Not having a border.

Grenzfläche

(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.

Grenzgebiet

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.

Grenzgegend

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.

Grenzland

Land near a border; marches.

Grenzmark

The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region.

Grenzübergang

A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.

grenzüberschreitend

Taking place across a border.

Grenzwert

(mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Grenzzone

The boundary between two physically different materials, especially between conductors, semiconductors, or metals.

Greta

A en given name.

Gretchen

A en given name.

Grete

A en given name.

Gretel

A en given name.

Greuel

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

Griebe

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

Griebenschmalz

Sounding with small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

Grieche

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

Griechenland

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

Griechin

(countable) A person from Greece or of Greek descent.

griechisch

Of or relating to Greece, its people, its language, or its culture.

griechische Sprache

The language spoken by people of Greece, particularly, depending on context, Ancient Greek or Modern Greek.

Griesgram

(idiomatic, potentially, endearing) A heartless individual; a person lacking empathy and emotion.

griesgrämig

Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.

Grieß

A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

Grießknoten

A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

Grießkorn

(dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

Griff

(uncountable) An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

griffbereit

Within easy reach; nearby.

Griffel

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]

griffig

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

Griffigkeit

(textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.

Griffsicherung

(mechanics) A safety lock or safety catch: a mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing or operation.

Grill

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

Grille

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

Grillen

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

grillieren

(transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

Grillparty

A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.

Grillplatte

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

Grillteller

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

Grillzange

An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.

Grimasse

A contorted facial expression, often expressing contempt or pain.

Grimassen schneiden

(intransitive) To make grimaces; to distort one's face; to make faces.

Grimm

A surname from German.

Grimmdarm

(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)

grimmig

Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.

Grimoire

(occult) A book of instructions in the use of alchemy or magic, especially one containing spells for summoning demons.

Grind

(loose or obsolete) Any hard, dark, commonly flattened or sunken lesion or crust, especially on a burn, abscess, infection, wound; commonly a coagulation of blood or exudations, not necessarily involving dead or necrotic tissue.

Grindel

(nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).

grinden

(sports, intransitive) To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.

Grinsen

A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

Grippe

(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.

Grips

(in the plural) Intellect.

grob

Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.

grob gezimmert

Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.

grobe Bemerkung

A rude remark or behaviour.

grobes Benehmen

A rude remark or behaviour.

Grobheit

(uncountable) The state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.

grobkörnig

Composed of large particles.

grobschlächtig

Unrefined, crude.

Grobschmied

A person who forges iron.

Grobschmiedin

A person who forges iron.

Grog

An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.

groggy

Slowed or weakened, as by drink, sleepiness, etc.

Groikerl

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

Grölen

A loud, intense shouting or wailing.

Groll

A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.

grollen

(transitive) To feel resentment over; to consider as an affront.

Gromolo

(informal) Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.

Grönland

A large self-governing dependent territory of Denmark, in North America.

Groove

(music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.

grooven

(intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

Gros

Twelve dozen = 144.

Groschen

(figurative) A very small quantity or value; the least possible amount.

groß

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

Groß-

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

großartig

(colloquial, North America, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.