German–English dictionary

Altägypten

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Altar

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.

Altarraum

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

Altäthiopisch

An Ethiopian language which is extinct but still used liturgically.

altbacken

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

Alte

(colloquial) Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.

alte Gaunerin

(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

alte Jungfer

(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

alte Kiste

(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

alte Klatschtante

(derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

alte Schachtel

(derogatory) A woman, especially an old woman; especially one regarded as fussy or mean or a gossipy busybody.

alte Sorte

(horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.

Alter

(uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.

alter Gaul

A horse too old to be put to work.

alter Gauner

(colloquial, derogatory, slang, often preceded by "old", the "old buzzard") In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.

alter Mensch

(slang) An old person.

Ältere

(relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.

Älterer

(relational, chiefly in the plural, chiefly with possessive determiners) One who is older than another.

älteres Fräulein

(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

alterfahren

Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

altern

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

altern lassen

(transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.

alternativ

(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.

Alternative

Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.

alternd

Becoming elderly.

alternieren

(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.

alternierend

Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).

Altersdiskriminierung

The treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.

altersgrau

White or grey with age.

altersschwach

Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

Altersschwäche

The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.

Altertum

The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Altertumskunde

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

Alterung

The process of becoming older or more mature.

Alterungsprozess

(biology) The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.

Altes Ägypten

A country in North Africa and West Asia. Official name: Arab Republic of Egypt. Capital: Cairo.

Älteste

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

Ältester

A leader or senior member of a tribe or community, often of considerable age, respected as an authority figure, especially in a counselling, consultative, or ceremonial role.

altfränkisch

In or of the language of the Franks.

altgedient

Having existed for a long time; of long standing.

altgedienter Künstler

A veteran performer.

altgedienter Schauspieler

A veteran performer.

Altgeige

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

Altgrad

(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]

althergebracht

Adhering to whatever is customary, traditional, or generally accepted. [1640s]

Altimeter

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

altklug

Exhibiting advanced skills and aptitudes at an abnormally early age.

Altmaterial

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

Altmeister

The senior, or eldest male member of a group.

Altmetall

(uncountable) Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

altmodisch

(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.

altnordisch

Of or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.

altruistisch

Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish

altrussisch

related to the Rus (people)

Altsächsisch

A west Germanic language historically tied to Anglo-Saxon and Old Low Franconian.

altüberliefert

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

altväterisch

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

altväterlich

Of an object, outdated or no longer in vogue.

Altweiberfäden

A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.

Alufolie

(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.

Aluminium

A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.

Aluminiumfolie

(Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation.

Alvin

A en given name.

Alwin

A en given name; always rather rare in English.

am ...-sten

Forms the superlative of many adjectives.

am besten

To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.

am Boden zerstört

Extremely upset and shocked.

am Dienstag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Tuesday.

am Donnerstag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Thursday.

am Freitag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Friday.

am Montag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.

am Nachmittag

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from noon to midnight (the latter half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

am Schwänzen

(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.

am Straßenrand

(US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.

am Tag

During the day.

Am-Wind-Kurs

(nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.

amalgamieren

To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.

Amalgamierung

(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal, especially used in antiquity to extract gold and silver from ores.

Amalrich

A en given name, today often transferred back from the surname.

Amanda

A en given name.

Amateur

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Amateur-

One who is not a professional; an amateur.

Amateurfotograf

(informal) A person who makes a hobby of photography.

Amateurfotografin

(informal) A person who makes a hobby of photography.

Amateurfunker

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

Amateurfunkerin

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

amateurhaft

Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.

Amateurin

Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Amativität

(phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings.

Amazonas

(sometimes, attributive) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

Amazone

(Greek mythology) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.

Amber

A en given name, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.

Ambiance

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

Ambiente

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

Ambiguität

(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

ambitioniert

(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.

ambivalent

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.

Ambivalenz

(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

Ambo

(Roman Catholicism) A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.

Ambra

A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.

Ambros

A en given name.

Ambrosia

Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.

Ambrosie

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

Ambrosius

A en given name.

ambulant

(medicine) Performed on or involving an outpatient.

Ambulanz

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

Ameise

Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

Ameisenbär

Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).

Ameisenbeutler

A small marsupial carnivore, Myrmecobius fasciatus, endemic to western Australia, that eats almost exclusively termites.

Ameisenhaufen

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

Ameisenhügel

A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or white ants (termites), and beneath which the colony nests.

Ameisenigel

Any of the species of small spined monotremes in the family Tachyglossidae, the four extant species of which are found in Australia and southern New Guinea.

Amelie

A en given name.

amen

(biblical) Certainly; verily.

Amerika

A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole.

Amerikaner

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

Amerikanerin

A citizen or national of the United States of America.

amerikanisch

Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.

Amerikanische Dickkopfelritze

A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.

Amerikanischer Bison

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Amethyst

A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.

amethysten

Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

Ami

A citizen or national of the United States of America.

amisch

Relating to this sect.

Amische

A strict Anabaptist sect living mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.

Ammer

Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Ammon

(Egyptian god) An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.

Ammoniak

(inorganic compound) A gaseous, toxic compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste.

Ammonium

(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH4+ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia

Ammonshorn

(anatomy) hippocampus

Amnesie

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

Amnestie

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnion

(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

amniotisch

Pertaining to the amnion.

Amöbe

(biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.

Amok

In a frenzy of violence, or on a killing spree; berserk.

Amor

(Roman god) The god of love, son of Venus; sometimes depicted as a putto (a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow). The Roman counterpart of Eros.

amoralisch

(of acts) Done without consideration for morality or immorality.

Amoralität

Lack or absence of morality.

amorph

Lacking a definite form or clear shape.

Amortisation

The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.

Amos

(book of the bible) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.

amourös

Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

Ampel

A traffic light, or (by extension) an intersection controlled by traffic lights.

Ampfer

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

Amphe

(slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.

Amphetamin

(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.

Amphibie

An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, living both on land and in water.

Amphibien-

Of or relating to the class Amphibia.

Amphibienfahrzeug

A vehicle which can operate on both land and water.