German–English dictionary

Gymnasium

(chiefly, _, UK) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.

Gymnastik

Of or pertaining to gymnastics.

Gymnastikanzug

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

Gymnastikraum

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Gymnastiktrikot

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

Gynäkomastie

(diseases) Excessive development of breasts in men, resembling the breast development in women.

Gyros

A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.

Gyroskop

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

hä

(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion.

Haar

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

Haarausfall

(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.

Haarbalg

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

Haarballen

A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.

Haarband

(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

Haarbügel

A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

Haarbürste

A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair

Haarbüschel

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

Haare

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

Haaresbreite

(idiom) A very small amount or distance.

Haareschneiden

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

haarfein

Of an argument or concept, words, etc.: requiring one to distinguish between fine points, especially if it is difficult to do so; nice; also (generally) , difficult to grasp; not easily understood or obvious.

Haarfollikel

(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.

Haarfrisur

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

Haargummi

(now, _, rare) A headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.

haarig

(of an animal) Having a lot of fur.

Haarklammer

A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.

haarklein erläutern

(transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.

Haarknoten

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

Haarlocke

A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

haarlos

Destitute of hair.

Haarnadel

A pin or fastener for the hair.

Haarnetz

A net designed to keep hair up and out of the way, e.g. while cooking.

Haarreif

A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

Haarreifen

A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.

Haarriss

A very thin fissure.

Haarscheitel

(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

Haarschnitt

The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.

Haarspalter

Someone who quibbles over trivia, and raises petty, annoying objections and sophistry.

Haarspalterei

(idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.

Haarspange

A clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.

Haarsträhne

A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.

haarsträubend

Horrifyingly shocking.

Haarteil

A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.

Haartrockner

(chiefly, _, UK) A small electrical appliance for drying hair, by generating a stream of hot air.

Haarwäsche

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

Haarwaschmittel

An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

Haarwurzel

The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

hab dich

I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).

Habachtstellung

(uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.

Habe

Tangible, movable property.

habe vielen Dank

An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. [from c. 1400]

haben

(transitive) To possess, own.

haben Sie vielen Dank

An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. [from c. 1400]

Haber

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

Habesch

(historical) Former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century.

Habgier

Extreme greed, especially for wealth.

habgierig

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Habicht

Any of several birds of prey, principally in the genus Accipiter.

habitabel

Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

Habitat

A place in which a person lives.

habituell

Regular or usual.

Habitus

An action performed on a regular basis.

Habsucht

Immoderate desire for the possession of something, especially for wealth.

habsüchtig

Actuated by avarice; extremely greedy for wealth or material gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

Habtachtstellung

(uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.

Hachse

(countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

Hacienda

A large homestead in a ranch or estate, usually in places where Colonial Spanish culture has had architectural influence.

Hack

(computing, slang) An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.

Hackbeil

A knife for chopping food, especially one with a large oblong blade.

Hackbraten

A dish of ground meat (usually made from ground beef, although lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used) formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.

Hacke

(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.

hackedicht

(UK, Canada, slang) very drunk; inebriated.

hacken

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

Hackepeter

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

Hacker

(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.

Hackerin

(computer security, telecommunications) One who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data stored in, or to carry out malicious attacks on, computer networks or computer systems.

Hackfleisch

(uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

Häcksler

(in particular, US) A machine that reduces organic matter to compost; depending on size, whole tree trunks are reduced to sawdust; a woodchipper.

Hadrian

(historical) The Roman emperor Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus.

Hadron

(particle) A composite particle that comprises two or more quarks held together by the strong force and (consequently) can interact with other particles via said force; a meson or a baryon.

Hadsch

(Islam) The pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; the fifth of the five pillars of Islam.

Hafen

(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.

Hafenarbeiter

A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.

Hafenbecken

(UK, nautical) The body of water next to and around a pier.

Hafenstadt

A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.

Hafenviertel

The dockland district of a town.

Hafer

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

Haferbrei

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

Haferflocken

Meal made from rolled or round oats.

Hafergraupen

(usually, in the plural) Husked but unground oats.

Hafersack

(archaic) An oat-sack, or nosebag for a horse.

Haff

A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.

haft

(of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.

haftbar

(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

Haftbefehl

(legal) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.

haften

To hold very tightly, as to not fall off.

Häftling

Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.

Haftraum

A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]

Haftstrafe

(legal) Confinement in prison as punishment for a crime.

Haftung

The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.

Haftungsausschluss

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

Hafturlaub

A leave of absence or vacation.

Hag

A grove of trees.

Hagebutte

The fruit of a rose.

Hagedorn

Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches

hageln

(impersonal) To have hailstones fall from the sky.

hager

Angular, bony, and lean.

Hagestolz

Any man uninterested in committed relationships.

Haggis

A traditional Scottish dish made from minced sheep offal with oatmeal and spices, etc., originally boiled in the stomach of a sheep but now often in an artificial casing, and usually served with neeps and tatties (mashed swede and potatoes) and accompanied with whisky.

häh

(with rising pitch) Used to express doubt or confusion.

haha

An approximation to the sound of a mischievous giggle.

Häher

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

Hähermännchen

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

Häherweibchen

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

Hahn

(firearms) A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.

Hähnchen

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.

Hähnchenkeule

The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]

Hahnenfuß

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

Hahnenkamm

A fleshy red crest of a rooster

Hahnenschrei

The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light

Hahnrei

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

Haiku

A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

Hain

A grove of trees.

Haiti

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Republic of Haiti.

Haitianer

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

Haitianerin

A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent.

haitianisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language.

Häkchen

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

Häkelarbeit

(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

Häkeln

(sewing) A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle.

Haken

(countable, sometimes, _, noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.

hakenförmig

Having a sharp curve at the end; resembling a hook.

Hakenkreuz

(countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

Hakler

(rugby) A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.

halal

(specifically, of food) Fit to eat according to Muslim religious customs.

halb

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

Halb-

half or partial; not complete

halbblind

Of a person: having impaired vision; partially blind; dim-sighted.

Halbdunkel

Partial or near darkness, dimness, twilight.

Halbenklave

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

Halbfinale

A competition that narrows a field of contestants (semifinalists) to a set of finalists, for a subsequent final.

Halbgerade

(mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.

Halbgeschoss

A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.

Halbgeviert

(typography, _, slang) En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

Halbgott

(mythology) A half-god or hero; the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

halbherzig

Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.

Halbidiot

(pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

Halbidiotin

(pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

halbieren

(transitive) To cut or divide into two parts.

Halbinsel

(geography) A piece of land projecting into water from a larger land mass.