German–English dictionary

heimtückisch

Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.

heimwärts

(internet) To the home page.

Heimweh

The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.

heimwehkrank

(often with for) Missing one's home and family very much when away; nostalgic.

Heimwerker

A practitioner of do it yourself.

Heimzahlung

Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.

Heinrich

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages.

Heinz

A en given name, popular in England since the Middle Ages.

Heinzelmännchen

(folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. [from 1510s]

Heirat

(countable) The ceremony of marriage.

heiraten

(transitive) To marry.

heiratsfähig

Suitable for marriage; nubile.

Heiratsvermittler

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

Heiratsvermittlung

An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.

heiratswürdig

Worthy of being chosen (for marriage).

heiser

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

heiß

(informal) Good-looking, attractive.

heiß machen

(transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

heiße Luft

(idiomatic) Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.

heiße Schokolade

(countable) A serving of this drink.

heißen

To have a specific name.

heißer Feger

(slang, originally, Australian) A physically or sexually attractive person.

heißer Typ

(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) An attractive person; a good-looker.

Heißgetränkespender

A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.

Heißhunger

A strong desire; yearning.

heißhungrig

Very hungry.

Heißluftballon

Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.

heit

A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

heiter

(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

heiter und zuversichtlich gestimmt

Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.

Heiterkeit

(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.

Heizapparat

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

heizen

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

Heizer

(rail transport, nautical) A person (originally a man) who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler (originally, shoveling coal by hand), particularly on a railroad locomotive or steamship.

Heizgerät

A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.

Heizgewölbe

An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.

Heizkörper

(of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.

Heizlüfter

an electric heater fitted with a fan which blows out hot air.

Heizplatte

An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

Heizspirale

An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

Heizstrahler

(countable, British) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).

Heizung

(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building.

Heizungsverteiler

(mechanics) A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.

Hekatombe

(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.

Hektik

(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

hektisch

(specifically) Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.

hektisches Treiben

(figurative) Any sudden activity; a stir.

Held

(informal) A hero, particularly a protagonist in a story.

heldenhaft

Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.

Heldenmut

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Heldentat

A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.

Heldentum

The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Heldin

(informal, intransitive) To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).

Helena

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.

Helene

A en given name.

helfen

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]

helfend

Having a subordinate or auxiliary position.

helfende Hand

(figurative) Assistance; help; encouragement.

Helfer

(rare) A cooperator.

Helferin

Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

Helfershelfer

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

Helga

A en given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

Helikopter

(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.

Helios

(Greek god) The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.

Helium

(uncountable) The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.

Helix

(informal) A helix.

hell

Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.

hell leuchten

(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

hell lodern

(intransitive) To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

Hellas

Greece; (specifically) Ancient Greece.

hellbraun

Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.

Hellene

A Greek, especially an Ancient Greek.

Hellenin

A Greek, especially an Ancient Greek.

hellenisch

Of or relating to the ancient Greek culture and civilization before the Hellenistic period.

Heller

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

heller Tag

The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.

hellhäutig

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

Helligkeit

The quality of being bright.

hellsehen

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.

Hellseher

A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

Hellseherei

(parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.

Hellseherin

A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses

hellseherisch

Able to foresee the future.

Hellsichtigkeit

The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

hellwach

Alert; vigilant

Helm

A helmet.

Helm ohne Visier

A helmet.

Helmkleinod

(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.

Helmstock

(nautical) The handle of the rudder which the helmsman holds to steer the boat, a piece of wood or metal extending forward from the rudder over or through the transom. Generally attached at the top of the rudder.

Helmwulst

(heraldry) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest; an orle, a torse. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.

Helmzier

(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.

Helot

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

Helotin

(historical, Ancient Greece) A member of the ancient Spartan class of serfs.

Helsinki

The capital city of Finland; a municipality, the capital of the region of Uusimaa, Finland.

Hemd

(US) A collared shirt with buttons worn as part of a formal, business or business casual outfit.

Hemdmanschette

The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.

Hemlocktanne

Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees. [from 1670]

hemmen

(transitive) To control, limit, or halt.

hemmend

Causing a loss of energy or strength.

Hemmnis

A control; a limit or stop.

Hemmschuh

(mechanical engineering) An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached.

Hemmung

A control; a limit or stop.

hemmungslos

Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

Hemmungslosigkeit

(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).

Hemnis

An impediment to free movement.

Hengst

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

Hengstfohlen

A young male horse.

Hengstfüllen

A young male horse.

Hengstmann

A person who looks after horses.

Hengstpenis

The penis of an animal.

Henkel

The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.

henken

(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.

Henker

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

Henkerin

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

Henne

A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.

Henry

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H

Hentai

(Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.

Heparin

(carbohydrate, pharmaceutical drug) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.

Hepatektomie

(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the liver.

hepatisch

Of or relating to the liver.

Hepatitis

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

Hepburn-System

A system of romanization of Japanese, short for "Hepburn romanization".

Hephaistos

(Greek god) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.

her

Before now, before the present time

Hera

(Greek god) The queen of the gods, and goddess of marriage and birth; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister and wife of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, and Enyo.

Herabfallen

A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).

herabhängen

(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.

Herabkunft

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

herablassen

To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.

herablassend

Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.

herablassend behandeln

(idiomatic, transitive) To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.

Herablassung

The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.

herabmindern

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Herabrieseln

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

Herabschätzung

The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

herabschießen

(intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.

herabsetzen

To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]

herabsetzend

Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

Herabsetzung

The act of disparaging, of belittling.

herabsinken

(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.

herabsteigen

(intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.

herabstufen

(transitive) To lower in value or social position.

Herabstufung

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

herabstürzen

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

herabwürdigen

(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.

Herabwürdigung

The act of disparaging, of belittling.

Heranreifen

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

Heranwachsender

(countable) A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.

heranwerfen

(intransitive, now, archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.

heranwinken

(ambitransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.