German–English dictionary

Imbiss

A light meal.

Imitat

(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

Imitation

The act of imitating.

Imitator

An entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.

Imitatorin

An entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.

imitieren

(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

Imker

An apiarist; a beekeeper.

Imkerin

An apiarist; a beekeeper.

immanent

Naturally part of something; existing throughout and within something; intrinsic.

Immanenz

(philosophy, metaphysics, theology) The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence.

Immanuel

A en given name of Biblical origin.

immateriell

Having no matter or substance; incorporeal.

Immatrikulation

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

Immatrikulationszahl

The number of people enrolled.

immatrikulieren

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

Immaturität

Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown

Imme

(informal, proscribed) Any stinging flying insect, especially a wasp.

immediat

Very close; direct or adjacent.

immens

Extremely large or on a great scale.

immer

(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.

immer mehr

(degree) Progressively more.

immer noch

(aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

immer wandelbar

Frequently or constantly changing.

immer wenn

At each occasion that.

immer wieder

Repeatedly.

immerblühend

(botany) Flowering throughout the growing season.

immergrün

Of plants, especially trees, that do not shed their leaves seasonally.

immergrüne Pflanze

A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.

immerhin

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

Immersion

(astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.

immersiv

Giving the impression of immersion.

immerwährend

Continuing, permanent, lasting.

immerzu

Abbreviation of twenty-four seven.

Immigrant

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

Immigrantin

A non-native person who comes to a country from another country to permanently settle there.

Immigration

The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.

immigrieren

(intransitive) To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

immobil

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

Immobilie

(US, Canada, Australia) Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.

Immobilienhändler

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

Immobilienmakler

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

Immobilienmaklerin

(UK, Ireland) A person or company that acts in the sale, purchase, lease or maintenance of land, property, real estate etc for another.

immobilisieren

To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

Immoralität

(uncountable) The state or quality of being immoral; vice.

Immunität

The state of being exempt; immunity.

Impala

An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.

Impeachment

(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.

Impedanz

(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.

Imperator

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

Imperfekt

(grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.

Imperfektum

(grammar) A tense of verbs used in describing a past action that is incomplete or continuous.

imperial

Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.

Imperialismus

The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.

Imperialist

Of, or relating to imperialism.

Imperialistin

An advocate of imperialism.

imperialistisch

Of, or relating to imperialism.

Imperium

A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.

impertinent

Having bad manners; impolite.

impfen

(transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]

Impfstoff

A substance given to stimulate a body's production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease without causing the disease itself in the treatment, prepared from the agent that causes the disease (or a derivative of it; or a related, also effective, but safer disease), or a synthetic substitute; also, a dose of such a substance.

Impfung

(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.

Implantat

(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.

implantieren

(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.

implementieren

To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

implikatieren

(pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.

Implikation

The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

Implikatur

(pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

implizieren

(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

impliziert

Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

implizit

Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.

implodieren

(transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.

Implosion

The action of imploding.

Import

(uncountable) The practice of importing.

Importeur

One who, or that which, imports: especially a person or company importing goods into a country.

importieren

(transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.

imposant

Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.

impotent

Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.

Impotenz

Inability to copulate or beget children; sterility, erectile dysfunction, etc.

imprägnieren

(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.

Imprägnierung

A waterproof material.

Impresario

A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.

Impression

The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.

Impressionist

(art) One who adheres to the theory or method of impressionism.

Impressum

The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.

Impromptu

(music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.

improvisieren

(transitive) To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).

improvisiert

Extemporaneous, impromptu.

Impuls

A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.

impulsiv

Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

imstande

Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

imstande sein

To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually, after an expression of ability, as could, able, difficult) to be able or rich enough; to spare.

in

Used to form female equivalents.

in ... hinein

Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.

in abgekürztem Verfahren

(duration) Over a short period of time, briefly.

in Abrede stellen

(transitive) To deny; to show the contrary of; to deny legitimacy or achievement of any kind.

in Alarmstimmung versetzen

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

in Anbetracht

Taking into account.

in anderen Umständen

(not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

in Angriff nehmen

To face or deal with, attempting to overcome or fight down.

in Anspruch nehmen

(transitive) To acquire or pull in, as funding.

in Auftrag geben

(transitive) To place an order for (often a piece of art).

in Bearbeitung

Begun but not completed.

in Berufung gehen

(intransitive) Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.

in Beschlag nehmen

(legal) To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.

in Betracht ziehen

(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

in Betrieb

(computing) Functional; working.

in Betrieb nehmen

(transitive) To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.

in Blüte stehend

Opening in blossoms; flowering.

in Brand

On fire; in a blaze. [Early 19th century.]

in den Fingerspitzen jucken

(intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.

in den Krieg ziehen

(intransitive) To enter into an armed conflict.

in den Ohren liegen

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

in den Ruhestand gehen

(intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.

in den Ruhestand versetzen

(transitive) To force (someone) to retire on a pension.

in den Schatten stellen

(figurative, transitive) To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.

in den Sinn kommen

(impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself.

in den Staaten

(chiefly outside USA) In the United States.

in den USA

(chiefly outside USA) In the United States.

in der ausgebildet sein bei

(transitive) To be an apprentice to.

in der Flanke angreifen

(transitive) To attack the flank(s) of.

in der Furcht, dass

For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.

in der Hoffnung

(not comparable) Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of giving birth; pregnant.

in der hohlen Hand halten

(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

in der Innenstadt

In or towards the central business district.

in der Luft hängen lassen

(transitive, rare) To place (someone or something) in an in-between place, or condition or state, of neglect or oblivion which results in deadlock, delay, or some other unresolved status.

in der Mikrowelle aufwärmen

(transitive) To cook (something) in a microwave oven.

in der Nähe

Physically close to, in close proximity to.

in der Scheiße stecken

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.

in der Tat

(modal) Truly; in fact; actually.

in der Zukunft

(idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress.

in der Zwischenzeit

During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.

in die Ausbildung geben zu

(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

in die Ehe geben

(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. [from 14th c.]

in die Enge treiben

(transitive) To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

in die Höhe heben

(intransitive, rare) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; often with up.

in die Höhe schießen

(intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.

in die Innenstadt

In or towards the central business district.

in die Irre

In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.

in die Irre führen

(transitive) To deceive or delude (using guile).

in die Irre geführt

Being affected by delusions.

in die Länge ziehen

To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

in die Lehre geben zu

(transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

in die Luft blasen

(ambitransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

in die Pedale treten

To operate a pedal attached to a wheel in a continuous circular motion.

in die Quere kommen

To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

in die Scheide stecken

(transitive) To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.

in die Staaten

(chiefly outside USA) In or to the United States, especially the lower forty-eight.

in Dienst stellen

(transitive) To put (a ship or boat, etc.) into active service.

in diesem Zusammenhang Bedeutung habend

Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.

in dieser Gegend

Near here.