German–English dictionary

Industrieller

A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.

induzieren

(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.

ineffektiv

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

ineffizient

Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.

Ineffizienz

Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.

ineinandergreifen

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

Inertial-

Of, relating to, or depending on inertia.

Ines

A en given name.

Infanterie-Regiment

A regiment of infantry.

Infanterist

(India) An infantryman; a soldier.

infantil

Pertaining to infants.

Infarkt

(pathology) An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.

Infarzierung

(pathology) The process which causes an infarct.

Infektion

An act of incurring debt; also (generally) , an act of acquiring something (generally negative).

Infektionskrankheit

(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.

Inferenz

(uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.

infernalisch

Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.

Inferno

A place or situation resembling Hell.

Infestation

The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

Infiltrat

(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.

infiltrieren

(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.

infizieren

(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

infiziert

Having an infection.

Inflation

An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.

Infloreszenz

(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

Influencer

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

Influencerin

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

Influenza

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

Influenzer

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

Influenzerin

(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.

Infomercial

A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.

Informant

(countable, slang) A police informant.

Informantin

One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

Informatik

The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

Information

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]

Informationen

inside information, the story or truth.

Informationsaustausch

(uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.

Informationseinheit

Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.

informativ

Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information.

informell

(of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.

Informelle Siedlung

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

informieren

(transitive, archaic, followed by of or that) To communicate notice to; to inform; let know.

informiert

Educated or informed.

Infos

inside information, the story or truth.

infrage stellen

(transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.

Infragestellen

(countable) The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something.

Infragestellung

(countable) The act of calling into question or challenging the accuracy or propriety of something.

infrarot

Having a wavelength in the infrared spectrum.

Infusion

(medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.

Ingangsetzung

The act of putting into motion.

Ingenieur

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.

Ingenieurberuf

Designates the office area of the professional engineering staff.

Ingenieurin

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally) , a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.

Ingenieurwesen

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

Ingenieurwissenschaft

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

ingeniös

(of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.

Inger

Any of several primitive eellike fish, of the family Myxinidae, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth, and sometimes used as food or for eelskin leather.

Ingestion

The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.

Ingredienz

One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.

Ingrid

A en given name.

Ingrimm

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

inguinal

Of or pertaining to the groin.

Ingwerbrot

(transitive, idiomatic, uncommon) To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.

Inhaber

One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.

Inhaberin

One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.

Inhalation

The act of inhaling; inbreathing.

Inhalator

(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.

Inhalieren

The act of inhaling; inbreathing.

Inhalt

(uncountable) That which is contained.

inhaltsleer

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

inhaltslos

Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.

inhärent

Arising as the result of an event, inherent.

inherent

Arising as the result of an event, inherent.

Inhibitor

(chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.

inhuman

Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Inhumation

The act of burial.

Initial

(typesetting, calligraphy) A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.

Initiale

(typography) A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book.

Initialen

An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram

Initiation

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Initiationsritual

(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.

Initiator

One who initiates.

Initiatorin

One who initiates.

initiieren

(transitive) To begin or initiate (something); to found.

Initiierte

A new member of an organization.

Initiierter

A new member of an organization.

Initiierung

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

Injektion

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

injizieren

(transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

Inka

A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

inkarnadein

(transitive, also, figurative) To make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden.

inkarnat

(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

Inkarnation

(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.

inklusive

Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.

inkohärent

Not making logical sense; not logically connected or consistent.

inkomparabel

(literally, not comparable) Not comparable.

inkompatibel

Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.

Inkompatibilität

An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

inkompetent

Lacking the degree of ability and responsibility necessary to do a task successfully.

Inkompetenz

Inability to perform; lack of competence; ineptitude.

inkongruent

(architecture, arts) Grotesque, incongruous.

Inkongruenz

The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.

Inkontinenz

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

inkorporieren

(transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend

inkorrekt

Not correct; erroneous or wrong.

inkremental

Pertaining to an increment.

inkrementell

Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

Inkubation

(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.

Inkubator

(medicine) An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.

Inkubus

(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.

Inland

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

inmitten

Heavily occupied, or busily involved in an important activity.

Inn

A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

Innehaben

A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

Innehabung

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

innehalten

(transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

innen

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

Innen-

Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.

Innenausstattung

The decoration of the inside of homes and buildings, such as the decor and furnishings.

Innenecke

A corner where two walls intersect.

Innengewindeschneider

(mechanics) A cylindrical tool used to cut an internal screw thread in a hole, with cutting edges around the lower end and an upper end to which a handle is fitted to turn the tool.

Innenhof

An inner courtyard typical of traditional houses in some regions of Spain.

Innenkehle

(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

Innenraum

The inside of a building, container, cavern, or other enclosed structure.

Innenschau

(psychology) A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.

Innenseite

The interior or inner part.

Innenstadt

The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.

inner

Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.

Inner-

Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.

innere

Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside. [from 9th c.]

innere Organe

Collectively, the internal organs of the body, especially those contained within the abdominal and thoracic cavities, such as the liver, heart, or stomach.

Innereien

Small intestine, cleaned and defatted, usually of a pig. Sometimes prepared with hog maws.

innerer Antrieb

A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.

innerer Schweinehund

(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also, irregular or unruly behaviour.

Inneres

(in the plural, figuratively) The (deep) interior of something.

innerhalb

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

innerhalb des Hauses

Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.

innerstaatlich

Internal to a specific country.

innerste Gefühle

The source of one's deepest emotions or inner feelings, especially compassion or love. [from 16th c.]

innerster Kern

The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.

Innerstes

The deepest or innermost part.

innerstes Wesen

The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.

Innertropische Konvergenzzone

(nautical, oceanography, by extension) Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.

innewohnend

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

innig

Believed or felt deeply and sincerely.

Innings

(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.

innovativ

Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.

Innovator

A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.

Innovatorin

Someone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.

innovieren

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.