German–English dictionary

Internet

The global, decentralized network of computers which communicate with one another using the Internet protocol suite, which now forms a vital part of global communication, content sharing, and information exchange systems.

Internetauftritt

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

Internetblog

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

Internetpräsenz

(Internet) A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

internieren

(transitive) To imprison somebody, usually without trial.

Internierung

The state of being imprisoned, usually without trial.

Internist

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

Internistin

(medicine) A physician who specialises in internal medicine.

interpersonal

Between two or more people.

interplanetar

Existing or occurring between planets.

interplanetarisch

Existing or occurring between planets.

Interpolation

(mathematics, science) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.

Interpret

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

Interpretation

An interpretation.

Interpreter

(computing) A program that converts commands into machine language in real time rather than compiling it in advance. [1954]

interpretieren

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

Interpretin

One who performs for, or entertains, an audience.

interpunktieren

(transitive) To add punctuation to.

Interpunktion

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

interrassisch

Between or among two or more different races.

Interregnum

The period of time between the end of a sovereign or political leader's reign and the accession of another.

interreligiös

Involving members of different religions.

interrogativ

(grammar) Asking or denoting a question.

Interrupt

(computing, electronics) An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

Interruptio

(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [Attested from around (1150 to 1350) until the mid 18th century.]

Intersex-Person

(countable, biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.

intersexuell

Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.

Intersexuelle

(countable, biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.

Intersexueller

(countable, biology, zoology) An individual with any of these conditions.

Interval

The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.

Intervall

One of several ranges of numbers.

intervenieren

(intransitive) To plead on someone else's behalf.

Intervention

The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.

Interventionismus

(politics) The political practice of intervening in a sovereign state's affairs.

Interview

A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc. [from 19th c.]

interviewen

(intransitive) To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

Interviewer

One who interviews.

Interviewerin

One who interviews.

intervokalisch

(phonetics) Existing or occurring between vowels.

intestinal

Relating to the intestines.

Inthronisation

The act of enthroning or the state of being enthroned.

Intimität

(uncountable, countable) Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.

intolerant

Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.

Intonation

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

Intonierung

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

Intoxikation

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

intransigent

Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable.

Intransigenz

Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.

intransitiv

(grammar, of a verb) Not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object.

intravenös

Inside the veins.

intrigant

that connives

Intriganz

The practice of intrigue.

Intrige

A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

intrigieren

(intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

intrinsisch

Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

Introspektion

(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.

introspektiv

Examining one's own perceptions and sensory experiences; contemplative or thoughtful about oneself.

introvertiert

(psychology) Of or characteristic of the personality of an introvert: thoughtful, reflective.

Intrumentalität

(countable) Something that is instrumental; an instrument.

Intrusion

The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding.

intrusiv

(geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Intubation

(medicine) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.

intubieren

(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.

Intuition

(idiomatic) An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.

intuitiv

Innate, inborn. [from 19th c.]

Invalide

(dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.

Invalidin

(dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.

Invalidität

(countable, law) Lack of legal qualification to do something; legal incapacity or incompetency.

Invasion

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

Invektive

Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.

Inventar

(operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.

Inventarliste

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

Inventarverzeichnis

(operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.

Invention

(music) A small, self-contained composition, particularly those in J.S. Bach’s Two- and Three-part Inventions.

Inventur

(operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.

Inventur machen

(transitive, operations) To take stock of the resources or items on hand; to produce an inventory.

Inversion

(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.

Invertebrat

An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.

invertieren

(transitive) To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.

invertiert

Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.

investierte

Having received financial support; paid for.

investigativ

Of or pertaining to investigation

Investition

(finance) A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.

Investitur

The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.

Investor

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

Investorin

A person who invests money in order to make a profit.

Involute

(geometry) A curve that cuts all tangents of another curve at right angles; traced by a point on a string that unwinds from a curved object.

inwiefern

(interrogative) In what way; to what extent.

Inzidenz

(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

Inzucht

(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

inzüchtig

(often, pejorative) Having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding.

inzwischen

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

Iod

An antiseptic incorporating the element.

Iodid

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

Ion

An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge, such as the sodium and chlorine atoms in a salt solution.

Iowa

A state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Des Moines.

IP-Adresse

(Internet) A number assigned to each computer's or other device's network interface, which are active on a network. supporting the Internet Protocol, in order to distinguish each network interface, and hence each networked device) from every other network interface anywhere on the network.

iPhone

(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.

iPod

(by extension) Any portable personal MP3 player or similar device.

IPS

(medical) Initialism of intensive care unit.

IQ

Initialism of intelligence quotient.

Irak

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

Iraker

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

Irakerin

A person from Iraq or of Iraqi descent.

irakisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Iraq, or the Iraqi people.

Iran

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Islamic Republic of Iran. Capital: Tehran.

Iraner

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

Iranerin

A person from Iran or of Iranian descent.

iranisch

(linguistics) Pertaining to the Iranian languages or their speakers.

irdisch

Made of earth or mud.

Ire

(as plural) The Irish people.

Iren

(organic compound) The hydrocarbon formed by dehydration of an irone.

Irene

A en given name, in regular use since the 19th century.

irgendein

(negative polarity item, or, interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

irgendetwas

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

irgendjemand

Any person; anybody.

irgendwann

Sometime; at an indefinite time.

irgendwas

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

irgendwelche

(negative polarity item, or, interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

irgendwer

Any person; anybody.

irgendwie

(Singapore, Singlish, predicative) Random, careless, offhand, disorderly; done without thought or consideration.

irgendwo

In or at any location.

irgendwohin

To an uncertain or unspecified location.

Irideszenz

The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.

Iridium

(uncountable) A chemical element (symbol Ir) with an atomic number of 77: a very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group.

Irin

(as plural) The Irish people.

Iris

(botany) A plant of the genus Iris, common in the northern hemisphere, and generally having attractive blooms (See w:Iris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia).

irisch

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

Irisch-Gälisch

(uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.

Irisieren

The condition or state of being iridescent; exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow; a prismatic play of color.

irisierend

(not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

irländisch

Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.

Iro

A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

Irokesenschnitt

A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long, and usually styled so as to stand straight up.

ironisch

(of a situation) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

irrational

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

irrationell

Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.

irre

Insane.

irre aufgeregt

(slang) Feeling excitement or an exciting rush; exhilarated.

irreal

Unreal or imagined.

irreführen

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

irreführend

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

irreführenderweise

In a deceptive manner; misleadingly.

Irreführung

The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.

irregulär

Deviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.

irreleiten

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

irrelevant

(archaic) Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.

Irrelevanz

(uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.

Irreligiosität

The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.

irremachend

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.