German–English dictionary

angeregt

(physics) Being in a state of higher energy.

angesagt sein

(social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

angesäuert

Made rancid by fermentation, etc.

angeschaltet

In the state of being active, functioning or operating.

angeschlagen

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

angeschlossen

Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.

angeschrägt

Narrowing gradually towards a point.

Angeschuldigte

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

Angeschuldigter

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

angeschwollen

protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

angesehen

(of a person) Distinguished, important, noteworthy.

angesetztes Spiel

(sports, chiefly, British, Commonwealth, Irish) A scheduled match.

angespannt

Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

angesprochen

Emotionally moved; touched.

angestammt

Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors

Angestellte

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Angestellter

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

Angetraute

(informal, diminutive, affectionate) .

angetrieben

(of a device) Having its own source of power, or a named source.

angetrunken

Drunk

angewandt

Put into practical use.

angewidert

Filled with disgust.

angewiesen

Relying upon; depending upon.

angezündet

Illuminated.

angleichen

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

Angler

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

Anglerfisch

Any fish of the bony fish order Lophiiformes, which have an outgrowth they wiggle to lure and catch their prey.

Anglerin

A person who fishes with a hook and line.

angliedern

To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.

Anglikaner

Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.

Anglikanerin

A member of an Anglican Church.

anglikanisch

Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.

Anglo-

A combining form relating to the English or British people, culture, or livestock.

Angola

Synonym of angora (cat).

Angora

The capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.

Angorakaninchen

A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).

angraben

To break into or open up (a thing) so as to obtain something; to exploit, to penetrate; tap into.

angreifbar

Insubstantial.

angreifen

(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

Angreifer

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

Angreiferin

The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

angrenzen

(intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

angrenzend

Being in contact at some point or line; joining to

Angrenzung

The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

Angriff

The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.

angriffslustig

Belligerent; prepared to stand and fight, especially in spite of relatively small stature or some other disadvantage.

Angriffsspitze

The leading military unit in an attack.

Angst

A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.

Angst haben

Indicates that the speaker is scared.

Angst haben um

(intransitive) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for [with for].

Angst haben vor

(transitive) To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.

Angst machen

(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

Angsthase

A person who lacks courage.

ängstigen

(intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.

ängstlich

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

Ängstlichkeit

(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

angstvoll

Nervous and worried.

Angstzustände

(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.

angurten

(transitive) To bind with a flexible rope or cord.

Angussmasse

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

anhaftend

Adhesive, sticking to something.

anhalten

(transitive) To cause to come to a halt.

anhaltend

Uninterrupted.

Anhalter

A person or thing that hitchhikes.

Anhaltspunkt

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

Anhang

Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

Anhang (zu e. juristischen Dokument)

(law) A written or printed table of information, often forming an annex or appendix to a statute or other regulatory instrument, or to a legal contract. [from 15th c.]

anhängen

(intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.

anhängend

Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.

Anhänger

A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.

Anhänger des Kollektivismus

An advocate of collectivism.

Anhängerin

A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.

Anhängerin des Kollektivismus

An advocate of collectivism.

Anhängerkupplung

A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

Anhängerschaft

An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

Anhängertum

Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.

anhängig

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

anhänglich

Having a tendency to cling.

Anhänglichkeit

(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.

Anhängsel

(now, uncommon) That which is affixed; an appendage.

anhauen

(informal) To ask or beg for (something) to be given for free; to cadge, to scrounge; also, to ask or beg (someone) to give something for free.

anhäufen

(transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.

Anhäufung

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

anheben

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Anhebung

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

anheften

(transitive) To attach.

anheizen

(transitive) To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

anheuern

(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.

anhimmeln

(intransitive) To exhibit affection or attempt to please.

Anhöhe

An eminence, hill, or high place.

Anilin

(organic compound) The simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals.

Anima

(Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. [from 20th c.]

animalisch

Without reason or intelligence (of animals). [from 15th c.]

Animation

(animation, in the sense of a cartoon) A sequence of still drawings or inanimate objects displayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement in motion pictures or computer graphics; the object (film, computer game, etc.) produced

Animator

(art) One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.

Animatorin

(art) One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.

Animosität

Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.

Animus

(Jungian, _, psychology) The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.

Anis

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.

Ankara

The capital city of Turkey and the capital of Ankara Province.

Anke

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Anker

(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

ankerben

(transitive) To record (a score or similar) by making notches on something.

Ankerbolzen

A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.

ankern

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

anketten

(transitive) To fasten something with a chain.

Anklage

(legal) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.

Anklage wegen eines Staatsschutzdelikts

(countable, law, Britain) An accusation that a person has committed a crime against the state, such as treason.

Anklage wegen Landesverrats

(countable, law, Britain) An accusation that a person has committed a crime against the state, such as treason.

Anklagebank

(law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.

anklagen

(with on, (archaic) for) To officially charge someone in a court of law.

Ankläger

One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.

Anklägerin

(law) A person, as a complainant, victim, or chief witness, who institutes prosecution in a criminal proceeding.

Anklageschrift

(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]

Anklageverlesung

(legal) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense; in many jurisdictions it includes their response in the form of a plea, typically as guilty, not guilty, or no contest.

anklammern

(transitive) To affix or pin.

Ankleide

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Ankleidekabine

A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.

ankleiden

(also, reflexive, and, figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe. [from 15th c.]

Ankleidezimmer

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]

anklingeln

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

anklopfen

(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) To knock heavily; to stump.

ankohlen

(ergative) To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

ankommen

(intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

ankoppeln

To join two moving items.

ankratzen

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

ankreuzen

To mark with an X.

Ankreuzkästchen

A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.

ankündigen

(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]

Ankündigung

An act of announcing, or giving notice.

Ankunft

To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.

ankurbeln

(transitive) To turn by means of a crank.

Anlage

(cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.

Anlandungsplatz

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

Anlandungsstelle

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

Anlass

(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

anlassen

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Anlasser

An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.

Anlauf

(architecture) An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

anlaufen

(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.

anlegen

(nautical) To bring (a ship or other vessel) into a berth (noun sense 1.1); also, to provide a berth for (a vessel).

Anlegeplatz

A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.

Anleger

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

Anlegerin

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

Anlegesteg

(US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.

Anlegestelle

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.

anlehnen

To press against.

Anleihe

(law, banking, finance) A sum of money or other property that a natural or legal person borrows from another with the condition that it be returned or repaid over time or at a later date (sometimes with interest).

anleinen

(transitive) To restrict with, or as if with, a tether.

Anleitung

The act or process of guiding.