German–English dictionary

Anliegen

That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

anliegend

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

anlocken

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

Anlockungsmittel

(also, figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.

anmachen

(transitive, informal) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.

Anmachholz

Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.

anmalen

(transitive, medicine) To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.

anmaßend

(UK) Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

Anmaßung

(legal) The unjust assumption of rights or privilege.

Anmeldedaten

login data

anmelden

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

Anmeldung

(computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

Anmeldung (für Bildungseinrichtung)

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

anmerken lassen

(intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

Anmerkung

A comment added to a text.

anmotzen

(figuratively) To criticise harshly.

Anmut

Pleasantness.

anmutig

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.

Anna

A en given name.

Annabell

A en given name.

annähern

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

annähernd

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

annähernd erreichen

(transitive) To come near to; to approach.

Annäherung

(golf) Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power.

Annäherungsversuch

(often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. [from 15th c.]

Annahme

(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

Annas

(biblical) A Jewish high priest known for having four sons and a son-in-law (Caiaphas) succeed him in his lifetime; and for cooperating with Caiaphas to have Jesus Christ crucified.

annehmbar

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

annehmen

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

Annehmlichkeit

Pleasantness.

annektieren

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

Annett

A en given name. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

Annette

A en given name. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

Annex

An addition, an extension.

Annexion

Addition or incorporation of something, or territories that have been annexed.

Annihilation

(physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

Annonce

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

annoncieren

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

annotieren

(transitive) To add annotation to.

Annuität

(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.

Annullator

One who annihilates.

Annullieren

The act of abrogating.

Annullierung

The act of abrogating.

Annulus

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

Anode

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a positive or a negative voltage with respect to cathode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

anomal

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

Anomie

Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.

anonym

(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .

Anonyme

(countable) That which is anonymous. [from 1695]

anonymisieren

(transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).

Anonymität

(uncountable) The quality or state of being anonymous (nameless or unidentified). [from 1820]

Anonymus

An anonymous person.

Anorak

A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.

Anordnen

The act of arranging.

Anordnung

An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:

Anordnungsart

The manner of being arranged.

Anordnungsweise

The manner of being arranged.

anorganisch

(chemistry) Relating to a compound that does not contain carbon.

anormal

Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health. [First attested around the early 20th century.]

Anosmie

Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors.

Anoxie

(ecology, pathology) A condition in which a body tissue or an environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen; severe hypoxia.

anpassen

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

Anpassung

(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.

anpassungsfähig

Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

Anpassungsfähigkeit

The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.

anpeilen

(of, animals, intransitive) To return to its owner.

anpeitschen

(transitive) To urge into action or obedience.

anpiepen

(transitive, telecommunications, dated) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

anpiepsen

(transitive) To communicate with (a person) by means of a buzzer.

anpinnen

(transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).

anpirschen

(transitive) To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

anpöbeln

(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).

anprallen

(intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.

anprangern

To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.

anpreisen

(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. [from 19th c.]

Anpreiser

A person employed to solicit customers by calling out to passersby, e.g. at a carnival.

Anpreisung

Excessive or false public praise.

Anprobe

A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.

Anprobieren

The act of trying on clothes to inspect or adjust the fit.

anpumpen

(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.

anrechenbar

Eligible to be deducted.

anrechnen

(transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

Anrecht

An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.

Anrede

(Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.

anregen

(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.

anregend

Invigorating or stimulating.

Anregung

(physics) A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.

anreichern

(physics, transitive) To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Anreicherung

The process of making enriched uranium.

Anreißer

A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

Anreißerin

A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.

Anreiz

Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.

Anreize schaffen

(transitive, US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).

Anrichte

A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

anrichten

(transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.

Anriss

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

anritzen

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

anrüchig

(figurative) Suspicious; inspiring doubt.

Anruf

(informal) A telephone call or e-mail.

anrufen

(ambitransitive) To contact by telephone.

Anrufer

(telephony) The person who makes a telephone call.

anrührend

Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

ans Licht kommen

(idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed.

ansagen

(ambitransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for).

Ansager

One who makes announcements.

Ansagerin

One who makes announcements.

ansammeln

(intransitive) To increase, to rise

Ansammlung

State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.

Ansatz

A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.

ansatzhaft

Basic; minimal; with less than, or only the minimum, necessary.

ansäuern

(transitive) To make sour.

ansaugen lassen

To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).

anschaffen

(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Anschaffung

The thing acquired or gained; a gain.

anschauen

To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.

anschaulich

(of perception) Clear, detailed, or powerful.

Anschauung

Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

Anschein

(countable, or, uncountable) The action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.

anscheinend

Seemingly; in appearance.

anscheinsmäßig

(law) Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.

anschießen

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

Anschiss

(of a person) A harsh criticism.

Anschlag

A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.

Anschlagbrett

(dated) A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

Anschlagtafel

(dated) A flat surface, such as a panel or fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

Anschlagwinkel

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

anschließen

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. [from 15th c.]

anschließend

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

Anschluss

(historical) Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938. [from 1920s]

Anschlussbuchse

(electricity, US) A contact device installed at an outlet for the connection of an attachment plug (typically by receiving the plug's prongs) to supply portable appliances or equipment.

Anschlusskabel

(uncountable, chiefly, UK, Irish) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

Anschlussstelle

(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.

Anschlussstück

(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling

Anschlusswinkel

(engineering) Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

anschmiegen

To press oneself against another affectionately.

anschmiegsam

Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

anschmoren

(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.

Anschnallgurt

(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.

anschnauzen

(idiomatic) To criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness.

Anschnitt

A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.

anschrägen

(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

anschrauben

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

anschreiben

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

anschreien

(transitive) To utter with a shout; to cry; to shout out

Anschub

Anything that impels; a stimulating factor.

anschubsen

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

anschwärzen

To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.

Anschwärzer

One who tattles (notifies authorities of illicit behavior) or is inclined to do so; a tattletale.

Anschwärzung

An unfair criticism.

Anschwellen

The act of swelling; increase in size.