German–English dictionary

laubtragender

covered with leaves

Laubwerk

The leaves of plants.

Lauch

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

Laudanum

Any of several tinctures of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.

Laudatio

A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.

lauern

(intransitive) To act as a predator.

Lauf

A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.

Laufbahn

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

Laufband

(US) A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

Läufe

(uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

laufen

(intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.

laufen lassen

(transitive) To make a liquid flow; to make liquid flow from or into an object.

laufend

Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

Läufer

(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.

Lauferei

Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.

Lauffeuer

A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

Laufgitter

An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

Laufgraben

(military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Läufigkeit

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

Laufkatze

A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.

Laufleistung

The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.

Laufmasche

(chiefly, Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.

Laufmündung

A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun.

Laufpass

(informal) A dismissal or rejection.

Laufrolle

(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

Laufschrift

(Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.

Laufschuh

(Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland) A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.

Laufsport

The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason.

Laufstall

An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

Laufsteg

A narrow walkway (often on a platform) extending from a stage on which people walk, especially one used by models during fashion shows.

Lauftext

(Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.

Laufvogel

A member of a diverse group of mostly large, running, flightless birds that lack keels on their sternums, mostly extinct such as the elephant bird and moa, but including the extant cassowaries, emu, kiwi, ostrich, and rhea; formerly grouped together in the order Struthioniformes, and including the Paleognathae except the tinamous.

Laufzeit

(informal) The amount of service that something has yielded or may yield in future.

Lauge

A liquid used in a steeping process

Laune

An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.

launenhaft

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.

Launenhaftigkeit

Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. [from 18th c.]

launig

given to jesting; habitually jolly

launiger Charakter

An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.

Launigkeit

Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. [from 18th c.]

launisch

Determined by impulse rather than reason; often connoting heavy-handedness.

Laura

A en given name.

Laure

(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

Laureat

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

Laureatin

(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.

Laus

A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.

Lausanne

A municipality and city, the capital of Vaud canton, in western Switzerland, in which French is the main language.

Lausbube

(colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.

lauschen

(countable) A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building.

Lauscher

One who eavesdrops.

lausen

To remove lice from; to delouse.

lausig

(informal) Bad; poor.

laut

Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.

laut werden

To speak or protest loudly.

Laute

A fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

läuten

(transitive) To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.

Lautenbauer

A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.

Lautenbauerin

A person who, or a business which, makes or repairs stringed wooden musical instruments, such as lutes, violins, and guitars.

lauter Ruf

A yell, shout.

lauter Schrei

A yell, shout.

läutern

(transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.

lautes Stimmengewirr

Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.

Lautheit

the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

lautlos

(technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

Lautlosigkeit

The state or condition of being soundless.

lautmalendes Wort

(countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".

Lautmalerei

(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

lautmalerisches Wort

(countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss".

Lautsprecher

An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.

Lautsprecherbox

An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.

Lautsprechertelefon

A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it handsfree.

Lautsprechtelefon

A loudspeaker on a telephone that broadcasts the sound, in order to use it handsfree.

lautstark

Making or characterized by a noisy outcry; clamorous.

Lautstärke

the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

Lautstärkepegel

the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons

lauwarm

(temperature) Between warm and cool.

Lava

The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.

Lavabo

A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.

Lavafetzen

Scoria associated with a volcano.

Lavierung

(arts) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint.

Lavra

(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

Lawine

A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.

Lawra

(historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.

lax

Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.

Laxans

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

Laxativum

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

Layout

(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information

Lazarett

(also, figuratively) A building such as a hospital, or occasionally a ship, used to temporarily isolate sick people to prevent the spread of infectious diseases; a quarantine. [from early 17th c.]

Le

A surname.

Lea

(biblical character) The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.

Lead-Stil

(chiefly, US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. [from mid 20th c.]

Leasinggeber

(property law) The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.

Lebemann

A man who enjoys luxurious things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.

leben

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

Leben nach dem Tod

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

lebend

Still alive; not extinct.

Lebende

(uncountable) The state of being alive.

Lebender

(uncountable) The state of being alive.

lebendig

That lives.

Lebendigkeit

(uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.

Lebens-

Having life; alive.

Lebensabend

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

Lebensader

(figuratively) That which is required for continued existence or function.

Lebensbedingungen

A place in which a person lives.

Lebensdauer

Animation; spirit; vivacity.

lebensecht

Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation

Lebenserinnerungen

(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.

Lebenserwartung

(of a, person or other living being) The amount of time one is expected to live.

lebensfähig

Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).

Lebensfähigkeit

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.

lebensfreudig

(figurative) Having a spirited love of life; ebullient, zesty.

Lebensgefährte

A person who cohabits with another

Lebensgefährtin

A wife or spouse.

lebensgroße Puppe

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

Lebensgrundlage

A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income). [from 14th c.]

Lebenskraft

(fiction, fantasy, supernatural, paranormal) The hypothetical principle that animates all living organisms.

lebenslang

Extending for the entire duration of life.

lebenslänglich

(countable) A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).

Lebenslängliche

A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

Lebenslänglicher

A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

Lebenslust

(US) Energy of body and mind, enthusiasm.

lebenslustig

(dated) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits. [from 18th c.]

Lebensmittel

(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

Lebensmittelgeschäft

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Lebensmittelhändler

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

Lebensmittelhändlerin

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

Lebensmittelhandlung

A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

Lebensmittelladen

A shop or store that sells groceries.

Lebensraum

(countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

Lebensretter

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

lebenssprühend

Lively and vigorous.

Lebensstil

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

Lebensumstände

A style of life.

Lebensunterhalt

The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.

lebensverändernd

Having a significant effect on the course of one's life.

Lebensversicherung

(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

Lebensversicherungsvertrag

(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.

Lebenswandel

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

Lebenswasser

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.

Lebensweise

A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

lebenswert

Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.

lebenswichtig

Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.

Lebenszeit

The duration of the life of someone or something.

Lebenszeugnis

(religion) In a church service (or religious service), a personal account, such as one's conversion, testimony of faith, or life testimony.

Leber

Of or relating to the liver.

Leberentzündung

Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

Leberlappen

(anatomy) A clear division of an organ that can be determined at the gross anatomy level, especially one of the parts of the brain, liver or lung. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Lebermoos

A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.

Leberwurst

Spreadable sausage made with liver.

Lebewesen

(science) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).