German–English dictionary

Lesviot

(linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

Lesviotin

(linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

Lesvonier

(linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

Lesvonierin

(linguistics, uncountable) The variety of Aeolic Greek spoken on Lesbos from about 800 to 300 b.c., best known from the writings of Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene.

lesvonisch

Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.

letal

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

Letalität

The degree of lethal (mortal) danger that something (usually a disease or a weapon) presents; the magnitude of its power to kill organisms exposed to it; this property is indirectly measured by any of various proxy rates, including mortality rate, case fatality rate, or infection fatality rate (for diseases) or kill rate (for weapons, pesticides, or parasites).

Lethargie

A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]

Lethe

(Greek mythology) The personification of oblivion, daughter of Eris.

Leto

(uncountable, Greek goddess) Leto, in Greek mythology, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

Lette

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

Letter

A symbol in an alphabet.

Lettin

(countable) A person from Latvia or of Latvian descent.

lettisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Latvia, the Latvian people or the Latvian language.

Lettland

A country in northeastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Latvia.

letz

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

letzte

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

letztendlich

In the end; at some later time, especially after a long time, a series of problems, struggles, delays or setbacks.

letzter

Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.

Letzter Wille

(law) A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his or her will as to disposal of his or her inheritance (estate and effects) after his or her death, benefiting specified heir(s).

letztere

Near (or nearer) to the end.

letzterer

Relating to or being the second of two items.

letztes Geläut

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

letztgeboren

Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.

letztwillig vermachen

(transitive) To leave (property) in a will.

Leu

A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.

Leuchtdichte

(optics) The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs.

Leuchte

A device that generates heat, light or other radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.

leuchten

To shine brightly and steadily.

leuchtend

Reflecting with glare.

Leuchterkerze

A slender wax candle.

Leuchtfackel

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

Leuchtfeuer

A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

Leuchtkäfer

(Northern US, Western US, Florida) Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.

Leuchtkugel

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

Leuchtsignal

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

Leuchtspurmunition

A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.

Leuchtturm

A tower or other structure exhibiting a light or lights to warn or guide sailors.

Leuchtzeichen

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

Leuge

A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

leugnen

(transitive, obsolete) To deny the truth of something.

Leugnung

An assertion of untruth.

Leukämie

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Leukose

(oncology, pathology) Any of a class of types of cancer affecting the blood cells, especially the white blood cells (usually with massive leukocytosis), and the blood cell–forming (hematopoietic) tissues.

Leumund

(figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.

Leute

(especially, in the plural, often, controversial) A person (see usage notes).

Leutnant

(military ranks) The second lowest rank of a commissioned officer in the United States Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps, ranking above a second lieutenant and below a captain. The rank of first lieutenant is equivalent to the naval rank of lieutenant junior grade.

Leutnantin

(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.

leutselig

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

Levante

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

Level

(role-playing games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.

leveln

(intransitive, RPG, video games) To progress to the next level.

Levi

(biblical character) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.

Leviathan

(Bible, mythological creature) A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, either imaginary or real, described as the most dangerous and powerful creature in the ocean.

leviotisch

Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.

Levitation

The raising of something, such as a body, without apparent physical cause, allegedly using the power of the mind

levitieren

(transitive) To cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.

Levitikus

The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.

Levkoje

Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.

Lew

The currency of Bulgaria, divided into 100 stotinki.

Lexem

(linguistics) A lexical item corresponding to the set of all words (or of all multi-word expressions) that are semantically related through inflection of a particular shared basic form.

lexikalisch

(linguistics) Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language.

lexikalische Entlehnung

(linguistics) The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.

lexikalische Ersetzung

(linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

lexikalischer Import

(linguistics) The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.

Lexikologie

(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.

Lexikon

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

LGBT

Being lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or relating to these groups as a collective.

Lhasa

The capital city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.

Lia

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

Liaison

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

Liane

(botany) A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.

Libanese

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

Libanesin

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.

libanesisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon or the Lebanese people.

Libation

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

Libelle

An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.

liberal

(politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.

Liberaler

One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).

Liberia

A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Liberia.

Libyen

(historical) Africa; that is, the part of North Africa known in classical antiquity.

Libyer

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

Libyerin

A person from Libya or of Libyan descent.

libysch

Of, from, or pertaining to Libya.

lich

(of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.

Licht

Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

Lichtbild

(photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

Lichtbildkunst

The art, process, or job of filming movies.

Lichtblick

(figurative) A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.

Lichtbogen

(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge either between two electrodes or as lightning. [from 19th c.]

lichtdurchlässig

Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it.

lichte Höhe

(countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.

lichtecht

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent. [from 17th c.]

lichtempfindlich

(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average. [from 20th c.]

lichterloh

On fire; in a blaze. [Early 19th century.]

Lichtgestalt

(colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.

lichthupen

To shine, especially with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp.

Lichtmaschine

(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.

Lichtpause

A print produced with this process.

Lichtquelle

(countable) A source of illumination.

Lichtschwert

(science fiction) A sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light or energy. [from 1977.]

Lichtspielhaus

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

Lichtteilchen

(particle) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.

Lichtundurchlässigkeit

(uncountable) The state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.

Lichtung

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

Lichtzieher

A person who makes or sells candles.

Lichtzieherin

A person who makes or sells candles.

Licken

The act by which something is licked.

Lid

A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

Lidocain

(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent.

Lidschlag

The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.

Lidstrich

Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.

lieb

Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.

lieb haben

Affectionate.

liebäugeln

(transitive, intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

Liebchen

Someone who is loved; something that is loved.

Liebe

Someone who is loved; something that is loved.

Liebe machen

(transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with (perhaps from make love).

Liebelei

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

lieben

(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.

Liebende

One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

Liebender

One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.

liebenswert

Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

liebenswürdig

(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

Liebenswürdigkeit

The state of being kind.

lieber

A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.

Liebes

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

Liebes-

Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

Liebesgeschichte

A story about love.

Liebesgruß

An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection, especially on February 14th.

liebeskrank

Abandoned or forsaken by one's lover; having constant bad luck in romance; desperate for love.

Liebesspiel

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

Liebessprache

A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another, such as complimenting, giving gifts, or spending time together.

liebestrunken

Infatuated.

Liebesverhältnis

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

Liebesvogel

Any small parrot from one of the nine species within the genus Agapornis. Sometimes they are kept as cage birds and are noted for their affection towards each other.

Liebeswerben

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

Liebeswerber

One who pursues someone, especially a woman, for a romantic relationship or marriage; a wooer; one who falls in love with or courts someone.

liebevoll

(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

Liebgewonnenes

An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Liebhaber

A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.

Liebhaberin

A sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair.

liebkosen

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

Liebkosung

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]

lieblich

Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.

Liebling

Someone who is loved; something that is loved.

Lieblings-

Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.

Lieblingsärgernis

(colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

Lieblingsbeschwerde

(colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.

Lieblingstier

An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.