German–English dictionary

lieblos

Without love.

Liebreiz

The tendency to attract.

liebreizend

Delightful for beauty, harmony, or grace.

Liebschaft

A short romantic, oftentimes sexual, relationship.

liebschaftlich

Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

Liebste

A very kind, loving person.

Liebster

A very kind, loving person.

Liechtenstein

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

liechtensteinisch

Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Lied

(music) A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing.

Liederabend

A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

liederlich

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

Liedermacher

A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.

Liederschreiben

(authorship) The work of a songwriter.

Liederstrauß

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]

Liedtext

The words to a song (or other vocal music).

Liedtexter

A person who writes the lyrics of a song.

Lieferant

Someone employed to make deliveries.

Lieferantin

One who supplies; a provider.

Lieferer

A person or a company that vends or sells.

Liefermenge

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

liefern

To bring or transport something to its destination.

Lieferung

The act of conveying something.

Lieferwagen

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

Liege

A chair made for lounging.

liegen

(transitive) To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms. [1400]

liegend

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

Liegeplatz

(by extension) A place for a vessel to lie at anchor or to moor.

Liegesessel

A chair made for lounging.

Liegesofa

A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.

Lieschgras

Other species of genus Phleum.

Liese

A en given name.

Lift

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic, _, elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.

Liga

A group or association of cooperating members.

Ligament

(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

Liguster

Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

liieren

(intransitive, slang, followed by with) To form an association (with) someone.

Like

(internet) An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.

liken

(Internet, social media, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.

Likör

A liqueur prepared using the infusion process.

lila

Having a pale purple colour.

lilafarben

Having a pale purple colour.

Lilian

A en given name.

Lilie

(heraldiccharge) A design representing a flower whose three petals are joined together at the bottom (⚜, ⚜️), often used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the French monarchy.

Liliputaner

A very small person or being.

Liliputanerin

A very small person or being.

Lille

The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France.

Lima

The capital city of Peru.

Limbus

(Roman Catholicism, uncountable) A speculation, thought possibly to be on the edge of the bottomless pit of Hell, where the souls of innocent deceased people might exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, specifically those of the saints who died before the advent of Jesus Christ (who occupy the limbo patrum or limbo of the patriarchs or fathers) and those of unbaptized infants (who occupy the limbo infantum or limbo of the infants); (countable) the possible place where each category of souls might exist, regarded separately. [from 15th c.]

Limerenz

(psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one's feelings reciprocated. [from 20th c.]

Limerick

A humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapaestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having an 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

Limes

(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

Limetten-

Containing lime or lime juice.

Limit

(figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.

limitieren

(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.

Limitierung

The act of limiting or the state of being limited.

Limo

(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.

Limonade

(US, Canada, India, Philippines) A flavoured beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment.

Limos

(Greek god) A child of Eris, Limos is the deity/personification of famine and starvation. The Roman counterpart is Fames.

Limousin

A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Limousine

A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. [from 1930s]

Lincoln

A brand of American automobile.

Linde

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

Lindenbaum

The soft wood of such trees.

Lindenholz

(US) Any of several trees of the genus Tilia; the lindens, especially Tilia americana, the American basswood.

lindern

(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

lindernd

(pharmaceutical effect) Capable of soothing or eliminating pain. [from 16th c.]

Lindwurm

A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.

Line

Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:

lineal

(botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

linealisch

(botany, of leaves) Long and narrow, with nearly parallel sides.

Linebacker

(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.

Lingerie

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

Linguist

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

Linguistik

The systematic and scholarly study of language.

Linguistin

(usually) One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.

linguistisch

Of or relating to language.

Linie

(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.

Linienflugzeug

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Linienmaschine

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Linierpinsel

A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.

liniert

(of paper) Having lines, ruled.

link

(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.

Linke

The left side or direction.

linke Masche

A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.

linken

To fail to fulfill an obligation.

Linker

(political) A person who espouses left-wing political views.

linkisch

Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.

links

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

Linkshänder

(informal) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.

Linkshänderin

(informal) One who is left-handed, especially in sports.

linksorientiert

Of or pertaining to the political left.

linksseitig

(heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.

linksstehend

Of or pertaining to the political left.

Linoleum

An inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.

Linse

Of or pertaining to a lens.

linsen

(informal) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.

linsenförmig

Shaped like a biconvex lens.

Linsenraster

Relating to a lenticular image.

Linus

A en given name.

Linz

The capital of, and largest city in, the state of Upper Austria, Austria, and the third-largest city in the country.

Liposuktion

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

Lippe

(anatomy, zootomy) Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.

Liquid

(phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Liquida

(phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Liquidation

The selling of the assets of a business as part of the process of dissolving the business.

Liquidator

One who liquidates.

Liquidatorin

One who liquidates.

Liquidität

(uncountable) The state or property of being liquid.

Liquör

A flavored alcoholic beverage that is usually very sweet and contains a high percentage of alcohol.

Lira

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Lire

The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Lisa

A en given name.

Lispelei

The act or a habit of lisping.

lispeln

(intransitive) To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/θ/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.

Lissabon

A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

List

A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.

Liste

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

Listenplatz

(sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.

listig

Quickly and critically discerning.

Litauen

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

Litauer

(countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

Litauerin

(countable) A person living in or coming from Lithuania.

litauisch

Of or relating to Lithuania.

Liter

The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.

literal

Able to read and write; having literacy.

literarisch

Relating to literature.

lith

Used to form the names of rocks and minerals.

Lithium

(uncountable) The simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and atomic weight of 6.94. It is a soft, silvery metal.

Litoralströmung

A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.

Litotes

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

Litze

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

Litzmannstadt

The capital city of Lodz Voivodeship, Poland, also spelled Łódź.

live

Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.

Live-

(broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.

Livree

Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.

Lizenz

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.

Lk

(biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

LKW

(countable, uncountable, US, Canada, Australia) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.

Loafer

An idle person.

Löb

A surname from German or from Yiddish [in turn from the Germanic languages]; variant form Löb.

lobben

(transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc.

Lobby

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

Lobbyarbeit

The act of one who lobbies.

lobbyieren

(intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

Lobbyist

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

Lobbyistin

A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result.

loben

(transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.

lobend

Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.

lobend erwähnen

To publicly greet or acknowledge a person, group, or organization.