German–English dictionary

mittig

Being in the centre.

mittler

(statistics) Having the median as its value. [from 19th c.]

mittlere

Located in the middle; in between.

mittlere Doppelseite

The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.

Mittlerer Westen

The area of the contiguous United States contained in the central third of the country, especially the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, sometimes inclusive of Missouri and Kentucky.

Mittsommer

Midsummer Day, the English quarter day.

Mittw.

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Mittwoch

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

Mitwirkender

A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.

Mitwirkung

Open to participation.

mixen

(transitive) To mix, to blend.

Mixer

A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

Miyako-Sprache

The Miyako language of the island, one of several Ryūkyūan languages.

mjam

Indicating delight at the flavor of food.

Mnemosyne

(Greek god) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory. She is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.

mnemotechnisch

Of or pertaining to mnemotechny.

Mo­ral­hü­ter

A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.

Mo­ral­pre­di­ge­rin

A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.

Mo.

Abbreviation of Monday.

Moai

One of the large stone statues on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).

Mobben

Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

Mobbing

Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.

Möbel

(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.

Möbelstück

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

Möbeltischler

A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden cabinets and furniture.

mobil

(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Mobile

(sculpture) A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.

Mobilheim

A prefabricated home built in a factory, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where it will be occupied.

Möbiliar

(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.

mobilisieren

(transitive) To make something mobile.

mobilisiert

Subject to mobilization

Mobilisierung

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

Mobilmachung

The marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.

möblieren

(transitive) To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.

möbliert

supplied with furniture

Möblierung

(now usually, _, uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.

Möchtegern

One who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others.

Mocke

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

Mod

(video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

Mode

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Modeerscheinung

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Model

(dated) A person who models clothes.

Modell

A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes.

Modell-

Worthy of being a model; exemplary.

modellhaft sein

To serve as a model for; to surpass.

Modellierung

(mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.

Modellpuppe

A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes.

Modem

(computing) A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog telephone signals and vice versa, allowing computers to communicate over a phone line.

Modepüppchen

(slang, figurative, somewhat, derogatory) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

Modepuppe

(slang, figurative, somewhat, derogatory) A person excessively concerned with the appearance of their clothing.

moderat

Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

Moderator

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Moderatorin

A female anchorperson.

moderieren

To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.

moderig

Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally) , having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.

modern

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

Moderner Fünfkampf

(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

modernisieren

(transitive) To make (something old or outdated) up to date, or modern in style or function by adding or changing equipment, designs, etc.

Modernisierung

The process of modernizing.

Modernität

(history) Quality of being of the modern period of contemporary historiography.

modernst

At the highest level of development at a particular time; cutting-edge.

Modeschmuck

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

Modifikation

The act of making a change to something while keeping its essential character intact; an alteration or adjustment. [from 18th c.]

Modifikator

One who, or that which, modifies.

Modifikatorin

One who, or that which, modifies.

modifizieren

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

modisches Zubehör

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

modrig

Moldy or musty.

modular

(chiefly, mathematics) Of or relating to a module or modules.

Modulation

(engineering, physics, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: modification of an electromagnetic wave or other oscillating carrier wave to apply a signal to it; (countable) an instance of this; also, the extent to which such a wave is modified; and the modified wave or signal.

Modulator

A device or thing that modulates.

Modus

(grammar) A type of the relationship of a verb with reality and intent.

Mofafahrer

(generally) Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. [from 14th c.]

Mogadischu

The capital city of Somalia.

Mogelei

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

mogeln

(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

mögen

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]

möglich

Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.

möglicherweise

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

mögliches Ereignis

(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]

Möglichkeit

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

Möglichstes

The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

Mogul

A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.

Mohammedaner

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim.

mohammedanisch

(now, largely, _, obsolete, and, offensive) Muslim, Islamic.

Mohikaner

A member of this tribe; a Mohican.

Mohikanerin

A member of this tribe; a Mohican.

Mohn

Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

Mohr

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

Möhre

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Mohrin

(historical) A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.

Mohrrübe

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

moin

A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Mojito

A Cuban cocktail, generally made from rum, lime, sugar, mint, etc.

Mokka

A city in Taiz Governorate, Yemen.

Mokka-

A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.

Mol

(chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number. [from 1897]

molar

(chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.

Molarität

(chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per litre of solution

Moldauer

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Moldauerin

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Moldauisch

The dialect of Romanian spoken in the Republic of Moldova, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.

Moldawier

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Moldawierin

An inhabitant of the Republic of Moldova.

Moldawisch

The dialect of Romanian spoken in the Republic of Moldova, which may be written in either the Cyrillic or the Roman alphabet.

Mole

A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.

Molekül

(chemistry) The smallest particle of a specific element or compound that retains the chemical properties of that element or compound; two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.

molestieren

(transitive, archaic) To molest; to harm; to injure.

Molke

The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

Molkerei

A place where dairy products are prepared or sold.

Molkereiprodukte

(uncountable) (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk.

moll

(music) Incorporating a minor third interval above the (in scales) tonic or (in chords) root note, (also, _, figurative) tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.

Molla

(Islam) A scholar and teacher of theology and sharia law, and an issuer of fatwas.

mollig

Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.

Moloch

(Bible) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

Mom

(Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.

Moment

(informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.

momentan

currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time.

Momentaufnahme

A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.

Momo

A type of dumpling from Nepal, Ladakh or Tibet made with a simple flour and water dough and filled with meat, vegetables or cheese.

Mon.

Abbreviation of Monday.

Monaco

A city-state in Western Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.

Monarch

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

Monarchie

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Monarchin

The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.

Monat

A period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon.

monatlich

(dated) Occurring once a month; monthly.

Monatsblutung

The periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.

Mönch

A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).

mönchisch

Like a friar; relating to friars or to a convent.

Mönchskloster

A house or convent where friars (members of certain religious communities) live.

Mönchskutte

A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face; a robe with such a hood attached to it.

Mönchszelle

A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person. [from 14th c.]

Mond

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.

Mondaufgang

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

Mondbasis

(originally, scifi) A base or outpost located on a moon.

Mondenschein

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

Mondfinsternis

Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.

mondhell

Lit by moonlight.

Mondlicht

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

Mondschein

(sometimes, attributive) The light reflected from the Moon.

Mondsichel

The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

Mondstein

(mineral) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.

Mondstrahl

A shaft of moonlight.

Mondviole

(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

Mondvoll

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

monetär

Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

monetär verwerten

(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.

monetarisieren

(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities.

monetisieren

To convert something (especially a security) into currency.