German–English dictionary

Mongole

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.

Mongolei

A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Ulaanbaatar.

Mongolin

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Mongolia.

mongolisch

Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures.

mongolische Rennmaus

A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Mongoloider

(dated, now, derogatory, offensive) A person with Down's syndrome.

monieren

(transitive) To criticize harshly.

Monierung

(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.

Monierzange

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

Monika

A en given name.

Monitor

(computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.

mono-

one, single, only

Monogamie

A form of sexual bonding involving a permanent pair bond between two beings.

Monogerman

(inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH4

Monografie

A scholarly book or a treatise on a single subject or a group of related subjects, usually written by one person.

Monogramm

A design or motif composed of one or more letters, often intertwined, used as an identifying mark of an individual or institution; the letters are usually the initials of their names.

monogrammieren

(transitive) To mark something with a monogram.

Monokel

A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.

monolingual

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

Monolith

(also, attributively) A large, single block of stone which is a natural feature; or a block of stone or other similar material used in architecture and sculpture, especially one carved into a monument in ancient times.

Monolog

(drama, authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

Monophysitismus

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine.

monopolisieren

(transitive) To have a monopoly on something.

Monopoly

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

monosyllabisch

Consisting of one syllable.

Monosyllabum

a word consisting of one syllable

Monotheismus

The belief in a single deity (one god or goddess); especially within an organized religion.

monoton

(of speech or a sound) Having a single unvaried pitch.

Monotonie

(uncountable) The quality of lacking variety or excitement.

Monsignore

(Roman Catholic) An ecclesiastic title bestowed on some Roman Catholic clerics by the Pope

Monster

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

monsterartig

Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.

monsterhaft

Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.

Monstertruck

(British, Irish, sometimes, derogatory) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic.

monströs

(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).

Monstrosität

A monstrous person, thing, or act.

Monstrum

A monstrous person, thing, or act.

Monsun

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

Monsunregen

Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

Monsunwind

Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.

Monsunzeit

Tropical rainy season when the rain lasts for several months with few interruptions.

Mont.

Abbreviation of Monday.

Montag

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.

Montage

(manufacturing) The process of fitting up; especially of applying craft methods such as skilled filing to the making and assembling of machines or other products.

Montagedorn

A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

Montana

A en given name, specifically from the name of the U.S. state.

Montenegro

A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Podgorica. Part of Yugoslavia until 2003, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

Monteur

One who rigs or dresses; as:

Montevideo

The capital city of Uruguay.

montieren

(obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.

Montserrat

An island and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.

Monument

A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

Mooli

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

Moor

A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

moorig

Characteristic of or resembling a fen; marshy, swampy; also, of land: containing a fen or fens.

Moos

(botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

Moosbeere

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

moosig

Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

Moped

Any vehicle sharing some characteristics with a bicycle or motorbike, such as pedal power, a handlebar, or a saddle.

Mopedfahrer

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

Mopp

An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.

moppelig

(informal) Slightly fat.

moppen

(transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

Mops

In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]

Möpse

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

mopsen

(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

Mopshund

In full pug dog: a small dog of an ancient breed originating in China, having a snub nose, wrinkled face, squarish body, short smooth hair, and curled tail. [from 18th c.]

Moral

The capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others.

Moralapostel

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

moralisch

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

moralisch gefestigt

Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

Moralität

(uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.

Moralpredigt

A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.

Morast

Deep mud; moist, spongy earth.

Morastboden

A swampy, soggy area of ground.

morastig

Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

Moratorium

(legal) An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. [from 19th c.]

morbid

(originally) Of, relating to, or afflicted by disease. [from 1650s]

Morchel

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

Mord

A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.

Mordechai

(Biblical character) One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king.

morden

(transitive, slang) To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.

Mörder

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

Mörderin

Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

mörderisch

Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

Mordochai

(Biblical character) One of the main personalities in the Book of Esther. He adopted and raised his cousin Esther and foiled a plot to assassinate the king.

Mordsapparat

(informal) Something remarkably large.

Mordsding

(informal) Something remarkably large.

Morgen

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Morgendämmerung

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

Morgenessen

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Morgengrauen

(uncountable) The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.

morgens

(used after the hour) In the 12-hour period from midnight to noon (the first half of the day) when using the 12-hour clock.

moribund

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

Moritz

A en given name, equivalent to English Morris.

Mormon

In Mormonism, an ancient American prophet who compiled the Book of Mormon.

Mormone

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

mormonisch

(sometimes, _, proscribed) Of, or pertaining to, the faith established by Joseph Smith, Jr.

moros

Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

morph

(grammar, linguistics) A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.

Morphe

(zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.

Morpheus

(Greek god) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

Morphin

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

Morphium

(biochemistry, pharmaceutical drug) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

Morphologie

(uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:

morsch

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

morsen

To send a signal with a lighting device.

Mörser

(countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]

Mörserkeule

A club-shaped, round-headed stick used in a mortar to pound, crush, rub or grind things.

Mortadella

A type of sausage; bologna.

Mörtel

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Mörtelbrett

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Mörtelkelle

A mason’s tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.

Mosaik

(plant disease) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.

Mosaikvirus

(plant disease) Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.

mosaisch

Pertaining to Moses, or the writings and traditions attributed to him. [from 17th c.]

Mosambik

A country in East Africa and Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (since 1990). Capital: Maputo.

Moschee

(Islam) A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.

Moschus

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

Moschusspitzmaus

Any of several shrews in the family Soricidae, especially an Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus).

Moscovium

The chemical element with atomic number 115.

Mose

(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

Moses

(biblical character) The pharaonic patriarch who led the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.

Moskau

A federal city, the capital and largest city of Russia.

Moskauer

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

Moskauerin

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

moskauisch

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

Moskito

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

Moskowien

The Russian territory around and ruled from Moscow by grand princes until it became the nucleus of a united Russia, which its dynasty ruled first as czars (kings) from Moscow, later as emperors from Saint Petersburg.

Moskowiter

An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.

moskowitisch

Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places.

Moslem

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

Moslemin

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

Mossad

The national intelligence agency of Israel.

Most

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

Motel

(also, _, attributive) A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms whose entrances are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to parked automobiles.

Motherboard

(computer hardware) The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices.

Motilität

(uncountable) The state of being motile (moving)

Motiv

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.

Motivation

Willingness of action especially in behavior.

motivieren

(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.

motivierend

Tending or intended to motivate.

motiviert

Enthusiastic, especially about striving toward a goal.

Motivierung

Willingness of action especially in behavior.

Motocross

(sports, motorcycling) A form of off-road motorbike racing.

Motocross fahren

(intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross.

Motor

A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]

Motorboot

(nautical) Any vessel driven by an engine (either inboard or outboard), but especially a small one.

Motorfuchsschwanz

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

Motorhaube

(Australia, British, NZ, South Africa, Commonwealth, automotive) The hinged cover over the engine of a motor car, also known as a hood in chiefly Canada and the US.