German–English dictionary

motorisiert

Equipped with a motor.

Motorpflug

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

Motorrad

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

Motorradfahrer

Someone who rides a motorcycle.

Motorroller

A small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.

Motorsäge

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

Motorvelo

A lightweight, two-wheeled vehicle equipped with a small motor and pedals, designed to go no faster than some specified speed limit.

Motte

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

Motto

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

motzen

(informal, figurative, intransitive) To unnecessarily complain or whine, often about simple matters.

mounten

(transitive, computing) To attach (a drive or device) to the file system in order to make it available to the operating system.

Mousse

An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse.

moussierend

(NZ) A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

Möwchen

Either of the punctuation marks « or » (or ‹ or ›), used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language, such as “ and ”.

Möwe

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

Möwenvogel

A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

Mozzarella

Soft Italian or Italian-style cheese made from cow's or buffalo's milk and commonly used as a pizza topping and in salads etc.

MP3

(audio, _, file format) MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, an audio data compression format.

MRT

(especially, medicine) Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging.

MTV

(TV) A television channel that originally showed mostly music videos but now shows a wide variety of content.

Muchtar

(politics) A minor official—usually overseeing a village or town—in many Arab countries and (historical) in the Ottoman Empire and its successor states, including Turkey, Northern Cyprus, and formerly Albania.

Mücke

Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.

Muckibude

(formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.

müde

Boring.

Müdigkeit

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

Mudjahed

(Islam) A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.

Mudschahed

One who participates in a jihad, an Islamic holy war or conflict; a mujahid.

Mudschahid

(Islam) A Muslim engaging in jihad, especially armed jihad; a jihadist.

Mueller

(countable) An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.

Muff

A heavy, musty, stuffy or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a poorly-ventilated area.

Muffe

(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.

muffeln

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To grumble; to complain in a low, muttering voice, or express discontent at or against someone or something. [from 14th c.]

muffig

Moldy or musty.

Mufti

(countable, Islam) A Muslim scholar and interpreter of sharia law, who can deliver a fatwa.

Mugel

(skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.

Muggel

A person who has no magical abilities.

muh

The characteristic sound made by a cow or bull.

Mühe

An expenditure of physical or mental effort.

mühelos

(now, usually, derogatory) Easy; contemptibly easy. [from 15th c.]

Mühelosigkeit

Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.

Muhen

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic lowing sound made by cattle.

Mühle

A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.

Mühlstein

A large round stone used for grinding grain.

Mühsal

Any adversity; a trying period or event.

mühsam

Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

mühselig

(North America, by extension) Involving hard work and struggle.

Muʻumuʻu

A long loose-fitting dress made of lightweight fabric printed with bright, stylized Hawaiian themes (such as flowers and palm branches).

Mulatte

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

Mulattin

(historical, now, sometimes, pejorative) A person of mixed black and white descent, especially a person with one black and one white parent or two mulatto parents.

Mulch

(agriculture, horticulture) Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture.

mulchen

(agriculture) To apply mulch.

Mulde

(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.

Muli

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

Müll

(slang) Anything that is old or of inferior quality.

Mulla

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

Müllabladeplatz

A place where rubbish is discarded.

Mullah

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

Mullbinde

(medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

Müllcontainer

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

Mülldeponie

(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

Mülldurchstöberer

Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.

Mülleimer

(US, specifically, _, New England) A waste receptacle.

Müller

(countable) An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.

Müllerin

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a flourmill.

Müllhalde

(countable) A site at which refuse is buried under layers of earth.

Müllkippe

A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.

Müllplatz

A place where rubbish is discarded.

Mülltonne

(US, specifically, _, New England) A waste receptacle.

Mulm

(biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.

multi-

Many; pertaining to many things.

Multikonzern

(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

Multimillionär

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

Multimillionärin

A person whose net worth is multiple million dollars, pounds, euros or some other currency.

multinational

Of, or involving more than two nations (externally between countries or internally in a country).

multinationales Unternehmen

A multinational company.

multiplexen

(computing) To combine several signals into one.

Multiplikand

(arithmetic) A number that is to be multiplied by another (the multiplier).

multiplizieren

(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).

Multiplizität

The state of being made of multiple diverse elements.

Multitasking

(computing) The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.

Multiversum

(physics, cosmology) The hypothetical group of all the possible universes in existence.

Mum

(Commonwealth, Ireland, informal) Mother.

Mumbai

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Mumie

(countable, by extension) A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films. [from 20th c.]

Mumm

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

Mumme

A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.

mümmeln

To chew something gently with closed lips.

Mumpf

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

Mumpitz

(informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.

Mumps

(pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

Mumu

(childish) The female genitalia.

München

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

münchnerisch

The capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.

Mund

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

Mundart

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

Mündel

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

Mundgeruch

(pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

Mundharmonika

A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.

mündlich

(relational) Relating to the mouth.

Mundschnur

A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.

Mundspülung

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

Mundstück

A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.

Mundtuch

A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.

Mündung

The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.

Mündungsfächer

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Mündungsgebiet

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

Mundwasser

A liquid used to clean one's mouth.

Mungo

Any of several species of generalist predatory carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. Indian mongooses are predators of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.

Munition

Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

Munitionslager

(military) An ammunition storehouse.

munizipal

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

Munizipalität

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

Münster

A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

munter

(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.

Münzanstalt

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

Münzaufschrift

Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.

Münzautomat

Any machine operated by placing a coin or token into a slot, especially:

Münze

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

Münzentwertung

The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins.

Münzfernsprecher

A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.

Münzprägung

The process of coining money.

Münzstätte

A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

Münztelefon

A public telephone that requires prepayment to operate, generally via the insertion of coins or a credit card.

Münzwäscherei

A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.

Münzwurf

A particular instance where a coin is launched in the air, and whichever side that it lands on finalises a decision.

Mural

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

Muräne

Any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.

mürbe

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

Mürbebraten

The tenderest part of a loin of meat, especially of pork or beef.

Murks

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

murksen

(intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]

Murmel

(countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic. [from 17th c.]

Murmeln

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.

murren

(intransitive, originally, military, _, slang, informal) To complain or grumble. [from late 19th c.]

mürrisch

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

Mus

(literature) A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.

Muschel

Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).

Muschelschale

The empty shell of a marine mollusk.

Muschi

(US, slang) The vagina or vulva.

Muse

One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.

Musealisierung

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

Museum

A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.

Museumskurator

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

Museumskuratorin

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

Musical

A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.

Musicalität

The condition of being musical.

Musik

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

Musikakademie

(music) A music academy.

musikalisch

Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.

musikalische Bearbeitung

(music) An adaptation of a piece of music for other instruments, or in another style.