German–English dictionary

musikalische Verzierung

(music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.

Musikalität

The condition of being musical.

Musikant

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Musikantenwagen

A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade. [from 1836]

Musikantin

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Musikautomat

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]

Musikbande

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

Musikbox

A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections. [from 1939]

Musiker

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Musikerin

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

Musikgruppe

A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.

Musikhochschule

(music) A music academy.

Musikinstrument

A device used to produce music.

Musikkapelle

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

Musikkonservatorium

(music) A music academy.

Musikpavillon

A small, open-air platform or enclosure for bands to play on, usually roofed.

Musikstück

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

Musikus

A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.

musizieren

(film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.

Muskat

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

Muskatbaum

An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.

Muskatblüte

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Muskatnuss

The aromatic seed of this tree, used as a spice.

Muskatnussbaum

An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds.

Muskel

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

muskelbepackt

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

Muskelkraft

Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.

Muskelkrampf

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

Muskellähmung

(pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.

Muskelmagen

A specialized organ constructed of thick muscular walls found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (including crocodilians and birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans, and used for grinding up food, often aided by particles of stone or grit.

Muskelmann

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Muskeln

(transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

Muskelpaket

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Muskelprotz

(informal, uncountable) Imagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.

Muskete

A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

Musketier

(military, historical) A foot soldier armed with a musket.

Musketier der Garde

(military, historical) In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard.

Muskovit

(mineral) A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.

muskulär

(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.

muskulös

Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

Müsli

A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.

Muslim

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

Muslima

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

Muslimin

A person who is a follower and believer of Islam.

muslimisch

Being or relating to a believer of Islam.

Muss

(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.

Muße

Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.

Musselin

(textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

müssen

Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.

Mußezeit

Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

müßig

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

Müßiggang

Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness.

müsste

Ought to; expressing expectation.

Mustang

A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.

Muster

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.

Musterbeispiel

An example serving as the model for such a pattern; an exceptionally good or prototypical example of a pattern or group.

musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen

(intransitive, physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.

Musterentwicklung

creation of prototypes

Musterknabe

A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

Musterung

A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.

Mut

Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.

mutabel

Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

Mutagen

Any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.

Mutant

(genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

Mutante

(genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

Mutantin

(genetics) That which has mutated, with one or more new characteristics from a mutation.

mutieren

(intransitive) To undergo mutation.

mutierend

(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

mutiert

(genetics) Of, relating to, undergoing (i.e. mutating), or resulting from change or mutation; that has undergone mutation.

mutig

(vulgar, colloquial) Tough and courageous; having balls.

mutig durchstehen

(transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. [from 1550s.]

Mutitas

(dated, now, offensive) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.

mutlos

Sad and dispirited.

Mutlosigkeit

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

Mutmaßen

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.

mutmaßlich

(chiefly, US) In an assumed manner; presumably.

Mutmaßung

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Mutprobe

A challenge to prove courage.

Mutter

(colloquial) The landlady of a theater.

Mutter, Vater, Kind

(uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.

Mutterboden

(agriculture, horticulture) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.

Muttererde

(agriculture, horticulture) The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.

Muttergestein

(countable, uncountable, geology, mining, engineering, construction) The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.

Mutterkuchen

(botany) In flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop.

Mutterland

Mother country in contrast to its colonies.

Mutterleib

(anatomy) In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus. [from 8th c.]

mütterlich

Befitting a mother; warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.

mutterlos

Without a (living) mother.

mutterloses Kalb

An unbranded range animal. [from 1860s]

Muttermal

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

Mutterpfanze

(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended. [from 17th c.]

Mutterschaf

A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

Mutterschaft

The state of being a mother.

Muttersein

The state of being a mother.

Muttertier

Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.

Muttertum

The state of being a mother.

Mutti

A female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).

Mutung

A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.

Mütze

(headwear) A cap that fits the head closely, usually knitted from wool.

MwSt.

(taxation) Initialism of value added tax.

My

The 12th letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

Myanmar

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Also known as Burma (which was formerly the official name).

Myanmare

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

Myanmarin

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

myanmarisch

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

Myokard

(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

myop

Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

Myopie

The property of being nearsighted, myopia.

myopisch

Near-sighted; unable to see distant objects unaided.

Myriade

(formal) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]

Myriaden

A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]

Myrrhe

A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.

Myrte

An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

mysteriös

Mysterious.

mysteriöserweise

In a mysterious manner.

Mysterium

Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.

Mystik

Obscure thoughts and speculations.

Mystiker

Someone who practices mysticism.

Mystikerin

Someone who practices mysticism.

mystisch

Relating to mystics or mysticism.

Mystizismus

Obscure thoughts and speculations.

mythisch

Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.

Mythologie

(countable, _, and, _, uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people, history, deities, ancestors and heroes.

mythologisch

Of, or relating to myths or mythology.

Mythos

A commonly-held but false belief, a common misconception; a fictitious or imaginary person or thing; a popular conception about a real person or event which exaggerates or idealizes reality.

Myzelfäden

Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

n. Chr.

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

n. Chr. G.

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

n. Chr. Geb.

(often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.

n. d. Z.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

n. u. Z.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

n.a.

not applicable

NA

Initialism of emergency department.

na gut

(idiomatic, formal) Indicating acceptance, often with resignation or acquiescence, of a statement or situation.

na ja

Used as a question to demand an answer from someone.

na klar

(colloquial) Naturally; of course.

na sowas

(UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc. [From late 19th c.]

na und

In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.

na-Adjektiv

(Japanese, _, grammar) An adjective that necessitates the copula な (-na) if followed by a noun.

Nabe

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

Nabel

(botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.

Nabla

(analysis) The symbol ∇, used to denote the gradient operator.

nach

Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.

nach Art des Hauses

Made at home.

nach Augenmaß abmessen

(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

nach Augenmaß abschätzen

(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

nach Augenmaß hinzufügen

(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

nach Augenmaß hinzugeben

(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at.

nach außen gewölbt

Curved or bowed outward like the outside of a bowl, circle, or sphere.

nach Beginn

After the start of.