German–English dictionary

Nachsilbe

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

nachsinnen

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

nachsinnend

Absorbed in thought; contemplative

Nachsitzen

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

Nachspeise

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

Nachspiel

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

nachspüren

(intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.

Nächste

A kindred member of humanity.

nachstehend

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

nachstellen

To pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.

Nachsteller

A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.

Nachstellerin

A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.

Nachstellung

The repetition of an earlier (usually historic) event, as a performance or social event.

Nächstenliebe

In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.

Nächster

(biblical) A fellow human being.

nachsuchen

(transitive) To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.

Nacht

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

Nacht!

Ellipsis of good night.

nachtaktiv

(of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.

Nachtalb

(obsolete, or, historical) A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.

Nachtarbeit

Work which is carried out at night. [from 16th c.]

Nachteil

A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.

Nachtessen

Food consumed before going to bed.

Nachtfalter

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

Nachthemd

A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.

Nachtigall

A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.

Nachtimbiss

Food consumed before going to bed.

Nachtisch

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

Nachtklub

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

Nachtleben

Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.

nächtlich

(of an occurrence) Taking place at night, nightly.

Nachtlinie

(astronomy) The line between the day side and the night side of a moon, planet or other celestial body. [from 17th c.]

Nachtlokal

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

Nachtmahl

Food consumed before going to bed.

Nachtmahr

(European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

Nachtrag

Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.

nachtragend

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

nachträglich überdenken

To think about after the fact, reflect on.

Nachtruhe

(countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.

Nachtschatten

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

Nachtschattengewächs

Any of the poisonous plants belonging to the genus Solanum, especially black nightshade or woody nightshade.

Nachttisch

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

Nachtwache

An instance of keeping awake during normal sleeping hours, especially to keep watch or pray.

Nachtwandeln

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.

nachverhandeln

(transitive) To negotiate new terms to replace old ones.

nachvollziehbar

Capable of being traced; possible to track down.

nachvollziehen

(transitive) To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.

Nachwehen

That which happens after, that which follows, usually of strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.

Nachweis

A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.

nachweisen

(transitive) To justify by providing evidence.

Nachwelt

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Nachwirkung

Any delayed effect; an effect which is not immediately manifested.

Nachwort

an epilogue.

Nachwuchs

One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

Nachwuchs hervorbringen

(obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

Nachwuchs zeugen

(obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

Nachwuchs-

Emergent or rising.

nachziehen

An act of tracing.

nachziehend

(rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converge in the direction of travel.

Nachzügler

A racer who holds a poor rank or is lapped in a race. Such racers often run for a team that has less funding than most other teams and/or lack talent compared to most other drivers. Also referred to as Field fillers.

Nachzüglerin

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

Nacken

(anatomy) The back part of the neck.

Nackenrolle

A large cushion or pillow, usually cylindrical in shape.

Nackenstück

(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Nackenstütze

A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.

nackt

Naked, uncovered.

Nacktbaden

The act of swimming naked.

Nacktheit

The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

Nacktschnecke

Any of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell. [from early 18th c.]

Nackttänzer

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

Nackttänzerin

Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.

Nadel

A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

Nadelbaum

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

Nadelspitze

The point of a pin.

Nadeschda

A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Russian female given name Наде́жда (Nadéžda).

Nadia

A en given name used since the twentieth century.

Nadir

The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.

Nadja

A en given name used since the twentieth century.

Nagasaki

A prefecture of Japan.

Nagel

A sort of very large nail.

Nagelbett

Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

Nageleisen

A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Nagelgeschwür

An infection near or under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail.

nageln

(vulgar, slang, usually of a man, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with).

Nagelpfleger

A person who performs manicures.

nagen

(ambitransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.

nagend

Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance.

Nager

A rodent or other animal that gnaws.

Nagetier

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

nah

At little distance; near in space or time.

nah bei

(archaic, poetic) Near, close by.

Nähe

The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

nahe gehend

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

nahe gelegen

Adjacent, near, close by.

naheliegend

Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.

Nähen

The action of the verb to sew.

Näher

A person who sews clothes professionally.

nähere Bestimmung

(grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective or adverb, that describes or characterizes another word or phrase, such as a noun or verb; one that adds or subtracts attributes to another.

nähere Umgebung

An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

Näherin

A woman who sews clothes professionally.

nähern

(ambitransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.

Näherung

(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.

nahezu

Almost, nearly.

Nahkampf

violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range

Nahme

The act by which something is taken.

Nährboden

(figuratively) A place or institution seen as creating large numbers of a stated thing, type of person, etc.

nähren

(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

nahrhaft

That provides nourishment; nutritious.

Nährstoff

A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue.

Nahrung

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

Nahrungsmittel

(chiefly, in the plural) Anything that can be eaten; food. [From 19th c.]

Nahrungsversorgung

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

Naht

(sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

nahtfrei

(not comparable) Having no seams.

nahtlos

(not comparable) Having no seams.

Nairobi

The capital city of Kenya.

naiv

(figurative) Inexperienced.

Naivling

A person who has been deceived.

naja

(colloquial, dismissive) Used to convey lack of agreement together with a refusal to enter into or continue an argument.

Namaste

The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.

Name

A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.

namenlos

(not comparable) Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species .

Namensliste

An official or public document; a register; a record.

Namensrolle

An official or public document; a register; a record.

Namensschild

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

Namensvetter

A person with the same name as another.

Namenvertauschung

(rhetoric) The use of a single characteristic or part of an object, concept or phenomenon to identify the entire object, concept, phenomenon or a related object.

Namenwort

(grammar, narrowly) A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

Namibia

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Namibia. Capital: Windhoek.

nämlich

Specifically; that is to say.

Nämlichkeit

The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.

Nandu

Rhea americana, a species of flightless bird native to eastern South America.

Nangasaki

A prefecture of Japan.

Nanking

A major subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Jiangsu, China, on the lower Yangtze; a former capital of China.

Nanosekunde

(metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10−9 seconds. Symbol: ns

Nanotechnologie

The science and technology of creating nanoparticles and of manufacturing machines which have sizes within the range of nanometres (1–100 nm).

Nantes

A municipality in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.

nanu

(dated, or, literary) An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

Nanzig

A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.

Napalm

A highly flammable, viscous substance, designed to stick to the body while burning, used in warfare as an incendiary especially in wooded areas. [from 1942]

Näpfchen

A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.

Napfschnecke

Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.

Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a French military commander and political leader.

napoleonisch

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Narbe

(pathology) A hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.

Narcoterrorismus

Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.

Narkolepsie

(pathology) A disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep, often brief, sometimes accompanied by paralysis and hallucinations.

Narkomane

A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug.

Narkose

(medicine, American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.

Narkosearzt

(American spelling, Canadian spelling, medicine) One who gives an anesthetic.