German–English dictionary

Narkoseärztin

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

Narkosefacharzt

(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.

Narkosefachärztin

(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.

Narkosemittel

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

Narkotikum

(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.

Narnia

(fantasy) A land in which a series of seven children's books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis are set.

Narr

A stupid person.

narrativ

Of or relating to narration.

Narratologie

The study of narrative structure.

narrensicher

(of a device) Protected against, or designed to be proof against, misuse or error.

Narrentum

(uncountable) The state of being foolish.

Narrheit

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

Närrin

(pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.

närrisch

(of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Narziss

(Greek mythology) A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.

Narzisse

(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.

Narzissmus

Excessive love of oneself.

Narzisst

(psychology) One who shows extreme love and admiration for themselves.

Narzisstin

(psychology) One who shows extreme love and admiration for themselves.

NASA

Acronym of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Naschkatze

(idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.

Näseln

The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.

Nasenbluten

(symptom) Nosebleed.

Nasenbremse

(farriery) A stick with a hole in one end through which passes a loop, which can be drawn tightly over the upper lip or an ear of a horse and twisted to keep the animal quiet during minor surgery.

Nasenlänge

(horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.

Nasenloch

Either of the two orifices located on the nose (or on the beak of a bird); used as a passage for air and other gases to travel the nasal passages.

Nasennebenhöhle

(anatomy) Any of a number of air-filled spaces, or sinuses, within the bones of the skull and face.

Nasenrücken

(anatomy) The upper bony ridge of the human nose.

Nasenschleim

Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing. [from 14th c.]

Nasenstecker

(construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.

naseweis

Without customary restraint or modesty; bold, cheeky, pert, presumptuous or pushy.

Nashorn

Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

Nashornalk

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) or (by extension) any of the other various small seabirds of the genera Fratercula and Lunda that are black and white with a brightly-coloured beak. [from 17th c.]

nass

Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.

nass machen

(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.

nass werden

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become wet.

nass wischen

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

Nassau

The capital city of the Bahamas.

Nässe

The state of being moist.

nässen

(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.

nässend

(medicine) Discharging pus.

nassforsch

(of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.

nasskalt

Dark, damp and humid.

nasszurichten

(transitive) To dress (leather) after it is tanned by beating, rubbing, scraping and colouring.

naszierend

(chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.

Natalie

A en given name.

Natan

(biblical character) An Old Testament prophet who advised King David.

Natanael

An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew.

Natascha

A en given name borrowed from Russian in the twentieth century, diminutive of Natalia and Natalya.

Nathan

A en given name, of Biblical origin.

Nathanael

An Apostle in the Gospel of John; usually identified with Bartholomew.

Nation

(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

national

Internal to a specific country.

Nationale Front für die Befreiung Südvietnams

A communist organization and guerrilla army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States, South Korea, Australia, and the South Vietnamese government during the Vietnam War and was supported by communist North Vietnam.

Nationalhymne

A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.

Nationalist

An advocate of nationalism.

Nationalistin

An advocate of nationalism.

nationalistisch

Of or relating to nationalism.

Nationalität

National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. [from 18th c.]

Nationalsozialismus

The ideology of any other (neo-)Nazi party; Nazism.

Nationalsozialist

An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.

Nationalsozialistin

An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.

Nationalsprache

The language of a people or a national language.

nativ

Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.

NATO

Acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Natrium

The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.

Natter

A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America

Natur

(uncountable, often, _, capitalized) The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.

Naturalist

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

Naturalistin

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

naturalistisch

Of or relating to philosophical or methodological naturalism.

naturfarben

Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]

naturfarbig

Containing no artificial or man-made additives; especially (of food) containing no colourings, flavourings or preservatives. [from 19th c.]

Naturforscher

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

Naturforscherin

(philosophy) A person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism. [from 16th c.]

Naturgesetz

A universal statement about the operation of nature, based on empirical observations of physical behavior, tested using the scientific method.

naturgetreu

Having the appearance of nature or realism; lifelike or realistic.

Naturismus

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

Naturist

One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.

Naturistin

One who follows a philosophical belief in a naked, natural life and prefers to live without clothes, often for reasons of ecology, health, religious belief, and/or ethical concerns.

naturistisch

Relating to or believing in the doctrine of naturism, which attributes everything to nature.

natürlich

An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.

natürliche Auslese

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

natürliche Selektion

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

natürliche Zuchtwahl

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

natürlicher Abgang

(human resources) A gradual, natural reduction in membership or personnel, as through injury, incapacitation, retirement, resignation, or death.

natürlicher Lebensraum

(uncountable, biology) Conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live.

Naturreservat

A reservation, a nature preserve.

Naturschutz

(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources

Naturschützer

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

Naturschützerin

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

Naturschutzgebiet

An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.

Naturtalent

One with an innate talent at or for something. [from 18th c.]

Naupathie

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

Nautilus

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

nautisch

Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

Navaho

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

Navajo

A member of the Navajo people, currently the largest Native American tribe in North America.

Navarra

An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.

Navigation

(uncountable) The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship.

Navigator

A person who navigates, especially an officer with that responsibility on a ship or an aircrew member with that responsibility on an aircraft.

navigieren im Internet

(transitive) To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.

Nazarener

A person from Nazareth.

Nazarenerin

A person from Nazareth.

Nazaret

A city in northern Israel.

Nazareth

A city in northern Israel.

Nazi

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

Nazismus

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

nazistisch

(historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.

ne

(informal, chiefly, Canada, Northern US, New Zealand, AU, UK) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

Neapeler

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Neapelerin

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Neapolitaner

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

Neapolitanerin

A native or inhabitant of the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

neapolitanisch

Of, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.

nebbich

(colloquial) A holophrastic expression used to dismiss something that the speaker doesn't care about, doesn't think important, or doesn't want to consider or discuss any further. Sometimes conceived as an ellipsis of whatever you say, implying feigned deference: whatever you say [apparently must be true].

Nebel

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

nebelhaft

Vague or ill-defined.

Nebelhorn

A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.

nebelig

In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

Nebelkerze

(figuratively) A clue, information, argument, etc. that is or is intended to be misleading, diverting attention from the real answer or issue.

Nebellichtung

An open space in the fog etc.

Nebelschleier

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

Nebelung

The eleventh month of the Gregorian calendar, following October and preceding December.

Nebelvorhand

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

Nebelwand

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

neben

Near or next to.

neben-

Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.

nebenan

Next to, close to.

Nebenattraktion

A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.

Nebenausgabe

Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense.

Nebenbedeutung

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

nebenbei

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

nebenbei gesagt

(speech act, conjunctive) Parenthetically, by the way.

Nebenblatt

(botany) A basal appendage of a typical leaf of a flowering plant, usually appearing paired beside the petiole although sometimes absent or highly modified.

Nebeneffekt

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

nebeneinander

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

nebeneinander stellen

(transitive) To place side by side, especially for contrast or comparison.

nebeneinanderhalten

(transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

nebeneinanderliegend

Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.

Nebenfach

(North America, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

Nebenflügel

An addition or extension to a building.

Nebenfluss

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

Nebenfolge

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

Nebengebäude

An addition or extension to a building.

Nebengedanke

A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.

Nebengefäß

(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.

Nebengleis

(by extension) A time-consuming tangent or detour, often one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.

Nebenhandlung

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

nebenher noch schwarz arbeiten

To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.