German–English dictionary

Apotheose

Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.

App

(computing, mobile phones) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

Apparat

(collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.

Appartement

(chiefly, North America, Australia, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.

Appeasement

The state of being appeased; the policy of giving in to demands in order to preserve the peace.

Appell

(figuratively) Appeal, urgent call to action.

appellativ

(grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.

Appellativum

A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.

Appendektomie

(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.

Appendix

A part that is joined to something larger.

Appendizitis

(pathology) inflammation of the vermiform appendix

Appetit

The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

appetitanregend

That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.

Appetithappen

A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.

appetitlich

The state or quality of being delicious.

applaudieren

(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.

Applaus

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

Applejack

An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.

Applikation

(computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)

Apportierhunde

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.

Apposition

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

Approximation

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

Approximieren

(linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.

apricot

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

Aprikose

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

Aprikosenbaum

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

aprikosenfarben

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

April

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May.

apropos

(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.

Aquädukt

A pipe or channel for conveying water, etc.

Aqualunge

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

aquamarin

Of a bluish-green colour.

aquamarinblau

Of a bluish-green colour.

aquatisch

Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

Äquator

(geography, often, _, “the Equator”) An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.

äquatorial

(geography) Of, near, or relating to the equator.

Äquinoktium

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

äquivalent

Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

Äquivalentkonzentration

(chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.

Äquivalenz

(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~

Ar

(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

Ära

(countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

Araber

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula.

Araber-

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

Araberin

A Semitic person, whose forebears were from the Arabian Peninsula.

Arabien

A peninsula of West Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; includes Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.

arabisch

Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.

arabische Sprache

The Aramaic-derived script used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others.

arabisches Alphabet

A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa.

Arachnide

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

Arachnophobie

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.

Aragonien

An autonomous community in northeastern Spain. Capital: Zaragoza.

aramäisch

Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.

Arbeit

An assigned task.

Arbeit leisten

(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

Arbeit verrichten

(intransitive) To exhibit an expected pattern of behavior; to function; to work.

arbeiten

(intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action.

Arbeiter

One who uses bodily strength rather than intellect to earn a wage, usually hourly.

Arbeiterin

One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.

Arbeiterklasse

Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.

Arbeitgeber

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Arbeitgeberin

A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.

Arbeitnehmer

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

Arbeitnehmerin

A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

arbeitsam

Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

Arbeitsameise

A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

Arbeitsanzug

(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

arbeitsaufwändig

Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.

Arbeitsauslastung

The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.

Arbeitsbelastung

The amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.

Arbeitsbereich

An area allocated for someone to work in, especially in an office.

Arbeitsbiene

A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

Arbeitsbock

A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.

Arbeitsentgelt

(often in plural) An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

Arbeitsfläche

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

Arbeitsgemeinschaft

A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.

Arbeitsgerät

A tool or instrument for working with.

Arbeitsgruppe

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

arbeitsintensiv

(American spelling) Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.

Arbeitskolonne

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

Arbeitskraft

The collective group of people who are available for employment, whether currently employed or unemployed (though sometimes only those unemployed people who are seeking work are included).

Arbeitskräfteabgang

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

Arbeitsleistung

The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

arbeitslos

Having no job despite being able and willing to work.

Arbeitsloser

(with the) The unemployed people of a society or the world, taken collectively.

Arbeitslosigkeit

The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.

Arbeitsmannschaft

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

Arbeitsmentalität

The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.

Arbeitsmoral

The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.

Arbeitsoberfläche

(computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.

Arbeitspferd

(American spelling) A horse used for muscular work other than carrying a rider and/or load, such as pulling a cart, plow, or log.

Arbeitsplatte

In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.

Arbeitsplatz

A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.

Arbeitsrückstand

An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

arbeitsscheu

Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

Arbeitsstätte

The place where someone works.

Arbeitsstelle

The construction or maintenance done to roads.

Arbeitstag

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Arbeitstermite

A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

Arbeitstier

A draft animal, a pack animal such as a donkey, mule, llama, camel, horse, or ox, that carries or pulls a load for the benefit of a human.

Arbeitstisch

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

Arbeitstrupp

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

Arbeitsuniform

(US) Military clothing worn when doing menial tasks.

Arbeitsunwilligkeit

The state of being indolent; indolence.

Arbeitsvergütung

A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.

Arbeitsweg

The route, time or distance of that journey.

Arbeitswespe

A nonreproductive social insect, such as ant, bee, termite, or wasp.

Arbeitszeit

(engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.

Arbeitszimmer

A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.

arbiträr

(usually, of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

Arbitrarität

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Arboretum

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

arboricol

Living in or among trees.

arch

leading, leader

archaisch

Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.

Archäologe

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

Archäologie

The study of the past by excavation and analysis of its material remains.

Archäologin

Someone who studies or practises archaeology.

archäologisch

Relating to the science or research of archaeology.

Archetyp

An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype. [from mid 16th c.]

Archetypus

(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.

Archibald

A en given name.

Archidiakon

(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.

archie

form of government or rule

Archimandrit

(Eastern Orthodoxy) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.

Archimedes

(astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

archin

leading, leader

Archipel

(collective, geography) A group of islands.

architektonisch

Pertaining to architecture.

Architektur

The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.

Architektur-

Pertaining to architecture.

Archiv

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

Archivar

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

Archivarin

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.

archivieren

(transitive) To place (something) into an archive.

Ardennen

forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.

Ardenner Wald

forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.

Ares

(Greek god) The Greek god of war, considered equivalent to the Roman Mars and usually described as a son of Zeus and Hera, companion of Eris and Enyo, and by Aphrodite father of Deimos and Phobos.

arg

Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.

Argentinien

A country in South America. Official name: Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

Argentinier

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

argentinisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

Ärger

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

ärgerlich

Causing irritation or annoyance; troublesome; vexatious.

ärgerlich ansehen

(intransitive) To look or stare with anger. [from late 15th c.]

ärgerliches Knurren

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

ärgern

(now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]

Ärgernis

(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.

ärgert

Harboring resentment, full of resentment, at a given moment.

arglos

Free from guile; honest but naive.