German–English dictionary

paläo-

Old; ancient or primitive.

Palast

A large and lavishly ornate residence.

palastartig

On a grand scale; with very rich furnishings.

Palästinenser

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

Palästinenserin

An inhabitant of Palestine or someone descending from that area.

palästinensisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Palestine or the Palestinian people.

Palatschinken

(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

Palau

A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Palau. Capital: Ngerulmud.

Palaver

A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.

palavern

(transitive) To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble.

palavernd

Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.

Palette

A (normally) complete range.

Pali

A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism. [from 1690s]

Palindrom

A word, phrase, number or any other sequence of units which has the property of reading the same forwards as it does backwards, character for character, sometimes disregarding punctuation, capitalization and diacritics.

Palisade

(military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.

Palisadeneinfriedung

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

Palisadenmauer

(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

Palladium

A chemical element (symbol Pd) with an atomic number of 46: a rare, lustrous silvery-white metal.

palliativ

(medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

Palmlilie

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.

Palmwedel

Any fern-like leaf or other object resembling a fern leaf.

Palpitation

An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.

Pampe

Grub, slop, swill

Pampf

Grub, slop, swill

Pamphlet

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

pampig

Soaked with moisture or other liquid.

Pamplona

A city in Navarre, northern Spain, famous for the running of the bulls.

Pamps

Grub, slop, swill

pan-

Encompassing, including all, or involving all.

Panama

A country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Panama.

Panaritium

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

Panazee

A remedy believed to cure all disease and prolong life that was originally sought by alchemists; a cure-all.

Pancake

In the US (and e.g. Scotland), a leavened, thicker, fluffier cake.

Panda

A rare, black and white mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the ursid (bear) family.

Pandabär

A rare, black and white mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, in the ursid (bear) family.

Pandekten

(Ancient Rome, law, historical) Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).

Pandemie

(epidemiology) A pandemic disease; a disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population.

pandemisch

(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

Pandit

A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]

Pandschab

A geographical region of South Asia, divided (by the Radcliffe Line) between India and Pakistan. Pakistani Punjab includes the (West) Punjab Province and parts of the Islamabad Capital Territory; Indian Punjab includes (East) Punjab State and some other territories.

Pandschabi

(uncountable) The main language spoken in the Punjab region, in eastern Pakistan and Northern India.

Paneel

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

Panegyrik

A formal speech publicly praising someone or something.

Panel

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

Panentheismus

(philosophy, religion) A doctrine that the universe subsists within God, but that God nevertheless transcends or has some existence separate from the universe.

Pangasius

A shark catfish (not a true shark) of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

panglossisch

(pejorative) Naively or unreasonably optimistic.

panieren

(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

Panik

(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.

panikartig

very frightened

Panikattacke

(informal) A fit of anger or panic; conniption fit.

Panino

a sandwich

panisch

very frightened

Pankreas

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

Pankreas-

Belonging or relating to the pancreas.

pankreatisch

Belonging or relating to the pancreas.

Panne

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

Pannen

(film, informal) A filmed or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing accident or mistake.

Panorama

A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.

panschen

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

Pansen

The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.

Panter

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.

Pantheismus

(religion) The belief that the Universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.

Panther

Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.

Pantherinae

(archaic, countable) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.

Pantine

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

Pantoffel

(footwear) A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.

Pantoffeltiger

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

Pantolette

Any shoe with an upper covering the front of the foot but without a back flap or strap, leaving the heel exposed.

Pantomime

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

Pantomimenspieler

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

pantomimisches Ratespiel

game

pantomimisches Rätsel

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

Panzer

(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.

Panzerfaust

A light, single-shot anti-tank grenade launcher developed in Germany in the latter stages of the Second World War.

Panzerhandschuh

Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.

Panzerkraftwagen

(countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.

panzern

(transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.

Panzerschiff

A ship, vessel, or vehicle with a covering of iron, steel, or (loosely) any other tough metal.

Panzersoldat

(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.

Panzerung

(uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces.

Päonie

A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.

Papa

(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.

Papageitaucher

A species of puffin (Fratercula arctica).

Paparazza

A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.

Paparazzo

A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.

Papau

The fruit of these trees.

Papaya

The fruit of this tree.

Papi

(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.

Papier

Made of paper.

Papierbecher

Made of paper.

Papierbeutel

Made of paper.

Papierkram

(uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.

Papiermühle

A manufacturing plant for paper, steel, textiles, flooring, and some other kinds of materials.

Papiersack

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

Papierschneider

A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.

Papiersorte

The type of paper used in printing.

Papierstreifen

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Papiertüte

A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.

Papp

(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.

Pappe

Blotter paper impregnated with the drug LSD, to be taken orally, and often featuring psychedelic imagery.

Pappel

A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.

Päppeln

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

papperlapapp

An emphatic rejection of something one has just heard and does not believe or agree with.

Pappkarton

(usually, uncountable) Card stock.

Paprika

(North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

Paprikaschote

(North America, Philippines) Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World.

Papstkrone

The three-tiered papal crown.

päpstlich

Having to do with the pope or the papacy.

Papua

The southern part of what is now called Papua New Guinea, formerly administered as a separate territory to New Guinea.

Papyrus

(usually, uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.

Papyrusstaude

(usually, uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.

Parabel

A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

Parabolantenne

(telecommunication) A type of antenna with a similar shape to a plate or bowl.

parabolisch

(chiefly, mathematics) Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid.

Paracelsus

The adopted name of Philippus von Hohenheim, a Swiss thinker of the 16th century known for his pioneering scientific work and his research into the occult and alchemy.

Paracetamol

(North America) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.

Parade

A political rally or parade.

Paradeiser

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

Paradestück

Something made specifically to be displayed.

paradieren

(transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.

Paradies

(religion) Heaven.

Paradiesspiel

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.

Paradiesvogel

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

Paradigma

A pattern, a way of doing something; especially a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework.

Paradigmenwechsel

(literally, _, or, _, figuratively) An innovative idea, product, event or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game.

paradox

Having self-contradictory properties.

paraffinieren

To impregnate or treat with paraffin.

Paragon

(typography, printing, dated) The size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point. [from 18th c.]

Paragraf

A part of a document, especially a major#Adjective part; often notated with §.

Paragraph

A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.

Paraguay

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Paraguay. Capital and largest city: Asunción.

parallel

(computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.

parallel zu

Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".

Parallele

(military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.

Parallelverschiebung

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

Paralyse

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

paralysieren

Affected by paralysis; paralysed.

paralytisch

Affected by paralysis; paralysed.

Parameter

(mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

Paranoia

The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others

Paranoide

A person suffering from paranoia.

Paranoiker

A person suffering from paranoia.

Paranoikerin

A person suffering from paranoia.

Paraphernalien

(archaic, family, _, law) Objects that a married woman owns, such as clothing and jewellery, apart from her dowry.

paraphernalisch

(legal) Of or pertaining to a woman's parapherna

paraphrasieren

(transitive) To sign one's initial(s), as an abbreviated signature.

Paraplegiker

A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Paraplegikerin

A person who suffers from paraplegia.

paraplegisch

Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.