German–English dictionary

Argo

(with the, Greek mythology) The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.

Argon

The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.

Argot

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Argument

The independent variable of a function.

Argumentation

(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.

argumentativ

Prone to argue or dispute.

argumentieren

(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

Argwohn

Lack of trust or confidence.

argwöhnisch

Cautious, suspicious, wary, hesitant, or nervous about something; having reservations or concerns.

Argyle-Muster

a sock having this pattern

Ariadne

(Greek mythology) The daughter of King Minos of Crete and his queen, Pasiphae.

Arianismus

(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, condemned as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea, which holds that Jesus was created by God, rather than being God himself.

arid

Very dry.

Aridität

A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.

Arie

(music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.

Ariel

(astronomy) The brightest moon of the planet Uranus.

Arier

(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense

Arierin

(theosophy, Germanic, _, mysticism, Nazism) A member of a race defined variously as comprising people of Germanic descent, in the narrowest sense, or all non-Jewish Caucasians, in the broadest sense

Aristokrat

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

Aristokratie

A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

Aristokratin

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

aristokratisch

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

Aristoteles

An ancient Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist (382–322 BCE), student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.

Arithmetik

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

arithmetisch

(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.

arithmetisches Mittel

(statistics, probability) The measure of central tendency of a set of values computed by dividing the sum of the values by their number.

Arkade

(architecture) A row of arches.

Arkadien

(figurative) An ideal region of rural and idyllic contentment; a pastoral utopia.

arkan

Understood by only a few.

Arkansas

A state in the South Central region of the United States. Capital and largest city: Little Rock.

Arktis

A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. [from 17th c.]

Arkus

(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. [from 16th c.]

Arm

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

Armada

A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada.

Armadill

Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America.

Armatur

A small part, especially a standardized or detachable part of a device or machine.

Armaturenbrett

(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

Armband

The cuff of a sleeve that wraps around the wrist.

Armbinde

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

Armbrust

A mechanised weapon, based on the bow and arrow, that shoots bolts.

Arme

A person in need, or in poverty.

Armee

The military forces of a nation, such as the army, navy, air force, marines, and sometimes, coastguard or border guard, which are tasked with the defence of the nation and its citizens, if necessary through use of deadly force.

Ärmel

The part of a garment that covers the arm. [from 10th c.]

Ärmelaufschlag

The end of a pants leg when folded up.

Ärmelbündchen

The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.

Armen

A person in need, or in poverty.

Armenhaus

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.

Armenien

(historical) Ancient kingdom in the Armenian Highland southeast of Black Sea and southwest of Caspian Sea; area now divided between Turkey, Republic of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Iran.

Armenier

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

Armenierin

A person from Armenia or of Armenian descent.

armenisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Armenia, the Armenian people, the Armenian language, or the Armenian alphabet.

Armensiedlung

(countable, pejorative) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

Armer

A person in need, or in poverty.

armer Schlucker

(colloquial, pejorative) A deplorable, pitiful person.

armer Teufel

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

armes Schwein

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

Armierung

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

armig

(chiefly, in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.

Armleuchter

A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.

armlos

Having no arms.

Armreif

A band worn on the arm for ornamental or identification purposes.

Armreifen

A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

Armring

A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

Armschlaufe

A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.

Armschlinge

A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.

Armschwinge

(ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.

armselig

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

armselige Karikatur

A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).

armseliger Wicht

An unhappy, unfortunate, or miserable person.

Armseligkeit

An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.

Armsessel

A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.

Armspange

A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

Armspanne

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

Armstütze

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

Armut

An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

Arne

A en given name occasionally used in English.

Arno

A en given name occasionally used in English.

Arnold

A en given name brought to England by Normans.

Aroma

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

Aromatherapie

(alternative medicine) The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health.

aromatisch

Fragrant or spicy.

aromatisieren

(transitive) To make aromatic, fragrant, or spicy.

Arrangement

An agreement.

arrangieren

(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.

Array

(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.

Arrest

A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.

arrestieren

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

Arrestzelle

(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

arretieren

(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). [from 14th c.]

Arretierung

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

arrogant

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Arroganz

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

Arsch

(slang) The buttocks.

Arsch in der Hose

(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Masculinity, particularly strength, courage, and force of will; chutzpah; brazenness.

Arschbacken

(childish, or, vulgar, slang, North American) Buttocks.

Arschbombe

(colloquial) An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.

arschkalt

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

Arschkriecher

(North America, slang, vulgar) Someone who kisses ass (who acts obsequiously in order to gain another's favor).

Arschleid

(Internet slang, slightly, vulgar) A feeling of offense caused by a perceived insult or injustice.

Arschloch

(figuratively, US, _, slang, vulgar)

Arsen

A toxic grey brittle nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33.

Arsenal

A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.

Art

(Commonwealth, politics) A response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.

Art und Weise

A customary way of speaking or acting; a fashion, a manner, a practice (often used formerly in such phrases as "at his own guise"; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself.)

Arteigenschaft

An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

Artemis

(Greek god) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)

Artenreichtum

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

Artenschutz

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

Artenschützer

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

Artenschützerin

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

Artenvielfalt

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

Arterie

(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

arteriell

Of or relating to an artery.

Artgenossen

(often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

Arthritis

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Arthur

A en given name.

artifiziell

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

artig

Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).

Artikel

A piece of nonfiction writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, encyclopedia, etc.

Artikelwort

A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Artikulation

(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.

artikulieren

(transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

Artillerie

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

artillerischer Strich

An angular mil, a unit of angular measurement equal to 1⁄6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (0.98 m). Also 1⁄6000 and 1⁄6300 are used in other countries.

Artillerist

(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

Artischocke

(countable) A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.

Artistik

Significant artistic skill.

artistisch

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

artmäßig

(of a product or drug) Not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.

arttypisch

(of a product or drug) Not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.

Aruba

An island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea.

Arznei

(pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.

Arzneimittel

A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.

Arzneimittelausgabe

A place or room where something is dispensed, particularly:

Arzt

A medical doctor trained in human medicine.

Ärztin

A practitioner of physic, i.e. a specialist in internal medicine, especially as opposed to a surgeon; a practitioner who treats with medication rather than with surgery.

ärztlich

Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.

ärztliche Untersuchung

A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.

As

(music) A tone one semitone below A, between G and A, denoted A♭.

Asana

A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.

Asbest

(mineral) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.

Asch

A city in the western Czech Republic.

Asche

A gray color, similar to that of the remains of a fire.

Asche auf mein Haupt

An instance of mea culpa; an apology.

aschen

(ambitransitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).

Aschenbecher

A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.

Ascheregen

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

aschig

Of or resembling ashes.

Aschram

(Hinduism) A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.

Aseität

(metaphysics, theology) Usually ascribed to deity: the attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.