German–English dictionary

Parapsychologie

The study of alleged paranormal phenomena; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts.

parat

Within easy reach; nearby.

parbleu

(UK, Ireland, AU, Commonwealth) An exclamation of astonishment.

Pärchen

Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.

Pard

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

Pardel

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

Parder

Panthera pardus, a large wild cat with a spotted coat native to Africa and Asia, especially the male of the species (in contrast to leopardess).

Pareidolie

(psychology) The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.

Parfüm

Fragrance, a perfume.

parfümieren

(transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

parfümiert

Scented, having been given a pleasant smell.

Paria

Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.

Parierstange

(swords) A metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.

Pariser

Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France

Pariserin

A native, citizen and/or inhabitant of Paris, France

pariserisch

Of, relating, or pertaining to Paris, France

Parität

(agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Park

An area of land set aside for environment preservation or recreation.

Parka

(clothing) A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

parken

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

parkieren

(transitive) To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

Parkour

(sport) An athletic discipline, in which practitioners traverse any environment in the most efficient way possible using their physical abilities, and which commonly involves running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, flipping, and other similar physical movements.

Parkplatz

Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.

Parkplatzwächter

(US) A person employed to clean or park cars.

Parkplatzwächterin

(US) A person employed to clean or park cars.

Parkweg

(dated) A path, carriage-way, or road through a park or a landscaped right of way.

Parlament

(usually capitalized as a proper noun) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

Parlamentarische Versammlung des Europarates

Acronym of w:Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Parlamentsgruppierung

A grouping of all the members of a legislature from the same party.

Parlamentspräsident

(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Parlamentspräsidentin

(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Parmesan

A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.

Parmesankäse

A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma.

Parodie

Mockery; the act of mocking.

parodieren

(transitive) To make a parody of something.

Parole

(military, security) A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.

parsen

(computing, ambitransitive) To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

Parsimonie

(by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Partei

(figuratively) A current movement that attracts wide support. [from 1880]

Partei ergreifen für

(transitive, figurative, modern usage) To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause).

Parteiengemeinschaft

An alliance of factions.

Parteiergreifung

An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.

Parteigänger

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

Parteigängerin

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

parteiisch

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

Parteilichkeit

The state of being one-sided; partiality, bias.

Parteilinie

The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction. [from later 19th c.]

Parteinahme

An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality.

Parteiprogramm

(politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.

parteiübergreifend

(politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

Parthenon

An ancient temple to Athena and monument in the city of Athens. It is a symbol of Greek achievement in the arts and of Athenian democracy.

Partie

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

Partikel

(grammar) A part of speech that has no inherent lexical definition but must be associated with another word to impart meaning, often a grammatical category: for example, the English word to in a full infinitive phrase (to eat) or O in a vocative phrase (O Canada), or as a discourse marker (mmm).

Partisan

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

Partisane

(historical) A long-handled spear with a triangular, double-edged blade having lateral projections, in some forms also used in boar hunting.

Partisanin

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

Partition

(computing) A section of a hard disk separately formatted.

Partitur

(music) a large book showing all the notes of a composition with many simultaneous parts (instruments or voices), with all the parts shown in lines underneath each other in a fixed order. Commonly used by conductors.

Partizip

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

Partizipant

With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.

Partizipation

The act of participating, of taking part in something.

partizipativ

Open to participation.

partizipial

(grammar) Of, relating to, or being a participle.

Partizipial-

(grammar) Of, relating to, or being a participle.

Partizipium

(grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective, noun or adverb. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. In other languages, there are others, such as future, perfect, and future perfect participles.

Partner

(rare) A cooperator.

Partner-

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Partnerin

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.

Partnerschaft

The state of being associated with a partner.

Partnersuche

A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.

Parturitio

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

Partus

The act of giving birth; childbirth.

Party

(dated) A party or festive function.

Partyservice

A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

Parvenü

(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.

parvenühaft

Being a parvenu; also, like, having the characteristics of, or associated with a parvenu.

Parzelle

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

parzellieren

(GUI) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

Pascal

(countable) A surname transferred from the given name.

Pascha

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

Paschafest

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

Paschto

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Paschtu

The native Indo-Iranian language of the Pashtun people; an official language of Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Paschtune

(historical) A person of Pashtun ethnicity. [from 1625]

Paschtunin

(historical) A person of Pashtun ethnicity. [from 1625]

paschtunisch

Of, from, or pertaining to the Pashtun ethnic community.

Pashmina

A soft fabric made from this wool; (in particular) a shawl made from this fabric.

Pass

A narrow passage or way (originally (military) , one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.

Passa

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

passabel

(informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.

Passage

Part of a path or journey.

passager

Remaining for only a brief time.

Passagier

(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

Passagierflugzeug

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Passagierin

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

Passagiermaschine

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Passah

The one-day Biblical feast or festival (not a holy day) that begins at twilight at the beginning of the fourteenth day of the first month (Abib 14 / Nisan 14), during which the first-born sons of the Israelites were passed over while those of the Egyptians were killed; this feast day is then immediately followed by the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread (Nisan 15 to 21; the first and seventh days are holy days or annual or yearly Sabbaths).

Passant

A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).

Passantin

A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).

Passat

(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

Passatwind

(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

Passcode

A string of characters used for authentication on a digital device.

passen

(transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.

passend

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

passende Auslegung

(countable, uncountable, figurative) A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation.

passenderweise

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

Passepartout

A key designed to open a set of several locks; a passkey.

Passeur

(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

Passform

The degree to which something fits.

Passgang

An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

passgenau

Close-fitting.

passierbar

That may be passed or traversed.

passieren

(intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.

passierend

Going past.

Passierschein

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

passim

(rare) That occurs at various places throughout a text

Passion

(Christianity) The sufferings of Jesus Christ from the night of the Last Supper to the Crucifixion.

passioniert

Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

passiv

(countable, broadly, by extension) A submissive partner in a sexual relationship.

Passiv-

(figurative) Indirect; from a secondary source; not firsthand.

passiv-aggressiv

(psychology) Showing passive, sometimes obstructionist resistance to following authoritative instructions in interpersonal or occupational situations.

passives Verb

(grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

passives Verbum

(grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

Passivhaltung

A lack of initiative.

passivisch

(grammar) Being in the passive voice.

Passivität

The state of being passive.

Passivum

(grammar) A form of a verb that is in the passive voice.

Passivzustand

The state of being passive.

Passstück

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

Passwort

(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code.

Pasta

(uncountable) Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating.

Paste

A soft moist mixture, in particular:

Pastellfarbe

Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.

Pastellrosa

A color between pink and cream.

Pastete

One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

Pastiche

A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.

Pastille

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

Pastor

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

Pastorin

A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister.

Pastrami

A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.

Patagonien

A geographical region in southern South America, including the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.

Patch

(computing) A piece of data intended to modify a computer file by replacing a part of it.

patchen

(computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence:

Pate

(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

Patella

(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

Patenkind

A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.

Patensohn

A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.

patent

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

Patentamt

United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Patentante

A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.