German–English dictionary

postgradual

Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course.

postieren

To put into place.

Postkarte

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

Postkasten

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

Postleitzahl

(UK, Irish) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

Postmeilensäule

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

postnatal

After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

postoperativ

Of, relating to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation.

postpartal

After being born, of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth (of a baby).

Postskriptum

(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.

Poststempel

A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.

Postulat

(logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).

postulieren

To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.

postwendend

With the post, on post-horses; by a relay of horses (changing at every staging-post); hence, express, with speed, quickly.

Postzusteller

(North America) Someone who delivers mail to, and/or collects mail from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

Potentat

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

Potentatin

A powerful leader; a monarch; a ruler.

Potential

The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.

potentiell

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

potentielle Energie

The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass).

Potenz

A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.

potenziell

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

Potenzturm

(arithmetic) The arithmetic operator consisting of repeated exponentiation, by analogy with exponentiation being repeated multiplication and multiplication being repeated addition, ^ba denoting a to the power of a to the power of \ldots to the power of a, in which a appears b times.

Potpourri

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]

Potsdam

A town in Buffalo City municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

Pottasche

The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K2CO3) mixed with other potassium salts).

prä-

Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

Präambel

A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.

Pracht

Great beauty and splendor.

Prachtexemplar

(US, colloquial) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.

prächtig

Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.

Prachtkerl

(informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.

Prachtlibelle

A damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.

Prachtstraße

A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.

Prachtstück

Something that is particularly good or pleasing.

prachtvoll

Bright or shining;

Prädation

(zoology) The preying of one animal on others.

Prädator

Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other non-plant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

Prädestination

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.

Prädikat

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

prädiktabel

Able to be predicted.

prädisponiert

Inclined.

Präfation

(Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.

Präfektur

(historical, Ancient Rome) A district of the Roman Empire at the third echelon

Präferenz

The option to so select, and the one selected.

präferieren

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]

präfigieren

(transitive) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start. [from 16thc.]

Präfix

(grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc.

Prag

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

prägen

To decorate or mark (something) with a design or symbol in relief.

Prager

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Prägestempel

A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.

pragisch

The capital city of the Czech Republic; the former capital of Czechoslovakia; the former capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

pragmatisch

(idiomatic) Hardheaded, stubborn.

prägnant

Concise; taking few words. [from 15th c.]

Prägnanz

The property of being concise; succinctness.

prähistorisch

(properly) Of or relating to the epoch before written record.

prahlen

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

prahlend

Of ostentation.

Prahlerei

(uncountable) The making of boasts.

prahlerisch

Tending to boast or brag.

Prahlhans

(slang, derogatory) One who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

Prahm

(nautical, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.

Präjudiz

(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.

Präkognition

(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]

präkognitiv

Able to foresee the future.

Praktik

Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.

praktikabel

Able to be done in practice.

Praktikabilität

The state of being practicable; feasibility

Praktikant

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

Praktikantin

A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.

Praktiker

A person who practices a profession or art, especially law or medicine.

Praktikum

A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade.

praktisch

Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.

praktisch wie

For practical purposes, though not technically; almost complete, very near.

praktischerweise

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

Praktizieren

(uncountable, especially, medicine, arts) The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.

Präkursor

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.

Prälat

A clergyman of high rank and authority, having jurisdiction over an area or a group of people; normally a bishop.

Praline

(countable) A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

Prallblech

A device used to dampen, muffle, restrain, or otherwise control the movement of a fluid, or waves travelling through a fluid such as light or sound; specifically, a surface positioned inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one place to another without preventing motion altogether.

prallen

(transitive) To throw violently.

Prallkissen

(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.

Prallluftschiff

(aviation) An airship constructed with a non-rigid lifting agent container.

Präludium

(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece. [from 1650s]

prämatur

In a premature manner; too soon or too early.

Prämedikation

(medicine) The administration of a drug (or mixture of drugs) prior to an anesthetic, especially to induce sedation; the drug so administered.

Prämie

An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

Prämisse

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

prämodern

Preceding or predating the modern era.

Prämolar

A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.

pränatal

Being or happening before birth.

Pranger

A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.

Präokkupation

The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

präoperativ

Prior to surgery.

Präparat

Anything made by combining several things.

Präparation

The act of dissecting.

präparieren

(transitive) To prepare (a ski slope) for skiers by packing down the snow.

präpartal

Being or happening before birth.

Präponderanz

Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

präponierend

Serving as a preface or prelude; introductory, preliminary. [from 1670s]

Präposition

(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.

Präputium

(anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis in humans and some other mammals.

Prärie

An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Präriewolf

(canid) Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

Prärogative

An exclusive hereditary or official right or privilege.

Präsent

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

Präsentation

(by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.

Präsentator

Someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience.

Präsentatorin

Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.

präsentieren

(transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.

Präsentierteller

A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card). [from c. 1660]

Präservativ

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.

Präsi

(informal) Clipping of president.

Präsident

The head of state of a republic.

Präsidentin

The head of state of a republic.

Präsidentschaft-

Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]

präsidial

Pertaining to a president or presidency. [from 17th c.]

präsidieren

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.

Präsidium

The center of an organization's operations or administration.

Präskriptivismus

(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.

prasseln

Especially of hailstones, rain, or snow: to beat down or fall forcefully or heavily; to rain down.

Prassen

An individual act of debauchery.

Prasser

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

Prasserei

An individual act of debauchery.

Prasserin

Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

Präsumption

The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.

Präsumtion

The belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true.

präsumtiv

Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.

prätentiös

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Präteritum

(grammar) The past tense.

Prätext

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

Prävalenz

(epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

Prävention

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

präventiv

Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.

Präventivhaft

The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.

Praxis

(countable) An activity one has performed.

Praxistauglichkeit

(uncountable) The state of being practical or feasible.

Präzedenz

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.

Präzedenzfall

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.

Präzipitation

(countable, uncountable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container.

präzise

Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty

präzisieren

(nonstandard, European Union, _, documents, transitive) To make or render precise; to specify.

Präzision

Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.

Präzisionsschütze

A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object.

predigen

(transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.

Prediger

(book of the bible) A book in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Predigt

Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.

Predigtstuhl

(Christianity, countable) A raised platform in a church, sometimes enclosed, where the minister or preacher stands when giving the sermon; also, the lectern on such a platform.

Preis

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.