German–English dictionary

äsen

(intransitive, of an animal) To move about while eating parts of plants, especially plants other than pasture, such as shrubs or trees.

Asepsis

(pathology) The state of being free from sepsis.

Aseptik

(pathology) The process of removing pathogenic organisms or protecting against such organisms.

aseptisch

Free of disease-causing microbes.

asexuell

(especially, of a person) Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.

Asi

(UK, MLE, Ireland, derogatory, offensive ) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.

Asiat

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

Asiate

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

Asiatin

(US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A person from or with ancestry in East or Southeast Asia, occasionally South Asia.

asiatisch

Of, relating to or from Asia.

Asimina

The fruit of these trees.

Askese

(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

Asket

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

Asketin

One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

asketisch

Of or relating to ascetics.

Asom­nier

One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.

asozial

Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people.

Asozialer

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

Aspekt

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

Aspersion

(obsolete) A sprinkling, especially of holy water.

Asphalt

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

Asphaltfertiger

(road transport, construction) A road paving machine, a machine to lay asphalt on roads.

asphaltieren

(transitive) To pave with asphalt.

asphaltiert

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

Aspik

A meat or fish jelly.

Aspirant

Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

Aspirantin

Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.)

Aspiration

(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.

Aspirin

(uncountable, carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid

Assassine

(historical, , usually, capitalized) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.

Assay

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.

Assel

Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.

Assembler

(programming, countable) A program that reads source code written in assembly language and produces executable machine code, possibly together with information needed by linkers, debuggers and other tools.

Assemblerbefehl

(computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.

Asser

(biblical character) The eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.

assertiv

Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

Assi

One who is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature; an immoral or corrupt person.

Assimilation

(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.

assimilieren

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.

Assisi

A city in the province of Perugia in the Central-Italian region of Umbria.

Assistent

An assistant. [from 1622]

Assistentarzt

(medicine) A physician receiving specialized medical training.

Assistenzarzt

A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.

Assistenzzeit

(US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.

Assoziation

(uncountable) The act of associating.

assoziativ

(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a, b and c, (a * b) * c = a * (b * c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.

assoziieren

(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.

assoziiert

(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.

Assumtion

The taking of a person up into heaven.

Ast

A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.

Astat

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

Astatin

A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.

Ästelung

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

Aster

Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.

Asterisk

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

Asteriskus

Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

Asterism

A rarely used typographical symbol of three asterisks arranged in a triangle, ⁂, used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book. Distinct from a dinkus which also uses asterisks to separate.

Asterismus

(constellation) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).

Asterix

A series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo about an Ancient Gaul named Asterix.

Asteroid

(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.

Astgabel

The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.

Ästhetik

That which appeals to the senses.

ästhetisch

In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.

Asthma

(pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

Asthmatiker

A person who suffers from asthma.

Asthmatikerin

A person who suffers from asthma.

asthmatisch

Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".

astro-

celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy

Astrologe

One who studies or practices astrology.

Astrologie

Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies. [from 14th c.]

Astrologin

One who studies or practices astrology.

astrologisch

Of, or relating to astrology.

Astrometrie

(astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies, particularly stars.

Astronaut

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

Astronom

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

Astronomie

The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.

Astronomin

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

astronomisch

(figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).

Astronomus

(astronomy) One who studies astronomy, the stars or the physical universe; a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics.

Astrophysik

The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.

Astrophysiker

One who studies astrophysics.

Astrophysikerin

One who studies astrophysics.

Aststummel

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.

Aststumpf

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch.

Ästuar

A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.

ASW

(parapsychology) Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.

Asyl

A place of safety or refuge.

Asylant

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

Asylantin

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

Asylbewerber

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

Asylbewerberin

A person who has applied for asylum in a foreign country but has not yet been granted refugee status by that country.

Asymmetrie

Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.

asymmetrisch

Not symmetric.

asymptomatisch

(medicine) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease, as for example in a case which is subclinical.

Asynchronizität

(uncountable) The state of being asynchronous.

Aszension

(Christianity, specifically) The believed entry of Jesus Christ into heaven after his resurrection.

Ataman

(historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.

Atavismus

The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.

Atelier

An artist’s or photographer’s workshop or the room in which an artist works.

Atem

(uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.

atemberaubend

(informal) Astonishing, stunning, incredible.

Atembeschwerde

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

Atemloch

A pore or opening used (especially by arthropods and some fish) for respiration.

Atemlosigkeit

The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.

Atemnot

(pathology) Difficult or laboured breathing.

Atempause

(countable) A rest or pause.

Atemstoß

(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

Atemzug

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

Äthanol

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic alcohol formally derived from ethane by replacing one hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group: CH3-CH2-OH.

Atheismus

(narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).

Atheist

(broadly) A person who doubts the existence of deities (therefore, an agnostic may be considered an atheist).

Atheistin

(broadly) A person who doubts the existence of deities (therefore, an agnostic may be considered an atheist).

atheistisch

Of or relating to atheists or atheism.

Athen

The capital city of Greece.

Athene

(Greek god) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva.

Athener

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

Athenerin

An inhabitant, resident, or citizen of Athens, Greece.

athenisch

(Greek mythology) Of or related to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, technology, and skillful warfare.

ätherisch

Pertaining to the presupposition of an invisible air-like element permeating all of space, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere.

Äthin

(organic compound, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C2H2.

Äthiopien

A country in East Africa.

äthiopisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.

Athlet

A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

Athletik

(sports, especially, _, US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

Athletin

A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

athletisch

(not comparable) Having to do with athletes.

Athos

A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos

Atlant

(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.

Atlanta

The capital and largest city of Georgia, United States and the county seat of Fulton County, Georgia.

Atlanter

An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.

Atlantier

An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis.

Atlantis

A mythical country said to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean.

atlantisch

Pertaining to locations adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Isles in Northwestern Europe, or the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Atlas

(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.

Atlasgewebe

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

Atlasstoff

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

Atlastuch

A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).

ATM

(telecommunications, electronics) Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode.

Atmen

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

Atmende

Something or someone that breathes.

Atmosphäre

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

atmosphärisch

That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.

Atmung

(countable) A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.

Ätna

An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.

Atoll

A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

Atom

Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.

Atom-U-Boot

Abbreviation of submarine.

atomar

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

atomisch

(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.

Atomkern

(physics) A nucleus of an atom; consisting of protons and neutrons, surrounded by an electron cloud.