German–English dictionary

Puppe

(slang) An attractive person, especially a young woman. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Puppenfigur

A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.

Puppenspieler

A person who uses a puppet.

Puppenspielerin

A person who uses a puppet.

Pupskissen

An inflatable bag containing a valve at its neck that retains the air in the bag until pressure is put on it (usually by someone unintentionally sitting on it after it has been placed on a chair by someone else as a practical joke), when the air is expelled with a sound similar to that of someone farting (breaking wind).

pur

Lacking concealing elements.

Püree

A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid or paste.

Purgatorium

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.

pürieren

(transitive) To crush or grind food into a puree.

Pürierer

A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

Purim

(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.

Purimfest

(Judaism) A Jewish festival, celebrated on the 14th day of Adar, commemorating the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a complete massacre at the hand of Haman the Amalekite.

Purist

An advocate of purism.

Puristin

An advocate of purism.

puristisch

Of or pertaining to purism.

Puritaner

A member of a particular Protestant religious sect advocating greater purity and piety.

puritanisch

(usually, derogative) Acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex; ascetic.

Purpur

A deep, slightly bluish red.

purpurn

Having a deep red colour.

purpurrot

Having a deep red colour.

Purser

The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.

Purserin

The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft.

Purzelbaum

(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.

purzeln

(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.

Puschen

(footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.

Puschkin

A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́шкин (Púškin).

Puschtu

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

Puste

(uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

Pusteblume

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

Pustel

(dermatology) A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.

pusten

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

put

(Australia) A call made to chickens.

Pute

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Putenfleisch

(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

Puter

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

Putin

A surname from Russian.

Putrefaktion

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

Putreszenz

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

Putsch

(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.

Putter

(golf) A golf club specifically intended for a putt.

Putz

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

putzen

(transitive) To clean with a brush.

Putzer

(professional wrestling) A female performer in professional wrestling, acting as either a manager or personal chaperone; often used to attract and titillate male members of the audience.

Putzfrau

A charlady, a woman employed to do housework; cleaning lady.

putzig

Elegant; delicately small and pretty.

Putzmann

A person whose occupation is to clean things, especially rooms, floors, and windows.

Putzmörtel

A plaster that is used to coat interior or exterior walls, or used for mouldings.

Puzzle

A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.

Pygmäe

(often, _, capitalized) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

Pyjama

Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

Pylon

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

Pyrenäen

The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Occitans in the centre-north, Aragonese in the centre-south, and Catalans in the east.

pyro-

Fire, heat.

Pyroklastika

Scoria associated with a volcano.

Pyrolusit

(mineral) A dark coloured mineral, consisting of manganese dioxide (MnO2), that is an important ore of manganese.

Pyromane

A person experiencing pyromania.

Pyromanie

(psychology) A compulsive disorder characterized by obsession with fire or uncontrollable urges to start fires.

Pyrosis

(medicine) A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.

Pyrotechnik

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

Pyrotechniker

A person who designs or organises pyrotechnics.

Pyrotechnikerin

A person who designs or organises pyrotechnics.

pyrrhisch

Achieved at too great a cost or detriment to have been worthwhile (as a victory, accomplishment, etc).

Pyrrhus-

Achieved at too great a cost or detriment to have been worthwhile (as a victory, accomplishment, etc).

Pythagoras

Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.

Python

(Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.

Pythonschlange

(zoology) A type of large constricting snake.

Qark

An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).

Qi

(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

qua Amt

By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.

quabbelig

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

Quacksalber

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

Quacksalberei

(countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Quacksalberin

(figuratively, pejorative) Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.

Quaddel

(shoemaking) A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.

Quadrat

(metal type, obsolete) A quad; a blank metal block used to fill space in lines of type.

quadratisch

Having four equal sides; square.

Quadratum oblongum

Something with an oblong shape.

quadrieren

(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

quadriert

(mathematics) Raised to the second power.

Quadrille

(dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

Quadrillion

(dated, UK, Australia, long scale) A million trillion (logic: 1,000,0004): 1 followed by twenty-four zeros, 1024.

Quagga

A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

Quaggafohlen

A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

Quaggafüllen

A southern-African subspecies of plains zebra, Equus quagga quagga, which went extinct in 1883. The upper parts of the animal were reddish brown, becoming paler behind and beneath, while the face, neck, and fore part of the body were marked by dark stripes.

quak

A duck's quack.

Quaken

The call of a frog or toad.

Quäker

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

Qual

Extreme pain.

Qual der Wahl

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

quälen

(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.

quälend

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

quälender Marsch

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Quälerei

(countable) A cruel act.

Quälgeist

Someone or something that nags.

Qualifikant

One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.

Qualifikation

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race.

Qualifikationsrunde

A preliminary stage of a competition.

Qualifikationsspiel

A preliminary stage of a competition.

qualifiziert

Meeting the standards, requirements, and training for a position.

Qualifizierung

An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. [from 17th c.]

Qualität

(occasionally, proscribed) (attributive) Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose; of high quality.

Qualle

An almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of the acalephs, especially one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance.

Qualm

A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.

qualmen

(transitive) To expose (something) to fumes; specifically, to expose wood, etc., to ammonia in order to produce dark tints.

qualvoll

Causing great pain or anguish, agonizing

Quant

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

Quäntchen

(figuratively) A small or trace amount.

Quanten-

(physics) Involving quanta, quantum mechanics or other aspects of quantum physics.

Quantifikator

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

quantifizieren

(logic) To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃).

Quantität

A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.

Quantor

(logic) An operator, such as the universal quantifier (written as ∀) or the existential quantifier (∃), used in predicate calculus to indicate the degree that predicate is true for a specified set.

Quantum

(physics) The smallest possible, and therefore indivisible, unit of a given quantity or quantifiable phenomenon. [from 20th c.]

Quark

A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

Quarkkuchen

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

Quarkspeise

(film) Ellipsis of press junket.

Quart

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.

Quartal

(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]

quartalsweise

Once every quarter year (three months).

Quartär

(geology) The geological period of the Cenozoic Era immediately following the Tertiary. It is subdivided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene Epochs.

Quarterback

(American football, Canadian football) An offensive back whose primary job is to pass the ball in a play.

Quartier

A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

quartieren

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

Quartiermeister

(military rank) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.

Quartil

(statistics) Any of the three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts, each containing a quarter of the population.

Quarz

(mineral) The most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO2. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment.

Quasar

(galaxy) An extragalactic object, starlike in appearance, that is among the most luminous and (putatively) the most distant objects in the universe.

quasseln

(intransitive, pejorative) To talk rapidly without making much sense.

Quasselstrippe

(informal) One who chats or talks to excess.

Quaste

A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).

Quästor

(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.

Quaternion

(mathematics) A type of four-dimensional hypercomplex number consisting of a real part and three imaginary parts (real multiples of distinct, independent square roots of −1 denoted by i, j and k); commonly used in vector mathematics and as an alternative to matrix algebra in calculating the rotation of three-dimensional objects.

Quatsch

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

Quatsch erzählen

(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.

Quatsch reden

To talk nonsense; drivel.

quatschen

(intransitive, pejorative) To talk rapidly without making much sense.

Quatschtüte

One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.

Qubit

(quantum computing) A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

Quecksilber

To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.

quecksilberhaltig

(not comparable, chemistry) Of or pertaining to the element mercury or quicksilver; containing mercury. [from 16th c.]

quecksilbrig

Unpredictable, erratic or fickle; mercurial.

Queene

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

queer

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) Non-heterosexual or non-cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

Queers

(colloquial, sometimes, pejorative) A person of any non-heterosexual sexuality or sexual identity.

Quelle

(literally) A spring that is the source of a river.

Quellen

(figurative) The primary source; origin.

Quellensteuer

The tax so deducted, and paid to local or national government.

Quellensteuerabzug

(law, finance) A sum withheld from an employee's pay for the purpose of paying tax.

quenchen

(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.

Quengelei

Peevish complaining.