German–English dictionary

quengelig

Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

quengeln

(ambitransitive) To repeatedly remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.

Quentchen

Chiefly in the form a smidgen of: a very small amount or quantity; a bit, a trace.

quer

From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).

quer gerichtet

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

quer liegend

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

quer-

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

Querbahnsteig

A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

Querbalken

A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.

querbeet

In an indiscriminate manner.

Querdenker

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]

Querdenkerin

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]

Querflöte

A transverse (side-blown) woodwind instrument made of metal or wood.

Querformat

(computing, printing, uncountable) a mode of printing where the horizontal sides are longer than the vertical sides

quergerichtet

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

Querholz

(architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.

Querkopf

A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]

querköpfig

Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

querliegend

Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.

Querschläger

An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

Querschnitt

A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.

querschnittsgelähmt

Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down.

Querschnittsgelähmte

A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Querschnittsgelähmter

A person who suffers from paraplegia.

Querschuss

An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

Querstab

A crosspiece between legs of a chair.

Quersteg

A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.

querstellen

(transitive) To refuse to obey.

Querstraße

(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.

Querstrich

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

Querstück

The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.

Querulant

One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.

Querulantentum

(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.

Queste

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

Quetsche

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

quetschen

(electricity) To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.

Queue

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

Quiche

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

Quickie

(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly.

quicklebendig

(idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.

Quidditch

A fictional ball game played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals.

Quieken

A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.

Quietschen

(countable) A high-pitched strident or piercing sound, such as that between a moving object and any surface.

quietschend

Tending to creak.

quietschfidel

Exhibiting a lively optimism; in high spirits, cheerful.

Quilt

A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together, with insulation between, often having a decorative design.

Quinoa

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

Quinquillion

(dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

Quinte

(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)

Quintessenz

(countable) The main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.

Quintillion

(dated, British, Australia, long scale) A million quadrillion: 1 followed by 30 zeros, 1030.

Quirl

A kitchen implement for mixing.

quitt

(colloquial, British) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

Quitte

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

Quittenbaum

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

Quittung

Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.

Quittungsblock

A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.

Quorum

The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

Rabatt

A reduction in price.

Rabatte

A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown.

Rabatz

(informal, intransitive) To cause a noisy disturbance or commotion.

Rabauke

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

Rabbiner

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

Rabbinerin

A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.

Rabe

(constellation) A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.

rabenschwarz

Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

rabiat

(by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent.

Rache

(uncountable) An act of revenge.

Rachel

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

rächen

(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.

Rächer

One who avenges or vindicates.

Rächerin

One who avenges or vindicates.

Rachitis

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

rachitisch

(disease) Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets. [from 18th c.]

rachsüchtig

Full of rancor; bitter; unforgiving.

Racke

Any of various aggressive birds, of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings and hooked beaks.

Racker

Sometimes diminutive: a cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.

Racket

(countable, sports) An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a shuttlecock in badminton.

Rad

Clipping of bicycle.

Rad fahren

(intransitive) To ride a bike.

Rad schlagen

To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel.

Rada

(politics) A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.

Radar

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

Radau

A loud noise.

Rädchen

An unimportant individual in a greater system.

radebrechen

(transitive) To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.

radeln

(intransitive) To ride a bike.

Rädelsführer

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

Rädelsführerin

A person who starts and leads a disturbance (such as a riot), a conspiracy, or a criminal gang.

Räder

The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

radfahren

To go through a cycle or to put through a cycle.

Radfahrer

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

Radfahrerin

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

radial

Arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.

Radiant

(geometry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of plane angle: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of its circumference equal in length to the radius of the circle.

Radianz

(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Radiation

Radioactive energy.

Radiator

Anything which radiates or emits rays.

Radicalwort

(linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

Radierer

(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

Radiergummi

(North America, Philippines) An object used to erase or remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil.

Radierung

(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

Radieschen

A plant of the Brassicaceae family, Raphanus sativus or Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, having an edible root.

radikal

To a drastic degree.

Radikale

A person with radical opinions.

Radikaler

A person with radical opinions.

Radikalinski

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

radikalisch

(chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.

Radio

(uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

radio-

radiation, radioactive

radioaktiv

Exhibiting radioactivity.

Radioempfänger

(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

Radiologe

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

Radiologie

(medicine) The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography#Noun but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation#Noun (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging).

Radiologin

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

Radiosender

(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.

Radium

The chemical element (symbol Ra) with an atomic number of 88. It is a soft, shiny and silvery radioactive alkaline earth metal.

Radius

(zoology) The lighter bone (or fused portion of bone) in the forelimb of an animal.

Radix

(linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

Radja

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Radlader

A type of four-wheeled tractor, used in construction, which has a one-man cabin and a large scoop at the front which can be used to dig up dirt or other material.

Radler

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

Radlerin

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

Radmacher

(historical) A person who builds and repairs wagons.

Radnabe

The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.

Radon

The chemical element (symbol Rn, formerly Ro) with atomic number 86. It is an odorless, colorless, chemically inert but radioactive noble gas.

Radrennen

(uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

Radscha

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Radschm

(legal) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment

Radsport

(uncountable) The sport of riding and racing cycles, especially bicycles.

Radsturz

(automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.

Radvorleger

Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

raffen

(transitive, slang) To understand (something) intuitively, to know (something) without having to think intellectually.

Raffgier

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Raffinement

Cunning; craft; artful practice.

Raffinerie

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

Raffinesse

(uncountable) Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. [from c. 1520]

raffiniert

(of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.

Raffsucht

A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.

Rafting

The sport of guiding a raft while descending a river, especially through rapids known as white water rafting.

Rage

The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.

ragen

(intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.

Ragnarök

(Norse mythology) A series of future events culminating in a battle, fought between the Æsir and einherjar on one side, and the forces of Surtr, Loki, and Loki's children on the other, in which all of creation is burned down and almost all life is extinguished.

Rah

(nautical) A long tapered timber hung on a mast to which is bent a sail, and may be further qualified as a square, lateen, or lug yard. The first is hung at right angles to the mast, the latter two hang obliquely.

Rahel

(biblical character) Younger daughter of Laban, sister to Leah, and second wife of Jacob.

Rahm

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

Rahmen

A colored or gilded border.

Rahmenkonzept

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

Rahmenwerk

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

Raider

A popular chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, consisting of two fingers of biscuit with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).