German–English dictionary

Raimund

A en given name.

Rain

A commune of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.

Rainfarn

A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare.

Rainweide

Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum.

Rais

(historical) The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.

Raja

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Rajah

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

Rajasthan

A state in northwestern India, created in 1949 and replacing the former province of Rajputana. Capital: Jaipur. [from 20th c.]

räkeln

(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]

Raketenpanzerbüchse

(by extension) Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.

Raketensilo

An underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of ICBMs.

Ralf

A en given name.

Ralle

Any of several birds in the family Rallidae.

Rallye

(motor racing) An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

RAM

(electronics, computing) Acronym of random-access memory.

Ramadan

(Islam) The holy ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast between the break of dawn until sunset; they also refrain from drinking liquids, smoking and having sexual relations.

Ramen

Soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).

Ramesses

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

ramifizieren

(ambitransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions.

rammeln

(ambitransitive, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse with.

rammen

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

Rammler

A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, shad and kangaroo.

Rammsporn

The projecting prow of a rowed warship, such as a trireme.

Rampe

An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.

Rampenlicht

A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.

ramponiert

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

Ramsch

(slang) Anything that is old or of inferior quality.

Ramses

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.

Ranch

A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.

Rand

(topology) (of a set) the set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set

Randabschluss

(by extension, countable) The projecting rim of an open container or a bell, etc.; a short open spout.

Randale

A course of violent, frenzied action.

Randalieren

A course of violent, frenzied action.

Randalierer

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

Randaliererin

One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.

Randbemerkung

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

Randbezirk

A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.

Randgebiet

A group of people situated on the periphery of a larger community.

Randgruppe

(also, attributive) Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding extremist or unorthodox views.

Randnote

Notes in the margin of a document. [from 1830s]

Randnotiz

(countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

Rando

(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence. [from 20th c.]

Randolf

A en given name.

random

(informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.

Randstein

(British spelling) .

Randstreifen

A colored or gilded border.

Rang

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

Rangelei

A minor fight or argument.

rangeln

(transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Rangfolge

One’s relative placement in a list.

ranghöher

Higher in rank, power, or position. [first attested around 1150–1350]

Rangierdienstmitarbeiter

A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.

rangieren

(intransitive) To have a ranking.

Rangierer

A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.

Rangordnung

Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Rank

An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.

Ranke

(botany) A thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.

Rankenfüßer

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

Rankenfußkrebs

A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.

Rankenwerk

An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.

Rankgerüst

An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.

Ranking

One’s relative placement in a list.

Ransomware

(computer security) Malware that holds the data of a computer user for ransom, usually requiring or claiming to require payment to restore access.

Rant

A criticism done by ranting.

Ranzen

(informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged.

ranzig

(chiefly, UK, ) Rancid, rotten, gone bad.

ranzig werden

(intransitive, UK, Australia, Canada) To putrefy or become inedible, or to become unusable in any way.

Ranzigkeit

The state of being rancid.

Rapier

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling

rappen

(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

Rapper

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

Rapperin

(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music.

rar

Very uncommon; scarce.

Rarität

The property of being rare; rarity

rasant

Very strong or intense; excessive, tremendous. [from 18th c.]

rasch

Quickly, rapidly, with speed.

Rascheln

A soft crackling sound similar to the movement of dry leaves.

Raschid

A en given name.

rasen

(intransitive) To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.

rasend

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

rasend machen

(transitive) To make angry.

rasend schnell im Internet ausbreitet

(computing) Of the nature of an informatic virus; able to spread copies of itself to other computers.

rasendschnell

Very fast.

Rasenmäher

A device used for cutting grass to a chosen height, typically of landscaped lawns of residences or institutions.

Rasenschnitt

(countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.

Rasensode

(uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

Rasenziegel

(uncountable) The stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.

Raser

(colloquial, dated) One who rides a bicycle furiously on a public highway.

Raserei

Violent uncontrolled anger.

Rasierapparat

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

rasieren

(intransitive) To remove hair from one's face by this means.

Rasierer

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

Rasiermesser

A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

rasiert

Having been shaved.

Rasierwasser

a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving

Raspel

a tool with which one grates, especially foods such as cheese, to facilitate getting small particles or shreds off a solid lump

Rasse

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

Rasse-

Of purebred ancestry.

Rassel

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

Rasselgeräusch

(medicine, now, chiefly, in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.

Rasseln

Rattling sound.

Rassenhygiene

(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with superior genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with inferior genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.

rassenrein

Having genuine parents of the same breed, usually of an animal.

Rassentrennung

(politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).

rassisch

Of or relating to a race (or a people).

Rassismus

Prejudice or discrimination based upon race or ethnicity; (countable) an action of such discrimination.

Rassist

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

Rassistin

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

rassistisch

Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.

rassistisch motiviert

Relating to race.

Rastalocken

A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

rasten

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

Raster

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

Rastergrafik

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

rastern

To mark with a grid.

Rasthaus

(chiefly, US) An inn or similar establishment situated beside a road beyond the jurisdiction of a town or city. In the centuries before motor vehicles, such inns were places for travellers to stop at night during multi-day journeys, besides being public houses for their local countryfolk.

Rastklinke

A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.

rastlos

Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.

Rasur

An instance of shaving.

Rat

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

Rat halten

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

Ratatouille

A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant.

Rate

(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.

Rateaufgabe

A riddle, or a difficult problem.

raten

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

Raterei

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

Ratifikation

The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified.

ratifizieren

(transitive) To give formal consent to; make officially valid, sign off on.

Ratifizierung

A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.

Rating

An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.

Ration

A portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person or group.

rational

Mentally rational; sane.

Rationale

(rare, religion) A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.

rationalisieren

To make something rational or more rational.

Rationalisierung

(now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

Rationalismus

(philosophy) The theory that the reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.

rationieren

(transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.

Rationierung

Controlled distribution of scarce resources such as food or fuel; used typically in wartime.

ratlos

(idiomatic) Not sure; uncertain; lacking further ideas, direction, or ability.

ratlos machen

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

ratsam

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

ratschen

(transitive) To pronounce with a uvular "r".

Ratschlag

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

Rätsel

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

Rätselfrage

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

rätselhaft

Pertaining to an enigma.

Rätselraten

An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

Ratsmitglied

In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

Rattan

Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.

Ratte

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.