German–English dictionary

Reggae

(Rastafari, music genre, originally, dance) A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

Regie

The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

regierbar

Capable of being governed or subjected to authority; amenable to law or rule.

Regieren

The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.

regierend

That rules; predominant; chief; reigning; controlling.

Regierung

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

Regierungsform

The specific system by which a political system is ruled.

Regierungsmannschaft

(politics, often, capitalized) In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

Regimekritiker

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.

Regimekritikerin

A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws.

Regiment

(military) A unit of armed troops under the command of an officer, and consisting of several smaller units. [from 16th c.]

Regina

A en given name.

Regine

A en given name.

Region

(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]

regional

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

Regionalismus

(linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.

Regisseur

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Regisseurin

One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

Register

The record of such enrolling; registration.

Registerführer

An official keeper or recorder of records.

Registerkarte

(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.

Registrar

An official keeper or recorder of records.

Registrator

An official keeper or recorder of records.

Registratur

(countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.

registrieren

(transitive) To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).

Registrierkasse

A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.

registriert

Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register

Registrierung

The act of registering for something; registration.

Regler

(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.

reglos

Without emotion; impassive.

Reglosigkeit

(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

regnerisch

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

regressiv

(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.

regulär

Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance. [from 15th c.]

Regulativ

(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.

regulatorisch

Of or pertaining to regulation.

regulieren

(transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

Regulierung

The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration

regungslos

(not comparable) Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life) .

regurgitieren

Something regurgitated; regurgitated matter.

Rehabilitation

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

rehabilitieren

(transitive) To restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc. [from 16th c.]

Rehbock

A male roe deer.

rehbraun

Of the fawn colour.

Rehfleisch

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

Rehgeiß

A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used).

Rehkitz

A young deer.

Reibach

(informal, usually, as make a killing) A large amount of money.

Reibahle

A tool for boring a hole wider.

Reibe

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

Reibebrett

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

Reibelaut

(phonetics) Any of several speech sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant.

reiben

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

Reibung

The rubbing of one object or surface against another.

reibungslos

Of or pertaining to lack of friction.

Reibungswärme

Heat excited by friction.

Reich

A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.

Reich des Todes

(religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

reich verziert

Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.

reichen

(ambitransitive) To suffice.

Reicher

Somebody who is wealthy.

reichhaltig

Characterised or marked by fullness; abundant, copious.

reichlich

Ample, plenty, abundant.

Reichskanzler

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

Reichskanzlerin

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

Reichsmark

(historical) A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.

Reichstag

(historical) The lower chamber of the federal parliament of Germany until 1945; the building that housed it.

Reichtum

An abundance of wealth.

Reichtümer

Money, goods, wealth, treasure.

Reichweite

The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

Reif

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

Reifbelag

The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.

Reife

The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.

reifen

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

reifen lassen

(transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.

Reifen mit Spikes

Tires with metal protrusions used for improved traction on snow and ice in winter.

Reifenpanne

A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.

Reifezeit

A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.

reiflich

Profound; careful.

Reifung

The period of time during which an animal or human offspring physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.

Reihe

A large collection.

Reihenfolge

A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.

Reihenhausstraße

A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.

Reihenhausviertel

A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.

Reiher

Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

reihern

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

Reiherschnabel

Any plant of genus Erodium.

Reims

A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.

rein

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]

rein akademisch

(North America) Having no practical consequence or relevance.

rein gedanklich

in theory though not necessarily in reality.

rein machen

(transitive) To free from guilt or sin.

Reineke

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.

Reineke Fuchs

(literary, poetic) A name in European folklore for the red fox.

reinerbig

Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Reinfall

(UK, idiomatic) Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.

reinhauen

(colloquial) To begin eating.

Reinheit

The state or degree of being pure.

Reinhold

A en given name, today more popular in the forms Reginald and Ronald. Modern use is partly transferred from the surname.

reinigen

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

Reiniger

A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.

Reinigung

An act of cleansing; a purification.

Reinigungskraft

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

Reinigungsmittel

Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.

Reinkarnation

A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

reinkarnieren

(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

reinkarniert

(often, _, postpositive) Reincarnated.

reinlegen

(transitive, informal) To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

reinlich

Being habitually clean, practising good hygiene.

Reinlichkeit

The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.

reinrassig

Of purebred ancestry.

reinstopfen

(transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.

Reinvermögen

(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.

reinwaschen

(transitive) To free from sin, guilt, or burden.

reinziehen

(transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.]

Reis

(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Reis-Congee

(Asian, _, cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

Reise

(obsolete) A going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.

Reisebericht

An account or record of a journey.

Reisebeschreibung

(in the plural) An account of one's travels.

Reisebus

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

Reiseführer

A person who looks after and guides tourists.

Reiseleiter

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Reiseleiterin

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Reiselust

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

Reisemitbringsel

An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.

reisen

(intransitive, archaic) To go, travel.

reisend

Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

Reisende

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Reisender

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Reisepass

An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.

Reiseplan

A route or proposed route of a journey.

Reiseroute

A route or proposed route of a journey.

Reisetasche

(US, AU, often, _, military) A large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.

Reiseverkehr

(figurative) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.

Reiseweg

A route or proposed route of a journey.

Reiseziel

(countable) The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

Reisfeld

(countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

Reisig

Branches and twigs fallen from trees and shrubs.

Reisigbesen

A broom made from a bundle of twigs tied onto a shaft.

Reißaus nehmen

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

reissen

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

reißen an

(transitive) To jerk sharply and briefly.

Reißnadel

A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

Reißnagel

A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

Reißverschluss öffnen

(transitive) To open something using a zipper.

Reißwolf

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

Reißwolle

A low-grade cloth made from by-products of wool processing, or from recycled wool.

Reißzahn

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.

Reißzwecke

A small nail with a flat head.