German–English dictionary

ritualhaft

In the manner of a ritual.

rituell

Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

Ritus

A religious practice or ritual prescribed by a church.

Ritz

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

Ritze

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

Ritzel

(mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.

Ritzpflug

A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil. [20th c.]

Rivale

Someone who competes with one or more other people.

Rivalin

A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

Rivalität

Any competition between two or more things or factors.

Rivier

A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).

Rizin

(protein, poison) An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.

Roaming

(uncountable, telecommunications) The ability to use a cell phone outside of its original registering zone.

Robbe

Any of various large marine mammals belonging to the parvorder Pinnipedia comprising walruses, eared seals and earless seals.

Robbenbaby

A young seal.

Robbenjagd

Hunting of seals (the animals).

Robbenjunges

A young seal.

Robe

The official robe of certain professionals, clerics, and scholars, such as university students and officers, barristers, judges, etc.

Robert

(rare, _, compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

Robin

(rare, _, compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.

Robotik

The science and technology of robots, their design, manufacture, and application

robust

Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy#Adjective.

Robustheit

The quality of being robust.

Roch

An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

Rochade

(chess) A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.

Röcheln

The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breathe.

Rochen

Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

rochieren

(usually, _, intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.

Rochus

(slang, uncountable, or, countable, plural beefs) A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)

Rock

A knee-length tunic.

Rockaufschlag

Each of the two triangular pieces of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat that are folded back below the throat, leaving a triangular opening between.

Rocker

A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

Rockerin

A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.

Rockmusiker

A musician who plays rock music.

Rockmusikerin

A musician who plays rock music.

Rockstar

A member of a rock band, or a solo artist in the genre, especially one with celebrity status.

Rodelbahn

A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Rodeln

(uncountable) The sport of racing on luges.

roden

(transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.

Rodeo

(sports) A North American sport involving skills with horses, cows and other livestock.

Roderich

A en given name.

Rodler

Someone who competes in the luge.

Rodlerin

Someone who competes in the luge.

Rodung

The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

Rogen

Eggs of fish.

Roggen

The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]

roh

Crude, unpolished. [from 17th c.]

Rohbau

(figurative) The framework underlying a structure.

Roheit

The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

roher Mensch

(historical, now, pejorative, ) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

Rohhaut

Untanned hide.

Rohleder

Untanned hide.

Rohling

(pejorative) A rough, coarse, loud or uncouth individual.

Rohr

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

Rohrblatt

(countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.

Rohrblattinstrument

(countable, music) Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.

Rohrbogen

(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

Rohrdommel

Several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae.

Röhre

(surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

Röhren

The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.

rohrförmig

Shaped like a tube.

Rohrleitung

A conduit made of pipes used to convey water, gas or petroleum, etc.

Rohrleitungsverbinder

(engineering) A tube connector; a standardized connecting part of a piping system to attach sections of pipe together, such as a coupling

Rohrstock

(countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.

Rohseide

Raw silk fibres.

Rohstoff

(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.

Rokh

An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

Roland

A en given name.

Rollbahre

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.

Rollbein

The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.

Röllchen

That which is rolled up.

Rolle

A spool or cylinder around which wire is coiled.

Rollen

The audible friction of voiced consonants.

Rollenklischee

A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).

Rollenspiel

(games) Initialism of roleplaying game.

Roller

One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.

Rollertaube

A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).

Rollfeld

(informal, aviation) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.

Rollfuß

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

rollig

(informal) Sexually aroused.

Rolligkeit

(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

Rollladen

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

Rollmangel

A hand-operated device with rollers, for wringing laundry.

Rollmops

(colloquial, pejorative) Someone who is overweight.

Rollo

A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.

Rollrasen

(uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.

Rollschuh

A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.

Rollschuhbahn

A surface for roller skating.

Rolltreppe

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

Roma

A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.

Roma-Sprache

The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.

Romaji

A representation of Japanese in Latin script.

Roman

A en given name recently borrowed from continental Europe.

Romanautor

An author of novels.

Romanautorin

An author of novels.

Romancier

An author of novels.

Romane

A person from one of the modern European countries (including Italy, Spain etc.) whose language is descended from Latin.

Romanes

The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.

Romani

The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.

romanisch

Of or relating to the customs and people descended from the ancient Romans and their Empire.

Romanschreiber

An author of novels.

Romanschriftsteller

An author of novels.

Romanschriftstellerin

An author of novels.

Romantik

(arts, music) An artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, peaking from 1800 to 1850, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical.

Romantiker

An advocate or follower of romanticism.

Romantikerin

An advocate or follower of romanticism.

romantisch

Of or pertaining to Romanticism.

romantische Liebe

A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.

Romanze

An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

Romeo

(fiction) One of the main characters of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: the ardent lover of Juliet.

Römer

(historical) A person native to ancient Rome or its Empire.

Römerin

A native or resident of Rome.

römisch

Of or relating to Latin: the language spoken in ancient Rome and other cities of Latium.

römisch-katholisch

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

Rommé

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Rommee

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Ronald

A en given name.

Rondeau

(poetry) A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.

Rondo

(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.

Ronin

A masterless samurai (who often becomes a mercenary to make ends meet).

Röntgenologe

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

Röntgenologie

(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).

Röntgenologin

A person who is skilled in or practices radiology.

rooten

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

Rosa

A en given name.

Rosamunde

A en given name.

rosarot

Having a purplish-red or pink color; rosy.

Rose

(disease) An acute, sometimes recurrent febrile disease caused by infection of a hemolytic streptococcus, associated with intense edematous local inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissues, and marked by large raised red patches on the skin.

Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea.

Rosemarie

A en given name.

rosenblütige Pflanze

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

rosenblütige Pflanzen

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

Rosengewächs

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

Rosengewächse

A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae)

Rosenmalve

Any of several flowering plants of the genus Alcea in the Malvaceae family.

Roséwein

(countable) A serving of such wine.

Rosmarin

A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and perfumes.

Ross

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

Rössel

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Rosskastanie

Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.

Rössl

(chess) A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces.

Rösslispiel

(chiefly, British) A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.

Rossschwanz

A hairstyle where the hair is pulled back and tied into a single "tail" which hangs down behind the head.

Rost

A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

rostbeständig

Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion.

rostbraun

Having a reddish-brown color.

rosten

(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

rostfest

Resistant to rust, oxidation and corrosion.

rostfrei

That does not rust; stainless.

rostig

Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity. [from 16th c.]