German–English dictionary

Rostlaube

(US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

Rostow

A city in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.

Rostrum

(zoology) The beak-shaped projection on the head of insects such as weevils.

rot

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.

rot anlaufen

(transitive) To affect with jaundice; to color by prejudice or envy; to prejudice. [from 1791]

rot werden

(intransitive) To become red or pink in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, love, shame, excitement, or embarrassment.

Rotangpalme

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

Rotation

(chiefly, uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.

Rotations-

Of, pertaining to or caused by rotation.

Rotationsbrache

(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

Rotauge

The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. [from 17th c.]

Rotbarsch

Salvelinus, a genus of fish in the salmon family

Rotbaun

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

rotbraun

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Rotbuche

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

Röte

An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc.

Rote Bete

(US, Canada) A beetroot; a swollen root of such a plant used as a culinary vegetable.

röten

(transitive) To make red or redder.

Roter

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Roter Apollo

A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.

Rotfeder

The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. [from 17th c.]

rothaarig

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.

Rothaarige

A person with red hair.

Rothaariger

A person with red hair.

Rothirsch

A species of large deer, Cervus elaphus, found in Europe and southwestern Asia.

Roti

A kind of unleavened flatbread commonly consumed in South Asia and the Caribbean.

rotierbar

Capable of rotation.

rotieren

To physically swirl or rotate.

rotierend

Capable of rotation.

Rotkehlchen

A small passerine Old World bird; Erithacus rubecula.

Rotkopf

(colloquial, often, _, derogatory, countable) A person with reddish hair; a redhead.

Rotkopfente

A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.

rötlich

Somewhat red.

rötlichbraun

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Rotluchs

A North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Rotschopf

(colloquial, often, _, derogatory, countable) A person with reddish hair; a redhead.

Rotte

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

Rotterdam

A city in South Holland, Netherlands.

Rottweiler

A very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.

Rötung

Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.

Rotwelsch

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

Rotwerden

A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.

Rotz

(US, Canada, Philippines, slang) A piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.

Rotze

(informal, uncountable, sometimes, slightly, vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.

rotzig

Running or dirtied with mucus.

Rotznase

(slang, countable) A contemptible child.

rotznäsig

(informal) Ill-tempered or impertinent in an arrogant, conceited manner.

Rouge

(uncountable, countable) A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks.

Rough

The unmowed part of a golf course.

Rouleau

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.

Roulette

(uncountable) A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

Route

A course designated for ships or aircraft.

Routine

Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.

routiniert

Ordinary with nothing to distinguish it from all the others.

Rowdy

A rough or violent youth.

Rowdytum

unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans

Roxane

The wife of Alexander the Great.

Royal

(somewhat, informal, often capitalised) A royal person; a member of a royal family.

Royalist

A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.

Royalistin

A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.

Royalsegel

(nautical, sailing) In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.

Royalty

The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property.

Ruanda

A country in East Africa.

Rübe

Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.

Rubel

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria equal to 100 kopeks (Russian: копе́йка, Belarusian: капе́йка). The Russian ruble's symbol is ₽.

rüberhüpfen

To leap lightly over.

rüberspringen

To leap lightly over.

Rubikon

(historical) A small river in northeastern Italy which flowed into the Adriatic Sea marking the boundary between the Roman province of Gaul and the Roman heartland. Its crossing by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C.E. began a civil war.

Rubin

(uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

rubinrot

Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

Rubrum

(legal) The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.

Rübsen

Any of a number of cultivars of rapeseed (Brassica napus) and closely related field mustard (Brassica rapa), which have a lower erucic acid and glucosinolate content than traditional rapeseed.

ruchlos

Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics.

Ruck

A sudden pull.

rück-

(comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

Ruckänderung

(physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed by crackle and pop

Ruckanstieg

The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.

ruckartige Bewegung

An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.

Rückbesinnung

The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.

rückbezüglich

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

Rückbildung

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.

Rückblende

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

Rückblick

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

rückblickend

When looked back upon as a past event; as can be seen now, but not at the time.

rückdrehen

(nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Rückdruck

(firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.

ruckeln

(intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.

Rücken

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

Rückenlehne

The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.

Rückenpanzer

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

Rückenschild

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

Rückenschmerzen

Any pain or ache in the back.

Rückerinnerung

A mental image thus remembered.

Rückerstattung

(countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense.

Rückfall

Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.

rückfällig

Being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.

Rückfluss

The backwards flow of any fluid.

Rückgabe

An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect, or the act of returning it.

Rückgang

(economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.

rückgängig machen

(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with. [First attested in the early 16th century.]

Rückgeld

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

Rückgrat

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

rückgratlos

Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.

rückhaltlos

Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.

Rückhandschlag

(racquet sports) A shot played backhand, a backhand stroke.

Rückkehr

A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.

Rückkehrer

Someone who returns from a long absence.

Rückkopplung

(electronics, cybernetics, control theory, ) The part of an output signal that is looped back into the input to control or modify a system.

Rücklage

A reserve source or supply.

rückläufig werden

(intransitive) To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.

Rückleuchte

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

Rücklicht

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

Rückmeldung

Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.

Rückprall

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

Rückruf

A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.

Rückrufaktion

A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.

rückrufen

(transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]

Rückruffunktion

(programming) A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.

Rucksack

A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books.

Rucksackreisender

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

Rucksacktourist

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

Rückschau

Consideration of past times.

rückschauend

Of, relating to, or contemplating the past.

Rückscheinwerfer

One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.

Rückschlag

A damaging occurrence.

Rückschritt

An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.

Rückseite

The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur

(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

rucksen

(ambitransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

Rücksendung

An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.

rücksetzen

To set back to the initial state.

Rücksicht

The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.

rücksichtslos

Ruthlessly competitive, dog-eat-dog.

Rücksichtslosigkeit

The quality of being pushy; being aggressively ambitious, overly assertive.

rücksichtsvoll

Characterised by careful and conscious thought.

Rückstand

Unpaid debt.

rückständig

Of a culture, country, practice etc., undeveloped or unsophisticated.

Rückstau

An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

Rückstellung

Money set aside for a future event.

Rückstoß

(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

Rückstufung

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

Rücktritt

The act of resigning.

Rücktrittserklärung

A written or oral declaration that one resigns.

Rückvergütung

The return of part of an amount already paid.

Rückverweisung

(law) A referral of a case back to another (especially a lower or inferior) court of law; a remand, a remittal.

rückwärts

(archaic, Geordie) Towards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]

rückwärts treten

(intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle.

Rückwärtsgang

The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.) [from 19th c.]

Rückwärtsschrägstrich

The punctuation mark \.

rückwirkend

Extending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions