German–English dictionary

Rückwirkung

(literal) A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.

Rückwurf

A reversion to an earlier stage of development.

Rückzahlung

Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.

Rückzug

The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

Rückzugsort

A peaceful or tranquil place.

Rucola

A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species:

rüde

(US) Incorrigible and insolent.

Rudel

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

Ruder

(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.

Ruderausschlag

(nautical) The use of a helm (sense 1); also, the amount of space through which a helm is turned.

Ruderbank

(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

Ruderboot

(US) A small open boat propelled by oars (by rowing).

Ruderer

A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.

Rudergänger

(nautical) A member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering.

Ruderhaus

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

rudern

(transitive) To propel something through water with a paddle, oar, hands, etc.

Ruderöse

(nautical, specifically) In a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder: the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.

Ruderpflock

A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.

Rüdiger

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

Rudiment

(often, _, in the plural) A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.

rudimentär

(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile. [from mid 1700s]

rudimentäre Kenntnis

A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.

Rüebli

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Ruf

A cry or shout.

Rufen

A cry or shout.

Rüffel

A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

rüffeln

To reprove in a formal or official way.

Rufgerät

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

Rufmord

(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.

Rufnummernmitnahme

(software) The ability of a program (or software system) to execute properly on multiple hardware platforms.

Rufweite

A distance from which sound is still audible.

Rugby

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

Rüge

The act of admonishing; a reprimand or rebuke.

Rüge erteilen

(obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

rügen

(obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

rügenswert

Deserving of reprehension.

Ruhe

(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.

Ruhebett

A couch that can be used as a sofa by day and a bed by night.

Ruhekissen

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

Ruhelage

(uncountable) The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism.

ruhelos

Unable to relax: fidgety; restless; worried; anxious.

Ruhelosigkeit

The state or condition of being restless; an inability to be still, quiet, at peace or comfortable.

ruhen

(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.

ruhend

Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.

Ruhestand

The state of having permanently left one's employment, now especially at reaching pensionable age; the portion of one's life after retiring from one's career. [from 17th c.]

Ruhestätte

A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

Ruhetag

A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.

Ruhezustand

Clipping of dormitory.

Ruhezustand einnehmen

(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

ruhig

In a calm manner; coolly.

ruhig stellen

(transitive) To make calm.

Ruhm

(uncountable, uncommon outside high registers) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. [from 17th c.]

Rühmen

Worship or praise.

rühmenswert

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

Ruhmes-

Showing or conferring honour and respect.

ruhmvoll

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.

Ruhr

A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin.

rühren

(transitive) To move to emotion.

rührend

Causing or evoking deep emotions.

rührig

Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative

rührselig

Excessively sweet.

Rührseligkeit

An act or state of being sentimental.

Rührstab

(fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

Rührstäbchen

(fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.

Rührtrommel

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

Ruin

(countable) A cause of misery or ruin.

Ruine

The ruins of a broken-down structure.

Ruinen

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

ruinieren

(figurative) To cause (someone) misery or ruin; to socially or spiritually injure (someone).

ruiniert

With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.

Rum

(uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.

Rumäne

(countable) A native of Romania.

Rumänien

A country in Southeast Europe. Capital and largest city: Bucharest.

Rumänin

(countable) A native of Romania.

rumänisch

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

Rumba

A slow-paced Cuban partner dance in 4:4 time.

Rumba tanzen

To dance the rumba.

rumhängen

(idiomatic) To spend time or be friends. (especially to hang around with someone)

rumhängen (coll.)

Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner.

rummachen

(slang, chiefly, US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately. [from 20th c.]

Rummel

A carnival game in which the player attempts to throw hoops around pegs.

Rummelei

A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.

Rumpeln

(mechanics) The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

Rumpf

The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.

Rumtreiber

(sometimes, pejorative) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.

rund

Nearly; approximately; about.

Rund-Morchel

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

Rundblättrige Glockenblume

A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

Rundblick

A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.

Runde

(sports) One circuit around a race track.

runden

(transitive, intransitive) To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.

Rundenkampf

(in combination) A fight lasting a specified number of rounds.

Rundfunk

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

Rundfunkempfänger

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

Rundfunkempfangsgerät

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

Rundfunkgerät

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

Rundfunksender

An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.

Rundgang

A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.

Rundgesang

(uncountable) Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.

Rundhaus

(archaeology) A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age. [from 19th c.]

Rundholz

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

rundlich

(informal) Slightly fat.

Rundmorchel

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

Rundreise

(often, figurative, travel) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.

Rundschwanzseekuh

Any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of the genus Trichechus, found in tropical regions.

Rundung

(engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an inside edge, added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.

Rundweg

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

Runge

A vertical pole, post, or support.

Runkelrübe

A root vegetable, variety of Beta vulgaris, cultivated chiefly as cattle feed.

runter

(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

runterkippen

(transitive) To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell. [from 16th c.]

runterschubsen

(transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.

runtersetzen

(UK, Irish) To make prices, or taxes, lower.

runterstürzen

(transitive, slang) To drink or swallow rapidly.

Runterweg

An instance of descending; act of coming down.

runterwerfen

(transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.

runterwirtschaften (coll.)

(transitive) To cause to become obsolete.

Runzel

A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue.

runzelig

Withered; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness.

runzelig werden

(intransitive, of skin) To develop irreversibly wrinkles; to age.

runzeln

(transitive) To wrinkle (the skin).

Rüpel

An uncultured person; a vulgarian.

rüpelhaft

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

rupfen

(transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).

ruppig

Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven.

Rupprecht

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

Rus

A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]

Rüsche

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

Rüschen

(architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.

Ruß

Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.

Russe

(countable) An ethnic Russian; a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.

Rüssel

A snout, the nose of an animal.

Rüsselkäfer

A weevil; specifically, a true weevil ("beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae")

rußig

Pertaining to or resembling soot in such features as colour, texture or taste; sooty, dusky. [from 16th c.]

Russin

(countable) An ethnic Russian; a member of the East Slavic ethnic group which is native to, and constitutes the majority of the population of, Russia.

russisch

related to the Rus (people)

russische Sprache

(uncountable) The Russian language.

Russland

A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.

Russländer

(countable, obsolete) A person from the Soviet Union.

russländisch

Of or pertaining to Russia or Russians.

rüsten

(transitive, chiefly, reflexive) To prepare (oneself) for an action.

Rüster

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

rustikal

Country-styled or pastoral; rural.

Rüstkammer

A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.

Rüstung

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.

Rüstzeug

(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear. [from late 14th c.]

Rute

(vulgar, slang) The penis. [from the 20th c.]

Rutengänger

One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Rutengängerin

One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Rutger

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