German–English dictionary

Schleimkugel

(biology) A round lump made up of or coated with slime or a slime-like substance such as mucus.

Schleimstoff

A thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.

Schleimsuppe

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

Schlemihl

A person who is clumsy or who hurts others emotionally.

Schlemm

(uncountable) Synonym of slam (“card game”).

schlemmen

(intransitive) To partake in a feast, or large meal.

Schlemmer

A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

Schlemmerin

A person given to excess in the consumption of food and drink; a greedy or ravenous eater.

schlendern

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

Schlenker

A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.

schlenkern

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

Schleppboot

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Schleppdampfer

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Schleppe

(pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.

schleppen

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

schleppend

Having no power to move oneself or itself; inert.

schleppend bewegen

(intransitive) To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.

schleppend sprechen

(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, as from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

Schlepper

A long, slender, pointed sable paintbrush for making fine lines, etc.; said to be so called from its use for drawing the lines of the rigging of ships.

Schlepperin

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Schleppkahn

(watercraft) A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.

Schleppnetz

(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

Schleppnetzfischerei

A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.

Schleppschiff

(watercraft) A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

Schlepptau

A rope or cable used in towing.

Schleuder

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

schleudern

(transitive) To throw violently.

Schleudertrauma

(figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.

Schleuse

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

schleusen

(transitive) To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).

Schleusentor

An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.

Schlich

(usually, in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

schlicht

Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.

schlichten

(intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

Schlichter

A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.

Schlichterin

Someone who decides or settles something, such as a dispute.

Schlichtheit

(uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)

Schlichtung

(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.

Schlick

(uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

Schlicker

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

Schlidderer (regional)

A person or creature that slips.

Schliere

An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

schlieren

(intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.

Schließe

Something or someone that fastens.

schließen

(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.

Schließfach

(computing) An encrypted digital archive.

schließlich

(idiomatic) anyway, in any case; indicates a statement is true regardless of other considerations; used to reinforce or explain a point.

Schließung

An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

Schliff

Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

schlimm

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

schlimmer

(for non-slang definitions)

schlimmer machen

(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).

schlimmste

Most inferior; doing the least good.

schlimmster

Most inferior; doing the least good.

Schlinge

An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Schlingel

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

schlingen

(transitive) To swallow food without chewing it.

schlingern

(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

Schlingpflanze

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

Schlips

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

Schlitten

(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.

Schlittschuh

A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.

Schlittschuh laufen

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

Schlittschuhlaufen

The act, or the sport, of skating on ice.

Schlittschuhläufer

A person who skates.

Schlittschuhläuferin

A person who skates.

Schlitz

The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.

Schlitzauge

(vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

schlitzen

To cut a narrow opening.

Schlitzi

(vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

schlitzohrig

(UK, colloquial, of a person) Lucky; especially undeservedly so.

Schloß

(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.

Schlossberg

A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

Schlosser

One who practices locksmithing.

Schlot

A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.

Schlucht

A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river.

schluchzen

(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.]

Schluchzer

A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.

Schluck

The usual amount swallowed.

Schluckauf

A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.

Schlückchen

A small mouthful of drink

schlucken

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

Schlucker

(colloquial, pejorative) A deplorable, pitiful person.

Schluckloch

(geology) A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.

schlucksen

(intransitive) To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups.

schluderig

Without planning or thinking ahead.

schludern

To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.

schludrig

(slang, somewhat, vulgar) Poorly or incompetently done; desultory.

Schluff

(uncountable) Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

Schluffen

(footwear) A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.

Schlummerland

An imaginary place inhabited by those who are asleep; (by extension) the state of slumber.

schlummern

(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap). [from 1850s]

Schlummernde

One who dozes.

Schlummernder

One who dozes.

Schlummertrunk

A beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic. [From 1818.]

Schlumpf

(comics, fictional character) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.

Schlund

The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature; craw.

Schlupf

(zoology) A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.

schlüpfen

(intransitive, of young animals) To emerge from an egg.

Schlüpfer

(chiefly, UK) An undergarment that covers the genitals and often the buttocks and the neighbouring parts of the body; underpants. [from 19th c.]

Schlüpfling

A newly hatched bird, reptile or other animal that has emerged from an egg.

Schlupfloch

A hole in an animal’s den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit, i.e., a hole the animal may bolt through.

schlüpfrig

In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.

Schlüpfschuh

A shoe with no laces, resembling a moccasin.

Schlupftür

A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.

schlurfen

(intransitive) To walk with a shuffling gait.

Schluss

(figurative) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

Schluss-

(linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.

Schluss, aus, Ende

(colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.

Schlussanträge

(European Union, _, law) A judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible.

Schlüsse ziehen

(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]

Schlüssel

(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Schlüsselanhänger

(see usage notes) A small ornament attached to such a chain.

Schlüsselband

(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.

Schlüsselbein

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

Schlüsselblume

A low-growing plant, Primula veris, with yellow flowers.

schlüsselfertig

Ready to use without further assembly or test; supplied in a state that is ready to turn on and operate (typically refers to an assembly that is outsourced for manufacture).

Schlüsselkarte

A usually plastic card which stores a digital signature that is used to operate an electronic access control lock.

Schlüsselloch

Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function; especially, one that gives a vista of, or access to, a space beyond.

Schlüsselring

An ornamental piece holding such a chain or ring.

Schlüsselwort

(cryptography) Any word#Noun used as the key to a code.

Schlussergebnis

The final result, or outcome of something.

schlussfolgern

(transitive, now, rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)

Schlussfolgerung

The end, finish, close or last part of something.

Schlussformel

A word or phrase used to end a letter or message.

schlüssig

Orderly, logical and consistent.

Schlussläufer

(athletics) The most reliable runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.

Schlussläuferin

(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.

Schlussphase

(by extension) The final stage of any game.

Schlussresultat

The final result, or outcome of something.

Schlussrunde

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

Schlusssatz

(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

Schlussstein

(architectural element) A knob or projection, usually at the intersection of ribs in a vault.

Schlussverkauf

(by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday).

Schmach

The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame.

schmachten

(intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]

Schmachtfetzen

A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.

Schmack

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack

Schmackes

(informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.

schmackhaft

(colloquial, figurative) Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

Schmadder

Slimy mud, sludge.

schmähen

(idiomatic) To make damaging or spiteful remarks.

schmähend

Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

Schmährede

A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.

Schmähruf

A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.

Schmähschrift

(journalism) A published article or post aiming to sway public opinion, especially by presenting false or biased information in a way that appears objective and truthful.

Schmähung

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]

schmal

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

schmälern

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

Schmälerung

The result of being impaired.