German–English dictionary

Schuheputzen

The act of polishing shoes.

Schuhflicker

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Schuhkarton

The box in which shoes are sold.

Schuhmacher

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Schuhmacherin

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Schuhputzen

The act of polishing shoes.

Schuhriemen

A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.

Schuhschachtel

The box in which shoes are sold.

Schuhsohle

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Schuhspanner

A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe.

Schuhüberzieher

An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

Schuhüberzug

An overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet.

Schuhwerk

Items or an item of clothing that is worn on the foot; a shoe, sandal, etc.

Schukow

A transliteration of the Russian surname Жу́ков (Žúkov).

Schularbeit

A learning task assigned to a student; homework.

Schulbuch

A textbook, a book used, or prepared for use, in school.

Schuld

(computing) A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code.

Schuldbetrag

The amount owed.

schuldbewusst

Having a sense of guilt.

Schuldeingeständnis

(legal) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.

Schulden

An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.

Schuldenlast

The state or condition of being encumbered.

Schuldenschnitt

The partial or total forgiveness of debt.

Schuldensumme

The amount owed.

Schuldentafel

(countable) A record of money owed.

Schulderlass

(legal) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.

schuldfrei

Free from guilt; innocent.

Schuldgefühl

Regret for having done wrong.

Schuldhaftigkeit

The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.

schuldig

Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

Schuldige

One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.

Schuldiger

One who perpetrates; especially, one who commits an offence or crime.

schuldlos

Free from guilt; innocent.

Schuldner

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

Schuldnerin

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

Schuldspruch

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]

Schule

(collective, zoology) A group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami.

schulen

(transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

Schüler

Someone who is being educated.

Schulerdecke

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]

Schülerin

(dated, _, except in, _, UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

Schulfach

A particular area of study.

Schulglocke

A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.

Schulhof

(outdoors) A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). [1780]

Schuljunge

A boy attending school.

Schulkamerad

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

Schulkameradin

A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.

Schulkind

(dated, _, except in, _, UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

Schulleiter

(chiefly, UK, Irish) A male headteacher.

Schulleiterin

(chiefly, Commonwealth, Irish) A female headteacher.

Schulmädchen

A girl attending school.

Schulranzen

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

Schulschwänzen

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

schulschwänzend

(specifically) Of a student: absent from school without permission.

Schulschwänzer

(specifically) A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative) , a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.

Schulschwänzerin

(specifically) A student who is absent from school without permission; hence (figurative) , a person who shirks or wanders from business or duty.

Schultasche

A bag for holding books for school.

Schulter

Of, pertaining to, or near the humerus or shoulder

schultern

(transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.

Schulterriemen

(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.

Schultertuch

A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women. [from 1662]

Schulung

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

Schulverweigerung

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Schulz

A surname from German.

Schummelei

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.

schummeln

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

Schummelzettel

A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.

Schummler (coll.)

A cheat; a con artist.

schummrig

Not bright or colorful.

Schund

(figurative) Worthless or trivial matter.

schupfen

(transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

Schupp

An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.

Schüppe

A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.

Schuppen

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

schuppenbedeckt

Without scales, or with the scales removed.

Schuppenflechte

(disease) A noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.

schuppenlos

(botany, mycology) Not covered in scales or scale-like objects; having a smooth skin or outer covering.

Schuppenpanzer

Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).

Schuppentier

Any of several long-tailed, scale-covered mammals of the family Manidae within the order Pholidota of tropical Africa and Asia.

schuppig

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

schüren

(transitive) To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

Schürfen

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

Schürfwunde

Injury or wear caused by friction.

Schurke

(informal) a villain, particularly an antagonist in a story.

Schurkerei

malicious or reckless behaviour

Schurkin

A mean, worthless fellow; a rascal; a villain; a person without honor or virtue.

Schürze

The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.

schürzen

(intransitive) To push out one's lips.

Schürzenjäger

A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women.

Schuss

A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.

Schuss aufs Geratewohl

A shot taken at an easy or random target.

Schussabgabe

The discharge of a gun or other weapon.

Schüssel

(obsolete) A shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food.

Schussfaden

(weaving) The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.

schussfest

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

schusssicher

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

Schusswaffe

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Schusswechsel

The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.

Schuster

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Schusterin

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Schusterjunge

(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

Schute

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

Schutenhut

A type of hat, once worn by women or children, held in place by ribbons tied under the chin.

Schutt

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

Schüttelfrost

(medicine) A feeling of being cold, a symptom of many conditions.

Schütteln

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

schütten

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

schütter

Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.

Schutterarbeiter

A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.

Schutterer

A person who removes muck (waste, debris, broken rock, etc.), especially from a mine, construction site, or stable.

Schutthalde

(uncountable) Loose stony debris on a slope. [from early 18th c.]

Schutz

Protection or patronage.

Schutzblech

(US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

Schutzbrille

Protective eyewear set in a flexible frame to fit snugly against the face.

Schutzdach

An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.

Schütze

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

schützen

(transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

Schützengraben

(military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.

Schutzgebiet

A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.

Schutzgeflecht

A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.

Schutzimpfen

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Schutzimpfung

Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.

Schützin

(slang) A firearm.

Schutzkeller

(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

Schützling

A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced person (a protector or mentor).

schutzlos

Lacking any form of defense; vulnerable; open to attack.

Schutzraum

(sociology) A place or domain serving as a tolerant environment for people (especially a marginalized group) where they do not face harassment, criticism, scrutiny, etc.; especially one in which participants are understood to share a given political or social viewpoint. [from 20th c.]

Schutzwall

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

schwabbelig

Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.

schwach

(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

Schwäche

weakness; defect

schwächeln

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

schwächen

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

schwächend

Causing a loss of energy or strength.

schwächer werden

(transitive) To weaken.

Schwachkopf

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

schwächlich

Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.

Schwächling

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.

Schwachsinn

Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped.

schwachsinnig

Weak in intellectual power; lacking firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence

Schwachsinniger

(psychology, dated, originally) A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.

Schwachstelle

A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.

Schwächung

A deterioration of condition; a weakening or worsening.

Schwader

(agriculture, horticulture) A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.

Schwadron

(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

Schwafelei

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

schwafeln

(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

Schwafler

(mildly, derogatory) Someone who talks excessively.

Schwaflerin

(mildly, derogatory) Someone who talks excessively.

Schwägerschaft

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).