German–English dictionary

schwerreich

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

Schwerstverbrechen

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

Schwert

(nautical) A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.

Schwertfisch

(constellation) A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Schwertkampf

fighting with a sword

Schwertkämpfer

(countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.

Schwertkämpferin

(countable) A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.

Schwertkunst

the skill of using a sword

Schwertleite

(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.

Schwertlilie

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

Schwertscheide

The sheath of a sword.

Schwertschlepper

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.

Schwerverbrechen

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

Schwerverbrecher

(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

Schwerverbrecherin

(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

schwerwiegend

Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.

schwerwiegendes Fehlverhalten

Wrongdoing.

Schwester

A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.

Schwester-

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Schwesterchen

(informal) Clipping of sister.

schwesterlich

Of or characteristic of sisters.

Schwesternschaft

A religious society of women.

Schwesterschaft

The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.

schwielig

(literal) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

Schwieligkeit

The quality of having calluses.

schwierig

Difficult or convoluted.

schwierig zu behandeln

(medicine) Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).

Schwierigkeit

(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

Schwierigkeiten

Fuss, ado.

Schwierigkeiten haben

(intransitive) To make clumsy attempts to move or regain one's balance.

Schwimmen

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

schwimmend

Having buoyancy; able to float.

Schwimmer

A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.

Schwimmerin

One who swims.

schwimmfähig

Having buoyancy; able to float.

Schwimmfähigkeit

The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.

Schwimmflügel

(swimming) One of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim.

Schwimmschlamm

(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).

Schwinde

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

Schwindel

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

Schwindelei

(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.

schwindelerregend

Producing giddiness.

schwindelig

Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

schwindeln

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

schwinden

(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

schwindend

Diminishing rapidly.

Schwindler

Someone who cheats.

Schwindlerin

A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.

schwindlerisch

Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.

schwindlig

Experiencing a sensation of whirling and of being giddy, unbalanced, or lightheaded.

Schwingbaum

An ancient device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.

schwingen

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

schwingend

That oscillates; oscillating.

Schwingkölbchen

(entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.

Schwingschleifer

A machine to mechanize the process of sanding.

Schwingung

the act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated

schwirren

(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz, buzzing.

Schwirrvogel

Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

Schwitze

Fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation.

Schwitzen

The action or process of perspiring.

Schwitzkasten

A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.

schwören

(ambitransitive) To make a vow; to promise.

Schwuchtel

(chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

schwul

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

Schwulenfeind

One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.

schwulenfeindlich

Exhibiting homophobia; characteristic of homophobes.

Schwulenfeindlichkeit

Hatred, fear, dislike of, or prejudice against homosexuals, or LGBTQ people in general. [from 1971]

Schwuler

(chiefly, UK, slang, derogatory) A homosexual man.

schwülstig

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Schwund

(sciences) The loss of participants during an experiment.

Schwung

Vigour or vivacity.

Schwungtuch

A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.

schwungvoll

Ostentatiously self-confident.

Schwur

A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.

Scientologe

A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.

Scientologin

A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.

Scimitar

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

Scirocco

A hot and often strong southerly to southeasterly wind on the Mediterranean that originates in the Sahara and adjacent North African regions.

Scopolamin

(pharmaceutical drug) A poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (such as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis).

Scorecard

A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress.

Scotch

(uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.

Scrabble

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.

Screening

(medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.

Screwball

(baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

Screwdriver

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

scrollen

(ambitransitive, computing, GUI) To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.

Sct.

Abbreviation of Saint.

Séance

A ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits of dead people, usually led by a medium.

Seattle

A seaport and the largest city in Washington, United States, and the county seat of King County.

Sebastian

A en given name.

Sech

A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.

Sechs

The digit or figure 6.

Sechsflächner

(geometry) A polyhedron with six faces.

Sechskampf

(athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events.

Sechsling

One of a group of six persons or animals born from the same mother during the same birth.

sechste

The ordinal form of the number six.

Sechstel

One of six equal parts of a whole.

sechster

The ordinal form of the number six.

sechzehn

The cardinal number occurring after fifteen and before seventeen, represented in Arabic numerals as 16 and in Roman numerals as XVI.

sechzehnte

The ordinal form of the number sixteen.

Sechzehntel

One of sixteen equal parts of a whole.

sechzig

The cardinal number occurring after fifty-nine and before sixty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LX and in Arabic numerals as 60.

Sechziger

(The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)

sechziger Jahre

(The decade of the 1860s, 1960s, etc.)

sechzigjährig

Of or related to sixtysomethings.

Second-Hand

That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

secondhand

(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.

Secunda

(printing, dated) A large size of type, standardized as (UK) 22- or (US) 24-point.

sedativ

(pharmaceutical effect) Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

sedieren

To calm or put (a person) to sleep using a sedative drug.

Sedierung

The act of sedating, especially by use of sedatives.

Sediment

The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.

Sedimentgestein

Sedimentary rock: a type of stone that is composed of small particles and easily shaped, most commonly sandstone or limestone.

See

(now, chiefly, dialectal) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.

Seebär

Any marine mammal of the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur.

Seebehörde

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Seebrücke

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.

Seefahrer

A sea explorer.

Seefrau

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.

Seegang

A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

Seegatt

A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.

Seehafen

A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

Seehecht

One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merluccius, and allies.

Seehund

A species of true seals, Phoca vitulina.

Seehundjunges

A young seal.

Seejungfrau

A mythological creature with a woman's head and upper body, and a tail of a fish.

Seekompass

A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).

seekrank

Suffering from sickness, nausea or dizziness due to the motion of a ship at sea.

Seekrankheit

Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

Seekuh

A plant-eating aquatic marine mammal, of the species Dugong dugon, found in tropical regions.

Seeküste

The coastal land bordering a sea or an ocean.

Seelachs

Either of two lean, white marine food fishes, of the genus Pollachius, in the cod family.

Seeland

A hamlet and community in Flintshire, Wales, close to Chester in England (OS grid ref SJ3568). It is on land reclaimed from the sea on the Chester side of the River Dee.

Seele

Life, energy, vigor.

Seele von Mensch

A person who is always very kind.

Seelenfrieden

The absence of mental turmoil or anxiety.

Seelengröße

The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.

Seelenheilkunde

(medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions.

Seelenhirt

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

Seelenhirte

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

Seelenklempner

(slang, sometimes, pejorative) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist.

Seelenkunde

(uncountable) The study of the human mind.

seelenlos

As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling.

Seelenmesse

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

Seelenschreiber

(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.

Seelenverwandte

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

Seelenverwandter

Someone, especially a romantic partner, with whom one is exceptionally or uniquely compatible or has a special, almost spiritual connection.

Seelenwanderung

Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. [from 16th c.]

seelisch

(relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.

Seemann

In particular, a member of the crew of a (civilian or military) vessel, as opposed to a captain, admiral, etc.; a mariner; a common seaman.