German–English dictionary

Signum

A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.

Sigrid

A en given name.

Sigrist

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

Sigristin

A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.

Sikh

An adherent of Sikhism.

Sikh-

of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

sikhisch

of, or relating to the Sikhs or to Sikhism.

Silbe

Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

Silbenanfang

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

Silbenanlaut

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

Silbenansatz

(phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.

Silbenauslaut

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

Silbengipfel

(phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

Silbenkern

(phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

Silbenkoda

(music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.

Silbenmaß

US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).

Silbenrätsel

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

Silbenreim

(linguistics) The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.

Silbenschrift

(orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable.

Silber

(tincture) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Silber-Brandschopf

An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers

Silberblatt

(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).

silberfarben

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

silberfarbig

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

Silbergeld

(collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.

Silbergeschirr

(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

silberhell

Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

silberig

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

Silberlöwe

A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.

silbern

(tincture) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Silberstreif

(figurative) A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.

Silberstreifen

(figurative) A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.

Silberware

(collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.

silbrig

Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.

Silex

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

Silhouette

An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be. [mid 19th c.]

Silicium

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

Silikon

(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts.

Silizium

(chemistry, uncountable) A nonmetallic element (symbol Si) with an atomic number of 14 and atomic weight of 28.0855.

Sill

(geology) A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.

Silo

(military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.

Silvester

The holiday commemorating (the beginning of) the new year.

Silvia

A en given name.

Simbabwe

A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zimbabwe. Formerly called Southern Rhodesia or Rhodesia.

simmern

(transitive) To cause to cook or to cause to undergo heating slowly at or below the boiling point.

Simone

A en given name.

Simonie

The buying or selling of spiritual or sacred things, such as ecclesiastical offices, pardons, or consecrated objects.

simpel

Elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

simplistisch

Overly simple.

Sims

(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.

Simsalabim

A use of the mystical term ‘abracadabra’, supposed to work as part of a healing charm or a magical spell; any spell or incantation making use of the word. [from 16th c.]

Simse

(AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]

Simson

(biblical character) An Israelite judge in the Old Testament who performed feats of strength against the Philistines but was betrayed by Delilah his mistress.

Simulacrum

A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

Simulakrum

A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.

Simulation

(computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

Simulator

A machine or system that simulates an environment (such as an aircraft cockpit), often for training purposes.

simulieren

(transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

simuliert

Simulated in order to impress.

simultan

Happening at the same moment.

simultane Verbreitung von Inhalten

The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously

Sinai

A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

Sinai-Halbinsel

A peninsula in eastern Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia.

sind Element von

(intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol \in means belongs to.

Sindhi

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too.

Sinekure

A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.

Sinfonie

An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.

Singapur

An island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965). Official name: Republic of Singapore.

Singen

The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.

singen (Kriminalistik)

(intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.

Singer

A surname originating as an occupation.

Single

(North America) An unmarried woman.

Singleauskopplung

(music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

Singleton

(computing) A class that may not be instantiated more than once, i.e. that implements the singleton design pattern.

Singrün

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

Singular

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

Singularis

(grammar) A form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.

singularisch

(grammar) Referring to only one thing or person.

Singularität

(physics) A location where the quantities that are used to measure the gravitational field become infinite in a way that does not depend on the coordinate system.

Singvogel

A bird having a melodious song or call.

sinister

Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).

Sinken

Downward movement, fall.

Sinkloch

A depressed area in which waste or drainage collects.

Sinn

The capability for rational thought.

sinnbildlich

of, relating to, or containing allegory

sinnbildlich darstellen

To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).

sinnen

(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

sinnend

Absorbed in thought; contemplative

sinnenfreudig

Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.

sinnenhaft

Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.

Sinnes-

Of the physical senses or sensation.

Sinnestäuschung

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

sinnfrei

Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance.

sinngemäß wiedergeben

(ambitransitive) To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context.

sinngemäße Wiedergabe

A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.

sinnhaft

Having meaning, significant.

sinnieren

(figuratively, idiomatic, of a person) To meditate or ponder before answering; to be deep in thought; to ruminate.

sinnig

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

sinnlich

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

sinnlos

(figuratively) Pointless, foolish, lacking intellectual content or value.

sinnlos besaufen

(intransitive) To engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering. [from 1550s]

Sinnlosigkeit

(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.

sinnträchtig

That which evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent.

sinnverwandt

(particularly, in, semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)

sinnvoll

(arithmetic) Of a number, capable of being expressed as the ratio of two integers.

sinnwidrig

Without sense; absurd.

sintern

To heat a compacted powder mass to form a hardened mass.

Sintflut

(Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

sintflutartig

Relating to or produced by a flood or deluge.

Sintoismus

Formerly the state religion of Japan, a type of animism involving the worship of ancestors and nature spirits.

Sinus

(trigonometry, mathematics) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.

Siphon

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

Sippe

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.

Sippschaft

A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

Sirup

(UK, AU, NZ) A concentrated non-carbonated soft drink which is diluted with water before drinking.

sirupartig

Having the taste or consistency of syrup.

Sisyphos

(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

Sisyphus

(Greek mythology) Son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Ephyra, as tragic figure doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus, a part of Hades.

Sit­ten­stren­ge

A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.

Sitar

(musical instruments) A Hindustani/Indian classical stringed instrument, typically having a gourd as its resonating chamber.

Sitcom

Situation comedy.

Sitte

A meeting or gathering.

Sitten

A municipality and town, the capital of Valais canton, Switzerland.

Sittenlosigkeit

(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.

Sittenvergehen

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

Sittenwächterin

A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring or criticizing personal conduct.

sittenwidrig

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

Sittich

Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions. [from 16th c.]

sittlich

Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.

Sittlichkeitsdelikt

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

Sittlichkeitsverbrechen

(legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to weapons, prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.

sittsam

(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

Sittsamkeit

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

Situation

The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.

Sitz

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

Sitzbank

(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.

Sitzbein

(skeleton) The lowest of the three bones that make up each side of the pelvis. [from 17th c.]

Sitzecke

An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

sitzen

(colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).

sitzen lassen

(transitive) To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

sitzend

(medicine, of a job, lifestyle, etc.) Not moving much; sitting around.

sitzenlassen

(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.

Sitzgelegenheit

A place in which to sit.

Sitzgelegenheiten

(uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.

Sitzkissen

(obsolete) A hassock or small seat, especially made from a bundle of straw.

Sitzmöbel

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

Sitznische

An enclosed seating area consisting of a table next to a wall set between two high-backed benches, as in a diner or café.

Sitzplatz

The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.

Sitzreihe

A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.

Sitzreihen

(US, usually, in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.