German–English dictionary

Soße

(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.

soßenartig

Similar to sauce; having the consistency or texture of sauce.

Soufflé

A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin).

Souffleur

(theater) The person who does the prompting.

Souffleuse

(theater) The person who does the prompting.

Soul

The capital city of South Korea, also the historical capital of Korea from 1394 until the country was divided in 1945.

Soundtrack

The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.

soupieren

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

Soutane

An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations. [from 17th c.]

Southampton

A city, unitary authority, and borough of Hampshire, in southern England.

Souvenir

An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location.

souverän

Exercising power of rule.

Souveränität

Self-confidence; poise; composure.

soviel

To the extent that.

sowie

Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (now dated); connecting shillings to pence in a monetary quantity (now historical); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes. [from 10th c.]

Sowjet

(historical) A workers' council, an institution first formed during the 1905 Russian Revolution and then instituted as the main form of communist government at all levels in the Soviet Union; by extension, a similar organization in early Chinese communism and elsewhere.

Sowjetbürger

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Sowjetbürgerin

A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

sowohl ... als auch

Including both of (used with and).

Sozialdarwinismus

(science) The theory that the laws of evolution by natural selection also apply to social structures.

soziale Medien

(uncountable) Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

soziales Geschlecht

Identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc; a category to which a person belongs on this basis. (Compare gender role, gender identity.) [from 20th c.]

Sozialhilfe

(uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.

Sozialisation

(sociology, psychology) The process of learning how to live in a way acceptable to one's own society, said especially about children.

sozialisieren

(transitive) To instruct (somebody), usually subconsciously and mostly by example, in the etiquette of a society.

Sozialist

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

Sozialistin

One who supports or advocates socialism.

sozialistisch

Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating socialism.

Sozialkunde

The study of good citizenship and proper membership in a community.

Soziologie

A social science that studies society, human social interaction, patterns of social relationships, and the interactions of culture. Through both theory and applied research, it engages subject matters across a range of microanalysis, mesoanalysis, and macroanalysis.

soziologisch

Of or pertaining to sociology.

Soziopath

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

Soziopathin

A person with an antisocial personality disorder.

soziopathisch

Having the characteristics of a sociopath.

Spa

A trendy or fashionable resort.

Spachtel

A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.

Spachtelmasse

Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.

Spachtelmesser

A similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks.

Spagat

(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.

Spagetti

(countable, uncountable) A type of pasta made in the shape of long thin strings.

Spaghetti

(photography) Said while being photographed, to give the impression of smiling.

spähen

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

Spalier

An outdoor garden frame that can be used to grow vines or other climbing plants.

Spalt

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

Spalte

(geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

spalten

(transitive) To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Spaltenabstand

(typography) A space between printed columns of text.

spaltend

Having a quality that divides or separates.

Spalthammer

A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.

Spaltneigung

(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes; schistosity. [from 19th c.]

Spaltung

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]

Spam

(uncountable, rarely, countable, computing, Internet) Unsolicited bulk electronic messages.

spammen

(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To send messages repeatedly, often with disruptive effect; to flood.

Span

A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.

Späne

(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]

Spanferkel

A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.

Spange

(association football) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

Spaniel

Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

Spanien

A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

Spanier

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

Spanierin

A person from Spain or of Spanish descent.

spanisch

(colloquial) Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, as in Latin America.

spanische Artischocke

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

spanischsprachig

Spanish-speaking

Spanlicht

(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

Spann

(anatomy) The curved part of the bottom of a foot.

Spannband

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

Spanndorn

A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

Spanne

Selection, array.

spannen

To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.

spannend

Creating or producing excitement.

Spanner

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

Spannfutter

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

Spanngummi

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

Spannkraft

(figuratively) Muscular power, muscle; nerve, nervous energy; vigor, vigorous strength.

Spannseil

A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.

Spannstrick

(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

Spannung

(countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.

spannungsfrei glühen

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

spannungsfrei machen

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Spannungsübungen

(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.

spannungsvolle Erwartung

The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.

Spannweite

(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.

Spannzange

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

Spannzwinge

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

Spant

(nautical) Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.

Spargel

The young shoots of Asparagus officinalis eaten as a vegetable.

spärlich

Very little, very few.

Sparren

(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

sparsam

Frugal; cheap (in the sense of representing good value); economical.

Sparsamkeit

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

Sparschwein

(countable) A device used to store coins or currency.

Sparta

An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

Spartacus

A Thracian name, notably borne by a gladiator who was one of the slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

spartanisch

Lacking in decoration and luxury.

Spasmus

A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.

Spaß

An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.

Spaß haben

(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.

Spaß machen

To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.

Spaßbremse

(slang, idiomatic) Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.

spaßen

(intransitive, colloquial) To joke.

spaßhaft

Treating serious issues with (often deliberately) inappropriate humour; flippant.

spaßig

Pleasantly humorous; jocular.

Spaßmacher

(slang) A fun event or person.

Spaßtöter

(slang, mildly, _, vulgar) Someone who does not know how to have fun, or who is so worried about insignificant things as to ruin any fun that anyone around them may be having.

Spaßveranstaltung

(slang) A fun event or person.

Spaßverderber

Like a spoilsport.

Spaßverderberin

Like a spoilsport.

Spaßvogel

A person who makes jokes.

spät

(idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)

Spätaufsteher

Someone who gets up late in the morning.

Spätaufsteherin

Someone who gets up late in the morning.

Spatel

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

Spaten

A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.

Spatentiefe

The depth to which the blade of a spade goes into the soil when it is used for digging; a layer of soil of the depth of a spade's blade.

später

(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time; after that;

Später Ginsterspanner

A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.

Spationaut

(informal, childish) An astronaut, often a male astronaut.

Spatium

The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space bar on a keyboard.

Spatz

A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.

spawnen

(ergative, video games) To appear, or cause (something or someone) to appear, spontaneously in a game world at a particular place and time.

spazieren

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

spazieren gehen

To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.

Spazierengehen

A gentle hike.

Spaziergang

An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

Specht

Any bird of species-rich family Picidae, with a strong pointed beak suitable for pecking holes in wood.

Species

(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank.

Speck

(uncountable, countable) A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).

Speckscheibe

(UK, Ireland) A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

Speckschnitte

(UK, Ireland) A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

Speckstreifen

(UK, Ireland) A strip of bacon; a piece of bacon.

Spediteur

A person or company engaged in the haulage of goods.

Spedition

An act of transporting; conveyance.

Speed

(slang, uncountable) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.

Speer

(obsolete, historical) A light lance with a long, sharp-pointed head.

Speerfisch

Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira, with a crested dorsal fin and a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.

speerfischen

(intransitive) To catch or fish with a gig or fizgig.

Speerspitze

The pointed head, or end, of a spear.

Speiche

(nautical) Any of the curved rib-like timbers that form the frame of a wooden ship.

Speichel

Saliva trickling from the mouth.

Speichellecker

(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.

Speichelleckerei

The condition of being servile.

Speichelleckerin

(derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.

speicheln

(intransitive) To produce saliva.

Speichennippel

(cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim. [from 20th c.]

Speicher

A granary; a store of grain.

Speicherabbild

(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)

Speicheradresse

(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory. [from 1940s]

Speicherhaus

A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.

speichern

(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.