German–English dictionary

Speicherraum

(military) A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.

Speicherung

(uncountable) The act of storing goods; the state of being stored.

speien

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

Speigat

(nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

Speigatt

(nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

Speise

(metonym) A specific type of prepared food.

Speise-

Suitable to be eaten; edible. [From 15th c.]

Speise-Morchel

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

Speisekammer

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

Speisekarte

A list containing the food and beverages served at a restaurant, café, or bar. Menus may be printed on paper sheets provided to customers, put on a large poster or display board inside the establishment, displayed outside the restaurant, or digital.

Speiselieferant

A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

Speisemorchel

A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium.

speisen

(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Speiseplan

The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.

Speiseröhre

(archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.

Speiserübe

The white root of a yellow-flowered plant, Brassica rapa, grown as a vegetable and as fodder for cattle.

Speisewagen

(US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.

Spektakel

An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.

spektakulär

(informal) Astonishing, stunning, incredible.

spektakuläres Ereignis

(by extension) An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.

spektral

Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc.).

Spektral-

Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc.).

Spektrometer

(analytical chemistry) An optical instrument for measuring the absorption of light by chemical substances; typically it will plot a graph of absorption versus wavelength or frequency, and the patterns produced are used to identify the substances present, and their internal structure.

Spekulant

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.

Spekulantin

(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.

Spekulation

(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.

spekulativ

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

spekulieren

To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.

spekulierend

Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right.

Spelunke

(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

Spelz

A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.

Spelze

The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Spende

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

spenden

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

spendend

Causing shade.

Spender

A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

Spenderin

One who makes a donation.

spendieren

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) To pay for food, drink or entertainment for others.

Spengler

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

Sperling

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

Sperma

(uncountable) Semen.

spermatisch

Of or relating to seed or semen.

Spermium

(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.

Sperre

A structure that bars passage.

sperren

(transitive) To create a blockade against.

Sperrfeuer

(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.

Sperrholz

(countable) A specific grade or type of this construction material.

sperrig

Unwieldy.

Sperrklinke

That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch (stopping mechanism), pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Sperrstunde

(UK, Canada) The time when a public house or restaurant closes. Used to invite final drink orders.

Spezial-

Distinguished by a unique, particular, or unusual quality.

spezialisieren

(rare, transitive) To specify: to mention specifically.

spezialisiert

Highly skilled in, or specifically adapted to, a specific field.

Spezialist

(colloquial) A person who is intensely interested in a particular field or hobby and often having limited or nonstandard social skills. Often used with an attributive noun.

Spezialistin

Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.

speziell

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

speziell anfertigen

To build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications.

Spezies

A group of plants or animals in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction, usually having similar appearance.

Spezifik

A distinguishing attribute or quality.

Spezifikation

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

Spezifikum

A distinguishing attribute or quality.

spezifisch

Peculiar to a specific individual; eccentric.

spezifizieren

(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.

Speziierung

(chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes.

Spezimen

A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.

Sphäre

(figuratively) The region in which something or someone is active; one's province, domain. [from 17th c.]

sphärisch

(geometry) Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.

Spicilegium

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.

Spickzettel

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.

Spiegel

A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.

spiegelbildlich dazu

(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

spiegeln

(transitive) To reflect, mirror.

Spiegelstein

(mineral) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O).

Spiegelstrich

(law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.

Spiel

(countable) A display of behaviour.

Spielbank

A public building or room for gambling.

spielen

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

Spieler

(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.

Spielerbank

(baseball, football, cricket) A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff sit during a game.

Spielergebnis

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Spielfeld

A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.

Spielfigur

A hand-held object representing a player or some other entity in a board game.

Spielfilm

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

Spielgefährte

A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.

Spielgeld

The monetary assets of a person or organization.

Spielkamerad

A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.

Spielkarte

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.

Spielkasse

A pool of money to which card players contribute a portion of their winnings, which is used for paying shared expenses such as the cost of the premises or refreshments; (by extension) any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; also, any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use.

Spielkind

One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

Spielkonsole

Abbreviation of video game console.

Spielmann

(historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.

Spielmarke

(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.

Spielplatz

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

Spielraum

(figurative) Freedom or leeway.

Spielrunde

(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.

Spielstand

The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Spielstein

(British) A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.

Spielverderber

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

Spielverderberin

Like a spoilsport.

Spielwiese

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

Spielzeug

A petty contrivance; a toy.

Spielzimmer

A room, allocated as a children's play area, in which noisy or boisterous activities are tolerated.

Spielzug

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

Spiere

(nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

Spieß

(military, historical) A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.

Spießbürger

(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

spießbürgerlich

Of or relating to the middle class (often, pejorative) , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

Spießbürgertum

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

spießen

To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.

Spießer

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

spießig

Of or relating to the middle class (often, pejorative) , and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

Spießrute

A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.

Spikereifen

Tires with metal protrusions used for improved traction on snow and ice in winter.

Spin

(quantum mechanics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment.

Spin-off

The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

Spinat

A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.

Spindel

An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.

spindelförmig

(chiefly, _, botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

Spindelstrauch

Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

Spinett

(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.

Spinne

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

Spinnenangst

An abnormal or irrational fear of arachnids, especially spiders.

Spinnentier

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

Spinner

(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.

Spinnerin

Agent noun of spin; someone or something who spins.

spinnert

(informal) Eccentric or impractical.

Spinnflügel

The part of a spinning machine that twists the thread as it takes it to and winds it on the bobbin

Spinnwirtel

A flywheel, a weight attached to a spindle. [from c. 1460]

Spion

A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.

Spionage

The act or process of learning secret information through clandestine means.

Spionagesoftware

(Internet) Programs that surreptitiously monitor and report the actions of a computer user. [from 1990s]

spionieren

To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.

Spionin

(espionage) A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

Spirale

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

Spiralnut

A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.

Spiritismus

A philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid nineteenth century, postulating that humans are essentially immortal spirits that temporarily inhabit physical bodies, and may have influence on the physical world.

Spiritualist

One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.

Spiritualistin

One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.

spiritualistisch

Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

Spiritualität

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

Spirituose

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.

Spital

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

spitz

Intense; sensitive; sharp.

spitz zulaufen

(ambitransitive) To diminish gradually.

spitz zulaufend

Narrowing gradually towards a point.

Spitzbart

A beard trimmed to grow only at the center of the chin.

Spitzbüberei

mischievous behaviour

spitzbübisch

Mischievous; of or befitting an imp.

Spitze

(geometry) The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.

Spitzel

(countable, slang) A police informant.