German–English dictionary

Stalking

The crime of following or harassing another person, causing that person to fear death or injury.

Stall

A shed for keeping cows.

stallen

(transitive) To put or keep (an animal) in a stable.

Stallhalfter

The part of a bridle that fits over a horse's head and supports other elements. [from 14th c.]

Stalljunge

A worker employed at an inn, hostelry, or stable to look after horses.

Stallknecht

A person who looks after horses.

Stamen

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

Stamina

A quality of courage and endurance.

Stamm

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.

stammeln

(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

stammen

To descend in a family line.

Stammesbrüder

(often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

Stammesgeschwister

(often, plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.

Stammgast

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

Stammgästin

An inhabitant of a place; one who dwells in a certain place.

stämmig

(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.

Stammkneipe

(British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.

Stammkunde

(obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.

Stammvater

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear.

stammverwandt

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Stammverzeichnis

(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.

Stammwort

(linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.

Stampede

A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.

stampfen

(intransitive) To walk heavily or clumsily, as with clogs.

Stampfer

A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.

stan

Used in the names of regions in the Middle East and Central Asia which were historically influenced by Persian and Turkic cultures.

Stand

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

Stand der Technik

(patent law) In most systems of patent law, all information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality, and to which the patent application is compared to determine if it in fact describes a new invention.

Standard

(often, attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.

Standardformulierung

(computing) A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.

standardisieren

To make to conform to a standard.

standardisiert

designed or constructed in a standard manner

Standardklausel

(computing) A standard piece of program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor.

standardmäßig

In absence of any opposing action.

Standardtanz

A type of elegant dance.

Standardware

(marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.

Standardwert

(often, attributive) A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.

Standarte

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

Standbein

A ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on.

Standbild

A single still frame or picture taken from a film (movie), or from a video stream.

Ständchen

A short, simple verse or song.

Ständer

(coarse, slang) An erect penis. [from mid-20th c.]

Standfestigkeit

A strong will; the state of being resolute.

Standfestigkeit (übertragen)

The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.

Standfläche

(computing) The amount of hard drive space required for a program.

Standfoto

(photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.

standhaft

(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).) [from 10th c.]

standhaft bleiben

(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.

Standhafter

One who firmly supports a cause.

Standhaftigkeit

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

standhalten

(intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.

ständig

(set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently.

ständig heimgesucht

Constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked (by someone or something).

ständig wiederholen

(transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.

ständiger Aufenthaltsort

The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.

Standing

(figurative) Position or reputation in society or a profession.

Standort

A permanent military post.

standortgebunden

Incapable of being moved.

Standpunkt

A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

standrechtlich

(legal) Performed by omitting the procedures of a full trial, but within a legally valid framework.

Stange

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

Stängel

(botany) The stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem.

Stangensellerie

(uncountable, vegetable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

stänkern

To attack (someone or something) with abusive language; to revile, to vilify.

stänkern gegen

(ambitransitive) To attack (someone) with abusive language.

Stapel

The quantity of bread or other baked goods baked at one time.

stapeln

(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

Stapelspeicher

A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

stapfen

(intransitive) To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.

Stapferei

A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Star

A bird of the species Sturnus vulgaris.

Staren

A village in the Gmina of Wysoka, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

stark

(slang) Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.

stark vereinfacht

Overly simple.

Stärke

The state of being firm

starke Seite

A strength or talent; a strong point.

stärken

To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen.

stärkend

giving strength, energy and vitality

starker Mann

A forceful or brutal person, usually a ruler or tyrant.

stärker werden

(transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.

starkes Stück

(US, colloquial) Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.

starkes Vorkommen

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.

Stärkung

(finance) An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.

Stärkungsmittel

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

Starlet

A young actress with a promising career ahead of her.

starr

Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.

Starre

Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.

starrköpfig

Unyielding and obstinate.

Start

The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

Start- und Landebahn

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

Startbahn

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

starten

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

Starter

An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.

Startfenster

(aviation) The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.

Startnummer

(sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by competitors.

Startplattform

A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.

Startplatzvergabe

(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

Startprogramm

(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

Startroutine

(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

Startschuss

(football, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

Starttisch

A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.

Startup

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

Startverbot

The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.

Startverbot erteilen

(transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.

Startwert

A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.

Statik

(figurative) Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.

Station

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

stationär

Not moving.

stationärer Patient

(healthcare) A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.

stationieren

To put in place to perform military duty.

Stationierung

the putting in a place to perform military duty

statistisch

Of or pertaining to statistics.

Stativ

A device to hold something upright or aloft.

statt

instead; in place

stattdessen

In the place of something (usually mentioned earlier); as a substitute or alternative.

Stätte

(archaic, or, literary) A place, or spot, in general; location. [10th–19th c.]

stattfinden

To occur, to take place.

stattgeben

(intransitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. [from 16th c.]

stattlich

Of a man or boy: attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.

Statue

A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.

Statuette

A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

Statur

The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

Status

A situation or state of affairs.

Status quo

The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

statusorientiert

Based on or valuing honor

Statut

A law or rule governing the internal affairs of an organization (e.g., corporation or business).

statutar

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

statutarisch

Of, relating to, enacted or regulated by a statute.

Stau

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

Staub

(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.

Staubblatt

(botany) In flowering plants, a male reproductive structure in a flower that produces pollen, typically consisting of an anther and a filament.

Stäubchen

(literary, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) A small particle; a speck.

Staubdecke

(dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

Staubentfernung

The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

Staublappen

A cloth used for dusting; a duster.

Staubmantel

A loose-fitting long coat.

Staubschicht

(dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

Staubtuch

A cloth used for dusting; a duster.

Staubwedel

An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.

Staubwischen

The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

Staubwischer

Someone who dusts.

Staubwischerin

Someone who dusts.

Staudamm

A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.

Staudensellerie

(uncountable, vegetable) The stalks of this herb eaten as a vegetable.

stauen

(transitive) To block the flow of water.

Staunen

(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.

Staupe

(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

Stauschlauch

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Stausee

(hydrology) A topographic region in which all water drains to a common outlet.

Stauwehr

An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.