German–English dictionary

Titte

(colloquial, slang) A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human.

Tivoli

An ancient city in the province of Rome, Lazio, Italy.

tja

Indicates thinking or pondering.

Tjost

A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.

Tjostieren

A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.

Toast

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. saying "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

toasten

(intransitive, specifically) to cook lightly by browning under a grill or in a toaster; to grill

Tobel

A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.

toben

(intransitive) To act or speak in heightened anger.

Toboggan

A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.

Tobsuchtsanfall

An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

Tochter

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Tochter-

Secondary or subordinate.

Tochterfirma

A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

Tochtergesellschaft

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

töchterlich

Relating to or characteristic of a daughter.

Tochterunternehmen

Someone or something, especially, a television station, that is associated with a larger, related organization, such as a television network; a member of a group of associated things.

Tod

The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

Tod durch Stromschlag

The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.

Tod infolge elektrischen Schlags

The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.

tod-

(degree, informal, colloquial) Very, absolutely, extremely.

Todesangst

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

Todesanzeige

A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete) , the section of a newspaper where notices of deaths are published.

Todesfalle

(informal, figurative) An extremely dangerous location, structure, or device.

Todeskampf

(Dated) Violent contest or striving.

Todesopfer

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

todgeweiht

Approaching death; about to die; dying; expiring.

Todgeweihter

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

tödlich

Causing death; lethal.

Todsünde

Spiritual or mental sloth.

Todsünden

Spiritual or mental sloth.

Toffee

(uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.

Tofu

A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

Töggelen

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

Togo

A country in West Africa. Official name: Togolese Republic.

Tohuwabohu

A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

Toilette

(chiefly, British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).

Toilette machen

To attend to one's appearance and clothing.

Toilettenpapier

A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.

Toilettenschüssel

Receptacle designed to receive the dejections of humans.

Token

A token used instead of cash in gaming machines, or in gambling generally.

Tokio

A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

Tokyo

A prefecture and capital city of Japan.

Töle

(slang) A dog.

tolerant

Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.

tolerieren

(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.

toll

(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.

toll!

An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.

Tolle

(UK) A hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward, often associated with the styles of the 1950s. [from 19th c.]

Tollen

A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]

Tollhaus

A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

Tollheit

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

tollkühn

Recklessly bold; adventurous. [from 1832]

Tollkühnheit

The quality of being foolhardy.

Tollpatsch

Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

tollpatschig

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

Tollwut

(pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself.

tollwütig

Affected with rabies.

Tölpel

A stupid person.

tölpelhaft

Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.

Tölpelhaftigkeit

(uncountable) The state of being foolish.

Tomate

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

Tomatenpflanze

A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

Tombola

A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.

tomboy

A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

Ton

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

tonangebend

Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.

Tonart

(music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.

Tonbrei

(ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.

Tondichter

Especially, one who composes music.

Tonem

(linguistics) A phoneme in a language that uses different tones for different meanings.

tönen

To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.

Toner

Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

Tonfall

(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.

Tonfilm

(cinematography) A film with sound, as opposed to a silent film

Tong

A Chinese secret society or gang.

Tonga

A country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga. Capital and largest city: Nuku'alofa.

Tongebung

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

Tongerät

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

Tonhöhenfeinabstimmung

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

Tonic

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

Tonika

(music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.

Tonikum

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

tonisch

(physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.

Tonkassette

A cassette designed to hold recorded sound or music.

Tonkunst

A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.

Tonkünstler

Especially, one who composes music.

tonlos

In a manner that makes no noise.

Tonne

(countable) A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). The word is sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.

Tonnendach

Any arched ceiling or roof.

Tonschiefer

(uncountable, geology) A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.

Tonsetzer

Especially, one who composes music.

Tonsille

(anatomy, immunology) Ellipsis of palatine tonsil.

Tonspur

A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.

Tonstein

(geology) Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.

Tonumfang

(music) All the notes in a musical scale.

Tönung

A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

Tonvorrat

(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.

Tonwert

(arts) The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.

Tool

(computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

Toolbox

(computing) A set of pre-existing routines for use in writing new programs.

Toolkit

(computing) A set of software tools or components.

Toolset

A collection of tools; a toolkit.

Toot

(countable, social media) A message on the social networking software Mastodon.

Top

The top edge of a sail.

topasen

Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone.

Topf

A container and its contents; as much as fills such a container; a jarful.

Töpfchen

A small, usually plastic, chamber pot used to toilet-train small children.

Topfen

A soft, creamy, unripened cheese made from cow's milk, originating from and eaten throughout central, northern, eastern, and southeastern Europe, as well as the Low Countries.

Topfentorte

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

Töpfer

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

Töpfergeschirr

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

Töpferin

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

Töpferware

Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.

Töpferwaren

(ceramics, often, attributive) An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.

Topflappen

An insulated pad used for handling hot cooking utensils

topisch

(medicine, not comparable) Applied to a localized part of the body.

topless

(chiefly, of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

Topografie

The features themselves; terrain.

topografisch

Of or relating to topography.

topographisch

Of or relating to topography.

Toponomastik

(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

Toponymie

(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

Toponymik

(semantics) Lexicological study of place names; a branch of onomastics.

Topp

A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.

Topping

Any food item added on top of another, such as sprinkles on ice cream or pepperoni on pizza.

Tor

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

Torbogen

A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.

Törchen

A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one.

Torero

One who engages in bullfighting; a toreador or matador.

Torf

Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]

Torfrau

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

Torheit

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

Torhüter

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

Torhüterin

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

töricht

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

torkeln

To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.

torkelnd

Lurching, floundering.

Tormann

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.

Törn

A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.

Tornado

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Tornister

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

Toroid

(mathematics) A surface generated by a closed curve (especially a circle) rotating about, but not intersecting or containing, an axis in its own plane.

Toronto

The capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada.

Torpedo

(fish) An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.

Torpor

A state of apathy or lethargy.

Torques

(historical) A tightly braided necklace or collar, often made of metal, worn by various early European peoples.

Torschussvorlage

(baseball) A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout.

Torschütze

(football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals

Torschützin

(football) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals