German–English dictionary

Torso

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

Törtchen

A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, now typically containing jelly (US) / jam (UK) or conserve, or sometimes other fillings (chocolate, custard, egg, butter, historically even meat or other savory fillings).

Torte

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Tortellini

(cooking, food) A kind of small, ring-shaped pasta, stuffed with meat, cheese, etc; and eaten with a sauce or in a soup.

torten

(transitive) To hit in the face with a pie, either for comic effect or as a means of protest (see also pieing).

Tortilla

A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour.

Tortur

The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.

Torvorlage

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

Torwächter

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

Torwächterin

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

Torwächterinnen

A person who guards or monitors passage through a gate.

Torwart

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

Torwartin

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

Tosa

A Japanese breed of fighting dog

tosen

To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds).

tosend

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

tosender Beifall

(by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.

Toskana

An administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna.

Toskaner

A native or inhabitant of Tuscany, Italy.

Toskanerin

A native or inhabitant of Tuscany, Italy.

tot

(hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

total

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

Totalisator

(British, AU) A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.

totalitär

Of or relating to a system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control of every aspect of the country, socially, financially, and politically.

Totalitarismus

A system of government in which the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example, a dictatorship.

Totalität

(astronomy) The phase of an eclipse when it is total.

Tote

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

Totem

Any natural object or living creature that serves as an emblem of a tribe, clan or family; the representation of such an object or creature.

töten

(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.

Totenbahre

A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.

Totenbeschwörer

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

Totenbeschwörerin

A person who practices or performs necromancy.

Totenbeschwörung

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

Totenbett

The bed on which someone dies.

Totenkopf

A human skull, as symbol of death.

Totenmesse

A Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.

Totenorakel

Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.

Totenstadt

(chiefly, historical, also, figuratively) A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

Totenwache

A vigil beside a dying person

toter Punkt

the position at which a crank is in a direct line with a connecting rod.

Totgeburt

The birth of a dead fetus; the delivery of an infant which is dead at birth.

totlaufen

(figuratively, informal) To decay or die off to nothing; to burn out; to end less successfully than previously hoped.

Totschlag

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

totschlagen

(transitive) To use up or to waste.

Tötung

The act of killing.

Tötungsdelikt

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

Totzeit

Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

Touch

A distinguishing feature or characteristic.

Touchdown

(American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

touchieren

(transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.

Touchpen

(writing) An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.

Toulon

A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.

Toulouse

The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.

Toupet

(obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes.

Tour

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.

Tourelle

(architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

Tourismus

The activity of going out looking at things; tourism.

Tourismusbranche

The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.

Tourismusindustrie

The industry in which such travels and sightseeing are organized.

Tourist

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Touristin

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Tournee

A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.

Tourniquet

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

Towarischtsch

Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR.

Township

The territory of a town.

Toxikologie

(sciences, pharmacology) The branch of pharmacology that deals with the nature, effect, detection and treatment of poisons and poisoning.

toxisch

(figuratively) Negative, harmful.

Toxizität

The quality or degree of being toxic.

Trab

(chiefly, of horses) A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).

Trabant

Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.

Trachea

(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.

Tracht

Clothing and ornamentation; raiment.

trächtig

(of egglaying animals, now, chiefly, metaphorically) Pregnant.

Tracker

(computing) A computer program that monitors something.

Trade

A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.

tradiert

(especially, computing) Left over from the past; old and no longer current.

Tradition

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

Traditionalist

A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.

Traditionalistin

A person who adheres to tradition, especially in cultural or religious practices.

traditionalistisch

(of a person) Having opinions from the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; overly conservative.

traditionell

(business) Buildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [from mid-1990s]

traditionsgetreu

In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

Trafo

(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

Tragbahre

(US) A stretcher having wheeled legs.

Tragbalken

A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

tragbar

Able to be carried; portable.

träge

Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.

Trageband

(by extension) A cord worn around the neck, shoulder, or wrist which is attached to a small object to be carried such as an identity card or security pass, key, knife, or whistle.

Tragemutterschaft

The practice of being a surrogate mother.

tragen

(transitive) To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.

tragend

Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.

tragende Säule

A chief support.

Träger

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

Trägerin

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

Trägerkleid

A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes, and most often worn by young girls as an overdress.

trägerlos

Without a strap or straps; usually describing women's clothing without shoulder straps.

Trägermaterial

(construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.

Trägerschicht

(plating) A metal which is plated with another metal which has different physical properties.

Trägersignal

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

Trägerstoff

(construction) A surface to which a substance adheres.

Trägersubstanz

(pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

Tragetasche

(UK) A bag made of thin polythene or paper, generally used for carrying groceries or other purchased items.

Tragetuch

(weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.

Tragfläche

(aviation) Part of an aircraft that produces the lift for rising into the air.

Tragflügel

(nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.

Trägheit

Spiritual or mental sloth.

tragisch

In a tragic manner.

tragischerweise

In a tragic manner.

Traglast

A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

Tragödie

The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.

Tragweite

Relevance; a relationship or connection.

Trail

A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.

Trailer

An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.

Trainee

Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.

Trainer

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

Trainerin

(originally, Oxford University, _, slang) A trainer or instructor.

trainieren

(intransitive, sports) To train.

Training

(countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.

Trainingsanzug

(clothing) A garment, usually consisting of a top and trousers (commonly known as tracksuit bottoms) worn as an outer layer by participants in sporting events such as athletics. The tracksuit is usually designed to be easily removed or replaced, before or after competing. Tracksuits have also been adopted in some cultures as leisurewear.

Trainingsleibchen

(sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.

Trajektorie

(astronomy, space) The path of a body as it travels through space.

Trakt

(anatomy) A series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract.

Traktat

A brief treatise or discourse on a subject.

Traktor

(agriculture) A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.

trällern

(intransitive) To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.

Trambahn

(chiefly, UK, Ireland) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

Trampel

(slang) A painfully boorish person.

trampelig

Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.

Trampeln

The sound of heavy footsteps.

Trampelpfad

A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.

Trampeltier

The camel with two humps, Camelus bactrianus, native to the steppes of Asia.

Tramper

A person or thing that hitchhikes.

Trampolin

A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric or rubber stretched over a (usually steel) frame using many coiled springs as anchors.

Tran

A surname from Vietnamese.

Tranche

(finance, transitive) To divide into tranches.

tranchieren

To cut meat in order to serve it.

Träne

(anatomy) Of or relating to tears or the tear-secreting organs.

tränen

(intransitive) To produce tears.

tränenreich

Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry.

Tränentropfen

a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).

Trank

A type of beverage (usually mixed).

tränken

(transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

Trankopfer

The act of pouring a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

trans-

To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.

transatlantisch

(geography) On, spanning or crossing, or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Transceiver

A combined radio transmitter and receiver.

Transe

(countable) Abbreviation of transvestite.

Transformation

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

Transformator

(electrical engineering) A static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling; primarily used to transfer energy between different voltage levels, which allows the most appropriate voltages for power generation, transmission and distribution to be chosen separately.

transformieren

(transitive) To change greatly the appearance or form of.