German–English dictionary

transfundieren

(transitive, medicine) To administer a transfusion of.

Transfusion

(medicine) The transfer of blood or blood products from one individual to another.

Transgender

(sexology) The pretence of being the opposite sex, especially that by a man of being a woman; transvestism.

Transgenderin

(countable, now, often, offensive) A transgender person

Transgression

A violation of a law, duty or commandment.

transient

(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

Transiente

(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

Transit

The act of passing over, across, or through something.

transitieren

(intransitive, LGBTQ) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.

Transition

(LGBTQ) The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

transitionieren

(intransitive, LGBTQ) To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.

Transitraum

(British) The living room or sitting room of a house.

transkontinental

Crossing or spanning a continent.

Transkript

Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

Transkription

(linguistics) A representation of speech sounds as phonetic symbols.

Translation

(physics, mathematics) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.

Transliteration

(linguistics, translation studies) The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

transliterieren

(transitive) To represent letters or words in the characters of another writing system.

transluzent

Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.

Transmensch

(countable, now, often, offensive) A transgender person

transnational

Between or beyond national boundaries.

Transparent

Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

Transparenz

(uncountable) The quality of being transparent.

Transperson

(countable, now, often, offensive) A transgender person

Transplantat

(surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

Transplantation

(medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

transplantieren

(transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

Transponder

A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.

transponieren

(transitive, music) To rewrite or perform (a piece) in another key.

Transponierte

(linear algebra) The process of rearranging elements in a matrix, by interchanging their respective row and column positional indicators.

Transport

An act or instance of conveying.

transportabel

Capable of being transported; easily moved.

Transportdienst

The business of transporting heavy goods.

Transporter

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

transportieren

To move (something) from one place to another.

Transportkosten

The cost of sending an item or package using postal or carrier services.

Transportmittel

A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.

Transportpalette

A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.

Transportunternehmen

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

Transportweg

The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.

transsexuell

(dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

Transsexuelle

(informal, often, derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.

Transsexueller

(informal, often, derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.

transversal

(geometry) (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see w:Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)

Trapez

A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.

trappen

(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.

Trapper

One who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.

trapsen

(intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.

Trasse

A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.

Tratsch

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

Tratsche

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

tratschen

(intransitive) To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a manner that spreads the information.

Tratschliese

One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.

Tratschtante

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

Tratschweib

(countable) Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.

Tratte

(archaic) An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.

Traube

A group of similar things, either growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened together.

Traubenkraut

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

Traubenlese

The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

Traubenmost

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

Traubenzucker

The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

trauen

(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).

Trauer

(uncountable) unhappiness, woe

Traueranzeige

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.

Trauerbekleidung

The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).

Trauerflor

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

Trauergedicht

A poem or other short text written in memory of a deceased person.

Trauerkleidung

The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).

trauern

(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.

Trauerrede

An oration to honor a deceased person, usually at a funeral.

Trauersang

A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person.

Traufe

The space around a house on which such water drips.

Traufel

A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.

träufeln

(cooking, transitive) To pour slowly and evenly, especially oil or honey in cooking.

Trauflinie

The space around a house on which such water drips.

Traum

(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.

traumähnlich

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

traumatisch

Of, caused by, or causing trauma.

traumatisieren

(transitive, figurative) To affect deeply in a traumatic manner.

Traumbild

(countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

träumen

(intransitive) To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather.

Träumer

One who daydreams.

Träumerei

An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

Träumerin

One who daydreams.

träumerisch

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

traumhaft

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

Traumland

An imaginary world experienced while dreaming.

Traummann

(informal, dated, or, humorous) An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a man.

Traummännlein (coll.)

A person who has been deceived.

Traumtänzer

(obsolete) An idler, a lout.

Traumwelt

An imaginary world, such as experienced while dreaming.

traurig

(informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.

traurig dreinblickend

Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.

traurige Berühmtheit

An infamous or notorious condition or reputation.

traurigerweise

In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

Traurigkeit

(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.

Traute

(British, informal) (originally "bottle and glass" as rhyming slang for "arse") Nerve, courage.

Trauung

(countable) The ceremony of marriage.

Traversal

The act of traversing; a crossing.

Trawler

A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.

Treber

The pulp or pulplike matter remaining from a substance pressed to extract its juice or oil.

Trecker

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

Treff

(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.

treffen

(slang) To hit, especially on the head.

treffend

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

Treffer

A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

Treffpunkt

A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.

treffsicher

(figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.

Treffsicherheit

The ability to shoot accurately at a target.

Treibbeet

A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.

treiben

(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.

treibend

That drives (a mechanism or process).

Treiber

A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.

Treiberei

(horticulture) The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed

Treiberin

One who drives something.

Treibestock

A device (now often electrical) used to goad livestock into moving.

Treibgut

Debris floating in a river or sea, in particular fragments from a shipwreck.

Treibhaus

A building used to grow plants, particularly one with large glass windows or plastic sheeting to trap heat from sunlight even in intemperate seasons or climates.

Treibmittel

Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.

Treibsand

Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.

Treibstoff

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

treideln

(transitive) To pull something behind one, such as by using a line, chain, or tongue.

Tremolo

A tremulous sound.

Tremor

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.

Trend

A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.

Trendbarometer

(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.

trenden

(social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

trendig

(informal) Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

Trendsetter

(figuratively) Anything that indicates future trends.

trendy

(informal) Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

trennen

(transitive) To separate; to disengage. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Trennlinie

A thing that divides.

Trennschärfe

Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.

Trennschnitt

An act or instance of cutting.

Trennung

The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

Trennwand

One who or that which divides or separates.

Trepidation

(astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

treppab

Down the stairs.

treppabwärts

Down the stairs.

treppauf

Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

Treppchen

(sports, and, other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.

Treppe

A series of steps; a staircase.

Treppenabsatz

A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.

Treppeneingang

(architecture, chiefly, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also, Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.

Treppenhaus

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

Treppenlauf

A series of stairs between landings.

Treppenstufe

A single step in a staircase.

Tresen

The counter of such premises.

Tresor

A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.

Tresorraum

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.