German–English dictionary

Turbulenz

(uncountable) Disturbance in a gas or fluid, characterized by evidence of internal motion or unrest.

Türchen

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

Türe

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

Türen

(architecture) A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.

Türglocke

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

Türke

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Türkei

A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.

türken

(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

Türkenkorn

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

Türkin

A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic descent. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

türkis

Of the colour cyan.

türkisch

Of or relating to the Turkic peoples or the Turkic languages.

Türklingel

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.

Türklopfer

(architectural elements) A knocker mounted on a door.

Türkreuz

A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

Turm

(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.

Türmchen

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

türmen

(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]

Turmhelm

(architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]

Türmlein

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

Turmspitze

(architectural element) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]

Turnanzug

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

Turnboden

(gymnastics) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements.

Turnen

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

Turner

One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.

Turnerin

One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.

Turnhalle

(especially, weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Turnierbaum

(sports) A diagram of games in a tournament.

Turnover

(sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.

Turnschuhe

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

Turntrikot

A one-piece skintight garment with or without sleeves and without legs (often worn by gymnasts, acrobats, wrestlers, female swimmers, etc.)

Türpfosten

Either of the upright posts on either side of a door, which together support a lintel.

Türriegel

(Scotland, Northern England) An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.

Türspion

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

Türsteher

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

Türsteherin

(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc. to decide who can enter, maintain order, and deal with patrons who cause trouble.

Turtanu

(historical) The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria.

turteln

(ambitransitive) To make a soft murmuring sound, as a pigeon.

Turteltaube

A bird of the species Streptopelia turtur.

Turteltauben

(metaphorical, usually, in the plural) One of the members of an openly affectionate couple.

Tusch

(music) A ceremonious passage such as a fanfare.

Tussi

(derogatory, slang) A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.

Tutanchamun

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

Tütchen

A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

Tüte

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

Tuten

The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any similar sound.

Tutenchamun

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh known for his young age and his tomb, which was preserved intact to the modern age.

Tutor

(Hong Kong, Singapore, archaic, _, in, _, British) A student leader in a class.

Tutorenkurs

(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

Tutorial

(education) A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.

Tutorium

(Ireland, United Kingdom, ) The training or instruction provided by a teacher or tutor.

Tutu

A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.

Tuwort

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

TV-Chefsprecher

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

TV-Chefsprecherin

A female anchorperson.

TV-Moderator

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

TV-Moderatorin

A female anchorperson.

Tweed

A coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

tweeten

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

Twist

A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

Twitter

(trademark) An online social networking and microblogging service; officially known as X since 2023.

twittern

(ambitransitive, social media) To post an entry to Twitter. [since 2007]

Twix

A popular chocolate bar produced by the Mars company, consisting of two fingers of biscuit with other confectionery toppings and coatings (most frequently caramel and milk chocolate).

Tycoon

A wealthy and powerful business person.

Tympanie

(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

Tympanon

(architecture) A vertical recessed triangular space between the sides of a pediment, typically decorated

Tympanum

(zootomy, entomology) A thin tense membrane covering the hearing organ on the leg or body of some insects, sometimes adapted (as in cicadas) for producing sound.

Tyne

A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.

Typ

(UK, slang) Jailtime; time in prison.

Type

Distinctive character or type.

Typenschild

(UK) The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882).

typisch

(idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly.

typisch deutsch

(sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics.

typischerweise

In a typical or common manner.

Typografie

The art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.

Typograph

A person skilled in typography, a typesetter.

Typographie

An institution or commercial company chiefly devoted to printing.

Typographin

A person skilled in typography, a typesetter.

Typus

(writing, theatre, cinema) Any fictional character drawn from some stereotype who is instantly recognizable.

Tyr

(Norse mythology) The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.

Tyrann

A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege. [from late 17th c.]

Tyrannei

A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.

Tyrannenherrschaft

A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.

Tyrannenmord

The killing of a tyrant.

tyrannisieren

(transitive) To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.

Tyrannosaurus

Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.

Tyros

A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.

Tyrus

A city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.

u

Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.

U-Bahn

(North America, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

U-Boot

(military, nautical, historical) Any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War.

U-Boot-Fahrt

A voyage, especially underwater.

U-Klammer

(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.

u. a.

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.

u. A. w. g.

A reply to an invitation.

u. Z.

Initialism of Church of England. More commonly, C of E. Used in the names of church schools in England.

übel

(semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

übel nehmen

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

übel zugerichtet

Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

übel zurichten

(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.

übelgelaunt

Irritable; bad-tempered; grumpy; peevish.

übelgenommen

(informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.

Übelkeit

A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

Übelkeit erregend

Causing nausea; sickening or disgusting. [from 17th c.]

übellaunig

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.

übelnehmen

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

übelnehmerisch

(of a person) Easily offended, oversensitive.

übelriechend

Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Übelstand

(countable) Something which causes grief.

Übeltat

Wrongdoing.

Übeltäter

A person who performs evil acts.

Übeltäterin

A person who performs evil acts.

üben

To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.

über

Concerned or occupied with; engaged in; intent on. [from ca. 1150–1350]

über alle Maßen

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

über Bord

Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.

über Bord werfen

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

über dem Winde

In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

über dem Winde gelegen

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

über die Luft transportiert

In or carried by the air.

über etwas hinausgehen

(ambitransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree. [from 14th c.]

über Nacht

During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.

über Wasser fahren

(intransitive) To travel over water in a ship; to sail.

über Wasser halten

(transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

über-

Above, or higher.

überabzählbar

(mathematics) Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

überaktiv

having an increased state of activity

überall

(idiomatic) Everywhere.

überall verbreitet

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

überall vorhanden

Being everywhere at once: omnipresent.

überaltert

Too old to be of use in a particular situation.

überanstrengen

(ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

Überanstrengung

excessive exertion; so much exertion that discomfort or injury results

überarbeiten

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

überarbeitet

Subjected to too much work.

Überarbeitung

The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending.

überaus

To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely

überbeanspruchen

(ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.

überbehüten

(transitive) To exercise excessive or damaging authority in an attempt to protect. To overprotect.

überbelastet

loaded too heavily

Überbestand

A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.

Überbevölkerung

(biology, demography) An excessive number of occupants (people, animals, plants, etc.) in a particular area; specifically, when the number of occupants exceeds the ability of that area to provide for them.

überbewerten

To esteem too highly; to give greater praise than due.

überbewertet

Given an undue amount of credit for quality or merit in a field; not necessarily related to popularity.

überbieten

(transitive) To be better than (something).

Überblattung

A cut of meat, especially (but not necessarily) (a) one containing a joint in the sense of an articulation or (b) one rolled up and tied.

Überbleibsel

(figurative) An unpleasant relic left from prior events.

Überblick

A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

überblicken

(archaic) To supervise, oversee; to watch over.

überborden

To be stocked to overflowing.