German–English dictionary

übrigbleiben

(mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

übrigbleibend

Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.

übrigens

(conjunctive, idiomatic) Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

Übstunde

The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.

Übung

(countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.

Übungsbuch

A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

Übungsheft

A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

Übungsplatz

An area for military training or equipment testing.

Udon

A Japanese wheat noodle.

Ufer

(hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Uferböschung

An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.

Uferschnecke

A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

uff

An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.

UFO

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. [from 20th c.]

Uganda

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Uganda.

uh

Expresses frustration or anger, especially at one’s own stupidity.

Uhr

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

Uhrahn

An ancestor.

Uhrahne

An ancestor.

Uhrkette

A short chain or ribbon to connect such a pocket to the watch.

Uhrmacher

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

Uhrmacherin

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains clocks.

Uhrwerk

A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

Uhrzeigersinn

Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

Uhrzeit

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

Uhu

Bubo bubo, the largest owl, native to almost all of temperate Eurasia.

UIG

(linguistics, anthropology, etc.) Initialism of Proto-Indo-European.

Ukelei

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

Ukraine

A country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea. Capital and largest city: Kyiv.

Ukrainer

A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.

Ukrainerin

A citizen of Ukraine or a person of Ukrainian ethnicity.

ukrainisch

Relating to Ukraine or its people or language.

Ukulele

A small four-stringed guitar.

Ulaanbaatar

The capital city of Mongolia.

Ulan

(historical) A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

Ulan-Bator

The capital city of Mongolia.

Ulcus

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulenspiegel

(historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).

Ulk

Mischief.

Ulkerei

(countable, slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.

Ulme

(countable) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.

Ulster

The northern province of Ireland, made up of all six Northern Irish counties and three counties in the Republic of Ireland.

ultimativ

(not comparable) Final; last in a series.

Ultimatum

(diplomacy) A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.

ultramarin

Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

ultramarinblau

Of a brilliant dark blue or slightly purplish color like that of the pigment (noun sense 1).

Ultranationalist

One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.

Ultraschall

(acoustics) Beyond (higher in frequency than) the range of sound perceptible to the human ear; with a frequency of 20 kilohertz or higher.

ultraviolett

Of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 to 10 nanometres.

um

Denotes singular grammatical number.

um ... zu

So that; used to indicate purpose

um den heißen Brei herumreden

(intransitive) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.

um den heißen Brei schleichen

(intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously.

um den Verstand bringen

(transitive) To make insane; to inflame with passion.

um ehrlich zu sein

(sentence adverb) In truth, to tell the truth.

um genau zu sein

(conjunctive) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.) [from 15th c.]

um Rat fragen

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

um... (herum)

In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around. [from before 1150]

Umami

One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

umarbeiten

(transitive) To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something). [from early 19th c.]

Umarbeitung

A major change in the use of something, or in the appearance of something or someone; a radical transformation.

umarmen

(transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

Umarmung

An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. [from 1640s]

umbauen

(ambitransitive) To build again or anew.

umbenennen

(transitive) To baptize again.

umbilden

To change the appearance, layout, or furnishings of.

umbringen

(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

Umbruch

A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

umbuchen

(ambitransitive) To book again.

umdrehen

To change direction.

Umdrehung

Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

umfallen

(intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.

Umfaller

Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change their mind or comply.

Umfang

(obsolete) A space within limits; an area.

umfangen

To entangle, as in a net.

umfangreich

Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

umfassen

(now, _, rare) To include, comprise; to contain. [from 14th c.]

umfassend

General; covering or encompassing everything.

umfassender Untersuchungsbericht

The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.

umfasst

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

Umfeld

A particular political or social setting, arena or condition.

umformen

(transitive) To make into a different shape.

umformulieren

(transitive) To say or write something with different wording.

Umformung

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

Umfrage

(in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.

Umfriedung

(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

umfüllen

(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.

Umfüllung

The act of pouring liquid from one vessel to another.

Umgang

(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship. [from 12th c.]

umgänglich

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

Umgangsrecht

(uncountable, legal) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.

Umgangssprachausdruck

A colloquial word or phrase; a common spoken expression.

Umgangssprache

A colloquial manner of speaking.

umgangssprachlich

(linguistics) Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.

umgeben

(transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.

Umgebung

A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.

umgehen

To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass.

umgehen mit

(transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.

umgehend

(chiefly, formal, literary, law) Without delay; immediately. [from early 14th c.]

Umgeher

(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).

Umgehung

A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.

Umgehungsgefäß

(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.

Umgehungsstraße

A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).

umgekehrt

(often, conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

umgekehrt proportional

(mathematics) Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.

umgestalten

(idiomatic) To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.

Umgestaltung

(historical, uncountable) A program of political and economic reform carried out in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev.

umgießen

(transitive) To pour from one vessel into another.

umgrenzen

(transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.

Umgrenzung

(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

Umhang

A loose, flowing upper garment.

Umhängeband

(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.

Umhängetasche

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

Umhangtuch

A length of such material used as a piece of clothing, formerly worn in the Scottish Highlands and other parts of northern Britain and remaining as an item of ceremonial dress worn by members of Scottish pipe bands. [from 16thc.]

umhauen

To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

Umhegen

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

umher

From place to place.

umher irrend

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

umherhüpfen

(Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.

umherreisen

(intransitive) To travel from place to place, especially to preach or lecture.

umherschweifen

(intransitive) To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.

umherschweifend

Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.

umherspringend

Abounding in energy or playfulness.

umherstreifen

(intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.

umherwandeln

(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

umherwandern

(intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.

umherziehen

(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

umhüllen

(transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold.

Umhüllung

(figuratively) Anything that covers or conceals something else; a cloak. [from 9th c.]

Umkehrbarkeit

(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.

umkehren

To change direction.

Umkehrschluss

(logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

Umkehrung

The opposite or reverse.

umkippen

(intransitive, idiomatic) To fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.

Umkleidekabine

A room or enclosure, e.g. in a clothes shop, where people try on clothes they are interested in buying.

umkleiden

(transitive) To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it), especially to put a clean diaper on (someone).

umkommen

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Umkreis

(geometry) A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible).

umkreisen

(transitive) To travel around along a curved path.

umkreisender Raumflugkörper

A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

Umkreiser

An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.

Umlage

(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.

Umlagenerhebung

The act of levying.

umlagern

(transitive) to surround or besiege

Umland

The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.

Umlauf

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

Umlaufbahn

(pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.

Umlaufen

The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.

Umlaufgeschwindigkeit

(economics) The number of times that an average unit of currency is spent during a specific period of time.

Umlegung

(US) The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.