German–English dictionary

unterscheiden

(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

unterscheidend

Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.

Unterscheidung

The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent.

Unterschenkel

(anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

Unterschied

(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts.

unterschiedlich

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

unterschiedlicher Meinung sein

(intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.

Unterschiedlichkeit

(uncountable) The state of being unequal; difference.

unterschiedslos

(of a person) Without care in making distinctions, thoughtless.

unterschlagen

(legal, business) To steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for which one works.

Unterschlagung

Embezzlement.

Unterschlupf

(figurative) A second home, etc., where one can seek an escape or refuge from the stresses of everyday life.

unterschreiben

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

Unterschrift

A person's name, written by that person, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.

unterschriften

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

unterschwellig

(physiology) Of a stimulus: below the limen or threshold of conscious perception, especially if still able to produce a response; also (generally) , below the threshold where a response can be produced. [from late 19th c.]

unterschwellige Anspielung

That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion

Unterseeboot

(watercraft) A boat that can go underwater.

unterseeisch

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

Unterseite

The lowest part of anything.

Untersektion

A defined part of a section.

Untersetzer

A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.

untersetzt

(euphemistic, of a person) Fat.

Untersetzung

(mathematics) A relation between two mathematical figures such as a straight line where the coordinates of each point in one figure is a constant added to the coordinates of a corresponding point in the other figure.

Unterstand

(North American, AU) A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.

unterstellen

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof

Unterstellung

The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.

Untersteuern

The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

unterstreichen

(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).

Unterstrich

(dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

unterstützen

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

unterstützend

(formal) Providing assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful. [from 16th c.]

Unterstützer

Someone who publicly promotes or endorses (something or someone); a fan or supporter.

Unterstützerin

A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause, movement, or political party; an adherent.

unterstützt

(bodybuilding, euphemism) Having suffered the use of anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs.

Unterstützung

Faithful support for some cause.

Unterstützungsempfänger

One living on or eligible for public charity.

Unterstützungserklärung

Support from an important, renowned figure of a media (celebrity, politics, sports, etc.), to get back up.

untersuchen

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

Untersuchung

Trial, attempt.

Untersuchung der Todesursache

A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death

Untersuchungshaft

The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.

Untersuchungsrichter

(law) A judge in an inquisitorial system of law who carries out pre-trial investigations into allegations of crime and in some cases makes a recommendation for prosecution.

Untertagekohlenbergwerk

(British) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.

untertan

Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

untertänig

Obsequiously submissive.

untertäniger Mensch

A person who has a subservient nature.

Untertasse

A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.

untertauchbar

Able to be submerged.

untertauchen

(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

unterteilen

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

Unterteilung

(by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.

Untertemperatur

(pathology) Abnormally low body temperature; specifically, below 35 degrees Celsius for humans.

Untertitel

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

untertiteln

To create subtitles for the dialogue in a film.

Unterton

Such a frequency

untertreiben

(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

Untertreibung

An act of stretching.

untervermieten

(transitive, property law) To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

Unterverwandlung

(chess) Promotion of a pawn to a piece other than a queen.

unterwältigen

To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.

unterwältigend

Failing to interest; not as exciting as promised or expected.

unterwandern

(ambitransitive) To surreptitiously penetrate, enter or gain access to.

Unterwäsche

Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.

unterwasser-

Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.

Unterwasser-Reise

A voyage, especially underwater.

Unterwasserboot

(watercraft) A boat that can go underwater.

Unterwasserströmung

A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.

unterwegs

Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

Unterweisung

Instruction; teaching; guidance; being a tutor.

Unterwelt

A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.

unterwerfen

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

Unterwerfung

(legal) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

Unterwerk

A site where electricity supplied by long-distance (high-voltage) transmission lines is transformed or regulated for local (low-voltage) distribution.

unterworfen

Exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.

Unterwuchs

The plants in a forest which only reach a relatively low height (such as shrubs and bushes).

unterwürfig

Seeking favor by way of flattery; flattering, servile.

unterwürfige Person

A person who has a subservient nature.

Unterwürfigkeit

The quality of being obsequious; servile compliance.

unterzeichnen

(transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. [from 15th c.]

Unterzeichner

One who signs or has signed something.

Unterzeichnerin

One who signs or has signed something.

Unterzeichnete

One who signs or has signed something.

Unterzeichneter

One who signs or has signed something.

Unterzeichnung

The signing of one's name.

unterziehen

(transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

Unterzug

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

untief

Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.

Untiefe

A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.

untot

(horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.

Untoter

(horror and fantasy fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.

untragbar

Not sufferable; very difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable, unbearable.

untrennbar

Unable to be separated; bound together permanently.

untreu

Unfaithful or adulterous.

Untreue

Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.

Untreue vergeben

(transitive, legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

Untreue verzeihen

(transitive, legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

untröstlich

(idiomatic) Grieved and disappointed, especially by the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the end of a romantic relationship.

Untugend

Bad or immoral behaviour.

untugendhaft

Not chaste; not continent

unüberhörbar

Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.

unüberlegt

Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.

unübersichtlich

difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.

unübertrefflich

Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.

unüberwindbar

(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.

unüberwindlich

(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.

unüblich

Not usual, out of the ordinary.

unumgänglich

Impossible (unable) to avoid or escape; not escapable.

unumkehrbar

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.

Unumkehrbarkeit

The quality of being irreversible; the lack of an ability to be reversed.

unumstößlich

Incapable of being altered, or of changing.

ununterbrochen

Without pause.

unveränderbar

Unable to be changed without exception.

unveränderlich

Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

unverantwortlich

Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.

Unverantwortlichkeit

The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.

unverarbeitete Ware

(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.

unverbesserbar

Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.

unverbesserlich

(US) Incorrigible and insolent.

unverbindlich

Uncertain; subject to future change.

unverblümt

Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

unverderblich

Not subject to corruption or decay.

unverdient

Given freely; unearned.

unverdorben

Naive and trusting.

unverdünnt

Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

unvereinbar

Contrary to something; discordant. [Mid 17th century.]

Unvereinbarkeit

(countable) Incongruity.

unverfälscht

Pure; not mixed or adulterated with anything.

unverfänglich

Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.

unverfroren

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

Unverfrorenheit

The characteristic of being brash.

unvergänglich

Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

unvergesslich

Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.

unvergleichlich

(literally, not comparable) Not comparable.

unverheiratet

(chiefly religious) Not married. [from 1827]

Unverheiratete

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. [from 1869]

unverheiratete Frau

(sometimes, derogatory) A woman who has never been married, especially one past the typical marrying age according to social traditions.

Unverheirateter

One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community. [from 1869]

unverhofftes Glück

A combination of events which have come together by chance to make a surprisingly good or wonderful outcome.

unverhohlen

Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

unverkennbar

Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

unverlangt

Not requested; neither welcomed nor invited.

Unverletzbarkeit

The state of being invulnerable.

unverletzlich

Not violable; not to be infringed.

unverletzt

Not hurt; unharmed or unscathed

unvermeidbar

(informal) inevitable; settled

unvermeidlich

(informal) inevitable; settled

Unvermeidlichkeit

(uncountable) The condition of being inevitable.

unvermischt

Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

unvermittelt fallen lassen

(transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly