German–English dictionary

Veggie

(informal) A vegetarian.

vehement

Fierce, intense, vehement.

Vehemenz

An intense concentration, force or power.

Vehikel

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

Veilchen

A periorbital hematoma; a visible bruise surrounding a person's eye; an assault causing such a bruise; the eye involved.

Veit

A en given name.

Velleität

The lowest degree of desire or volition; a total lack of effort to act.

Velo

Clipping of bicycle.

Velofahrer

A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.

Velours

A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.

Veloursleder

A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

Veloziped

(historical) An early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground.

Vendetta

A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.

Vene

(anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

venerisch

Of or relating to inhabitants of Venus.

Venezianer

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.

Venezianerin

A native or inhabitant of the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy.

Venezolaner

A person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent.

Venezolanerin

A person from Venezuela or of Venezuelan descent.

venezolanisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people.

Venezuela

A country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Capital and largest city: Caracas.

venezuelisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Venezuela or the Venezuelan people.

Ventil

A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

Ventilator

Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.

ventilieren

(transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.

ventral

(anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.

Ventriloquismus

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

Ventriloquist

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

Ventriloquistin

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

ver-

Bad or wrong; badly or wrongly.

Vera

A en given name.

Verabredung

(government) The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.

verabreichen

(transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.

Verabreichung

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

verabsäumen

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

verabscheuen

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

verabscheuenswürdig

Highly offensive; abominable, sickening.

Verabscheuung

(uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [from ca. 1350–1470]

verabscheuungswürdig

Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]

Verabschieden

The act of parting company.

Verabschiedung

(law) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.

verachten

(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

verachtenswert

Deserving contempt.

verachtenswürdig

Deserving contempt.

verachtet

Hated, despised, or avoided.

verächtlich

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

Verachtung

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

Veracruz

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

veralbern

(transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.

Veralberung

Mockery; the act of mocking.

verallgemeinern

To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.

Verallgemeinerung

The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.

veraltet

old-fashioned, out of date

Veranda

A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.

veränderbar

Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

veränderlich

Able to change and adapt.

verändern

(intransitive) To become something different.

Veränderung

The act of altering or making different.

verängstigt

(now, _, rare) Frightened; filled with terror.

verankern

To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

verankert

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]

Verankerung

Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

Veranlagung

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.

veranlassen

(transitive) To make or bring about; to implement.

veranschaulichen

(transitive) To show or illustrate by example.

Veranstalter

A person or organization responsible for running an event.

Veranstalterin

A person who arranges the details of a public event.

Veranstaltung

A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

verantwortlich

Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.

verantwortlich machen

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

Verantwortlichkeit

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

Verantwortung

A responsibility, onus.

verantwortungslos

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

Verantwortungslosigkeit

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

verantwortungsvoll

(of a, job, or, position) Involving important duties; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.

veräppeln

(transitive, colloquial) To deceive or dupe as a joke.

verarbeiten

(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.

Verarbeitung

The action of the verb to process.

verärgern

(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.

verärgernd

Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.

verärgert

In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Verärgerung

The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.

verarmen

(transitive) To make poor.

verarmt

Reduced to poverty.

Verarmung

The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.

Verarsche

Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. [from mid 19th c.]

verarschen

(archaic) To make a fool of; to make act the fool.

veraschen

(ambitransitive, chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.

verästeln

(intransitive) To expand in the manner of branches.

verauktionieren

(transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.

Veräußerung

(Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.

Verb

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

verbal

Of or relating to words.

verbale Rangelei

(figurative) Any activity in which two people spar with each other verbally.

Verbalgenus

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

Verband

A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.

Verbandmull

A fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth; used for dressing wounds.

verbannen

(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]

Verbannter

(countable) Someone who is banished from his home or country.

Verbannung

(countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.

verbarrikadieren

To close or block a road etc., as, or using, a barricade.

Verbene

Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.

verbergen

(transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

Verbesserer

One who betters, makes something better.

verbessern

(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.

verbessert

That has been made better; enhanced.

Verbesserung

The act of making better.

Verbeugung

A gesture, usually showing respect, made by inclining the head or bending forward at the waist; a reverence

Verbgenus

(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

verbiegen

(transitive, figurative) To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.

Verbiegung

(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape.

verbieten

(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.

verbinden

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Verbinder

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

verbindlich

(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.

Verbindlichkeit

The total amount of money that is owed by a customer to its suppliers of goods and services and is counted by the customer as a current unpaid debt.

Verbindung

(legal) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).

Verbindung von College-Studentinnen

(US, Philippines) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Verbindungselement

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

Verbindungslinie

(figurative) A means by which something is transmitted.

Verbindungsplatte

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.

Verbindungspunkt

A place where things join, a junction.

Verbindungsstecker

A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

Verbindungsstelle

A place where things join, a junction.

Verbindungsstück

The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.

verbissen

stubbornly persevering, steadfast

verbittern

(now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]

verbittert

Cynical and resentful.

Verbitterung

A sharp and bitter hatred.

verblassen

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

Verbleib

(with a possessive) A location; where something is situated.

verbleiben

(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]

verbleibend

Still alive; not extinct.

verbleien

(countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.

verblenden

(transitive, woodworking) To apply veneer to.

verblendet

Being affected by delusions.

Verblendung

The most external portion of exterior siding.

verblüffen

To astonish, bewilder or dazzle.

verblüffend

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

verblüfft

perplexed and bewildered

Verblüfftheit

The state of being bewildered.

Verblüffung

The state of being bemused.

verbocken

(transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something

verbogen

Turned or twisted to one side.

verbolzen

(transitive) To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

verborgen

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

Verborgenes

The deepest or innermost part.

Verborgenheit

(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.

verbos

Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Verbosität

(rhetoric) The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.