German–English dictionary

vereinfacht

Represented too simply or in an overly formulaic way, reflecting a shallow or incomplete understanding of complex subject matter.

Vereinfachung

The act of simplifying or something that has been simplified.

vereinigen

(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.

vereinigt

Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.

Vereinigung

(uncountable) The act of associating.

Vereinigungsmenge

(countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.

vereinnahmen

(figuratively) To take in; absorb.

vereint

Not divided in parts.

vereinzeln

(transitive) To isolate.

Vereisung

The process of forming a layer of ice on a surface.

vereiteln

(transitive) To frustrate, discomfit.

verenden

(intransitive) To die; to cease to live.

verengen

(ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.

vererben

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

vererbt

(especially, computing) Left over from the past; old and no longer current.

Vererbungslehre

(biology) The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics, in particular chromosomes and DNA.

verewigen

(transitive) To make (something) perpetual; to make (something) continue for an indefinite time; also, to preserve (something) from extinction or oblivion.

verfahren

Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.

verfahrene Situation

A dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.

Verfahrenshindernis

(legal) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.

Verfahrensweise

A principle of behaviour, conduct which an entity (government, organization, etc.) applies or seeks to follow, especially as formally expressed by an authoritative body. [from 15th c.]

Verfall

The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.

verfallen

(transitive) To begin suddenly.

verfälschen

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

verfangen

(transitive) To catch and hold.

verfänglich

(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.

Verfärbung

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance.

verfassen

(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.

Verfasser

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

Verfasserin

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

Verfassung

The health status of a medical patient.

verfassunggebend

(politics, or, law) Authorized to make a constitution.

Verfassungsänderung

(especially, US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

Verfassungsergänzung

(especially, US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.

verfassungsgemäß

In compliance with or valid under a legal or political constitution.

verfassungsmäßig

Relating to a legal or political constitution.

verfassungswidrig

(legal) In an anticonstitutional manner.

verfaulen

(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.

verfault

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

verfechten

(transitive) To maintain or defend (a cause) against opposition.

Verfechter

A defender or advocate of a noble cause.

verfegen

To remove the velvet from a deer's antlers.

verfehlen

(transitive) To fail to notice; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.

Verfehlung

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

verfeinern

(ambitransitive) To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. [from mid 18th c.]

verfeinert

Elevated in style or nature, sublime; of high intellectual or moral value.

verfemen

(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

verfestigen

To harden or to grow hard.

verfilzen

(intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.

verfinstern

(transitive) Of astronomical or atmospheric bodies, to cause an eclipse.

verfitzen

(transitive) To mix together or intertwine.

verflechten

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

verflixt

(British, AU, dated) A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

verfluchen

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

verflucht

(colloquial) Accursed; damned.

verflüchtigen

(physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.

verflüssigen

To make (something) into a liquid.

verfolgen

(transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed.

verfolgende Behörde

(legal) In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor.

Verfolger

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

Verfolgerin

Something or someone who chases. [from 14th c.]

verfolgt

Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

Verfolgung

(real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.

Verfolgungswahn

The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others

verformbar

Molded easily into a new form.

Verformbarkeit

(materials science) Ability of a material to be drawn out longitudinally to a reduced section without fracture under the action of a tensile force.

Verformung

An act of distorting.

verfrachten

To move (something) from one place to another.

Verfremdung

The act of estranging; the act of alienating; alienation.

verfressen

Greedy.

verfrüht

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

verfügbar

Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

Verfügbarkeit

(chiefly, uncountable) The quality of being available.

verfügen

To command by a decree.

Verfügung

(legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.

verführen

(transitive) To charm, delight or captivate.

Verführer

Somebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.

Verführerin

A woman who seduces.

verführerisch

Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

Verführung

The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.

verfüllen

(masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.

Vergabe

The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.

vergaben

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

vergangen

Having been or happened in the distant past.

Vergangenheit

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vergänglich

Lasting for a short period of time.

Vergängliches

That which perishes or is short-lived.

Vergänglichkeit

The state or quality of being transitory.

vergasen

(transitive) To attack or kill with poison gas.

Vergaser

(US, Canada) A device in an internal combustion engine where fuel is vaporized and mixed with air prior to ignition. [from 1890s]

vergeben

(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

vergeblich

Incapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.

Vergeblichkeit

(uncountable) The quality of being futile or useless.

Vergebung

The action of forgiving.

vergegenwärtigen

(transitive, idiomatic) To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

Vergehen

(law, criminology, historical, _, in, _, UK) A lesser criminal act in most common law legal systems, generally punished less severely than a felony.

vergeigen

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

vergelten

(figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.

Vergeltung

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

Vergeltung üben

(intransitive) To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.

Vergeltungsakt

An act of retaliation.

Vergeltungsmaßnahme

An act of retaliation.

Vergeltungsschlag

An act of retaliation.

vergemeinschaften

(transitive) To take something into collective or governmental ownership.

vergesellschaften

To arrange or occur side by side.

vergessbar

Easily forgotten; not special or notable.

vergessen

(transitive) To lose remembrance of.

Vergessenheit

Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.

vergesslich

Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.

Vergesslichkeit

The quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.

vergeuden

(transitive) To use up or waste; squander.

vergeudetes Geld

(uncountable, business) Wasted money.

Vergeudung

lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

vergewaltigen

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

vergießen

(transitive, archaic) To pour; to make flow.

vergiften

(transitive) To add alcohol, poison, a drug or anything else potentially harmful to (food or drink).

vergiftet

(figurative) Severely negative or harmful.

Vergiftung

A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

Vergil

Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

vergilben

(intransitive) To become yellow or yellower.

vergipsen

(transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

vergl.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

Vergleich

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

vergleichbar

(often with to) Able to be compared (to).

vergleichbar sein

To compare with; to equal; to rival.

Vergleichbarkeit

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

vergleiche

Compared with, as opposed to.

vergleichen

(transitive) To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.

vergleichend

Of or relating to comparison.

Vergleichstück

Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

vergleichsweise

Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.

Vergleichung

The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.

verglichen mit

In comparison with.

vergnügen

(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

vergnüglich

Entertaining.

vergnügt

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

Vergnügungsfahrt

A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

Vergnügungsreisende

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

Vergnügungsreisender

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business. [from 1770s]

vergolden

(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.

Vergolder

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

Vergolderin

One who gilds; especially one whose occupation is to overlay things with gold.

vergoldet

Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.

Vergoldung

(countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.

Vergötterung

Flattery; fulsome praise.

Vergöttlichung

Glorification, exaltation; crediting someone or something with extraordinary power or status.

vergraben

Concealed, hidden.

vergreisen

(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.

vergrößern

(intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.

Vergrößerung

The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.