German–English dictionary

verguckt

In love.

Vergünstigung

(informal) Perquisite.

vergüten

(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

Vergütung

(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.

verhaften

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

Verhaftung

(legal) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.

Verhalt

(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces.

verhalten

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

verhaltensauffällig

Deviating from normal opinions or actions; eccentric; odd.

Verhaltenskodex

(ethics) A set of rules dictating acceptable behavior and decisions in a specified environment.

Verhaltensweise

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

Verhältnis

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

verhältnismäßig

Approximated by comparison; relative.

Verhältniswort

(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.

verhandelbar

Open to negotiation or bargaining.

verhandeln

(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.

Verhandlung

The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

Verhandlungsaufschub

(legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

Verhandlungsführer

One who negotiates.

Verhandlungsführerin

One who negotiates.

Verhandlungsgespräch

A conference, especially one between enemies.

verhängen

To thrust upon; to impose.

Verhängnis

Destiny, especially terrible.

verhängnisvoll

Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.

verhängnisvolle Frau

An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

verharmlosen

(transitive) To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.

verharren

(intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.

verhärten

To harden or to grow hard.

verhärtet

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

verhasst

Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]

verhätscheln

(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.

verhauen

(transitive, informal) To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury; to beat up.

verheddern

(figurative) To entangle; to enmesh.

verheeren

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

verheerend

Causing devastation.

verheert

Ruined, ravaged.

Verheerung

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

verhehlen

(transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.

verheilen

(intransitive) To become better or healthy again.

verheimlichen

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

verheiraten

(intransitive) To become married (to someone).

verheiratet

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

Verheiratete

In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.

Verheiratung

A joining of two parts.

verheißen

(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.

verheißungsvoll

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Verherer

A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.

Verhererin

A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.

verherrlichen

(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

Verherrlichung

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

Verhetzung

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

verheult

Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness. [from 17th c.]

verhexen

(transitive) To cast a spell upon.

verhext

Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.

Verhexung

An evil spell or curse.

verhindern

(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.

Verhinderung

The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

verhöhnen

(transitive) To laugh at or mock (someone or something) harshly; to ridicule, to scorn.

Verhöhnung

Act of treating with disdain.

verholen

(transitive, nautical) To move a vessel by hauling on a line or cable that is fastened to an anchor or pier; (especially) to move a sailing ship through a restricted place such as a harbour.

Verholtau

(nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for other purposes such as deploying a seine or creating drag.

verholzt

(botany) Lignified.

Verhör

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

verhören

To testify; to bear witness; to claim; to assert; to affirm.

verhornen

(intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.

verhüllen

(transitive) To cover as with or like a cloak.

verhungern

(intransitive) To die because of lack of food or of not eating.

verhungern lassen

(transitive) To deprive of nourishment or of some vital component.

Verhütung

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

Verhütungsmittel

A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

Verifikation

(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

verifizierbar

Able to be verified or confirmed.

verifizieren

(finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes

Verifizierung

(mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

verirrt

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

Verirrung

(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer. [Mid 18th century.]

verjagen

(idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave

Verjährung

(figurative) Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.

Verjährungsfrist

(law) A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.

Verjauchung

The act of causing to rot; the anaerobic splitting of proteins by bacteria and fungi with the formation of malodorous, incompletely oxidized products.

verjüngen

To render young again.

Verjüngung

The process of rendering young again.

verkabeln

(transitive) To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.

verkatert

Suffering from a hangover.

Verkauf

An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.

Verkauf von Inhalt

The act of syndicating a news feature by publishing it in multiple newspapers etc, simultaneously

Verkäufe

Action of the verb to sell.

verkaufen

(transitive, ditransitive, intransitive) To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

Verkäufer

A dealer or trader in a specific commodity.

Verkäuferin

A person whose job is to sell things, often in a shop or store.

Verkaufsautomat

An automatic machine that dispenses merchandise (often food or beverages) in return for payment (originally coins; now also often paper money, credit cards, and wirelessly via digital payment apps).

Verkaufsgeschick

Skill at salesmanship.

Verkaufsgeschicke

Skill at salesmanship.

Verkaufsgespräch

An effort to sell or promote something.

Verkaufsprämie

(countable, commerce, slang) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.

Verkaufsschlager

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

Verkaufstalent

Skill at salesmanship.

Verkaufstalente

Skill at salesmanship.

Verkaufsvertretung

A place that sells items, especially cars.

Verkehr

Communication, conversation.

Verkehrsader

A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.

Verkehrsflugzeug

A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.

Verkehrsinfarkt

(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

Verkehrskollaps

(road transport) A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

Verkehrsmittel

A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.

Verkehrsstau

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

Verkehrsunfall

An automobile, airplane, or other vehicle accident.

verkehrt

misdirected

Verkennung

A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding.

verkettet

(computing, of data items) Linked in a chain.

Verkettung

(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

verklagen

(transitive) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal (civil) action.

verklären

(transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.

verklärt

(figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.

Verklärung des Herrn

(Christianity) An annual feast day, observed on August 6th (Gregorian) or 19th (Julian), celebrating the miracle when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles.

verkleiden

(transitive) To change the appearance of (a person or thing) so as to hide, or to assume an identity.

verkleideter Mensch

A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.

Verkleidung

(construction) A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building.

verkleinern

To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]

verkleinernd

(obsolete) Serving to diminish.

verkleinert

Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction.

Verkleinerungsform

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Verkleinerungswort

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

verklemmt

(colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.

Verklemmung

(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.

verklopfen

(transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.

verkloppen

(transitive) To beat severely; to thrash.

verknallt

(informal) Infatuated.

verknöchert

Having undergone the process of ossification (transformation into bone or a bone-like mass).

verknüpfen

(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.

Verknüpfung

(uncountable) The act of associating.

verkocht

Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.

verkohlen

To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.

verkoken

(intransitive) To turn into coke.

verkommen

(intransitive) To indulge in revelry.

verkommen lassen

(transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).

Verkommenheit

The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.

verkomplizieren

To make (something) intricate; to complicate.

verkopft

Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

verkorksen

(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

verkorkst

Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.

Verkörperlichung

The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

verkörpern

To be an epitome of.

Verkörperung

(internet, video games) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.

Verköstigung

(uncountable) Food and drink.

Verkostung

The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

verkrampfen

To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.

verkrampft

Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.

verkratzen

To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).

Verkrümmung

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