German–English dictionary

verspotten

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

Verspottung

Act of treating with disdain.

versprechen

(informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.

Versprengte

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

Versprengter

Someone who goes against the direct or proper course, or from the company to which they belong.

Versprödung

The state of being brittle (in various senses).

versprühen

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

Versrätsel

(uncommon) A single round of the game charades, an acted form of the earlier riddles.

Verstand

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

verstanden

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

verstanden?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

verständig

Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]

verständigen

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

verständlich

Able to be comprehended.

verständlicherweise

For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.

Verständnis

The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.

verständnisvoll

Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance; sympathetically aware.

verstärken

(colloquial, usually, with up) To intensify or increase.

Verstärker

Something that reinforces; something that strengthens a behavior.

verstärkt

In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.

verstärkter Druck

(by extension) Any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage.

Verstärkung

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

verstaubt

(figuratively, by extension) Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.

verstauchen

To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

Verstauchung

The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

Versteck

A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.

Versteck (hinter Steinen)

(chiefly, Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.

verstecken

(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.

versteckt

Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.

versteckte Andeutung

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

verstehen

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

versteifen

(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.

Versteigerer

An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.

versteigern

To sell at an auction.

Versteigerung

A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.

versteinern

To immobilize with fright.

versteinert

in a state of fossilisation

verstellbar

capable of being adjusted

verstellen

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

versterben

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

verstimmen

(intransitive) To become slightly offended.

verstimmt

Unhappy; dissatisfied

Verstimmung

A state of feeling unwell or unhappy; a feeling of emotional and mental discomfort and suffering from restlessness, malaise, depression, or anxiety.

verstockt

(obsolete) Foolishly obstinate or resolute; stubborn.

verstohlen

Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.

verstopfen

(transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

verstopft

Unable to defecate; costive.

verstopfte

Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.

verstopften

(intransitive) To become clogged.

Verstopfung

Something that prevents something from passing.

verstorben

(now, _, rare) Deceased, dead.

Verstorbene

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

Verstorbener

(euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

verstörend

Causing mental trouble or anguish; upsetting; making uneasy.

Verstörende

(psychology, psychoanalysis, Freud) Something that is simultaneously familiar and strange, typically leading to feelings of discomfort.

verstört

Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

Verstoß

(legal) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

verstoßen

(transitive) To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

verstreben

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.

Verstreuen

(agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.

verstricken

(figurative) To entangle; to enmesh.

verstümmeln

To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.

Verstümmelung

(legal) The maiming of a person by depriving them of the use of any of their limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.

verstummen

(intransitive) To become quiet.

Versturz

A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.

Versuch

Trial, attempt.

versuchen

(archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th–19th c.]

Versuchsbetrieb

A trial or test period, especially of a ship or aircraft.

Versuchsperson

(figuratively) A living experimental subject.

Versuchung

The act of tempting.

versumpfen

(figuratively) To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.

versumpft

Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy.

versunken

underwater

versüßen

(transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

vertagen

(transitive) To postpone.

vertan

Not profitably used.

vertäuen

(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like.

vertauschen

To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen

Vertäuung

The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

vertebral

(anatomy) Of or relating to a vertebra or the spine.

verteidigen

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

Verteidiger

Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]

Verteidigung

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

Verteidigungs-

Intended for defence; protective.

verteidigungsfähig

(of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded

Verteidigungswall

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

verteilen

(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.

verteilen (über)

(transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]

Verteiler

An object used to dispense other items.

Verteilerkreis

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

verteilt

Placed at intervals amongst other things.

Verteilung

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

verteuert

(economics) : In a state of higher cost.

verteufeln

To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

vertiefen

(transitive) To make deep or deeper

vertieft

Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

Vertieftsein

The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.

Vertiefung

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]

vertikal

Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.

Vertonung

music

vertrackt

(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.

Vertrag

(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.

vertragen

(intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.

verträglich

(dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.

Vertrauen

The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty; guarantee.

Vertrauen schenken

(obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.

vertrauend

In a faithful manner.

Vertrauende

A person or thing which relies on another.

Vertrauenslehrer

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

Vertrauensperson

A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

vertrauensvoll

Reliable; worthy of trust.

vertrauensvoll überlassen

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

vertrauenswürdig

Reliable; worthy of trust.

vertraulich

Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

Vertraulichkeit

Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

verträumt

Like something from a dream; having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness.

vertraut

Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.

vertraut machen

(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.

Vertraute

A female confidant.

Vertrauter

A person in whom one can confide or share one's secrets: a friend.

Vertrautheit

The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

vertreiben

(transitive) To expel, especially from the mind.

Vertreibung

The act of evicting.

vertretbar

(originally, finance, and, commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.

vertretbarerweise

As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent, but without absolute certainty.

vertreten

(transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

Vertreter

An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

Vertreterin

Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body. [from 17th c.]

Vertrieb

(uncountable) The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.

vertrocknen

(transitive) To cause to become dry.

vertrocknet

(archaic, or, literary, poetic) Without moisture; dry.

vertrödeln

(intransitive, archaic) To elapse, to pass.

vertrösten

(transitive) To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

vertun

(transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)

verübeln

(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.

verüben

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Verübung

The act of perpetrating

verulken

(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.

verunfallen

(intransitive) To collide with something destructively; to fall or come down violently.

verunglimpfen

(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.

verunglimpfend

Tending to denigrate.

Verunglimpfung

The act of making black; a blackening or defamation.

verunklaren

(transitive) To render obscure; to darken; to make dim; to keep in the dark; to hide; to make less visible, intelligible, legible, glorious, beautiful, or illustrious.

verunreinigen

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

Verunreinigung

The act or process of contaminating.

verunsichern

(transitive, figurative, informal) To scare, startle, unsettle, or unnerve.

verunsichert

Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown.

verunstalten

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

veruntreuen

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

Veruntreuung

Embezzlement.