German–English dictionary

verursachen

(obsolete, intransitive) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated or to grow, like young before birth.

Verursacher

Someone who originates, creates or founds something.

verursacht werden

To be caused or derived; to originate.

verurteilen

(transitive) To criticize harshly.

verurteilend

(chiefly, of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.

Verurteilung

(countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.

Verve

Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.

vervielfachen

(transitive) To make manifold; multiply.

vervielfältigen

(transitive) To make a copy of.

Vervielfältigung

(historical) A copy made by the manifold writing process.

vervierfachen

(transitive) To multiply by four.

vervollkommnen

(transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.

vervollständigen

(transitive) To make whole or entire.

Verwachsung

(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.

verwahrlost

Untidy in appearance; scrubby; shabby.

Verwahrstelle

(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.

Verwahrung

Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.

verwaisen

(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive).

Verwaistheit

The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.

verwalten

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

Verwalter

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Verwalterin

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Verwaltung

(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.

Verwaltungsapparat

(business, organizational theory) A system of administration based upon organisation into bureaus, division of labour, a hierarchy of authority, etc., designed to dispose of a large body of work in a routine manner.

Verwaltungsleiter

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

verwandeln

(intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.

Verwandlung

The act of transforming or the state of being transformed.

verwandt

(often, followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

Verwandte

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Verwandten

A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

Verwandter

A male relative.

verwandtes Wort

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Verwandtschaft

A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).

Verwandtschaftsbeziehung

Relation or connection by nature or character.

verwanzen

(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.

verwanzt

Infested with insects.

verwarnen

(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.

verwässern

(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.

verwässert

(by extension) Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. [from 20th c.]

verweben

(transitive) To combine (things) through weaving.

verwechseln

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

verwechselt

Confused, astonished.

Verwechslung

A lack of clarity or order.

verwegen

Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.

Verwegenheit

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

verwehren

To refuse, set aside.

Verwehungen bilden

(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.

verweiblichen

(transitive) To make (more) feminine.

verweiblicht

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

verweichlicht

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

verweigern

(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [mid 16th – late 17th c.]

Verweigerung

(psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

verweilen

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]

Verweis

Official reprimand.

Verweis erteilen

(obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

verweisen

(transitive) To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

verwelken

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

verwelkt

Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.

Verwendbarkeit

The degree to which a thing is applicable; relevancy.

verwenden

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

Verwendung

A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.

verwerfen

(transitive) To throw away, to reject.

verwerflich

Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)

Verwerfung

(geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.

Verwertbarkeit

The degree to which a thing is applicable; relevancy.

verwesen

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

Verwesung

(ecology, medicine) The process or result of being gradually decomposed; rot, decomposition.

verwickeln

To cause (someone) to be drawn into or involved in a difficult situation or state of contention.

verwickelt

(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.

Verwicklung

The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.

verwildert

Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.

Verwinden

The act of twining or winding round.

Verwindung

An act of distorting.

verwirken

To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance

verwirklichbar

Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable.

verwirklichen

(transitive) To make real; to realize.

Verwirklichung

The fulfillment of something worked for.

verwirkt

Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.

Verwirkung

(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.

verwirren

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

verwirrend

Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.

verwirrende Frage

(British) A particularly difficult question or puzzle.

verwirrt

(by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

Verwirrung

The state of being bemused.

verwischen

To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.

verwittern

To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.

verwittert

Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.

Verwitterung

(geology) Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.

Verwitterungsmaterial

(biology, ecology) Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals.

verwitwet

(of a previously married person) Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.

verwöhnen

(transitive) To treat gently or with great care.

verwöhnt

Pampered.

Verwöhnung

The act of catering to someone's every desire.

verworfen

Rejected by God; damned, sinful.

Verworfenheit

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

verworren

(idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.

Verworrenheit

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

verwundbar

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

Verwundbarkeit

(uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

verwunden

Turned or twisted to one side.

verwunderlich

(figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.

verwundern

To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]

Verwunderung

(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.

verwundet

Struck by something.

Verwundung

The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.

verwünschen

(sometimes, vulgar) To curse; put a curse upon.

verwünscht

Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.

Verwünschung

(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.

verwürfeln

(transitive) To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.

verwursten

(transitive) To repeat with minor variation.

verwurzelt

Fixed, established

verwuscheln

(intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

Verwüsten

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

verwüstet

desolate

Verwüstetsein

The state of being desolated or laid waste

Verwüstung

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

Verzagen

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

verzagt

Lacking in courage or confidence.

Verzagtheit

The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.

verzaubern

(transitive) To cast a spell on.

verzaubert

Under the influence of enchantment.

Verzauberung

The act of enchanting or the feeling of being enchanted.

Verzehr

The amount consumed.

verzehrfertige Fleisch- und Wurstwaren

(uncountable) Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.

Verzeichnis

A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.

verzeigen

(formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of. [from 15th c.]

verzeihen

(transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.

verzeihlich

Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness.

Verzeihung

Said as a request for an individual's attention.

verzerren

(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

Verzerrung

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.

verzetteln

(intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

Verzicht leisten

(transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.

verzichtbar

Regarded as not worth preserving or saving; able to be sacrificed.

verzichten

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

verzichten (+ auf)

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

Verzichterklärung

(law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).

Verzichtserklärung

A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.

verziehen

(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar) To leave, go away, disappear.

Verziehung

(countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.

verzieren

(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn

Verzierung

A decoration; that which adorns.

Verzierung aus Flaggen- und Wimpelketten

Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.

verzinken

(usually) To coat with a layer of zinc (for rust resistance) by electrochemical means.

verzinkt

(British spelling) Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.

Verzinkung

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.

verzinnen

(transitive) To cover with tin.

verzogen

Twisted at an angle.

verzögern

(intransitive) To delay, to wait.

Verzögerung

An act or instance of deferring or putting off.