German–English dictionary

verzollen

(cricket) The decision of the captain to let the bowling side bat in test cricket to save time without being all out.

verzonen

(transitive) To divide into or assign to sections or areas.

verzuckern

(biochemistry, transitive) To convert (soluble polysaccharides) into simple sugars

Verzückung

Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.

verzweifachen

(transitive) To multiply by two.

verzweifeln

(transitive) To cause to despair.

verzweifelt

Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.

verzweifelt bemüht

In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.

Verzweiflung

(transitive) To cause to despair.

verzweigen

(intransitive) To produce branches.

Verzweigung

The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.

verzwickt

Difficult or convoluted.

Verzwicktheit

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

Verzwirnen

The act of twining or winding round.

Vespasian

a Roman cognomen, notably borne by Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79

Vesper

(Christianity) A Christian service held in the late afternoon or early evening; evensong

Vesperbrot

(chiefly, British) The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).

Vestibulum

(anatomy) Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space. [from the 18th c.]

Vesuv

A volcanic mountain located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy.

Veteran

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

Veterinär

A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

Veterinärin

A medical doctor who treats non-human animals.

Veto

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

Vettel

(pejorative) An ugly old woman.

Vetter

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

Vetternwirtschaft

(politics, idiomatic) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.

Vexierfrage

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

Vexillum

(ornithology) The flattened, web-like part of a feather, consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft.

vgl.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

VHS

A type of videotape originally developed by the Japanese company JVC.

via

By way of; passing through.

Viabilität

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.

Viadukt

(transport) A bridge with several spans that carries rail or road traffic over a valley or other obstacles.

Viagra

(pharmaceutical drug) A brand name of the drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction. [from 1990s]

Viatikum

(especially, Catholicism) The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.

Vibe

(informal, originally, New Age jargon, often, in the plural) An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing. [c. 1960s]

Vibrant

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

Vibration

(informal) Vibration. [later 20th c.]

Vibrator

(informal) A vibrator (sex toy). [later 20th c.]

vibrieren

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

vibrierend

Vibrating, resonant or resounding.

Vibrisse

One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.

vice versa

(generally after or) The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.

Vicomte

A member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.

Victoria

A town in Lunenburg County, Virginia, named after Queen Victoria.

video-

moving images, especially television

Videoband

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

Videoblog

(Internet) A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. [from 21st c.]

Videokamera

A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.

Videokassette

A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.

Videospiel

(countable) Ellipsis of video game.

Vieh

(archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast. [from 17th c.]

Viehbestand

Farm or ranch animals; livestock.

Viehdieb

(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.

Vieherbauer

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

Viehfutter

Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

Viehhirt

One who herds cattle; a cowboy.

Viehhof

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

Viehpferch

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

Viehputz

Caring for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.

Viehtender

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

Viehtreiber

A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.

Viehtreiberin

A person who drives animals (which are on foot or on the hoof, walking to some destination), especially cattle or sheep, and especially over long distances.

viel

(informal) Very much; a great deal; to a large extent.

viel Aufheben machen

(intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.

viel Erfolg!

(literary) Used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.

viel Glück!

Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.

viel zu früh

Early; premature.

Vieldeutigkeit

(countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.

viele

before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

viele Grüße

A greeting at the end of a letter or e-mail communication.

Vielehe

A form of polygynous, polyandrous marriage in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit.

vielen Dank

An expression of gratitude, expressing greater gratitude than thank you or thanks.

vielfach gelobt

Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.

Vielfache

(mathematics) A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.

Vielfalt

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

vielfältig

Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics such as ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status; especially, having a sizeable representation of people who are minorities in the community, organization, etc.

vielfältig machen

(transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.

Vielfältigkeit

The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.

vielfarbig

(American spelling) Having multiple colors.

Vielfraß

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

vielgestaltig

Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms.

Vielgötterei

The belief in the existence of multiple gods.

vielleicht

(as a pro-sentence) Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

vielseitig

Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.

vielseitige Anwendbarkeit

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

Vielseitigkeit

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

vielsprachig

Of a person: speaking, or versed in, many languages; multilingual.

vielversprechend

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Vielzahl

A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.

vielzählig

Indefinitely large numerically; many.

Vienne

A left tributary of the Loire in southwest France, flowing through the departments of Corrèze, Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Indre-et-Loire.

Vier

(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof.

Viereck

(geometry) A polygon with four sides.

viereckig

Having four equal sides; square.

Vierer

A group of four, a quartet or a game (such as golf) played by four players, especially by two teams of two.

vierfach

Being four times as long, as big or as many of something.

vierkantig

Having four equal sides; square.

Vierling

(card games) Four cards of the same rank.

vierseitig

Having four sides.

vierte

The ordinal form of the number four.

vierteilen

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

Viertel

A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

Viertelcicero

(US, _, printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

Vierteldollar

(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. [from 18th c.]

Vierteljahr

(now, historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. [from 14th c.]

Vierteljahresschrift

A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

vierteljährlich

Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

vierteln

(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.

Viertelnote

(music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

Viertelpetit

(uncountable, US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type between German and Norse, 2-point type.

Viertelscheffel

One quarter of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; equal to approximately 9092 cubic centimeters in the imperial system or 8810 cubic centimeters in the U.S. system.

vierter

The ordinal form of the number four.

Viertsemester

(US, Philippines) A second-year undergraduate student in a college or university, or a second-year student in a four-year secondary school or high school.

Vierung

(heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

vierzehn

The cardinal number occurring after thirteen and before fifteen, represented in Roman numerals as XIV and in Arabic numerals as 14.

vierzehn Tage

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, dated, _, in North America) A period of 2 weeks.

vierzehntäglich

Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

vierzehnte

The ordinal form of the number fourteen.

vierzig

The cardinal number occurring after thirty-nine and before forty-one, represented in Roman numerals as XL and in Arabic numerals as 40.

Vierziger

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.

vierziger Jahre

The decade of the 1840s, 1940s, etc.

Vietnam

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Capital: Hanoi.

vietnamesisch

Of or pertaining to Vietnam.

View

(computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.

Vigil

The eve of a religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.

Vigilant

A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

Vigilanz

The state of being wakeful.

Vikar

An assistant rector or vicar.

viktimisieren

(transitive) To make (someone) a victim or sacrifice.

Viktimisierung

An act that victimizes or exploits someone.

Viktimologie

The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the reasons some people are more prone to be victims.

Viktor

A en given name.

Viktoria

A en given name.

viktorianisch

Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.

Viktorianische

Of or relating to the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, or that period.

Viktoriasee

Ellipsis of Lake Victoria: the largest lake in Africa.

Viktorien

A state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901. Capital: Melbourne.

Viktualien

(archaic) Food fit for human (or occasionally animal) consumption.

Villa

A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

Vinaigrette

A sauce, made of an acidic liquid such as vinegar or lemon juice; oil; and other ingredients, used as a salad dressing, or as a marinade for cold meats.

Vincent

(countable) A en given name.

Vinyl-Schallplatte

(music, countable) A phonograph record.

Vinzenz

(countable) A en given name.

Viola

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

violett

Having a pale purple colour.

Violine

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

Violinist

A person who plays the violin.

Violinistin

A person who plays the violin.

Violoncello

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.