German–English dictionary

Wahrscheinlichkeit

Indicating a degree of certainty, or that something can be relied upon.

Währung

Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.

Wahrzeichen

A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation.

Waise

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Waisenhaus

A residential institution for the care and protection of orphans.

Waisenjunge

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Waisenkind

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Waisenknabe

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

Wal

Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.

Wald

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

Waldbau

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

Waldbrand

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.

Wäldchen

A small forest with minimal undergrowth.

Waldemar

(rare) A en given name.

Waldhorn

A coiled brass musical instrument, derived from the French hunting horn, which has rotary valves.

waldig

Covered in woods; wooded.

Waldland

(music) A woodwind instrument.

Waldlichtung

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

Waldmeister

An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

Waldmurmeltier

(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

Waldsänger

Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).

Waldschlucht

A small, narrow or enclosed, usually wooded valley.

Waldschnepfe

A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola)

Waldung

(music) A woodwind instrument.

Wales

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

Walfang

The practice of hunting whales.

Walfänger

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.

Walfängerin

One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.

Walfisch

(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

Walhall

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

Walhalla

(Norse mythology) The home of half of all warriors who died gloriously in battle as well as many of the Æsir.

Waliser

(collectively, in the plural) The people of Wales. [from 11th c.]

walisisch

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

walken

To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing; to waulk or walk.

Walker

A person who fulls cloth.

Walkman

A portable personal audio cassette player with headphones.

Walküre

(Norse mythology) Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.

Wall

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.

Wallaby

Any of several species of macropod; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos.

Wallach

A castrated male horse.

Wallberg

A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

wallen

(intransitive) To move in wavelike motions.

Wallfahrer

One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.

Wallfahrt

A journey made to a sacred place, or a religious journey.

Wallone

A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.

Wallonin

A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.

Wallonisch

A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).

Wallpaper

(computing, countable, uncountable) An image or tiled pattern used as the background of a computer desktop.

Wallung

The point at which fluid begins to change to a vapour; the boiling point.

Walnuss

A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

Walnussbaum

A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

Walnussholz

Wood of the walnut tree.

Walross

A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.

Walspeck

(uncountable, countable) A fatty layer of adipose tissue found immediately beneath the epidermis of whales and other cetaceans (infraorder Cetacea).

Walter

A en given name.

Walther

A en given name.

Waltier

An animal belonging to the infraorder Cetacea, including dolphins, porpoises, and whales.

Walze

(surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.

Walzen

The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.

Wälzer

A large or scholarly book.

Wampe

A protruding belly caused by excess fat stored in the abdomen and colloquially attributed to the consumption of beer.

Wampum

(uncountable) Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; (countable, archaic) one such bead.

Wan Tan

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

Wand

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

Wandale

(historical) A member of an ancient east Germanic tribe famous for sacking Rome.

Wandbrett

A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

Wandecke

A corner where two walls intersect.

Wandel

(countable, uncountable) The process of becoming different.

wandelbar

Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

Wandelement

A large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.

wandeln

(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.

wandelnd

Heavily characterized by some given quality.

Wander-

Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]

Wanderarbeiter

(colloquial, Southern California) A temporary worker, particularly for exhausting manual labor.

Wanderer

One who hikes, especially frequently.

Wanderfreund

One who hikes, especially frequently.

Wanderfreundin

One who hikes, especially frequently.

Wanderheuschrecke

Any of various often leguminous trees and shrubs, especially of the genera Robinia and Gleditsia; locust tree. [from 17th c.]

Wanderin

One who hikes, especially frequently.

Wanderlust

A strong impulse or longing to travel.

wandern

(ambitransitive) To take a long walk (on something) for pleasure or exercise.

wandernd

Wandering from place to place, particularly when without any settled employment or habitation.

Wanderung

A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. [from c. 1900]

Wandgemälde

A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.

Wandlampe

A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

Wandler

A device that converts energy from one form into another.

Wandleuchte

A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

Wandleuchter

A candlestick (holder for a candle, especially a circular tube, with a brim, into which a candle is inserted), either with a handle for carrying, or with a bracket for attaching to a wall.

wandlungsfähig

Changeable or inconstant.

Wandnische

(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.

Wandputz

(countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).

Wandrerin

One who hikes, especially frequently.

Wandschrank

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Wandtafel

A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

Wandteppich

A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.

Wange

(anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Wangenknochen

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

wann

(interrogative) At what time? At which time? Upon which occasion or circumstance? Used to introduce direct or indirect questions about time.

wann auch immer

At any time that.

wann immer

At any time that.

Wanne

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Wanst

The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.

Want

(nautical) One of a set of ropes or cables (rigging) attaching a mast to the sides of a vessel or to another anchor point, serving to support the mast sideways; such rigging collectively.

Wantan

A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.

Wanze

A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.

Wappen

(heraldry) A visual design composed according to heraldic rules, consisting of a coat of arms normally displayed upon an escutcheon, sometimes accompanied by other elements of an achievement

Wappenausleger

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms

Wappenherold

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms

Wappenkunde

Heraldry.

Wappenschild

(heraldry) The shield on which a coat of arms is displayed, or, by extension, the coat of arms itself.

wappnen

(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

Ware

(business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.]

Ware anpreisen

(pejorative, intransitive, transitive) To promote or endorse in return for payment, especially dishonestly; sometimes extended sarcastically even to those not paid but strongly biased in favor.

Warenautomat

A vending machine.

Wareniki

Boiled dumplings stuffed with potato, cheese, or other filling; a serving of these; .

Warenverkehr

The commercial transportation or exchange of goods, or the movement of passengers or people.

Warenverschleuderung

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

Warenzeichen

A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

Warlord

A military commander or bandit leader wielding civilian power in an area where the government is weak.

warm

Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

Warmduscher

A person who lacks courage.

Wärme

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

Wärmeenergie

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

Wärmelehre

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Wärmemesser

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

wärmen

(transitive) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.

warmer Regen

(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.

warmformen

(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.

Warmhaus

A heated greenhouse.

warmherzig

Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

warnen

(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.

Warnhinweis

(informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.

Warnsignal

(informal) A cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.

Warnung

Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.

Warschau

The capital city of Poland; the capital city of Masovian Voivodeship.

Wartehalle

A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.

Warteliste

A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

Warten

(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.]

Wartende

Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

Wartender

Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

Wärter

A person, especially a soldier, who is on guard.

Warteraum

(British) The living room or sitting room of a house.

Warteschlange

(transitive, computing) To add an item to a queue. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

Wartezeit

(electronics) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.

Wartezimmer

(British) The living room or sitting room of a house.

wärts

Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.

Wartung

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

Wartungsfirma

A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.

wartungsfreundlich

Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.

warum

(idiomatic, informal) Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause?