German–English dictionary

Autolackiererin

A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

Automat

A machine or robot designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.

automatisch

(of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.

automatisiert

Made automatic.

Automatisierung

The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.

Automobil

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

autonom

Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient, self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently.

Autonomie

(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.

Autopilot

(aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being.

Autopsie

A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.

autopsieren

(transitive) To perform an autopsy on.

Autor

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

Autorenfilmer

A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of their works.

Autorin

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.

autorisieren

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

autorisiert

Explicitly allowed.

autoritär

Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Autorität

(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.

autoritativ

Arising or originating from a figure of authority.

Autorschaft

The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.

Autosexualität

Sexual attraction toward oneself.

Autostrasse

(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Autosuggestion

A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Autowerkstatt

A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars, tools and other miscellaneous items.

autsch

An expression of one's own physical pain.

auxiliar

Helping; giving assistance or support.

Avantgarde

Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

avantgardistisch

Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

Avatar

(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.

Avatara

(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.

Avenue

The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered.

Avers

The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.

Aversion

Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.

aviär

Characteristic of or pertaining to birds, or to bird-like or flying creatures.

Aviarium

A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. [from 16th c.]

Avidität

(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.

Avignon

A city, the capital of Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

AW

About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters, documents, emails and case law.

Axel

A en given name in quiet use since the 19th century.

Axiom

(philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.

Axt

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

Azalee

A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

Azalie

A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea.

Azeton

(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

Azetylen

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

Azidität

The quality or state of being acid.

Azimut

An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.

Azrael

The angel of death in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, and in Islam.

Azubi

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

azur

Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.

Azurblau

(countable, and, uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.

B-52-Frisur

A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

B-Ware

(sometimes, attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

babbeln

(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.

Babel

(biblical) The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.

Baby

Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See Category:Baby animals for more.

Babylon

(historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.

Babylonier

An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.

Babylonierin

An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.

babylonisch

(historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.]

babysitten

(ambitransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.

Babysitter

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

Babysitterin

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

Babysocke

A soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet.

Baccara

(card games) A card game resembling chemin de fer with many forms - usually entailing the player(s) betting against two or three hands dealt - also bearing some similarities to blackjack.

Bach

(music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

Bach-Quellkraut

a herbaceous annual plant of species Montia fontana, in the family Montiaceae, formerly included in the purslane family (Portulacaceae).

Bachelorarbeit

A thesis for bachelor's degree.

Bächlein

A little brook.

Backblech

(cookware) An oven-proof metal tray used to hold foods in the oven.

Backbord

(nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel when facing the bow.

Backe

(usually, in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum, and the top of the legs.

Backen

An action in which something is baked.

Backenbart

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

Backenknochen

The small prominent bone of the cheek.

Backenzahn

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Bäcker

An English surname originating as an occupation for a baker, or owner of a communal oven

Bäckerei

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

Bäckerin

A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.

Backform

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

Backgammon

A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.

Backofen

A chamber used for baking or heating.

Backpacker

A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

Backpflaume

The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

Backschießer

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

Backslash

The punctuation mark \.

backstage

Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.

Backstein

(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

Backstory

The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in, _, film, television) a character in a dramatic work.

Backstube

A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.

Backup

(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.

Backwerk

(uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.

Bad

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

Bad in der Menge

(British) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.

Badeanstalt

A building with baths for communal use.

Badebekleidung

A garment worn for swimming.

Badehaus

A building with baths for communal use.

Badekabine

A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.

Badelatschen

(usually, in the plural, Australia) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.

Bademantel

A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.

Bademeister

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

Bademeisterin

A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.

Baden

(historical) A former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic, originally centered in the above town (later in Karlsruhe).

Badewanne

A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.

Badewasser

The water used in a bath (bathtub).

Badezimmer

(chiefly, US, South Africa, Canada, Philippines, Australia, euphemism) A lavatory (area where one washes or bathes): a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.

Badi

(British) An outdoor swimming pool.

Badlands

(geomorphology) An arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.

Badminton

(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

baff

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

baff sein

(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]

Bagatelle

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

bagatellisieren

(transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

Bagdad

The capital city of Iraq.

Bagel

A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.

Bagger

A vehicle, often on tracks, used to dig ditches etc.Excavator

Baggerlader

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) Ellipsis of backhoe loader: A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader (component) and an excavator/digger (component).

Baggermaschine

A dredging machine.

Baggerschaufel

A piece of excavating equipment, either an integral subassembly or an attachment, consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth; used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

Baguette

A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.

bäh

(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.

Bahamas

An archipelago and country in the Caribbean. Official name: Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

bähen

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

BähmWähh

(slang) A BMW motorcycle or automobile.

Bahn

(sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.

bahnbrechend

Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

Bahnbrecher

One who leads or initiates an activity (such as an attack or a campaign).

Bahndamm

A road that is raised so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles, which in some cases may flood periodically (e.g. due to tides). Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.

bahnen

(transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

Bahnhof

(British) A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

Bahnhofsvorstand

(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.

Bahnhofsvorsteher

(rail) The person in charge of a railroad station, usually an employee of a particular railroad by which the station is owned, but sometimes an employee of a separate corporation, such as one owning a station used by two or more railroads.

Bahnräumer

(rail transport) A sturdy metal bracket fixed in front of each of the leading wheels of a train to deflect small objects away from the wheels to prevent derailment.

Bahnsteig

A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.

Bahnung

(physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.

Bahrain

An archipelago, island, and country in West Asia in the Persian Gulf. Official name: Kingdom of Bahrain. Capital: Manama.

Bahre

A litter to transport the corpse of a dead person.

baierische Mundart

A German dialect spoken in Bavaria (a state of southern West Germany) and Austria, which varies considerably across different regions.

Bairisch

A German dialect spoken in Bavaria (a state of southern West Germany) and Austria, which varies considerably across different regions.

bairische Mundart

A German dialect spoken in Bavaria (a state of southern West Germany) and Austria, which varies considerably across different regions.

Baisse

(finance, investments) Characterized by declining prices in securities markets or by belief that the prices will fall.

Baissespekulant

(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]

Baissier

(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]

Bake

(nautical) A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

Baklava

A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. [since c. 1650; modern spelling since 1800s]

Bakschisch

(informal) A bribe, a secret payment.

Bakterie

(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.

bakteriell

(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

Bakterienkunde

(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.

Bakteriologie

(biology, microbiology) The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.