German–English dictionary

Wiesel

The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.

Wiesenrispengras

Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis.

wieso

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

Wiewort

(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

Wigwam

A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States.

Wii

(video games) A video game system released worldwide by Nintendo in 2006, noted for its unique motion-based control system.

Wiki

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Wikinger

(historical) Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age.

Wikipedia

A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Wikiwörterbuch

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Wiktionary

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

wild

Characterized by violence and agitation; wild; stormy.

wild um sich schlagen

(transitive) To wave or swing vigorously

Wildbret

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

Wilddieb

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

Wilddieberei

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

Wilddiebstahl

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

Wilde

(historical, now, pejorative, ) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

wilde Artischocke

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

wilde Ehe

An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.

wilde Hummel

(by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.

wilde Zeit

An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.

Wilder

(by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.

Wilder Majoran

The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food.

Wilderei

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

Wilderer

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

wildern

(ambitransitive) To take game or fish illegally.

wildes Stiefmütterchen

A common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.

Wildfang

A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

Wildfleisch

The meat of a deer, typically one that had lived in its own natural habitat.

Wildgeflügel

Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.

Wildgrube

(literal) A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.

Wildheit

The property of being rabid.

Wildhüter

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

Wildhüterin

A person employed to maintain the game for hunting and all associated materials and effects.

Wildkatze

(UK) Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat.

Wildleder

A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

Wildnis

(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.

Wildnisstreifen

(Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.

Wildschütz

A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; a person who illegally takes animals or plants from the wild.

Wildsein

The state or quality of being wild.

Wildvogel

Any wild bird such as ducks, geese or swans.

Wilfried

A en given name, popular in the U.K. in the early twentieth century.

Wilhelm

A en given name popular since the Norman Conquest.

Wilhelmine

A en given name.

Wille

The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.

willenlos

Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.

willens

Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

Willenskraft

The mental power or ability of choosing; the will.

Willensstärke

A strong will; the state of being resolute.

willentlich

(comparable) Done by conscious, personal choice; not based on external principles; not accidental.

Willfährigkeit

(uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.

Willi

A en given name

willig

Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

Willigkeit

The state of being willing

willkommen

Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

willkommen heißen

To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

Willkür

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Willkürherrschaft

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

willkürlich

In an arbitrary manner.

Willkürlichkeit

The quality or state of being arbitrary; the extent to which something is arbitrary.

Willy

A en given name

Wim

A en given name

wimmeln

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

wimmeln an

To be copiously supplied. [with in or with ‘something’]

wimmeln von

To be copiously supplied. [with in or with ‘something’]

wimmern

To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.

Wimpel

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

Wimper

(anatomy, dermatology) One of the hairs which grows along the edge of eyelids.

Wimpernschlag

(figuratively) The time needed to close and reopen one's eyes.

Wimperntusche

A cosmetic used to darken and thicken the eyelashes.

Wind

(transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.

windabgewandt

Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

windabgewandt gelegen

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

windabwärts

Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

windabwärts gelegen

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

Windbeutel

A light, hollow pastry typically filled with cream or custard.

Windbö

A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.

Windböe

A gust of wind.

Windbruch

Something that has been blown down by the wind.

Windchen

A light, gentle wind.

Winde

black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus).

Windei (coll.)

(figurative) A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.

Windel

(North America, Philippines, India) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, or by an adult who is incontinent or wets the bed, out of convenience, or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.

windeln

To put diapers on someone.

winden

(intransitive) To follow or move in a winding route.

Windfang

(North America) A room used as a barrier between indoors and outdoors.

Windhose

(meteorology) A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.

Windhund

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

Windhündin

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

Windhundrüde

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

Windhundwelpe

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.

windig

With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.

Windjacke

A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.

Windmühle

The building or structure containing such machinery.

Windmühlenflügel

(nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.

Windrad

An artificial flower with a stem, usually plastic, for children: the flower spins round in the wind, like a small paper windmill.

Windröschen

Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.

Windschatten

The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence.

windschief

(not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.

windschnittig

Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines.

Windschutz

A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind.

Windschutzscheibe

(North America, Philippines) A transparent screen made of glass, located at the front and back of a vehicle in front of its occupants to protect them from the wind force generated by the vehicle's speed and inclement weather.

windsichten

(transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

windstill

(of weather) Without wind or storm.

Windstille

(meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.

Windstoß

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

Windung

Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

windwärts

In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

windwärts gelegen

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

Wink

A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, especially as a call or command.

Winkel

The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.

Winkeladvokat

An unscrupulous or unethical lawyer, especially one of lesser skill.

Winkeleisen

A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support

Winkelgrad

(geometry) A unit of measurement of angle equal to 1⁄360 of a circle's circumference. [from 14th c.]

Winkelmaß

(constellation) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

Winkelprofil

A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support

Winkelstahl

A length of iron or steel, having an L-shaped cross section, used as a structural support

winken

(ambitransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

Winker

(historical) A semaphore device with a steady light that served the same purpose on early vehicles.

Winsch

A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).

Winseln

A low intermittent sob.

Winter

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

Winterammer

Junco hyemalis, a passerine bird in the passerine family Passerellidae.

winterfest

(botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions, especially frost.

Wintergarten

A large greenhouse or hothouse for the display of plants

Winterlauch

A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.

winterlich

Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

wintern

(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

Winterrettich

An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.

Winterschlaf

(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

Winterschlaf halten

(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.

Winterzeit

Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.

winzig

Very small.

winziges Stückchen

A fragment of something; a particle; a piece; also, a very small amount.

Winzigkeit

(sometimes used adverbially) Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle.

Winzling

(derogatory, offensive) A short person. [from later 19th c.]

Wippe

A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.

wippen

(intransitive) To use a seesaw.

wir

The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

Wirbel

An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.

wirbelartig

Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]

Wirbelknochen

(skeleton) Any of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.

wirbellos

Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.

Wirbelloses

An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.

Wirbeln

The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.

wirbelnd

Of or pertaining to a vortex; containing vortices; moving in a vortex. [from 17th c.]

Wirbelsäule

(countable) The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

Wirbelsturm

A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.

Wirbelwind

A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.