German–English dictionary

Zeilensprung

A technique in poetry whereby a sentence is carried over to the next line without pause.

Zeising

(sailing) A length of rope or canvas band used for reefing a sail, or holding a stowed sail in place.

Zeit

(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

Zeit brauchen

(intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.

Zeit ins Bett zu gehen

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

Zeit messen

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Zeit nehmen

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Zeit stoppen

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Zeit zu Bett zu gehen

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

Zeit zum Schlafengehen

The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

Zeitalter

(countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.

Zeitarbeitskraft

One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.

Zeitdauer

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]

Zeiten

(countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression.

Zeitenwende

(figurative) A critical point marking a change in course or development.

Zeitfahrkarte

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

Zeitgeist

The spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.

zeitgemäß

Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

Zeitgenosse

Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

Zeitgenossin

Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

zeitgenössisch

Belonging to the same period; contemporary.

zeitgerecht

Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.

zeitgleich

In a concurrent manner; at the same time.

zeitigen

(transitive) To bring about a reaction.

Zeitkarte

Permission or license to pass, or to go and come.

Zeitkontrolle

(astronautics) The acts of preparation carried out during this period.

Zeitleiste

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).

zeitlich

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

zeitliche Abfolge

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).

zeitlos

Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.

Zeitlose

(countable) Any of several flowers of the genus Colchicum.

Zeitlosigkeit

The property of being timeless.

Zeitmessung

(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

zeitnah

Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’).

Zeitnehmer

(sports) A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

Zeitnehmerin

(sports) A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.

Zeitordnung

(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Zeitplan

A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur. [from 19th c.]

Zeitpunkt

A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.

Zeitpunkt wählen

To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Zeitraum

A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]

Zeitrechnung

(countable) An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

Zeitschaltuhr

A device used to measure amounts of time.

Zeitschiene

A schedule of activities; a timetable.

Zeitschrift

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

Zeitspanne

An interval of time.

Zeitstrahl

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).

Zeittafel

A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).

Zeitung

A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.

Zeitungsausschnitt

(countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.

Zeitungsausträger

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

Zeitungsdruckpapier

An inexpensive paper used for printing newspapers.

Zeitungsente

A false or misleading report or story, especially if deliberately so.

Zeitungsjunge

A boy who delivers newspapers to houses on a paper round.

Zeitungskiosk

A retail business selling newspapers, magazines, and stationery; a stationer.

Zeitungspapier

(uncountable, countable) A quantity of or one of the types of paper on which newspapers are printed.

Zeitungsstand

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

Zeitverschwendung

(North American, figuratively, usually, politics) A waste of time or money; a pointless activity.

Zeitvertreib

A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

zeitweilig

Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.

zeitweise

(idiomatic) On occasion, sometimes.

zeitwidrig

Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; not applicable to or not appropriate for the time.

Zeitwort

(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

zeitwörtlich

(grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

Zelda

(video games) Ellipsis of Legend of Zelda.

zelebrieren

(transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.

Zelebrität

(countable) A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person. [from 19th c.]

Zelkoua

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

Zelkove

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

Zelkowa

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

Zelkowe

A kind of tree in the elm family (genus Zelkova). [from 19th c.]

Zelle

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

Zellengenosse

A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

Zellglas

Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

Zellkern

(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.

Zellstoff

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

Zellteilung

a process by which a cell divides into two cells

zellulär

Of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling a cell or cells.

Zelluloid

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.

Zellulose

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

Zelot

One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for their own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic.

Zelt

A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

zelten

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

Zelter

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

Zelterin

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

Zeltplatz

An area where tents are pitched.

Zement

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Zement (Medizin)

Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.

zementieren

(transitive) To prolong the existence of (something) by repetition; to reinforce.

Zementleim

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Zementmasse

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Zementmörtel

(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.

Zen

(religion) A school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means and principally associated with China and Japan.

zensieren

(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.

zensiert

Having had objectionable content removed.

Zensor

An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.

Zensur

(obsolete) One who censures or condemns.

Zensurin

An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.

Zensus

(cellular automata) A count of the number of individual patterns within a larger pattern, most often the ash of a soup or a methuselah.

Zentaur

(constellation) A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

zenterieren

(transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.

Zenterspieler

(basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.

Zentiliter

(British spelling) A unit of volume or capacity of one hundredth of a litre. Symbol: cl

Zentimeter

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10−2 metres. Symbol: cm

zentral

Being in the centre.

Zentrale

The center of an organization's operations or administration.

Zentralismus

A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

zentrieren

(transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.

Zentrierung

(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.

Zentrifuge

By extension, any device which rotates in order to produce artificial gravity (in the form of centrifugal force)

zentrifugieren

To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.

zentripetal

Directed or moving towards a centre.

Zentroide

(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.

Zentrum

(geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).

Zenturie

A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

Zenturio

(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

Zephir

Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.

Zephyr

Any light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze.

Zeppelin

(aviation) A type of large dirigible rigid airship of the early 20th century, built by the German Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and designed to carry passengers or bombs.

Zepter

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

Zerberus

(Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.

zerbeult

Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

zerbrechen

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

zerbrechlich

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

Zerbrechlichkeit

The state of being brittle (in various senses).

zerbrochen

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

Zerbrochenheit

The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

zerbröckeln

(intransitive, often, figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

zerdenken

To think or analyze too much.

Zerealie

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

zerebral

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

Zeremonie

A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.

zeremoniell

Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.

Zeremonienstab

(military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.

Zeres

(Roman god) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Zerfall

(by extension, informal) Any disintegration or fragmentation process.

zerfallen

(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.

zerfallend

(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

zerfasern

To separate the connected or united parts of (something); to throw (something) into disorder; to confound, to confuse, to disintegrate.

zerfetzen

(intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

zerfleischen

(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.

zerfranst

Unravelled; worn at the end or edge.

zerfressen

(transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

zerfurchen

(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.

zerfurcht

Rough with bristly hair; shaggy.

zergliedern

(grammar, transitive) To analyze the grammatical structure of a clause or sentence; to parse.

zerhacken

(transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.

zerkleinern

(transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.

zerklüftet

Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough.

zerknautschen

(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.