German–English dictionary

Bakterium

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

Baku

The capital city of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Balaklava

A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.

Balance

The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

balancieren

(transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.

bald

Soon; in a little while.

Baldachin

(countable) A canopy suspended over an altar or throne, originally made of this fabric; a ciborium.

baldmöglichst

As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time.

Baldrian

More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.

Baldrianextrakt

An extract of the dried roots of the Valeriana officinalis used in herbal medicine as a sedative.

Baldrianwurzel

(uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.

Balduin

(countable) A en given name; rather rare in English.

Balg

Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.

balgen

(transitive) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Balgerei

A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]

Balgfrucht

(botany) A type of primitive dry fruit produced by certain flowering plants.

Balggeschwulst

A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

Bali

A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.

Balkan

A geographic region and large peninsula in southeastern Europe, surrounded by water on three sides: the Adriatic Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea (including the Ionian and Aegean Seas) to the south and the Black Sea to the east. Its northern boundary is often given as the Danube, Sava and Kupa rivers.

balkanisch

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

Balken

A bar for supporting cutting tools.

Balkongeranie

A bright red color tinted with orange, like that of a scarlet geranium (Pelargonium inquinans) .

Ball

A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

Ballast

(nautical) Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship (or in the gondola of a balloon), to provide stability.

Ballast abwerfen

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

Ballaststoff

Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract.

Ballbesitz

(Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.

Ballen

A rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation.

Ballenpresse

A machine for creating bales, e.g., of hay or cotton.

Ballenzehe

(pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

Ballerinas

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

Ballerspiel

(video games) A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.

Ballettmeister

A person who choreographs.

Ballistik

(physics) The science of objects that predominantly fly under the effects of gravity, momentum and atmospheric drag, and dealing with details of their behaviour at the origin and destination of their flight, as of bullets or missiles or rockets.

ballistisch

(not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.

Ballon

Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.

Ballsaal

A large room used for dancing and banquets.

Ballschutz

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

Ballungsraum

(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.

Ballwechsel

(squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

Balsam

(chiefly, UK) A soothing ointment.

Baltikum

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of the three countries to the east of the Baltic Sea, i.e. Latvia, Lithuanian and Estonia; in full, the Baltics or the Baltic states.

baltisch

Of or pertaining to the Baltic region or the Baltic Sea.

Balustrade

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

Balzarena

(biology) An aggregation of male animals for the purposes of courtship and display.

Bambus

(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.

Bambusrohr

(uncountable) The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc.

Bammel

(uncountable) A state of fear or panic, especially cowardly.

Bammel haben

To anticipate with fear.

Ban

A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

banal

In a banal, trite or boring manner.

Banalität

(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]

Banane

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

Bananenrepublik

(politics, idiom, pejorative) A small country, especially one in Central America or the West Indies, that is dependent on a single export commodity (traditionally bananas) and that has a corrupt, dictatorial government.

Bananenstaude

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

Banause

(derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

Banausentum

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

Banausie

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

Banausin

(derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

banausisch

Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.

Band

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

Bandage

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

bandagieren

To apply a bandage to something.

Bande

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.

Banderole

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

Bänderung

The process leading to the formation or deposition of layers, especially of sedimentary rocks.

Bändiger

One who tames or subdues.

Bändigerin

One who tames or subdues.

Bandit

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

Banditin

One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.

Bandmaterial

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

Bandoneon

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

Bandscheibe

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc

Bandwurm

(countable) Any parasitical worm of the class or infraclass Cestoda, which infests the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

Bandy

(sports, uncountable) A winter sport played on ice, from which ice hockey developed.

bang

Nervous and worried.

bange

Nervous and worried.

bange Ahnung

An evil omen

Bangen

An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.

Bangigkeit

Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

Bangkok

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand.

Bangladesch

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

Bangladesh

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

Banjo

A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.

Bank

The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.

Bankangestellte

(banking, chiefly, US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

Bankangestellter

(banking, chiefly, US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

Bankett

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

Bankhalter

The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.

Bankhalterin

The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.

Bankier

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

Bankierin

One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.

Banking

The business of managing a bank.

Bankomat

(banking) Initialism of automated teller machine or automatic teller machine.

bankrott

(finance, of a person, company, etc.) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent. [from 1565]

Bann

(countable, obsolete) A law.

bannen

(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]

Banner

(by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

Bannfluch

(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]

Bannstrahl

(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]

Banshee

(Scotland, Ireland, , folklore) A female spirit, usually taking the form of a woman whose mournful wailing warns of an impending death.

Banus

A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Baptist

An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

Baptisten-

Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

Baptistin

An adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.

baptistisch

Of, relating to, or adhering to the Baptist religious denomination.

bar

Able to be done; fit to be done.

Barack

A en given name.

Baracke

(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

Barackenstadt

An area containing a collection of shacks, shanties or makeshift dwellings.

Barbados

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Barbar

An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.

Barbara

A en given name.

Barbarei

(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.

Barbareskenstaaten

(historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.

Barbarin

An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.

barbarisch

Relating to people, countries, or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.

Barbarismus

A barbaric act.

Barbecue

A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.

bärbeißig

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Barbie

A tall, slender female fashion doll.

Barbiepuppe

A tall, slender female fashion doll.

Barbier

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

barbusig

(chiefly, of a woman) Having the breasts and nipples exposed, often implying a less salacious atmosphere than topless.

Barchent

Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.

Bardo

(Tibetan, _, Buddhism) The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.

Bärendienst

Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.

Bärenfell

(countable, uncountable) The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.

Bärenjunges

A young bear.

Bärenmarder

A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.

Bärenspinner

A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.

Barett

(headwear) A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and a headband to secure it to the head; usually culturally associated with France.

barfuß

Wearing nothing on the feet.

barfüßig

Wearing nothing on the feet.

Bargeld

Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.

Bärin

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

Barista

A person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers.

Barium

The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.

Bark

(watercraft) A vessel, typically with three (or more) masts, with the foremasts (or fore- and mainmasts) square-rigged, and mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Barkasse

(nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

Barke

(historical) Former name of Marj: a city in Libya (in the former Roman province of Libya Superior/Libya Pentapolitana).

Barkeeper

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barkeit

Forms a noun from a verb or an adjective by changing from -able; ability, inclination or suitability for a specified function or condition.

Barmann

One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

barmherzig

Having, feeling or showing compassion (to or toward someone).

Barmherzigkeit

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

Barmherzigkeitssonntag

(Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

Barmixer

A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Barmixerin

A bartender: a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.

Barn

(nuclear physics) A unit of surface area equal to 10−28 square metres.