German–English dictionary

barock

(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

Barock-

(arts, music) From or characteristic of the Baroque period.

Barometer

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Baron

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

Baronesse

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

Baronin

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

Barrakuda

Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.

Barrel

The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.

Barren

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

Barrenstütz

(bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.

Barriere

A structure that bars passage.

barrierefrei

(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.

Barrierefreiheit

The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.

Barrister

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) A lawyer with the right to speak and argue as an advocate in higher lawcourts.

barsch

Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Bart

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

Barte

(physiology, uncountable) keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale (Mysticeti), which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.

Bartfisch

Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.

Barthaar

That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

Barthaare

That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.

Bartholomäus

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

bärtig

Having a beard; involving a beard.

bartlos

(ornithology) Lacking a beard (a defined patch of feathers below the beak).

Bartolomäus

An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)

Bartscherer

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

Bartschneider

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

Bartstoppel

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

Bartstoppeln

(countable, and, uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

Bartwisch

A small handheld broom with a small (or no) handle.

Basallinie (rare)

A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.

Basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

Basar

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

Base

(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.

Baseball

The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

bashen

(transitive, informal) To criticize harshly.

basieren

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

basiert

Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

Basilika

(architecture) A Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory.

Basilius

A en given name, in quiet but steady use in the UK.

Basis

A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.

Basis-

Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.

basisch

(chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; having a pH greater than 7.

Basislinie

A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.

Basisszenario

(engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.

Basiswert

(engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.

Baske

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Baskenmütze

(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.

Basketball

(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Baskin

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

baskisch

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

bass

Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

Bassist

A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.

Bassistin

A musician who plays a bass instrument, especially the bass guitar.

Basslautsprecher

A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound.

Basspfeife

(musical instrument) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.

Bassschlüssel

(music) a clef which indicates the position of F below middle C in a given staff.

Basstölpel

Any of three species of large seabird in the genus Morus, of the family Sulidae. They have black and white bodies and long pointed wings, and hunt for fish by plunge diving and pursuing their prey underwater.

Bast

Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants (particularly the lime tree) and used for making ropes, cords and matting.

basta

(literary, poetic) (that's) enough; stop!

Bastard Pop

(music, slang) A remix created by combining two or more songs from different artists into one piece of music.

Bastardfaden

(heraldiccharge) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.

Bastardwort

(linguistics) A word whose elements are derived from different languages.

Bastei

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

Bastelei

(countable) Something constructed with whatever materials were available at the time.

basteln

(ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

Bastian

A en given name.

Bastion

(architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.

Bastler

A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.

Bastlerin

A person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby.

Bataillon

Any large body of troops.

Bathos

(literature, the arts) Risible failure on the part of a work of art to properly affect its audience, particularly owing to:

Bathseba

(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.

Bathyscaph

A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.

Bathyskaph

A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol.

Batman

A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.

Batseba

(biblical character) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.

Batsische

A Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, spoken in Georgia.

Batter

(baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

Batterie

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

Batzen

(slang) A large quantity.

Bau

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

Bauarbeit

The process of constructing.

Bauarbeiter

One who builds or constructs things.

Bauarbeiterin

One who builds or constructs things.

Bauausführer

A person or company that builds or improves buildings.

Baubeginn

A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction.

Bauch

(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly. [mid 16th c. – late 17th c.]

Bauch-

(anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.

Bauchbinde

(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

bauchig

Resembling a tub

Bäuchlein

(US, slang) Protruding belly, paunch.

Bauchmuskeln

(informal) Clipping of abdominal muscle [mid 20th century].

Bauchnabel

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.

Bauchpinseln

The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.

bauchpinselnd

In the nature of a compliment.

Bauchpresse

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

Bauchpressen

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

Bauchredekunst

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

Bauchreden

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

Bauchredner

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

Bauchrednerei

The art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy.

Bauchrednerin

A person, especially an entertainer, who practices ventriloquism.

Bauchschmerz

Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

Bauchschmerzen

A pain in the abdomen, often caused by indigestion, in which the pain is usually lower than the stomach and related to the intestines.

Bauchspeicheldrüse

(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to assist with food digestion.

Bauchspeicheldrüsen-

Belonging or relating to the pancreas.

Bauchweh

Any pain in the belly, stomach, or abdomen.

bauen

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

Bauer

A placename in the United States:

Bäuerin

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm#Noun.

Bauernbub

A country person.

Bauernfänger

A confidence trickster.

Bauernfängerei

(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

Bauernhaus

A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farming.

Bauernhof

(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

Bauernlümmel

(pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

Bauernschaft

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

Bauerntölpel

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.

Bauerntrampel

(pejorative) An uncouth, crude or ill-bred person.

Bauerntum

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

Bauernumwandlung

(chess) Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).

baufällig

Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.

Baugerüst

A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.

Baugruppe

The act or process of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.

Bauholz

(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]

baulich

Of, relating to, or having structure.

Baum

(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.

Baum fällt!

Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

baumähnlich

Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.

baumartig

Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.

Baumeister

One who builds or constructs things.

Baumeisterin

One who builds or constructs things.

baumeln

(intransitive) To hang loosely with the ability to swing.

baumeln lassen

(transitive) To hang or trail something loosely.

Baumfalke

Falco subbuteo, a small raptor of the falcon family.

Baumgarten

A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.

Baumgruppe

A grove of trees.

Baumhaus

(chiefly, US) A house, or similar structure within a tree, or several trees, built with light materials.

Bauminsel

(US, archaic, outside, dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

Baumkrone

The crown or uppermost branches of a tree.

baumlebend

Living in or among trees.

baumreich

Covered with trees.

Baumschule

(horticulture) A place where young shrubs, trees, vines, etc., are cultivated for transplanting, or (more generally) made available for public sale, a garden centre; also (obsolete) a plantation of young trees.

Baumstachler

Any of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.

Baumstamm

The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.

Baumstumpf

A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk.

Baumwipfel

The crown or uppermost branches of a tree.

Baumwoll-

Made of cotton.

Baumwolldrillich

A textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

baumwollen

Made of cotton.