German–English dictionary

beeinflusst

Influenced or changed by something.

Beeinflussung

(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.

beeinträchtigen

(transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

beeinträchtigt

Influenced or changed by something.

Beeinträchtigung

The result of being impaired.

Beelzebub

(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.

beenden

To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]

beendet

Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

Beendigung

The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.

beengt

Not free to move.

beerdigen

(often, figurative) To hide or conceal as if by covering with earth or another substance.

beerdigt

Placed in a grave at a burial.

Beerdigung

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

Beerdigungsunternehmer

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

Beerdigungsunternehmerin

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

Beet

A garden plot.

Beethoven

A surname from German [in turn from Dutch], usually applying to Ludwig van Beethoven.

befähigen

(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.

befähigt

Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

Befähigung

(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.

Befähigungsnachweis

(education, certification) Permission to carry out a specific skill or application in a field in which the practitioner already has a general licence.

befahrbar

Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).

Befall

The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.

befallen

(transitive) To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.

befangen

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.

Befangenheit

(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.

befassen

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

befehden

(intransitive) To carry on a feud.

Befehl

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest. [from 12th c.]

befehlen

(ambitransitive) To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority.

Befehlsempfänger

(countable) One who is subordinate.

Befehlshaber

One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.

Befehlsverweigerung

The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.

befestigen

(transitive) To attach.

Befestiger

Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

befestigt

(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]

Befestigung

In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.

Befestigungselement

Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

Befestigungsmittel

Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

Befestigungswall

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

Befestigungswinkel

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

befeuchten

(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.

Befeuchtungsmittel

Something that causes moisture or a condition of wetness; something that makes things moist.

befiedern

To cover or furnish with feathers; (when, _, of an, arrow) to fletch.

befinden

To occupy a place.

beflecken

(transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

befleckt

Discoloured by spots; stained.

beflissen

(obsolete) Obliging, attentive, eager to please.

beflügeln

To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

befödern

(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.

befolgen

(transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).

befördern

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

Beförderung

The act of hauling.

Beförderungsfahrt

A lift given to someone in another person's vehicle.

befrachten

To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.

befrachtet

(nautical) Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.

befragen

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

Befrager

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

Befragerin

One who interviews.

Befragung

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

befreien

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Befreier

A person who frees or liberates.

Befreierin

A person who frees or liberates.

befreit

Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.

Befreiung

The act of setting free or extricating from danger, imprisonment, bondage, evil, etc.

befremden

To cause one to feel unable to relate.

befremdet

Self-consciously distressed.

befremdlich

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

befrieden

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

Befrieder

Someone or something that pacifies. [from 16th c.]

befriedigen

(transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

befriedigend

Pleasing, satisfying.

befriedigt

In a state of satisfaction.

Befriedigung

A gratuity; a reward.

Befriedung

The process of pacifying.

befristen

(transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

befruchten

(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.

Befruchtung

The act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.

befugen

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

Befugnis

Legal authority (to make an arrest for example).

befühlen

(transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).

befüllen

(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.

befummelnd

(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

Befund

A result of research or an investigation.

Befürchtete

Somebody or something dreaded.

Befürchtung

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

befürworten

(transitive) To encourage support for something.

Befürworter

A person who endorses

Befürwortung

The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.

Beg

(historical) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish (e.g. Ottoman) dominions.

begabt

Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.

Begabung

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

begatten

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate inside (a person or a bodily orifice of same); to creampie.

Begattung

(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

begeben

(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.

Begebenheit

(countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.

begegnen

(idiomatic, transitive) To find, usually by accident.

Begegnung

A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.

begehen

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Begehren

An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.

begehrenswert

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

begehrt

Highly sought-after.

Begehung

The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).

begeistern

(transitive) To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.

begeistert

On fire (often metaphorically).

begeistert sein

To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Begeisterung

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Begierde

Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

begierig

Earnestly desirous.

begießen

(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.

Beginn

(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

beginnen

(ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.

beginnend

Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.

Beginner

A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

beglaubigen

(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.

Beglaubiger

One who attests.

Beglaubigerin

One who attests.

Beglaubigung

The giving of credentials.

Beglaubigungsschreiben

(informal) Evidence of skill or excellence.

begleichen

(transitive) to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. [with of or (formerly) from]

Begleit-

Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.

begleiten

(intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.

begleitend

Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]

Begleiter

(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

Begleiterin

(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.

Begleiterkrankung

(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.

Begleiterscheinung

Something happening or existing at the same time.

begleitet

Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.

Begleitgetränk

(slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.

Begleitmaterial

(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

Begleitperson

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

Begleitung

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

beglücken

(transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.

beglückt

Extremely happy; full of joy; experiencing, indicating, causing, or characterized by bliss.

beglückwünschen

(transitive) To congratulate or reward.

Beglückwünschung

The act of congratulating.

begnadet

Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.

Begnadigung

(legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.

begnügen

(transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.

Begonnene

That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

begraben

To place in the ground.

Begräbnis

The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.

Begräbnisplatz

A tract of land in which the dead are buried.

begradigen

To straighten (something that is supposed to be straight).

begrapschen

To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

begreifbar

Able to be comprehended.

begreifen

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

begreiflich

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

begrenzen

(transitive) To put a border on something.

Begrenzer

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.