German–English dictionary

begrenzt

Not free to move.

begrenzt haltbar

Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

begrenzt vorhanden

Able to be expended; not inexhaustible.

Begrenzung

(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.

Begriff

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.

begriffen

Having been comprehended.

Begriffsbestimmung

(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.

Begriffserklärung

The act of defining; determination of the limits.

begriffsstutzig

Intellectually dull or dim-witted.

Begriffswörterbuch

A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.

begründen

(transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.

Begründung

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.

begrünen

(transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).

begrünt

containing much foliage

begrüßen

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

begrüßenswert

Pleasing, satisfying.

Begrüßung

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

Begum

a high-ranking Muslim woman, especially in South Asia

begünstigen

To look upon fondly; to prefer.

Begünstigter

One who benefits or receives an advantage.

begutachten

To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

Begutachter

One who performs appraisals.

Begutachtung

An appraisal or evaluation.

begütert

(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.

begütigen

(transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.

Behaarung

(uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

behäbig

Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]

behaglich

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. [from 18th c.]

Behaglichkeit

Contentment, ease.

behalten

(ditransitive) To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.

Behälter

Any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top.

Behältnis

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

behänd

Skillful with one's hands.

behände

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move.

behandeln

(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.

Behändigkeit

The quality of being nimble.

Behandlung

The process or manner of treating someone or something.

Behandlungsfehler

The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

Behang

(countable) Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).

beharren

(with (that + indicative), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.

beharrlich

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

Beharrlichkeit

The state of being dogged; persistence; perseverance; tenacity; stubbornness.

Beharrung

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

Beharrungsvermögen

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

Behauchung

(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.

behauen

(ambitransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.

behaupten

(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Behauptung

An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.

Behausung

A house or place in which a person lives; a habitation, a home.

beheben

(transitive) To provide or serve as a remedy for.

Behelf

(Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968]

Behelfs-

(nautical) For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.

Behelfslösung

(Australia, Canada, US, Philippines, informal) A temporary or makeshift solution to a problem, created ad hoc and often with a lack of foresight. [from 1968]

behelfsmäßig

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

behelligen

(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.

Behemoth

(Bible) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

beherbergen

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

beherrschen

To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power

beherrschend

Widespread or preferred.

beherrscht

(in combination) Under the control of the specified entity.

Beherrschtheit

Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.

Beherrschung

power of control, direction or disposal; mastery.

beherzigen

(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.

beherzt

Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

Beherztheit

The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening.

behindern

(transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.

behindert

Having a disability.

behinderten-

Made incapable of use or action.

Behinderter

(nonstandard) One who is disabled. (often used collectively as the disabled, but sometimes also singular)

Behinderung

A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.

Behörde

A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.

behördlich

Of or relating to administering or administration.

behördliche Genehmigung

A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.

behuft

Having a hoof or hooves; ungulate.

behüten

Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).

behutsam

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.

Behutsamkeit

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

bei

In, near, or in the general vicinity of (a particular place).

bei Bewusstsein

Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.

bei Sinnen

(idiomatic) Thinking clearly, sensibly, and reasonably.

bei Verstand

Mentally rational; sane.

Bei-

Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.

beibehalten

To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]

Beiboot

(nautical) A ship's boat, used for transport ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore.

beibringen

(transitive) To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

Beichte

A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

beichten

(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.

Beichtiger

(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

Beichtkind

One under the direction of a confessor.

Beichtstuhl

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

Beichtvater

(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.

beide

Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.

beiderseitig

Having two parts (two principal or main parts).

beidseitig

Having two parts (two principal or main parts).

beieinander

Side by side and facing forward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470.)]

Beifahrersitz

(automotive) A seat in a vehicle for a passenger, especially the front seat next to the driver in a motor vehicle.

Beifall

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

Beifall klatschen

(transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.

Beifallssturm

(by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.

beifügen

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

Beifügung

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

Beifußblättrige Ambrosie

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

Beifußblättriges Traubenkraut

A plant of the genus Ambrosia. These weeds are particularly noted for producing pollen that triggers hay fever.

beige

Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

beigebraun

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

beigen

(transitive, often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

Beigeschmack

The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.

Beiheft

An addition, an extension.

beihelfend

(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.

Beihilfe leistend

(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.

Beihilfeleistender

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. [from 1414]

Beihilfeleister

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator. [from 1414]

Beiklang

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

Beil

An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.

Beilage

An addition, an extension.

Beilagescheibe

A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.

Beilagscheibe

A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.

beiläufig

Happening by chance.

Beilegen

(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.

Beileid

(uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.

beimessen

To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.

Bein

A bone of a fish; a fishbone.

beinahe

Very close to, but not quite.

Beiname

A term used to characterize a person or thing.

Beinarbeit

Skillful or vigorous use of the legs, as in dance or sports.

beinhalten

(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.

beinlos

(not comparable) Without legs.

Beinschiene

(historical) A piece of armour that protects the leg, especially the shin, and occasionally the tops of the feet.

Beinschuss

(football, hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.

Beinstellen

The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.

Beinstück

Meat from that part of an animal.

beipflichten

(Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)

beipflichtend

Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging.

Beiprogramm

A minor attraction at a larger event such as a circus, fair or music festival.

Beirut

The capital and largest city of Lebanon.

beisammen

Into one place; into a single thing; combined.

Beisatz

(grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence.

Beischlaf

(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.

beischlafen

(somewhat, _, formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

beiseite

Excluded from consideration.

beiseite springen

(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

beiseiteschieben

(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).

Beisetzung

The act of committing a body to the grave at a burial or to the furnace at a cremation.

Beisl

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

Beispiel

An actual event, situation, or fact.

beispielhaft

Of such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.

beispiellos

Lacking prior examples; unprecedented.

beißen

(of an animal) To attack with the teeth.

beißend

(figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.

Beißkorb

A device used to prevent an animal from biting or eating, which is worn on its snout.