German–English dictionary

Beluga

A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

Belugastör

A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

belustigen

(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

Belustigung

(uncountable) Entertainment.

Belvedere

(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

bemalen

(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

Bemängelung

(countable) A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.

bemannen

(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

bemannt

Operated by, performed by, or transporting a person; crewed; piloted; staffed.

Bemannung

A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.

bemänteln

(transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception

bemehlen

(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

bemerken

(transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.

bemerkenswert

(figurative) Famously and distinctively representative of its type.

Bemerkung

A comment added to a text.

bemessen

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

bemitleiden

(transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.

bemitleidenswert

Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.

bemogeln

(transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

Bemühen

An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). Endeavor (to please).

bemühend

Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

bemüht

Earnestly desirous.

Bemühung

The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.

bemuttern

To accompany; to escort.

benachbart

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

Benachbarung

The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.

benachrichtigen

To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.

Benachrichtigung

(countable) A formal notification or warning.

benachteiligen

(transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.

benachteiligt

Subject to deprivation; poor.

Benachteiligte

A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

Benachteiligter

A deprived person; deprived people (normally used as a plural).

benannt

(literally) Having a title.

benebelt

Intellectually or morally blinded.

benedeien

(Perl, _, programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.

Benedikt

(countable) A en given name, particularly of the sixth-century founder of the Benedictine order, and of several popes.

Benefaktor

Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.

Benefizkonzert

An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.

Benefizveranstaltung

An event, such as a theatrical performance, given to raise funds for some cause.

benehmen

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

beneiden

(transitive) To feel displeasure or hatred towards (someone) for their good fortune or possessions. [from 14th c.]

beneidenswert

Arousing or likely to arouse envy.

Benelux

An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

benennen

To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

Benennung

(formal, _, or, _, dated) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.

benetzen

(transitive, soldering) To form an intermetallic bond between a solder and a metal substrate.

Bengale

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.

Bengalen

A geographic region in the northeast of South Asia today divided between Bangladesh and India (particularly the state of West Bengal).

Bengali

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.

Bengalin

A person from Bengal or of Bengali descent.

bengalisch

Of, from or pertaining to Bengal or the Bengalis.

Bengalische Sprache

A language spoken in Bangladesh and the states of Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, India.

bengalisches Feuer

A bright blue flare prepared from niter, sulphur, and the black sulphide of antimony; formerly used in signalling, but now chiefly as fireworks.

Bengalo

A source of brightly burning light or intense heat.

Bengasi

A port city in eastern Libya.

Bengel

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

Benimmregel

(countable) A convention of social behavior.

Benin

A country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey.

Benjamin

The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.

benommen

Stunned or entranced.

Benommenheit

The state of being dazed

benoten

(chiefly, North America) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.

benötigen

(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

Benotungsschema

(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.

benutzbar

Capable of being used.

Benutzbarkeit

The degree to which an object, device, software application, etc. is easy to use with no specific training.

benutzen

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

Benutzer

A person who uses drugs, especially illegal drugs.

Benutzeranmeldung

(computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

benutzerdefiniert

(archaic) Accustomed; usual.

Benutzerfreundlichkeit

The state or condition of being usable.

Benutzergruppe

(sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.

Benutzerin

(computing) A person who uses a computer or a computing network, especially a person who has received a user account.

Benutzername

(computing) Credentials: the combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

Benutzeroberfläche

(computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.

Benutzerprofil

(Internet, countable) A specific page or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems.

Benz

A surname from German.

Benzedrin

(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.

Benzen

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.

Benzin

(uncountable, North America, New Zealand, Philippines) Gasoline, a light derivative of petroleum used as fuel.

Benzol

(organic compound) An aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C6H6 whose structure consists of a ring of alternate single and double bonds.

beobachten

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

Beobachter

Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.

Beobachterin

One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice

bepflanzen

(transitive) To furnish or supply with plants.

bepflastern

(transitive) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub (with something).

bequatschen

(transitive, intransitive, US, colloquial) To deceive; to be deceptive.

bequem

Free of anxiety; not stressed or tense.

bequemerweise

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

Bequemlichkeit

Contentment, ease.

beraten

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

beratend

Able to give advice.

Berater

A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.

Beraterin

A professional who counsels people, especially on personal problems.

beratschlagen

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

Beratung

The act of consulting.

Beratungs-

Able to give advice.

berauben

(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

beraubt

Deprived of, stripped of, robbed of.

berauschen

(transitive) To stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol.

berauschend

Refreshingly thrilling.

berauschender Stoff

An intoxicating agent.

berauscht

Infatuated.

Berauschtsein

The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

Berauschung

The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

Berber

(potentially, _, offensive, occasionally, _, proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

Berberei

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

Berberin

(potentially, _, offensive, occasionally, _, proscribed) A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

berberisch

A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.

Bercöse

(music) A composition that resembles a lullaby, often in 6/8 time.

berechenbar

Able to be calculated; calculatable.

berechnen

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.

berechnet

(finance, commerce) Expected or scheduled to take place in the future.

Berechnung

(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

berechtigen

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

berechtigt

Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.

Berechtigte

One who is eligible.

Berechtigter

(legal, finance) The party owed an obligation by another party, the obligor.

Berechtigung

The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

Berechtigungsnachweis

(informal) Evidence of skill or excellence.

beredsam

Having a ready flow of words but lacking thought or understanding; superficial; shallow.

Beredsamkeit

The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

beredt

Talkative and sociable.

Beregnen

A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.

Beregnung

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Bereich

A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.

bereichern

To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.

Bereicherung

The act of enriching or something enriched.

Bereichsgrenze

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

bereift

(botany) Having a very fine whitish powder (bloom) on a surface.

bereinigen

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

bereisen

(transitive) To travel throughout (a place).

bereit

(obsolete) Ready, prepared.

bereit machen

(transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.

Bereitschaft

Any public service that deals with emergencies; especially the police, fire, ambulance, or lifeboat services.

bereitstellen

(computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.

Bereitstellung

An act of supplying with provisions.

bereitwillig

With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

bereuen

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

Berg

A hill, a mountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).

bergab

Down a slope.

bergab gehen

(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Bergabhang

The side of a hill.

bergan

Up a slope, towards higher ground.

Bergarbeiter

A person who works in a mine.

bergauf

Up a slope, towards higher ground.

Bergbau

The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

Bergbewohner

(Scotland) A person who inhabits the Scottish Highlands.

Bergbewohnerin

(now, rare) A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). [from 16th c.]

Berge

(mining) An intrusion of another material, such as dirt or slate, within a coal seam.