German–English dictionary

Bindeglied

A thing that joins two separate items, e.g. software to connect video or music clips.

Bindemittel

(chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.

binden

(transitive) To fasten with a band.

Binder

Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.

Bindestrich

(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).

Bindigkeit

(chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.

Bindung

Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.

bingewatchen

To watch multiple episodes of a television programme in a short period of time.

Bingo

(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.

Binnenland

The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.

Binnenschiff

A watercraft designed for operating on rivers.

Binnenseehafen

A town or harbour with facilities for seagoing ships to dock and take on or discharge cargo.

Binse

(uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.

Binsenlauch

A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

Binsenwahrheit

A platitude or cliché.

Binsenweisheit

A platitude or cliché.

bio-

life

Biochemiker

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

Biochemikerin

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

Biodiversität

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

Biofilm

(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

Biogefahr

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

Biogefährdung

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

Biograf

The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.

Biografie

A person's life story, especially one published.

Biographie

A person's life story, especially one published.

Biologe

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

Biologie

The study of all life or living matter.

Biologin

A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.

biologisch

Of or relating to biology.

biologisch abbaubar

Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms.

biologische Diversität

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biologische Vielfalt

(ecology) The diversity (number and variety of species) of plant and animal life within a region.

biologisches Risiko

A biological hazard; a source of risk due to some biological factor such as bacteria or human waste.

Biom

Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

biometrisch

Of, relating to, or using biometrics.

bionisch

(not comparable) Related to bionics.

Biopsie

The removal and examination of a sample of tissue, cells, or bodily fluid from a living body for diagnostic purposes.

biopsieren

To take a sample (a biopsy) for pathological examination.

Biosphäre

The part of the Earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life.

biotisch

(biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms.

Biotop

A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals

Biotopteil

(countable, biology) A terrestrial or aquatic area distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether entirely natural or semi-natural.

bipartit

(graph theory, of a graph) Having vertices that can be divided into two independent sets (see bigraph)

Birma

A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Capital: Naypyidaw. Officially known as Myanmar.

Birmane

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

Birmanin

(chiefly, in the plural) A person from Myanmar or of Burmese descent.

birmanisch

Of or relating to Burma (Myanmar) or its people or language.

Birnbaum

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

Birnbaumholz

The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

Birne

Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun#Noun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)

Birnenholz

The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

Birnenmost

A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.

Birnenwein

A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears; somewhat analogous to cider.

Birnholz

The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

Biryani

A spiced dish of rice, blended with meat and/or vegetables.

bis

Not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval).

bis an

(without an object) Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.

bis auf

Used to introduce a clause, phrase, verb infinitive, adverb or other non-noun complement forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

bis bald

(slang) See you later; goodbye.

bis dahin

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

bis dato

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

bis jetzt

(idiomatic) Up to the present.

bis zu

(without an object) Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.

bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

bis zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt

(formal, also, law) Up to this or that time.

Bisam

A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.

Bisamratte

A semiaquatic rodent of the tribe Ondatrini.

Bischof

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

Bischöfin

(Christianity) An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.

Bischofskirche

The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.

Bischofssitz

A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

bisexuell

(of humans, or, other animals) Sexually attracted to both same-gendered and different-gendered partners. (Compare pansexual.)

Bisexuelle

A person who is bisexual.

Bisexueller

A person who is bisexual.

bisher

(idiomatic) Up to the present.

Biskotte

A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.

Biskuit

(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

bislang

(formal, temporal) Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.

Bison

A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.

Bisque

A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

Biss

The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.

Bisschen

A small amount of something.

Bissen

A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.

bissig

(figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.

Bissigkeit

The property of being savage or behaving savagely.

bist du angezogen?

(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

Bistro

A small casual restaurant or pub, typically serving French-style cuisine.

Bistum

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.

Bitcoin

(countable, computing, finance) A unit of the bitcoin (proper noun sense 1) cryptocurrency.

Bitmap

(computing) A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.

Bitschalter

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

Bitte

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

bitte?

Used as a request for someone to repeat something not heard or understood clearly.

bitten

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

bitten um

(transitive) To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour.

bitter

Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. [from early 15th c.]

bitterer Hass

A sharp and bitter hatred.

Bitterfisch

The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

Bitterkeit

Harshness, bitterness, or severity

bitterlich

Somewhat bitter.

Bitternis

The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

Bittersüß

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

Bittersüßer Nachtschatten

Bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara).

Bittgebet

A prayer or entreaty to a god.

Bittgesuch

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

Bittschrift

(archaic) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift or benefaction.

Bitumen

A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.

Bitumenschiefer

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

Biwak

An encampment for the night, usually without tents or covering.

biwakieren

(transitive, intransitive) To set up camp.

Biwakmütze

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.

bizarr

(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

Bizeps

(anatomy) Any muscle having two heads.

Blabla

(uncountable, informal) Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

Blackbeard

The archetypal pirate, who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Blackjack

(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.

Blackout

A temporary loss of memory.

blaffen

(transitive) To speak sharply.

Blähung

(uncountable) A flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel, e.g. for cooking, heating, electricity generation or as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles, especially natural gas.

blamabel

(colloquial) That causes one to cringe with embarrassment; embarrassing.

Blamage

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

blameren

(transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]

blanchieren

(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.

blank

Total or complete.

blank polieren

To polish or burnish.

blank wienern

To polish or burnish.

Blanka

A en given name.

blanker Unsinn

(uncountable, slang) Nonsense.

blankscheuern

(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

blankziehen

(transitive) To pull (something) out; to extract, to remove.

Blas

The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.

Blase

(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

Blasebalg

A device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to alter its volume which has an outlet or outlets where one wishes to blow air.

blasen

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

Blasen werfen

(intransitive) To break out in blisters.

blasenbildend

Causing blisters.

blasenverursachend

Causing blisters.

Bläser

A person who blows.

blasiert

Resulting from a mostly negative physical effect or transformation.

blasiert sprechen

To speak affectedly.

Blasius

A en given name.

Blaskapelle

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.

Blasloch

The blowhole of a whale.

Blasphemie

An act of irreverence or contempt toward a god or toward something considered sacred; an impious act, utterance, view, etc.

blasphemieren

(intransitive) To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.

blasphemisch

Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.

Blasphemist

One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.

Blasphemistin

One who commits blasphemy; a person who mocks or derides a deity or religion, or claims to be God.

Blasrohr

(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.