German–English dictionary

bündeln

(transitive) To gather into a bunch.

Bündelung

(networking) A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface

Bundesgenosse

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

Bundesgenossin

A person, group, state, etc., which is associated or united by treaty with another for a common (especially military or political) purpose; a confederate.

Bundeskanzler

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

Bundeskanzlerin

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

Bundesland

A nonsovereign state that is part of a federation, especially part of Germany or Austria.

Bundestag

The federal/state parliament of Germany.

Bundestagspräsident

(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bundestagspräsidentin

(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Bundhaube

(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.

bündig

Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).

Bündigkeit

(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.

Bündnis

(uncountable) The state of being allied.

Bundstäbchen

(music) One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.

Bungalow

A thatched or tiled one-story house in India surrounded by a wide veranda; a similar house in this style.

Bunker

(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

bunkern

(transitive) To hide or store away for later use.

Bunsenbrenner

(science) A small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole.

bunt

Having prominent colors; colorful.

bunt gemischt

Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.

bunt zusammengeworfen

Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.

bunte Mischung

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]

bunter Melodienstrauß

(music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]

buntes Durcheinander

A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]

buntgefleckt

Having many colours; variegated.

buntgemustert

Having many colours; variegated.

buntgescheckt

Having many colours; variegated.

Buntstift

(, American spelling) A pencil with a wax-like colored core.

Bürde

A heavy load.

Bure

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

Burg

A town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.

Bürge

(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.

bürgen

To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).

Burger

(informal) A hamburger.

Bürgerin

An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.

bürgerlich

(psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.

Bürgerlicher

(British) Someone who is not of noble rank.

Bürgermeister

The mayor, or head magistrate, of a town in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and certain other countries.

Bürgermeister-

Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor).

Bürgermeisterin

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

bürgermeisterlich

Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor).

Bürgerschaft

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

Bürgertum

(Marxism) The capitalist class.

Burggraben

A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

Burgher

A member of a mixed-race ethnic group of Sri Lanka, consisting of descendants of European colonists and local people.

Bürgschaft

(legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.

Burgund

A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Burgunder

A member or descendant of the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.

Burgunderrot

A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.

Burin

(historical) A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.

Burka

(strictly) An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty).

burlesk

(dated) Parodical; parodic

Burleske

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

burmesisch

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

Burn-out

(automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.

Büro

(chiefly, British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.

Büroangestellte

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Bürokauffrau

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Bürokaufmann

One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.

Bürokrat

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

Bürokratie

Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

Bürokratin

An official who is part of a bureaucracy.

bürokratisch

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

Bürokratisierung

(chiefly, derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.

Bürokratismus

(chiefly, derogatory) Excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour.

Büromaterial

Writing materials, envelopes, office materials.

Burrito

A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.

Bursche

(informal, sometimes mildly derogatory) A male human of any age, as opposed to a "girl" (female human of any age).

Burschenschaft

A monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.

burschikos

A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

Bürste

An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including cleaning, painting, and arranging hair.

bürsten

(transitive) To clean with a brush.

Bus

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

Busan

A metropolitan city of South Korea. It is the second largest city and the largest port city in Korea. It is also well known for its beaches and port.

Busch

(uncountable) Wild vegetation, generally larger than grass but smaller than trees. See shrubland.

Büschel

A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.

Buschmann

A person who lives in the bush, especially a member of a community or ethnic group who lives in the bush.

Buschtrommel

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

Buschtrommeln

An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip.

Buschwerk

(uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.

Busen

In a very close relationship.

busenfrei

(chiefly, of a female) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.

Busenhalter

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

Busladung

The amount that can fit on a bus.

Bussard

Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.

Buße

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

Buße tun

(ambitransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. [from 1680s]

büßen

(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.

Büßer

One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance.

Busserl

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

bußfertig

Feeling pain or sorrow on account of one's sins or offenses; feeling sincere guilt.

Bußfertiger

One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of their transgressions.

Bußfertigkeit

The condition of being penitent; a feeling of regret or remorse for doing wrong or sinning.

Bußgeld

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

Bussi

A small kiss.

Bußleistung

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Bußsakrament

A sacrament in some Christian churches that involves penitence (remorse plus restitution via prayer).

Busstopp

A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.

Bußübung

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Bußverfahren

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Bußwerk

A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.

Büste

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.

Büstenhalter

An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts. [from 1920s]

Butan

(organic compound) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.

Butler

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

Butt

(Northern England) Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot

Büttel

(historical, Norman term) A reeve, (specifically) the chief officer executing the decisions of any English court in the period following the Norman Conquest or executing the decisions of lower courts in the late medieval and early modern period.

Butter

A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).

Butterblume

Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.

Butterfass

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

Butterfertiger

A vessel used for churning, especially for producing butter.

Butterkeks

A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.

Buttermilch

The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.

Buttertoffee

(chiefly, _, uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

Button

(graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

Butzemann

A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.

Butzen

The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.

Buxtehude

(figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.

Buzzer

A device that makes a buzzing sound.

Bypass

(medicine) An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass.

Byzantiner

(historical) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire

Byzantinerin

(historical) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire

Byzantion

(historical) An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul.

C-Falter

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

C-Ware

(sometimes, attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.

ca.

Abbreviation of circa.

Cabaret

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

Cabrio

An automobile with a retractable top.

Cabriolet

An automobile with a retractable top.

Cache

(computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.

cachen

(transitive, computing) To store data in a cache.

Cäcilie

A en given name.

Caddie

(by extension, golf, also, attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.

Caesar

An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.

Café

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

Café au Lait

(figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism.

Cafeteria

(chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.

Caffè Latte

(figurative, informal, attributive) Affluent leftism.

cain

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Calcit

(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

Calcium

The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.

Calciumcarbonat

(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.

Caldera

(vulcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

Calendula

Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.

Calgary

The largest city in Alberta, Canada.

Calisthenics

(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.

Call

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

Callisto

(Greek mythology) A nymph of Artemis.

Calvin

A surname from French or Spanish, notably borne by John Calvin, French Protestant theologian.