German–English dictionary

Abscheidung

sequestration; separation

Abscheu

(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing. [Mid 17th century.]

abscheuern

(intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.

abscheulich

Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]

Abscheulichkeit

(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [from ca. 1150–1350]

abschieben

(transitive) To evict, especially from a country.

Abschiebung

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

Abschied

A departure; the act of leaving.

Abschiednehmen

The act of parting company.

Abschiedsgeläut

The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).

Abschiedsrede

A speech made when leaving or parting company.

Abschiedsredner

(US, Canada, properly) The individual in a graduating class who delivers the farewell or valedictory address, often the person who graduates with the highest grades.

Abschiedsschmerz

A violent emotional change caused by separation. [from 19th c.]

Abschiedsspiel

(football) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).

Abschiedswort

A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu".

Abschiedsworte

A word or phrase said upon leaving, such as "farewell" or "adieu".

abschießen

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

abschirmen

(transitive) To screen, hide.

Abschirmgeflecht

A tubular sheath made of braided strands of metal placed around a central cable for shielding against electromagnetic interference.

abschlachten

(transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)

Abschlachtung

Death and destruction.

abschlaffen

(intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.

Abschlag

(finance) A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

abschlagen

(heading) To attain, to achieve.

abschleifen

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

Abschleppen

The act of towing and the condition of being towed.

abschließen

(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.

abschließend

Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

Abschluss

(figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.

Abschlussarbeit

(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.

Abschlussball

(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.

Abschlussfeier

A ceremony to mark the official closing of a building or event.

Abschlussprämie

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

Abschlussprovision

A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.

Abschlussprüfung

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

abschmeicheln

(transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

abschmirgeln

(transitive) To treat or polish with sandpaper.

abschnallen

(transitive) To overwhelm with bewilderment; to amaze, confound, or stun, especially in a ludicrous manner. [from late 18th c.]

abschneiden

(now, chiefly, US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). [from 17th c.]

abschneidend

(uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.

Abschneider

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

Abschneiderin

A person or device that cuts (in various senses).

Abschnitt

(programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.

abschnittsweise

In a progressive manner.

abschöpfen

(transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

abschrägen

(transitive) To give a canted edge to a surface; to chamfer.

Abschrägung

An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90-degree angle; a chamfer.

abschrauben

(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.

abschrecken

(transitive) To discourage, intimidate.

abschreckend

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

Abschreckung

Something that deters.

abschreiben

(intransitive) To decline in value over time.

Abschreibung

The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.

abschreiten

To measure by walking.

Abschrift

(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).

abschürfen

(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]

Abschürfung

(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

Abschussgerät

One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch.

abschüssig

In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

abschütteln

(transitive) To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.

abschwächen

To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]

Abschwächung

(biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.

abschwatzen

(transitive) To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.

abschweifen

(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

abschweifend

Marked by digression; rambling

Abschweifung

(generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.

abschwellen

(intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

Abschwören

A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Abschwörung

A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Abschwung

(economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.

absegnen

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

absehbar

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

absehen

(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.

absehen (+ von)

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

absehen von

To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception. [from late 16th c.]

abseihen

(transitive) To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.

abseits

Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual). (Often preceded by far, farther, or further.)

Absence

(medical) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

absenden

(transitive) To send (a letter, email etc.) on to a third party.

Absender

Someone who sends.

Absenderin

Someone who sends.

Absenker

A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

Absenkung

A lower section of a road or geological feature.

absensen

(transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine

Absentismus

The act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.

Absenz

A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship

absetzen

To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.

Absetzung

(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.

absichern

(transitive, electricity) To furnish with or install a fuse in (a circuit) to protect against overcurrent.

Absicherung

Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.

Absicht

Intention or plot.

absichtlich

Done on purpose; intentional.

absichtlich unter Wert schätzen

(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.

Absinken

(figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.

Absinth

The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]

absitzen im Cafe Viereck

(transitive, slang) To bring into prison, to roof.

absolut

Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree. [first attested around 1400]

Absolution erteilen

(transitive, theology) To remit a sin; to give absolution for a sin. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

Absolutismus

(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; Synonym of despotism. [First attested in the early 19th century.]

Absolvent

A male graduate.

absolvieren

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

absondern

(transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.

Absonderung

(countable) Any substance that is secreted by an organism.

absorbieren

(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

abspalten

(chemistry, intransitive) To undergo dissociation.

Abspaltung

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]

Abspann

(film, television) The credits shown at the end of a film, TV program, etc.

abspannen

To equip with a support cable.

Abspannung

A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.

abspeichern

(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

abspeisen

To tip ungenerously.

absperren

(transitive) To block the flow of water.

Absperrgitter

Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure.

Absperrhahn

A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.

Absperrung

A structure that bars passage.

Abspieler

(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.

Abspielgerät

(electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.

Absplitterung

(boxing) The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.

Absprache

An agreement.

absprechen

(transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

abspreizen

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

Abspritzen

(uncountable, slang, AAVE) The ejaculation of semen.

abspülen

(transitive) To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.

abstammen

(intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

Abstammung

(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

Abstammunglinie

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Abstammungreihe

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

Abstand

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

Abstand nehmen (+ von)

(intransitive, with preposition "from") To stop oneself from some action or interference; to abstain; to eschew [from 15th c.]

Abstandhalter

A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

Abstandsblech

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

Abstandshalter

A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).

Abstandsstab

A wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation and to create a gap so the unit can be picked up with a forklift (also kiln sticker).

Abstandsvektor

(physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.

abstauben

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

abstechen

(brewing) To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

abstehend

Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

absteigen

(perhaps, _, nonstandard) To debark, to disembark.

absteigen lassen

(transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.

absteigend

Moving, sloping or oriented downward.

abstellen

(transitive) To cause to come to a halt.

Abstellgleis

(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).

Abstellkammer

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Abstellraum

A room used for storage.

abstempeln

(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

Abstieg

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

abstillen

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

abstimmen

(transitive) To modify.

Abstimmung

The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.

abstinent

Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]