German–English dictionary

Calvities

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

Calyx

(botany) The outermost whorl of flower parts, comprising the sepals, which covers and protects the petals as they develop.

Calzone

A baked Italian turnover made of pizza dough and stuffed with tomato, cheese and other toppings.

Camcorder

A camera recorder: a portable electronic device for recording images and audio on to a storage device, hence functioning as a camera and a recorder in a single unit.

Camée

A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.

Camembert

A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.

Cameo-Auftritt

A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.

Camorra

A secret crime organization from Naples, Italy, equivalent to the Mafia of Sicily.

Camouflage

(military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.

campen

(intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

Camper

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

Camperin

A person who camps, especially in a tent etc.

Campher

(organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy, also known as laurel camphor or common/ordinary camphor.

Camping

(uncountable) The recreational or educational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation.

Campingplatz

An area where tents are pitched.

Campus

The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

Canapé

A piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa.

Canard

(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Canberra

The capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory.

Cancan

(dances) A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.

Cancel-Anweisung

(US) A cancellation.

canceln

(transitive) To invalidate or annul something.

Candela

In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

Candy

(obsolete) A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Canide

Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).

Canistel

The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

Canistelbaum

The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

Canistelfrucht

The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

Cannabis

The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

Cannae

(historical) A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans

Cannolo

(mostly, in the plural) A tube of fried pastry, typical of Sicily, filled with ricotta or similar cream cheese, and flavorings, eaten as a dessert.

Cantaloupe-Melone

Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types:

Cantica

A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

Canticum

A chant, hymn or song, especially a nonmetrical one, with words from a biblical text.

Canto

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

Canvas

A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.

Capella

(star) A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.

Cappuccino

(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.

Capsicum

Any of various tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.

CAPTCHA

(computing, Internet) A computerized test requiring the human user to perform a task deemed to be difficult to automate, such as entering a displayed series of distorted characters or describing images, to demonstrate that they are a human and not a computer program.

Caracas

The capital city of Venezuela.

Caramel

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Carapax

A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.

Carbonado

(mineral) A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.

Carbonat

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

Cardiff

A city and county, the capital and largest city of Wales.

Cardigan

A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.

Cardio

(exercise) Exercise with the goal of raising the heart rate.

Cardiotraining

(exercise) Exercise with the goal of raising the heart rate.

Cardy

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

Cargo

Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.

Carillon

(musical instrument) A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.

Carolinasumpfhuhn

A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

Caroline

A en given name.

Carotis

(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.

Carpus

(skeleton) The group of bones that make up the wrist.

Cartoon

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

Cartoonist

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

Cartoonistin

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

Casablanca

The capital city of the region of Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

Casanova

A promiscuous, philandering man.

Cäsar

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

Cäsarenherrschaft

A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.

Casimir

A en given name.

Caspar

(Biblical character) one of the Magi.

Cassiopeium

A chemical element (symbol Lu) with an atomic number of 71, a silvery-white metal which resists corrosion in dry air.

Cast

(art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

Casting

(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.

Castor-Rad

(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

Castoreum

The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.

Catania

A metropolitan city of Sicily, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Catania.

Catcher

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.

Catcherin

(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.

Catering

(uncountable, UK, Philippines) The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.

Catering-Service

A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

Cateringunternehmen

A person or company hired to provide and serve food, usually for a large group and at a location separate from where the food is prepared.

Cayenne

The capital city of French Guiana department.

CD

A kind of plastic optical disc used to store audio or digital data, read by a laser in a drive.

CD-Brenner

A device for recording audio, or saving data, onto a compact disc.

Cecidie

(plant disease) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).

Celesta

(musical instruments) A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.

Celina

A en given name.

Celine

A en given name.

Cellist

Someone who plays the cello.

Cellistin

Someone who plays the cello.

Cello

A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.

Cellophan

Any of a variety of transparent plastic films, especially one made of processed cellulose.

Cellospieler

Someone who plays the cello.

Cellospielerin

Someone who plays the cello.

Celluloid

Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.

Celsius

Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to 1⁄273.16 of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

Cembalo

(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.

Center

(American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.

Centre

A former administrative region of France, now named Centre-Val de Loire.

Centurio

(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.

cerebral

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

Cerebro-

(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.

Ceres

(Roman god) The Roman goddess of agriculture; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Cervix

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Cervix uteri

(now, specifically) The cervix uteri, or lower, narrow portion of the uterus where it joins with the top end of the vagina.

Ceviche

(cooking) Raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America.

cf.

Compare; compare to; compare with.

Ch'i

(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

Chagrin

A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

Chagrinleder

A type of leather or skin with a rough surface.

Chakra

(Hinduism, Ayurveda) Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.

Chaldäer

A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

Chaldäerin

A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

chaldäisch

Of or pertaining to Chaldea specifically, or ancient Babylonia in general.

Chamäleon

(constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca.

Champagne

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Champagner

(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.

Champagnerglas

A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

Chan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Chance

(countable) An opportunity or possibility.

changieren

(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.

Chanukka

(Judaism) An eight-day Jewish festival, starting on the 25th day of Kislev, which commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem after the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek Syrians.

Chaos

A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.

chaotisch

(idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.

chaotisches Durcheinander

Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.

Chapeau

(figurative) Used to express approval or praise: congratulations, kudos, well done! [with to]

Chaperon

(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

Character

(countable, computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

Charakter

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

Charakterbuchstabe

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.

Charakteristik

A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.

Charakteristikum

An important or main item.

charakteristisch

Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.

charakterlos

Having no distinguishing character or quality.

Charakterschwäche

(morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.

Charakterzug

An attribute of someone's personality.

Charcuterie

(uncountable) Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.

Chardonnay

(uncountable) A variety of wine made from this grape.

Chardonnay-Traube

(countable) A green-skinned grape variety used to make a white wine.

Charge

(by extension) A quantity of anything produced at one operation.

Charismatiker

A member of the Charismatic Movement.

Charismatikerin

A member of the Charismatic Movement.

Charity

(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.

Charlotte

A en given name.

Charm

(particle physics) A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.

charmant

Pleasant, charismatic.

Charme

(slang) Personal magnetism; charm; that which makes one successful and liked, viewed as an inherent power that can be present or absent.

Charmeur

A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.

Charmeurin

A charming person; one who charms or seduces; a smoothie.

Charon

(astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

Chart

A ranked listing of competitors, as of recorded music.

Chassis

The base frame of a motor vehicle.

Chat

(countable, uncountable) An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

Chatbot

(internet, AI) A computer program that holds conversations through a chat room.

Château

An estate where wine is produced and often bottled, especially in Bordeaux.