German–English dictionary

derogativ

(legal, of a, clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

derogatorisch

(legal, of a, clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

Derrickkran

A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.

derselbe

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

derweil

During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.

Derwisch

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

Derwischin

A member of a Sufi Muslim ascetic fraternity of mendicant friars.

derzeit

At this moment, at present, now.

derzeitig stattfindend

Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

des Guten zu viel

Egregiously; beyond compare.

des Lesens und Schreibens mächtig

Able to read and write; having literacy.

des Weiteren

By way of addition; in addition to; also.

Desaster

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

desaströs

Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.

desavouieren

(transitive) To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.

Desdemona

(astronomy) An inner moon of the planet Uranus.

Desertation

The act of deserting.

Deserteur

(military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving

desertieren

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

Desertion

The act of deserting.

deshalb

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Desiderius Erasmus von Rotterdam

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam), a Dutch humanist and theologian.

Design

(countable, computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.

designen

(obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Designer

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

Designerin

A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession.

designieren

To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description

Desillusion

(countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.

desillusionieren

(transitive, of a person) To free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.

desillusioniert

Disappointed; experiencing disillusionment; having lost one's illusions.

Desillusionierung

Freeing from false belief or illusions.

Desinfektionsmittel

A substance that kills germs or viruses.

desinfizieren

To sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.

desinfizierend

Serving to kill germs or viruses.

Desinformation

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

desintegrieren

(science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

Deskription

A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

deskriptiv

(linguistics) Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.

Deskriptor

(computing, information science) A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.

Desktop-Computer

(computing) A desktop computer.

desodorieren

To mask or eliminate the odor of, or an odor in, (something).

desolat

Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

desorientieren

To cause to lose orientation or direction.

desorientiert

Confused or perplexed.

despektierlich

Lacking respect.

Despot

A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

Despotie

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

Despotin

A ruler with absolute power; a tyrant.

Despotismus

Government by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

Dessert

A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.

Dessertlöffel

A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.

Dessous

Underwear or nightclothes (typically women's), especially when lacy or designed to be seductive.

Destillat

The substance extracted by distilling.

Destillation

(chemistry, chemical engineering) The separation of more volatile parts of a substance from less volatile ones by evaporation and condensation.

Destille

A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

Destillerie

A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.

Destillierapparat

A device or apparatus that distills, a condenser; a still.

destillieren

(transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. [from 15th c.]

Destillierkolben

An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.

destruktiv

Causing destruction; damaging.

deswegen

Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".

Detail

(countable) A part small enough to escape casual notice.

detailgetreu

Consistent with reality.

detaillieren

(transitive) To explain in detail.

detailliert

Detailing every action or occurrence completely.

detaillisieren

(transitive) To explain in detail.

Detektion

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

Detektiv

(figurative, informal) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.

Detektivin

(figurative, informal) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.

Detektor

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

Detention

(pedagogy) A punishment given to a student for a minor infraction, typically requiring the student to report to a designated room during recess or outside of school hours to work on homework or perform busywork.

Determinans

A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Determinante

(linear algebra) A scalar that encodes certain characteristics of a given transformation matrix; the unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value 1 for the unit matrix; abbreviated as: det.

Determination

Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

Determinativ

A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

Determinierer

A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.

determiniert

(linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things

Determinismus

(philosophy) The doctrine that all actions are determined by the current state and immutable laws of the universe, with no possibility of choice.

Detonation

(chemistry) An explosion or sudden report made by the near-instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances. Specifically, combustion that spreads supersonically via shock compression.

detonieren

(transitive) To cause to explode.

Detritus

(countable, chiefly, geology) Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.

Detroit

The largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County.

deuten

(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).

Deuteragonist

(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).

Deuteragonistin

(narratology) A secondary character; specifically, the second most important character (after the protagonist).

Deuterium

(uncountable, isotope) An isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in each atom - 21H.

Deuteronomium

The fifth of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the fifth book in the Torah.

deutlich

Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.

deutlich erkennbar

Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

Deutlichkeit

The property of being lucid; lucidness.

deutsch

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.

deutsch klingend

(sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics.

Deutsche

Of or relating to the natives or inhabitants of Germany; to people of German descent; to their cultures.

Deutscher

(countable) A native or inhabitant of Germany; a person of German citizenship or nationality.

Deutschland

A country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Capital and largest city: Berlin.

Deutung

The act of construing: interpreting, portraying, or both.

Devaluation

Depreciation.

Devalvation

Depreciation.

Devise

(rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.(heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.

devot

Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

Devotion

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

Dexel

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

dexter

(archaic, outside, heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)

Dextrose

The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

Dez.

(music) Abbreviation of decani.

Dezember

The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.

Dezennium

A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]

dezent

Not glaring in color; soft and light in tone.

dezentralisiert

not centralized; having no center or several centers

Dezentralisierung

The process of decentralizing

dezimal

(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.

Dezimalsystem

(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.

dezimieren

(transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.

DGL

Initialism of differential equation.

Dgl.

Initialism of differential equation.

Dharma

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.

di-

Double, twice the quantity.

Dia

(photography, graphic arts) An image suitable to overlay (superimpose) over another (as for example a gel for an overhead projector, a slide that complements another slide as a superimposition for it, or a digital virtual equivalent of these); its coloration is adjusted to contrast with the underlying image (for example, text may be white instead of black in areas where the background is dark).

Diabetes

(disease) Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin. [from 19th c.]

Diabetiker

A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.

Diabetiker-

Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

Diabetikerin

A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.

diabetisch

Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.

diabolisch

Of, being, or pertaining to a devil or the Devil.

Diagnose

The process of, or an instance of, identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).

Diagnostik

(of devices) The process of determining the state of or capability of a component to perform its function(s).

diagnostisch

Of, or relating to diagnosis.

diagnostizieren

(by extension) To determine the cause of a problem.

diagonal

(geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).

Diagonale

Anything forming or resembling such a line, particularly:

Diagramm

A systematic non-narrative presentation of data.

Diakonin

(Christianity, rare) A female deacon.

Diakonisse

(Christianity, rare) A female deacon.

Diakonissin

(Christianity, rare) A female deacon.

Dialekt

A strong dialectal accent, usually Irish or Scottish.

Dialog

(computing) Ellipsis of dialog box.

Dialogfenster

(computing) Ellipsis of dialog box.

Diamant

(uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.

Diameter

(geometry) The length of such a line.

diaphan

Transparent or translucent; allowing light to pass through; capable of being seen through.

Diaphragma

(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs.

Diaspora

(collective) The dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).

Diät

(countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.

diätisch

Of, or relating to diet.

diatonisch

(music) Relating to or characteristic of a musical scale which contains seven pitches and a pattern of five whole tones and two semitones; particularly, of the major or natural minor scales.

Diazepam

(pharmaceutical drug) A tranquilizing muscle relaxant drug (trademark Valium) used mainly to relieve anxiety.

Diazotypie

A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.

dich

(now, chiefly, archaic, literary) Objective and reflexive case of thou. [from 8th c.]

dich selbst

(reflexive pronoun) Your own self (singular).

Dichotomie

A separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.