German–English dictionary

Dudelsackspielerin

One who plays the bagpipes.

Dudu

A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.

Due Diligence

(legal) A process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.

Due-Diligence-Prüfung

(legal) A process during which a potential party to a contract evaluates the assets and liabilities of one or more other potential parties, to assess whether it should enter into the contract.

duellieren

To engage in a battle.

Duft

A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

duftend

Fragrant or spicy.

duftend (nach)

Fragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.

Duftkissen

(cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.

Duftnote

A pleasant smell or odour.

Duftstoff

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.

Dukatenscheißer

(by extension) Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money.

Düker

A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.

duktil

Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

dulden

(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

duldsam

Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;

Duldsamkeit

Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance under provocation.

Duldung

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

Duma

A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

Dumas

A surname from French.

dumm

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

dumm schwätzen

To talk nonsense; drivel.

Dummbatz

(slang) A foolish or stupid person.

dummdreist

Impudent, insolent.

dumme Gans

(pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.

Dummerchen

(colloquial) A silly person.

dummes Geschwätz

(uncountable) Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish. [from 1782.]

dummes Zeug

(uncountable, slang) Nonsense.

Dummheit

Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

Dummkopf

(originally, US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.

Dummköpfin

A stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.

dümmlich

Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality.

Dummy

Something constructed with the size and form of a human, to be used in place of a person.

dumpf

Expressing gloom or melancholy.

dumpf knallen

(intransitive) To make the sound of a dull impact.

dumpf tönen

To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.

Dumpfbacke

(pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

dumpfer Knall

The sound of a dull impact.

dumpfer Schlag

A blow that produces a muffled sound.

Dumpfheit

Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

dumpfig

Having an odour or taste of mould; also (generally) , having a stale or unfresh odour or taste.

Dumping

(economics, trading) Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

Düne

an island close to Heligoland

Dung

Animal excrement, especially that of common domestic farm animals and when used as fertilizer. Generally speaking, from cows, horses, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Düngemittel

A natural substance that is used to make the ground more suitable for growing plants.

düngen

(transitive) To fertilize with dung.

Dünger

(uncountable) Manure; animal excrement.

Dünkel

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

dunkel machen

To make dark; to overshadow.

dunkelblond

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

dunkelbraune Farbe

Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

dünkelhaft

Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.

Dunkelheit

A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.

Dunkelkammer

(photography) A dark room, where photographs are developed.

dunkeln

(intransitive) To become dark or darker (having less light).

dunkelrot

Having a deep red colour.

dunkelrotbraun

Of a mulberry colour.

Dunkelwerden

(uncountable) Nightfall.

dünken

(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Dunking

(basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.

Dünkirchen

A town in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

dunkle Seite

(figuratively) The side which is not normally seen, normally a dark, immoral place.

dünn

Of clothing: very light and thin.

Dünnbrettbohrer

One of little consequence or ability.

dünnbrettbohrerisch

Lacking in earnestness, ability, or profundity.

dünne Fahne

A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; any slender, flexible structure or group.

dünne Wachskerze

A slender wax candle.

Dünnheit

The state or quality of being thin.

Dünnschiss

(colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

Dünnschliff

(sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.

Dunst

Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)

Dunstabzug

A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).

dünsten

(transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.

dunstig

Thick or obscured with haze.

Dünung

A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.

Duo

(musician group) Two musicians who perform music together.

Duodezimalsystem

(arithmetic) A number system that uses twelve as its base.

Düpierte

A person who has been deceived.

duplieren

(transitive) To make a copy of.

Duplik

(legal) The defendant's answer to the replication.

Duplikat

(legal) A duplicate of a legal document.

duplizieren

(transitive) To make a copy of.

dupliziert

Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

Duplizität

Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing.

Düppel

(military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

durch

By the actions of (someone).

durch (einen) glücklichen Zufall

Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.

durch den Wind

(crazy, insane).

durch gegenseitige Abhängigkeiten gekennzeichnet

Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.

durch Stromschlag töten

(transitive) To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.

durch Testament verfügen

(transitive) To leave (property) in a will.

durch und durch

Complete, utter.

durch Vergleich regeln

(transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

durch Vorgaben

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

durch Vorgaben diktiert

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

durch Vorschriften

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

durch Zufall

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

durchaus

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

durchbiegen

(intransitive) To become curved.

durchblättern

(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.

Durchblutung

The act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.

durchbohren

(transitive, idiomatic) To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.

Durchbringen

A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

Durchbruch

(intransitive) To gain popularity.

durchdacht

Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

durchdrehen

(idiomatic, intransitive, dated, _, in US) To become insane; to suffer a mental breakdown.

durchdringen

In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

durchdringend

Manifested throughout; pervading, permeating, penetrating or affecting everything.

durcheinander

(by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

durcheinander bringen

(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.

durcheinanderbringen

To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.

durcheinandergebracht

Self-consciously distressed.

durcheinanderwerfen

(transitive) To mix or confuse.

durchfädeln

(transitive, figurative) To make one's way through or between (a constriction or obstacles).

Durchfahrt

(now, _, rare, _, except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.

durchfallen

(ambitransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.

durchfallen lassen

(transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.

durchfegen

To move or act fast; to rush headlong.

durchflechten

(intransitive) To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately.

durchfließen

To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.

durchfluten

(transitive) To spread through or over (something), especially as a liquid, colour or light; to bathe.

durchforsten

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

durchführbar

Able to be done in practice.

Durchführbarkeit

The state of being feasible or possible.

durchführen

(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

Durchführung

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

Durchgang

Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.

Durchgangs-

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

Durchgangsstraße

(now, _, rare, _, except in certain set phrases) A passage; a way through.

durchgebrannt

(colloquial, of electronic equipment) Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.

durchgedreht

Furiously, injuriously, or maniacally violent or out of control.

durchgehen

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

durchgehend

Completely, as much as possible; in full; to the end or full extent.

durchgeknallt

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

durchhalten

To persevere.

durchhaltend

Tending to persevere.

Durchhaltevermögen

(US) Boldness of enterprise; aggressiveness or initiative.

durchhängen

(intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.

Durchhänger

Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.

durchhauen

(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.

durchkämmen

(transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

durchkommen

(idiom) To escape punishment for doing something objectionable.

durchkreuzen

To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

durchlassen

(transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.

durchlässig

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

Durchlaucht

A title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary.

Durchlauf

(computing) A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.

durchlaufen

(nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

durchlaufend

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

durchlesen

(transitive) To read completely.