German–English dictionary

Einloggen

(computing) The process or an instance of logging in.

einlösen

(transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.

einmachen

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

einmal

(frequency) One and only one time.

einmal pro Tag

(uncommon) Done once every day; daily, quotidian.

einmalig

Not recurring; occurring only once.

einmalige Angelegenheit

(idiomatic) A single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.

einmaliges Drüberfegen

A single action of sweeping.

Einmaligkeit

The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.

Einmarsch

A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

einmarschieren

(transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.

einmauern

(transitive) To put or bury within a wall.

Einmauerung

Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.

einmischen

(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

Einmischung

The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

einmütig

Based on unanimity, assent or agreement.

Einmütigkeit

The condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.

Einnahme

(in the plural) A quantity or amount received; takings.

Einnahmen

(in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Irish) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).

Einnahmen aus Spieleinsätzen

(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.

einnehmen

To take on a position, duty or form

einnehmen vt. (Med.)

(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.

einnehmend

Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.

einnicken

(intransitive, informal) To fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly.

einnisten

(intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.

Einöde

(US, with article, almost always plural) A brushy, rural area or location.

einölen

(transitive) To lubricate with oil.

einordnen

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

einordnen (abstrakt)

(transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

einpacken

(transitive) To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

einpassen

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.

einpauken

(transitive) To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization.

einpferchen

(transitive) To enclose in a pen.

Einpferchung

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

einpflanzen

(transitive) To insert (something) surgically into the body.

einpökeln

(transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.

einprägen

(transitive) To inscribe upon.

einprägsam

(of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.

einpreisen

(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.

einquartieren

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

Einrad

(cycling) A pedal cycle that has only one wheel.

Einrad fahren

To travel or move around by unicycle.

einrahmen

(transitive) Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.

einrasten

To close or lock as if with a latch.

einräumen

To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge

Einraumwohnung

(US) A one-room apartment.

einreiben

(transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.

einreichen

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.

einreissen

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

einreissen lassen

(transitive) To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.

einrichten

(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.

Einrichtung

(cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.

Einrichtungsgegenstand

(chiefly, _, British, often plural) A removable item in a house or other building, which can be taken with one when one moves out, such as a moveable piece of furniture, a carpet, picture, etc.; US furnishing; compare fixture.

einrollen

(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)

einrücken

(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.

Einrückung

(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.

einrüsten

(transitive) To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.

eins

A single.

eins, zwei, drei, Ochs am Berg

A children's game in which the players have to stand still without moving while being looked at.

einsacken lassen

(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

einsam

By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.

Einsamkeit

The state or quality of being solitary.

einsammeln

(transitive) To gather together; amass.

Einsammlung

The activity of collecting.

einsargen

(transitive) To place in a coffin.

Einsatz

A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.

einsatzfähig

Functioning and ready for use.

Einsatzmittel

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

Einsatzvielfalt

The property of being versatile or having many different abilities.

einsäumen

(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.

einscannen

(computing, medicine, transitive) To create an image of something with the use of a scanner.

einschalten

(chiefly, electronics, computing) To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

Einschaltung

The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed; a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.

einschärfen

(transitive) To teach by repeated instruction.

einschätzen

(transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.

Einschätzung

A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

einschäumen

(transitive) To cover with lather.

einschenken

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

Einschienenbahn

a railroad system where the trains run on one rail

einschiffen

(transitive) To cover or enclose with bark.

Einschiffung

The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.

einschläfern

(transitive) To put down or euthanize.

einschläfernd

(pharmaceutical effect) Inducing sleep; soporific.

einschläfernde Stille

(uncountable) A state of the body or mind caused by exhaustion or disease and characterized by a languid or weary feeling; lassitude; (countable) an instance of this.

Einschlag

The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

einschlagen

(with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.

Einschleusung

(computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.

einschliessen

To settle (an argument, dispute etc.); to come to a settlement.

einschließlich

Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.

Einschließung

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

Einschluss

(mathematics) A map which, in any of several technical senses, represents the containment of one structure inside another.

Einschmeichelei

The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.

einschmeicheln

To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.

einschmeichelnd-betrügerisch

Artfully persuasive but insincere in nature; smooth-talking, honey-tongued, silver-tongued.

Einschnaufen

The act of inhaling; inbreathing.

einschneiden

To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

Einschnitt

A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.

Einschnürung

(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.

einschränken

(transitive) To control, limit, or halt.

einschränkend

Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.

Einschränkung

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

Einschrauben

(vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.

einschreiben

(transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list

Einschreibung

Enrollment in a college or university.

Einschreibung (für Bildungseinrichtung)

The act of enrolling or the state of being enrolled.

einschreiten

(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action. [with in]

einschrumpfen

(ambitransitive) To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.

einschüchtern

(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

einschüchternd

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

einschüchternd behandeln

(transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.

Einschüchterung

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

Einschulung

Institutional education; attendance of school.

Einschuss

(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

einschütten

(transitive, figurative) To send out as in a stream or a flood; to cause (an emotion) to come out; to cause to escape.

Einschwingungsvorgang

(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.

Einschwingvorgang

(acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak.

einsehen

(transitive) To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly; to plumb. [from 14th c.]

einseifen

(transitive, informal) To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.

einseitig

(figurative) biased; not balanced between points of view

einseitige Darstellung der Ereignisse

A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.

einseitige Sicht der Dinge

A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view.

einsetzen

(intransitive) To take part in a campaign.

einsetzend

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

einsgesinnt

Sharing the same views or opinions, and being in harmony or accord.

einsiblig

Curt in manner. [First attested in the late 16th century.]

Einsicht

Power of acute observation and deduction

Einsickerung

The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)

Einsiedler

One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.

Einsiedlerdasein

The state or quality of being solitary.

Einsiedlerin

(countable) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.

einsiedlerisch

Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present

Einsilber

a word consisting of one syllable

einsilbig

Consisting of one syllable.

Einsilbler

a word consisting of one syllable

einsinken

(intransitive) To sink into mud.

einsortieren

(transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.

einsparen

(intransitive) To practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance).

Einsparung

Wise use of natural resources.

einspeichen

(transitive, cycling) To interweave the spokes of a bicycle wheel.

einsperren

(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.

einspielen

(transitive) To make things correspond or agree with each other.

einsprachig

Knowing or using a single language; written or spoken in a single language.

Einspringer

A performer who understudies; a standby for a study (9).

Einspritzdüse

Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as:

einspritzen

(transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

Einspruch

(law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Einspruch erheben

To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.

einsprühen

To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

einst

(poetic) Past years; time gone by; yore.

Einstand

(tennis, table tennis, volleyball) A tied game where either player can win by scoring two consecutive points.