German–English dictionary

acherontisch

Of, pertaining to or resembling Acheron (one of the rivers located in the underworld according to ancient Greek mythology).

Achillesferse

A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.

Achilleus

(Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.

Achsbolzen

(engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

Achse

A spindle of a wheel.

Achsel

(historical) A component of plate armor that protects the shoulder, generally covering more than a spaulder, also protecting the armpit and overlapping with other armor over the upper chest and back.

Achselhöhle

The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

Achsenabschnitt

(algebraic geometry) The coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis.

Achsnagel

A pin inserted through holes at the end of an axle or shaft, so as to secure a wheel or shaft-mounted device.

Achsschenkel

(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Achsstummel

(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Achszapfen

(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

acht

A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine.

achte

The ordinal form of the number eight.

Achteck

(geometry, also, attributively) A polygon with eight sides and eight angles.

Achtel

One of eight equal parts of a whole.

Achtelcicero

(uncountable, US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type between American and Saxon, 1+1⁄2-point type.

achteln

(transitive) To divide by eight.

Achtelnote

(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

Achtelpetit

(uncountable, US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.

ächten

To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.

achteraus

(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

Achterbahn

An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.

Achterbahnfahrt

(figurative) An abrupt and unexpected change, or the resulting feeling of shock.

achterlich

Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

achtern

(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern. [First attested in the early 17th century.]

Achtkampf

(athletics) A sporting event consisting of eight different sports or contests.

achtlos

Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.

achtsam

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

Achtsamkeit

A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.

Achtung

(military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.

Achtungsbezeugung

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

achtzehn

The cardinal number occurring after seventeen and before nineteen, represented in Roman numerals as XVIII and in Arabic numerals as 18.

achtzehnte

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

achtzehntes

The ordinal form of the number eighteen.

achtzig

The cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine and before eighty-one, represented in Roman numerals as LXXX and in Arabic numerals as 80.

Achtziger

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

achtziger Jahre

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

Achtzigerjahre

The decade of the 1880s, 1980s, etc.

Ächzen

A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration, disapproval, or ecstasy.

Acidität

The quality or state of being acid.

Acker

Any of various similar units of area in other systems.

Ackerbau

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock.

Ackerbau und Viehzucht

The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.

Ackerbaukunde

The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.

ackerbaulich

Of or pertaining to agronomy.

Ackerfräse

Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

Ackergaul

An old, useless horse.

Ackerland

Land that is suitable for farming and agricultural production.

Ackerterrasse

(agriculture) A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.

Actiniden

(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.

Action

Fast-paced activity.

active

(grammar) In the active form; not passive.

ad hoc

For a particular purpose.

Ad­ap­ta­ti­on

(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.

Ad­ap­ti­on

(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.

Ad­ap­tie­rung

(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.

Adamant

An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.

Adapter

(computer hardware) Any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality. Common examples include wireless modems, digital media players, software copy protect devices, and adapters.

adaptieren

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

adaptiert

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.

adaptiv

Of, pertaining to, characterized by or showing adaptation; making or made fit or suitable.

adäquat

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

addieren

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

Addition

Anything that is added.

Additiv

A substance added to another substance or product to produce specific properties in the combined substance.

Additivität

(uncountable, math) The property of being additive.

Addukt

(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.

Adduktor

(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body—opposed to abductor.

Adebar

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

Adel

A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

Adelaide

The state capital and largest city in South Australia.

Adele

A en given name.

Adelger

(rare) A en given name.

Adelheid

A en given name.

Adelige

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

Adeliger

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

Adeligkeit

(uncountable) The quality of being noble.

adeln

To bestow with nobility, honour or grace.

Adelskrone

A small crown, such as is worn by a noble.

Aden

A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

Ader

(anatomy) A component of the circulatory system, such as an artery, capillary, or vein, that carries blood.

Aderlass

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

Aderpresse

(medicine) A tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

Adhäsion

The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.

adhäsiv

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

ADHS

(informal) as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Adieu

A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell.

adipös

Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and build; or, having a body mass index over 30 kg/m2.

Adipositas

Obesity; the state of being fat.

adjazent

Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.

Adjektiv

(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.

Adjunkt

(grammar) A phrase within a clause or sentence that is grammatically dispensable but not semantically so, modifying the meaning.

Adjutant

(military rank) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs. [from 1641]

Adler

(constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.

Adlerfarne

(uncountable, countable) Any of several coarse ferns, of the genus Pteridium, that form dense thickets; often poisonous to livestock.

Adlerfisch

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

adlig

Of, pertaining to, or favouring, an aristocracy

Adlige

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

Adliger

An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. [from 14th c.]

Administration

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

administrativ

Of or relating to administering or administration.

Administrator

One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

Administratorin

(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

administrieren

(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.

Admiralität

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Admiralsamt

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Admiralswürde

(military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Adoleszenz

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Adolf

A en given name.

Adonai

(Judaism, Christianity) The Lord: a Hebrew title of God.

Adonis

A beautiful man.

adoptieren

To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.

adoptiv

Related through adoption.

Adoptivsohn

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

Adrenalin

(hormone) Epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.

Adressabstand

The weight of a ship or other floating vessel, traditionally measured or calculated by finding the volume of the vessel below the waterline when afloat, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the whole displacing body.

Adressat

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

Adressatin

The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.

Adresse

(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory. [from 1940s]

adressieren

(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.

adrett

Having a neat, smart appearance

adrettes Auftreten

(uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner.

adriatisch

Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.

Adumbration

(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.

Advent

(Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.

Advokat

Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]

Advokatin

Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]

Adynaton

(rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility; an instance of such hyperbole.

aerob

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

Aerobic

A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

Aerodrom

An airfield:

Aerodynamik

The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere.

aerodynamisch

Of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics.

Aeronaut

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

Aeronautik

The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects

Aeronautin

A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.

aeronautisch

Having to do with aerial navigation

Aerosol

A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.

Aerostatik

(physics) the study of gases in equilibrium and of balloons or aircraft in varying atmospheric conditions

Afar

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

affabel

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

Affäre

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

Affe

A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

Affekt

(psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]

affektiert

Influenced or changed by something.

Affektiertheit

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. [from 1548]

Affengeschäft

Activity that is mischievous, stupid, or time-wasting. [from mid 19th c.]

affenkalt

(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold

Affentheater

A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use.