German–English dictionary

EM

(soccer) the UEFA European Football Championship

Email

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Emaille

An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects.

Emanuel

A en given name of Biblical origin.

Emanzipation

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

emanzipieren

To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate.

Embargo

An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.

Emblem

(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.

emblematisch

Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

Embolie

(pathology) An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream.

Embonpoint

Plumpness, stoutness, especially when voluptuous.

Embryo

In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

embryonal

(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.

Embryonal-

(embryology) Of or relating to an embryo.

Emergenz

The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.

emeritiert

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

emeritus

(often, postpositive) Retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title.

EMI

Initialism of electromagnetic pulse.

Emigrant

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

Emigrantin

Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.

Emigration

The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.

emigrieren

(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.

Emil

A en given name.

Emilianisch

A language spoken in the historical region of Emilia, closely related to Romagnol.

Emilie

A en given name.

Emilien

(historical) A historical region of Italy, approximately coterminous with modern Emilia-Romagna.

Emir

A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.

Emissär

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Emissärin

An agent sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else.

Emission

Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.

Emitter

(electronics) One terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).

emittieren

(ambitransitive) To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise.

Emma

A en given name.

Emmeline

A en given name.

Emmerich

A surname transferred from the given name.

Emoji

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.

Emoticon

A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.

Emotion

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

emotionslos

Lacking emotion.

emotiv

Of or relating to emotion.

EMP

Initialism of electromagnetic pulse.

Empath

One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.

Empathie

Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.

Empathin

One who has the ability to sense emotions; someone who is empathic or practises empathy.

Empfang

The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received.

empfangen

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

Empfänger

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

Empfängerin

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

empfänglich

Made susceptible to.

Empfänglichkeit

The condition of being susceptible to something.

Empfängnis

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

empfängnisverhütend

That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

Empfängnisverhütung

The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.

Empfängnisverhütungsmittel

A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

empfangsbereit

Capable of receiving something.

Empfangsbestätigung

A written acknowledgment that a specified article or sum of money has been received.

Empfangsdame

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

Empfangsgerät

Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such. [from 19th c.]

Empfangssekretärin

An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.

Empfangszimmer

(British, somewhat, dated, outside, of, Indian) Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.

empfehlen

(transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.

empfehlenswert

(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

Empfehlung

(rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.

Empfehlungsgeber

(UK) A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone. US English: reference.

Empfehlungsschreiben

A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

empfinden

To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel.

empfindlich

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.

Empfindlichkeit

The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability.

empfindsam

Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.

Empfindsamkeit

(now, rare, archaic) Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional. [from 18th c.]

Empfindung

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

empfindungslos

Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.

Empfindungsvermögen

The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. [from 15th c.]

Empfindungswort

(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.

Emphase

Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

emphatisch

(phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.

empirisch

Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.

empor

Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

Empore

A mezzanine; an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor.

empören

(transitive) To anger or infuriate.

empörend

Shocking; exceeding conventional behaviour; provocative. [from 18th c.]

emporhalten

To hold up; to lift on high; to elevate.

Emporhebung

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

Emporion

(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.

Emporium

(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.

Emporkömmling

(pejorative) New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy.

emporschnellen

(intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.

empört

Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.

Empörung

A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.

Empowerment

The state of being empowered (either generally, or specifically).

Empyreum

Of the sky or the heavens, and particularly relating to the highest celestial sphere in premodern cosmology; celestially refined.

emsig

Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.

Emu

A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

Emulator

(computing) A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.

emulieren

(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

Emulsion

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

en

Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).

en Route

On the way.

en vogue sein

(social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

Enby

(neologism, informal) Pronunciation spelling of NB (“a non-binary person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female or male; one who is outside of the gender binary”). [from 9/10/2013]

Enceladus

(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.

Enchilada

A Mexican dish made by wrapping a filling in a tortilla, then baking in a sauce.

end

Used to form present participles of verbs.

End-

(linguistics) Word-final; occurring at the end of a word.

Enddarm

The back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.

Ende

That which is farthest away from the front.

Endemie

A disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities.

endemisch

(especially of diseases) Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

Endemit

An individual or species that is endemic to a region.

enden

(transitive) To finish, terminate.

Endergebnis

(countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.

Endgegner

(video games) An enemy, often at the end of a level, that is particularly challenging and must be beaten in order to progress.

endgültig

Providing an end to something; decisive.

endgültiges Schweigen der Waffen

(countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.

endigen

(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.

Endkampf

(North America, Philippines) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.

endlich

(US, CA) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.

Endlichkeit

(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.

endlos

Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly.

Endlosschleife

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Endokard

(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.

Endpunkt

(figurative) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.

Endresultat

The final result, or outcome of something.

Endspiel

(chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. [1884]

Endstation

The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.

Endung

(linguistics) A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.

Endverbraucher

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

Endverbraucherin

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

energetisch

In an energetic manner; with great energy.

Energie

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

Energie besitzend

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

Energiebündel

(figuratively) An energetic person.

energiegeladen

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

energisch

(science) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]

eng

In a close manner.

Engagement

The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:

engagieren

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

engagiert

Showing commitment.

enganliegend

Close-fitting.

Enge

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

engelhaft

Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.

Engelram

A en given name, in modern use transferred back from the surname.

Engels

A surname from German.

Engelschor

(Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

Engelwurz

A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica).

enges Verhältnis

A relationship of mutual trust and respect; a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well.

engherzig

(figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.

Engineering

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.

England

(historical) The territory of the Angles and (later) Anglo-Saxons in Britain at any given time before the founding of the Kingdom of England, or the territory of the English people at any given time, in either the Kingdom of England or the United Kingdom.

Engländer

A person from England or of English descent.