German–English dictionary

engländisch

Of or pertaining to the people of England (e.g. Englishmen and Englishwomen).

Englisch

A combining form relating to the English or British people, culture, or livestock.

englische Krankheit

(pathology) A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.

englisches Mittelland

(British) A loosely-defined culturally distinct area of England, corresponding to the central horizontal band of England, now administratively realized as regions of East and West Midlands.

englischsprachig

English-speaking.

Engobe

A non-black clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture.

Engpass

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

Engstelle

(figurative) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.

engstirnig

Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.

Engstirnigkeit

The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.

Enigma

Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.

Enkel

A child of someone's child.

Enkelin

The daughter of someone's child.

Enkelkind

A child of someone's child.

Enkelsohn

A son of one's child.

Enklave

A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

enorm

Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

enorme Lüge

(informal) An outrageous or blatant lie.

enorme Verletzung

(medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such on a patch of skin.

Ensemble

(art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.

Enstellung

A result of distorting.

Ent

(fantasy) A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien.

ent-

reversal, undoing

entarten

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

entartet

(of a person or system) Having lost good or desirable qualities; hence also having bad character or habits, base, immoral, corrupt.

Entartung

(uncountable, countable) The process or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse.

entbehren

(transitive, stative) To be without, not to have, to need, to require.

entbehrlich

(not comparable) No longer used or required.

Entbehrung

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

entbeinen

To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.

entbinden

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Entbindung

The fact or action of giving birth to a child, as the culmination of pregnancy.

Entbindungshelfer

(medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).

Entbindungshelferin

(rare) A midwife.

Entbindungspfleger

(medicine) A person, especially a man, who delivers a baby (in childbirth).

Entbindungspflegerin

(rare) A midwife.

entblättern

(transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.

Entchen

A young duck.

entdecken

(transitive) To see, especially from afar; to discover (a distant or obscure object) by the eye; to espy; to discern or detect.

Entdecker

One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

Entdeckungsreise

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

Ente

deux chevaux (conventional French shortening of deux chevaux-vapeur "two horsepower") (a model of car by French manufacturer, Citroën)

entehren

To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

entehrend

Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.

enteignen

(transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.

enteisen

(transitive) To remove the ice from something.

Entenbrust

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.

Entenflügler

(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Entenflugzeug

(aviation) A type of aircraft in which the primary horizontal control and stabilization surfaces are in front of the main wing.

Entengrütze

Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.

Entenhausen

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.

Entenjunges

A young duck.

Entenküken

A young duck.

Entenmännchen

A male duck.

Entenweibchen

Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.

enteral

Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines.

enterben

(transitive) To exclude from inheritance; to disown.

Enterdigung

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

Enterhaken

A tool with claws or hooks which is used to catch or hold something.

Enterich

A male duck.

Entermesser

(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.

entern

(transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.

Entertainer

A person who entertains others, esp. as a profession, as a singer, actor, presenter, dancer, musician, magician, comedian, etc.

Entertainment

(uncountable) Entertainment.

Entf

Abbreviation of Delete (“key of a computer keyboard that deletes text, files, etc.”).

entfachen

(transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.

entfallen sein

(transitive) To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.

entfalten

(transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.

Entfernen

(computing) A key that may be pressed to delete something (such as text or files) from a computer. The key also erases text from left to right, unlike the backspace key.

entfernt

(genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

entfernte Verwandte

(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

entfernter Verwandter

(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).

Entfernung

(military) The amount of space between soldiers or cavalry riders marching or standing in a rank; also, the amount of space between such ranks.

entfesseln

(transitive) To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

entfesselt

Free from chains or fetters; unencumbered.

Entfesselung

An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.

entflammbar

Capable of burning.

entflammen

(idiomatic) To become engulfed in flames, to combust.

entfleischen

To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.

entfleuchen

(transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

Entflohener

A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.

entfremden

To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.

entfremdet

Isolated; excluded; estranged.

Entfremdung

(Marxism) The estrangement of people from aspects of their human nature as a consequence of the division of labour and living in a society of stratified social classes.

entfreunden

(social media) To defriend; to remove from one's friends list (e.g. on a social networking website).

entfrosten

(transitive) To remove frost from.

entführen

(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. [Early 17th century.]

Entführer

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Entführerin

One who abducts; a kidnapper. [mid 19th century]

Entführung

An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.

Entführungsopfer

An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens. [Late 20th century.]

entgegen setzen

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

entgegengesetzt

Contrary to something.

Entgegenkommen

(uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.

entgegenkommend

Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.

entgegensetzen

(obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.

entgegenstemmen

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.

entgegentreten

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

entgegenwerfen

(intransitive) To make advance with force.

entgegenwirken

(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).

entgegnen

To contradict, oppose.

Entgegnung

(legal) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

entgehen

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

entgeistert

Shocked and speechless.

Entgelt

The amount of money levied for a service.

entgelten

To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.

entgiften

(transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

Entgleisung

(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.

entgraten

(transitive) To remove burrs from (a workpiece).

Enthalpie

(thermodynamics, physical chemistry) A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

enthalten

(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

enthaltsam

Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate. [From early 17th c.]

Enthaltsamkeit

The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

enthaupten

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

Enthauptung

An instance of a person being beheaded.

entheben

(transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.

entheiligen

(transitive) To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.

Entheiligung

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

enthüllen

To draw out, bring out, bring forth (something latent); to obtain information from someone or something.

enthüllend

Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.

Enthüllung

(legal) The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing.

enthülsen

(transitive) To remove peas from their case.

Enthusiasmus

Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.

Enthusiast

(informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject.

enthusiastisch

Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

Entität

That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.

entjungfern

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

entkalken

To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.

entkeimen

(transitive, biology) To kill, deactivate (denature), or destroy (break apart) all living, viable microorganisms and spores on a surface, in a fluid, or contained in a compound, such as culture media or a medical product.

entkernen

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

entkernt

With the most important parts destroyed (often by fire), removed or rendered useless.

entkleiden

(transitive) To undress someone or something.

entkommen

(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.

entkoppeln

(ambitransitive) To unlink; to take apart or come apart.

entkräften

(transitive, legal) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.

entkräftet

Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.

entkriminalisieren

(transitive) To change the laws so something is no longer a crime.

entkuppeln

(ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.

entladen

(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.

Entladung

(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

entlang

By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.

entlarven

(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

entlassen

(transitive) To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

Entlassung

(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.

entlasten

(transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

Entlastung

The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.

entlaufen

Having run away; escaped; fugitive.

Entlaufener

A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.

entledigen

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

entleeren

(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink