German–English dictionary

entleert

Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

entlehnen

(arithmetic) In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

Entleiher

One who borrows.

Entlein

A young duck.

Entlobung

Termination of an agreement to be married.

entlocken

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

Entlohnung

A recompense or reward for service.

entlüften

(transitive) To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.

entmanteln

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

entmarkieren

(transitive) To not select; to rule out of selection.

entmilitarisieren

(transitive) To remove troops from (an area).

entmineralisieren

(transitive) To remove minerals or mineral salts from (a liquid, rocks, bones, or teeth).

entmutigen

(transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.

entmutigend

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

entmutigt

Sad and dispirited.

Entmutigung

The act of discouraging.

entmystifizieren

(transitive) To remove the mystery from something; to explain or clarify.

Entnahme

Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.

entnehmen

(cricket, archaic) Of a batter: to hit (a ball) from the off side to the leg side, especially with an inclined bat; also, to hit (a short-length ball directed at the leg stump) with an inclined bat so as to deflect the ball between the legs and the wicket. [from 19th c.]

Entomologe

A scientist who studies insects.

Entomologin

A scientist who studies insects.

Entourage

An ardent enthusiast or admirer.

entpacken

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

enträtseln

(transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

Enträtselung

The act of becoming unravelled.

entreißen

(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

Entrepreneur

A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]

entriegeln

(transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

entrückt

Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

Entrückung

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

entrüstet

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

entrüstetes Starren

An angry or fierce stare.

Entrüstung

A feeling of anger or resentment, especially haughty indignation.

entsaften

(transitive) To extract the juice from something.

Entsafter

A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

entsagen

(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience). [First attested in the early 17th century.]

entsalzen

To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply

Entsatz

(military) Military assistance to break a siege or an encirclement.

Entschädigen

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty.

Entschädigtsein

The state of being indemnified.

Entschädigung

Compensation for an injury or loss; recompense; reparation.

Entschädigungszahlung

(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.

Entscheid

(legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

entscheiden

(transitive) To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.

entscheidend

Providing an end to something; decisive.

entscheidender Machtkampf

The final battle between two opponents, in which there can be only one victor.

entscheidender Treffer

(chiefly, British, Australian, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

Entscheider

(of a controversy, question, etc) A person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.

Entscheidung

A choice or judgement.

Entscheidungsfindung

The process of reaching a decision.

Entscheidungsfrage

A difficult choice or decision that must be made.

Entscheidungskampf

(chiefly, British, Australian, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

Entscheidungsspiel

(chiefly, British, Australian, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

entschieden

(with, on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.

entschieden bestreiten

(transitive) To renounce or deny something, especially under oath.

Entschiedenheit

The state or quality of being decided.

entschlacken

(transitive) To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse.

entschleiern

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

entschließen

(ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

Entschließung

A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

entschlossen

Decided; resolute, possessing much determination; dogged.

Entschlossenheit

(vulgar, slang) The condition of being ballsy; courage.

entschlüpfen

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

Entschluss

(countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

entschlüsseln

(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.

Entschlüsselung

The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

entschlussfreudig

Marked by promptness and decision.

entschuldigen

(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

entschuldigen Sie bitte

Expresses regret, remorse, or sorrow.

entschuldigend

Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing.

Entschuldigung

(sometimes, proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.

Entschülligunge

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

entschuppen

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

entschuppt

Without scales, or with the scales removed.

entschwefeln

(American spelling, transitive) To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).

entschwinden

(intransitive) To vanish.

entseelt

Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.

entsetzen

(intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.

entsetzlich

Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.

entsexualisieren

(transitive) To divest of sexual attributes; to render conceptually asexual.

entsinnen

To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

entsorgen

(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.

Entsorgung

(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.

entspannen

(informal, intransitive) To become more relaxed or less demanding.

entspannend

Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

entspannt

Relaxed and easy-going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.

Entspannung

A reduction or diminution of activity, prevalence or quantity.

entspelzen

To take off the shell or coat of.

entsperren

(transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.

entsprechen

to be fit for

entsprechend

In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with. [from 16th c.]

entsprechend seinem Namen

(non-standard, more loosely, negative polarity) In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.

Entsprechung

Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

entspringen

(intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.

entstauben

(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

entstehen

(intransitive) To increase, to rise

entstehend

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

Entstehung

An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose

entsteinen

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

Entsteiner

A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

entstellen

to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.

Entstellung

(computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.

entstielen

To remove the stem from.

Entsühnung

(theology, often with capitalized initial) The reconciliation of God and mankind through the death of Jesus.

Enttaufe

A ceremony supposed to cancel a person's earlier baptism.

enttäuschen

(transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.

enttäuschend

Causing disappointment.

enttäuscht

Sad because of a disappointment.

Enttäuschung

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

entthronen

(transitive) To remove (a leader) from (high) office without killing (them).

entvölkern

(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

entwaffnend

Charming; likely to put one at ease.

Entwaffnung

The reduction or the abolition of the military forces and armaments of a nation, and of its capability to wage war.

entwässern

(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.

entwässert

From which the water has been removed.

Entwässerung

The act or process of removing water from something.

Entwässerungskanal

(British) A drainage channel.

entweder

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

entweder ... oder

Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

entweihen

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

Entweihung

An act of disrespect or impiety towards something considered sacred.

entwenden

(figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

entwerfen

(transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.

entwerten

(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

entwerten (postage)

(transitive, neologism) To cease to provide financial or moral support to (someone deemed unacceptable); to disinvite. Compare cancel culture.

Entwerter

(travel) An automatic machine that makes the ticket valid by stamping it with the location information and the timestamp.

entwickeln

To cause (something) to come into being or develop.

entwickelnd

Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

entwickelt

Fully developed; mature.

Entwicklung

Of a country: becoming economically more mature or advanced; becoming industrialized.

entwicklungsfähig

(biology) Able to live and develop.

Entwicklungsfähigkeit

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.

Entwicklungsverlauf

(figuratively) A course of development, such as that of a war or career.

entwirren

Of threads: to become separated from something knitted or woven, such as clothing or fabric; also, of something knitted or woven: to separate into threads; to come apart.

entwöhnen

(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.

entwürdigen

(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.

entwürdigend

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

Entwürdigung

degradation, debasement or humiliation

Entwurf

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

entwurzeln

(transitive) To pull up by the roots; uproot.

entwurzelt

(of a plant) Having been fully removed, including the roots.

entzaubern

(transitive, of a thing) To remove a spell or magic enchantment from.

Entzauberung

The act of disenchanting or the state of being disenchanted.

entziehen

(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission. [First attested in the late 15th century.]

Entziehung

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

entziffern

(transitive) To read text that is almost illegible or obscure

Entzifferung

The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

entzippen

(computing, transitive) To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.

entzücken

(figuratively) To attract and hold (someone's) attention and interest; to charm, to entrance, to fascinate, to enchain.

entzückt

Infatuated.