German–English dictionary

Erfinder

One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

Erfinderin

One who invents, either as a hobby or as an occupation.

Erfindung

A machine that is complicated and precarious.

Erfindungsgabe

The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

Erfindungsreichtum

The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.

erflehen

(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.

Erfolg

(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.

erfolgen

(obsolete, transitive) To follow (in time), to be subsequent to. [15th–17th c.]

erfolglos

Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. [from late 1500s].

Erfolglosigkeit

(obsolete) A fruitless effort. [Attested from the early 17th century until the early 18th century.]

erfolgreich

Characterized by success.

erfolgsversprechend

Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.

erforderlich

Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

erfordern

(transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.

Erfordernis

The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.

Erfordernisse

(mostly, in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.

erforschen

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

Erforschung

The process of exploring.

erfragen

To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.

erfreuen

(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

erfreuend

Pleasing, satisfying.

erfreulich

Pleasing, satisfying.

erfreut

(UK, Ireland, informal) Very pleased or satisfied; delighted.

Erfrierung

An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.

erfrischen

(transitive) To renew or revitalize.

erfrischend

Invigorating or stimulating.

Erfrischung

The process of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour.

Erfrischungsbad

A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.

erfühlbar

Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.

Erfüllen

An act of complying.

Erfülltheit

(figurative) The degree to which fate has become known.

Erfüllung

The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.

erfunden

Invented, as opposed to real.

erfurchterregend

(now, _, rare) Awe-inspiring; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.

ergänzen

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

ergänzend

Auxiliary or supplemental.

Ergänzung

That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.

Ergänzungs-

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

Ergänzungsmittel

(nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).

ergattern

(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.

ergaunern

(transitive) To cheat or swindle.

ergeben

(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

Ergebenheit

(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted.

Ergebnis

The outcome or result of a process or act.

ergebnislos

(figuratively) Unproductive, useless.

Ergebung

An act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.

ergehen

(intransitive) To get along, succeed (well or badly); to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circumstances or train of events.

ergiebig

Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.

ergießen

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.

erglühen

To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

ergo

therefore (especially in syllogisms)

Ergonomie

The science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury. [from c. 1950.]

ergonomisch

Of or relating to the science of ergonomics.

ergrauen

(demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)

ergraut

White or grey with age.

Ergreifen

(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.

ergreifend

Tearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.

ergreiffen

(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.

Ergreifung

(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.

ergriffen

Made irrationally enthusiastic.

ergründen

(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out

Erguss

(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.

erhaben

Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

Erhabene

Something which is sublime; a sublimity.

Erhabenheit

(uncountable) The quality or state of being sublime.

Erhalt

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

erhalten

(transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.

erhältlich

Readily obtainable.

Erhaltung

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

erhängen

(transitive) To exhibit (an object) by hanging.

Erhängung

(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).

erhaschen

(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.

erheben

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

erheblich

Significant; worth considering.

Erheblichkeit

The quality of being pertinent.

Erhebung

The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.

erheitern

(transitive) To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

Erheiterung

(uncountable) Entertainment.

erhellen

(transitive) To shine light on something.

erheuchelt

Simulated in order to impress.

erhitzen

(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").

erhitzend

Causing heat.

erhöhen

To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote. [from 14th c.]

erhöhte Stelle

(palmistry) Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.

erhöhte Temperatur

An elevated body temperature, as present in many illnesses; fever.

Erhöhung

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.

erholen

(intransitive, followed by "from" to show what caused the bad feeling) To get better, to regain health or prosperity.

erholsam

Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

Erholung

A gradual healing after illness or injury.

Erholungsort

(informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

Erholungszeit

The period of time spent healing.

Erich

A en given name.

Eriesee

Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes of North America.

erigiert

(of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.

Erika

A en given name.

erinnern

(obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

erinnernd

Of, or relating to reminiscence.

erinnernd (an)

(figurative) Suggestive or reminiscent.

Erinnerung

An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Erinnerungen

A mental image thus remembered.

Erinnerungen hervorrufend

Tending to bring some memory etc. to mind (followed by of)

Erinnerungsstück

An object given by a person and retained in memory of something or someone; something kept for sentimental or nostalgic reasons.

Erinnerungsstücke

(originally, US) Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events. [from 1855]

Erinnerungsverlust

A temporary loss of memory.

Erkältung

(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

erkennbar

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

erkennen

(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.

erkennen lassen

(transitive) To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.

erkennend

Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.

erkenntlich

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

Erkenntnis

The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.

erkenntnisreich

Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]

Erkennung

The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).

erklären

(Christianity, particularly Evangelicalism) To state that a thing shall happen or affirm a condition in the hopes of seeing it happen spiritually, in contrast to prayer which takes the form of a request.

erklärend

Serving to declare or explain

Erklärung

Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.

erklimmen

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

erklingen

To praise or spread the fame of (someone or something) with the voice or the sound of musical instruments; to celebrate, to extol; also, to declare (someone) to be a certain thing.

erkranken an

(transitive) To gain or acquire (an illness).

erkunden

(transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

erkundigen

(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).

Erkundigung

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Erkundung

The process of exploring.

erl

small, immature, miniature

erlahmen

(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.

erlangen

(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win. [from 14th c.]

Erlass

An edict or law.

erlassen

(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

Erlassjahr

(countable, Jewish, _, history) A special year of emancipation supposed to be observed every fifty years, when farming was temporarily stopped, certain houses and land which had been sold could be redeemed by the original owners or their relatives, and Hebrew slaves set free. [from late 14th c.]

erlauben

(transitive) To approve; to accept; to acquiesce to.

erlauben keine eindeutige Schlussfolgerung

Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.

Erlaubnis

(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.

erlaubt

Permitted, authorized. [from 16th c.]

erlaucht

Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known. [from mid 16th c.]

erläutern

(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.

Erläuterung

The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from impurities via the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

Erle

Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family.

erleben

(transitive, now, rare) To expose, uncover.

Erlebnis

(countable) An activity one has performed.

erledigen

(transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.

erlediger Mensch

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

erledigt

(informal) Very tired; exhausted.

erledigte Person

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

Erledigung

The state of being settled.

Erlegen

An instance of someone being killed.

erleichtern

(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

erleichternd

Giving relief.

Erleichterung

The act of facilitating or making easy.

Erleichterung bringen

(intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.

erleiden

(transitive) To experience or suffer (an injury, etc.).