German–English dictionary

Fetozid

(dysphemistic) The killing of a fetus or embryo; an induced abortion. [from 19th century]

fett

(typography, of, _, typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.

fett setzen

(typography) To format (text) in boldface.

fett werden

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to be fat or fatter.

Fettabsaugung

(medicine) A cosmetic surgery procedure in which excess fat is removed from a specific area by suction.

Fettberg

A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers. [From the late 2000s.]

fetten

(typography) To format (text) in boldface.

Fettgeschwulst

(pathology) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.

fettig

Containing a lot of grease or fat.

fettleibig

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.

Fettleibigkeit

Obesity; the state of being fat.

fettlos

Without fat, especially in the senses: made without fat, fat-free.

Fettpflanze

A succulent plant.

Fettpolster

Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.

Fettsack

(slang) An obese person.

Fettsucht

Obesity; the state of being fat.

fettsüchtig

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.

Fettwanst

(coarse, slang, pejorative) A rotund, overweight, or obese person.

Fetus

An unborn or unhatched vertebrate showing signs of the mature animal.

Fetzen

A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.

fetzig

(dated, slang) Cool, neat, interesting. [popular in the 1940s and again in the 1960s–1970s]

feucht

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

feucht werden

(intransitive) To become moist or moister.

Feuchte

The condition of being wet.

Feuchtgebiet

(usually, in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

Feuchtigkeit

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

Feuchtigkeitsspender

Something that causes moisture or a condition of wetness; something that makes things moist.

feudal

Of, or relating to feudalism.

Feudalismus

A social system based on personal ownership of resources and personal fealty between a suzerain (lord) and a vassal (subject). Defining characteristics are direct ownership of resources, personal loyalty, and a hierarchical social structure reinforced by religion.

Feuer

Vigour or vivacity.

Feuer und Flamme sein

On fire (often metaphorically).

Feuerarm

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Feuerball

An extremely bright meteor.

Feuerberg

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

feuerbeständig

Not affected by great heat.

Feuerbestattung

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

Feuerbock

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

Feuereifer

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

Feuereinstellung

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

feuerfest

Not affected by great heat.

feuerfester Baustoff

A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.

feuerfester Stoff

A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.

feuerfestes Material

A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.

Feuerfestmaterial

A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point.

feuergefährlich

Easily set on fire.

Feuerholz

Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.

Feuerhund

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

Feuerkraft

The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target.

feuern

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

Feuerpause

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

Feuerprobe

(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.

Feuerross

(usually, in plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side

Feuersbrunst

A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

feuerspeiender Berg

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

Feuerstapel

Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Feuerstein

(geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.

Feuerstelle

An open hearth for holding a fire at the base of a chimney.

Feuersturm

A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.

Feuerteufel

(slang) A pyromaniac or arsonist.

Feuervogel

(Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor

Feuerwaffe

A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Feuerwanze

Pyrrhocoris apterus, a common red and black insect, that is the type species of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

Feuerwasser

(informal) High-proof alcoholic beverage, especially whiskey (especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans).

Feuerwehrfrau

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

Feuerwehrmann

(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.

Feuerwerk

A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

Feuerwerkerei

The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.

Feuerwerksbatterie

(pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

Feuerwerkskörper

A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

Feuerwerksrakete

A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.

Feuerzeug

A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.

Feuerzungen

A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.

Feuilleton

(media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.

feurig

Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.

Feurigkeit

Good temperament and character.

ff.

and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.)

Fiale

(architectural element) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

Fiasko

(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.

Fiat

An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

Fibel

(obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid-17th century.]

Fibrose

(medicine) The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ.

Fichte

A species of spruce native to Europe and naturalized in temperate northeastern North America, Picea abies.

Fichtenholz

(uncountable) The wood of a spruce.

Fick

(slang) Sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.

ficken

(slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Fickpartner

(slang, vulgar) A casual sexual partner.

Fickpartnerin

(slang, vulgar) A casual sexual partner.

Fidel

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

Fidschi

A country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania. Capital and largest city: Suva.

fiduziarisch

(legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.

Fieber

(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

Fieber-

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

Fieberanfall

A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.

fieberhaft

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

fieberig

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

fiebernd

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

Fieberphantasie

(symptom) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.

Fiebertraum

An intense or confusing dream, often caused by fever.

fiebrig

Feverish, or having a high temperature.

Fiedel

(string instrument) A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.

Fiederblatt

(botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.

fiepen

(Canada) To speak rapid insulting comical banter back and forth; to bicker or argue.

fies

Causing horror; terrible; shocking.

fies klebrig

(informal) Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting.

Fiesel

The penis of an animal.

Fiesheit

(countable) A mean act.

Fiesling

(informal, chiefly, childish) A mean (unkind or miserly) person; a killjoy.

fig.

(chiefly, lexicography) Abbreviation of figurative.

Figur

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.

figürlich

Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.

Fiktion

(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.

fiktiv

Invented, as opposed to real.

Fikus

(botany) Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

File

(computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.

Filet

A strip or compact piece of meat or fish from which any bones and skin and feathers have been removed.

filial

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

Filiale

A location of an organization with several locations.

Filibuster

(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.

filibustern

(originally, and, mainly, US politics, intransitive, transitive) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.

filigran

Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.

Filine

A female servant; a maid.

Film

(chiefly, North America, AU, NZ) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film.

Filmautor

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

Filmautorin

One who writes for the screen, who writes drama for film or television; especially a professional who knows the conventions appropriate to such work.

Filmbearbeitung

(cinema) A particular version or edit of a film.

Filmbildner

(chemistry) A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.

Filmemachen

The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.

Filmemacher

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmemacherin

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmempfindlichkeit

(photography) A measure of a film's sensitivity to light; faster films needing shorter exposures

filmen

(ambitransitive) To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film.

Filmer

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmerin

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmindustrie

(film, uncountable) The film and movie industry.

filmisch

Of or relating to the cinema.

Filmmaterial

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

Filmmeter

(usually, uncountable) An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

Filmriss

A temporary loss of memory.

Filmschaffende

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmschaffender

A producer or director of films/movies.

Filmtheater

(countable) A movie theatre, a movie house

Filmuntertitel

(cinematography, television) A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

Filmvorführer

A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.

Filmvorführerin

A person who operates a film projector, especially one who does so as an occupation at a movie theatre or drive-in theatre.

filtern

(transitive) To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.

Filtrat

(rare) A liquid that has been percolated.

filtrieren

(intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.

Filtrierung

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Filz

A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

filzen

(transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.