German–English dictionary

Flakon

A small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume.

Flame

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

Flamenco

(uncountable) A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.

Flamin

A native or inhabitant of Flanders in Belgium.

Flamingo

(countable) A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.

flämisch

Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.

Flamme

An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking.

Flammen

On fire (often metaphorically).

Flammenbaum

The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree from Madagascar.

Flammenblume

Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.

Flammenmeer

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

Flammenwerfer

A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.

Flanell

(uncountable) A soft cloth material originally woven from wool, today often combined with cotton or synthetic fibers.

Flaneur

One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.

flanieren

(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

Flanke

(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.

flankieren

(intransitive) To be placed to the side(s) of something (usually in terms of two objects, one on each side).

Flansch

A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.

FlaRak (Flugabwehrrakete)

(military) Initialism of surface-to-air missile.

Flasche

The contents of such a container.

Flaschenhals

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.

Flaschenkürbis

A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.

Flaschenzug

A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.

Flashback

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

flashen

(transitive, computing) To write to the memory of (an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge).

Flatschen

A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

Flattergeist

An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.

flatterhaft

Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

flattern

(transitive) To move (something broad and loose) up and down.

flatulent

Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.

Flatulenz

The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.

flau

(figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.

Flaum

Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.

flaumig

Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair.

flauschig

Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.

Flaute

(meteorology) The absense of wind; a period of time without wind.

Flautenstimmung

Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.

Flechtband

(visual arts) A decorative element found especially in early medieval art

Flechte

A weave of three or more strands of fibers, ribbons, cords or hair often for decoration. [from 16th c.]

flechten

(ergative) To fasten (something) with laces.

Flechtreihe

(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.

Flechtzaun

A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

Fleck

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

Fleckchen

Any small spot or discoloration.

Fleckendelfin

Dolphins of the genus Stenella, and specifically Stenella attenuata distinguished from the streaker (Stenella coeruleoalba) and the spinner (Stenella longirostris).

Fleckenschierling

Any of the poisonous umbelliferous plants, of the genera

Fleckfieber

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

fleckig

Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dappled.

Flecktyphus

(pathology) Any of several similar diseases, characterised by high recurrent fever, caused by Rickettsia bacteria. Not to be confused with typhoid fever.

Fledermaus

Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

Fleece

(countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

Fleecejacke

(countable) An insulating wooly jacket

Flegel

A low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.

Flegelalter

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

Flegelei

The quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.

flegelhaft

(of a person) Given to vulgar verbal abuse; foul-mouthed.

Flegeljahre

The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.

flegeln

(intransitive) To act lazily or indolently while reclining; to lean; to lie at ease. [from mid-14th c.]

Flehen

The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.

Fleisch

The human body as a physical entity.

fleischartig

Of, relating to, or containing meat.

Fleischbällchen

A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

Fleischer

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

Fleischerei

(chiefly, US) A store that sells meat.

Fleischerin

A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

Fleischesser

(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

Fleischesserin

(informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

Fleischfarbe

A yellowish pink color; the color of some Caucasian human skin.

fleischfarben

(originally) Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

fleischgeworden

(religion, especially, Christianity) incarnate (of God or a deity: having assumed an earthly body)

Fleischhauer

(countable, archaic) A butcher's shop.

fleischig

Of, related to, or resembling flesh.

Fleischklößchen

A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

fleischlich

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

Fleischmade

A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter. [from 15th c.]

Fleischpeitsche

(slang, vulgar) A penis. [from 16th c.]

Fleischpflanzl

A ball of minced or ground meat, seasoned and cooked.

Fleischspieß

(British) A dish of pieces of meat, fish, or vegetables roasted on a skewer or spit, especially a doner kebab.

Fleischwurst

A type of sausage; bologna.

Fleiß

The qualities of a hard worker, including conscientiousness, determination, and perseverance.

fleißig

Hard-working, diligent or regular (in attendance or work); industrious.

flektieren

(transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

flennen

(pejorative, intransitive) To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.

Fletschen

The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.

flexibel

Agile; flexible; able to move fluidly and gracefully.

Flexibilität

(mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility

Flexion

(grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.

Flexionsmuster

(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

Flexionsschema

(linguistics) A set of all forms which contain a common element, especially the set of all inflectional forms of a word or a particular grammatical category.

flicken

(especially Northern England) To sort out, to fix, to mend, to repair.

Flickschuster

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

Flickschusterin

(obsolete) A person who cobbles; a clumsy workman.

Flieder

A flower of the lilac shrub.

Fliederbaum

A flower of the lilac shrub.

fliederblau

Having a pale purple colour.

Fliederblüte

A flower of the lilac shrub.

Fliederbusch

A flower of the lilac shrub.

fliederfarben

Having a pale purple colour.

fliederfarbig

Having a pale purple colour.

Fliederstrauch

A flower of the lilac shrub.

Fliege

(constellation) An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.

fliegen

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

fliegen lassen

(transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.

fliegend

That flies or can fly.

Fliegengitter

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

Fliegenklatsche

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

Fliegenpracker

A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.

Fliegenschiss

(sometimes, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.

Flieger

(chiefly, US, Canada, Philippines) A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

Fliegerabwehrkanone

Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. [from 1938]

Fliegerei

The art or science of making and flying aircraft.

fliehen

(intransitive, slang) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. [from 19th c.]

Fliese

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

fliesen

(transitive) To pave with flagstones.

Fliesenleger

One who paves; one who lays pavement.

Fliesenlegerin

One who paves; one who lays pavement.

Fliesenplatte

A paving stone; a flagstone.

Fliesenverleger

One who paves; one who lays pavement.

Fliesenverlegerin

One who paves; one who lays pavement.

fließen

To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).

fließend

That flows; flowing, liquid.

fließende Handschrift

(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

Fließlaut

(phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

Flimmerkiste

A television set.

Flimmern

An unsteady flash of light.

flink

Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.

Flins

(countable, and, uncountable) A thin batter cake fried in a pan or on a griddle in oil or butter; in particular:

Flint

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

Flinte

(firearms) A gun which fires loads typically consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.

Flintenweib

A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

Flintstein

A hard, fine-grained quartz that fractures conchoidally and generates sparks when struck against a material such as steel, because tiny chips of the steel are heated to incandescence and burn in air.

Flipflop

(computing, electronics) A bistable; an electronic switching circuit that has either two stable states (switching between them in response to a trigger) or a stable and an unstable state (switching from one to the other and back again in response to a trigger), and which is thereby capable of serving as one bit of memory. [from 20th c.]

flippen

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

Flipper

(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

Flipperhebel

A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play.

Flipperspiel

(games) A game, played on a device with a sloping base (a pinball machine), in which the player operates a spring-loaded plunger to shoot a ball, between obstacles, and attempts to hit targets and score points.

Flirt

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

flirten

(intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in a playful (especially conversational) way. [from 18th c.]

flitschen

(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.

Flittchen

A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.

Flittergold

A thin, shiny foil for ornamental purposes which is of a material made of metal or resembling metal; especially, narrow glittering strips of such a material, often strung on to thread, and traditionally at Christmastime draped on Christmas trees, hung from balustrades or ceilings, or wrapped around objects as a decoration.

flitterhaft

(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.

flittern

To have a honeymoon (a trip taken by a couple after wedding).

Flitterwochen

A trip taken by a newly married couple during this period.

flitzen

(usually, _, with along) To move casually, in a carefree manner.

Flocke

A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything

flockig

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

Floh

A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.

Flohkraut

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.

Flohmännchen

A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.