German–English dictionary

Akkomodation

(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.

Akkon

A port city in northern Israel, holiest city in the Baháʼí Faith.

Akkord

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

Akkordeon

A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

Akkreditierung

The giving of credentials.

Akku

(electrical, electronics, countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.

Akkumulation

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

akkumulieren

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

akkurat

In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

Akne

A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition.

Akoluth

(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

Akolyth

(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.

Akquieszenz

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

akquirieren

(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.

Akrasia

(archaic, rare) Lack of self-control; excess, intemperance; also, irregular or unruly behaviour.

Akribie

The state or characteristic of being meticulous.

akribisch

(psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.

Akrobat

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

Akrobatik

The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.

Akrobatin

An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.

akrobatisch

Of or pertaining to an acrobat.

Akronym

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.

Akronymie

The act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.

Akronymisieren

The act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.

Akronymisierung

The act, process, or result of turning a phrase into an acronym.

Akropolis

The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)

Akrotomophilie

(psychology) A paraphilia involving sexual attraction toward amputees.

Akt

(countable) Something done, a deed.

Akte

(countable) A formal or official record of something done.

Aktenkoffer

A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments.

Aktenschrank

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Aktenstück

An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information pertinent to such proof or support.

Aktentasche

A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.

Aktenvernichter

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

Akteur

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

Akteurin

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

Aktie

(finance) A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

Aktien

(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

Aktienanteil

(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

Aktiengesellschaft

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Aktienhändler

(finance) A person who buys and sells shares (stock) on a stock exchange on behalf of clients. May also provide investment advice and/or company information, depending on the level of service offered (or chosen by the client).

Aktienkapital

(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

Aktion

Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.

Aktionär

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

Aktionärin

One who owns shares of stock in a corporation.

Aktionsart

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding. [from 19th c.]

Aktionsradius

Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

Aktionsspielraum

Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.

aktiv

In an active manner.

aktivieren

(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.

Aktivierung

Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.

Aktivismus

The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.

Aktivist

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

Aktivistin

One who is politically active in the role of a citizen; especially, one who campaigns for change.

Aktivität

(uncountable) The state or quality of being active; activeness.

Aktivum

(grammar, uncountable) The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action.

Aktrice

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

aktualisieren

(computing, ambitransitive) To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.

Aktualität

The state or quality of being current.

Aktuar

A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.

aktuell

(now, rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current. [from 18th c.]

aktuelle Technik

The condition of scientific or technical knowledge, particularly the peak or highest level thereof, at a particular time. [from early 20th c.]

Akuität

(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.

Akupunktur

The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief.

Akustik

(usually, in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.

akustisch

Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.

Akzent

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

akzentuieren

(transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

Akzentzeichen

(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.

akzeptabel

Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.

akzeptieren

(transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.

akzeptiert

Generally approved, believed, or recognized.

al-Mardsch

A city in Libya, the ancient Barca and medieval Barqa.

Alabaster

A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.

alabastern

Made of alabaster.

Aland

A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. [from 19th c.]

Alanen

(historical) A member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic pastoralists of the 1st millennium AD who spoke an Eastern Iranian language derived from Scytho-Sarmatian and which in turn evolved into modern Ossetian.

Alarm

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Alarmglocke

(figuratively, usually, in plural) A sudden awareness of danger.

alarmieren

(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.

alarmierend

Likely to startle; surprising; shocking.

alarmiert

(not comparable) Having an alarm fitted.

Alarmsignal

Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

Alarmstimmung

Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

Alb

(Germanic mythology) A supernatural being or spirit associated with illness, mischief, and harmful or dangerous magical influence; in later Norse sources, sometimes divided into benevolent light elves (inhabiting Álfheimr) and malevolent dark elves.

Alban

A en given name.

Albaner

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albanerin

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albanien

A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Albania. Capital and largest city: Tirana. [from ca. 1503]

Albanier

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

Albanierin

A native or inhabitant of Albania; a person of Albanian citizenship or nationality and their descendants. [from 1569?]

albanisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Albania, the Albanian people or the Albanian language. [from 1593]

Albany

The capital city of the state of New York in the United States, and the county seat of Albany County, New York.

Albdruck

A very unpleasant or frightening dream. [from 19th c.]

Albe

(Christianity, chiefly, _, Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism) A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments.

Alberei

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

albern

(archaic) Grotesque, bizarre

Albernheit

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

Albert

A en given name.

Alberta

A province in western Canada. Capital: Edmonton. Largest city: Calgary.

Albin

A en given name.

Albino

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

albino-

Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.

Albion

(now, poetic) Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles).

Albtraum

A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.

albtraumartig

Resembling a nightmare.

albtraumhaft

Resembling a nightmare.

Albuin

A en given name.

Album

A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.

Albumen

The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.

Albwin

A en given name.

Alcázar

Any Moorish fortress in Spain.

Alchemie

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

Alchemist

One who practices alchemy.

Alchemistin

One who practices alchemy.

Alchimie

(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China; and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.

Alchimist

One who practices alchemy.

Aldrin

An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.

Ale

A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.

aleatorisch

Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.

Aleppo

The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.

alert

Alert; vigilant

Alexander

A en given name, most famously held by Alexander the Great.

Alexandra

A en given name.

Alexius

A en given name.

Alfalfa

(uncountable) A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop.

Alfons

A en given name.

Alfred

A en given name.

Algebraiker

A mathematician who specializes in algebra.

Algen

Any of numerous marine algae, such as a kelp.

Algenteppich

(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds

Algerien

A country in North Africa. Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Capital and largest city: Algiers. [from 1575]

Algerier

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

Algerierin

A person from Algeria or of Algerian descent.

algerisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Algeria or the Algerian people.

Algier

The capital and largest city of Algeria.

Algonkin

The language spoken by the Algonquins, a transitional language between Ojibwe and Abenaki.

Ali

A surname from Arabic.

Alias

(slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.

Alibi

(legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.

Alibifreundin

(LGBTQ) A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.

Alien

Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.

alignieren

(transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.

Alija

(countable) One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel.

Alimente

(legal, sometimes, pejorative) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

aliphatisch

(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.

Alizarin

(organic compound) A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye.

Alizarinrot

A dye made from the plant.

Alk

Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.

Alkali

(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing characteristics are dissolving in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.