German–English dictionary

Frage

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

Fragebogen

A piece of paper on which the questions or tasks of an examination are written.

fragen

(transitive, intransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).

fragend

(grammar) Asking or denoting a question.

Fragende

Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

Fragender

Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

Frager

One who interrogates; a person who asks questions, especially one who is adversarial.

Fragesteller

Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

Fragestellerin

Someone who asks a question. [from 12th c.]

Fragezeichen

The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.

fragil

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

fraglich

Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.

fraglos

without a doubt; surely.

Fragment

(grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.

fragmentarisch

Consisting of fragments; disconnected; scattered.

Fragmentierung

The act of fragmenting or something fragmented; disintegration.

fragwürdig

(of a statement, matter, or thing) Arousing doubt; questionable; open to suspicion.

fraktal

(mathematics) Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals.

Fraktion

An alliance of factions.

Fraktur

(typography) A Northern European style of type based on the script, with contrasting thick-and-thin, angular strokes forming upright letterforms, and usually set with a dark typographic colour on the page.

Frame

(networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.

Franchising

The establishment, granting, or use of a franchise.

frank und frei

(abstract) Unconstrained.

frank und frei redend

Speaking, or spoken, freely, openly, or boldly; vocal; frank.

Franke

A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

Fränkel

A surname.

Frankfurt

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

Frankfurt am Main

The largest city in Hesse, in central Germany; in full, Frankfurt am Main.

Frankfurt an der Oder

A sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany; in full, Frankfurt an der Oder.

frankieren

(transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.

Frankierung

The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.

Fränkin

A native or inhabitant of Franconia.

Frankreich

A country located primarily in Western Europe. Official name: French Republic. Capital and largest city: Paris.

Franse

A decorative border.

Franziskaner

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

Franziskanermönch

A friar or nun of a religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order, such as (Roman Catholicism) the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (for men), Order of Friars Minor Conventual (men), Order of Saint Clare (women), or the Third Order of Saint Francis (men and women); or (Protestantism) certain orders in some Protestant churches, especially the Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church.

franziskanisch

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

Franzmann

(slang, sometimes, derogatory) A native or resident of France, or a francophone, or a person of French lineage.

Franzose

(chiefly, _, collective, and, in the plural) The people of France; groups of French people.

Franzosendorsch

A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.

Französin

A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.

Französisch

Involving or relating to France or the French people, language, or culture.

frappierend

Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.

Fräse

A machine that mechanically tills the soil.

Fräser

A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

Fräskopf

A kind of cutting tool, used to cut the teeth of a gear.

Fraß

(informal) Food with little or no nutritional value; alternatively, food that supplies a large amount of nutrients but also excess calories, excess sugar or starch, and so on.

Fratz

(colloquial) A child. Often used lovingly or in an affectionate way.

Fratze

(architecture, arts, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.

Frau

An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.

Frau des Hauses

(historical) The mistress of a household.

Frau mit Nebentätigkeit

A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.

Frauchen

The owner of an animal or slave.

Frauen

(sports) Clipping of women's team (used in club names, as in [Club Name] Women)

Frauenfäden

A fine film made up of cobwebs, seen floating in the air or caught on bushes, etc.

Frauenfeind

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

Frauenfeindin

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

frauenfeindlich

Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny.

Frauenfeindlichkeit

Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.

Frauenfünfkampf

(athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).

Frauenglas

(mineral) A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O).

Frauenhass

Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women.

Frauenhasser

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

Frauenhasserin

One who professes misogyny; a hater of women.

Frauenheld

A promiscuous, philandering man.

Frauenorden

A religious society of women.

Frauenschwarm

A man considered romantic and gallant, especially one who gives amorous attentions to women.

Frauensleute

Women collectively.

frauenverachtend

Of, relating to, or exhibiting misogyny.

Frauenverführer

A promiscuous, philandering man.

Frauenwelt

Women, taken collectively.

Fräulein

(often disparaging or sarcastic) Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.

fraulich

Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

Fraulichkeit

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

Frausein

The state or condition of being a woman, as contrasted with being a girl, man, boy, or nonbinary.

Freak

(informal) An addict or fanatic.

frech

(of people or behaviour) Overly bold or self-assertive to the point of being insensitive, tactless or impudent; shameless.

Frechdachs

(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.

Frechheit

Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity, courage, or self-confidence.

Frechling

A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

Fregatte

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship. [mid 19th–late 19th c.]

frei

Free from; devoid of; without.

frei wählbar

(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.

Freibad

(British) An outdoor swimming pool.

Freiberufler

Someone who freelances.

freiberuflich

Of, or relating to a freelance; without employment contract.

Freibetrag

A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.

Freibeuter

(historical) A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.

freie

(software) With very few limitations on distribution or the right to access the source code to create improved versions, but not necessarily free of charge. [from late 20th c.]

freie Stelle

An unoccupied employment position.

Freien

The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.

freien Lauf lassen

(transitive) To free from a leash, or as from a leash.

Freier

(slang, US) A prostitute's client.

freier Mitarbeiter

Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.

freier Platz

Empty space.

freies Zimmer

An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.

Freigabe

A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.

Freigang

A leave of absence or vacation.

freigeben

(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.

freigebig

(of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

freigelassen werden

(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Freigelassener

A man who has been released from a condition of slavery.

freigestellt

That grants permission or power to do something.

freigiebig

Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal.

Freiheit

(countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

freiheitlich

(now, rare, outside, set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.

freiheraus

Openly and without reservation.

Freiherr

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

freikaufen

(transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.

freikommen

(intransitive, colloquial, legal) To "walk free", i.e. to win, or avoid, a criminal court case, particularly when actually guilty.

Freikörperkultur

The belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.

freilassen

(transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.

Freilassung

The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).

freilaufend

Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.

freilich

Without doubt, surely.

Freiluft-

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

Freiluftbühne

A small, open-air platform or enclosure for bands to play on, usually roofed.

freimachen

(transitive) To place a frank on an envelope.

Freimaurer

A member of the Free and Accepted Masons (sometimes entitled Ancient Free and Accepted Masons), an international fraternal and charitable organization.

Freimaurer-

Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.

freimaurerisch

Of or pertaining to stonemasons or masonry.

Freimut

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

freimütig

Straightforward, open and sincere.

Freimütigkeit

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

freinehmen

(ambitransitive) To absent oneself from (work or other responsibility), especially with permission.

Freiraum

A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility.

Freisasse

(historical) A former class of small freeholders who farm their own land; a commoner of good standing.

freischalten

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

Freischaltung

(telecommunication) A sequence of events used to disconnect a call, and return to the ready state.

Freisein

Freedom from a defect or weakness.

freisetzen

(transitive, computing) To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it.

Freisetzung

That which is released, untied or let go.

Freisprechanlage

A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.

Freisprecheinrichtung

A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.

freisprechen

(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]

Freisprechgerät

A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.

Freisprechtelefon

A telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker separate from those in the handset.

Freispruch

(legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process. [from 15th c.]

freistehend

Standing or set apart.

Freistellen

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

Freistellung

An act of exempting.

Freistoss

(Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.

Freitag

The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.

freitags

(US, Canada, informal in UK) On Friday.

Freitod

(countable) A particular instance of a person intentionally killing oneself, or of multiple people doing so.

freitreten

To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.

Freiviertel

A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side, the upper-left quadrant of a flag, (the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).

freiwillig

Voluntary, done of one's own accord.

Freiwilligenmeldung

Voluntary service based on an individual's desire to serve a cause.

Freizeit

Time when one is not working.