German–English dictionary

Freizeit-

One who is not a professional; an amateur.

Freizeitmaler

An artist who paints pictures.

Freizeitmalerin

An artist who paints pictures.

Freizeitschuhe

(in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.

Freiziehen

The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).

freizügig

Having many sexual partners, especially if indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.

Freizügigkeit

The right of a citizen to travel within a state, and to leave and return to that state.

fremd

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

fremdartig

Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.

Fremde

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

fremdenfeindlich

Exhibiting or characterised by xenophobia, a fear or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or extraterrestial life.

Fremdenfeindlichkeit

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

Fremdenführer

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Fremdenführerin

Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.

Fremdenhass

A fear, antipathy, or hatred of strangers or foreigners.

Fremdenverkehr

(figurative) The act of visiting another region or jurisdiction for a particular purpose.

Fremder

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

Fremdfinanzierungsgrad

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

Fremdkapitalaufnahme

(finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk.

Fremdkörper

An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.

fremdländisch

Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.

Fremdling

A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.

Fremdlingin

A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.

Fremdscham

(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.

Fremdwort

A word directly taken into one language from another one.

frenetisch

Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.

frequentieren

(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

Frequenz

(uncountable, or, countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.

Freske

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

Fresko

(countable, painting) An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.

Freskomalerei

(uncountable, painting) The technique used to make such an artwork.

Fress-Sack

(metaphorically, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

Fressalie

(Newfoundland, South Africa, and, British Army, _, slang) Food.

Fressalien

(uncountable, slang) Food.

Fresse

(slang, often, derogatory) The face.

fressen

(transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.

Fressflash

(slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.

Fresssack

(metaphorically, derogatory) Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

Fresssucht

The consumption of a large amount of food in a relatively short time; often as a symptom of bulimia

Frettchen

An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

Freud

A surname from German.

Freud'sch

Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

Freude

Joy; pleasure.

Freudenausbruch

(Dated) Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.

Freudenfeuer

A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.

Freudenhaus

A house of prostitution.

Freudenmädchen

A person who does, or offers to do, a demeaning or dishonourable activity for money or personal gain; someone who acts in a dishonourable way for personal advantage. [from 17th c.]

Freudianer

A follower of Freud or his methods.

freudig

Pleased; happy; gratified.

freudig erregt

Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.

freudlos

Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

Freudsch

Relating to or influenced by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

freuen

(transitive) To cause (something) to become more glad.

Freund

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

Freund Hein

The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Freundchen

(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster.)

Freundeskreis

A group of close friends who usually do things together.

Freundin

(euphemistic) A lover; a boyfriend or girlfriend.

freundlich

Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.

freundlicherweise

In a kind manner, out of kindness.

Freundlichkeit

The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.

freundlos

Without friends (without a friend).

freundschaftlich

Showing friendliness or goodwill.

Frevel

(uncountable) Deviation from what is right; gross injustice, sin, wickedness.

Frevler

A person who performs evil acts.

Frevlerin

A person who performs evil acts.

frickeln

(intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.

Friede

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

Frieden

A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.

Friedensdiktat

a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor

Friedenserhaltung

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]

Friedenssicherung

The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]

Friedensstifter

Someone or something that pacifies. [from 16th c.]

Friedensstifterin

A person who restores peace, especially by settling disputes; one who engages in peacemaking.

Friedenszeit

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

Friederich

A en given name.

friedfertig

Inclined to peace.

Friedhof

A patch of land adjoining a church, often used as a graveyard.

friedlich

(figurative) Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.

friedlich stimmen

To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).

friedliebend

(figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.

Friedrich

A en given name.

friedsam

(figurative) Peaceful, conciliatory.

frieren

(intransitive) To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.

Frigg

(Germanic mythology, Norse goddess) The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).

Frigga

(Germanic mythology, Norse goddess) The wife of Odin, and the Norse/Germanic goddess of married love, the heavens, home and hearth, after whom Friday is named (due to her being identified with Venus).

Frigidaire

A household or commercial appliance used for keeping food fresh by refrigeration (short form fridge).

Frigidität

The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.

Frikadelle

An oblate-spheroid meatball of North European origin, eaten hot or cold, and typically consisting of: minced pork or beef/veal (or, commonly, a blend of these meats); chopped onions; eggs; milk or water; breadcrumbs, oatmeal, or flour; salt; and pepper.

frikativ

(phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.

Friktion

(physics) A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.

Frisbee

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

Frisbeescheibe

A disk-shaped gliding toy, sold under the brand name Frisbee.

frisch

With a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.

Frische

The state or quality of being fresh.

frischgebacken

Emergent or rising.

Frischling

A young wild boar.

Friseur

A person whose profession is cutting the hair and beards of usually male customers.

Friseurgeschäft

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

Friseurin

One who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser.

Friseurladen

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

Friseursalon

(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.

frisieren

(transitive) To cut the hair or beard of (a person).

frisierte Geschichte

(uncountable, dated) A made-up story.

Frist

The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

fristgerecht

Done at the proper time or within the proper time limits; prompt.

Fristverlängerung

(uncountable, finance) An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which he or she is free of at least part of his normal obligations towards the creditor.

Fristversäumnis

(finance) The condition of failing to meet an obligation.

Frisur

The style in which someone's hair has been cut and arranged.

Fritte

A fused mixture of materials used to make glass.

frivol

(idiomatic) Dirty, vulgar or obscene, especially in a way that is unpleasant.

Frivolität

frivolous act

froh

Pleased; happy; gratified.

frohgemut

(of a person) Charming though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated. [from 1830s]

fröhlich

(figuratively) With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.

Fröhlichkeit

(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.

frohlocken

(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

Frohsinn

(dated, uncountable) The state of being happy or merry.

frohsinnig

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

fromm

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.

Frömmelei

A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.

frömmelnd

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

Frömmigkeit

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

Frömmler

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

Frömmlerin

(obsolete) One who is overly pious in matters of religion, often hypocritically or else superstitiously so.

Fronhof

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

Front

The region or line along which opposing armies engage in combat.

Front-

(not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.

frontal

(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.

Frontausbuchtung

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

Frontbogen

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

fronterfahren

Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby

Frontläufer

A runner at the front or ahead.

Frontlinie

(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

Frontmann

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Frontscheinwerfer

A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.

Frontschwein

(US, military slang) An infantry soldier.

Frontseite

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Frontvorsprung

(geography) A protrusion of the administrative borders of a geopolitical entity, such as a subnational entity or a sovereign state into another geopolitical entity, generally of the same administrative level.

Froschlaich

A gelatinous mass of frogs' eggs, laid in ponds and ditches.

Froschlurch

(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.

Froschmann

A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).

Frost

A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

Frostbeule

An itchy purple red inflammation of the skin, especially of the hands, feet and ears, occurring when capillaries below the skin are damaged by exposure to cold weather (but do not freeze, which would lead to frostbite instead).

frostig

(figuratively) Distant and cool; unfriendly.

Frostschutzmittel

A substance, such as glycol, used to lower the freezing point of water.

Frucht

(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.

fruchtbar

(formal) Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.

Fruchtbarkeit

Ability to produce offspring.

Früchte hervorbringen

(obsolete) To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.