German–English dictionary

Früchte tragen

(idiom, of an effort, endeavour, etc.) To produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.

Früchtebrot

A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

Fruchteis

A dessert of frozen fruit juice with a dairy product such as milk added; a sorbet with dairy ingredients.

Früchtekuchen

A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.

fruchten

(idiom, of an effort, endeavour, etc.) To produce good results; to yield benefits; to succeed.

Fruchtfleisch

The soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables.

Fruchtfresser

An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.

Fruchtgummi

A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.

fruchtig

Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

Fruchtknoten

(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

fruchtlos

Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. [from late 1500s].

Fruchtpastete

(US) Often preceded by a descriptive word as in apple cobbler, peach cobbler, etc.: a kind of pie, usually filled with fruit, originally having a crust at the base but nowadays generally lacking this and instead topped with a thick, cake-like pastry layer.

Fruchtzucker

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Fructose

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Frugalität

The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

früh

Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.

Frühaufsteher

(idiomatic) A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

Frühbeet

A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.

frühe Kindheit

The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

früher

Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. [first attested before 1150.]

Frühgeburt

The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf.

Frühjahr

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

Frühjahrszeit

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

Frühling

A village in Boikivske settlement hromada, Kalmiuske Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, founded by Evangelical Lutherans from Berdiansk in 1892.

Frühlingszeit

(countable, uncountable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which temperatures and daylight hours rise, and plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.

frühreif

Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for the season; precocious.

Frühreife

The condition of being precocious

Frühreifes Mädchen

A young girl who is sexually alluring.

Frühstück

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

frühstücken

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

Frühstücksfleisch

A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.

Frühzeit

(by extension) The early stages of development of something.

Frühzeit-

First, earliest or original.

frühzeitig

At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Fruktose

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Frust

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Frustration

The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

frustrieren

(transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

frustrierend

Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

frustriert

Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

Fuchs

A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.

Fuchsbaby

(gay slang) a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.

Fuchsbau

The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.

fuchsbraun

Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse)

fuchsen

(transitive) To make angry.

fuchsig

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.

Füchsin

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

Fuchsjunges

(gay slang) a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.

Fuchsmännchen

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

Fuchspelz

(uncountable) The fur of a fox.

fuchsrot

(of hair or fur) Of a reddish-brown color.

Fuchsrüde

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

fuchsteufelswild

(informal) So angry that one turns pale; very angry; furious; liverish.

Fuchsweibchen

(in particular) The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

Fuchswelpe

(gay slang) a younger (or younger-looking) "bear" type of man.

fuchzig

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

fudeln

(ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

Fuder

(often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.

fuffzig

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

Fuge

The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision.

fügen

(ambitransitive) To submit to the opinion or desire of others in respect to their judgment or authority.

fugenlos

(not comparable) Having no seams.

Fugenmasse

(usually singular or collective, sometimes, proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.

Fugenmörtel

A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

füglich

In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

fügsam

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

Fügsamkeit

An act of complying.

Fügung

A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention. [from 16th c.]

fühlbar

Able to be perceived, sensed, or discerned.

fühlen

(transitive, copulative) To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.

Fühler

An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal.

Fuhre

The amount that a cart can carry.

führen

(transitive) To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill.

führen zu

To be the origin of; to produce; to result in.

führend

Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority.

führender Wert

(finance, figuratively) A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition.

Führer

(historical, Nazism, definite) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany.

Führerhaus

A similar compartment in other vehicles.

Führerin

One having authority to direct.

Führerkabine

A similar compartment in other vehicles.

Fuhrfrau

Someone who drives a wagon.

Fuhrlohn

The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).

Fuhrmann

(constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a charioteer. It includes the star Capella.

Führung

(countable, uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.

Führungs-

Of or relating to a manager or management; involving management-like duties.

Führungskanal

A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.

Führungsrohr

A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled: electrical conduit.

Führungsschicht

A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

Führungsstruktur

The specific system by which a political system is ruled.

Fuhrwerk

A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

Fülle

A large collection.

füllen

(transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials.

Füllhalter

A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.

Füllhorn

(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

füllig

Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]

Füllmasse

Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.

Füllmaterial

Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.

Füllstutzen

A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.

Füllung

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

Füllungsausmaß

(bodybuilding) : A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Füllungsgrad

(bodybuilding) : A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Füllungsstufe

(bodybuilding) : A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Füllungszustand

(bodybuilding) : A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.

Füllwort

Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.

fulminant

(especially, _, medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.

Fumble

(sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.

Fummel

(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]

fummeln

(intransitive) To fidget or play; to fuss; to idly amuse oneself, to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, particularly out of nervousness or restlessness; see also fiddle with.

fummelnd

(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.

Fund

Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.

Fundament

A physical base or foundation.

fundamental

Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.

Fundamentalismus

(religion) The tendency to reduce a religion to its most fundamental tenets, based on strict interpretation of core texts.

Fundamentalist

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

Fundamentalistin

One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.

fundiert

Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms.

Fundsache

Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.

Fundstück

Something found, especially if without an owner; something which comes along, as it were, by chance.

Fundus

A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

fünf

The digit/figure 5.

Fünfeck

(geometry) A polygon with five sides and five angles.

Fünfer

A banknote with a denomination of five units of currency. See also fiver.

Fünfkampf

An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

Fünfkirchen

A city in Hungary.

Fünfling

One of a group of five, particularly babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

fünfte

The ordinal form of the number five.

Fünftel

One of five equal parts of a whole: one-fifth.

fünftes Rad am Wagen

(idiomatic, informal) Anything superfluous or unnecessary.

fünfzehn

The cardinal number occurring after fourteen (14) and before sixteen (16).

fünfzehnte

The ordinal form of the number fifteen.

fünfzig

The cardinal number occurring after forty-nine and before fifty-one.

Fünfziger

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

fünfziger Jahre

The decade of the 1850s, 1950s, etc.

fungibel

(originally, finance, and, commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.

fungieren

(intransitive) To have a function.

Funk

(uncountable, music genre) A style of music derived from 1960s soul music, with elements of rock and other styles, characterized by a prominent bass guitar, dance-friendly sound, a strong emphasis on the downbeat, and much syncopation.

funk-

radio (broadcasting)

Funkamateur

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

Funkamateurin

(radio) An amateur radio operator.

Fünkchen

A small spark or flash.

Funke

An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.

Funkeln

The quality of being bright.

funkelnd

Brightly sparkling.

Funkempfänger

(countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

Funkenschlag

(colloquial) A sound made by a sudden release of electricity or some similar energy.

Funker

(US, Navy) A radio operator.

Funkgerät

(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.

Funkmeldeempfänger

(telecommunications) A wireless telecommunications device that receives text or voice messages.

Funkmessgerät

(uncountable) A method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of sent radio waves (usually microwaves) reflected from their surfaces.

Funksender

(countable) A device that can transmit radio signals.