German–English dictionary

Gefolge

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

Gefolgschaft

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

Gefolgschaftsschwur

(historical) In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.

Gefolgschaftstreue

Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.

Gefolgsleute

(historical, law) The grantee of a fief, a subordinate granted use of a superior's land and its income in exchange for vows of fidelity and homage and (typically) military service.

Gefolgsmann

A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.

geformt

Well shaped, as a good sculpture is.

gefräßig

Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

Gefräßigkeit

The vice of eating to excess.

Gefrieranlage

a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.

gefrieren

(intransitive, copulative) Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.

gefrierende Nässe

(chiefly, United States) Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted snowflakes.

Gefrierfach

The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

Gefrierraum

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

Gefrierschrank

a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.

Gefriertruhe

An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit).

gefroren

Having undergone the process of freezing; in ice form.

Gefüge

(figuratively) A basic conceptual structure.

gefügig

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

Gefühl

A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.

gefühllos

(figurative) Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.

Gefühllosigkeit

The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.

Gefühlsansteckung

(figurative) Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.

Gefühlsausbruch

(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.

gefühlsbetontes Lied

A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.

gefühlsduselig

Excessively sweet.

Gefühlsseligkeit

An act or state of being sentimental.

gefühlvoll

Emotionally sensitive.

gefüllt

Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.

gefundenes Fressen

(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.

gefürchtet

Causing fear, dread, or terror.

Gefürchtete

Somebody or something dreaded.

gefüttert

Having padding.

gegabelt

Having bifurcations.

Gegacker

The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.

gegeben

Currently discussed.

Gegebenheiten

A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy

gegen

In physical opposition to; in collision with.

gegen den Uhrzeigersinn

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.

gegen den Wind

In a direction from which the wind blows, against or towards the wind.

gegen den Wind gelegen

Towards the wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing.

gegen etwas ankämpfen

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).

Gegen-

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

Gegenangriff

(soccer) The counter-attack.

Gegenbeweis

A refutation.

Gegenbuchung

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

gegenchecken

To recheck.

Gegend

(US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.

gegeneinander antreten lassen

(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

gegeneinander ausspielen

(transitive, idiomatic) To set in opposition to someone or something else.

gegeneinander kämpfen lassen

(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.

Gegenerklärung

(legal) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate.

Gegenerwiderung

(legal) The defendant's answer to the replication.

Gegenfüßler

An inhabitant of the antipodes.

gegengesetzt

Contrary to something.

Gegengewicht

(literally) A weight that is put in opposition to an equal weight so it keeps that in balance.

Gegengift

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

Gegenkonto

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

Gegenkraft

(figuratively) A force or influence that balances, checks or limits an opposite one.

Gegenlager

(architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.

Gegenleistung

(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.

gegenlesen

(transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

Gegenmaßnahme

Any action taken to counteract or correct another.

Gegenmittel

A remedy to counteract the effects of poison.

Gegenpapst

(Christianity) A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.

Gegenposition

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

gegenprüfen

(transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).

Gegenreaktion

(figurative) A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.

Gegenrechnung

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

Gegenrede

(legal) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.

Gegensatz

A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.

gegensätzlich

Acting in opposition; opposing.

Gegenschluss

(logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

Gegenschrift

The act of contradicting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.

gegenseitig

Having the same relationship, each to each other.

gegenseitige Kontrolle

(politics) A system for multiple branches of government wherein each has some control over the actions of each of the others.

gegenseitige Verstärkung

(figurative) Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes.

Gegenseitigkeit

(grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.

Gegenspieler

An opponent or rival.

Gegenspielerin

An opponent or rival.

Gegensprechanlage

An intercom system which enables someone, without opening the door, to converse with the person who has rung the doorbell.

Gegenstand

A distinct physical object.

Gegenstandsbereich

(medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.

gegenstandslos

Having no prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.

Gegenstimme

A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.

Gegenstoß

(soccer) The counter-attack.

Gegenströmung

A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.

Gegenstück

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

Gegenteil

The opposite.

gegenteilig

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

gegenüber

On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

gegenüber sein

(transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).

gegenüber treten

(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.

gegenüberliegen

(transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).

gegenüberliegend

Located directly across from something else, or from each other.

gegenüberstellen

(transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

Gegenüberstellung

An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.

gegenübertreten

(intransitive) To engage in confrontation.

Gegenutopie

A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living or severe censorship, oppression, etc.

Gegenwart

The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.

gegenwärtig

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

gegenwärtig stattfindend

Presently or currently happening; being in progress.

gegenwartsbezogen

Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

gegenwartsnah

Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

gegenwartsrelevant

Relating to a topic or subject of current interest.

Gegner

An opponent or rival.

Gegnerin

An opponent or rival.

gegnerisch

Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.

gegrillt

Cooked by roasting.

Gegrummel

(onomatopoeia) A low thundering, rumbling or growling sound.

Geh-

(not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

Gehabe

A swaggering show of defiance or courage.

gehackt

Cut or diced into small pieces.

Gehacktes

Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and mixed together. corn-beef hash

Gehalt

(uncountable) That which is contained.

Gehaltsabrechnung

(accounting) The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.

Gehaltserhöhung

(UK, Ireland, Australia, rest of Commonwealth, sometimes, Canada) An increase in salary or wages.

Gehaltskosten

The total sum of money paid to employees.

Gehaltsliste

A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.

gehämmert

Having been hit with a hammer or hammer-like object.

Gehänge

(slang, UK) The penis when enclosed in clothing.

gehängt

Suspended by hanging.

gehärtet

Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.

gehässig

grudgeful, envious

gehässiger Angriff

An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation.

Gehässigkeit

Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice

Gehäuse

A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case

Gehäusegeometrie

The surface space occupied by a structure.

Gehäuseschnecke

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

Gehbehinderung

An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.

Gehege

An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.

geheiligt

Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

geheim

Understood by only a few.

Geheim-

(figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.

Geheimabsprache

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

Geheimagent

A member of an intelligence agency whose identity or affiliation is kept confidential.

Geheimdienst

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

Geheimdienstinformationen

(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

geheimes Einverständnis

A private agreement for a fraudulent or illegal purpose; conspiracy.

Geheimhaltung

Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

Geheimnis

A mystery or deep secret.

Geheimniskrämerei

The habit of keeping secrets.

Geheimnistuerei

The habit of keeping secrets.

geheimnisvoll

Understood by only a few.

Geheimschrift

Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.

Geheimzahl

Acronym of personal identification number.

Geheimzimmer

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Geheiß

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest. [from 12th c.]

gehemmt

(by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.

gehen

(intransitive, formal) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.