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| p. {n} (page) | :: S. {f} |
| pa {n} (father) | :: Vati {m} |
| pa {n} (grandfather) | :: Opa {m} |
| PaaS {n} (Platform as a Service) | :: PaaS {f} |
| pablum {n} (something bland or simplistic) | :: Einheitsbrei {m} |
| pablum {n} (nourishment) SEE: nourishment | :: |
| pace {n} (step: step) | :: Schritt {m} |
| pace {n} (way of stepping: gait of a horse) | :: Passgang {m}, Pass {m} |
| pace {n} (speed) | :: Tempo {n}, Geschwindigkeit {f} |
| pacemaker {n} (one who sets the pace in a race) | :: Schrittmacher {m}, Pacemaker {m}, Tempomacher {m} |
| pacemaker {n} (medical implement) | :: Herzschrittmacher {m}, Pacemaker {m} |
| pacey {adj} (fast, rapid, speedy) | :: temporeich |
| Pachamama {prop} (goddess) | :: Pachamama |
| pachyptile {n} (seabird in Pachyptila) SEE: prion | :: |
| pacific {adj} (calm, peaceful, see also: calm; peaceful) | :: ruhig, still |
| pacific {adj} (preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence) | :: friedlich |
| Pacific Northwest {prop} (region of North America) | :: Pazifischer Nordwesten {m} |
| Pacific Ocean {prop} (the world's largest body of water) | :: Pazifischer Ozean {m}, Pazifik {m}, Stiller Ozean {m}, Großer Ozean {m} |
| Pacific silver fir {n} (Abies amabilis) | :: Purpurtanne {f} |
| pacifier {n} (for a baby) | :: Schnuller {m}, Beruhigungssauger {m} [formal] |
| pacifism {n} (doctrine that disputes should be settled without violence) | :: Pazifismus {m} |
| pacifist {adj} (one who loves, supports, or favours peace) | :: Pazifist, Pazifistin {f} |
| pacifist {adj} (one who opposes violence and is anti-war) | :: Kriegsgegner {m}, Kriegsgegnerin {f} |
| pacifistic {adj} | :: pazifistisch |
| pacify {v} (bring peace, ending fighting) | :: befrieden |
| pacify {v} (appease) | :: friedlich stimmen |
| pack {n} (bundle to be carried) | :: Pack {m}, Packung {f} |
| pack {n} (full set of playing cards) | :: Kartenspiel {n}, Kartenstapel {m} |
| pack {n} (group of dogs) | :: Rudel {n} |
| pack {v} (to make a pack) | :: packen, verpacken, einpacken |
| pack {n} (group of wolves) SEE: wolfpack | :: |
| package {n} (something which is packed) | :: Paket {n} |
| package {n} (something consisting of components) | :: Paket {n} |
| package {n} (computing: piece of software that it can be installed with a package manager) | :: Paket {n} |
| package {n} | :: [2] Pack {n}, [2,3] Packung {f} |
| package {v} (to pack) | :: packen, einpacken |
| package store {n} (liquor store) SEE: liquor store | :: |
| packaging {n} (the act of packing something) | :: Packen {n} |
| packaging {n} (the materials used to pack something) | :: Verpackung {f} |
| packaging {n} (the industry that produces such material) | :: Verpackungsindustrie, {f} |
| pack animal {n} (animal used to carry heavy items) SEE: beast of burden | :: |
| packer {n} (person packing things) | :: Verpacker {m}, Verpackerin {f}, Packer {m}, Packerin {f} |
| packetization {n} (process of bundling data) | :: Paketierung {f} |
| packetize {v} (form data into packets) | :: paketieren |
| pack ice {n} (large consolidated mass of floating sea ice) | :: Packeis {n} |
| packing needle {n} (large needle) | :: Packnadel {f}, Sacknadel {f} |
| pack-year {n} (unit for measuring the number of cigarettes a person has smoked previously) | :: Packungsjahr {n} |
| pact {n} (an agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant) | :: Pakt {m}, Vertrag {m} |
| pad {v} (to stuff) SEE: stuff | :: |
| pad {n} (flattened mass of anything soft) | :: Unterlage {f}, Polster {n} |
| pad {v} (to walk softly, quietly or steadily) | :: tappen |
| padawan {n} (any apprentice or student) SEE: apprentice | :: |
| padded {adj} (having padding) | :: gepolstert, gefüttert |
| padded cell {n} (a room in insane asylum) SEE: rubber room | :: |
| paddle {n} (two-handed, single-bladed oar) | :: Paddel {n} |
| paddle {n} (time spent on paddling) | :: Paddelei {f}, Paddeltour {f} |
| paddle {n} (paddlewheel) | :: Schaufelrad {n} |
| paddle {n} (ping-pong bat) | :: Tischtennisschläger {m} |
| paddle {n} | :: Paddel {n} |
| paddle {v} (to propel something through water with a paddle, hands or similar instrument) | :: paddeln, rudern |
| paddle {v} (toddle) SEE: toddle | :: |
| paddleboat {n} (pedalo) SEE: pedalo | :: |
| paddlefish {n} (fish of the family Polyodontidae) | :: Löffelstör {m} |
| paddle wheel {n} (wheel fitted with paddles) | :: Schaufelrad {n} |
| paddling pool {n} (type of pool) SEE: wading pool | :: |
| paddock {n} (small enclosure or field) | :: Koppel {n} |
| paddock {n} (motor racing: area where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on) | :: Fahrerlager {n} |
| paddy {n} (wet land where rice grows) | :: Reisfeld {m} |
| paddy field {n} (field where rice is grown) SEE: paddy | :: |
| paddy wagon {n} (a police van for transporting prisoners) | :: Grüne Minna {f} |
| padlock {n} (type of lock) | :: Vorhängeschloss {n} |
| padlock {v} (to lock using a padlock) | :: mit einem Vorhängeschloss verschließen |
| Padua {prop} (city) | :: Padua {n} |
| paean {n} (any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph) | :: Paian |
| paediatry {n} (paediatry) SEE: pediatrics | :: |
| paedobaptism {n} (baptism of infants or young children) | :: Kleinkindstaufe {f}, Kleinkindtaufe {f}, Säuglingstaufe {f}, Kindertaufe {f} |
| paella {n} (Savory, cooked dish) | :: Paella {f} |
| Pag {prop} (island in Croatia) | :: Baag {n} |
| pagan {adj} (relating to non main world religions) | :: heidnisch |
| pagan {n} (person not adhering to a main world religion) | :: Heide {m}, Heidin {f}, Ungläubiger {m}, Ungläubige {f} |
| paganism {n} (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) | :: Heidentum {n}, Paganismus {m} |
| pagatoric {adj} | :: pagatorisch |
| page {n} (boy child) SEE: boy | :: |
| page {n} (one side of a leaf of a book) | :: Seite {f} |
| page {n} (serving boy) | :: Page {m} |
| page {v} (attend as a page) | :: dienen |
| page {v} (contact by means of a pager) | :: anpiepen |
| page {v} (call somebody using PA system) | :: ausrufen |
| page {n} (Internet: web page) SEE: web page | :: |
| pageant {n} (public display) | :: Festzug {m} |
| pageant {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant | :: |
| pageboy {n} (shoulderlength hair) | :: Pagenschnitt {m} |
| pager {n} (device) | :: Piepser {m}, Taschenpiepser {m}, Rufgerät {n}, Pager {m}, Funkmeldeempfänger {m}, FME {m} |
| paginate {v} (to number the pages of a book or other document) | :: paginieren |
| pagination {n} (act of creating pages) | :: Paginierung {f} |
| pagination {n} (act of numbering pages) | :: Nummerierung {f} |
| pagoda {n} (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) | :: Pagode {f} |
| PAH {n} (abbreviation: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) | :: PAK |
| Pahlavi {prop} (the Middle Persian language rendered in Book Pahlavi) | :: Pehlewi |
| Paibian {prop} (subdivision of the Cambrian period) | :: Paibium |
| pail {n} (bucket) SEE: bucket | :: |
| pain {n} (ache or bodily suffering) | :: Schmerz {m} |
| pain {n} (suffering or anguish, especially mental) | :: Schmerz {m}; Ancient: ἄλγος {n}, πόνος {m}, οδύνη {f} |
| pain {v} (to hurt; to put to bodily uneasiness or anguish) | :: schmerzen |
| painful {adj} (causing pain) | :: schmerzhaft |
| painfully {adv} (in a painful manner) | :: schmerzhaft |
| pain in the arse {n} (pain in the ass) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the ass {n} (something that causes discomfort) | :: Nervensäge {f} |
| pain in the butt {n} (nuisance) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| pain in the neck {n} (that which is annoying) SEE: pain in the ass | :: |
| painkiller {n} (a drug that numbs the pain in the body) | :: Schmerzmittel {n} |
| painless {adj} (without pain or trouble) | :: schmerzlos |
| painstaking {adj} (careful attentive; diligent) | :: akribisch |
| paint {n} (substance) | :: Farbe {f}, Lack {m} |
| paint {v} (apply paint to) | :: bemalen, anmalen, streichen, malen |
| paint {v} (apply in the manner of paint) | :: streichen |
| paint {v} (practise the art of painting pictures) | :: malen |
| paint-billed crake {n} (a bird from the family Rallidae) | :: Goldschnabelralle {f} |
| paintbrush {n} (thin brush) | :: Pinsel, Farbpinsel {m}, Malerpinsel {m} |
| painted dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted hunting dog {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painted wolf {n} (Lycaon pictus) SEE: African hunting dog | :: |
| painter {n} (artist) | :: Maler {m}, Malerin {f}, Kunstmaler {m}, Kunstmalerin {f}, Freizeitmaler {m} [amateur], Freizeitmalerin {f}, Hobbymaler {m} [amateur], Hobbymalerin {f} |
| painter {n} (one who paints surfaces using a paintbrush) | :: Maler {m}, Malerin {f}, Anstreicher {m}, Anstreicherin {f}, Autolackierer {m} [auto], Autolackiererin {f}, Fahrzeuglackierer {m} [auto], Fahrzeuglackiererin {f} |
| painter {n} (rope) | :: Fangleine {f} |
| painting {n} (an illustration or artwork using paint) | :: Gemälde {n} |
| painting {n} (the action of applying paint) | :: Malerei {f} |
| painting {n} (artistic application of paint) | :: Malerei {f} |
| painting by numbers {n} (art, recreation) | :: Malen nach Zahlen {n} |
| paintress {n} (female painter) | :: Malerin {f} |
| paint stripper {n} (substance) | :: Abbeizmittel {n} |
| paint the town red {v} (party in a rowdy, wild manner) | :: die Sau rauslassen |
| pair {n} (number of things resembling one another, or belonging together) SEE: set | :: |
| pair {n} (two similar or identical things) | :: Paar {n} |
| pair {n} (two people in a relationship) | :: Paar {n}, Pärchen {n} |
| pair {n} (kinematics: two elements, which permit only certain kind of relative motion) | :: Gelenk {n} |
| pair {n} | :: Paar {n} |
| pair of binoculars {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars | :: |
| pair of compasses {n} (tool used to draw circles) | :: Zirkel {m} |
| pair of eyeglasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of forceps {n} (forceps) SEE: forceps | :: |
| pair of glasses {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of goggles {n} (goggles) SEE: goggles | :: |
| pair of pincers {n} (pincers) SEE: pincers | :: |
| pair of scissors {n} (scissors) SEE: scissors | :: |
| pair of specs {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of spectacles {n} (spectacles) SEE: spectacles | :: |
| pair of tongs {n} (tongs) SEE: tongs | :: |
| pair of tweezers {n} (tweezers) SEE: tweezers | :: |
| pair production {n} (simultaneous creation of a particle and its antiparticle) | :: Paarbildung {f}, Paarerzeugung {f} |
| pairwise {adj} (occurring in pairs) | :: paarweise |
| pajamas {n} (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in) | :: Pyjama {m} [Germany, Austria] {n} [Switzerland], Schlafanzug {m} |
| Pakistan {prop} (country in South Asia) | :: Pakistan {n} |
| Pakistani {n} (A person from Pakistan or of Pakistani descent) | :: Pakistaner {m}, Pakistanerin {f}, Pakistani {m} {f} |
| Pakistani {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Pakistan, or its people) | :: pakistanisch |
| palace {n} (large, lavish residence) | :: Palast {m}; Schloss {n} |
| palace coup {n} | :: Palastrevolution {f} |
| Palace of Westminster {prop} (building in London housing the House of Commons and House of Lords) | :: Palace of Westminster {m}, Palast von Westlichemmünster {n} |
| paladin {n} (heroic champion) | :: Paladin {m} |
| palaeoclimatology {n} (science) | :: Paläoklimatologie {f} |
| Palaic {prop} (Indo-European language) | :: palaische Sprache {f} |
| palanquin {n} (a covered type of litter) | :: Sänfte {f} |
| palatable {adj} (pleasing to the taste) | :: genießbar, schmackhaft |
| palatable {adj} (tolerable, acceptable) | :: annehmbar |
| palatal {adj} (pertaining to the palate) | :: palatal |
| palatal {adj} ((phonetics) articulated at the hard palate) | :: palatal |
| palatal {n} ((phonetics) palatal consonant) | :: Vordergaumenlaut {m}, Palatal {m} |
| palatalised {adj} (having undergone palatalisation) | :: palatalisiert |
| palatalization {n} (instance) | :: Palatalisierung {f} |
| palate {n} (roof of the mouth) | :: Gaumen {m} |
| palatial {adj} (of or relating to a palace) | :: Palast- |
| palatial {adj} (on a grand scale) | :: palastartig |
| Palatinate {prop} (Palatinate) | :: Pfalz {f}, Rheinpfalz {f} |
| palatine tonsil {n} (palatine tonsil) | :: Gaumenmandel {f} |
| Palau {prop} (Republic of Palau) | :: Palau |
| Palauan {n} (someone from Palau) | :: Palauer {m}, Palauerin {f} |
| palaver {n} (unnecessary talk, fuss) | :: Palaver {n} |
| palaver {n} (a meeting at which there is much talk) | :: Palaver {n} |
| Palawan tit {n} (Pardaliparus amabilis) | :: Kapuzenmeise {f} |
| pale {adj} (light in color) | :: hell, blass |
| pale {v} (to become pale) | :: blass werden, erblassen |
| pale {n} (wooden stake) | :: Latte {f} |
| pale {n} (heraldry: vertical band) | :: Pfahl |
| palea {n} (zoology: pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird) SEE: dewlap | :: |
| paleanthropology {n} (study of ancient human remains) SEE: paleoanthropology | :: |
| paleface {n} (a white person of European descent, in the context of American Indians) | :: Bleichgesicht {n} |
| paleness {n} (condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color) | :: Blässe {f} |
| paleoanthropologist {n} (specialist in paleoanthropology) | :: Paläoanthropologe {m}, Paläoanthropologin {f} |
| paleoanthropology {n} (study of ancient human remains) | :: Paläoanthropologie {f}, Paläanthropologie {f} |
| paleobotany {n} (branch of paleontology) | :: Paläozoologie {f} |
| Paleocene {prop} (geologic epoch) | :: Paläozän {n} |
| paleoclimatology {n} (palaeoclimatology) SEE: palaeoclimatology | :: |
| paleoconservative {n} (person espousing paleoconservatism) | :: Paleokonservative {m} |
| paleoconservative {adj} (holding the views associated with paleoconservatism) | :: paleokonservativ |
| paleogenetic {adj} (relating to paleogenetics) | :: paläogenetisch |
| paleogeneticist {n} (geneticist whose speciality is paleogenetics) | :: Paläogenetiker {m} |
| paleogenetics {n} (application of genetics to palaeontology) | :: Paläogenetik {f} |
| paleographer {n} (a person skilled in paleography) | :: Paläograf {m}, Paläograph {m}; Paläografin {f}, Paläographin {f} |
| paleographic {adj} (of or pertaining to paleography) | :: paläografisch, paläographisch |
| paleography {n} (study of old forms of writing) | :: Paläografie {f}, Paläographie {f} |
| paleolinguistics {n} (study of the distant human past by linguistic means) | :: Paläolinguistik {f} |
| Paleolithic {n} (Old Stone Age) | :: Altsteinzeit {f} |
| paleologism {n} (phrase that was coined in the past and now obsolete) | :: Paleologismus {m} |
| paleontological {adj} (of or pertaining to paleontology) | :: paläontologisch |
| paleontologist {n} (one who studies paleontology) | :: Paläontologe {m}, Paläontologin {f} |
| paleontology {n} (study of prehistoric forms of life) | :: Paläontologie {f} |
| paleornithological {adj} (relating to paleornithology) | :: paläornithologisch |
| paleornithologist {n} (paleontologist who studies fossil birds) | :: Paläornithologe {m}, Paläornithologin {f} |
| paleornithology {n} (branch of paleontology that deals with fossil birds) | :: Paläornithologie {f} |
| Paleozoic {adj} | :: paläozoisch |
| paleozoology {n} (branch of zoology dealing with fossils) | :: Paläozoologie {f} |
| Palestine {prop} (West Bank and Gaza Strip collectively) | :: Palästina {n} |
| Palestine {prop} | :: [1,2] Palästina {n}, [3] Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete {n-p} |
| Palestinian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Palestine and/or the Palestinian people) | :: palästinensisch |
| Palestinian {n} (inhabitant of Palestine or Arab of Palestinian descent) | :: Palästinenser {m}, Palästinenserin {f} |
| paletot {n} (A loose outer jacket, overcoat) | :: Mantel {m}, Paletot {m}, Überrock {m}, Überzieher {m} |
| palette {n} (board) | :: Farbpalette {f}, Palette {f} |
| Pali {prop} (a Middle Indo-Aryan language) | :: Pali {n} |
| palimpsest {n} (manuscript scraped clean for reuse) | :: Palimpsest {m} |
| palindrome {n} (a sequence of units that reads the same forwards as backwards) | :: Palindrom {n} |
| palisade {n} (wall of wooden stakes) | :: Palisade {f} |
| pall {n} (charge representing an archbishop's pallium) | :: Göpel {m} |
| palladium {n} (a safeguard) | :: Schutz {m} |
| palladium {n} (chemical element) | :: Palladium {n} |
| Pallas's grasshopper warbler {n} (Locustella certhiola) | :: Streifenschwirl {m} |
| Pallas's gull {n} (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus) | :: Fischmöwe {f} |
| pallbearer {n} (casket bearer) | :: Sargträger {m} |
| pallet {n} (a portable platform) | :: Palette {f} |
| pallet jack {n} (manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets) | :: Hubwagen {m} |
| pallet truck {n} (manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets) SEE: pallet jack | :: |
| palliate {v} (to relieve the symptoms of) | :: lindern |
| palliate {v} (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) | :: beschönigen |
| palliative {adj} (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) | :: palliativ, beschönigend, lindernd |
| palliative care {n} (specialized area of healthcare) | :: Palliativpflege {f} |
| pallid {adj} (appearing weak, pale or wan) | :: fahl |
| pallidity {n} (state of being) SEE: pallor | :: |
| pallisander {n} (dense, heavy wood) | :: Palisander {m} |
| pallium {n} (cerebral cortex) SEE: cerebral cortex | :: |
| pallor {n} (paleness; want of color; pallidity) | :: Blässe {f} |
| palm {n} (inner, concave part of hand) | :: Handfläche {f} |
| palm {v} | :: palmieren |
| palm {n} (palm tree) SEE: palm tree | :: |
| palmar {adj} (of or pertaining to the palm of the hand) | :: [technical] palmar, [technical] Palmar-, [technical] volar, handflächenseitig, hohlhandseitig, Hand- |
| palm cabbage {n} (heart of palm) SEE: heart of palm | :: |
| palmetto bug {n} (cockroach) | :: Amerikanische Großschabe {f} |
| palmier {n} (puff pastry) | :: Schweinsohr {n}, Schweineohr {n} |
| palmistry {n} (telling fortunes from the lines on the palms of the hand) | :: Handlesen {n} |
| palm oil {n} (edible plant oil) | :: Palmöl {n} |
| palm reading {n} (palmistry) | :: Handlesen {n} |
| Palm Sunday {n} (Sunday before Easter) | :: Palmsonntag {m}, Sonntag Palmarum {m}, Palmarum-Sonntag {m}, Palmarum {m}, Palmtag {m} |
| palm syrup {n} (syrup made from sap of a palm tree) | :: Palmhonig {m} |
| palm thief {n} (coconut crab) SEE: coconut crab | :: |
| palmtop {n} (personal digital assistant) SEE: personal digital assistant | :: |
| palm tree {n} (tropical tree) | :: Palme {f}, Palmbaum {m}, Palmenbaum {m} |
| Palmyrena {prop} (ancient country of which Palmyra was the capital) | :: Palmyrene {f} |
| Palmyrene {adj} (of, from or relating to ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: Palmyrener, palmyrenisch, Palmyrer, palmyrisch |
| Palmyrene {n} (native or inhabitant of ancient Palmyra or Palmyrena) | :: Palmyrener {m}, Palmyrenerin {f}, Palmyrer {m}, Palmyrerin {f} |
| palpable {adj} (capable of being touched) | :: greifbar |
| palpitation {n} (abnormal beating of the heart) | :: Herzklopfen {n}, Palpitation {f} |
| palsy {n} (complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part) | :: Lähmung {f} |
| paltry {adj} (trashy, trivial, of little value) | :: geringfügig, dürftig |
| paltry {adj} (meager; worthless; pitiful; trifling) | :: mager, armselig, schäbig |
| paludarium {n} (vivarium with both aquatic and terrestrial elements) | :: Paludarium {n} |
| palynologist {n} (one who studies palynology) | :: Palynologe {m} |
| palynology {n} (study of spores, pollen etc.) | :: Palynologie {f} |
| Pamir {prop} (mountain range) | :: Pamir {m} |
| pamper {v} (to treat with excessive care, to indulge) | :: verwöhnen, hätscheln |
| pamphlet {n} (booklet) SEE: booklet | :: |
| Pamphylia {prop} (region) | :: Pamphylien |
| Pamplona {prop} (city in Navarre of northern Spain) | :: Pamplona |
| pan- {prefix} (a combining form meaning "all") | :: pan- |
| pan {n} (flat vessel used for cooking, see also: frying pan) | :: Pfanne {f} |
| panacea {n} (remedy believed to cure all disease) | :: Allheilmittel {n} |
| panacea {n} (something that will solve all problems) | :: Allheilmittel {n}, Patentrezept {n} |
| panache {n} (ornamental helmet plume) | :: Federbusch {m} |
| panache {n} (flamboyant style or action) | :: Schwung {m}, Elan {m} |
| Panama {prop} (country) | :: Panama {n} |
| Panama {n} (Panama hat) SEE: Panama hat | :: |
| Panama Canal {prop} (Canal) | :: Panamakanal {m} |
| Panama Canal Zone {prop} (historical territory within Panama) | :: Panama-Kanalzone |
| Panama hat {n} (a type of brimmed hat from South America) | :: Panamahut {m} |
| Panamanian {n} (person from Panama) | :: Panamaer {m}, Panamaerin {f} |
| Panamanian {adj} (pertaining to Panama) | :: panamaisch |
| Pan-American {adj} (covering or representing all of the Americas) | :: panamerikanisch |
| pan-Arabism {n} (movement) | :: Panarabismus {m} |
| panarchism {n} (advocacy of panarchy) | :: Panarchismus {m} |
| pancake {n} (thin batter cake) | :: Pfannkuchen {m}, Eierkuchen {m}, Palatschinken {m}, Plinse {f}, Blinse {f}, Plins {m}, Flins {m} |
| Pancake Day {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
| pancake tortoise {n} (Malacochersus tornieri) | :: Spaltenschildkröte {f} |
| Pancake Tuesday {prop} (Shrove Tuesday) SEE: Shrove Tuesday | :: |
| Panchatantra {prop} (a collection of Sanskrit and Pali animal fables in verse and prose) | :: Panchatantra |
| Panchen Lama {n} (second-highest ranking lama of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism) | :: Penchen Lama |
| panchromatic {adj} (sensitive to all visible colours) | :: farbempfindlich, panchromatisch |
| panchronic {adj} | :: panchronisch |
| Pancras {prop} (saint) | :: Pankratius {m} |
| pancreas {n} (gland near the stomach) | :: Bauchspeicheldrüse {f}, Pankreas {n} |
| pancreatic {adj} (of or pertaining to the pancreas) | :: [technical] pankreatisch, Bauchspeicheldrüsen-, der Bauchspeicheldrüse (nachgestellt), Pankreas- |
| pancreatic cancer {n} (malignant neoplasm of the pancreas) | :: Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs {m} |
| pancreatic juice {n} (juice produced by the pancreas) | :: Bauchspeichel {m} |
| pancreatitis {n} (inflammation of the pancreas) | :: Bauchspeicheldrüsenentzündung {f} |
| pancytopenia {n} (deficiency in all three cell lines) | :: Panzytopenie {f} |
| panda {n} (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, see also: giant panda) | :: Panda, Pandabär {m} |
| panda {n} (police car) SEE: police car | :: |
| panda {n} (red panda) SEE: red panda | :: |
| panda bear {n} (panda) SEE: panda | :: |
| pandan {n} (Pandanus gen. et spp.) SEE: screw pine | :: |
| pandanus {n} (Pandanus gen. et spp.) SEE: screw pine | :: |
| pandeiro {n} | :: Pandeiro |
| pandeism {n} (worship which admits or tolerates favourable aspects of all religions) SEE: omnitheism | :: |
| pandeism {n} (belief in a god both pantheistic and deistic) | :: Pandeismus {m} |
| pandeist {adj} (of or relating to pandeism) | :: pandeistisch |
| pandeist {n} (one who believes in pandeism) | :: Pandeist, Pandeistin {f} |
| pandeistic {adj} (pertaining to pandeism) | :: pandeistich |
| pandemic {adj} (general, widespread) SEE: general | :: |
| pandemic {adj} (epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population) | :: pandemisch |
| pandemic {n} (disease that affects a wide geographical area and a large proportion of the population) | :: Pandemie {f} |
| pandemonism {n} | :: Pandaemonismus |
| pandemonium {n} (chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence) | :: Chaos {n}, Hexensabbat {m} |
| pandemonium {n} (an outburst; loud, riotous uproar) | :: Tumult {m}, Hexensabbat {m} |
| pander {n} (pimp or procurer) SEE: pimp | :: |
| pander {v} (to appeal or cater to) | :: nachgeben, frönen, zufriedenstellen, Befriedigung verschaffen, befriedigen, huldigen, anbiedern [reflexive ], andienen [reflexive ] |
| pander {v} (to offer illicit sex with a third party) | :: verkuppeln |
| pandiculate {v} (to stretch oneself and make sounds) | :: räkeln, rekeln |
| pandiculation {n} (stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities as when fatigued and drowsy) | :: räkeln, strecken |
| Pandora {prop} (Character in Greek mythology) | :: Pandora {f} |
| Pandora's box {n} (a source of unforeseen trouble) | :: Pandorabüchse {f}, Büchse der Pandora {f} |
| pandoro {n} (Christmas sweet bread loaf in the shape of a star) | :: Pandoro {m} |
| panegyric {n} (formal speech or opus publicly praising someone or something) | :: Lobrede {f}, Panegyrik {f} |
| panegyrical {adj} (lavish with praise) | :: panegyrisch |
| panel {n} (rectangular section of a surface) | :: Verkleidung {f}, Platte {f}, Tafel {f}, Paneel {n}, Holzpaneel {n}, Platte {f}, Blech {n} |
| panel {n} (group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc) | :: Diskussionsrunde {f} |
| panel {n} (single frame in a comic strip) | :: Panel {n} |
| panel discussion {n} (type of conversation) | :: Podiumsdiskussion {f} |
| panelist {n} (member of a panel) | :: Diskussionsteilnehmer {m} |
| panelling {n} (panels with which a surface is covered) | :: Vertäfelung {f}, Holzvertäfelung {f}, Paneel {n} |
| panentheism {n} (a doctrine that the universe is within God) | :: Panentheismus {m} |
| panentheist {n} (person who believes in panentheism) | :: Panentheistin |
| panettone {n} (Christmas brioche with candied fruit) | :: Panettone {m} |
| Pan-European {adj} (for most or all of Europe) | :: paneuropäisch |
| Panevėžys {prop} (city in Lithuania) | :: Ponewiesch {n}, Panevėžys {n} |
| pan flute {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| panforte {n} (dense flat cake) | :: Panforte {m} |
| pan-fry {v} (fry in a pan) | :: braten |
| pang {n} (paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish) | :: Schmerz {m}, Stechen {n} |
| pang {n} (sudden sharp feeling of a mental or emotional nature) | :: Anfall {f}, Stich {m} |
| Pangaea {prop} (supercontinent prior to Triassic) | :: Pangäa {f} |
| Pan-Germanism {n} (movement striving to unite all Germans) | :: Pangermanismus {m} |
| Panglossian {adj} (naively or unreasonably optimistic) | :: panglossisch |
| pang of conscience {n} (A feeling of shame, guilt, or embarrassment, resulting from behavior which one regrets) | :: Gewissensbisse |
| pangolin {n} (mammal) | :: Schuppentier {n}, Tannenzapfentier {n} |
| pangram {n} (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) | :: Pangramm {n} |
| panhandle {n} (handle of a pan) | :: Pfannenstiel {m} |
| panhandle {n} (any arm or projection suggestive of the handle of a pan) | :: Zipfel {m}, Gebietskorridor {m}, Landkorridor {m}, schmaler Landabschnitt {m}, Landzipfel {m} |
| panhandler {n} (one who panhandles) | :: Bettler {m}, Bettlerin {f} |
| Panhellenic {adj} | :: panhellenisch |
| panic {n} (overpowering fright) | :: Panik {f} |
| panic {v} (to feel overwhelming fear) | :: in Panik geraten, in Panik verfallen |
| panic attack {n} (sudden period of intense anxiety) | :: Panikattacke {f} |
| panic buying {n} (buying of commodities earlier than normal) | :: Panikkauf {m}, Panikkäufe {m-p} |
| panic disorder {n} (anxiety disorder involving severe recurring panic attacks) | :: Panikstörung {f} |
| panicgrass {n} (grass of the genus Panicum) | :: Rispenhirse {f}; Cyrillic: про̏со {n} |
| panicky {adj} (in a state of panic) | :: panisch, panikartig |
| panicle {n} (a compound raceme) | :: Rispe {f} |
| panicstricken {adj} (panic-stricken) SEE: panic-stricken | :: |
| panic-stricken {adj} (very frightened) | :: panikartig, panisch |
| panjandrum {n} (important, powerful or influential person) | :: hohes Tier {n} |
| pankration {n} (ancient Greek martial art) | :: Pankration {n} |
| panna cotta {n} (Italian dessert made from double cream) | :: Panna cotta {f}, Pannacotta {f} |
| pannier {n} (large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal) | :: Packtasche {f}, Fahrradtasche {f} [bicycle] |
| panoply {n} (complete set of armour) | :: Rüstung {f} |
| panopticon {n} (type of prison) | :: Panoptikum {n} |
| panopticon {n} (room for the exhibition of novelties) | :: Panoptikum {n} |
| panorama {n} (unbroken view of an entire surrounding area) | :: Panorama {n}, Rundblick {m} |
| panorama {n} (picture representing a continuous scene) | :: Panorama {n} |
| pan pipes {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| panpipes {n} (musical instrument) | :: Panflöte {f} |
| panpsychism {n} (the doctrine that all matter has a mental aspect) | :: Panpsychismus {m} |
| pansexual {n} (someone who is attracted to all genders) | :: pansexuell, pan |
| pansexuality {n} (sexual orientation) | :: Pansexualität {f} |
| Pan-Slavism {n} (movement) | :: Panslawismus {m} |
| pansy {n} (plant) | :: Stiefmütterchen {n} |
| pant {n} (a pair of pants) SEE: pants | :: |
| pant {n} (a quick breathing) | :: keuchen |
| pant {v} (to breathe quickly or in a labored manner) | :: hecheln, keuchen, schnaufen |
| pantheism {n} (belief that the universe is divine) | :: Pantheismus {m} |
| pantheist {n} (person who believes in pantheism) | :: Pantheist {m} |
| pantheistic {adj} (pertaining to pantheism) | :: pantheistisch |
| pantheistical {adj} (pantheistic) SEE: pantheistic | :: |
| pantheon {n} (a temple dedicated to all the gods) | :: Pantheon {n} |
| panther {n} (big cat with black fur) | :: Panther {m}, Panter {m} |
| panther {n} (big cat of genus Panthera) | :: Panther {m} |
| panther cap {n} (Amanita pantherina) | :: Pantherpilz |
| panties {n} (underpants for women or girls) | :: Höschen {n} |
| pant leg {n} (either of the legs of a pair of pants) | :: Hosenbein {n} |
| Pantocrator {prop} (ruler of everything) | :: Pantokrator {m}, Pankrator {m}, Allherrscher {m}, Weltenherrscher {m} |
| pantograph {n} (rail transport: device that collects electric current from overhead lines) | :: Stromabnehmer {m} |
| pantomime {n} (traditional theatrical entertainment, mostly for children) | :: Pantomime {f} |
| pantomime {n} (gesturing without speaking) | :: Pantomime {f} |
| pantomime {v} | :: pantomimisieren |
| pantry {n} (storage room) | :: Speisekammer {f}, Vorratskammer {f} |
| pants {n} (garment covering the body from the waist downwards) | :: Hose {f} |
| pants {n} (undergarment covering the genitals) | :: Unterhose {f}, [for women] Schlüpfer {m} |
| Pan-Turkism {n} (political movement) | :: Panturkismus {m} |
| panty {n} (panties) SEE: panties | :: |
| pantyhose {n} | :: Feinstrumpfhose {f}, Strumpfhose {f} |
| pantyliner {n} (pad worn inside underwear) | :: Slipeinlage {f} |
| panvitalism {n} (belief that all things are part of a single living universe) | :: Panvitalismus {m} |
| panvitalism {n} (belief that all things in the universe are alive) | :: Panvitalismus {m} |
| Panzerfaust {n} (grenade launcher) | :: Panzerfaust {f} |
| pap {n} (soft food) | :: Brei {m} |
| pap {n} (porridge) SEE: porridge | :: |
| papa {n} (Father (familiar, conversational)) SEE: dad | :: |
| papabile {adj} (among those likely to be elected pope) | :: papabel |
| papakha {n} (type of hat) | :: Papacha |
| papal {adj} (related to the pope or papacy) | :: päpstlich |
| papal bull {n} (official document or edict from the Pope) | :: päbstliche Bulle {f} |
| papal infallibility {n} (Catholic concept of an infallible Pope) | :: (päpstliche) Unfehlbarkeit {f} |
| Papal States {prop} (state) | :: Kirchenstaat {m} |
| paparazzi {n} (paparazzo) SEE: paparazzo | :: |
| paparazzo {n} (freelance photographer of celebrities) | :: Paparazzo {m}, Paparazza {f}, Skandalreporter {m}, Skandalreporterin {f}, Sensationsreporter {m}, Sensationsreporterin {f} |
| papaya {n} (fruit) | :: Papaya {f} |
| Papenburg {prop} (city in Lower Saxony) | :: Papenburg {n} |
| paper {n} (sheet material) | :: Papier {n} |
| paper {n} (written document shorter than a book) | :: Papier {n}, Dokument {n} |
| paper {adj} (made of paper) | :: indicated by forming compounds with Papier-: paper bag: Papierbeutel, paper cup: Papierbecher, etc |
| paper {n} (newspaper) SEE: newspaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wallpaper) SEE: wallpaper | :: |
| paper {n} (wrapping paper) SEE: wrapping paper | :: |
| paper {v} (to document) SEE: document | :: |
| paper aeroplane {n} (toy aeroplane made by folding up a sheet of paper) | :: Papierflieger {m} |
| paper airplane {n} (paper aeroplane) SEE: paper aeroplane | :: |
| paperback {n} | :: Broschur {f} |
| paperback {adj} (having flexible binding) | :: broschiert |
| paperboard {n} (thick paper) | :: Pappe {f} |
| paperboy {n} (male who delivers newspapers) | :: Zeitungsausträger {m}, Zeitungsjunge {m} |
| paper clip {n} (paper clip) | :: Büroklammer {f}, Klammer {f} |
| paper cup {n} (disposable cup) | :: Pappbecher {m} |
| paper cut {n} (wound caused by piece of paper) | :: Papierschnittwunde {f} |
| paperhanger {n} (someone who puts wallpaper on walls) | :: Tapezierer {m}, Tapeziererin {f} |
| paper jam {n} (malfunction in a printer or photocopier) | :: Papierstau {m} |
| paperknife {n} (a knife for cutting paper or opening envelopes) SEE: letter opener | :: |
| paperless {adj} (using information without paper) | :: papierlos |
| paper mill {n} (factory) | :: Papierfabrik {f} |
| paper money {n} (a form of banknotes) | :: Banknote {f}, Papiergeld {n} |
| paper tape {n} (early storage medium consisting of paper) | :: Lochstreifen {m} |
| paper tiger {n} (paper tiger) | :: Papiertiger {m} |
| paper towel {n} (sheet of absorbent paper) | :: [kitchen roll] Küchenrolle {f}, Küchenpapier {f}; [general] Papiertuch {n} |
| paperweight {n} (small, decorative, somewhat weighty object) | :: Briefbeschwerer {m} |
| paperweight {n} (any object for this purpose) | :: Briefbeschwerer {m} |
| paperwork {n} (work involving written documents) | :: Schreibarbeit {f} |
| papescent {adj} (porridge-like) | :: breiig |
| papess {n} (female pope) | :: Päpstin {f} |
| Paphos {prop} (city in Cyprus) | :: Paphos {n} |
| papier-mâché {n} (paper mixed with glue to create a sculptural object) | :: Pappmaschee {n}, Pappmaché {n}, Papiermaché {n} |
| papilloma {n} (epithelial tumour) | :: Papillom {n} |
| papissa {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
| papist {n} (slur: Roman Catholic) | :: Papist {m}, Papistin {f}, Kathole {m}, Katholin {f} |
| pappardelle {n} (broad form of fettuccine) | :: pappardelle |
| pappus {n} | :: Pappus {m} |
| paprika {n} (ground spice) | :: Paprika {f} |
| Pap smear {n} (gynaecology: screening test) | :: Pap-Abstrich {m} |
| Pap test {n} (gynaecology: screening test) | :: Pap-Test {m} |
| Papua {prop} (the southern part of Papua New Guinea) | :: Papua {n} |
| Papuan {n} (Someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea) | :: Papua {m} {f} |
| Papua New Guinea {prop} (country in Oceania) | :: Papua-Neuguinea {n} |
| Papua New Guinean {adj} (pertaining to Papua New Guinea) | :: papua-neuguineisch |
| papyrologist {n} (a student of papyrology) | :: Papyrologe {m}, Papyrologin {f} |
| papyrology {n} (the study of ancient texts written on papyrus) | :: Papyrologie {f} |
| papyrus {n} (plant in the sedge family) | :: Papyrus {m}, Echter Papyrus {m}, Papyrusstaude {f} |
| papyrus {n} (material made from this plant) | :: Papyrus {m} |
| papyrus {n} (scroll or document written on this material) | :: Papyrus {m} |
| parable {n} (short story illustrating a lesson) | :: Gleichnis {n}, Gleichniserzählung {f}, Gleichnisrede, Parabel {f} |
| parabola {n} (a conic section) | :: Parabel {f} |
| parabolic {adj} (of or pertaining to a parabola or paraboloid) | :: gleichnishaft |
| Paracel Islands {prop} (group of islands) | :: Paracel-Inseln {f-p} |
| Paracelsus {prop} (The adopted name of Philippus von Hohenheim) | :: Paracelsus {m} |
| parachute {n} (a device designed to control the fall of an object) | :: Fallschirm {m} |
| parachute {v} (to jump with a parachute) | :: mit dem Fallschirm abspringen |
| parachuting {n} (sport) | :: Fallschirmspringen {n} |
| parachutist {n} (parachute user) | :: Fallschirmspringer {m}, Fallschirmspringerin {f} |
| paraclete {n} (advocate) | :: Paraklet {m} |
| parade {n} (organized procession) | :: Parade {f}, Aufmarsch {m}, Umzug {m} |
| parade {n} (any succession or series) | :: Folge {f}, Abfolge {f} |
| parade ground {n} (an area of hard ground where soldiers practice routine marching maneuvres) | :: Exerzierplatz {m} |
| paradiddle {n} (percussive exercise) | :: Paradiddle |
| paradigm {n} (way of viewing reality) | :: Paradigma {n}, Weltanschauung {f}, Bezugssystem {n}, Sicht der Dinge {f} |
| paradigm {n} (example serving as a model or pattern) | :: Beispiel {n}, Musterbeispiel {n} |
| paradigm {n} (linguistics: all forms which contain a common element) | :: Paradigma {n} |
| paradigm shift {n} (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries) | :: Paradigmenwechsel {m} |
| paradisaic {adj} (relating to paradise) | :: paradiesisch |
| paradisaical {adj} (paradisaic) SEE: paradisaic | :: |
| paradise {n} (heaven) | :: Paradies {n}, Himmel {m} [heaven, sky] |
| paradise {n} | :: Paradies {n} |
| Paradise {prop} (Heaven) | :: Himmel {m}, Paradies {n} |
| paradisiac {adj} (of or like Paradise) | :: paradiesisch |
| paradisiacal {adj} (resembling paradise) | :: paradiesisch |
| paradox {n} (apparent contradiction which is nonetheless true) | :: Paradoxon {n}, Paradox {n} |
| paradox {n} (in logic: a self-contradictory statement) | :: Paradoxon {n} |
| paradoxical {adj} (having self-contradicting properties) | :: paradox |
| paradoxically {adv} (in a paradoxical manner) | :: paradoxerweise |
| paraffin {n} (kerosene) SEE: kerosene | :: |
| paraffin {n} (paraffin wax) SEE: paraffin wax | :: |
| paraffin wax {n} (paraffin wax) | :: Paraffin {n} |
| paraglider {n} (one who paraglides) | :: Paraglider {m}, Paragliderin {f}, Gleitschirmflieger {m}, Gleitschirmfliegerin {f} |
| paraglider {n} (equipment) | :: Gleitschirm {m}, Paraglider {m}, Paragleiter {m} [Austria], Gleitsegel {n} |
| paragliding {n} (the sport of gliding with a paraglider) | :: Gleitschirmfliegen {n}, Paragliding {n}, Paragleiten {n} [Austria], Gleitsegeln |
| paragon {n} (model or pattern) | :: Vorbild {n}, Muster {n}, Musterbeispiel {n}, Inbegriff {m}, Modell {n}, Paradebeispiel {n} |
| paragon {n} (companion) | :: Gegenüber {n}, Begleiter {m}, Gleichgesinnter {m} |
| paragon {n} (comparison; competition) | :: Vergleich {m}, Wettbewerb {m}, Gegenüber {m} |
| paragon {n} (20-point type) | :: Paragon, Secunda |
| paragon {v} (to compare) | :: vergleichen, mithalten, ebenbürtig sein, die Stirn bieten |
| paragon {v} (to serve as a model for) | :: Vorbild sein, vorausgehen, modellhaft sein |
| paragon {v} (to be equal) | :: gleichauf sein, vergleichbar sein |
| paragraph {n} (passage in text) | :: Absatz {m} |
| Paraguay {prop} (country in South America) | :: Paraguay {n} |
| Paraguayan {n} (person from Paraguay) | :: Paraguayer {m}, Paraguayerin {f} |
| Paraguayan {adj} (pertaining to Paraguay) | :: paraguayisch, paraguayanisch |
| parakeet {n} (various species of small parrots) | :: Sittich {m} |
| parakeet auklet {n} (bird) | :: Rotschnabelalk {m} |
| paralegal {n} (one who assists a lawyer) | :: Anwaltsassistent {m}, Anwaltsassistentin {f}, Rechtsanwaltsgehilfe {m}, Rechtsanwaltsgehilfin {f} |
| paralipsis {n} | :: Paralipse {f} |
| parallax {n} | :: Parallaxe {f} |
| parallax second {n} (unit of length) | :: Parallaxensekunde {f} |
| parallel {adj} (equally distant from one another at all points) | :: parallel |
| parallel {adj} (having the same overall direction) | :: parallel zu |
| parallel {adv} (with a parallel relationship) | :: parallel |
| parallel {n} (one of a set of parallel lines) | :: Parallele {f} |
| parallel {n} (line of latitude) | :: Breitengrad {m}, Breitenkreis {m} |
| parallel bars {n} (set of apparatus) | :: Barren {m} |
| parallelepiped {n} (solid figure) | :: Parallelflach {n}, Parallelepiped {n} |
| parallelogram {n} (convex quadrilateral in which each pair of opposite edges are parallel and of equal length) | :: Parallelogramm {n} |
| parallelotope {n} (generalization of parallelogram and parallelepiped) | :: Parallelotop {n} |
| parallel universe {n} (universe that exists separately alongside another universe) | :: Paralleluniversum {n} |
| Paralympic Games {prop} (international sports competition for people with physical disabilities, see also: Paralympics) | :: Paralympische Spiele {n-p}, Paralympics {n-p} |
| paralyse {v} (paralyse) SEE: paralyze | :: |
| paralysis {n} (loss of muscle control) | :: Paralyse {f}, Lähmung {f} |
| paralytic {adj} (affected by paralysis) | :: paralysiert, paralytisch, gelähmt |
| paralyze {v} (to afflict with paralysis) | :: paralysieren, lähmen |
| Paramaribo {prop} (capital of Suriname) | :: Paramaribo {n} |
| paramecium {n} (organism) | :: Pantoffeltierchen {n} |
| paramedic {n} (individual trained to stabilize people outside of hospital) | :: Sanitäter {m}, Sanitäterin, Rettungssanitäter {m}, Rettungssanitäterin {f}, Sanitätspersonal {n} [collective noun] |
| parament {n} (liturgical cloth) | :: Parament {n} |
| parameter {n} (variable kept constant during an experiment, calculation or similar) | :: Parameter {m} |
| parameter {n} (name in a function or subroutine definition) | :: Parameter {m} |
| parametric {adj} (of, relating to, or defined using parameters) | :: parametrisch |
| parametrize {v} (To describe in terms of parameters) | :: parametrisieren |
| paramilitary {n} (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) | :: paramilitärisch |
| paramount {adj} (supreme) | :: höchst, überragend, vorrangig |
| paramour {n} (illicit lover) | :: Geliebte {f}, Geliebter {m}, Liebhaber {m}, Liebhaberin {f}, Mätresse {f}, Poussage {f}, Buhle {f} |
| paranasal sinus {n} (one of air-filled spaces, or sinuses) | :: Nasennebenhöhle {f} |
| paranoia {n} (A psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution) | :: Paranoia {f}, Verfolgungswahn {m} |
| paranoia {n} (Extreme, irrational distrust of others) | :: Paranoia {f} |
| paranoiac {n} (somebody who has paranoia) SEE: paranoid | :: |
| paranoiac {adj} (pertaining to paranoia) | :: paranoisch |
| paranoid {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paranoia) | :: paranoid |
| paranoid {adj} (exhibiting extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others) | :: paranoid |
| paranoid {n} (someone suffering from paranoia) | :: Paranoiker {m}, Paranoikerin {f}, Paranoide {m} {f} |
| paranoid schizophrenia {n} (form of schizophrenia accompanied by delusions) | :: Paranoide Schizophrenie {f} |
| parapet {n} (a low retaining wall) | :: Brüstung {f} |
| parapet {n} (a fortification consisting of a wall) | :: Wehrmauer {f} |
| paraph {n} (flourish after signature) | :: Paraphe {f} |
| paraphernalia {n} (miscellaneous items) | :: Utensilien {f-p} |
| paraphimosis {n} (foreskin trapped behind the glans) | :: Paraphimose {f}, spanischer Kragen {m} |
| paraphrase {n} (restatement of a text) | :: Umschreibung {f} |
| paraphrase {v} (to compose a paraphrase) | :: umschreiben, paraphrasieren |
| paraphrenic {adj} (having or pertaining to paraphrenia) | :: paraphrene |
| paraphyletic {adj} (Excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) | :: paraphyletisch |
| paraplegia {n} (paralysed condition) | :: Querschnittslähmung {f}, Paraplegie {f} |
| paraplegic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia) | :: querschnittsgelähmt, paraplegisch |
| paraplegic {n} (person who suffers from paraplegia) | :: Querschnittsgelähmter {m}, Querschnittsgelähmte {f}, Paraplegiker {m}, Paraplegikerin {f} |
| parapsychology {n} (study of that which cannot yet be explained) | :: Parapsychologie {f} |
| parasite {n} (useless person who always relies on other people's work and gives nothing back) | :: Parasit {m} |
| parasite {n} ((generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism) | :: Schmarotzer {m}, Parasit {m} |
| parasitic {adj} (pertaining to a biological or symbolic parasite) | :: parasitär |
| parasitic {adj} (drawing upon another organism for sustenance) | :: parasitär |
| parasitic {adj} (exploit) | :: parasitär |
| parasitical {adj} (parasitic) SEE: parasitic | :: |
| parasitise {v} (parasitize) SEE: parasitize | :: |
| parasitism {n} (interaction between two organisms) | :: Parasitismus {m}, Schmarotzertum {f}, Parasitentum {n} |
| parasitize {v} (live off a host) | :: parasitieren, schmarotzen |
| parasitologic {adj} (of or pertaining to parasitology) | :: parasitologisch |
| parasitologist {n} (person who works in parasitology) | :: Parasitologe {m}, Parasitologin {f} |
| parasitology {n} (study of parasites) | :: Parasitologie {f} |
| parasol {n} (umbrella used as protection from the sun) | :: Sonnenschirm {m} |
| parasomnia {n} (sleep disorder) | :: Parasomnie |
| parasympathomimetic {adj} (acting by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system) | :: parasympathomimetisch |
| parasynthesis {n} | :: Dekompositum {n}, Parasynthetum {n} |
| parataxis {n} (in grammar) | :: Nebenordnung, Parataxis, Parataxe |
| paratha {n} (Indian bread) | :: Paratha {n} |
| paratrooper {n} (soldier that parachutes from aircraft) | :: Fallschirmjäger {m} |
| parautochthonous {adj} (which has a character intermediate between that of autochthonous rock and allochthonous rock) | :: parautochthon |
| parboil {v} (partially boil) | :: blanchieren, ankochen |
| parcel {n} (package wrapped for shipment) | :: Paket {n} |
| parcel {n} (division of land bought and sold as a unit) | :: Parzelle |
| parcel bomb {n} (bomb disguised as a parcel) | :: Paketbombe {f} |
| parch {v} (to burn the surface of; to scorch) | :: ausdörren |
| parch {v} (to dry to extremity) | :: ausdörren |
| parch {v} (to become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry) | :: rösten |
| parched {adj} (dry) | :: ausgedörrt, ausgetrocknet |
| parchment {n} (material) | :: Pergament {n} |
| parchment {n} (document) | :: Pergament {n} |
| parchment {n} (imitating paper) | :: Pergamentpapier {n} |
| parchment paper {n} (paper used in baking) | :: Backpapier {n}, Pergamentpapier {n} |
| pardon {n} (forgiveness for an offence) | :: Vergebung {f}, Verzeihung {f} |
| pardon {n} (releasing order) | :: Begnadigung {f} |
| pardon {v} (to forgive) | :: verzeihen, vergeben |
| pardon {v} (to grant an official pardon) | :: begnadigen |
| pardon {interj} (interjection, request to repeat) | :: pardon?, was? [colloquial], wie? [colloquial], wie bitte? |
| pardon me {phrase} (sorry, as an apology) | :: Entschuldigung |
| pardon my French {v} (please excuse my swearing or bad language (idiomatic)) | :: entschuldigen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise; entschuldigen Sie den Ausdruck; mit Verlaub; wenn Sie den Ausdruck erlauben, Verzeihen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise, Verzeih meine offene Rede |
| pare {v} (To remove the outer covering or skin of something with a knife) | :: schälen, pellen |
| pare {v} (To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off) | :: beschneiden |
| pare down {v} (to reduce by paring) | :: beschneiden |
| pareidolia {n} (tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar) | :: Pareidolie |
| paremiology {n} (the study of proverbs) | :: Parömiologie {f}, Sprichwortkunde {f} |
| parenchyma {n} (functional part of an organ, as opposed to supporting tissue) | :: Parenchym {n} |
| parenesis {n} (1. (rhetoric) Exhortation) | :: Paränese {f} |
| parent {n} (person from whom one is descended) | :: Elternteil {m}, [technical] Elter {m} {n} |
| parent {n} (person who acts as a parent in rearing a child) | :: Elternteil {n}, Eltern {p} |
| parent {n} (biology: organism from which a plant or animal is biologically descended) | :: Elternpflanze {f} [plant], männliche Elternpflanze [male], weibliche Elternpflanze {f} [female], Vaterpflanze {f} [male], Mutterpfanze {f} [female], Elterntier {n} [animal], männliches Elterntier {n} [male], weibliches Elterntier {n} [female], Vater {m} [male], Vatertier {n} [male], Mutter {f} [female], Muttertier {n} [female] |
| parent {n} | :: Elternteil {m} |
| parent {n} (parent company) SEE: parent company | :: |
| parental {adj} (relating to parent) | :: elterlich |
| parental leave {n} (leave of absence for a parent to take care of a baby) | :: Elternzeit {f} |
| parent company {n} (a company that owns or controls another company) | :: Stammhaus {n}, Mutterfirma {f}, Dachgesellschaft {f}, Konzernmutter {f}, Muttergesellschaft {f}, Mutterhaus {n}, Mutterkonzern {m}, Mutterunternehmen {n}, Obergesellschaft {f} [law], Organträger {m} [finance] |
| parenteral {adj} (Intravenously or by injection) | :: parenteral |
| parentese {n} (parentese) | :: Elterisch {n} [colloquial] |
| parenthesis {n} (a clause, phrase or word inserted into a passage which is already grammatically complete) | :: Parenthese {f} |
| parenthesis {n} (either of a pair of brackets ( )) | :: runde Klammer {f}, Klammer {f}, Parenthese {f} |
| parenthesis {n} (both round brackets) | :: runde Klammer {f} |
| parenthesis {n} ((mathematics, logic) brackets used to clarify expressions by grouping terms affected by a common operator) | :: runde Klammer {f} |
| parenthesis {n} | :: Klammer {f} |
| parenthesize {v} (place in parentheses) | :: klammern, in Klammern setzen, einklammern |
| parenthood {n} (state of being parent) | :: Elternschaft {f} |
| parentification {n} (a process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as parent to its own parent) | :: Parentifizierung {f}, Parentifikation {f} |
| parenting {n} (process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood) | :: Kindererziehung {f} |
| parent-in-law {n} (mother-in-law or father-in-law) | :: Schwiegerelternteil {n} |
| parentless {adj} (having no parent) | :: elternlos |
| parentlessness {n} (state or condition of being parentless) | :: Elternlosigkeit {f} |
| parents {n} (one's parents) | :: Eltern {p} |
| par excellence {adj} (being a quintessential example of a general type) | :: par excellence |
| parget {v} (to coat with gypsum) | :: verputzen |
| parget {n} (gypsum) | :: Verputz {m} |
| parhelion {n} (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals) SEE: sun dog | :: |
| pariah {n} (an outcast) | :: Ausgestoßener {m}; Aussätziger {m}; Unberührbarer {m}; Paria {m} |
| pariah {n} (member of one of the oppressed social castes in India) | :: Unberührbarer {m} Paria {m} |
| parietal bone {n} (either of two bones at the sides and top of the skull) | :: Scheitelbein {n} |
| parietal lobe {n} (division of cerebrum) | :: Scheitellappen {m} |
| Paris {prop} (capital of France) | :: Paris {n} |
| Paris {prop} (cities in the U.S.) | :: Paris {n} |
| Paris {prop} (Trojan prince) | :: Paris {m} |
| parish {n} (part of a diocese) | :: Gemeinde {f} |
| parish {n} (members of the parish) | :: Gemeinde {f} |
| parish {n} (civil subdivision of a county) | :: Gemeinde {f} |
| parish church {n} (church that serves as the religious centre of a parish) | :: Pfarrkirche {f}, Parochialkirche {f} |
| parish pump politics {n} (putting local concerns over national interest) | :: Provinzialismus {m}, Engstirnigkeit {f}, Beschränktheit {f}, Kirchturmpolitik {f} |
| parish register {n} (record book of a parish) | :: Kirchenbuch {n} |
| Parisian {n} (someone from Paris) | :: Pariser {m}, Pariserin {f} |
| Parisian {adj} (of Paris) | :: Pariser, pariserisch |
| parisyllabic {adj} (having the same number of syllables) | :: gleichsilbig, isosyllabisch, parisyllabisch |
| park {n} (ground for recreation) | :: Park {m} |
| park {v} (bring to a halt) | :: parken |
| parka {n} (long jacket) | :: Anorak {m}, Parka {m} |
| parking {n} (action) | :: Parken {n}, Parkieren {n} |
| parking {n} (space) | :: Parkplatz {m} |
| parking brake {n} (brake intended for keeping a vehicle stationary without constant operator attention) | :: Feststellbremse {f} |
| parking garage {n} (building) | :: Parkhaus {n}, Parkgarage {f} |
| parking lot {n} (open area, generally paved, where automobiles may be left when not in use) | :: Parkplatz {m} (area), Parkhaus {n} (building) |
| parking meter {n} (device for collecting parking fees) | :: [mechanical only] Parkuhr {f}; [modern computerised also] Parkautomat {m} |
| parking ticket {n} (legal summons for parking incorrectly) | :: Strafzettel {m}, Knöllchen {n} |
| parking ticket {n} (ticket as proof of payment) | :: Parkschein {m} |
| Parkinson's disease {n} (Parkinson's disease) | :: Parkinson-Krankheit {f} |
| parkland {n} (land suitable for being a park) | :: Parklandschaft {f} |
| park light {n} (light) | :: Standlicht {n} |
| parkour {n} (athletic discipline) | :: Parkour {m} |
| parlance {n} (A certain way of speaking (or using words)) | :: Ausdrucksweise {f}, Jargon {m} |
| parliament {n} (institution with elected or appointed members) | :: Parlament {n} |
| parliament {n} (flock of owls or rooks) | :: [owls] Eulenschwarm {m} |
| Parliament {prop} (parliament) SEE: parliament | :: |
| parliamentarian {n} (member of parliament) | :: Parlamentarier {m} |
| parliamentary {adj} (of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament) | :: parlamentarisch |
| parliamentary {adj} (having the supreme executive and legislative power) | :: parlamentarisch |
| parlor {n} (room for talking, room for entertaining guests, living room) | :: Wohnzimmer {n}, Salon {m} |
| parlor {n} (drawing room) | :: Empfangszimmer {n}, Salon {m}, Sprechzimmer {n}, Stube {f}, Wohnzimmer {n} |
| parlour game {n} (amusing game played indoors with few props) | :: Gesellschaftsspiel {n} |
| parlous {adj} (appalling, dire, terrible) SEE: appalling | :: |
| parlous {adj} (attended with peril) SEE: dangerous | :: |
| Parma {prop} (city) | :: Parma {n} |
| parmesan {n} (hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma) | :: Parmesan {m}, Parmesankäse {m} |
| Parmesan {n} (parmesan) SEE: parmesan | :: |
| parochial {adj} (pertaining to a parish) | :: Gemeinde-, Pfarr-, Pfarrei- |
| parochial {adj} (characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns) | :: engstirnig, beschränkt, provinziell |
| parochialism {n} (state of being parochial) | :: Provinzialismus {m}, Engstirnigkeit {f}, Beschränktheit {f} |
| parochial school {n} (school associated with the parish of a church) | :: Bekenntnisschule {f} |
| parodic {adj} (of, related to, or having characteristics of parody) | :: parodistisch |
| parody {n} (expression making fun of something else) | :: Parodie {f} |
| parody {v} (to make a parody of something) | :: parodieren |
| paroemia {n} (proverb) SEE: proverb | :: |
| parole {n} (law: a release of (a prisoner)) | :: bedingte Haftentlassung {f}, Bewährung {f} |
| parole officer {n} (probation officer) SEE: probation officer | :: |
| paronychia {n} (infection under the cuticle) SEE: whitlow | :: |
| paronym {n} (word derived from the same root/stem) | :: Paronym {n}, Paronymum {n}, Paronymon {n}, stammverwandtes Wort {n} |
| paronym {n} (word that sounds like another word) | :: Paronym {n}, Paronymon {n} |
| parousia {n} (Second Coming of Christ) | :: Parusie {f} |
| paroxysm {n} (random or sudden outburst) | :: Paroxysmus {m} |
| paroxysm {n} (sudden recurrence of a disease) | :: Paroxysmus {m} |
| paroxytone {n} (paroxytone) | :: Paroxytonon {n} |
| parquet {n} (the part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle) SEE: stall | :: |
| parquet {n} (a wooden floor made of parquetry) | :: Parkett {n} |
| parquet {v} (to lay or fit such a floor) | :: parkettieren |
| parrot {n} (kind of bird) | :: Papagei {m} |
| parrot {v} (to repeat exactly without showing understanding) | :: nachplappern |
| parrot {n} (puffin) SEE: puffin | :: |
| parrotfish {n} (tropical marine fish) | :: Papageifisch {m} |
| parroting {n} (mindless repetition of words) | :: Nachplappern {n} |
| parry {v} (avoid, deflect, or ward off) | :: parieren, abwehren |
| parse {v} ((linguistics) to resolve into elements) | :: analysieren |
| parse {v} ((computing) to split data into pieces) | :: zerteilen, parsen |
| parse {v} (to examine closely) SEE: scrutinize | :: |
| parsec {n} (parallax second) | :: Parsec {n} |
| parseltongue {prop} (language of snakes in Harry Potter) | :: Parsel {n} |
| parser {n} (computer program) | :: Parser {m}, [seldom] Zerteiler {m}, Syntaxanalysierer {m} |
| Parsi {n} (Parsi (noun)) | :: Parse {m}, Parsin {f} |
| Parsi {adj} (Parsi (adjective)) | :: parsisch |
| parsimonious {adj} (Exhibiting parsimony) | :: sparsam, geizig, karg |
| parsimony {n} (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) | :: Sparsamkeit {f}, Geiz {m}, Knauserei {f}, Pfennigfuchserei {f} |
| parsimony {n} (principle of using the least resources or explanations to solve a problem) | :: Sparsamkeit {f}, Parsimonie {f} |
| parsing {n} | :: Syntaxanalyse {f}, Parsen {n}, Parsing {n} |
| parsley {n} (plant Petroselinum crispum) | :: Petersilie {f} |
| parsnip {n} (the plant Pastinaca sativa) | :: Pastinake {f} |
| parsnip {n} (the edible root of Pastinaca sativa) | :: Pastinake {f} |
| parsonage {n} (house provided by the church as residence of a priest.) | :: Pfarrhaus {n} |
| part {n} (math: factor) SEE: factor | :: |
| part {n} (fraction of a whole) | :: Teil {m} {n} |
| part {n} (group inside a larger group) | :: Teil {m} |
| part {n} (position or role, especially in a play) | :: Rolle {f} |
| part {n} (hair dividing line) | :: Scheitel {m} |
| part {v} (to cut hair with a parting) | :: scheiteln |
| part {v} (to divide in two) | :: teilen, trennen |
| part {v} (to divide up, to share) | :: teilen |
| part {v} | :: sich trennen. scheiden, verlassen |
| part {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
| part {adv} (partially) SEE: partially | :: |
| partake {v} (to take part in an activity) | :: teilnehmen, mitmachen |
| partake {v} (to share food) | :: mitessen |
| partaker {n} (one who partakes of something) | :: Teilhaber {m}, Teilhaberin {f} |
| parthenogenesis {n} (reproduction from a single gamete without fertilisation) | :: Parthenogenese {f} |
| Parthenon {prop} (ancient temple to Athena) | :: Parthenon {m} |
| Parthia {prop} ((historical) region) | :: Parthien |
| Parthia {prop} (empire of the Parthians) | :: Partherreich {n} |
| Parthian {adj} (relating to Parthia) | :: parthisch |
| Parthian {n} (person) | :: Parther {m}, Partherin {f} |
| Parthian {n} (language) | :: Parthisch {n} |
| Parthian Empire {prop} (ancient empire of Western Asia) | :: Partherreich {n} |
| partial {adj} (existing in part) | :: teilweise, partiell |
| partial {adj} (biased) | :: parteiisch |
| partial-birth abortion {n} (partial-birth abortion) | :: Teilgeburtsabtreibung {f} |
| partial derivative {n} (derivative with respect to one variable) | :: Partielle Ableitung {f} |
| partial differential equation {n} (equation) | :: partielle Differentialgleichung {f} |
| partially {adv} (to a partial degree) | :: teilweise, teils, zum Teil |
| partial order {n} (binary relation that is reflexive, antisymmetric, and transitive) | :: partielle Ordnung {f} |
| partial pressure {n} (pressure one component of a mixture of gases would contribute to the total pressure) | :: Partialdruck {m} |
| participant {n} (one who participates) | :: Teilnehmer {m}, Teilnehmerin {f} |
| participate {v} (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself) | :: teilnehmen (to participate in something: - an etwas teilnehmen) |
| participation {n} (act of participating) | :: Partizipation {f}, Beteiligung {f}, Teilnahme {f} |
| participatory {adj} (open to participation) | :: partizipativ, Mitwirkungs-, Beteiligungs- |
| participatory democracy {n} (Political system) | :: partizipatorische Demokratie {f} |
| participial {n} (participle) SEE: participle | :: |
| participial {adj} (of or relating to a participle) | :: partizipial, Partizipial- |
| participle {n} (verb form) | :: Mittelwort {n}, Partizip {n}, Partizipium {n} |
| particle {n} (body with very small size) | :: Teilchen {n}, Partikel {n} {f} |
| particle {n} (elementary particle or subatomic particle) | :: Partikel {n}, Teilchen {n} |
| particle {n} (word that does not obviously belong to any particular part of speech) | :: Partikel {f} {n}, Redeteilchen {n} |
| particle accelerator {n} (a device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds) | :: Teilchenbeschleuniger {m} |
| particle board {n} (structural material manufactured from wood particles) | :: Pressspan {m}, Spanplatte {f} |
| particle physics {n} (particle physics) | :: Teilchenphysik {f} |
| particular {adj} (specific; discrete; concrete) | :: speziell, bestimmt, spezifisch, genau, einzeln |
| particular {adj} (specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing) | :: besonders, besonderer, charakteristisch, spezifisch, speziell |
| particular {adj} (distinguished in some way; special) | :: bestimmt, besonderer, speziell, besonders, herausgehoben, spezifisch |
| particular {adj} (of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details) | :: sorgfältig, penibel, genau, pingelig, eigen, wählerisch, anspruchsvoll, etepetete, |
| particular {adj} (concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious) | :: eigen, kleinlich, wählerisch, genau, minutiös, wählerisch, penibel, pingelig, sorgfältig |
| particular {adj} (partial) SEE: partial | :: |
| particular {adj} (known only to an individual person or group) SEE: confidential | :: |
| particular church {n} (ecclesiastical community) | :: Teilkirche {f}, Partikularkirche {f}, Rituskirche {f}, Kirche eigenen Rechts {f}, Teilkirche eigenen Rechts {f} |
| particulate {n} (solid or liquid in a subdived state) SEE: particulate matter | :: |
| particulate matter {n} (solid or liquid in a finely subdivided state) | :: Feinstaub {m} |
| parting {n} (farewell) | :: Abschied {m} |
| parting {n} (line dividing hair) | :: Scheitel {m}, Haarscheitel {m}, [centre, middle] Mittelscheitel {m}, [side] Seitenscheitel {m} |
| parting gift {n} (gift given to someone who is leaving) | :: Abschiedsgeschenk {n} |
| partisan {n} (fervent supporter of a party) | :: Partisan {m} |
| partisan {n} (type of spear) | :: Partisane {f} |
| partisan {n} (member of a body of detached light troops) SEE: guerrilla | :: |
| partisanship {n} (an inclination to be partisan) | :: Parteinahme {f}, Parteiergreifung {f}, Parteilichkeit {f} |
| partition {n} (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set) | :: Partition {f}, Zerlegung {f}, Klasseneinteilung {f} |
| partitive {adj} (grammar: indicating a part) | :: partitiv |
| partitive {n} (partitive case) | :: Partitiv {m} |
| partitive case {n} (case used to indicate that an object is affected only partially by the verb) SEE: partitive | :: |
| partiture {n} (score (music)) SEE: score | :: |
| partly {adv} (in part) | :: teilweise, zum Teil |
| partner {n} (someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest) | :: Partner {m} |
| partner {n} (spouse, domestic, or romantic partner) | :: Partner {m}, Partnerin {f}, Lebensgefährte {m}, Lebensgefährtin {f} |
| partner {n} (dancing partner) | :: Partner {m}, Partnerin {f} |
| partner {n} (either member of a pair in a card game or sports team (1.4)) | :: Partner {m}, Partnerin {f} |
| partnership {n} (state of being associated with a partner) | :: Partnerschaft {f} |
| partnership {n} (association of two or more people to conduct a business) | :: Personengesellschaft {f} |
| partocracy {n} (government by political parties) | :: Parteienherrschaft {f}, Parteienstaat {m} |
| part of speech {n} (the function a word or phrase performs) | :: Redeteil {m}, Sprachteil {m}, Wortart {f} |
| partook {v} (simple past of partake) | :: nahm teil |
| partridge {n} (any bird of the genera Perdix or Alectoris) | :: Rebhuhn {n} |
| partridgeberry {n} (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) SEE: lingonberry | :: |
| part-time {adj} (involving less than the normal time) | :: Teilzeit- |
| part-timer {n} (someone who is employed, or does something, part-time) | :: Teilzeitarbeiter {m}, Teilzeitarbeiterin {f}, Teilzeiter {m}, Teilzeiterin {f}, Teilzeitbeschäftigter {m}, Teilzeitbeschäftigte {f} |
| parturition {n} (act of giving birth) | :: Entbindung {f}, Geburt {f}, Geburtsvorgang {m}, Gebären {n}, Partus {m}, Parturitio {f} |
| part with {v} (let go of) | :: sich von etw./jdm. trennen |
| party {n} (law: particular side in a contract or legal action) | :: Partei {f} |
| party {n} (someone who takes part) | :: Partizipant {m}, Teilnehmer {m}, Teilnehmerin {f} |
| party {n} (group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc.) | :: Partei {f} |
| party {n} (social gathering) | :: Feier {f}, Fest {n}, Fete {f}, Party {f} |
| party {n} (group of people travelling or attending an event together) | :: Partie {f} |
| party {n} (online gaming: player characters organized into a single group) | :: Party {f} |
| party {n} (video games: group of characters controlled by the player) | :: Party {f} |
| party {n} (political group) SEE: political party | :: |
| party animal {n} (person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties) | :: Partylöwe {m}, [female] Partymaus {f}, [female] Tanzmaus {f}, Partyjunge {m}, Partymädchen {n}, Partygirl {n}, Partygänger {m}, Partygängerin {f} |
| party dress {n} (woman's elegant dress) | :: Partykleid {n} |
| party horn {n} (tube to create a sound) | :: Luftrüssel {m}, Luftrüssel-Tröte {f}, Blasrolle {f}, Rollpfeife {f}, Partytröte {f} |
| party leader {n} (person who leads a political party) | :: Parteichef {m} |
| party political {adj} (relating to party politics) | :: parteipolitisch |
| party politics {n} | :: Parteipolitik |
| party pooper {n} (one who dampens the fun of a group activity) SEE: spoilsport | :: |
| par value {n} (face value) SEE: face value | :: |
| parvenu {n} (a person who has risen, climbed up, or has been promoted to a higher social class) | :: Emporkömmling {m}, Parvenü {m} |
| parvenu {adj} (being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu) | :: parvenühaft |
| pas {n} (step) | :: Schritt {m} |
| Pascal {prop} (male given name) | :: Pascal |
| paschal candle {n} (a large white candle used at Easter) | :: Osterkerze {f} |
| Paschal Lamb {n} (the lamb eaten at Passover) | :: Passahlamm {n}, Passalamm {n}, Passah {n}, Passa {n}, Paschalamm {n} [pás-cha], Pessachlamm {n}, Pascha {n}, Pessach {n}, Osterlamm {n} |
| Paschal Lamb {n} (Jesus Christ symbolized as a sacrifice) | :: Passahlamm {n}, Passalamm {n}, Passah {n}, Passa {n}, Paschalamm {n} [pás-cha], Pessachlamm {n}, Pascha {n}, Pessach {n}, Osterlamm {n} |
| pasha {n} (title) | :: Pascha {m} |
| pashalik {n} | :: Paschalik {n} |
| Pashto {n} (official language of Afghanistan) | :: Paschtu {n}, Paschto {n}, Puschtu {n}, Paschtunisch {n} [rare], Afghanisch {n} |
| Pashtun {prop} (Pashto) SEE: Pashto | :: |
| Pashtun {adj} (of or relating to the Pashtuns) | :: paschtunisch |
| Pashtun {n} (Pashtun person) | :: Paschtune {m}, Paschtunin {f} |
| Pashtunistan {prop} (geographic region historically inhabited by the indigenous Pashtun people) | :: Paschtunistan {n}, Pakhtunistan {n}, Pathanistan {n} |
| Pashtunwali {prop} (Pashtun tribal code of conduct) | :: Paschtunwali {n} |
| pass {v} (move or be moved from one place to another) | :: reichen |
| pass {v} (happen) | :: passieren |
| pass {v} (elapse) | :: vergehen |
| pass {v} (go through any inspection or test successfully) | :: bestehen |
| pass {v} (go by, over, etc) | :: vorbeigehen |
| pass {v} | :: reichen |
| pass {n} (opening, road, or track, available for passing) | :: Pass {m} |
| pass {n} (permission or license to pass, or to go and come) | :: Passierschein {m} [license to pass], Dauerkarte {f} [theater, transportation], Zeitfahrkarte {f} [transportation], Zeitkarte {f} [transportation] |
| pass {n} (password) SEE: password | :: |
| passable {adj} (That may be passed or traversed) | :: passierbar |
| passable {adj} (Tolerable; satisfactory; adequate) | :: passabel |
| passacaglia {n} (historical Spanish dance) | :: Passacaglia {f} |
| passage {n} (section of text or music) | :: Passus {m} |
| passage {n} (part of a journey) | :: Passage {f} |
| passageway {n} (covered walkway) | :: Durchgang {m}, Korridor {m} |
| Passarge {prop} (river in eastern Europe) | :: Passarge |
| Passau {prop} (city) | :: Passau {n} |
| pass away {v} (to die (euphemistic)) | :: entschlafen, versterben |
| passbook {n} (booklet used to record bank transactions) | :: Sparbuch {n}, Bankbuch {n} |
| pass by {v} (go by) SEE: go by | :: |
| passed pawn {n} (pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns) | :: Freibauer {m} |
| passenger {n} (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) | :: Passagier {m}, Passagierin {f}, Fahrgast {m}, Fahrgästin {f} |
| passenger car {n} (A railroad car that carries passengers) | :: Personenwagen {m} |
| passenger car {n} (A road vehicle that carries passengers) | :: PKW {m} |
| passenger pigeon {n} (an extinct bird of the species Ectopistes migratorius) | :: Wandertaube {f} |
| passenger ship {n} (type of ship) | :: Passagierschiff {n}, Passagierdampfer {m} |
| passenger train {n} (type of train) | :: Personenzug {m} |
| passer {n} (sports) | :: Passer {m} Passgeber {m} |
| passer-by {n} (a person who is passing by) | :: Passant {m}, Passantin {f} |
| pass gas {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| passim {adv} (here and there) | :: passim |
| passing {adj} (that passes away; ephemeral) | :: vorübergehend, verrinnend (poetic) |
| passing {adj} (vague, cursory) | :: flüchtig |
| passing place {n} (place where vehicles can pass each other) | :: Ausweichstelle |
| passion {n} (any great emotion) | :: Leidenschaft {f}, Passion {f} |
| passion {n} (fervor, determination) | :: Leidenschaft {f}, Passion {f} |
| passion {n} (object of passionate love or strong interest) | :: Leidenschaft {f}, Passion {f} |
| passion {n} (suffering of Jesus) | :: Passion {f} |
| passion {n} (commemoration of the suffering of Jesus) | :: Passion {f} |
| passionate {adj} (fired with intense feeling) | :: leidenschaftlich |
| passionately {adv} (in a passionate manner) | :: leidenschaftlich |
| passionflower {n} (plant of the genus Passiflora) | :: Passionsblume {f} |
| passion fruit {n} (edible fruit) | :: Passionsfrucht {f}, Maracuja {f} |
| passion pit {n} (drive-in theatre) SEE: drive-in | :: |
| passion play {n} (play depicting the Passion of Christ) | :: Passionsspiel {n} |
| Passion Sunday {n} (fifth Sunday in Lent) | :: Passionssonntag, Karsonntag [archaic] |
| passivate {v} (to reduce the chemical reactivity of a surface) | :: passivieren |
| passivation {n} (formation of a corrosion-inhibiting film) | :: Passivierung {f} |
| passive {n} (passive voice) SEE: passive voice | :: |
| passive {adj} (not active, but acted upon) | :: passiv |
| passive {adj} (taking no action) | :: passiv |
| passive {adj} (grammar: being in the passive voice) | :: leidend, leidentlich, passiv, passivisch |
| passive {adj} (psychology: being inactive and receptive in a relationship) | :: unterwürfig |
| passive {n} (form of verb) | :: Passiv {n}, Passivum {n}, passives Verb {n}, passives Verbum {n} |
| passive-aggressive {adj} (passive resistance) | :: passiv-aggressiv |
| passiveness {n} (passivity) SEE: passivity | :: |
| passive smoking {n} (inhalation of smoke from somebody else's tobacco) | :: Passivrauchen {n} |
| passive voice {n} (grammatical term) | :: Leideform {f}, Leidform {f}, Leidensform {f}, Passiv {n}, Passivum {n}, Passivform {f} |
| passivity {n} (the state of being passive) | :: Passivität {f}, Passivzustand {m} |
| passivity {n} (submissiveness) | :: Unterwürfigkeit {f} |
| passivity {n} (a lack of initiative) | :: Passivität {f}, Passivhaltung {f} |
| pass on {v} (to convey or communicate) | :: weitergeben, übertragen |
| pass on {v} (To die) SEE: die | :: |
| pass out {v} (to faint) | :: ohnmächtig werden, aus den Latschen kippen |
| Passover {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Passah {n}, Passahfest {n}, Passa {n}, Passafest {n}, Pascha {n}, Paschafest {n}, Pessach {n} |
| passport {n} (official document) | :: Reisepass {m}, Pass {m} |
| pass the buck {v} (to transfer responsibility or blame from oneself) | :: die Verantwortung weiterreichen (an), die Verantwortung schieben (auf) |
| pass the time {v} (to occupy oneself) | :: sich die Zeit vertreiben |
| pass through {v} (to infiltrate) SEE: infiltrate | :: |
| pass wind {v} (break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| password {n} (word used to gain admittance) | :: Codewort {m}, Passwort {n}, Parole {f}, Kennwort {n} |
| password {n} (computing: string of characters known only to a user) | :: Passwort {n} |
| past {adj} (ago) SEE: ago | :: |
| past {n} (period of time that has already happened) | :: Vergangenheit {f} |
| past {n} ((grammar) past tense) | :: Vergangenheit {f}, Präteritum {n} |
| past {adj} (having already happened; in the past) | :: vergangen |
| past {prep} (beyond in place) | :: vorbei |
| pasta {n} (dough) | :: Nudeln {f-p}; [formal, specialist] Teigwaren {f-p}; [commercial sometimes] Pasta {f} |
| pasta {n} (dish or serving) | :: Nudeln {f-p}; Nudelgericht {n} |
| Pastafarianism {n} (a parody religion) | :: Pastafarianismus {m} |
| paste {n} (a soft mixture) | :: Paste {f} |
| paste {n} (soft mixture used in making pastry) | :: Teig {m} |
| paste {n} (soft mixture of pounded foods) | :: Paste {f}, Pastete {f} |
| paste {n} (an adhesive paste) | :: Kleister, Klebstoff {n}, Kitt {m} |
| paste {n} (lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof) | :: Strass {m} |
| paste {v} (to insert a piece of text) | :: einfügen |
| pasteboard {n} (card stock) | :: Pappkarton {m}, Karton {m} |
| pastern {n} (area on a horse's leg) | :: Fessel {f}, Köte {f} |
| pasteurisation {n} (treatment of perishable food) | :: Pasteurisierung {f} |
| pasteurise {v} (pasteurize) SEE: pasteurize | :: |
| pasteurize {v} (to heat food in order to kill harmful organisms) | :: pasteurisieren |
| pastiche {n} (work that imitates the work of a previous artist) | :: Pastiche {m} |
| pastiche {n} (musical medley) | :: Potpourri {n} |
| pastiera {n} (Neapolitan Easter tart) | :: Pastiera {f}, Pastiera Napoletana {f} |
| pastille {n} (soft flavoured candy) | :: Pastila {f}, Pastille {f} |
| pastille {n} (medicinal pill) | :: Pastille {f} |
| pastime {n} (that which amuses) | :: Zeitvertreib {m} |
| pastor {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd | :: |
| pastor {n} (a minister or priest) | :: Pastor {m} |
| pastor {n} | :: Pastor {m}, Pastorin {f}, Pfarrer {m}, Pfarrerin {f} |
| past participle {n} (past participle) | :: Mittelwort {n} der Vergangenheit, Partizip II {n}, 2. Partizip {n}, zweites Partizip {n}, Partizip Präteritum {n}, Partizip Perfekt {n}, Perfektpartizip {n} |
| past perfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
| pastrami {n} (seasoned smoked cut of beef) | :: Pastrami {m} |
| pastry {n} (food group) | :: Backwerk {n} (pastry and bread), Gebäck {n} (pastry and bread), Feingebäck {n} |
| pastry {n} (type of dough) | :: Gebäckteig {m} |
| pastry bag {n} (bag used to pipe cakes with icing) | :: Spritzbeutel {m}, Spritzsack {m}, Dressierbeutel {m}, Spritztüte {f} |
| pastry chef {n} (baker of pastry products) | :: Pâtissier {m}, Zuckerbäcker {m}, Stutenbäcker {m} [North Germany], Feinbäcker {m}, Süßwarenhersteller {m} [only an industrial one] |
| pastrymaker {n} (baker of pastry products) SEE: pastry chef | :: |
| past tense {n} (grammatical form) | :: Vergangenheit {f}, [preterite] Präteritum {n} |
| pasture {v} (graze) SEE: graze | :: |
| pasture {n} (land on which cattle can be kept for feeding) | :: Weide {f} |
| pasture {v} (to herd animals into a pasture) | :: weiden |
| pat {v} (to tap gently) | :: tätscheln, stippen |
| pat {v} | :: tätscheln |
| pataca {n} (monetary unit of Macau) | :: Macao-Pataca {m}, Pataca {f} |
| Patagonia {prop} (geographical region) | :: Patagonien {n} |
| patch {n} (figuratively: fit) SEE: fit | :: |
| patch {n} (paltry fellow) SEE: fool | :: |
| patch {n} (piece of cloth used to repair a garment) | :: Flicken {m}, Lappen {m} |
| patch {n} (computing: file describing changes made to source code) | :: Patch {m} |
| patch {v} (mend by sewing on cloth) | :: flicken |
| patch file {n} (patch) SEE: patch | :: |
| patchouli {n} (any of several East Indian plants) | :: Indisches Patschuli {n} |
| patchouli {n} (the oil or perfume made from these plants) | :: Indisches Patschuli {n} |
| patchwork quilt {n} (decorative quilt) | :: Patchworkdecke {f} |
| patchwork quilt {n} (disorganized structure) | :: Flickenteppich {m}, Sammelsurium {n} |
| patella {n} (kneecap) SEE: kneecap | :: |
| paten {n} (plate for the host during Eucharist) | :: Patene {f} |
| patent {n} (declaration issued by a government to an inventor) | :: Patent {n} |
| patent {v} (successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent) | :: patentieren, patentieren lassen |
| patent {n} (patent leather) SEE: patent leather | :: |
| patentable {adj} (Able to be protected by a patent; for which a patent can be granted) | :: patentierbar |
| patented {adj} (for which a patent has been granted) | :: patentiert |
| patentese {n} (legal jargon used in patents) | :: Patentchinesisch {n} [colloquial] |
| patent leather {n} (glossy leather) | :: Lackleder {n} |
| patent troll {n} (company, person, etc., that owns and enforces patents in an aggressive and opportunistic manner) | :: Patenttroll {m} |
| paterfamilias {n} (a man who is the head of a household) | :: Paterfamilias {m}, Familienvater {m} |
| paternal {adj} (of or pertaining to one's father) | :: väterlich |
| paternal aunt {n} (the sister of one's father) | :: Tante {f} väterlicherseits |
| paternal grandfather {n} (one's father's father) | :: Großvater väterlicherseits |
| paternal grandmother {n} (one's father's mother) | :: Großmutter väterlicherseits |
| paternal uncle {n} (brother of one's father) | :: Onkel {m}, [archaic] Oheim {m} |
| paternity {n} (fatherhood) SEE: fatherhood | :: |
| paternity test {n} (test) | :: Vaterschaftstest {m} |
| paternoster {n} (a rosary) SEE: rosary | :: |
| paternoster {n} (Lord's prayer) | :: Vaterunser {n}; Unservater {n}; Paternoster {n}; Gebet des Herrn {n}; Herrengebet {n} [roughly in order of currency] |
| paternoster {n} (slow, continuously moving lift) | :: Paternoster {m}, Paternosteraufzug {m}, Personen-Umlaufaufzug {m}, Beamtenbagger {m} |
| path {n} (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians) | :: Pfad {m} |
| path {n} (a course taken) | :: Weg {m} |
| path {n} (a metaphorical course) | :: Weg {m} |
| path {n} (a method or direction of proceeding) | :: Weg {m}, Pfad {m} |
| path {n} (computing: a specification for a location within a hierarchical or tree-like structure) | :: Pfad {m} |
| path {n} (graph theory: a sequence of vertices from one vertex to another) | :: Pfad {m} |
| path {n} (topology: a continuous map) | :: Weg {m} |
| path {n} | :: Pfad {m} |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion) | :: gefühlvoll, rührend, mitleiderregend, bemitleidenswert |
| pathetic {adj} (arousing scorn or contempt) | :: erbärmlich, jämmerlich, peinlich |
| Pathet Lao {prop} (political movement and party in Laos) | :: Pathet Lao |
| -pathic {suffix} | :: -pathisch |
| pathogen {n} (an organism or substance that causes disease) | :: Krankheitserreger {m} |
| pathogenesis {n} (pathogenesis) | :: Pathogenese {f} |
| pathogenic {adj} (able to cause disease) | :: pathogen |
| pathognomonic {adj} (Beyond any doubt diagnostic for a particular disease) | :: pathognomonisch |
| pathologic {adj} (pathological) SEE: pathological | :: |
| pathological {adj} (pertaining to pathology) | :: pathologisch, krankhaft |
| pathological {adj} (relating to or caused by a physical or mental disorder) | :: pathologisch, krankhaft |
| pathologist {n} (expert in pathology) | :: Pathologe {m} |
| pathology {n} (branch of medicine) | :: Pathologie |
| pathology {n} (abnormality) | :: Pathologie {f} |
| pathway {n} (footpath, path or track) | :: Bahn {f}, Pfad {m} |
| patience {n} (quality of being patient) | :: Geduld {f} |
| patience is a virtue {proverb} (it is better to be patient than impatient) | :: Geduld ist eine Tugend |
| patience of Job {n} (great amount of patience) | :: Engelsgeduld {f} [“angel’s patience”, i.e. loving, caring patience]; Lammsgeduld {f} [“lamb’s patience”, i.e. silent acceptance of hardships] |
| patient {adj} (not losing one's temper while waiting) | :: geduldig |
| patient {n} (someone who receives treatment from a doctor) | :: Patient {m} |
| patient {n} (linguistics) | :: Patiens {n} |
| patiently {adv} (in a patient manner) | :: geduldig |
| patient zero {n} (index case) SEE: index case | :: |
| patina {n} (colour or incrustation which age and wear give to objects) | :: Patina {f} |
| patinate {v} (coat with patina) | :: patinieren, künstlich altern, antikisieren, oxidieren, altern, auf alt machen |
| patinate {v} (to become coated with a patina) | :: anlaufen, patinieren, verbleichen, oxidieren |
| patine {v} (coat an object with a patina) | :: patinieren |
| patio {n} (a paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation) | :: Terrasse {f}, Veranda {f} |
| patio {n} (an inner courtyard typical of traditional Spanish houses) | :: Patio {m}, Innenhof {m} |
| patisserie {n} (pastry shop) | :: Konditorei {f} |
| patissier {n} (pastry chef) SEE: pastry chef | :: |
| Patras {prop} (city of Greece) | :: Patras |
| patriarch {n} (male leader) | :: Patriarch {m}, Erzvater {m} [biblical] |
| patriarchal {adj} (relating to patriarchy) | :: patriarchal, patriarchalisch, patriarchisch |
| patriarchy {n} (social system) | :: Patriarchat {m} {n} |
| Patricia {prop} (female given name) | :: Patricia, Patrizia |
| patrician {n} (member of Roman aristocracy) | :: Patrizier |
| patrician {n} (nobleman) | :: Patrizier |
| patriciate {n} (aristocracy or nobility) | :: Patriziat {n} |
| patricide {n} (murder of one's father) | :: Vatermord {m} |
| patricide {n} (murderer of own father) | :: Vatermörder {m}, Vatermörderin {f} |
| Patrick {prop} (given name) | :: Patrick |
| patrimonialism {n} (political system) | :: Patrimonialismus |
| patrimony {n} (inheritance from one's ancestor) | :: Patrimonium {n} |
| patriot {n} (person who loves, supports and defends their country) | :: Patriot {m}, Patriotin {f}, Vaterlandsfreund {m}, Vaterlandsfreundin {f}, Vaterlandsliebhaber {m}, Vaterlandsliebhaberin {f} |
| patriotic {adj} (inspired by patriotism) | :: patriotisch |
| patriotism {n} (love of one's own country) | :: Patriotismus {m} |
| Patripassian {n} (Patripassian) | :: Patripassianer {m}, Patripassianerin {f} |
| Patripassian {adj} (Patripassian) | :: patripassianisch |
| patristics {n} (patristics) | :: Patristik {f} |
| Patroclus {prop} (character in the Iliad) | :: Patroklos {m} |
| patrol {n} (going of the rounds) | :: Patrouille {f} |
| patrol {n} | :: Patrouille {f} |
| patrol boat {n} (small naval vessel designed for coast defence) | :: Patrouillenboot {n} |
| patrol car {n} (police car) | :: Streifenwagen {m} |
| patrological {adj} | :: patrologisch |
| patron {n} (supporter) | :: Schirmherr {m}, Patron {m} |
| patron {n} (regular customer) | :: Kunde {m}, Stammkunde {m} |
| patron {n} (wealthy individual who supports an artist etc.) | :: Mäzen {m} |
| patron {n} | :: Inhaber {m} |
| patronage {n} (the act of providing approval and support) | :: Schirmherrschaft {f}, Protektion {m}, Patronat {n} |
| patronage {n} (granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support) | :: Klüngel {m}, Klüngelwirtschaft {f} |
| patronising {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patronize {v} (to act as a patron of; to defend, protect, support) | :: fördern, beschirmen, beschützen, unterstützen |
| patronize {v} (to make oneself a customer of a business) | :: frequentieren, als Kunde regelmäßig besuchen |
| patronize {v} (to assume a tone of unjustified superiority) | :: bevormunden, gönnerhaft behandeln, herablassend behandeln |
| patronizing {adj} (offensively condescending) SEE: condescending | :: |
| patron saint {n} (saint from whom a specific group claims special protection or prayer) | :: Schutzheiliger {m}, Schutzheilige {f}, Schutzpatron {m}, Schutzpatronin {f} |
| patron saint {n} (exemplar) SEE: exemplar | :: |
| patronym {n} (linguistics: a patronymic name) | :: Patronym, Patronymikum |
| patronymic {adj} (patronymic (adjective)) | :: patronymisch |
| patronymic {n} (patronymic (noun)) | :: Vatername {m}, Vatersname {m}, Patronymikon {n}, Patronymikum {n}, Patronym {n} |
| patsy {n} (a person who is taken advantage of) | :: Sündenbock {m} |
| patter {n} (soft repeated sound) | :: Trippeln {n} |
| patter {n} (glib and rapid speech) | :: Geplapper |
| patter {v} (to speak glibly and rapidly) | :: plappern |
| pattern {n} (that from which a copy is made) | :: Muster {n}, Schablone {f}, Modell {n} |
| pattern {n} (motif or decoration) | :: Muster {n}, Struktur {f} |
| pattern {v} (apply a pattern) | :: strukturieren |
| pattern language {n} | :: Mustersprache {f} |
| paucal {n} (in grammar: a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten)) | :: Paucalis {m}, Paukal {m} |
| paucity {n} (fewness in number; a small number) | :: Mangel {m} |
| paucity {n} (smallness in size or amount) | :: Knappheit {f} |
| Paul {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Paulus |
| Paul {prop} (male given name) | :: Paul {m} |
| Paula {prop} (female given name) | :: Paula |
| pauldron {n} (plate armor that protects the shoulders) | :: Achsel {f} |
| Pauli exclusion principle {n} (a principle in quantum mechanics) | :: Pauli-Prinzip {n} |
| Pauline {prop} (female given name) | :: Pauline {f} |
| Pauline {adj} (of or relating to the Apostle Paul and his doctrines) | :: paulinisch |
| paunch {n} (first stomach of ruminant; rumen) | :: Pansen {m} |
| paunch {n} (large, protruding belly) | :: Wampe {f}, Plauze {f}, Wanst {m} |
| pauper {n} (one who is extremely poor) | :: Bettelknabe {m}, Armer {m} |
| pauper {n} (one living on or eligible for public charity) | :: Unterstützungsempfänger {m} |
| pauperism {n} (poverty) | :: Pauperismus {m} |
| pause {v} (to interrupt something) | :: pausieren, innehalten |
| pause {v} (halt playback temporarily) | :: pausieren |
| pause {n} (temporary stop or rest) | :: Pause {f} |
| pauseless {adj} (without a pause) | :: pausenlos |
| pave {v} ((British) to cover with paving stones) | :: mit Platten auslegen |
| pave {v} ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc) | :: pflastern, bepflastern |
| paved {adj} (covered in pavement) | :: asphaltiert |
| pavement {n} (footpath) | :: Bürgersteig {m}, Gehweg {m}, Gehsteig {m} |
| pavement {n} (surface of road) | :: Asphalt {m}, Pflaster {n} |
| pavement artist {n} (artist) | :: Straßenmaler {m}, Pflastermaler {m} |
| pave the way {v} (to make future development easier) | :: den Weg ebnen |
| pavilion {n} (ornate tent) | :: Pavillon {m} |
| pavilion {n} (light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place) | :: Pavillon {m} |
| pavilion {n} (structure erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc) | :: Pavillon {m} |
| pavilion {n} (cartiliginous part of the outer ear) SEE: pinna | :: |
| paving stone {n} (stone used for paving) | :: Pflasterstein {m} |
| paving tile {adj} (floor tile) SEE: floor tile | :: |
| Pavlovian {adj} (of or relating to the theories of Ivan Pavlov) | :: pawlowsch, Pawlow'sch |
| Pavo {prop} (constellation of the southern sky) | :: Pfau {m} |
| paw {n} (soft foot of an animal) | :: Pfote {f} |
| paw {v} (to touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way) | :: betatschen |
| paw {v} (to clumsily dig through something) | :: befummeln |
| pawa {n} (edible univalve mollusc) | :: Abalone |
| pawl {n} (pawl) | :: Sperrklinke {f}, Klaue {f}, Klinke {f} |
| pawn {n} (chess piece) | :: Bauer {m} |
| pawn {n} (someone who is being manipulated) | :: Schachfigur {f} |
| pawn {n} (instance of pawning something) | :: Verpfändung {f} |
| pawn {n} (item sold to a pawn shop) | :: Pfand {n} |
| pawn {n} ((rare) type of shop) | :: Pfandleiher {m} |
| pawn {v} (give as security for loan) | :: verpfänden |
| pawnbroker {n} (person who makes monetary loans at interest, taking personal property as security) | :: Pfandleiher {m}, Pfandleiherin {f} |
| pawnshop {n} (business premises of a pawnbroker) | :: Pfandhaus {n} |
| pawpaw {n} (fruit) | :: Papau, Asimina |
| pax {n} (passenger; passengers) | :: Pax |
| Pax Americana {prop} | :: Pax Americana |
| pay {v} (to give money in exchange for goods or services) | :: bezahlen, zahlen |
| pay {v} (to give (e.g. attention)) | :: schenken, gebühren |
| pay {v} (to be profitable) | :: sich lohnen |
| pay {n} (money given in return for work) | :: Gehalt {n} |
| payable {adj} (3. Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.) | :: rentabel |
| pay attention {v} (to be attentive) | :: beachten, achten, achtgeben, aufpassen, Aufmerksamkeit schenken |
| pay a visit {v} (to visit) | :: einen Besuch abstatten |
| pay back {v} (to repay) | :: zurückzahlen |
| pay back {v} (to exact revenge) | :: sich revanchieren, heimzahlen, sich rächen, vergelten |
| payback {n} (an act of revenge) | :: Rache {f}, Revanche {f} |
| pay day {n} (the day of the week/month etc. when wages are received) | :: Zahltag {m} |
| payday {n} (day on which an employee's salary is paid) | :: Zahltag {m} |
| payee {n} (One to whom money is paid) | :: Zahlungsempfänger {m} |
| payer {n} (one who pays) | :: Zahler {m}, Zahlerin {f} |
| pay for {v} (exchange for) | :: zahlen (für) |
| pay for {v} (held accountable for) | :: zahlen (für) |
| pay gap {n} (difference in salaries between one group and another) | :: Lohngefälle {n} |
| pay grade {n} (level indicating a base salary) | :: Gehaltsstufe {f}, Besoldungsgruppe {f} |
| payload {n} (That part of a cargo that produces revenue) | :: Nutzlast {f} |
| payload {n} (The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft) | :: Nutzlast {f} |
| payload {n} (That part of a rocket, missile or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance) | :: Nutzlast {f} |
| payment {n} (the act of paying) | :: Bezahlung {f} |
| payment {n} (a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services) | :: Zahlung {f} |
| payment order {n} (instruction to pay or cause a bank to pay an amount of money) | :: Zahlungsanweisung {f} |
| payment terminal {n} | :: Kartenlesegerät {n} |
| pay off {v} (to bribe, especially to deter oversight) | :: bestechen |
| pay off {v} (to become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit) | :: sich auszahlen, sich lohnen |
| pay off {v} (to pay back; to repay) | :: zurückzahlen, abzahlen |
| pay off {v} (to pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on) | :: auszahlen, abbezahlen |
| pay-off {n} (a payment) | :: Auszahlung {f} |
| pay-off {n} (a reward) | :: Ausgleichszahlung {f} |
| pay-off {n} (a bribe) | :: Schmiergeld {n}, Schmiergeldzahlung {f}, Bestechungsgeld {n} |
| pay one's last respects {v} | :: die letzte Ehre erweisen |
| payphone {n} (a public telephone) | :: Münztelefon {n}, Münzfernsprecher {m} |
| payroll {n} (list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each) | :: Gehaltsliste {f}, Lohnliste {f} |
| payroll {n} (total sum of money paid to employees) | :: Gehaltskosten {f}, Lohnkosten {f} |
| payroll {n} (calculation of salaries and wages, department that does this) | :: Gehaltsabrechnung {f}, Lohn- und Gehaltsabteilung {f} |
| paysheet {n} (document) SEE: payroll | :: |
| payslip {n} (document of employee's wage or salary) | :: Entgeltabrechnung {f}, Gehaltsabrechnung {f} |
| pay the bills {v} (provide enough income) | :: die Rechnungen bezahlen |
| pay TV {n} (subscription-based television services) | :: Pay-TV {n}, Bezahlfernsehen {n} |
| paywall {n} (a feature of a website that only allows access to paying subscribers) | :: Bezahlschranke {f}, Paywall {f} |
| P-complete {adj} (describing any problem in P to which there exists a polynomial time mapping from any other problem in P) | :: P-vollständig |
| Pécs {prop} (city in Hungary) | :: Pécs {n}, Fünfkirchen {n} |
| pea {n} (plant) | :: Erbse {f} |
| pea {n} (edible seed) | :: Erbse {f} |
| peace {n} (tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence) | :: Ruhe {f}, Frieden {m} |
| peace {n} (state of mind) | :: Ruhe {f}, Frieden {m} |
| peace {n} (harmony; lack of conflict in personal relations) | :: Frieden {m} |
| peace {n} (state of being free from war) | :: Frieden {m}, Friede {m}, Scheinfriede {m} [phoney, hollow] |
| peaceable {adj} (in favour of peace) | :: friedliebend |
| peace bond {n} (Court order forbidding one party to bother another) | :: Kontaktverbot {n} |
| peaceful {adj} (not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil) | :: friedlich |
| peaceful {adj} (inclined to peace; peaceable) | :: friedfertig |
| peaceful {adj} (motionless and calm; placid) | :: friedlich |
| peaceful {adj} | :: friedlich |
| peaceful coexistence {n} (mutual non-interference) | :: friedliche Koexistenz {f} |
| peacefully {adv} (in a peaceful manner) | :: friedlich |
| peacemaker {n} (someone who restores peace, especially by settling disputes) | :: Friedensstifter {m}, Friedensstifterin {f} |
| peace of mind {n} (absence of mental stress) | :: Seelenfrieden {m} |
| peace out {v} (to pass out) SEE: pass out | :: |
| peace pipe {n} (pipe) | :: Friedenspfeife {f}, Kalumet {n}, Calumet {n} |
| peace process {n} (negotiations) | :: Friedensprozess {m} |
| peacetime {n} (period of peace) | :: Friedenszeit {f} |
| peace treaty {n} (an agreement to end fighting or conflict) | :: Friedensvertrag {m}, Frieden {m} |
| peach {n} (tree) | :: Pfirsichbaum {m} |
| peach {n} (fruit) | :: Pfirsich {m} |
| peach blossom {n} (flower) | :: Pfirsichblüte {f} |
| peach blossom {n} (moth) | :: Roseneule {f} |
| peachfuzz {n} (soft, scanty beard of an adolescent male) | :: Pfirsichflaum {m} |
| peachfuzz {n} (fuzz on the skin of a peach) | :: Pfirsichflaum {m} |
| peachick {n} (peachick, young or baby peafowl) | :: [♂♀] Pfauküken {n}, [♂♀] Pfauenküken {n}, [♂♀] Pfaujunges {n}, [♂♀] Pfauenjunges {n} |
| peachtree {n} (peach) SEE: peach | :: |
| peachy {adj} (like a peach) | :: pfirsichähnlich, pfirsichartig, pfirsichhaft |
| peachy {adj} (very good) | :: schick, toll |
| peacock {n} (pheasant of one of the genera Pavo and Afropavo) | :: [♂♀] Pfau {m}, [♂] Pfauhahn {m} |
| peafowl {n} (pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo) | :: Pfau {m} |
| peahen {n} (female of peafowl) | :: Pfauhenne {f} |
| peak {n} (mountain top) | :: Gipfel {m} |
| peak {n} (point where a function attains a maximum) | :: Maximum {n} |
| peak hour {n} (rush hour) SEE: rush hour | :: |
| peal {n} (loud sound) | :: Dröhnen {n} |
| peanut {n} (a legume resembling a nut) | :: Erdnuss {f} |
| peanut butter {n} (spread made from ground peanuts) | :: Erdnussbutter {f}, Erdnusscreme {f}, Erdnussmus {n} |
| peanut milk {n} (milky liquid from peanuts) | :: Erdnussmilch {f} |
| peanuts {n} (insignificant amount of money) | :: für einen Apfel und ein Ei, Peanuts {f-p} |
| pear {n} (fruit) | :: Birne {f} |
| pear {n} (tree) | :: Birnbaum {m}, Birne {f} |
| pear {n} (wood of the pear tree) | :: Birnenholz {n}, Birnbaumholz {n}, Birnholz {n} |
| pear cider {n} (perry) SEE: perry | :: |
| pearl {n} (light-colored tern) SEE: tern | :: |
| pearl {n} (mother-of-pearl) SEE: mother-of-pearl | :: |
| pearl {n} (rounded shelly concretion produced by certain mollusks) | :: Perle {f} |
| pearl {n} (5-point type) | :: Perl |
| pearl {n} (fringe or border) SEE: fringe | :: |
| pearl barley {n} (barley with the husk and bran removed) | :: Graupen {f-p}, Perlgraupen {f-p} |
| pearl diver {n} (dishwasher) SEE: dishwasher | :: |
| Pearl Harbor {prop} (a harbor on Oahu) | :: Pearl Harbor {n} |
| pearl necklace {n} (necklace made of pearls) | :: Perlenkette {f} |
| pearl of wisdom {n} (succinct, insightful saying, piece of advice, or moral precept) | :: Perle der Weisheit {f} |
| pearlwort {n} (plant of genus Sagina) | :: Mastkraut {n} |
| pearly antshrike {n} (passerine bird) | :: Kurzschwanz-Ameisenwürger {m} |
| pearmain {n} (apple) | :: Parmäne {f} |
| pear-shaped {adj} (shaped like a pear) | :: birnenförmig |
| pear tree {n} (a tree of the genus Pyrus) | :: Birnbaum {m} |
| pearwood {n} (wood of the pear tree) | :: Birnenholz {n}, Birnbaumholz {n}, Birnholz {n} |
| peasant {n} (member of the agriculture low class) | :: (armer) Bauer {m}, (arme) Bäuerin {f}, (arme) Bauernschaft {f} [collective], Bauerntum {n} [class], Kleinbauer {m}, Kleinbäuerin {f} |
| peasant {n} (country person) | :: Landmann {m}, Landfrau {f}, Bauer {m}, Bäuerin {f}, Bauersfrau {f}, Bauernjunge {m}, Bauernbub {m} [Austrian, Swiss, South German], [♀] Bauernmädchen {n}, Dorfbewohner {m}, Dorfbewohnerin {f}, Dörfler {m}, Dörflerin {f} |
| peasant {n} (uncouth, crude, or ill-bred person) | :: Banause {m}, Banausin {f}, Bauer {m}, Bauernlümmel {m}, Prolet {m}, Proletin {f}, Plebejer {m}, Plebejerin {f} |
| peasant {n} | :: Bauer {m}, Landarbeiter {m}, Landmann {m} |
| peasantry {n} (impoverished rural farm workers) | :: Bauernschaft {f} |
| pea soup {n} (soup made from peas) | :: Erbsensuppe {f} |
| peat {n} (soil) | :: Torf {m} |
| peat bog {n} (bog composed of peat) | :: Torfmoor {n} |
| peatland {n} | :: Moor {n} |
| pebble {n} (stone) | :: Stein {m}, Steinchen {n}, Kiesel {m}, Kieselstein {m} |
| pebble-bed reactor {n} (form of nuclear reactor) | :: Kugelhaufenreaktor {m} |
| PEBCAK {n} (problem experienced with a user's computer that is due to user error) | :: Problem zwischen Stuhl und Tastatur |
| pebibyte {n} (250 bytes) | :: Pebibyte {n} |
| pecan {n} (tree) | :: Pekannussbaum {m} |
| pecan {n} (nut) | :: Pekannuss {f} |
| pecan pie {n} (pie made from corn syrup and pecans) | :: Pekannusskuchen |
| peccadillo {n} (petty offense) | :: Kavaliersdelikt {n} |
| peccary {n} (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos) | :: Nabelschwein, Pekari {m} |
| pechka {n} (Russian oven) SEE: Russian oven | :: |
| peck {v} (to strike or pierce with the beak or similar) | :: picken |
| peck {v} (to type key by key) | :: die Tastatur im Einfingersuchsystem bedienen, mit dem Adlersuchsystem schreiben |
| peck {v} (to kiss) | :: einen flüchtigen Kuss geben, flüchtig küssen |
| peck {n} (act of striking with a beak) | :: Schnabelhieb {m} |
| peck {n} (short kiss) | :: Küsschen, Bussi, flüchtiger Kuss {m} |
| peck {n} (one quarter of a bushel, eight quarts) | :: Viertelscheffel {m} |
| peck {n} (great deal; a large or excessive quantity) | :: Menge {f}, Haufen {m} |
| pecker {n} (slang for penis) SEE: dick | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| pecker {n} (slang for courage) SEE: courage | :: |
| pecker {n} (someone who or something that pecks) | :: Picker |
| peckerwood {n} (woodpecker) SEE: woodpecker | :: |
| peckerwood {n} (white, especially ignorant or rustic) SEE: redneck | :: |
| pecking order {n} (The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate) | :: Hackordnung {f} |
| peckish {adj} (mildly hungry) | :: hungrig |
| pectineus {n} (muscle) | :: Kammmuskel {m} |
| pectoral {adj} (of or pertaining to the breast or chest) | :: pektoral, Brust- |
| pectoral sandpiper {n} (Calidris melanotos) | :: Graubrust-Strandläufer {m}, Graubruststrandläufer {m} |
| pectus excavatum {n} (deformity) | :: Trichterbrust |
| peculiar {adj} (out of the ordinary) | :: merkwürdig, seltsam |
| peculiarity {n} (the quality or state of being peculiar) | :: Singularität {f}, Einzigartigkeit {f} |
| peculiarity {n} (that which is peculiar) | :: Besonderheit {f} |
| pecuniary {adj} (of or relating to money) | :: monetär, Geld- |
| ped {n} (pedestrian) SEE: pedestrian | :: |
| pedagogic {adj} (pedagogical) SEE: pedagogical | :: |
| pedagogical {adj} (of, or relating to pedagogy) | :: pädagogisch |
| pedagogue {n} (a teacher) | :: Pädagoge {m}, Pädagogin {f} |
| pedagogy {n} (profession of teaching) | :: Pädagogik {f} |
| pedal {n} (lever operated by one's foot) | :: Pedal {n} |
| pedal {v} (to operate a pedal) | :: pedalieren, in die Pedale treten |
| pedal {adj} (of or relating to the foot) | :: Fuß- |
| pedal car {n} (toy car with pedals) | :: Tretauto {n} |
| pedalo {n} (small boat propelled by pedals) | :: Tretboot {n}, [Switzerland] Pedalos {n} |
| pedant {n} (person overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning) | :: Pedant {m}, Pedantin {f} |
| pedantic {adj} | :: pedantisch |
| pedantical {adj} (pedantic) SEE: pedantic | :: |
| pedantry {n} (overly ambitious display of learning) | :: Pedanterie {f} |
| peddle {v} (to spread or cause to spread) | :: verbreiten |
| peddler {n} (itinerant seller of small goods) | :: Hausierer {m} |
| peddler {n} (drug dealer) SEE: drug dealer | :: |
| pederast {n} (practitioner of pederasty) | :: Päderast {m} |
| pederastic {adj} (relating or pertaining to pederasty) | :: päderastisch |
| pederasty {n} (pederasty) | :: Päderastie {f} |
| pederasty {n} (archaic: homosexual anal sex) SEE: sodomy | :: |
| pedestal {n} (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like) | :: Piedestal {n}, Sockel {m}, Postament {n}, Podest {n}, Stand {m}, Basis {f}, Ständer {m}, Gestell {n}, Untergestell {n}, Bock {m}, Auflagebock {m}, Auflager {n}, Trägergerüst {n}, Standfuß {m}, Stützbock {m} |
| pedestrian {adj} (of or intended for pedestrians) | :: Fußgänger-, fußgänger-, Fuß-, fuß-, Geh-, geh- |
| pedestrian {adj} (ordinary) | :: umständlich, nüchtern, schwunglos, prosaisch, erdgebunden |
| pedestrian {n} (somebody walking rather than using a vehicle) | :: Fußgänger {m}, Fußgängerin {f}, [Austrian] Fußgeher {m}, [Austrian] Fußgeherin {f}, Passant {m}, Passantin {f} |
| pedestrian crossing {n} (place for pedestrians to cross a street) | :: Fußgängerübergang {m} |
| pedestrian island {n} (refuge island) SEE: refuge island | :: |
| pedestrianization {n} (the restriction of access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: Umwandlung in eine Fußgängerzone {f}, Umwandlung zur Fußgängerzone {f} |
| pedestrianize {v} (restrict access to a street to pedestrians only) | :: in eine Fußgängerzone umwandeln, zur Fußgängerzone umwandeln |
| pedestrian refuge {n} (refuge island) SEE: refuge island | :: |
| pediatrician {n} (physician who specialises in pediatrics) | :: Kinderarzt {m}, Kinderärztin {f} |
| pediatrics {n} (branch of medicine) | :: Pädiatrie {f}, Kinderheilkunde {f} |
| pedicab {n} (vehicle) | :: Fahrradrikscha {f} |
| pedicel {n} (stalk of an individual flower) | :: Blütenstiel {m}, Blütenstängel {m} |
| pedicure {n} (superficial cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails) | :: Pediküre {f}, Fußpflege {f} |
| pedicurist {n} (pedicurist) | :: Fußpfleger {m} , Fußpflegerin {f} |
| pedigree {n} (chart of ancestors) | :: Ahnentafel {f} |
| pedigree collapse {n} (phenomenon in genealogy) | :: Ahnenschwund |
| pediment {n} (architectural element) | :: Giebeldreieck {n}, Giebelfeld {n}, Frontispiz {n}, Bekrönung {f}, Fronton {n}, Frontspieß {m}, Ziergiebel {m}, Giebel {m}, Pedimentfläche {f} |
| pedobaptism {n} (baptism of infants or young children) | :: Kleinkindstaufe {f}, Kleinkindtaufe {f}, Säuglingstaufe {f}, Kindertaufe {f} |
| pedodontist {n} (specialist in pediatric dentistry) | :: Kinderzahnarzt {m} |
| pedology {n} (soil science) | :: Pedologie {f} |
| pedology {n} (study of children's behaviour) | :: Pädologie {f} |
| pedometer {n} (device) | :: Schrittzähler {m} |
| pedophile {n} (an adult who is sexually attracted to children) | :: Pädophiler |
| pedophilia {n} (sexual feeling or desire by adults towards children) | :: Pädophilie {f} |
| pedophilic {adj} (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) | :: pädophil |
| pedosexual {adj} (constituting sexual activity between adults and children) | :: pädosexuell |
| pedosexual {n} (adult who is sexually active with children) | :: Pädosexueller {m}, Pädosexuelle {f} |
| pedosexuality {n} (sexual activity between an adult and a child) | :: Pädosexualität {f} |
| pee {n} | :: Pipi {n}, Pisse {f} |
| pee {v} | :: pinkeln, Pipi machen, pullern |
| peek {v} (To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep) | :: lugen, [colloquial] gucken, [colloquial] linsen |
| peek {v} (computing: To retrieve the value from a memory address) | :: im Speicher nachsehen |
| peekaboo {n} (game for small children) | :: Guck-guck-Spiel {n} |
| peek-a-boo bra {n} (A bra that is more revealing than usual) | :: nippelfreier BH |
| peel {v} (to remove skin) | :: schälen |
| peel {n} (skin of a fruit) | :: Schale {f} |
| peel {n} (spadelike implement for removing loaves from an oven) | :: Brotschieber {m}, Ofenschieber {m}, Ofenschaufel {f} |
| peeler {n} (kitchen utensil) | :: Kartoffelschäler {m} |
| peel off {v} (to separate) | :: abblättern |
| peen {n} (end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end) | :: Finne {f} [wedge-shaped], Kugel {f} [spherical] |
| peep {v} (to look) | :: lugen |
| peep {n} (look) | :: [heimlich] spähen |
| peep {n} (sandpiper) SEE: sandpiper | :: |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: urine) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| pee-pee {n} (childish: genitalia) SEE: wee-wee | :: |
| peephole {n} (hole) | :: Spion {m}, Türspion {m} |
| peeping tom {n} (person who secretly watches someone to gain sexual pleasure) | :: Voyeur {m}, Spanner {m} |
| peepshow {n} (sex show) | :: Peepshow {f} |
| peer {v} (to look with difficulty or as if searching) | :: spähen |
| peer {n} (someone or something of equal level) | :: [age mate] Gleichaltriger, Gleichaltrige {f}, Gleichaltrige {n}; Ebenbürtiger, Beaufsichtigender, Kollege {m}, Fachkollege {m}, Peer {m} |
| peer {n} (noble) | :: Adeliger {m}, Adelige {f}, Edelmann {m}, Edelfrau {f} |
| peerage {n} (peers as a group) | :: Adel {m} |
| peerage {n} (the rank or title of a peer) | :: Adelstitel {m} |
| peerless {adj} (without peer or equal) | :: unerreicht |
| peer pressure {n} (encouragement by one's peers) | :: Gruppenzwang {m} |
| peer review {n} (scholarly process) | :: Peer-Review, Kreuzgutachten {n} |
| peeve {n} (annoyance or grievance) | :: Ärgernis {n}, Kümmernis {n}, Ärger {m}, Missstand {m}, Mißstand {m}, Übelstand {m}, Kränkung {f}, Beschwernis {n} |
| peeve {v} (annoy; vex) | :: ärgern, verärgern, sich ärgern, reizen, nerven, fuchsen, quälen, bedrücken |
| peevish {adj} (constantly complaining) | :: quengelig, gereizt, verdrossen, verdrießlich, mürrisch |
| peg {n} (a cylindrical object) | :: Holzdübel {m}, Pflock {m} |
| peg {n} (a protrusion used to hang things on) | :: Wäscheklammer {f} |
| peg {n} ((cribbage)) | :: Stift {m} |
| peg {v} (To fasten using a peg) | :: klammern |
| peg {v} (To affix or pin) | :: anklammern |
| peg {v} (To throw) | :: werfen |
| peg {v} (To indicate or ascribe an attribute to) | :: schätzen |
| peg {v} ((cribbage) To move one's pegs to indicate points scored) | :: schätzen |
| pegasus {n} (winged horse) | :: Pegasus {m} |
| Pegasus {prop} (mythical winged horse) | :: Pegasos {m}, Pegasus {m} |
| Pegasus {prop} (constellation) | :: Pegasus {m} |
| Pei-ching {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| Peipus {prop} (lake in Estonia/Russia) | :: Peipussee |
| pejorative {adj} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory) | :: abschätzig, abwertend, herabsetzend, verschlechternd, verschlimmernd, pejorativ |
| pejorative {n} (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression) | :: Pejorativum {n} |
| pekan {n} (fisher) SEE: fisher | :: |
| Pekin duck {n} (breed of domestic duck) | :: Pekingente {f} |
| Peking {prop} (Beijing) SEE: Beijing | :: |
| Peking duck {n} (dish consisting of duck and pancake) | :: Pekingente {f} |
| Pekingese {n} (someone from Beijing) | :: Pekinger {m}, Pekingerin {f} |
| Pekingese {n} (dog) | :: Pekingese {m}, Pekingesin {f}, Pekinese {m}, Pekinesin {f}, Peking-Palasthund {m}, Peking-Palasthündin {f}, Pekingpalasthund {m}, Pekingpalasthündin {f} |
| Pekingese {adj} (of or related to Beijing) | :: Pekinger, Peking-, pekingisch, pekingesisch |
| Peking opera {n} (form of Chinese theatre) | :: Peking-Oper {f}, Pekingoper {f} |
| Peking willow {n} (Salix babylonica) SEE: weeping willow | :: |
| Pelagianism {n} (Christian belief) | :: Pelagianismus {m} |
| pelargonium {n} (flower of the genus Pelargonium) | :: Geranie {f}, Pelargonie {f} |
| Pelasgian {n} (inhabitant of pre-Hellenic and proto-hellenic Greece) | :: Pelasger |
| Pelasgian {adj} (pertaining to the Pelasgians) | :: pelasgisch |
| peled {n} (Coregonus peled) | :: Peledmaräne {f} |
| Peleus {prop} (surname) | :: Peleus |
| pelican {n} (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) | :: Pelikan {m} |
| pellagra {n} (disease) | :: Pellagra {f} |
| pellet {n} (Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls) | :: Gewölle |
| pelletize {v} (to form into pellets) | :: pelletieren |
| pelmeni {n} (Russian dumplings) | :: Pirogge {f}, Pelmeni {f-p} |
| Peloponnese {prop} (region of Greece) | :: Peloponnes {m} |
| peloton {n} (main group of riders in a cycling race) | :: Peloton {n}, Hauptfeld {n} |
| pelt {n} (skin of a beast with the hair on) | :: Pelz {m}, Balg {m} |
| pelt {n} (human skin, see also: skin) | :: Haut {f} |
| pelt {v} (to bombard) | :: einen Geschosshagel niedergehen lassen |
| pelt {v} (to throw) | :: bewerfen |
| pelt {v} (to rain heavily) | :: prasseln, niederprasseln |
| pelt {v} (to move rapidly) | :: rasen, düsen, sausen |
| Peltier effect {n} (thermodynamic effect) | :: Peltiereffekt {m} |
| pelvic diaphragm {n} (pelvic floor) SEE: pelvic floor | :: |
| pelvic fin {n} (either of a pair of fins) | :: Bauchflosse {f} |
| pelvic floor {n} (muscular partition) | :: Beckenboden {m} |
| pelvis {n} (bone) | :: Becken {n} |
| pemmican {n} (food mixture) | :: Pemmikan {m} |
| pen {n} (wing) SEE: wing | :: |
| pen {n} (enclosure (enclosed area) for animals) | :: Pferch {m}, Zwinger {m} |
| pen {n} (prison cell) | :: Karzer {m}, Zelle {f}, Arrestzelle {f} |
| pen {v} (to enclose) | :: einsperren, einpferchen |
| pen {n} (writing tool) | :: Kugelschreiber {m} [ballpoint pen], Stift {m}, Federhalter {m}, Füllhalter {m} [fountain pen], Feder {f} |
| pen {n} (writer, or his style) | :: Schreiber {m}, Schreibstil {m}, Feder {f} |
| pen {v} (to write) | :: niederschreiben, verfassen |
| pen {n} (female swan) | :: Schwanenweibchen {n}, weiblicher Schwan {m}, Schwänin {f} |
| pen {n} (light pen) SEE: light pen | :: |
| penal colony {n} (colonial territory) | :: Strafkolonie {f} |
| penalty {n} (legal sentence) | :: Strafe {f} |
| penalty {n} (punishment for violating rules of procedure) | :: Strafe {f} |
| penalty {n} (penalty kick) SEE: penalty kick | :: |
| penalty area {n} (area on a soccer pitch) | :: Strafraum {m} |
| penalty box {n} (penalty area) SEE: penalty area | :: |
| penalty corner {n} (penalty) | :: Strafecke {f} |
| penalty kick {n} ((soccer) a form of direct free kick) | :: Strafstoß {m}, Elfmeter {m} |
| penalty mark {n} (spot from where penalty kicks are taken) | :: Elfmeterpunkt {m} |
| penalty shootout {n} (a series of penalty kicks) | :: Elfmeterschießen {n} (soccer), Penaltyschiessen {n} [Switzerland] |
| penalty spot {n} (spot from where penalty kicks are taken) | :: Elfmeterpunkt {m} |
| penance {n} (voluntary self-imposed punishment) | :: Buße {f}, Bußleistung {f}, Bußübung {f}, Bußwerk {n}, Bußverfahren {n}, Sühnung {f}, Selbstkasteiung {f}, Pönitenz {f} |
| penance {n} (sacrament in some churches) | :: Bußsakrament {n} |
| penchant {n} (taste, liking, or inclination (for)) | :: Vorliebe {f}, Hang {m}, Neigung {f} |
| pencil {n} (graphite writing-instrument) | :: (non-colored) Bleistift {m}, (colored) Buntstift {m} |
| pencil {n} (slate writing-instrument) | :: Griffel {m}, Tafelstift {m} |
| pencil box {n} (container for stationery) SEE: pencil case | :: |
| pencil case {n} (object purposed to contain stationery) | :: Mäppchen {n}, Federmäppchen {n}, Federkasten {m}, Griffelschachtel {f}, Federpennal {n}, Schlampermäppchen {n} |
| pencil crayon {n} (pencil crayon) SEE: colored pencil | :: |
| pencil holder {n} | :: Stifteköcher {m} |
| pencil pusher {n} (one who does office work) | :: Bleistiftstemmer (weightlifter with pencils), Sesselfurzer (chair farter), Bürohengst {m} (office stallion) |
| pencil sharpener {n} (device used to sharpen pencils) | :: Stiftspitzer {m}, [lead pencil] Bleistiftspitzer {m}, [slate pencil] Griffelspitzer {m}, Anspitzer {m} |
| pencil skirt {n} (very narrow skirt) | :: Bleistiftrock {m} |
| pendant {n} (a piece of jewellery hung from a chain worn around the neck) | :: Anhänger {m} |
| pendentive {n} (triangular section of vaulting) | :: Pendentif {n} |
| pending {adj} (awaiting a conclusion or a confirmation) | :: anstehend |
| pending {adj} (begun but not completed) | :: in Bearbeitung {f} |
| pending {adj} (about to happen; imminent or impending) | :: anhängig, schwebend |
| pen drive {n} (flash drive) SEE: flash drive | :: |
| penduline tit {n} (bird) | :: beutelmeisen |
| pendulum {n} (body suspended from a fixed support) | :: Pendel {n} |
| pendulum clock {n} (clock that uses a pendulum) | :: Pendeluhr |
| penetrable {adj} (capable of being penetrated) | :: durchlässig |
| penetrate {v} (enter into) | :: eindringen, penetrieren |
| penetrate {v} (insert the penis into an opening, such as a vagina) | :: penetrieren |
| penetration {n} (act of penetrating) | :: Penetration {f} |
| penfriend {n} (person with whom one exchanges letters) SEE: pen pal | :: |
| peng {n} (enormous bird of Chinese myth) SEE: roc | :: |
| penguin {n} (flightless sea bird) | :: Pinguin {m} |
| -penia {suffix} (deficiency) | :: -penie {f} |
| peniaphobia {n} (fear of poverty and/or poor people) | :: Peniaphobie {f} |
| penicillin {n} (penicillin) | :: Penicillin {n}, Penizillin {n} |
| penile {adj} (having to do with the penis) | :: penil |
| peninsula {n} (piece of land projecting into water) | :: Halbinsel {f} |
| penis {n} | :: Penis {m}, Glied {n}, Schwanz {m} [slang], männliches Glied {n}, Gerät {n}, Teil {n} |
| penis {n} (penis) SEE: member | :: |
| penis {n} (penis of an animal) SEE: pizzle | :: |
| penis envy {n} (unconscious desire) | :: Penisneid {m} |
| penis worm {n} (marine worm of the phylum Priapulida) | :: Priapswurm {m} |
| penitence {n} (condition of being penitent) | :: Reue {f}, Bußfertigkeit {f}, Buße {f} |
| penitent {adj} (Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life) | :: reumütig, reuig; bußfertig [religion] |
| penitent {n} (one who repents of sin) | :: Reumütiger {m}; Bußfertiger {m} [religion] |
| penitent {n} (one undergoing penance) | :: Büßer {m} |
| penitent {n} (one under the direction of a confessor) | :: Beichtkind {n} |
| penitente {n} (A tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes) | :: Büßerschnee {m}, Zackenfirn {m} |
| penitentiary {n} (prison) | :: Gefängnis {n} |
| penknife {n} (small pocketknife) | :: Taschenmesser {n} |
| penmanship {n} (art of good handwriting) | :: Schönschreiben, Schönschrift, gute Handschrift, Kalligrafie |
| pen name {n} (writer's pseudonym) | :: Schriftstellername {m}, Künstlername {m} |
| pennant {n} (flag on ship to represent special condition) | :: Wimpel {m}, Signalflagge {f} |
| penniless {adj} (utterly without money) | :: mittellos, ohne Geld, ohne einen Pfennig |
| pennon {n} (a thin triangular flag or streamer) | :: Wimpel {m} |
| Pennsylvania {prop} (US state) | :: Pennsylvanien, Pennsylvania |
| Pennsylvania Dutch {n} (language) | :: Pennsylvaniadeutsch {n}, Pennsilfaanisch {n} |
| Pennsylvania German {n} (person) SEE: Pennsylvania Dutch | :: |
| Pennsylvania German {n} (language) SEE: Pennsylvania Dutch | :: |
| Pennsylvania German {adj} (Pennsylvania Dutch) SEE: Pennsylvania Dutch | :: |
| Pennsylvanian {adj} (of or pertaining to Pennsylvania) | :: pennsylvanisch |
| penny {n} (1/100 of a pound sterling or British pound) | :: Penny {m} |
| penny {n} (one-cent coin in US and Canada) SEE: cent | :: |
| penny bun {n} (Boletus edulis) SEE: porcini | :: |
| penny farthing {n} (bicycle) | :: Hochrad {n} |
| penny pincher {n} (one who spends little money) | :: Pfennigfuchser {m} |
| pennyroyal {n} (Mentha pulegium) | :: Polei {m}, Poleiminze {f}, Polei-Minze {f}, Flohkraut {n} |
| penology {n} (study of punishment and prevention of crime) | :: Pönologie {f} |
| pen pal {n} (friend with whom one communicates using letters) | :: Brieffreund {m}, Brieffreundin {f} |
| pen-pusher {n} (person who performs routine office work) SEE: pencil pusher | :: |
| Penrose staircase {n} (Penrose stairs) SEE: Penrose stairs | :: |
| Penrose stairs {n} (endless staircase) | :: unmögliche Treppe {f} |
| Penrose steps {n} (Penrose stairs) SEE: Penrose stairs | :: |
| pension {n} (regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services) | :: Pension {f} [public service], Rente {f} |
| pension {n} (boarding house) | :: Pension {f} |
| pension {v} (to force to retire) | :: pensionieren (public service), in den Ruhestand versetzen |
| pensioner {n} (someone who lives on a pension) | :: Rentner {m}, Rentnerin {f}, Pensionär {m}, Pensionärin {f} |
| pensioner {n} (someone at typical age for a pensioner) SEE: senior citizen | :: |
| pension fund {n} (pool of assets) | :: Pensionsfonds {m} |
| pensive {adj} (having the appearance of thinking) | :: nachdenklich, gedankenvoll, gedankenverloren, in Gedanken versunken |
| pensive {adj} (looking thoughtful or sad) | :: nachdenklich, gedankenverloren |
| pentacarbon dioxide {n} (linear oxocarbon) | :: Pentakohlenstoffdioxid {n} |
| pentachloride {n} (pentachloride) | :: Pentachlorid {n} |
| pentagon {n} (a polygon with five sides and five angles) | :: Fünfeck {n}, Pentagon {n} |
| Pentagon {prop} (headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) | :: Pentagon {n} |
| pentagram {n} (shape of five-pointed star) | :: Pentagramm {n} |
| pentahedron {n} (solid geometric figure) | :: Pentaeder {n}, Fünfflächner {m} |
| pentalogy {n} (series of five related works of art) | :: Pentalogie {f} |
| pentameter {n} (line in a poem) | :: Fünfheber {m} |
| pentameter {n} (poetic metre) | :: Fünfheber {m} |
| pentane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C5H12) | :: Pentan {n} |
| pentarchic {adj} | :: pentarchisch |
| pentarchy {n} | :: Pentarchie {f} |
| Pentarchy {prop} (model of Church organization historically championed in the Eastern Orthodox Church) | :: Pentarchie {f} |
| pentasyllabic {adj} (having five syllables) | :: fünfsilbig |
| pentathlete {n} (An athlete who competes in the pentathlon) | :: Fünfkämpfer {m}, Fünfkämpferin {f} |
| pentavalent {adj} (having a valence of 5) | :: fünfwertig |
| Pentecost {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Schawuot, Wochenfest {n}, Erntefest {n} |
| Pentecost {prop} (Christian festival) | :: Pfingsten {n}, Pfingstfest {n}, Pfingsttag {m} |
| Pentecostalism {n} (Christian religious movement) | :: Pfingstbewegung {f} |
| Pentecost Monday {prop} (Whit Monday) SEE: Whit Monday | :: |
| penthouse {n} (an apartment or suite on the top floor of a tall building) | :: Penthouse {n} |
| Pentium {prop} (chip) | :: Pentium |
| pentol {n} (organic compound) | :: Pentol {n} |
| pent roof {n} | :: klebdach |
| pentroof {n} (pent roof) SEE: pent roof | :: |
| penult {n} (next-to-last syllable of a word) | :: Vorendsilbe, vorletzte Silbe |
| penultimate {adj} (next-to-last in a sequence) | :: vorletzte |
| penultimate {n} (something right before the last one) | :: vorletzt |
| penumbra {n} (partially shaded area around a shadow, especially an eclipse) | :: Halbschatten {m} |
| penumbra {n} (region around a sunspot) | :: Penumbra {f} |
| Penza {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Pensa {n} |
| peon {n} (peasant or serf) | :: Peon {m} |
| peony {n} (Paeonia genus of flowering plants) | :: Pfingstrose {f}, Päonie {f} |
| people {n} (a body of human beings; a group of two or more persons) | :: Leute {p}, Menschen {m-p} |
| people {n} (a group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.) | :: Volk {n} |
| people {n} (a group of persons regarded as being employees etc.) | :: Leute {p}, Volk {n} |
| people {n} (a person's ancestors, relatives or family) | :: Familie {f}, Verwandten {p}, Angehörigen {p} |
| people {n} (the mass of community as distinguished from a special class) | :: Volk {n} |
| people {v} (to fill with people) | :: bevölkern |
| people {v} (to inhabit, to occupy) | :: bewohnen, besiedeln, bevölkern |
| People of the Book {n} (Non-Muslims who adhere to an Abrahamic religion) | :: Leute der Schrift {p} |
| people's {adj} (of, from, or controlled by the common people) | :: Volks- |
| people's army {n} (communist-based military organization) | :: Volksarmee {f} |
| People's Democratic Republic of Algeria {prop} (official name of Algeria) | :: Demokratische Volksrepublik Algerien {f} |
| People's Democratic Republic of Yemen {prop} (South Yemen) | :: Volksdemokratische Republik Jemen |
| People's Liberation Army {prop} (army branch) | :: Volksbefreiungsarmee {f}, Volksbefreiungsarmee {f} |
| people's republic {n} (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments) | :: Volksrepublik {f} |
| People's Republic of Bangladesh {prop} (People's Republic of Bangladesh) | :: Volksrepublik Bangladesch {f} |
| People's Republic of China {prop} (official name of China) | :: Volksrepublik China {f} |
| people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones {proverb} (one shouldn't criticize others for having the same fault) | :: wer im Glashaus sitzt, sollte nicht mit Steinen werfen [literal equivalent]; ein Esel schilt den andern Langohr (one donkey calls another long-ear); man sollte zuerst vor der eigenen Haustür fegen (one should sweep one’s own doorstep first); das sagt der Richtige (you’re the right one to say that!); du hast es nötig ([so you think] you’re the one who is in need [of starting this topic]!) |
| pepino melon {n} (Solanum muricatum) | :: Melonenbirne {f}, Birnenmelone {f}, Pepino {f}, Pepino-Strauch {m} [plant] |
| pepper {n} (plant) | :: Pfeffer {m}, Pfefferstrauch {m} |
| pepper {n} (spice) | :: Pfeffer {m} |
| pepper {n} (fruit of the capsicum) | :: (spicy) Chili, (mild) Paprika, Paprikaschote {f} |
| pepper {v} (add pepper to) | :: pfeffern |
| peppercorn {n} (the seeds of the plant Piper nigrum) | :: Pfefferkorn {n} |
| peppered {adj} (speckled) SEE: speckled | :: |
| pepper mill {n} (a small handheld grinder) | :: Pfeffermühle {f} |
| peppermint {n} (herb) | :: Pfefferminze {f} |
| peppermint {n} (confection) | :: Pfefferminzbonbon {n}, Pfefferminz {m} {n} |
| pepper shaker {n} (a small container designed to hold pepper and facilitate sprinkling it) | :: Pfefferstreuer {m} |
| pepper spray {n} (non-lethal riot-control agent) | :: Pfefferspray {n} |
| pepperwort {n} (plant in the genus Lepidium) | :: Kressen {p} |
| pepsin {n} (digestive enzyme) | :: Pepsin {n} |
| pep talk {n} (a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm) | :: Aufmunterung {f} |
| peptic ulcer {n} (ulcer) | :: Magengeschwür {n} |
| peptide {n} (class of organic compounds) | :: Peptid {n} |
| per {prep} (used in expressing ratios of units) | :: pro |
| per {prep} (via) | :: durch |
| per {prep} (in accordance with) | :: gemäß |
| perambulate {v} (roam, stroll) | :: durchreisen |
| perambulator {n} (pram) SEE: pram | :: |
| PE ratio {n} (price-earnings ratio) SEE: price-earnings ratio | :: |
| P-E ratio {n} (price-earnings ratio) SEE: price-earnings ratio | :: |
| per capita {adj} (per person) | :: Pro-Kopf- [compound] |
| per capita {adv} (per person) | :: pro Kopf |
| perceive {v} (to understand) | :: wahrnehmen |
| perceived temperature {n} (apparent temperature of the environment) | :: gefühlte Temperatur {f} |
| percent {n} (a part or other object per hundred) | :: vom Hundert, Prozent {n}, Perzent {n} |
| percentage {n} (part of a whole) | :: Prozentsatz {m} |
| percentage {n} (share of the profits) | :: prozentualer Anteil {m} |
| percentage point {n} (unit of the difference of two percentages) | :: Prozentpunkt {m} |
| percental {adj} (1. In terms of a percentage) | :: prozentual |
| percentile {n} (any of the ninety-nine points) | :: Perzentil {n} |
| perceptible {adj} (able to be perceived) | :: wahrnehmbar, spürbar, fühlbar |
| perception {n} (conscious understanding of something) | :: Wahrnehmung {f} |
| perception {n} (acuity) SEE: acuity | :: |
| perch {n} (fish of the genus Perca) | :: Barsch {m} |
| perch {n} (rod used by bird) | :: Hühnerstange {f} |
| perch {v} (to rest on a perch, to roost) | :: niederlassen, setzen, niedersetzen |
| perchlorate {n} (salt) | :: Perchlorat {n} |
| percolate {v} ((transitive) pass a liquid through a porous substance) | :: filtern, filtrieren |
| percolate {v} ((intransitive) drain through a porous substance) | :: versickern |
| percolate {v} ((intransitive) spread slowly or gradually) | :: durchsickern |
| percolate {v} | :: aufbrühen |
| percolate {n} (liquid that has been percolated) | :: Filtrat {n} |
| percolation {n} (seepage or filtration of a liquid) | :: Perkolation {f}, Versickerung {f}, Durchsickerung {f} |
| percussion {n} (music: section of percussion instruments) | :: Perkussion {f} |
| percussion instrument {n} (type of instrument) | :: Schlaginstrument {n} |
| percussionist {n} (musician) | :: Schlagzeuger {m}, Schlagzeugerin {f} |
| percutaneous {adj} (taking place through the skin) | :: perkutan, transdermal, transkutan |
| perdition {n} (eternal damnation) | :: ewige Verdammnis {f} |
| perdition {n} (hell) | :: Hölle {f} |
| peregrine falcon {n} (Falco peregrinus) | :: Wanderfalke {m} |
| peremptory {adj} ((law) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal) | :: unabweisbar, entschieden |
| perennial {adj} (lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time) | :: ganzjährig |
| perennial {adj} ((of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years) | :: mehrjährig |
| perennial {adj} (enduring; lasting; timeless) | :: dauerhaft |
| perennial {adj} (recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again) | :: wiederkehrend |
| perestroika {prop} (reform in the Soviet Union in 1980s) | :: Perestroika {f}, Umbau {m}, Umgestaltung {f} |
| perfect {adj} (fitting its definition precisely) | :: perfekt, vollkommen |
| perfect {adj} (without fault or mistake) | :: perfekt, vollkommen |
| perfect {v} (make perfect) | :: vollenden, perfektionieren, vervollkommnen |
| perfect field {n} (field such that every irreducible polynomial over it has distinct roots) | :: perfekte Körper {n}, vollkommene Körper {n} |
| perfect fifth {n} (interval between the first and second overtones or of seven semitones) | :: reine Quinte {f} |
| perfectibility {n} (the possibility of achieving perfection) | :: Vervollkommnungsfähigkeit {f}, Perfektibilität {f} |
| perfectible {adj} (able to be perfected; capable of perfection) | :: vervollkommnungsfähig |
| perfection {n} (being perfect) | :: Vollkommenheit {f}, Perfektion {f} |
| perfectionism {n} (a dislike for anything less than perfection) | :: Perfektionismus {m} |
| perfectionist {n} (person who does not settle for anything that is not perfect) | :: Perfektionist {m}, Perfektionistin {f} |
| perfectionist {adj} (inclined or related to perfectionism) | :: perfektionistisch |
| perfectionistic {adj} (perfectionist) SEE: perfectionist | :: |
| perfectitude {n} (perfection) SEE: perfection | :: |
| perfective {adj} (relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect) | :: perfektiv |
| perfective aspect {n} (grammatical term) | :: Perfektum {n} |
| perfectly {adv} (with perfection) | :: perfekt |
| perfectly {adv} (wholly, completely) | :: vollkommen, durchaus |
| perfect number {n} (a number that is the sum of all of its divisors except itself) | :: vollkommene Zahl {f}, perfekte Zahl {f}, ideale Zahl {f} |
| perfect pitch {n} (ability) | :: absolutes Gehör {n}, Tonhöhengedächtnis {n} |
| perfect storm {n} (situation) | :: Verkettung unglücklicher Umstände {f} |
| perfidious {adj} (pertaining to perfidy) | :: perfide |
| perfidiously {adv} (in a perfidious manner) | :: heimtückisch, treulos |
| perforate {adj} (perforated) SEE: perforated | :: |
| perforate {v} (to pierce or penetrate) | :: perforieren |
| perforated {adj} (having a series of holes) | :: perforiert |
| perforator {n} (hole punch) SEE: hole punch | :: |
| perform {v} (to do something) | :: durchführen (experiment), ausführen (task),, verrichten |
| perform {v} (to do something in front of an audience) | :: aufführen, spielen |
| perform {v} | :: leisten |
| performable {adj} (able to be performed) | :: ausführbar |
| performance {n} (the act of performing; carrying into execution or action; accomplishment) | :: Durchführung {f}, Leistung {f} |
| performance {n} (that which is performed or accomplished) | :: Leistung {f} |
| performance {n} (live show or concert) | :: Aufführung {f}, Auftritt {m} |
| performance {n} (amount of useful work accomplished) | :: Leistung {f}, Arbeitsleistung {f} |
| performance anxiety {n} (anxiety about performing in front of an audience) SEE: stage fright | :: |
| performance art {n} (a form of art) | :: Performance {f} |
| performance bond {n} (a contractor's bond) | :: Erfüllungsgarantie {f} |
| performance metric {n} (a measurement of performance) | :: Leistungsmessgröße {f}, Leistungsmaß {n}, Leistungskriterium {n}, Leistungsmetrik {f}, Performancemaß {n}, Performancemetrik {f} |
| performativity {n} | :: Performativität {f} |
| performer {n} (performer, see also: actor; singer; musician) | :: Interpret {m}, Interpretin {f} |
| performing arts {n} (arts involving performance) | :: Darstellende Kunst {f} |
| perfume {n} (pleasant smell) | :: Duft {m} |
| perfume {n} (substance providing a pleasant smell) | :: Parfüm {n}, Duftstoff {m}, Parfum {n} |
| perfume {v} (to apply perfume to) | :: parfümieren |
| perfumed {adj} (scented) | :: parfümiert |
| perfumer {n} (person who makes or sells perfume) | :: Parfümeur {m} |
| perfumery {n} (shop selling perfumes) | :: Parfümerie {f} |
| perfunctory {adj} (performed out of routine, with little care) | :: flüchtig, maschinell |
| perfuse {v} (to permeate or suffuse) | :: durchströmen, perfundieren |
| Pergamum {prop} (an ancient Greek city) | :: Pergamon |
| pergola {n} (framework) | :: Pergola {f} |
| perhaps {adv} (indicating a lack of certainty) | :: vielleicht, wohl |
| peri {n} (sprite in Persian mythology) | :: Peri |
| pericarp {n} (outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary) | :: Perikarp {n} |
| perichoresis {n} (doctrine of the Trinity) | :: Perichorese {f} |
| periclase {n} (a mineral, cubic magnesium oxide) | :: Periklas {m} |
| Pericles {prop} (Greek politician) | :: Perikles {m} |
| pericope {n} (passage of religious Scripture) | :: Perikope {f} |
| pericycle {n} (cylinder of plant tissue) | :: Perizykel {m} |
| periegesis {n} (description of an area or territory) | :: Periegese {f}, Periegesis {f} |
| perigee {n} | :: Perigäum {n} |
| perigon {n} (round angle) SEE: round angle | :: |
| perihelion {n} (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the Sun) | :: Perihel {n} |
| peril {n} (a situation of serious danger) | :: Gefahr {f}, Risiko {n} |
| peril {n} (something that causes, contains, or presents danger) | :: Risiko {n} |
| peril {n} | :: Risiko {n} |
| perilous {adj} (dangerous, full of peril) | :: gefährlich, gefahrvoll |
| perimeter {n} (sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object) | :: Umfang {m} |
| perimeter {n} (length of such a boundary) | :: Umfang |
| perimeter {n} (outer limits of an area) | :: Umfang |
| perineum {n} (anatomical term) | :: Perineum {n}, Damm {m} |
| period {n} (a length of time) | :: Zeitraum {m}, Periode {f} |
| period {n} (history: period of time seen as coherent entity) | :: Epoche {f}, Zeitraum {m}, Periode {f} |
| period {n} (punctation mark “.”) | :: Punkt {m} |
| period {n} (division of school day) | :: Stunde {f} |
| period {n} (geology: subdivision of an era) | :: System {n} |
| period {interj} (and nothing else) | :: Punkt |
| period {n} (menstruation) SEE: menstruation | :: |
| periodic {adj} (having repeated cycles) | :: periodisch |
| periodical {n} (publication that appears at fixed intervals) | :: Periodikum {n} |
| periodically {adv} (intermittently) SEE: intermittently | :: |
| periodically {adv} (in a regular, periodic manner) | :: zeitweise |
| periodicity {n} (property of being periodic) | :: Periodizität {f} |
| periodic table {n} (tabular chart of the chemical elements) | :: Periodensystem (der Elemente) {n} |
| periodontics {n} (study) | :: Parodontologie {f} |
| periodontitis {n} (disease of periodontium) | :: Parodontitis {f} |
| Perioikoi {n} (ancient inhabitant of Laconia) | :: Periöken {m-p} |
| perioperative {adj} (relating to operation) | :: perioperativ |
| periosteum {n} (membrane surrounding a bone) | :: Knochenhaut {f}, Periost {n} |
| peripatetic {n} (Aristotelian) SEE: Aristotelian | :: |
| peripeteia {n} (a reversal of fortune; a sudden change in circumstances) | :: Peripetie {f} |
| peripheral {adj} (on the periphery or boundary) | :: umliegend |
| peripheral {n} (computing device) SEE: peripheral device | :: |
| peripheral device {n} (device that is outside the computer's system unit) | :: Peripheriegerät {n} |
| peripheral vision {n} | :: peripheres Sehen {n}, peripherale Sicht {f}, periphere Sicht {f} |
| periphery {n} (outside boundary, parts or surface) | :: Peripherie {f} |
| periphyton {n} | :: Periphyton |
| periscope {n} (viewing device) | :: Periskop {n} |
| perish {v} (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing) | :: verderben, schlecht werden (food) |
| perish {v} (to die, to pass away, see also: die) | :: umkommen, ums Leben kommen, verenden(animals), verderben [archaic] |
| perishable {n} (that which perishes) | :: Vergängliches {n} |
| perishable {n} (food that does not keep) | :: Verderbliches {n}, Leichtverderbliches {n} |
| perishable {adj} (liable to perish) | :: verderblich, leichtverderblich (especially food), vergänglich, kurzlebig, begrenzt haltbar |
| perispomenon {n} (word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable) | :: Perispomenon {n} |
| peristalsis {n} (rhythmic contraction of the digestive tract) | :: Peristaltik {f} |
| peritoneum {n} (serous membrane in mammals) | :: Peritoneum {n}, Bauchfell {n} |
| peritonitis {n} (inflammation of the peritoneum) | :: Bauchfellentzündung {f}, Peritonitis {f} |
| periwinkle {n} (plant) | :: Immergrün {n} |
| periwinkle {n} (mollusc) | :: Uferschnecke {f} |
| perjurer {n} (Someone who has lied under oath) | :: Meineidige {m} {f} |
| perjury {n} (deliberate giving of false or misleading testimony under oath) | :: Meineid {m} |
| perk {n} (perquisite) | :: Vorteil {m}, Privileg {n}, Vergünstigung {f}, Extra {n}, Dreingabe {f} |
| perky {adj} (lively or enthusiastic) | :: enthusiastisch |
| perlèche {n} (angular cheilitis) | :: Mundwinkelrhagade {f} |
| perlocution {n} (effect of utterance) | :: Perlokution {f} |
| perlustration {n} (thorough examination of a document or of correspondence) | :: Perlustration {f} |
| Perm {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Perm {n} |
| permaculture {n} (agriculture that renews natural resources and enriches local ecosystems) | :: Permakultur {f} |
| permafrost {n} (permanently frozen ground) | :: Permafrostboden {n} |
| permanence {n} (the state of being permanent) | :: Permanenz {f}, Dauerhaftigkeit {f} |
| permanent {adj} (without end) | :: permanent, ständig, beständig, unbefristet, dauerhaft |
| permanent {adj} (lasting for an indefinitely long time) | :: ständig, permanent |
| permanent {n} (hair treatment) | :: Dauerwelle {f} |
| permanent {n} (sum over all permutations) | :: Permanente {f} |
| permanent marker {n} (felt-tip pen used to create permanent water-resistant writing) | :: Permanentmarker {m}, Permanentschreiber {m}, Markierstift {m} |
| permanent wave {n} (series of waves in the hair) SEE: permanent | :: |
| permanganate {n} (salt of permanganic acid) | :: Permanganat {n} |
| permeate {v} (to pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement) | :: durchsickern |
| permeate {v} (to enter and spread through; to pervade) | :: durchdringen, sich verbreiten |
| permille {n} (per thousand) | :: Promille {n} |
| permissible {adj} (that is permitted) | :: zulässig |
| permission {n} (authorisation) | :: Erlaubnis {f}, Gestattung {f}, Genehmigung {f} |
| permit {v} (allow (something) to happen) | :: erlauben, genehmigen, zulassen |
| permit {n} (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal) | :: Genehmigung {f}, Erlaubnis {f} |
| permittivity {n} (property of a dielectric medium) | :: Permittivität {f} |
| permutate {v} (carry out a permutation upon) | :: kombinieren |
| permutation {n} (ordering of a set of distinct elements) | :: Permutation {f} |
| pernicious {adj} (causing much harm) | :: schädlich, bösartig, verderblich, [medicine] perniziös |
| pernicious {adj} (causing death or injury) | :: [medicine] perniziös, tödlich |
| pernickety {adj} (paying undue attention to minor details) | :: kleinlich, pingelig, etepetete, penibel, zimperlich, eigen, übergenau, heikel |
| pernoctation {n} (an overnight stay) | :: Übernachtung {f} |
| peroral {adj} (by way of the mouth) | :: peroral |
| peroration {n} (conclusion of a discourse) | :: Zusammenfassung {f}, Redeschluss {m} |
| perovskite {n} (a mineral, calcium titanate) | :: Perowskit {m} |
| peroxide {n} (chemical compound with two oxygen atoms) | :: Peroxid {n} |
| peroxide {n} (hydrogen peroxide) SEE: hydrogen peroxide | :: |
| peroxodiphosphoric acid {n} (oxidizing agent H4P2O8) | :: Peroxodiphosphorsäure {f} |
| peroxophosphoric acid {n} | :: Peroxophosphorsäure {f} |
| peroxymolybdate {n} | :: Peroxomolybdat {n} |
| per pale {adv} (heraldry: perpendicularly to the horizontal plane) | :: gespalten |
| perpendicular {adj} (at or forming a right angle to) | :: rechtwinklig; lotrecht, senkrecht, perpendikular, perpendikulär |
| perpendicular {n} (line or plane) | :: Lotrechte {f}, Senkrechte {f} |
| perpendicular {n} (device) | :: Bleilot {n}, Senkblei {n} |
| perpetrate {v} (to be guilty of, or responsible for; to commit) | :: begehen, verüben |
| perpetration {n} (act of perpetrating) | :: Täterschaft {f} |
| perpetration {n} (something that is perpetrated) | :: Vergehen {n} |
| perpetrator {n} (one who perpetrates) | :: Täter {m}, Täterin {f}, Schuldiger {m}, Schuldige {f} |
| perpetual {adj} | :: ewig, fortwährend |
| perpetual motion machine {n} (hypothetical device) | :: Perpetuum mobile {n} |
| perpetuate {v} (to make perpetual) | :: verewigen |
| perplex {v} (To cause to feel baffled) | :: verwirren |
| perplexed {adj} (confused or puzzled) | :: perplex, verdutzt |
| perplexed {adj} (bewildered) | :: verblüfft |
| perplexity {n} (Quality of being confused or puzzled) | :: Perplexität {f} |
| perquisite {n} (benefit beyond salary) | :: Vergünstigung {f}, Extra {n}, Zusatzleistung {f} |
| perquisite {n} (gratuity) | :: Vergütung {f} |
| perquisite {n} (privilege) | :: Vorrecht {n}, Privileg {n} |
| perry {n} (Beverage from pears) | :: Birnenmost {m}, Birnenwein {m} |
| per se {adv} (by itself) | :: per se, an sich, als solches |
| per se {adv} (as such; as one would expect from the name) | :: entsprechend seinem Namen, bezeichnungsgemäß, als solches |
| persecute {v} (to pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict) | :: verfolgen, schikanieren, bedrängen, peinigen |
| persecute {v} (to harass with importunity) | :: plagen, belästigen, drangsalieren, haschen |
| persecution {n} (the act of persecuting) | :: Verfolgung {f}, Schikane {f}, Drangsalierung {f}, Plage {f}, Belästigung {f} |
| persecution {n} (a program or campaign to subjugate or eliminate a specific group of people) | :: Verfolgung {f} |
| Persephone {prop} (Greek goddess) | :: Persephone |
| Perseus {prop} (mythical Greek warrior) | :: Perseus {m} |
| Perseus {prop} (constellation) | :: Perseus {m} |
| perseverance {n} (persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence) | :: Beharrlichkeit {f}, Ausdauer {f}, Durchhaltevermögen {n} |
| perseverant {adj} (enduring) | :: beharrlich |
| persevere {v} (persist steadfastly) | :: ausdauern, ausharren, beharren, durchhalten, standhaft bleiben, nicht aufgeben |
| persevering {adj} (tending to persevere) | :: beharrend, beharrlich, ausdauernd, ausharrend, durchhaltend, standhaft |
| Persia {prop} (Iran) SEE: Iran | :: |
| Persia {prop} (region of ancient Iran) | :: Persien {n} |
| Persian {n} (the Persian language) | :: Persisch {n} |
| Persian {n} (person from Persia) | :: Perser {m}, Perserin {f} |
| Persian {n} (Persian cat) | :: Perserkatze {f} |
| Persian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Persia) | :: persisch |
| Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian people) | :: persisch |
| Persian {adj} (of or pertaining to the Persian language) | :: persisch |
| Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Achaemenid dynasty) | :: Persisches Reich {n} |
| Persian Empire {prop} (empire ruled by the Sassanid dynasty) | :: Perserreich {n} |
| Persian Gulf {prop} (gulf between Iran and the Arabian peninsula) | :: Persischer Golf {m} |
| persiflage {n} (good-natured banter; raillery) | :: Persiflage {f} |
| persimmon {n} (fruit) | :: Persimone {f}, Kaki {m} {f} |
| persimmon {n} (tree) | :: Persimonenbaum {m} |
| persipan {n} (marzipan-like substance made from peach or apricot pits) | :: Persipan |
| Persis {prop} (region of ancient Iran) | :: Persis {f} |
| persist {v} (continue to exist) | :: beharren |
| persistence {n} (property of being persistent) | :: Ausdauer {f}, Bestand {m}, Beständigkeit {f} |
| persistence hunting {n} | :: Hetzjagd {f} |
| persistency {n} (state or characteristic of being persistent) | :: Ausdauer {f}, Beharrlichkeit {f}, Hartnäckigkeit {f} |
| persistent {adj} (refusing to give up) | :: ausdauernd, hartnäckig, beharrlich |
| persistent {adj} (indefinitely continuous) | :: ständig, anhaltend |
| person {n} (individual) | :: Person {f}, Mensch {m} |
| person {n} (specifically a human being, see also: human; human being; man) | :: Person |
| person {n} (the physical body seen as distinct from the mind) | :: Körper {m} |
| person {n} (grammar: linguistic category) | :: Person {f} |
| persona {n} (the appearance one presents to the world) | :: Persona {f} |
| personable {adj} (having pleasing appearance or manner) | :: freundlich, sympathisch, von angenehmer Erscheinung, ansehnlich |
| personage {n} (a famous or important person) | :: Persönlichkeit {f} |
| personal {adj} (of or pertaining to a particular person) | :: persönlich |
| personal {adj} (grammar: denoting person) | :: Personal- |
| personal computer {n} (small computer for use by one person at a time, see also: PC) | :: Personalcomputer {m} |
| personal data {n} | :: personenbezogene Daten {n-p} |
| personal digital assistant {n} (hand-held electronic organizer) | :: Personal Digital Assistant {m} |
| personal hygiene {n} (personal hygiene) | :: Körperpflege {f}, Personalhygiene {f} |
| personal identification number {n} (number used to confirm identity) SEE: PIN | :: |
| personality {n} (set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people) | :: Persönlichkeit {f} |
| personality {n} (celebrity) | :: Persönlichkeit {f} |
| personality disorder {n} (class of mental disorders) | :: Persönlichkeitsstörung {f} |
| personalization {n} (act of personalizing) | :: Personalisierung {f} |
| personalize {v} (adapt to an individual) | :: personalisieren |
| personal lubricant {n} (lubricant used during human sexual activity) | :: Gleitmittel {n}, Gleitgel {n}, Gleitcreme {f} |
| personally {adv} (in person) | :: persönlich, personaliter |
| personally {adv} (concerning oneself) | :: persönlich, personaliter |
| personal name {n} (personal name) | :: Eigenname {m} |
| personal pronoun {n} (part of speech) | :: Personalpronomen {n} |
| personal property {n} (any property that is movable) | :: bewegliche Sache {f}, Fahrnis {f} |
| persona non grata {n} (a person who is not welcome) | :: Persona non grata {f} |
| personification {n} (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea) | :: Personifizierung {f} |
| personification {n} (literary device) | :: Personbildung {f}, Personendichtung {f}, Personifikation {f}, Prosopopöie, Personifizierung {f} |
| personification {n} (artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human) | :: Personifizierung {f} |
| personify {v} (to be an example of) | :: personifizieren |
| personify {v} (to create a representation in the form of a character) | :: personifizieren |
| personnel {n} (employees, office staff) | :: Personal {n} |
| perspective {n} (view, vista or outlook) | :: Aussicht {f} |
| perspective {n} (appearance of depth in objects) | :: Perspektive {f} |
| perspective {n} (technique of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface) | :: Perspektive {f} |
| perspective {n} (choice of a single point of view) | :: Perspektive {f} |
| perspicacious {adj} (showing keen insight) | :: scharfsinnig |
| perspicacious {adj} | :: scharfsehend |
| perspicaciously {adv} (with sharp of sight) | :: scharfsinnig |
| perspicacity {n} (Acute discernment or understanding; insight) | :: Weitblick, Scharfsinn {m} |
| perspicacity {n} (The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly) | :: Auffassungsgabe {f}, Auffassungsvermögen {n}, Scharfsinn {m} |
| perspiration {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| perspiration {n} (process of perspiring) | :: Schwitzen {n} |
| perspire {v} (sweat) SEE: sweat | :: |
| persuade {v} (convince) | :: überreden, gewinnen, verführen, bestechen |
| persuasion {n} (the act of persuading) | :: Überredung {f} |
| persuasion {n} (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief) | :: Überzeugung {f} |
| persuasion {n} (one's power of persuading) | :: Überredungskunst {f} |
| persuasion {n} (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs) | :: Überzeugung {f} |
| persuasive {adj} (convincing) | :: überzeugend, Überredungs- |
| pert {adj} ((obsolete in English) open; evident; apert) | :: offen, unverhüllt |
| pert {adj} (lively; brisk; sprightly; smart) | :: flott, lebhaft, schwungvoll, munter |
| pert {adj} (indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent) | :: keck, frech |
| pertain {v} (to belong) | :: gehören, verbunden |
| pertain {v} (to relate, to refer) | :: betreffen, sich beziehen auf |
| Perth {prop} (city in Scotland) | :: Perth |
| Perth {prop} (city in Western Australia) | :: Perth {n} |
| pertinence {n} (the quality of being pertinent) | :: Maßgeblichkeit {f}, Erheblichkeit {f}, Bedeutsamkeit {f}, Wichtigkeit {f}, Relevanz {f} |
| pertinent {adj} (pertaining) | :: maßgeblich, wesentlich, bedeutend, relevant, in diesem Zusammenhang Bedeutung habend |
| perturbation {n} (agitation) | :: Störung {f} |
| perturbation theory {n} (mathematical technique) | :: Störungstheorie {f} |
| pertussis {n} (whooping cough) SEE: whooping cough | :: |
| Peru {prop} (country in South America) | :: Peru {n} |
| Perugia {prop} | :: Perugia |
| peruke {n} (wig) | :: Perücke {f} |
| peruse {v} (to examine or consider with care) | :: studieren, genau unter die Lupe nehmen |
| peruse {v} (to lazily skim read for main ideas) | :: durchlesen |
| peruse {v} (look over casually) | :: überfliegen |
| Peruvian {n} (person from Peru) | :: Peruaner {m}, Peruanerin {f} |
| Peruvian {adj} (pertaining to Peru) | :: peruanisch |
| Peruvian slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Südlicher Tropfenameisenwürger {m} |
| pervade {v} (to be in every part of) | :: durchziehen |
| pervasive {adj} (manifested throughout) | :: durchdringend |
| pervasiveness {n} (the state or quality of being present in all parts of a particular thing or place) | :: Verbreitung {f} |
| perversity {n} (the quality of being perverse) | :: Perversität {f} |
| perversity {n} (a perverse act) | :: Perversität {f} |
| pervert {n} (sexually perverted person) | :: Perversling {m} |
| pervy {adj} (like a sexual pervert) | :: pervers |
| Pesach {prop} (Passover) SEE: Passover | :: |
| Pescara {prop} (city) | :: Pescara |
| pescetarian {n} (a person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish) | :: Pescetarier {m}, Pescetarierin {f} |
| peseta {n} (currency) | :: Peseta {f} |
| Peshawar {prop} (capital of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan) | :: Peschawar {n} |
| pesher {n} (interpretive commentary on scripture) | :: Pescher {m} |
| Peshitta {prop} (the Syriac translation of the Bible) | :: Peschitta {f} |
| pesky {adj} (annoying, troublesome, irritating) | :: nervtötend, lästig, ärgerlich, nervig |
| peso {n} (currency) | :: Peso {m} |
| Pesquet's parrot {n} (parrot) | :: Borstenkopf {m} |
| pessimism {n} (general belief that bad things will happen) | :: Pessimismus {m} |
| pessimism {n} (doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds) | :: Pessimismus {m} |
| pessimist {n} (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome) | :: Pessimist {m}, Pessimistin {f} |
| pessimistic {adj} (marked by pessimism and little hopefulness) | :: pessimistisch |
| pessimistic {adj} (always expecting the worst) | :: pessimistisch |
| pessimistically {adv} (in a pessimistic manner) | :: pessimistisch, schwarzseherisch |
| pest {n} (annoying person) | :: Nervensäge {f}, Quälgeist {m} |
| pest control {n} (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) | :: Schädlingsbekämpfung {f} |
| pesticide {n} (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests) | :: Pestizid {n} |
| pestilence {n} (any highly contagious epidemic disease) | :: Pest {f}, Seuche {f} |
| pestle {n} (instrument used with a mortar to grind things) | :: Stößel {m}, Mörserkeule {f}, Stampfer {m} |
| pesto {n} (an Italian sauce especially for pasta) | :: Pesto {n} |
| pet {n} (an animal kept as a companion) | :: Haustier {n}, Heimtier {n}, Stubentier {n}, Lieblingstier {n} |
| pet {n} (one who is excessively loyal to a superior) | :: Liebling {n}, Pet {n}, |
| pet {v} (fondle (an animal)) | :: streicheln |
| pet {v} (fondle (another person) amorously) | :: streicheln |
| PET {n} (polyethylene terephthalate) SEE: polyethylene terephthalate | :: |
| petabyte {n} (1,000,000,000,000,000 bytes) | :: Petabyte {n} |
| petal {n} (one of the component parts of the corolla of a flower) | :: [normal] Blütenblatt {n}; [specialist usually] Kronblatt {n} |
| petard {n} (explosive device) | :: Petarde |
| petard {v} (to attack) | :: petardieren |
| petasus {n} (low-crowned hat worn by the Ancient Greeks and Romans) | :: Petasos |
| petaurid {n} (member of Petauridae) | :: Gleitbeutler {m} |
| petcock {n} (small valve, spout, or faucet operated by hand, usually used to release pressure or drain fluid) | :: Benzinhahn {m}, Ablaufhahn {m}, Ablasshahn {m}, Entlüftungshahn {m}, Entlüftungsventil {n}, Kühlerablasshahn {m}, Spülstutzen {m}, Entlastungsventil {n} |
| pet cone {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
| PETE {n} (polyethylene terephthalate) SEE: polyethylene terephthalate | :: |
| petechia {n} (a small spot, especially on an organ, caused by bleeding underneath the skin) | :: Petechien {p} |
| Peter {prop} (male given name) | :: Peter {m} |
| Peter {prop} (the Apostle) | :: Petrus |
| Peter {prop} (one of the epistles of Peter) | :: (Der 1./2. Brief des) Petrus, Petr, Peter |
| peterman {n} (safecracker) SEE: safecracker | :: |
| peter out {v} (to diminish) | :: schwinden, dahinschwinden |
| Petersburgian {n} (resident of Saint Petersburg) | :: Sankt Petersburger {m}, Sankt Petersburgerin {f}, Petersburger {m}, Petersburgerin {f} |
| Petey {prop} (diminutive of Peter) | :: Peterchen, Peterle |
| pet hate {n} (personal dislike) SEE: pet peeve | :: |
| petiole {n} (stalk of a leaf) | :: Blattstiel {m}, Stängel {m} |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen {n} (dog breed) | :: Kleiner Basset Griffon Vendeen |
| petition {n} (formal, written request made to an official person) | :: Petition {f}, Eingabe {f} |
| petition {n} (compilation of signatures) | :: Unterschriftensammlung {f} |
| petition {n} (legal: formal request for judicial action) | :: Petition {f} |
| pet lamp-shade {n} (Elizabethan collar) SEE: Elizabethan collar | :: |
| pet name {n} (name of endearment) | :: Kosename {m}, Lallname {m} |
| pet peeve {n} (something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike) | :: Hauptärgernis {n}, Lieblingsärgernis {n}, Lieblingsbeschwerde {f}, persönliche Abneigung {f}, persönlicher Aufreger {m}, privates Ding {n}, persönliches Ding {n} |
| Petra {prop} (female given name) | :: Petra {f} |
| Petrarchan {adj} (of or relating to Petrarch) | :: petrarkist |
| Petrarchan sonnet {n} (type of sonnet) | :: Petrarca-Sonett {n}, italienisches Sonett {n} |
| Petrarchism {n} (Petrarch's literary style) | :: Petrarkismus {m} |
| petrel {n} (Procellariiformes) | :: Sturmvogel {m} |
| petrichor {n} (distinctive scent which accompanies rain) | :: Petrichor {m} |
| Petri dish {n} (dish used to culture bacteria) | :: Petrischale {f} |
| petrifaction {n} (condition of being petrified) | :: Versteinerung {f} |
| petrification {n} (process of replacing the organic residues with insoluble salts) | :: Versteinerung {f}, Petrifikation {f} |
| petrified {v} (Extremely afraid.) | :: versteinert |
| petrify {v} (to harden organic matter) | :: versteinern |
| petrify {v} (to produce rigidity akin to stone) | :: versteinern |
| petrify {v} (to immobilize with fright) | :: erstarren |
| Petrine {adj} (Of or pertaining to people named Peter, particularly Saint Peter) | :: Petrinisch |
| Petri net {n} (mathematical representations of discrete distributed systems) | :: Petri-Netz {n} |
| petrochemical {adj} (of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them) | :: gesteinschemisch |
| petrochemistry {n} (the branch of chemistry that deals with petroleum) | :: Gesteinschemie {f} |
| petroglyph {n} (a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times) | :: Petroglyphe {f} |
| petrol {n} (gasoline) SEE: gasoline | :: |
| petroleum {n} (oil) SEE: oil | :: |
| petroleum ether {n} (petroleum fraction) | :: Petrolether {m} |
| petrology {n} (the study of rock) | :: Petrologie {f}, Gesteinskunde {f} |
| petrol pump {n} (device at a petrol station that dispenses petrol) SEE: gas pump | :: |
| petrol station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station | :: |
| petrol tank {n} (petrol tank) SEE: gas tank | :: |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petropawlowsk-Kamtschatski {n} |
| Petrovich {prop} (Russian patronymic) | :: Petrowitsch {m} |
| Petrozavodsk {prop} (city in Russia) | :: Petrosawodsk {n} |
| pet shop {n} (shop) | :: Zoofachgeschäft {n} |
| petticoat {n} (historical: ornamental skirt or underskirt) | :: Petticoat {m} |
| petticoat {n} (woman's undergarment worn under a skirt) | :: Unterrock {n}, Petticoat {m} |
| pettifogger {n} (Someone who quibbles) | :: Haarspalter {m} |
| pettifogger {n} (An unscrupulous lawyer) | :: Winkeladvokat {m} |
| petting {n} (kissing, stroking, etc., in a sexual manner) | :: Petting {n} |
| petting zoo {n} (type of zoo) | :: Streichelzoo {m} |
| petty {adj} (little, trifling, or inconsiderable, as a petty fault) | :: klein, gering, unbedeutend, unwichtig, geringfügig, klein |
| petty {adj} (small-minded) | :: kleinlich |
| petty {adj} (begrudging) | :: gehässig |
| petty bourgeoisie {n} (social class) | :: Kleinbürgertum {n} |
| petty cash {n} (small amount of cash kept by a business) | :: Portokasse {f} |
| petty crime {n} (minor crime collectively) | :: Kleinkriminalität {f} |
| petty officer {n} (non-commissioned officer) | :: Unteroffizier {m} |
| petty theft {n} (theft of property of low value) | :: Diebstahl {m}, kleiner Diebstahl {m} |
| petulance {n} (childish impatience or sulkiness) | :: Gereiztheit {f}, Launenhaftigkeit {f}, Launigkeit {f} |
| petulant {adj} (easily irritated or annoyed) | :: leicht reizbar, gereizt, nervös, launisch, launenhaft, verdrießlich, borstig, bockig, zickig |
| petunia {n} (flower) | :: Petunie {f} |
| pew {n} (long bench in a church) | :: Kirchenbank {f}, Bank {f} |
| pewter {n} (alloy of tin, copper and antimony) | :: Hartzinn {n} |
| pewterer {n} (manufacturer of pewterware) | :: Kannengießer {m} |
| pfennig {n} (a hundredth of a Deutsche Mark) | :: Pfennig {n} |
| phablet {n} (electronic handheld device) | :: Phablet {n}, Smartlet {n} |
| phagocytosis {n} | :: Phagocytose |
| Phaistos {prop} (ancient Minoan city in southern Crete) | :: Phaistos {n} |
| phalange {n} (phalanx) SEE: phalanx | :: |
| phalanx {n} (ancient Greek military unit) | :: Phalanx {f} |
| phalanx {n} (finger or toe bone) | :: Fingerglied {n}, [toe bone] Zehenglied {n} |
| phalarope {n} (wading bird in the family Scolopacidae) | :: Wassertreter {m} |
| phaleristics {n} (the study of orders, fraternity, and award items) | :: Phaleristik |
| phallic {adj} (having to do with the penis) SEE: penile | :: |
| phallic {adj} (having to do with the penis) | :: phallisch |
| phallocentrism {n} (Focus on the phallus or on a male point of view.) | :: Phallozentrismus |
| phallocracy {n} (government by men) | :: Phallokratie {f} |
| phallocrat {n} (phallocrat) | :: Phallokrat {m}, Phallokratin {f} |
| phallological {adj} (phallological) | :: phallologisch |
| phallologist {n} (phallologist) | :: Phallologe {m}, Phallologin {f} |
| phallology {n} (phallology) | :: Phallologie {f} |
| phallus {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| phallus {n} (the penis or its representation) | :: Phallus {m} |
| phaneromeric {adj} | :: phaneromer |
| Phanerozoic {adj} (relating to the Phanerozoic eon) | :: phanerozoisch |
| Phanerozoic {prop} (geologic eon) | :: Phanerozoikum {n} |
| phantasmagoria {n} (a dreamlike state) | :: Phantasmagorie {f} |
| phantasmophobia {n} (abnormal or irrational fear of ghosts and phantoms) | :: Phantasmophobie {f} |
| phantom {n} (something having no physical reality) | :: Phantom {n} |
| phantom limb {n} (false sensation) | :: Phantomglied {n} |
| phantom pain {n} (sensation of pain coming from a part of the body that has been amputated) | :: Phantomschmerz {m} |
| pharaoh {n} (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) | :: Pharao {m}, Pharaonin {f} |
| pharaonic {adj} (of or pertaining to a pharaoh) | :: pharaonisch |
| Pharisee {n} (member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc) | :: Pharisäer {m}, Pharisäerin {f} |
| pharmaceutical {adj} (of, or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists) | :: pharmazeutisch, [componds with] Arznei, Arzneimittel |
| pharmaceutics {n} (pharmacy) SEE: pharmacy | :: |
| pharmacist {n} (professional who dispenses prescription drugs) | :: Apotheker {m}, Apothekerin {f} |
| pharmacist {n} (one who studies pharmacy) | :: Pharmazeut {m}, Pharmazeutin {f} |
| pharmacologic {adj} (pharmacological) SEE: pharmacological | :: |
| pharmacological {adj} (of or having to do with pharmacology) | :: pharmakologisch |
| pharmacologist {n} (student of or one who is versed in pharmacology) | :: Pharmakologe {m}, Pharmakologin {f} |
| pharmacology {n} (science that studies the effects of chemical compounds on living animals) | :: Pharmakologie {f} |
| pharmacopoeia {n} (official book of medicines) | :: Arzneibuch |
| pharmacotherapy {n} (use of pharmaceuticals to treat disease) | :: Pharmakotherapie {f} |
| pharmacovigilance {n} (detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects of medicines) | :: Pharmakovigilanz {f} |
| pharmacy {n} (a place where prescription drugs are dispensed) | :: Apotheke {f}, Drogerie {f} |
| pharmacy {n} (science of medicinal substances) | :: Pharmazie {f} |
| Pharos {prop} (island) | :: Pharos, Pharus |
| Pharsalia {prop} (poem by Lucan) | :: Pharsalia {f} |
| pharyngeal {adj} (of or pertaining to the pharynx) | :: pharyngisch, pharyngal |
| pharyngeal {adj} (of pharyngeal sounds) | :: pharyngisch, pharyngal |
| pharyngealization {n} (act or process of pharyngealizing) | :: Pharyngalisierung {f} |
| pharyngealize {v} (to constrict the pharynx while articulating another sound) | :: pharyngalisieren |
| pharyngitis {n} (inflammation of the pharynx) | :: Rachenentzündung {f}, Pharyngitis {f} |
| pharynx {n} (part of alimentary canal) | :: Rachen {m}; Pharynx {m} |
| phase {n} (distinguishable part of a sequence) | :: Phase {f} |
| phase {n} (haplotype) SEE: haplotype | :: |
| phase diagram {n} (graph, with axes representing temperature and pressure, showing the equilibrium conditions for a given substance to be a solid, liquid or gas) | :: Phasendiagramm {n} |
| phase diagram {n} (similar diagram for a binary mixture of substances, with axes representing composition and temperature) | :: Phasendiagramm {n} |
| phase modulation {n} (form of modulation) | :: Phasenmodulation {f} |
| phase transition {n} (change in physical system) | :: Phasenübergang {f} |
| phase velocity {n} (propagation velocity of a pure sine wave) | :: Phasengeschwindigkeit {f} |
| phat {adj} (slang: excellent) | :: genial, super |
| pheasant {n} (bird of family Phasianidae, often hunted for food) | :: Fasan {m}, Fasanenhuhn {n}, |
| pheasant's eye {n} (flowering plant of the genus Adonis) | :: Adonisröschen {n} |
| phenol {n} (caustic compound derived from benzene) | :: Phenol {n} |
| phenol {n} (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring) | :: Phenol {n} |
| phenolphthalein {n} (pH indicator) | :: Phenolphthalein {n} |
| phenomenal {adj} (remarkable) | :: phänomenal |
| phenomenal {adj} | :: phänomenal, fabelhaft, sagenhaft, ausgezeichnet |
| phenomenological {adj} (of or relating to phenomenology) | :: phänomenologisch |
| phenomenology {n} (philosophy based on intuitive experience of phenomena) | :: Phänomenologie {f} |
| phenomenon {n} (observable fact or occurrence) | :: Phänomen {n}, Erscheinung {f} |
| phenomenon {n} (unusual, curious, or astonishing fact or event) | :: Phänomen {n} |
| phenotype {n} (appearance of organism) | :: Phänotyp {m}, Erscheinungsbild {n} |
| phenylalanine {n} (amino acid; C9H11NO2) | :: Phenylalanin {n} |
| pheromone {n} (chemical) | :: Pheromon |
| phew {interj} (Used to show relief, fatigue, or surprise) | :: puh |
| phew {interj} (Used to show disgust) | :: pfui |
| phi {n} (Greek letter) | :: Phi {n} |
| phial {n} (glass vessel) SEE: vial | :: |
| Philadelphia {prop} (largest city in Pennsylvania) | :: Philadelphia |
| philander {n} (lover) SEE: lover | :: |
| philanderer {n} (someone who engages in casual sex) | :: Schürzenjäger {m} |
| philanthropic {adj} (of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy) | :: philanthropisch, menschenfreundlich |
| philanthropically {adv} (in a philanthropic manner) | :: menschenfreundlich, philanthropisch, wohltätig |
| philanthropist {n} (person who loves mankind) | :: Philanthrop {m}, Philanthropin {f}, Menschenfreund {m}, Menschenfreundin {f} |
| philanthropy {n} (charity) SEE: charity | :: |
| philanthropy {n} (benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of mankind) | :: Philantropie {f}, Menschenliebe {f}, Nächstenliebe {f} |
| philatelic {adj} (relating to stamp collecting) | :: philatelistisch |
| philatelist {n} (a person who studies or collects stamps) | :: Philatelist {m}, Philatelistin {f}, Briefmarkensammler {m}, Briefmarkensammlerin {f} |
| philately {n} (stamp collecting) | :: Philatelie {f}, Briefmarkenkunde {f} |
| philately {n} (the study of postage stamps, postal routes, postal history, etc.) | :: Philatelie {f} |
| philematology {n} (scientific study of kissing) | :: Philematologie {f} |
| Philemon {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Philemon, Brief des Paulus an Philemon {m} |
| Philemon {prop} (male given name) | :: Philemon |
| philharmonic {n} (full-sized symphonic orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philharmonic orchestra {n} (symphony orchestra) SEE: symphony orchestra | :: |
| philhellene {n} (lover of Greek culture) | :: Philhellene {m}, Philhellenin {f} |
| philhellene {n} (supporter of Greek independence) | :: Philhellene {m}, Philhellenin {f} |
| philia {n} (psychological disorder) | :: Philie {f} |
| philia {n} (friendship) SEE: friendship | :: |
| -philia {suffix} (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing) | :: -philie {f} |
| philia {n} (liking) SEE: liking | :: |
| Philip {prop} (biblical persons) | :: Philippus |
| Philip {prop} (male given name) | :: Philipp {m} |
| Philippi {prop} (ancient town) | :: Philippi |
| Philippians {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Philipper |
| philippic {n} (any tirade or declamation full of bitter condemnation) | :: Philippika {f} |
| Philippine {adj} (Filipino) SEE: Filipino | :: |
| Philippine eagle {n} (species of eagle endemic to the Philippines) | :: Philippinenadler |
| Philippine Islands {prop} (islands) | :: Philippinen {p} |
| Philippines {prop} (Republic of the Philippines) | :: Philippinen {p} |
| Philippines {prop} (Philippine Islands) SEE: Philippine Islands | :: |
| philistine {n} (Philistine) SEE: Philistine | :: |
| philistine {adj} (lacking in appreciation for art or culture) | :: Spießer-, philiströs, Banause {m} |
| Philistine {n} (person from Philistia) | :: Philister {m}, Philisterin {f} |
| Philistine {n} (person lacking appreciation of culture) | :: Banause {m}, Banausin {f}, Kulturbanause {m}, Kulturbanausin {f}, Kunstbanause {m}, Kunstbanausin {f}, Spießbürger {m}, Spießbürgerin {f}, Spießer {m}, Spießerin {f}, [Austrian] Sumper {m}, [Austrian] Sumperin {f}, Barbar {m}, Barbarin {f}, Kunstbarbar {m}, Kunstbarbarin {f}, Philister {m}, Philisterin {f}, Prolet {m}, Proletin {f}, Ignorant {m}, Ignorantin {f}, Primitivling {m} |
| Philistine {adj} (philistine) SEE: philistine | :: |
| philistinism {n} (philistinism) | :: Banausentum {n}, Banausie {f}, Philisterei {f}, Spießbürgertum {n} |
| Phillips head {n} (screwdriver) | :: Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher {m} |
| Phillips head {n} (screw) | :: Kreuzschlitzschraube {f} |
| Phillips screw {n} (screw) SEE: Phillips head | :: |
| Phillips screwdriver {n} (screwdriver) | :: Kreuzschraubenzieher {m}, Kreuzschraubendreher {m} |
| phillumenist {n} (collector) | :: Phillumenist {m}, Phillumenistin {f} |
| phillumeny {n} (hobby) | :: Phillumenie {f} |
| philogyny {n} (love or respect for women) | :: Philogynie {f} |
| philological {adj} (pertaining to the history of literature) | :: philologisch |
| philologically {adv} (in a philological manner) | :: philologisch |
| philologist {n} (person who engages in philology) | :: Philologe {m}, Philologin {f} |
| philology {n} (historical linguistics) | :: Philologie {f} |
| philopolemic {adj} (exalting or supporting conflict or war) | :: philopolemisch, kriegliebend, streitliebend |
| philosophaster {n} (a pretender to philosophy; a petty or charlatan philosopher) | :: Philosophaster {m} |
| philosopher {n} (person devoted to studying philosophy) | :: Philosoph {m}, Philosophin {f} |
| philosopher's stone {n} (philosopher's stone) | :: Stein der Weisen {m} |
| philosophical {adj} (of or pertaining to philosophy) | :: philosophisch |
| philosophically {adv} (in a philosophical manner) | :: philosophisch |
| philosophize {v} (ponder or reason out philosophically) | :: philosophieren |
| philosophy {n} (academic discipline) | :: Philosophie {f} |
| philosophy {n} | :: Philosophie {f} |
| philosophy of science {n} (study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science) | :: Wissenschaftstheorie {f} |
| philter {n} (love potion) | :: Liebestrank {m} |
| philtrum {n} (shallow groove running down the centre of the outer surface of the upper lip) | :: Oberlippenrinne {f}, Philtrum {n} |
| phimosis {n} (contraction of the foreskin) | :: Phimose {f} |
| phishing {n} (malicious act) | :: Phishing {n} |
| phlebitis {n} (inflammation of vein) | :: Phlebitis {f}, Venenentzündung {f} |
| phlegm {n} (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages) | :: Schleim {m}, Nasenschleim {m}, Popel {m} |
| phlegm {n} (calmness, composure) | :: Gemütsruhe {f}, Gleichmut {m}, Trägheit {f}, Schwerfälligkeit {f}, stoische Ruhe {f} |
| phlegmatic {adj} (not easily excited to action) | :: phlegmatisch |
| phlegmatic {adj} (abounding in phlegm) | :: phlegmatisch |
| phloem {n} (vascular tissue) | :: Phloem {n} |
| phlogiston {n} (hypothetical fiery principle) | :: Phlogiston {n}, Caloricum |
| phlogopite {n} (a mica, the magnesium endmember of biotite) | :: Phlogopit {m} |
| phlogosis {n} (phlogosis) | :: Phlogosis |
| phlox {n} (plant of genus Phlox) | :: Flammenblume {f}, Phlox {m} |
| Phnom Penh {prop} (capital city of Cambodia) | :: Phnom Penh {n} |
| -phobia {suffix} (used to form nouns meaning fear) | :: -phobie {f} |
| phobia {n} (irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety) | :: Phobie {f} |
| phobophobia {n} (fear of fear) | :: Phobophobie {f} |
| Phobos {prop} (mythology) | :: Phobos {m} |
| Phobos {prop} (moon of Mars) | :: Phobos {m} |
| phocomelia {n} (phocomelia) | :: Phokomelie {f}, Robbengliedrigkeit {f}, Phokomelus {m} |
| Phoenicia {prop} (land of the Phoenicians) | :: Phönizien |
| Phoenician {adj} (of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia) | :: phönizisch |
| Phoenician {prop} (Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia) | :: Phönizisch {n} |
| Phoenician {n} (inhabitant of Phoenicia) | :: Phönizier {m}, Phönizierin {f} |
| Phoenician alphabet {n} (an alphabet) | :: phönizisches Alphabet {n}, phönizische Schrift {f} |
| phoenix {n} (mythological bird) | :: Phönix |
| Phoenix {prop} (mythical firebird) | :: Phönix {m} |
| Phoenix {prop} (constellation) | :: Phönix {m} |
| Phoenix {prop} (capital city of Arizona, United States) | :: Phoenix |
| phone {v} (to call (someone) on the telephone) | :: anrufen, telefonieren |
| phone {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone | :: |
| phone book {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
| phonebook {n} (telephone directory) SEE: telephone directory | :: |
| phone booth {n} (telephone booth) SEE: telephone booth | :: |
| phone call {n} (telephone call) SEE: telephone call | :: |
| phonecard {n} (a chargecard used to pay for telephone calls) | :: Telefonkarte {f} |
| phoneme {n} (indivisible unit of sound) | :: Phonem {n} |
| phonemic {adj} (relating to phonemes) | :: phonemisch |
| phonemic {adj} (relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language) | :: phonemisch |
| phonendoscope {n} (a form of stethoscope used in auscultation) | :: Phonendoskop {n} |
| phone number {n} (telephone number) SEE: telephone number | :: |
| phone sex {n} (erotic or sexual telephone conversation between two or more people) | :: Telefonsex |
| phonetic {adj} (relating to sounds of spoken language) | :: phonetisch |
| phonetic {adj} (linguistics: relating to phones) | :: phonetisch |
| phonetic alphabet {n} | :: phonetisches Alphabet {n} |
| phonetician {n} (person who specializes in phonetics) | :: Phonetiker {m}, Fonetiker {m}, Phonetikerin {f}, Fonetikerin {f} |
| phonetics {n} (study of speech sounds and their representation by written symbols) | :: Phonetik {f}, Lautlehre {f} |
| phonetic spelling alphabet {n} | :: Buchstabiertafel, Buchstabieralphabet, Fliegeralphabet, Funkalphabet, Telefonalphabet |
| Phoney War {prop} (Phoney War) | :: Sitzkrieg {m} |
| phoniatrics {n} | :: Phoniatrie {f}, Foniatrie {f} |
| phonics {n} (phonetics) SEE: phonetics | :: |
| phonics {n} (acoustics) SEE: acoustics | :: |
| phono- {prefix} (relating to sound) | :: phono- |
| phonograph {n} (archaic record player) SEE: gramophone | :: |
| phonograph record {n} (record) SEE: record | :: |
| phonological {adj} (of or relating to phonology) | :: phonologisch |
| phonologist {n} (person who specializes in phonology) | :: Phonologe {m}, Phonologin {f} |
| phonology {n} (subfield of linguistics concerned with the way sounds function in languages) | :: Phonologie {f}, Phonemik {f} |
| phonotactics {n} (branch of phonology) | :: Phonotaktik {f} |
| phony {adj} (fraudulent; fake) | :: falsch, unecht, gefälscht, , verlogen |
| phony {n} (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own) | :: Hochstapler {m} |
| phony {n} (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold) | :: Quacksalber {m}, Schwindler {m}, Schwindlerin {f} |
| phosphatase {n} (an enzyme that hydrolyzes phosphate esters) | :: Phosphatase {f} |
| phosphating {n} (application of a coating of phosphate) | :: Phosphatierung {f} |
| phosphide {n} (binary compound of phosphorus) | :: Phosphid {n} |
| phosphine {n} (PH3) | :: Phosphin {n} |
| phospholipid {n} (lipid consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group) | :: Phospholipid {n} |
| phosphoresce {v} (to exhibit phosphorescence) | :: nachleuchten, phosphoreszieren |
| phosphorescence {n} (emission of light without heat) | :: Nachleuchten {n}, Phosphoreszenz {f} |
| phosphoric acid {n} (the colourless liquid; H3PO4) | :: Phosphorsäure {f} |
| phosphorous acid {n} (H3PO3) | :: Phosphonsäure {f}, phosphorige Säure {f} |
| phosphorus {n} (element) | :: Phosphor {m} |
| phosphorus cycle {n} (movement of phosphorus through the biogeochemical environment) | :: Phosphorkreislauf {m} |
| phosphorylation {n} (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor) | :: Phosphorylierung {f} |
| photo {n} (photograph) SEE: photograph | :: |
| photobook {n} (book of photographs) | :: Fotobuch {n} |
| photochemical reaction {n} (chemical reaction) | :: photochemische Reaktion {f} |
| photoconductivity {n} (an increase in the electrical conductivity of a material as a result of incident electromagnetic radiation) | :: Photoleitfähigkeit {f} |
| photocopier {n} (machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates) | :: Fotokopierer {m} |
| photocopy {n} (copy made using a photocopier) | :: Fotokopie {f}, Photokopie {f}, Xerokopie {f} |
| photocopy {v} (to make a copy using a photocopier) | :: fotokopieren, photokopieren |
| photodiode {n} (semiconductor) | :: Fotodiode {f} |
| photoelectric effect {n} (emission) | :: photoelektrischer Effekt {m} |
| photogenic {adj} (looking good when photographed) | :: fotogen |
| photogenicity {n} (photogenicity) | :: Fotogenität {f} |
| photogrammetry {n} (both) | :: Photogrammetrie |
| photograph {n} (picture) | :: Photographie {f}, Fotografie {f}, Foto {n}, Lichtbild {n}, Bild {n} |
| photograph {v} (to take a photograph) | :: fotografieren |
| photographer {n} (one who takes photographs) | :: Fotograf {m}, Photograph {m}, Fotografin {f}, Photographin {f} |
| photographic paper {n} (paper with a light sensitive layer) | :: Photopapier {n}, Fotopapier {n} |
| photography {n} (art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces) | :: Fotografie {f} |
| photography {n} (occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs) | :: Fotografie {f} |
| photojournalism {n} (journalism via photographs or images) | :: Fotojournalismus |
| photolysis {n} (chemical reaction) | :: Photolyse {f} |
| photomask {n} | :: Fotomaske |
| photometeor {n} | :: Photometeor {m} |
| photometer {n} (measuring instrument) | :: Luminometer {n} |
| photon {n} (quantum of light) | :: Photon {n}, Lichtteilchen |
| photonic {adj} (relating to photons) | :: photonisch |
| photon sail {n} (solar sail) | :: Photonensegel {n} |
| photopaper {n} (paper for photographic prints) | :: Photopapier {n} |
| photopeak {n} (part of the gamma ray spectrum) | :: Photopeak {m} |
| photophobia {n} (excessive sensitivity to light) | :: Photophobia {f} |
| photo-realism {n} (art style) | :: Fotorealismus {m} |
| photorealist {n} (artist) | :: Fotorealist {m}, Fotorealistin {f} |
| photorealistic {adj} (art: of or pertaining to photorealism) | :: fotorealistisch |
| photoreceptor {n} (biology: a specialized neuron able to detect and react to light) | :: Photorezeptor {m} |
| photoresist {n} (light-sensitive film) | :: Fotolack {m} |
| photosensitive {adj} (sensitive to light) | :: lichtempfindlich |
| photo shoot {n} (photo session) | :: Fotoshooting {n} |
| photoshoot {n} (photo shoot) SEE: photo shoot | :: |
| photoshop {n} (to digitally edit a picture) | :: photoshoppen [rare] |
| photosphere {n} (A visible surface layer of a star) | :: Photosphäre {f} |
| photosynthesis {n} (biological process) | :: Photosynthese {f} |
| photovoltaic {adj} (producing a voltage when exposed to light) | :: fotovoltaisch, photovoltaisch |
| phrasal {adj} (being a phrase) | :: phrasalisch |
| phrasal {adj} (referring to a phrase) | :: Ausdrucks-, Satz- |
| phrase {n} (short written or spoken expression) | :: Redewendung {f}, Phrase {f} |
| phrase {n} (grammar: group of two or more words that express an idea but do not form a complete sentence) | :: Phrase {f} |
| phrase {n} (music: small section of music in a larger piece) | :: Phrase {f} |
| phrase {v} (to express by means of words) | :: formulieren |
| phrase book {n} (book of everyday expressions and vocabulary) | :: Sprachführer {m} |
| phrasebook {n} (book used to learn foreign language) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| phraseology {n} (phrasebook) SEE: phrase book | :: |
| phraseology {n} (study of set or fixed expressions) | :: Phraseologie {f} |
| phrasing {n} (the way a statement is put together) | :: Phrasierung {f}, Ausdrucksweise {f} |
| phreatic {adj} (Of, or pertaining to ground water) | :: phreatisch |
| phrenological {adj} (of, or relating to phrenology) | :: phrenologisch |
| phrenologist {n} (adherent or practitioner of phrenology) | :: Phrenologe {m}, Phrenologin {f} |
| phrenology {n} (the discredited "science" or pseudo-science of phrenology) | :: Phrenologie {f} |
| Phrygia {prop} (ancient kingdom) | :: Phrygien {n} |
| Phrygian {adj} (of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture) | :: phrygisch |
| Phrygian {adj} (in the Phrygian language) | :: phrygisch |
| Phrygian {n} (native or inhabitant of Phrygia) | :: Phryger {m}, Phrygerin {f} |
| Phrygian {prop} (language) | :: Phrygisch |
| Phrygian cap {n} (conical close-fitting cap with the top bent forward) | :: phrygische Mütze {f}, [rare] skythische Mütze {f} |
| phycology {n} (study of algae) | :: Phykologie {f}, Algenkunde {f}, Algologie {f} |
| phylactery {n} (leather case containing biblical scrolls, worn by Jewish men; the tefilla) | :: Phylakterion {n}, Denkzettel {m} [archaic] |
| phylactery {n} (small object worn for its magical power; amulet or charm) | :: Gebetsriemen {m} |
| phylactery {n} (speech scroll) | :: Spruchband {n}, |
| Phyllis {prop} (mythical character) | :: Phyllis |
| phyllo {n} (type of dough) | :: Filoteig {m} |
| phylloxera {n} (aphid) | :: Reblaus {f}, |
| phylogenetics {n} (study of organism relationships) | :: Phylogenese {f} |
| phylogeny {n} (evolutionary history of an organism) | :: Phylogenie {f} |
| phylum {n} ((biology, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class) | :: Stamm {m} |
| physalis {n} (plant of the genus Physalis) | :: Blasenkirsche {f}, Judenkirsche {f}, Physalis {f} |
| physalis {n} (fruit of such a plant) | :: Kapstachelbeere {f} [Physalis peruviana], Physalis {f} |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the material world; tangible) | :: physisch, materiell, stofflich |
| physical {adj} (having to do with physics) | :: physikalisch |
| physical {adj} (having to do with the body; corporeal) | :: körperlich, physisch |
| physical chemistry {n} (the chemistry subdiscipline) | :: physikalische Chemie {f} |
| physical culture {n} (bodybuilding) SEE: bodybuilding | :: |
| physical education {n} (curriculum component) | :: Sportunterricht {m} |
| physical examination {n} (type of examination of the patient's body) | :: ärztliche Untersuchung {f} |
| physical law {n} (physical law) | :: Naturgesetz {n}, physikalisches Gesetz {n} |
| physically {adv} (in a physical manner) | :: physisch |
| physically {adv} (according to the laws of physics.) | :: physikalisch |
| physical quantity {n} (physical property) | :: physikalische Größe {f} |
| physical therapy {n} (therapy of exercises and activities to treat injury or dysfunction) SEE: physiotherapy | :: |
| physician {n} (medical doctor) | :: Arzt {m}, Ärztin {f}, Mediziner {m}, Medizinerin {f}, Doktor {m}, Doktorin {f} |
| physicist {n} (person whose occupation specializes in the science of physics) | :: Physiker {m}, Physikerin {f} |
| physics {n} (branch of science) | :: Physik {f} |
| physiocrat {n} (economist) | :: Physiokrat {m} |
| physiognomy {n} (art or pseudoscience of deducing the character or personality from the bodily appearance) | :: Physiognomik {f} |
| physiography {n} (subfield of geography) | :: Physiographie {f} |
| physiologic {adj} (of or pertaining to physiology) SEE: physiological | :: |
| physiological {adj} (of, or relating to physiology) | :: physiologisch |
| physiologist {n} (person) | :: Physiologe {m}, Physiologin {f} |
| physiology {n} (branch of biology) | :: Physiologie {f} |
| physiotherapeutic {adj} (of or relating to physiotherapy) | :: physiotherapeutisch |
| physiotherapist {n} (therapist who treats physical injury or dysfunction, usually with exercise) | :: Physiotherapeut {m}, Physiotherapeutin {f}, Krankengymnast {m}, Heilgymnast {m} |
| physiotherapy {n} (therapy that uses physical techniques such as massage and exercise) | :: Physiotherapie {f} |
| physique {n} (physical structure of a person) | :: Körperbau {m}, Statur {f} |
| phytoequivalence {n} (physiological equivalence between two herbal extracts) | :: Phytoäquivalenz {f} |
| phytolith {n} (mineral particle) | :: Phytolith {m} |
| phytomedicine {n} (plant medicine) | :: Phytomedizin {f} |
| phytopathology {n} (study of plant diseases) | :: Phytopathologie {f}, Pflanzenpathologie {f} |
| phytoplankton {n} (plankton which obatin energy by photosynthesis) | :: Phytoplankton {n} |
| phytosanitary {adj} (concerning the health of plants) | :: phytosanitär |
| phytosterol {n} | :: Phytosterine |
| phytotomy {n} (study of the internal structures of plants) | :: Phytotomie {f} |
| pi {n} (letter of Greek alphabet) | :: Pi {n} |
| pi {n} (irrational mathematical constant) | :: Pi {n}, Kreiszahl {f} |
| Piacenzian {prop} (subdivision of the Pliocene epoch) | :: Piacenzium |
| pia mater {n} (innermost of the meninges) | :: Pia mater {f} |
| pianist {n} (piano player) | :: Pianist {m}, Pianistin {f}, Klavierspieler {m}, Klavierspielerin {f} |
| piano {n} (a keyboard musical instrument) | :: Klavier {n} [common]; Piano {n} [exalted style]; Flügel {m} [grand piano] |
| piano {adv} (music: softly) | :: piano |
| piano nobile {n} (floor) | :: Beletage {f} |
| piano roll {n} (A perforated roll of paper containing encoded music to be played by a pianola or player piano) | :: Notenrolle {f} |
| piano stool {n} (a round stool used by piano players) | :: Klavierstuhl {m} |
| piastre {n} (historical: Spanish or Spanish-American coin) | :: Piaster {m} |
| piastre {n} (Ottoman or Middle Eastern currency) | :: Piaster {m} |
| pica {n} (12 Didot-point type) SEE: cicero | :: |
| picador {n} (a lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador) | :: Picador {m}, Pikador {m} |
| Picard {adj} (of, from or relating to Picardy) | :: picardisch |
| Picard {prop} (language) | :: Picardisch {n} |
| Picardy {prop} (region of France) | :: Picardie {f}, Pikardie {f} |
| picaresque {adj} (of or pertaining to rogues) | :: pikaresk, pikarisch |
| picaresque {n} (picaresque novel) | :: Schelmenroman {m} |
| picayune {n} (Something of very little value) SEE: trifle | :: |
| piccolo {n} (musical instrument) | :: Piccoloflöte {f} |
| pièce de résistance {n} (masterpiece) | :: Pièce de résistance {f} |
| pick {v} (to pick) SEE: choose | :: |
| pick {n} (pickaxe) | :: Hacke {f}, Pickel {m}, Spitzhacke {f} |
| pick {n} (tool to open a lock) | :: Dietrich {m} |
| pick {v} (to remove a fruit or plant for consumption) | :: pflücken |
| pick {n} (music: plectrum) SEE: plectrum | :: |
| pickaxe {n} (heavy iron tool) | :: Spitzhacke {f}, Pickel {m} |
| pickelhaube {n} (helmet) | :: Pickelhaube {f} |
| pickerel {n} (fish) | :: Hecht {m} |
| picket {n} (card game) SEE: piquet | :: |
| picket {n} (sentry) SEE: sentry | :: |
| picket {n} (stake driven into the ground) | :: Pfosten {m}, Pfahl {m}, Zaunlatte {f}, Latte {f} |
| picket {n} (soldiers placed forward of position) | :: Vorposten {m} |
| picket {n} (protester outside a workplace during a strike) | :: Streikposten {m} |
| picket line {n} (barrier or fortification formed by pickets) SEE: stockade | :: |
| pickle {n} (preserved cucumber) | :: eingelegte Gurke {f}, saure Gurke {f}, Essiggurke {f} [vinegar], Gewürzgurke {f} |
| pickle {n} (any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish) | :: eingelegtes Gemüse {n} |
| pickle {n} (children's game) | :: Neckball {m} |
| pickle {v} (to preserve food in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution) | :: einlegen, pökeln |
| pickled {adj} (preserved by pickling) | :: eingelegt |
| pickled egg {n} (egg that has been pickled in vinegar) | :: Solei {n} |
| picklock {n} (device designed to pick locks) | :: Dietrich {m} |
| pick-me-up {n} (drink) | :: Mageneinrenker {m} |
| pick on {v} (bully, bother, or harass) | :: herumhacken auf, schikanieren, mobben, hänseln |
| pick one's nose {v} (insert a finger into one's nostril) | :: in der Nase bohren, in der Nase herumbohren, sich in der Nase pulen [North German], popeln [colloquial] |
| pickpocket {n} (one who steals from the pocket of a passerby) | :: Taschendieb {m}, Taschendiebin {f} |
| pickthank {n} (sycophant) | :: Jasager {m} |
| pick up {v} (to lift; to grasp and raise) | :: aufheben, aufnehmen, hochheben |
| pick up {v} (to improve, increase, or speed up) | :: sich erholen, sich berappeln, sich fangen |
| pick up {v} (to restart or resume) | :: wieder aufnehmen, weitermachen, fortfahren, fortsetzen, wieder einsetzen, wieder loslegen |
| pick up {v} (to collect an object, especially in passing) | :: mitnehmen |
| pick up {v} (to collect a passenger) | :: abholen |
| pick up {v} (to learn, to grasp; to begin to understand) | :: kapieren, verstehen, begreifen |
| pick up {v} (to receive (a signal)) | :: auffangen, empfangen |
| pick up {v} (to notice, detect or discern) | :: wahrnehmen, bemerken |
| pick up {v} (to meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes) | :: abschleppen |
| pick up {v} (to answer (a telephone), see pick up the phone) | :: abheben, abnehmen, aufnehmen |
| pick up {v} (to pay for) | :: übernehmen |
| pick up {v} (to reduce the despondency of) | :: auffangen |
| pickup {n} (pickup truck) SEE: pickup truck | :: |
| pick up the phone {v} (to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call) | :: den Hörer abnehmen, abheben, abnehmen |
| pickup truck {n} (truck with an open cargo bed) | :: Pickup {m} |
| picky {adj} (fussy, particular) | :: pingelig, wählerisch, anspruchsvoll |
| picnic {n} (a meal eaten outdoors) | :: Picknick {n} |
| picnic {n} (an easy or pleasant task) | :: Kinderspiel {n} |
| pico- {prefix} (multiplying the unit by 10−12) | :: pico-, piko- |
| picofarad {n} (one million millionth (10E-12) of a farad) | :: Picofarad |
| picometer {n} (10-12 of a meter) | :: Picometer {n} |
| picometre {n} (picometer) SEE: picometer | :: |
| picosecond {n} (10-12 second) | :: Picosekunde {f} |
| picric acid {n} (picric acid) | :: Pikrinsäure {f} |
| Pict {n} (member of an ancient people of northern and central Scotland) | :: Pikte {m} |
| Pictish {adj} (pertaining to the Picts) | :: piktisch |
| pictogram {n} (picture that represents a word or an idea) | :: Piktogramm {n} |
| Pictor {prop} (constellation) | :: Maler {m} |
| pictorial {adj} (of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures) | :: bildhaft |
| pictorial {adj} (similar to painting) | :: piktorialistisch |
| pictorial {n} (magazine) | :: Illustrierte {f} |
| picture {n} (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) | :: Bild {n}, Abbildung {f}, Abbild {n}, Gemälde {n} |
| picture {n} (photograph) | :: Foto {n}, Bild {n} |
| picture {n} (informal: cinema) | :: Kino {n}, Film {m} |
| picture {v} (to take a picture of) | :: fotographieren, ein Foto machen |
| picture {v} (to imagine or envision) | :: etwas vorstellen |
| picture {v} (to depict or describe vividly) SEE: depict | :: |
| picture {n} (painting) SEE: painting | :: |
| picture book {n} (a book for young children with illustrations) | :: Bilderbuch {n} |
| picture dictionary {n} (dictionary with pictures) | :: Bildwörterbuch |
| picture-in-picture {n} (Simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window) | :: Bild im Bild, BiB |
| picturesque {adj} (resembling a picture or painting) | :: [especially of nature] malerisch; [especially of settlements] pittoresk |
| picturesqueness {n} (picturesqueness) | :: Malerhaftigkeit {f} |
| piculet {n} (bird in Picumnus) | :: Zwergspecht {m} |
| Pi Day {prop} (March 14th, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi)) | :: Pi-Tag {m} |
| pidgin {n} (amalgamation of two languages having no native speakers) | :: Pidgin {n}, Pidginsprache {f}, Pidgin-Sprache {f} |
| pie {n} (type of pastry) | :: Torte {f} |
| pie {v} (to hit in the face with a pie) | :: torten |
| pie {n} (pizza) SEE: pizza | :: |
| pie {n} (pie chart) SEE: pie chart | :: |
| piebald {adj} (spotted or blotched) | :: gescheckt, scheckig, weißgescheckt [especially in white], schwarzgescheckt [especially in black] |
| piece {n} (part of a larger whole) | :: Stück {n} |
| piece {n} (single item belonging to a class of similar items) | :: Stück {n} |
| piece {n} (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games) | :: Spielfigur, [chess, a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn] Offizier |
| piece {n} (artistic creation) | :: Stück {n} |
| piece {n} | :: Stück {n} |
| piece {n} (distance) SEE: distance | :: |
| piece {n} (castle; a fortified building) SEE: castle | :: |
| piece {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier | :: |
| piece {n} (hairpiece) SEE: hairpiece | :: |
| piecemeal {adj} (Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time) | :: scheibchenweise, häppchenweise, bruchstückhaft, kleinteilig, in kleinen Schritten, stückweise |
| piecemeal {adv} (piece by piece) | :: einzeln, in Portiönchen, häppchenweise, scheibchenweise |
| piecemeal {adv} (into pieces or parts) | :: in Einzelteile |
| piece of cake {n} (simple or easy job) | :: Kinderspiel {n}, Pillepalle {f} |
| piece of clothing {n} (garment) SEE: garment | :: |
| piece of furniture {n} (item of furniture) | :: Möbelstück {n}, Möbel {n} |
| piece of meat {n} (penis) SEE: penis | :: |
| piece of paper {n} (sheet or scrap of paper) | :: Zettel {m}, Blatt {n} |
| piece together {v} (to physically assemble from fragments or pieces) | :: zusammenfügen |
| piece work {n} (type of work) | :: Akkordarbeit {f}, Stückarbeit {f}, Akkord {m}, Stückakkord {m}, Stücklohn {m} |
| pieceworker {n} (A worker paid according to the number of units produced) | :: Akkordarbeiter {m}, Akkordarbeiterin {f}, Stückarbeiter {m}, Stückarbeiterin {f}, Stücklohnarbeiter {m}, Stücklohnarbeiterin {f} |
| pie chart {n} (graph) | :: Tortendiagramm {n}, Kreisdiagramm {n}, Tortengrafik {f} |
| pied avocet {n} (Recurvirostra avosetta) | :: Säbelschnäbler {m} |
| Piedmont {prop} (region) | :: Piemont {n} |
| Piedmontese {adj} (of, from, or relating to Piedmont) | :: piemontesisch |
| Piedmontese {n} (inhabitant) | :: Piemonteser {m}, Piemonteserin {f}, Piemontese {m}, Piemontesin {f} |
| Piedmontese {prop} (language) | :: Piemontesisch {n} |
| pied piper {n} (anyone or anything that draws many in its wake) | :: Rattenfänger {m} |
| Pied Piper {prop} (a folk tale) | :: Rattenfänger von Hameln {m} |
| Pied Piper {prop} (the main character in this story) | :: Rattenfänger von Hameln {m} |
| pied-à-terre {n} (smaller secondary lodging) | :: Zweitwohnung {f} |
| pie-eyed {adj} ((extremely) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk | :: |
| piehole {n} (mouth (rude)) | :: Futterluke {f} |
| pieing {n} (an instance of throwing a pie at someone) | :: Tortenwurf {m}, Tortung {f}, Tortenattentat {n} |
| pie iron {n} (device for making sandwiches) | :: Sandwichtoaster {m}, Sandwichmaker {m} |
| Piemontese {prop} (language) SEE: Piedmontese | :: |
| piemontite {n} (mineral) | :: Piemontit {m} |
| pier {n} (raised platform built from the shore out over water) | :: Seebrücke {f}, Anlegestelle {f}, Kai {m} |
| pier {n} (structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge) | :: Brückenpfeiler {m} |
| pier {n} (rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof) | :: Pfeiler {m} |
| pierce {v} (puncture) | :: durchstechen, lochen |
| pierce {v} (create a hole for jewelry) | :: piercen |
| pierce {v} (to pierce) SEE: puncture | :: |
| piercing {n} (hole for jewelry) | :: Piercing {n} |
| piercing {adj} (appearing to look deeply into; penetrating) | :: durchdringend, stechend |
| piercing {adj} (of temperature - extremely cold) | :: beißend |
| piercing {adj} (of sound - shrill) | :: durchdringend, schrill |
| pier glass {n} (tall, narrow mirror) | :: Trumeau {m} |
| Pieria {prop} (Greek prefecture) | :: Pieria |
| pierogi {n} (dumpling) | :: Pirogge {f} |
| pietism {n} (movement in the Lutheran church) | :: Pietismus {m} |
| pietistic {adj} (related to pietism) | :: pietistisch |
| piety {n} (reverence and devotion to God) | :: Frömmigkeit {f} |
| piety {n} (reverence to one's family) | :: Pietät {f} |
| piezoelectric {adj} (of or relating to piezoelectricity) | :: piezoelektrisch |
| piezoelectricity {n} (capacity of crystal to generate electricity) | :: Piezoelektrizität {f} |
| piffle {n} (nonsense, foolish talk) | :: Unsinn {m}, Blödsinn {m}, Quatsch {m} |
| piffle {v} (to act or speak in a futile, ineffective, or nonsensical manner) | :: quatschen, plappern, quasseln, schwatzen |
| pig {n} (mammal of genus Sus) | :: Schwein {n}, [domestic] Hausschwein {n},, Sau {f} [archaic or dialectal]; Franconian: Mocke {f}; Regional German: Docke {f}, Wutz {f} |
| pig {n} (someone who overeats or eats rapidly) | :: Fresssack {m}, Fress-Sack {m}, Schwein {n}, Vielfraß {m} |
| pig {n} (nasty or disgusting person) | :: Schwein {n} |
| pig {n} (dirty or slovenly person) | :: Dreckschwein {n}, Dreckspatz {m}, Ferkel {n}, Saubartel {m} (regional), Schmierfink {m}, Schmutzfink {m}, Schwein {n}, Schweinigel {m}, Wutz {m} (regional) |
| pig {n} (derogatory slang for police officer) | :: Bulle {m}, Büttel {m} (obsolescent), Greifer {m}, Greiferin {f}, Udel {m} [regional]; Kiberer {m} [Austria], Kieberer {m} [Austria]; Schugger {m} [Switzerland], Bullenschwein {n} |
| pig {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pig {n} (pork) SEE: pork | :: |
| pigeon {n} (bird of the dove and pigeon family Columbidae) | :: Taube {f}, Tauber {m} [male], Täuber {m} [male], Tauberich {m} [male], Täuberich {m} [male], Täubin {f} [female], Täubchen {n} [diminutive], Täublein {n} [diminutive], Kolumbide {m} [family Columbidae], Taubenvogel {m} [order Columbiformes] |
| pigeon guillemot {n} (Cepphus columba) | :: Taubenteiste {f} |
| pigeonhole {n} (one of an array of compartments for mail) | :: Fach {n} |
| pigeonhole {v} (to categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc) | :: in eine Schublade stecken |
| pigeon loft {n} (housing for pigeons) | :: Taubenschlag {m} |
| pigeon pea {n} (Cajanus cajan plant) | :: Straucherbse {f} |
| pigeon pea {n} (edible seed) | :: Straucherbse {f} |
| pigeon racing {n} (pigeon racing, the sport of racing pigeons) | :: Taubensport {m}, Brieftaubensport {m} |
| piggyback {adv} (on somebody's back or shoulders) | :: huckepack |
| piggy bank {n} (small container to store small saved coins in) | :: Sparschwein {n}, Spardose {f}, Sparbüchse {f}, Büchse {f} |
| pigheaded {adj} | :: starrsinnig, stur |
| pig in a poke {n} (something whose true value is concealed or unknown) | :: Katze im Sack {f} [cat in the bag] |
| pig iron {n} (type of crude iron) | :: Roheisen {n} |
| pig Latin {n} (wordplay) | :: Mattenenglisch {n} |
| piglet {n} (young pig) | :: Ferkel {n}, Schweinchen {n} |
| pigling {n} (piglet) SEE: piglet | :: |
| pigman {n} (farm worker who looks after pigs) | :: Schweinewärter {m} |
| pigment {n} (any color in plant or animal cells) | :: Pigment {n} |
| pigment {n} (dry colorant) | :: Farbstoff {m} |
| pigment {n} | :: Farbstoff, Pigment {n} |
| pigmentation {n} (coloration of tissue) | :: Pigmentierung {f} |
| pig out {v} (eat voraciously or ravenously) | :: fressen |
| pigpen {n} (pigsty) SEE: pigsty | :: |
| pigs might fly {phrase} | :: wer's glaubt, wird selig (who believes it, will be blessed) |
| pigsty {n} (enclosure where pigs are kept) | :: Saustall {m}, Koben {m}, Schweinestall {m} |
| pigsty {n} (dirty or very untidy place) | :: Saustall {m} |
| pigtail {n} (braided plait of hair) | :: Zopf {m} |
| pigtail {n} (either of two braids or ponytails) | :: Haarzopf {m}, Zöpfchen {n} |
| pigtail {n} (cable) | :: Anschlussdraht {m}, Anschlussfaser {f} |
| pigtail {n} (tail of a pig) | :: Schweineschwanz {m} |
| pigweed {n} (plant of genus Amaranthus) SEE: amaranth | :: |
| pigweed {n} (Chenopodium albumää) SEE: white goosefoot | :: |
| Piirissaar {prop} (island) | :: Piirissaar |
| pika {n} (furry mammal of the family Ochotonidae) | :: Pfeifhase {m} |
| Pikachu {n} (Pokémon) | :: Pikachu |
| pike {n} (turnpike) SEE: turnpike | :: |
| pike {n} (long spear) | :: Pike {f} |
| pike {n} (fish of the genus Esox) | :: Hecht {m} |
| pikeman {n} (soldier) | :: Pikenier {m} |
| pike-perch {n} (zander) SEE: zander | :: |
| pike pole {n} (tool, see also: setting pole; gaff; hook) | :: Flößerhaken {m} |
| pilaf {n} (dish) | :: Pilaw {m} |
| pilaff {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilaster {n} (a column attached to the wall) | :: Pilaster {m} |
| Pilate {prop} (Pontius Pilate) | :: Pilatus {m} |
| pilau {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pilchard {n} (a cigar-shaped fish with a short dorsal fin and forked tail) | :: Sardine {f} |
| pilcrow {n} (a paragraph mark) | :: Absatzzeichen {n} |
| pile {n} (funeral pile) SEE: pyre | :: |
| pile {n} (nap of a cloth) SEE: nap | :: |
| pile {n} (heap) | :: Haufen {m}, Stoß {m}, Stapel {m}, [South German, Swiss] Beige {f}, Halde {f} |
| pile {n} | :: [2] Flor {m}, [3] Pfahl {m}, [4] Spitze {f} |
| pile {v} (to lay or throw into a pile) | :: stapeln, aufstapeln, anhäufen, schichten, [South German, Swiss] beigen |
| pile {n} (stake of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth) | :: Pfahl {m} (stake) |
| pile {n} (heraldry: one of the ordinaries) | :: Keil {m} |
| pile {n} (hemorrhoid) SEE: hemorrhoid | :: |
| pile {n} (obsolete: reverse of a coin) SEE: tails | :: |
| pileated gibbon {n} (Hylobates pileatus) | :: Kappengibbon {m} |
| pileated woodpecker {n} (large North American woodpecker) | :: Helmspecht {m} |
| pile driver {n} (machine for forcing a pile into the ground) | :: Ramme {f} |
| pileous {adj} (hairy) SEE: hairy | :: |
| piles {n} (plural of pile) SEE: pile | :: |
| piles {n} (haemorrhoids) SEE: haemorrhoids | :: |
| pile up {v} (to form a pile etc.) | :: stapeln |
| pile-up {n} (pile of crashed cars) | :: Karambolage {f}; [with five or more vehicles often] Massenkarambolage {f} |
| pileus {n} (the cap of a mushroom) | :: Hut |
| pileus {n} (small cloud) | :: Pileus {m} |
| pileus {n} (felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece) | :: Pileus {m} |
| pilfer {v} (to steal in small quantities) | :: klauen, stehlen, stibitzen, mopsen [informal], abziehen [juvenile], mausen [rare] |
| pilferer {n} (one who pilfers) | :: Langfinger {m}, Dieb {m}, Diebin {f}, Gaudieb {m} [archaic], Gaudiebin {f} [archaic] |
| pilgarlic {n} (bald-headed person) SEE: egghead | :: |
| pilgrim {n} (traveler, especially to religious sites) | :: Pilger {m}, Wallfahrer {m} |
| pilgrimage {n} (religious journey, or one to a sacred place) | :: Wallfahrt |
| pilgrimage {v} (to go on a pilgrimage) | :: pilgern |
| pill {n} (small object for swallowing) | :: Tablette {f}, Pille {f} |
| pill {n} (the pill - functions as a contraceptive) | :: Pille {f} |
| pillage {v} (loot or plunder by force) | :: plündern |
| pillage {n} (the act of pillaging) | :: Plünderung {f} |
| pillar {n} (large post, often used as supporting architecture) | :: Pfeiler {m}, Säule {f} |
| pillarize {v} (to divide into social pillars) | :: versäulen |
| Pillars of Hercules {prop} (two promontories at the Strait of Gibraltar) | :: Säulen des Herakles {p} |
| pillbox {n} (box for pills) | :: Pillendose {f}, Pillenschachtel {f}, Pillendöschen {n} |
| pillbox {n} (gun emplacement) | :: Bunker {m} |
| pill bug {n} (terrestrial crustacean) | :: Rollassel {f} |
| pillion {n} (second saddle on a motorcycle) | :: Sozius {m}, Soziussitz {m} |
| pillion {n} (person riding in the pillion) | :: Sozius {m} |
| pillion {n} | :: Reitkissen {n} ;Sozius {m}, Sozia {f} |
| pilliwinks {n} (torture device for squeezing the fingers) SEE: thumbscrew | :: |
| Pillnitz {prop} (quarter) | :: Pillnitz |
| pillock {n} (a stupid person) | :: Trottel |
| pillory {n} (framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation) | :: Pranger {m}, Schandpfahl {m} |
| pillory {v} (put someone in a pillory) | :: an den Pranger stellen |
| pillory {v} (subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse) | :: an den Pranger stellen |
| pillory {v} (criticize harshly) | :: an den Pranger stellen |
| pillow {n} (soft cushion used to support the head in bed) | :: Kopfkissen {n}, Kissen {n}; Ruhekissen {n} [Austria], Polster {m} {n} [Austria] |
| pillowcase {n} (sheet for covering a pillow) | :: Kopfkissenbezug {m} |
| pillow fight {n} (a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows) | :: Kissenschlacht {f} |
| pillow talk {n} (conversation shared by bedmates) | :: Bettgeflüster {n} |
| pill popper {n} | :: Pillenschlucker {m}, Pillenschluckerin {f} |
| pill to swallow {n} (something to accept) | :: bittere Pille {f} |
| pilot {n} (controller of aircraft) | :: Pilot {m}, Flugzeugführer {m}, Flugzeugführerin {f} |
| pilot {n} (person who helps navigate the harbor or coast) | :: Lotse {m} |
| pilot {v} (to control an aircraft or watercraft) | :: führen |
| pilot {v} (to guide through coastal waters) | :: lotsen |
| pilot balloon {n} (balloon to obtain data for winds) | :: Pilotballon {m} |
| pilot light {n} (flame used to ignite gas) | :: Zündflamme |
| pilot project {n} (prototype, proof of concept) | :: Pilotprojekt {n} |
| pilot wave {n} (physics: theoretical matter wave) | :: Führungswelle {f} |
| pilot whale {n} (either of two species of whale) | :: Grindwal {m} |
| Pilsen {prop} (city in the Czech Republic) | :: Pilsen {n}, Plzeň {n} |
| pilsner {n} (pale, light beer) | :: Pils {n} |
| Piltdown Man {prop} (forged bone fragments of an early human) | :: Piltdown-Mensch {m} |
| pimento {n} (tropical berry) | :: Piment {m} {n} |
| pimp {n} (prostitution solicitor) | :: Zuhälter {m}, Lude {m}, Kuppler {m} |
| pimpernel {n} (plant of genus Anagallis) | :: Gauchheil {m} |
| pimpernel {n} (Sanguisorba minor) SEE: salad burnet | :: |
| pimping {n} (practise of procuring prostitutes) | :: Zuhälterei {f}, geschäftsmäßige Kuppelei {f} |
| pimping {n} (process of modifying a vehicle) | :: aufmotzen |
| pimple {n} (inflamed spot on the surface of the skin) | :: Pickel {m}, Oas {n} [Bavaria] |
| pimply {adj} (having pimples; pimpled) | :: picklig |
| pimp up {v} (informal: to decorate, prettify) | :: aufmotzen, aufpimpen |
| pin {n} (needle without an eye, used for fastening) | :: Stecknadel {f}, Nadel {f} |
| pin {n} (cylinder of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts) | :: Stift {m}, Bolzen {m} |
| pin {n} (US: accessory attached with a pin) | :: Anstecker {m} |
| pin {n} (in chess) | :: Fesselung {f} |
| pin {n} (jewellery attached with a pin) SEE: brooch | :: |
| PIN {n} (personal identification number) | :: PIN-Code {f}, PIN-Nummer {f}, PIN {f}, persönliche Identifikationsnummer {f}, Geheimzahl {f} |
| pinacol {n} (chemistry) | :: Pinakol {n} |
| pinata {n} (candy-filled container that is hit with a stick) | :: Piñata {f}, Pinata {f} |
| pinball {n} (game) | :: Flipper {m}, Flipperspiel {n} |
| pinball machine {n} (machine) | :: Flipperautomat {m}, Flipper {m} |
| pince-nez {n} (type of eyeglasses) | :: Zwicker {m} |
| pincers {n} (gripping tool) | :: Zange {f}, Monierzange {f} |
| pincers {n} (front claws) | :: Krebsschere {f} |
| pinch {v} (to squeeze a small amount of skin) | :: kneifen {n}, zwicken |
| pinch {v} (to arrest or capture) | :: schnappen, erwischen |
| pinch {n} (small amount of powder) | :: Messerspitze {f}, Prise {f} |
| pinch off {v} (To separate (something) from something else) | :: abklemmen, abschnüren |
| pincushion {n} (device designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it) | :: Nadelkissen {n} |
| Pindus {prop} (mountain range) | :: Pindos |
| pine {n} (tree of the genus Pinus) | :: Föhre {f}, Kiefer {f}, Pinie {f} [Pinus pinea], Forche {f} [South German, Alemannic] |
| pine {n} (tree which resembles pine in some respect) | :: kiefernartiger Baum {m}, pinienartiger Baum {m} |
| pine {n} (wood of pine tree) | :: Kiefernholz {n} |
| pine {n} (painful longing) | :: Sehnsucht {f}, Verlangen {n} |
| pine {v} (to languish, to droop) | :: siechen, sich verzehren, sich aufzehren, schwinden, dahinwelken, dahinsiechen |
| pine {v} (to long for sufferingly) | :: sich sehnen, schmachten, sich verzehren, verlangen, ersehnen |
| pine {v} (to grieve or mourn for) | :: trauern |
| pine {v} (to inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict) | :: quälen, foltern, heimsuchen |
| pineal gland {n} (small endocrine gland) | :: Zirbeldrüse {f} |
| pineapple {n} (plant) | :: Ananas {f} |
| pineapple {n} (fruit) | :: Ananas {f} |
| pineapple {n} (slang: hand grenade) | :: Handgranate {f} |
| pineapple guava {n} (feijoa) SEE: feijoa | :: |
| pinecone {n} (seed-bearing cone of a pine tree) | :: Kiefernzapfen {m} |
| pinelike {adj} (resembling a pine tree in some respect) | :: kiefernartig |
| pine marten {n} (Martes martes) | :: Baummarder {m} |
| pine needle {n} (leaf of a pine tree) | :: Kiefernnadel {f} |
| pine nut {n} (edible seeds of evergreen pine) | :: Pinienkern {m} |
| pinery {n} (pinewood) SEE: pinewood | :: |
| pinesap {n} (Monotropa hypopitys) | :: Fichtenspargel {m} |
| pine tree {n} (pine) SEE: pine | :: |
| pine weevil {n} (species of weevil) | :: Fichtenrüsselkäfer {m} |
| pinewood {n} (wood of the pine) | :: Kiefernholz {n}, Föhrenholz {n} [rare] |
| pinewood {n} (forest or grove of pines) | :: Kiefernwald {m} |
| ping {v} (To send a packet in order to determine whether a host is present) | :: pingen |
| pingo {n} (conical mound of earth with an ice core) | :: Pingo |
| pingo {n} (flexible pole with a load suspended from each end) SEE: carrying pole | :: |
| ping pong {n} (table tennis) SEE: table tennis | :: |
| pinhead {n} (ignorant, naive, foolish, and stupid person) | :: Dummkopf {m}, Holzkopf {m}, Dummbatz {m} |
| pinion {v} (restrain) SEE: restrain | :: |
| pinion {v} (bind the arms of someone) | :: fesseln |
| pinion {n} (gear in a gear drive train) | :: Ritzel {n} |
| pink {n} (flower) | :: Nelke {f} |
| pink {n} (pale red colour) | :: Rosa {n} |
| pink {adj} (colored/coloured between red and white) | :: pink, rosa |
| pinkie {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pinkie {n} (little toe) | :: kleiner Zeh {m} |
| pink jersey {n} (shirt worn by the leader in the Giro d'Italia) | :: Maglia Rosa {f} |
| pink shrimp {n} (Pandalus borealis) | :: Eismeergarnele {f} |
| pink slime {n} (meat by-product) | :: rosa Schleim {m} |
| pink slip {n} (notice of termination of employment) | :: blauer Brief {m} |
| pinky {n} (little finger) SEE: little finger | :: |
| pinky {n} (baby mouse) | :: neugeborene Maus {f} |
| pin money {n} (wife's allowance) | :: Nadelgeld {n} |
| pinna {n} (visible part of the ear) | :: Ohrmuschel {f} |
| pinnacle {n} (highest point) | :: Gipfel {m} |
| pinnacle {n} (tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain) | :: Felsnadel {f}, Felsturm {m} |
| pinnacle {n} (figuratively: all-time high) | :: Höhepunkt {m} |
| pinnacle {n} (architecture: an upright member) | :: Pinakel {n} |
| pinniped {n} (marine mammal) | :: Flossenfüßer {m}, Robbe {f} [Robben (Pinnipedia)] |
| PIN number {n} (PIN) SEE: PIN | :: |
| Pinocchio {prop} (protagonist) | :: Pinocchio {m} |
| Pinocchio {prop} (fairy tale) | :: Pinocchio {m} |
| pinocytosis {n} (a form of endocytosis) | :: Pinozytose {?} |
| pinpoint {n} (point of a pin) | :: Nadelspitze {f}, Pinspitze {f} |
| pinpoint {v} (locate precisely) | :: exakt lokalisieren |
| pinprick {n} | :: Nadelstich {m} |
| pins and needles {n} (tingling felt in limb) | :: Ameisenlaufen {n} |
| pinscher {n} (dog breed) | :: Pinscher {m} |
| Pinsk {prop} (city in Belarus) | :: Pinsk |
| pinstripe {n} (thin stripe on fabric) | :: Nadelstreifen {m} |
| pinstripe {n} (fabric with thin stripes) | :: Nadelstreifenstoff {m}, Nadelstreifengewebe {n} |
| pinstripe {n} (suit made of such fabric) | :: Nadelstreifenanzug {m} |
| pint {n} (unit of volume for liquids) | :: Pint {n} |
| pinta {n} (pint) SEE: pint | :: |
| pintail {n} (Anas acuta) SEE: northern pintail | :: |
| pinto {n} (horse with patchy coloration including white) | :: Scheck {m}, Schecke {m}, Schecke {f} |
| pinto {adj} (pied, mottled) | :: gefleckt |
| pin-up {n} (photograph) | :: Pin-up {n} |
| pin-up {n} (person) | :: Pin-up-Girl {n} |
| pinwheel {n} (fake flower for children) | :: Windrad {n} |
| pinworm {n} (worms) | :: Madenwurm {m} |
| Pinyin {prop} (romanization of Mandarin Chinese) | :: Pinyin {n} |
| pion {n} (particle) | :: Pion {n} |
| piñon {n} (pine nut) SEE: pine nut | :: |
| pioneer {n} (one who goes before) | :: Pionier {m}, Wegbereiter {m} |
| pioneer {n} (soldier) | :: Pionier {m} |
| pioneer {n} (member of a child organization in the Soviet bloc) | :: Pionier {m} |
| pioneering {adj} (involving new ideas or methods) | :: bahnbrechend, wegweisend, richtungsweisend |
| pioneer species {n} (pioneer species) | :: Pionierart {f} |
| pious {adj} (of or pertaining to piety) | :: fromm |
| pip {n} (seed) | :: Zacken {m} |
| pipe {n} (wind instrument) | :: Flöte {f} |
| pipe {n} (organ pipe) | :: Orgelpfeife {f} |
| pipe {n} (rigid tube) | :: Rohr {n} |
| pipe {n} (smoking implement) SEE: tobacco pipe | :: |
| pipe bomb {n} (explosive device consisting of blasting powder encased in a metal pipe) | :: Rohrbombe {f} |
| pipe cleaner {n} (wire which is used to clean small crevices) | :: Pfeifenreiniger {m} |
| pipe dream {n} (near impossibility) | :: Luftschloss {n} [air castle], Schnapsidee {n} [booze idea], Wunschtraum {m} |
| pipeline {n} (conduit made of pipes) | :: Pipeline {f}, Rohrleitung {f} |
| piper {n} (baby pigeon) SEE: squab | :: |
| piper {n} (bagpiper) SEE: bagpiper | :: |
| pipes of Pan {n} (panpipes) SEE: panpipes | :: |
| pipette {n} (small glass tube used for transferring liquid) | :: Pipette {f} |
| pipette {v} (to transfer or measure the volume of a liquid using a pipet) | :: pipettieren |
| pipit {n} (passerine bird from the genus Anthus) | :: Pieper {m} |
| piquancy {n} (degree to which something is piquant) | :: Pikanterie {f} |
| piquant {adj} (favorably stimulating to the palate) | :: pikant |
| pique {n} (feeling of irritation or resentment) | :: kränken, reizen, verletzen |
| pique {v} (to wound the pride of) | :: pikieren |
| piqued {adj} (mildly and temporarily annoyed) | :: pikiert |
| piquet {n} (a game of cards) | :: Piquet {n}, Pikett {n} |
| piracy {n} (robbery at sea) | :: Piraterie {f}, Seeräuberei {f} |
| piracy {n} (unauthorized duplication) | :: Raubkopieren {n}; Raubkopie {f}, Raubdruck {m} [pirated edition] |
| Piraeus {prop} (city) | :: Piräus |
| Pirandellian {adj} (characteristic of the works of Luigi Pirandello) | :: pirandellianisch, pirandellesk |
| piranha {n} (South American fish) | :: Piranha {m} |
| pirate {n} (one who plunders at sea) | :: Pirat {m}, Seeräuber {m}, Korsar {m} |
| pirate {n} (one who breaks intellectual property laws) | :: Pirat {m}, Raubkopierer {m} |
| pirate {v} (make and/or sell an illegal copy) | :: raubkopieren, schwarzkopieren |
| pirate radio {n} (radio station without the necessary license) | :: Piratensender {m} |
| pirate ship {n} (ship manned by pirates) | :: Piratenschiff {n} |
| pirog {n} (baked good) | :: Pirogge {f} |
| pirouette {n} (whirling or turning on the toes) | :: Pirouette {f} |
| pirouette {n} | :: Pirouette {f} |
| pirozhki {n} (small pastries) | :: [any Slavic pasty] Pirogge {f}; [specifically, but not widely known] Piroschki {n} |
| pirozhok {n} (pirozhki) SEE: pirozhki | :: |
| Pisa {prop} (city in Italy) | :: Pisa {n} |
| piscatory ring {n} (ring worn by popes) | :: Fischerring {m} |
| Pisces {prop} (constellation) | :: Fische {m-p} |
| Pisces {prop} (astrological sign) | :: Fische {m-p} |
| Piscis Austrinus {prop} (constellation) | :: Südlicher Fisch {m} |
| piscivore {n} (fish eater) | :: Fischfresser {m} |
| piscivorous {adj} (fish) | :: fischfressend, piscivor |
| Pisidia {prop} (region) | :: Pisidien {n} |
| pisiform bone {n} (os pisiforme) | :: Erbsenbein |
| pismire {n} (ant) SEE: ant | :: |
| piss {n} (urine) | :: Pisse {f} |
| piss {n} (alcohol) | :: Fusel {m}, Plörre {f} |
| piss {v} | :: Wasser lassen, pinkeln, [vulgar] pissen, [vulgar] strullen |
| pissaladière {n} (pizza-like pie from southern France) | :: Pissaladière {f} |
| pissed {adj} (drunk) | :: betrunken, besoffen, blau |
| pissed {adj} (annoyed, angry) | :: angepisst, sauer, wütend |
| pissed as a newt {adj} (drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated) | :: voll wie eine Haubitze |
| pissed off {adj} (annoyed, upset, angry) | :: sickig, angepisst |
| pisser {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| piss off {v} (to leave, to go away) | :: sich verpissen |
| piss off {v} (to annoy) | :: anpissen, ankotzen |
| piss-warm {adj} (lukewarm) | :: pisswarm |
| pistachio {n} (tree) | :: Pistazienbaum {m} |
| pistachio {n} (fruit) | :: Pistazie {f} |
| piste {n} ((skiing) a downhill trail) | :: Piste {f} |
| piste {n} ((fencing) the field of play of a fencing match) | :: Planche {f} |
| pistil {n} (a discrete unit in the center of a flower which receives the pollen and produces a fruit) | :: Stempel {m} |
| pistol {n} (handgun) | :: Pistole {f}, Faustfeuerwaffe {f} |
| pistol {n} (the mechanical component of a fuse) | :: Zündpistole {f} |
| piston {n} (solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder) | :: Kolben {m} |
| piston {n} (valve of brass instruments) | :: Pumpventil {n}, Perinetventil {n} |
| piston {n} (in firearms) | :: Piston {m} {n}, Zündhütchenträger {m} |
| piston engine {n} (engines having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons) | :: Kolbenmaschinen, Kolbenmotor {m} |
| pit {n} (hole in the ground) | :: Grube {f}, Loch {n} |
| pit {n} (service area at a motor racetrack) | :: Box {f} |
| pit {n} (seed or stone inside a fruit) | :: Same, Kern, Stein |
| pit {n} (the stone of a drupaceous fruit) | :: Kern {m}, Stein |
| pit {n} (mine) SEE: mine | :: |
| pit {n} (armpit) SEE: armpit | :: |
| pita {n} (bread pouch used for making sandwiches) | :: Pita {f} |
| pitaya {n} (dragon fruit) SEE: dragon fruit | :: |
| Pitcairn Islands {prop} (British territory) | :: Pitcairninseln {f-p} |
| pitch {n} (sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees) | :: Harz {n}, Pech {n} |
| pitch {n} (dark, extremely viscous material made by distilling tar) | :: Pech {n} |
| pitch {n} (act of pitching a baseball) | :: Wurf {m} |
| pitch {n} (field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played) | :: Sportplatz {m} |
| pitch {n} (effort to sell or promote something) | :: Verkaufsgespräch {n} |
| pitch {n} (distance between evenly spaced objects) | :: Teilung {f}, Abstand {m} |
| pitch {n} (angle at which an object sits) | :: Neigung {f}, Steigung {f} |
| pitch {n} (level or degree) | :: Grad |
| pitch {v} (to throw) | :: werfen |
| pitch {v} (baseball: to throw the ball toward home plate) | :: werfen |
| pitch {v} (to play baseball in the position of pitcher) | :: stampfen |
| pitch {v} (to throw away; discard) | :: wegwerfen |
| pitch {v} (to promote, advertise, or attempt to sell) | :: werben, bewerben |
| pitch {v} (to assemble or erect (a tent)) | :: aufschlagen |
| pitch {v} (to fix or place a tent or temporary habitation) | :: aufschlagen |
| pitch {v} (to move so that the front of the craft goes alternatively up and down) | :: stampfen (of ships); neigen (of aircraft) |
| pitch {n} (the perceived frequency of a sound or note) | :: Tonhöhe {f}, Tonlage {f} |
| pitch-black {adj} (of the blackest black) | :: pechschwarz, stockdunkel, stockfinster |
| pitchblende {n} (a type of uraninite) | :: Pechblende {f} |
| pitch-dark {adj} (absolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch) | :: stockdunkel, stockfinster |
| pitcher {n} (the player who throws the ball to the batter) | :: Pitcher {m}, Werfer {m} |
| pitcher {n} (A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids) | :: Krug {m}, Karaffe {f}, Kanne {f} |
| pitcher plant {n} (plant of the genus Sarracenia) | :: Schlauchpflanze {f} |
| pitcher plant {n} (plant of the genus Nepenthes) | :: Kannenpflanze {f} |
| pitcher plant {n} (plant of the genus Darlingtonia) | :: Kobralilie {f} |
| pitchfork {n} (farm tool with tines) | :: Heugabel {f}, Mistgabel {f} |
| pitch invasion {n} | :: Platzsturm {m} |
| pitfall {n} (potential problem, hazard, or danger) | :: Fallstrick {m} |
| pitfall {n} (trapping pit) | :: Fallgrube {f}, Fanggrube {f}, Wildgrube {f} |
| pitfall {n} (antipattern) SEE: antipattern | :: |
| pith {n} (soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees) | :: Mark {n} |
| pith {n} (albedo) SEE: albedo | :: |
| pith {n} (spinal cord; marrow) SEE: spinal cord | :: |
| pithouse {n} (primitive building) | :: Grubenhaus {n} |
| pithy {adj} (Concise and meaningful) | :: kernig, knackig, markig, prägnant |
| pitiable {adj} (that deserves, evokes or can be given pity) | :: bedauerlich, bedauernswert, erbärmlich, kläglich, erbarmenswert |
| pitiful {adv} (so appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it) | :: erbärmlich, kläglich, jämmerlich, mitleiderregend, bemitleidenswert |
| pitiless {adj} (having no pity) | :: erbarmungslos, unbarmherzig |
| Pitjantjatjara {prop} (the aboriginal language mainly spoken in central Australia) | :: Pitjantjatjara {n} |
| piton {n} (a spike, wedge, or peg (climbing)) | :: Felshaken {m} |
| pit prop {n} (beam) | :: Grubenstempel {m} |
| pit stop {n} (stop made during an automobile race at the pit to refuel) | :: Boxenstopp {m} |
| pitta bread {n} (flat bread made from wheat flour) SEE: pita | :: |
| pittance {n} (meagre allowance of money or wages) | :: Hungerlohn {m} |
| pittance {n} (a small amount) | :: Almosen {p} |
| pitter {n} (Device) | :: Entsteiner |
| pitting corrosion {n} (localized corrosion) | :: Lochfraßkorrosion {f}, Lochfraß {m} |
| pituitary {n} (pituitary gland) | :: Hypophyse {f} |
| pituitary gland {n} (endocrine gland) | :: Hypophyse {f}, Hirnanhangsdrüse {f}, Hirnanhangdrüse {f}, Hirnanhang {m} |
| pit viper {n} | :: Grubenottern {f} |
| pity {n} (feeling of sympathy) | :: Mitleid {n} |
| pity {n} (something regrettable) | :: schade |
| pity {v} | :: bemitleiden, Mitleid haben mit |
| pity {interj} (what a pity) SEE: what a pity | :: |
| pivot {n} (that on which something turns) | :: Drehpunkt {m}, Angelpunkt {m}, Zapfen {m} |
| pivot {n} (something having a paramount significance) | :: Angelpunkt {m} |
| pivot {n} | :: Punkt {m}, Drehpunkt {m}, Zapfen {m}, Drehzapfen {m}, Angel {m} {f}, Türangel {m} {f} |
| pivot {v} (to turn on an exact spot) | :: sich drehen |
| pivotal {adj} (being of crucial importance; central, key) | :: entscheidend, ausschlaggebend, Dreh-, Zapfen-, Angel-, Zentral-, Schlüssel-, Kardinal- |
| pixel {n} (one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory) | :: Pixel {n}, Bildpunkt {m}, Bildelement {n} |
| pixelate {v} (divide an image into pixels) | :: pixeln |
| pixelate {v} (transform an image into large pixels) | :: verpixeln, pixeln |
| pixelated {adj} (of an image, having pixels that are large enough to be individually visible from a normal viewing distance) | :: pixelig, verpixelt |
| pixellated {adj} (pixelated) SEE: pixelated | :: |
| pixelly {adj} (pixelated, blocky) | :: pixelig |
| pixie {n} (playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature) | :: Kobold |
| pizza {n} (baked Italian dish) | :: Pizza {f} |
| pizza {n} (a single instance of that dish) | :: Pizza {f} |
| pizzamaker {n} (man who makes pizzas, see also: pizzaiolo) | :: Pizzabäcker {m} |
| pizza parlor {n} (pizzeria) SEE: pizzeria | :: |
| pizzeria {n} (outlet that primarily sells pizza) | :: Pizzeria {f} |
| pizzle {n} (penis of an animal) | :: Penis {m}, Fiesel {m}, Ziemer {m}, Ochsenziemer {m}, Rute {f}, Tierpenis {m}, Bullenpenis {m}, Bullenziemer {m}, Pferdepenis {m}, Hengstpenis {m}, Hundepenis {m} |
| pizzle {n} (baton made from the penis of an ox, once used to beat men and animals) | :: Ochsenziemer |
| PKK {prop} (Kurdistan Workers Party) | :: PKK |
| placard {n} (a sheet of paper or cardboard) | :: Plakat {n} |
| placarder {n} (person who puts up placards) | :: Plakateur {m}, Plakatierer {m}, Plakatiererin {f} |
| placate {v} (to calm) | :: beschwichtigen, besänftigen |
| place {n} (location, position) | :: Platz {m}, Ort {m}, Stelle {f}, Position {f} |
| place {n} (open space, courtyard, market square) | :: Platz {m} |
| place {n} (somewhere to sit) | :: Platz {m}, Sitzplatz {m}, Sitz {m} |
| place {n} (informal: house or home) | :: Bude {f} |
| place {n} | :: Platz {m}, Stehplatz {m}, Schlafplatz {m}, Quartier {n}, Standplatz {m} [for vehicles] |
| place {v} (to put in a specific location) | :: stellen, platzieren, einordnen |
| placebo {n} (a dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment) | :: Placebo {n}, Plazebo {n} |
| placebo effect {n} (tendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient) | :: Placeboeffekt {m} |
| placeholder {n} (that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later) | :: Platzhalter {m} |
| placelessness {n} (placelessness) | :: Ortlosigkeit {f} |
| place mat {n} (protective table mat) | :: Set {n}, Platzdeckchen {n} |
| placement {n} (the act of placing or putting in place) | :: Platzierung {f} |
| placement {n} (the act of matching a person with a job) | :: Stellenvermittlung {f} |
| placename {n} (the name of a place) | :: Ortsname {m}, Toponym {n} |
| placenta {n} (anatomy: placenta) | :: Plazenta {f}, Mutterkuchen {m} |
| place of articulation {n} (point of contact) | :: Artikulationsort {m}, Artikulationsstelle {f} |
| place of decimals {n} (position of digit to the right of the decimal point) SEE: decimal place | :: |
| place value {n} (value of a digit) | :: Stellenwert {m} |
| placid {adj} (calm and quiet; peaceful) | :: ruhig, friedlich, sanft |
| plagiarism {n} (copying of someone's ideas) | :: Plagiat {n} |
| plagiarism {n} (act of plagiarizing or something plagiarized) | :: Plagiat {n} |
| plagiarist {n} (one who plagiarizes) | :: Plagiator {m}, Plagiatorin {f} |
| plagiarize {v} (use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing/speech) | :: plagiieren, geistigen Diebstahl begehen, abkupfern, guttenbergen [neologism] |
| plagioclase {n} (group of feldspar minerals) | :: Plagioklas |
| plague {n} (specific disease "the Plague") | :: Pest {f} |
| plague {n} (an epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence) | :: Plage {f} |
| plague {n} (widespread affliction, calamity) | :: Plage {f} |
| plague {n} | :: Pest, Plage |
| plagued {adj} (constantly afflicted or relentlessly attacked) | :: geplagt, andauernd belästigt, ständig heimgesucht, unnachgiebig attackiert |
| plaice {n} (Pleuronectes platessa) | :: Scholle {f} |
| plaice {n} (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) | :: Alaska-Scholle {f} |
| plaid {n} (pattern) | :: Schottenstoff {m} |
| plain {adj} (ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation) | :: schlicht |
| plain {adj} (unseasoned) | :: Natur- |
| plain {n} (an expanse of land with relatively low relief) | :: Ebene {f} |
| plainchant {n} (plainsong) SEE: plainsong | :: |
| Plain of Jars {prop} (plateau in Laos) | :: Ebene der Tonkrüge {f} |
| plainsong {n} (monophonic chant) | :: Cantus planus {m} |
| plain text {n} (unencrypted text) SEE: cleartext | :: |
| plaintiff {n} (party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant) | :: Kläger {m} |
| plaintive {adj} (Sorrowful, mournful or melancholic) | :: traurig, wehleidig, klagend, Klage- |
| plain-winged antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Schiefergrauer Ameisenwürger {m} |
| plait {n} (braid) SEE: braid | :: |
| plait {v} (to interweave) SEE: braid | :: |
| plait {v} (to double in narrow folds) SEE: pleat | :: |
| plait {n} (flat fold) | :: Falte {f} |
| plan {n} (technical drawing) | :: Plan {m} |
| plan {n} (set of intended actions) | :: Plan {m} |
| plan {n} (2-dimensional drawing from above) | :: Plan {m} |
| plan {n} | :: Grundriss {m}, Plan {m}, Schema {n} |
| plan {v} (to design) | :: anlegen, planen |
| plan {v} (to create a plan for) | :: planen |
| plan {v} (to intend) | :: planen, vorhaben |
| Planalto slaty antshrike {n} (bird) | :: Planalto-Tropfenameisenwürger {m} |
| planarian {n} (flatworm) | :: Planarie {f} |
| plan B {n} (alternative solution) | :: Plan B {m} |
| Planck's constant {n} (constant) | :: Plancksches Wirkungsquantum {n} |
| Planck unit {n} (physics) | :: Planck-Einheit {f} |
| plane {adj} (of a surface: flat or level.) | :: eben |
| plane {n} (math: flat surface extending infinitely in all directions) | :: Ebene {f} |
| plane {n} (level of existence) | :: Ebene {f} |
| plane {n} (a tool) | :: Hobel {m} |
| plane {v} (to smooth with a plane) | :: hobeln |
| plane {n} (airplane) | :: Flugzeug {n}, [colloquial] Flieger {m} |
| plane {v} (to glide) | :: gleiten |
| plane {n} (deciduous tree) | :: Platane {f} |
| planer {n} (woodworking tool) | :: Hobel {m}, [large] Raubank {f} |
| planespotter {n} (person whose hobby is plane spotting) | :: Planespotter {m} |
| planet {n} (each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky) | :: Planet {m}, Wandelstern {m} [old] |
| planet {n} (rocky or gaseous spherical bodies orbiting the Sun) | :: Planet {m} |
| planet {n} (similar body in orbit around a star) | :: Planet {m} |
| planetarium {n} (museum which displays images of space) | :: Planetarium {n} |
| planetary {adj} (of or relating to planets) | :: planetar |
| planetary nebula {n} (nebulosity) | :: planetarischer Nebel {m} |
| planetary science {n} (branch of astronomy) | :: Planetologie {f} |
| planetary system {n} (a group of various non-stellar objects orbiting a star or star system) | :: Planetensystem {n} |
| planetesimal {n} (a small, solid astronomical object) | :: Planetesimal {n} |
| planetoid {n} (any of several larger astral bodies) | :: Planetoid {m} |
| planetology {n} (the study of planets) | :: Planetologie {f} |
| planetree {n} (plane) SEE: plane | :: |
| planetree {n} (sycamore) SEE: sycamore | :: |
| Planet X {prop} (hypothetical planet) | :: Transpluto {m}, Planet X {m} |
| plangent {adj} (having a loud mournful sound) | :: klagend |
| planimeter {n} (measuring device) | :: Planimeter {n} |
| planisphere {n} (charts of the celestial sphere) | :: Planisphäre {f} |
| plank {n} (long, broad and thick piece of timber) | :: Planke {f} |
| plank {n} (political issue) | :: Schwerpunkt {m} |
| planktology {n} (study of plankton) | :: Planktologie {f} |
| plankton {n} (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea) | :: Plankton {n} |
| planned economy {n} (economy in which government directly manages) | :: Planwirtschaft {f} |
| planned obsolescence {n} (policy) | :: Geplante Obsoleszenz {f} |
| planning {n} (action of the verb to plan) | :: Planen {n} |
| planning {n} (act of formulating of a course of action) | :: Planung {f} |
| planning {n} (act of making contingency plans) | :: Planung {f} |
| plant {n} (factory) SEE: factory | :: |
| plant {n} (organism capable of photosynthesis) | :: Pflanze {f} |
| plant {n} (a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree) | :: Gewächs {n} |
| plant {n} (organism of the kingdom Plantae) | :: Pflanze {f} |
| plant {n} (snooker shot) | :: Kombination {f} |
| plant {v} (place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow) | :: pflanzen |
| plant {v} (to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit) | :: platzieren |
| plantain {n} (small plant) | :: Wegerich {m} |
| plantain {n} (fruit) | :: Kochbanane {f}, Gemüsebanane {f}, Mehlbanane {f}, Pisangfeige {f} |
| plantar fascia {n} (the thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot) | :: Aponeurosis plantaris |
| plantar fasciitis {n} (painful inflammation of the plantar fascia) | :: Fersensporn {m}, Fasciitis plantaris {f} |
| plantaris {n} (muscle from the knee to the heel) | :: Fußsohlenmuskel {m} |
| plantation {n} (large farm) | :: Plantage {f} |
| plantigrade {n} (animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot) | :: Fersengänger {m}, Sohlengänger {m} |
| plantless {adj} (without plants) | :: vegetationslos |
| plaque {n} (flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament) | :: Plakette {f} |
| plaque {n} (accumulation of biofilm, or bacteria, on teeth) | :: Zahnbelag {m}, Plaque {f} |
| plaque {n} (accumulation in artery walls) SEE: atheroma | :: |
| plash {v} (to splash) | :: platschen |
| plasma {n} (high energy state of matter) | :: Plasma {n} |
| plasma {n} (component of blood) | :: Plasma {n} |
| plasma accelerator {n} (particle accelerator) | :: Kielfeld-Beschleuniger {m} |
| plasma membrane {n} (cell membrane) SEE: cell membrane | :: |
| plasma rifle {n} (assault rifle-styled gun that shoots plasma) | :: Plasmagewehr {n} |
| plasmid {n} (loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes) | :: Plasmid {n} |
| plasmogamy {n} | :: Plasmogamie {f} |
| plasmonic {adj} (of or pertaining to plasmons) | :: plasmonisch |
| plaster {n} (healing paste) | :: Salbe {f}, Creme {f} |
| plaster {n} (mixture for coating) | :: Putz {m}, Stuck {m}, Gips {m}, Wandputz {m}, Putzmörtel {m}, Kalkputz {m}, Gipsputz {m}, Lehmputz {m} |
| plaster {n} (cast) | :: Gips {m}, Gipsverband {m}, Abguß {m}, Gipsabguß {m}, Gipsabdruck {m} |
| plaster {v} (to cover with plaster) | :: vergipsen, putzen, verputzen, überziehen |
| plaster {v} (to smear with some viscous or liquid substance) | :: gipsen |
| plaster {v} (to cover up, as with plaster) | :: überziehen, überputzen, übertünchen, vergipsen |
| plaster {n} (adhesive bandage) SEE: band-aid | :: |
| plaster {n} (plaster of Paris) SEE: plaster of Paris | :: |
| plaster cast {n} (healing aid) | :: Gips {m}, Gipsverband {m} |
| plaster cast {n} (copy) | :: Abguß {m}, Gipsabguß {m}, Gipsabdruck {m} |
| plasterer {n} (a person who plasters walls) | :: Stuckateur {m}, Gipser {m} |
| plaster of Paris {n} (hemihydrate of calcium sulfate) | :: Stuckgips {m}, Gips {m}, Gipsmörtel {m}, Gipsputz {m} |
| plasterwork {n} (work in plaster) | :: Stuck {m} |
| plastic {n} (synthetic thermoplastic polymer) | :: Kunststoff {f}, Plastik {n}, Plast {m}, Plaste {f} [colloquial] |
| plastic {n} (any similar synthetic material) | :: Plastik {n} |
| plastic {n} (colloquial: credit cards or debit cards) | :: Plastikgeld {n} |
| plastic {adj} (capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant) | :: plastisch |
| plastic {adj} (biology: capable of adapting to varying conditions) | :: plastisch |
| plastic {adj} (made of plastic) | :: Plastik- [in compound words] |
| plastic bag {n} (type of packaging) | :: Plastikbeutel {m}, Plastiktüte {f}, Plastiksack {m}, Plastiksackerl {n} |
| plastic explosive {n} (explosive material) | :: Plastiksprengstoff {m} |
| plasticine {n} (modeling clay) | :: Knete {f}, Knetmasse {f} |
| plasticity {n} (quality of being plastic) | :: Plastizität {f} |
| plasticity {n} | :: Drehfähigkeit {f}, Fließbarkeit {f}, Formbarkeit {f}, Plastizität {f}, Verformbarkeit {f} |
| plasticize {v} (to make something more plastic, especially by adding a plasticizer) | :: plastifizieren |
| plasticizer {n} (substance added for pliability in plastics) | :: Weichmacher {m} |
| plastic surgery {n} (surgery involving the transfer of tissue) | :: plastische Chirurgie {f} |
| plat {n} (a braid; a plait) SEE: braid | :: |
| plat {v} (to braid, plait) SEE: braid | :: |
| plat {n} (plot of land) SEE: lot | :: |
| plate {n} (Cockney rhyming slang: foot) SEE: foot | :: |
| plate {n} (flat dish) | :: Teller {m} |
| plate {n} (course at a meal) | :: Gang {m} |
| plate {n} (flat metallic object) | :: Platte {f} |
| plate {n} (vehicle license plate) | :: Nummernschild {n}, Kennzeichen {n} |
| plate {n} (printing: engraved surface used to transfer an image to paper) | :: Druckstock {m} |
| plate {v} (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) | :: überziehen |
| plate {n} (prize given to the winner in a contest) SEE: prize | :: |
| plate {n} (geology: tectonic plate) SEE: tectonic plate | :: |
| plateau {n} (level expanse) | :: Hochebene {f}, Plateau {n} |
| plateau {n} (stable level) | :: Plateau {n} |
| platelet {n} (particle found in the blood of mammals) | :: Thrombozyt {m}, Blutplättchen {n} |
| plate tectonics {n} (large-scale movement of tectonic plates) | :: Plattentektonik {f} |
| platform {n} (stage for speeches and performances) | :: Plattform {f}, Podest {n} |
| platform {n} (place or opportunity to express one's opinion) | :: Plattform {f} |
| platform {n} (computing: particular type of operating system or environment) | :: Plattform {f} |
| platform {n} (politics: political stance on a broad set of issues) | :: Programm {n}, Parteiprogramm {n}, Grundsatzprogramm {n} |
| platform {n} (travel: raised structure for passengers) | :: Bahnsteig {m}, Perron {m} [Austria, Switzerland, dated in Germany] |
| platform shoe {n} (type of footwear) | :: Plateauschuh {m} |
| plating {n} (thin coating of metal) | :: Plattieren {n} |
| platiniferous {adj} (yielding or containing platinum) | :: platinhaltig |
| platinum {n} (metal) | :: Platin {n} |
| platitude {n} (often-quoted saying) | :: Plattitüde {f} |
| platitude {n} (triteness) | :: Plattitüde {f} |
| Plato {prop} (Greek philosopher) | :: Plato {m}, Platon {m} |
| platometer {n} (planimeter) SEE: planimeter | :: |
| platonic {adj} (not sexual in nature) | :: platonisch |
| Platonic {adj} (related to Plato) | :: platonisch |
| platonic love {n} (intimate but non-sexual affection) | :: platonische Liebe {f} |
| Platonic solid {n} (Any one of five polyhedra) | :: platonischer Körper {m} |
| platoon {n} (unit of 30-40 soldiers) | :: Zug {m}, Kolonne {f}, Sanitätszug {m} [medical] |
| platter {n} (tray for serving food) | :: Teller {m}, Servierplatte {f}, Servierteller {m}, Tablett {n} |
| platypus {n} (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) | :: Schnabeltier {n} |
| plausible {adj} (likely, acceptable) | :: plausibel, glaubhaft |
| plausible deniability {n} (organization of a clandestine activity) | :: glaubhafte Abstreitbarkeit {f}, glaubhafte Bestreitbarkeit {f} |
| Plautdietsch {prop} (variety of Low German, see also: Mennonite Low German) | :: Plautdietsch {n} |
| play {v} (act in a manner such that one has fun) | :: spielen |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (transitive sense), affecting a noun) | :: spielen |
| play {v} (produce music using a musical instrument (intransitive sense, not affecting a noun)) | :: spielen |
| play {v} (act in a performance) | :: spielen |
| play {v} (participate in (a sport or game)) | :: spielen |
| play {v} (use a device to hear (a recording)) | :: abspielen, spielen |
| play {v} (manipulate or deceive someone) | :: täuschen, hinters Licht führen, verarschen |
| play {v} (feign, pretend) | :: vorspielen, vormachen |
| play {n} (playful activity) | :: Spiel {n} |
| play {n} (theatrical performance) | :: Schauspiel {n}, Theaterstück {n} |
| play {n} (action carried out when it is one's turn to play) | :: Zug {m}, Spielzug {m} |
| play {n} (area of free movement for a part of a mechanism) SEE: backlash | :: |
| playable {adj} (able to be played) | :: spielbar |
| playable {adj} (of a game, able to be played and enjoyed) | :: spielbar |
| playacting {n} (pretence) | :: Schauspielerei {f} |
| playacting {n} (overdramatic behaviour) | :: Schauspielerei {f} |
| play along {v} (2.) | :: mitspielen |
| playback {n} (replaying of recorded sound or moving images) | :: Playback {n}, Wiedergabe {f} |
| playboy {n} (man who devotes himself to pleasure) | :: Playboy {m}, Lebemann {m}, Salonlöwe {m} |
| Playboy {prop} (the adult magazine) | :: Playboy {m} |
| play by ear {v} (play music guided by one's musical ear) | :: nach Gehör spielen |
| play by ear {v} (do by guessing) | :: improvisieren; spontan entscheiden; es auf sich zukommen lassen; es nehmen, wie es kommt; [colloquial] sehen; kucken |
| play dead {v} (to act as though defeated) | :: sich tot stellen |
| playdough {n} (childrens' modeling clay) | :: Knete, Knetmasse |
| play down {v} (play down) SEE: downplay | :: |
| play dumb {v} (to pretend to be mute) | :: Stummheit vortäuschen, vorgeben stumm zu sein |
| play dumb {v} (to pretend to be slow-witted) | :: sich dumm stellen |
| player {n} (one who plays any game or sport) | :: Spieler {m} |
| player {n} (dramatic actor) | :: Schauspieler {m}, Spieler {m} [poetic] |
| player {n} (one who plays a musical instrument) | :: Spieler {m} |
| player {n} (video games: gamer, gamester, see also: gamer; gamester) | :: Spieler {m}, Gamer {m} |
| player {n} (gambler, see also: gambler) | :: Spieler {m} |
| player {n} (mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar) | :: Vorsetzer {m} |
| player {n} (electronic device) | :: Spieler {m}, Abspieler {m}, Abspielgerät {n}, Wiedergabegerät {n} |
| player {n} (software application) | :: Player {m}, Spieler {m} |
| player {n} (one without serious aims) | :: Spielkind {n} |
| player {n} (significant participant) | :: Player {m}, Akteur {m} |
| play for time {v} (to delay until one is prepared) | :: Zeit schinden |
| playful {adj} (liking or prone to play) | :: verspielt |
| playful {adj} | :: verspielt |
| play gooseberry {v} (to serve as a chaperon) | :: den Anstandswauwau spielen |
| playground {n} (large open space to play on, usually for children) | :: Spielwiese {f}, Spielplatz {m} |
| playground {n} (open-air space on a school campus where the children can play) | :: Schulhof {m} |
| playground {n} (small area for children) | :: Spielplatz {m} |
| playground {n} (space to do what one pleases) | :: Spielwiese {f} |
| play hooky {v} (to stay away from school, work, etc. without suitable permission or excuse) | :: schwänzen, blaumachen |
| play house {n} (toy house for children to play in) SEE: Wendy house | :: |
| play house {v} (to act out family roles) | :: Vater-Mutter-Kind spielen (to play father-mother-child) |
| play house {v} (to live unmarried as if being married) | :: wie ein Ehepaar tun, wie ein Ehepaar zusammenleben, in wilder Ehe leben, einen auf Ehe machen [colloquial] |
| play house {n} (toy house for dolls) SEE: doll's house | :: |
| playhouse {n} (venue for performing plays) SEE: theater | :: |
| playing card {n} (one of usually 52 rectangular pieces of card) | :: Spielkarte {f}, Karte {f} |
| play into someone's hands {v} ( to act to someone's advantage) | :: jemandem in die Hände spielen |
| play it safe {v} (take a cautious, risk-free approach) | :: auf Nummer sicher gehen |
| playlist {n} (record) | :: Wiedergabeliste {f}, Playlist {f} |
| playlist {n} (computing) | :: Playlist {n} |
| playmate {n} (companion to play with) | :: Spielgefährte {m}, Spielkamerad {m} |
| playmate {n} (woman who has appeared in Playboy magazine) | :: Playmate {n} |
| play money {n} (obviously fake currency) | :: Spielgeld {n} |
| playpen {n} (enclosure for children to play in) | :: Laufgitter {n}, Laufstall {m} |
| play possum {v} (to pretend to be dead) | :: sich tot stellen |
| play second fiddle {v} (idiomatic) | :: die zweite Geige spielen |
| PlayStation {n} (series of video game consoles) | :: PlayStation {f} |
| play the field {v} (to date more than one person) | :: nichts anbrennen lassen (not to let anything get burnt); [less common; only of exactly two partners] zweigleisig fahren (to drive on two [railway] tracks) |
| play the fool {v} (behave in a foolish manner) | :: den Narren spielen |
| plaything {n} (something intended for playing with) | :: Spielzeug {n} |
| play truant {v} (be absent from school without permission) | :: die Schule schwänzen |
| play with fire {v} (put oneself in a precarious situation) | :: mit dem Feuer spielen |
| playwright {n} (writer of plays for the theatre) | :: Bühnenautor {m}, Bühnenautorin {f}, Dramatiker {m}, Dramatikerin {f}, Schauspieldichter, Stückeschreiber, |
| playwriter {n} (playwright) SEE: playwright | :: |
| plaza {n} (a towns' public square) | :: Platz {m} |
| PLC {n} (Abbreviation for public limited company) | :: AG |
| PLC {n} (Abbreviation for a programmable logic controller) | :: SPS {f} |
| plea {n} (appeal, petition, entreaty) | :: Ersuchen {n}, Flehen {n}, Bitte {f}, Appell {m} |
| plea {n} (excuse) | :: Entschuldigung {f}, Verteidigung {f} |
| plea {n} (that which is presented in defense or justification) | :: Plädoyer {n} |
| plea {n} (law: defendant's answer to plaintiff’s declaration) | :: Plädoyer {n} |
| plea {n} | :: Plädoyer {n} |
| plead {v} (to present an argument) | :: plädieren, bekennen [reflexive], berufen [reflexive, + auf], eintreten [+ für], aussprechen [reflexive, + für] |
| plead {v} (to beg) | :: (dringend) bitten, anflehen, beschwören |
| pleasant {adj} (giving pleasure; pleasing in manner) | :: angenehm |
| please {v} (to make happy or satisfy) | :: gefallen, rechtmachen |
| please {adv} (interjection to make a polite request) | :: bitte |
| please {adv} (affirmative to an offer) | :: bitte, gerne |
| please {adv} (expression of annoyance or impatience) | :: bitte |
| pleased {adj} (happy, content) | :: froh, zufrieden |
| pleased to meet you {phrase} (polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) | :: es freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen, angenehm |
| please pass the salt {phrase} (please pass the salt) | :: reich doch bitte das Salz |
| please repeat after me {phrase} (phrase) | :: sprechen Sie mir bitte nach |
| please say that again {phrase} (please say that again) | :: bitte sagen Sie es noch einmal, [informal, singular] bitte sage es noch einmal |
| please sit down {phrase} (please sit down) | :: [formal] setzen Sie sich, [plural informal] setzt euch, [informal] setz dich |
| please speak more slowly {phrase} (please speak more slowly) | :: sprechen Sie bitte langsamer |
| please turn left {phrase} (please turn left) | :: bitte biegen Sie links ab |
| please turn right {phrase} (please turn right) | :: bitte biegen Sie rechts ab |
| pleasing {adj} (giving pleasure) | :: angenehm |
| pleasurable {adj} (that gives pleasure) | :: angenehm |
| pleasure {n} (a state of being pleased) | :: Vergnügen {n} |
| pleasure {n} (person or thing that causes enjoyment) | :: Freude {f}, Spaß {m} |
| pleasure {n} (sexual enjoyment) | :: Wollust {f} |
| pleasure {n} | :: Vergnügen bereiten (being pleased) |
| pleasure principle {n} (principle that human decisions are motivated by desire) | :: Lustprinzip {n} |
| pleat {n} (fold in a fabric of a garment) | :: Falte {f} |
| pleat {v} (To form pleats in a piece of fabric or garment) | :: plissieren, in Falten legen, fälteln |
| pleat {n} (plait) SEE: plait | :: |
| pleb {n} (common person) | :: Prolet {m} |
| plebe {n} (plebeian) SEE: plebeian | :: |
| plebe {n} (plebs) SEE: plebs | :: |
| plebeian {n} (one of the common people of ancient Rome) | :: Plebejer {m} |
| plebeian {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: plebejisch |
| plebiscite {n} (A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty) | :: Plebiszit {n}, Volksabstimmung {f} |
| plebs {n} (The common people) | :: Plebs {f} |
| plectrum {n} (music: small piece for plucking strings) | :: Plektron {n}, Plektrum {n} |
| pledge {v} (to make a solemn promise) | :: zusichern, versprechen, geloben, zusagen |
| pledge {v} (to deposit something as a security; to pawn) | :: verpfänden |
| pledge {n} (solemn promise) | :: Pfand {n} |
| Pleiades {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Plejaden |
| Pleiades {prop} (astronomy) | :: Plejaden {f-p}, Siebengestirn {n} |
| pleiochasium {n} (inflorescence with several buds) | :: Trugdolde {f} Scheindolde {f}, Pleiochasium {n} |
| Pleistocene {adj} (of the Pleistocene epoch) | :: pleistozänisch |
| Pleistocene {prop} ((geology) the Pleistocene epoch) | :: Pleistozän {n}, Eiszeitalter {n} |
| plenary {adj} (fully attended) | :: Plenar-, Voll- |
| plenary session {n} (plenary session) | :: Plenarsitzung {f}, Plenartagung {f}, Vollversammlung {f} |
| plenipotentiary {n} (person invested with supreme authority) | :: Bevollmächtigter {m} |
| plenipotentiary {adj} (invested with full power) | :: bevollmächtigt |
| plentiful {adj} (existing in large number) | :: massenhaft, reichlich |
| plenty {n} (a more-than-adequate amount) | :: Fülle {f}, Überfluss {m} |
| plenty {adj} (plentiful) SEE: plentiful | :: |
| plenum {n} (a legislative meeting (especially of the Communist Party) in which all members are present) | :: Plenum {n} |
| pleonasm {n} (redundancy in wording) | :: Pleonasmus {m} |
| pleonastic {adj} (redundant) SEE: redundant | :: |
| pleonastic {adj} (of, or relating to pleonasm) | :: pleonastisch |
| pleophony {n} (disyllabic reflex in East Slavic languages) | :: Volllaut {m} |
| pleroma {n} (the region of light above the world) | :: Pleroma {n} |
| plethora {n} (excess, abundance) | :: Fülle {f}, Übermaß {n} |
| pleural cavity {n} (body cavity) | :: Pleurahöhle, Pleuraspalt |
| pleurisy {n} (inflammation of lung pleura) | :: Brustfellentzündung {f} |
| plexiglass {n} (common language term for polymethyl methacrylate) | :: Acrylglas {n}, Plexiglas {n} |
| pliable {adj} (easily bent or formed) | :: biegsam |
| Pliensbachian {prop} (a subdivision of the Jurassic period) | :: Pliensbachium |
| pliers {n} (gripping tool which multiplies the strength of the user's hand) | :: Zange {f}; Kneifzange {f} |
| plight {n} (unfortunate situation) | :: Misere {f}, Notlage {f}, Bedrängnis {n} |
| Plimsoll line {n} (International Load Line) | :: Plimsoll-Marke {f} |
| plinth {n} (base for column, pedestal or statue) | :: Sockel {m} |
| Pliny {prop} (Roman praenomen) | :: Plinius |
| PLL {n} (phase-locked loop) | :: Phasenregelkreis, phasengekoppelter Regelkreis. |
| PLMN {n} (public switched telephone network) | :: PLMN {n} |
| plod {v} (to walk slowly) | :: stapfen |
| plodder {n} (a person who works slowly) | :: Arbeitstier {n} |
| plop {v} (Sounding of liquid) | :: ploppen |
| plop {v} (Heavy landing) | :: plumpsen |
| plosive {n} (consonant) | :: Verschlußlaut {m}, Verschlusslaut {m}, Explosiv {m}, Plosiv {m} |
| plot {n} (course of a story) | :: Handlung {f} |
| plot {n} (secret plan to achieve an end) | :: Komplott {n} |
| plot {v} (transitive: to conceive) | :: planen, ausarbeiten, entwerfen |
| plot {v} (to trace out a graph or diagram) | :: plotten |
| plotter {n} (device) | :: Plotter {m} |
| plot twist {n} (change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot) | :: unerwartete Wendung {f}, überraschende Wendung der Handlung {f}, Plottorsion, Plottwist {m} |
| plough {n} (device pulled through the ground) | :: Pflug {m} |
| plough {v} (to use a plough on to prepare for planting) | :: pflügen |
| plough {v} (to use a plough) | :: pflügen |
| plough {v} (vulgar: to have sex with) | :: ficken |
| Plough {prop} (brightest seven stars of the constellation Ursa Major) SEE: Big Dipper | :: |
| plov {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| Plovdiv {prop} (city) | :: Plowdiw {n} |
| plover {n} (wading bird of the family Charadriidae) | :: Regenpfeifer {m} |
| plow {n} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| plow {v} (plough) SEE: plough | :: |
| plower {n} (one who plows) | :: Pflüger {m}, Pflügerin {f} |
| plowman {n} (male plower) | :: Pflüger {m}, Egger {m} |
| plowshare {n} (cutting edge of a plow) | :: Schar {f}, Pflugeisen {n}, Pflugschar {f} |
| plowwoman {n} (female plower) | :: Pflügerin {f} |
| ploy {n} (strategy, tactic) | :: Trick {m}, List {f}, Masche {f} |
| pluck {v} (to pull something sharply; to pull something out) | :: pflücken, abrupfen |
| pluck {v} (music: to gently play a single string) | :: zupfen, schlagen |
| pluck {v} (to remove feathers from a bird) | :: rupfen, ausrupfen |
| plucky {adj} (having or showing pluck) | :: beherzt, tapfer |
| plug {n} (electric connecting device) | :: Stecker {m} |
| plug {n} (hole filler) | :: Stöpsel {m}, Stopfen {m}, Pfropfen {m}, Pfropf {m}, Spund {m}, Zapfen {m} |
| plug {n} (hold for nails) | :: Dübelholz {n}, Dübel {m}, Holzdübel {m} |
| plug {v} (to blatantly mention) | :: Schleichwerbung machen |
| plug in {v} (connect an electrical device) | :: einstecken |
| plug-in {n} (computer add-on) | :: Plug-in {n}, Plugin {n} |
| plum {n} (fruit of Prunus domestica) | :: Pflaume {f}, Zwetschge {f} |
| plum {n} (tree) | :: Pflaumenbaum {m} |
| plum {n} (desirable thing) | :: Leckerbissen {m} |
| plum {n} (raisin when used in pudding or cake) SEE: raisin | :: |
| plumage {n} (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body) | :: Gefieder {n}, Vogelgefieder {n}, Federkleid {n}, Federschmuck {m} |
| plumbago {n} (leadwort) | :: Bleiwurz {f} |
| plumber {n} (one who works in lead) | :: Bleiarbeiter, Bleiarbeiterin {f} |
| plumber {n} (one who fits, etc, pipes for water, gas or drainage) | :: Klempner {m}, Klempnerin {f} |
| plumber's helper {n} (plunger) SEE: plunger | :: |
| plumber's snake {n} (flexible rotating tool used to unclog a pipe) | :: Rohrreinigungsspirale |
| plumbery {n} (business of a plumber) SEE: plumbing | :: |
| plumbiferous {adj} (producing or containing lead) | :: bleihaltig |
| plumbing {n} (pipes, etc, of a water/gas/sewage system in a building) | :: Verrohrung {f}, Rohrleitung {f} |
| plumbing {n} (trade or occupation of a plumber) | :: Klempnerei {f}, Klempnerarbeit {f} |
| plumbing {n} (informal: system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system) | :: Gedärm {n}, Unterleib {m} |
| plumbing {n} | :: Klempnerarbeit {f} |
| plumbism {n} (lead poisoning) | :: Bleivergiftung {f} |
| plumb line {n} (plummet) SEE: plummet | :: |
| plum blossom {n} (the blossom of the Prunus mume) | :: Pflaumenblüte {f} |
| plume {n} (feather) | :: Feder {f} |
| plume {n} (cluster of feathers) | :: Federschmuck {m}, Federbusch {m}, Hutfeder {f} |
| plume {n} (token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize or reward) | :: Auszeichnung {f} |
| plume {n} (area over which (or space into which) a dispersed substance has spread or fanned out; a cloud) | :: Rauchwolke {f}, Rauchfahne {f}, Schadstofffahne {f}, Abluftfahne {f}, Abwasserfahne {f}, -fahne {f}, Staubwolke {f}, -wolke {f} |
| plume {n} (geology: upwelling of molten material) | :: Plume {m}, Diapir {m}, Manteldiapir {m}, Diapir {m}, Manteldiapir {m} |
| plummet {n} (lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line) | :: Lot {n}, Blei {n}, Senker {m}, Senklot {n}, Senkblei {n} |
| plummet {n} (any weight) | :: Gewicht {n}, Bleigewicht {n} |
| plummet {n} (violent or dramatic fall) | :: Sturz {m}, Absturz {m}, Sturzflug {m} |
| plummet {n} (decline, fall, drop) | :: Abfall {m}, Absturz {m}, Rickgang {m}, Abnahme {f}, Verfall {m}, Niedergang {m}, Sinken {n}, Absinken {n}, Abstieg {m} |
| plummet {v} (to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly) | :: stürzen, abstürzen, absinken, abfallen, fallen, heruntersinken, herunterstürzen, sacken, absacken, nachgeben |
| plump {adj} (Having a full and rounded shape, chubby) | :: mollig, pummelig |
| plum tree {n} (tree that bears plums) SEE: plum | :: |
| plunder {v} (to take all the goods of, by force (as in war) (transitive)) | :: ausplündern, plündern |
| plunder {v} (to take by force or wrongfully) | :: plündern |
| plunder {v} (to commit robbery or looting (intransitive)) | :: plündern |
| plunder {v} (to use or use up wrongfully) | :: ausbeuten, ausplündern |
| plunder {n} (instance of plundering) | :: Plünderung {f} |
| plunder {n} (loot attained by plundering) | :: Beute {f}, Raubgut {n} |
| plunge {v} (to thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse) | :: eintauchen |
| plunge {v} ((figuratively, transitive) to cast or throw into some thing, state, condition or action) | :: stoßen, stürzen |
| plunge {v} ((intransitive) to dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself) | :: stürzen |
| plunge {v} ((figuratively, intransitive) to fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition) | :: stürzen |
| plunge {v} ((intransitive) to pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does) | :: vorwärtsstürzen |
| plunge {n} (The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge) | :: Eintauchen {n} |
| plunge pool {n} (natural pool, resulting from erosion) | :: Gumpe {f} |
| plunger {n} (device for removing blockages by suction) | :: Saugglocke {f}, Ausgussreiniger {m}, Abflussstampfer {m}, Gummisauger {m} |
| plunger {n} (part of cafetière) | :: Kolben {m} |
| plunging neckline {n} (1. A low-cut neckline, found on some dresses and other garments) | :: Dekolletee {n} |
| pluperfect {n} (pluperfect tense) SEE: pluperfect tense | :: |
| pluperfect {n} (verb in this tense) | :: Plusquamperfekt {n} |
| pluperfect tense {n} (tense) | :: Plusquamperfekt {n}; Vorvergangenheit {f} |
| plural {adj} (more than one) | :: Plural-, pluralisch, plural, mehrfach, Mehrzahl- |
| plural {n} (the plural number) | :: Mehrheit {f}, Mehrzahl {f}, Plural {m}, Pluralis {m} |
| plural {n} (word in plural form) | :: Plural {m}, Pluralform {f} |
| plurale tantum {n} (a noun without a singular form) | :: Pluraletantum {n}, Pluralwort {n} |
| pluralism {n} (social system with multiple cultural identities) | :: Pluralismus {m} |
| pluralistic {adj} (characteristic of pluralism) | :: pluralistisch |
| plurality {n} (the state of being plural) | :: Pluralität {f} |
| pluridimensional {adj} (multidimensional) SEE: multidimensional | :: |
| plus {n} (plus sign) SEE: plus sign | :: |
| plus {prep} (arithmetic: sum) | :: plus |
| plus {adj} (being positive rather than negative or zero) | :: positiv |
| plus {adj} | :: Plus |
| plush {n} (textile fabric) | :: Plüsch {m} |
| plush {n} (toy) SEE: plush toy | :: |
| plush toy {n} (soft toy with a plush covering) | :: Plüschtier {n} |
| plus sign {n} (mathematical symbol) | :: Additionszeichen {n}, Pluszeichen {n} |
| Plutarch {prop} (Greek historian) | :: Plutarch |
| Pluto {prop} (god) | :: Pluto {m} |
| Pluto {prop} (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet) | :: Pluto {m} |
| plutocracy {n} (government by the wealthy) | :: Plutokratie {f} |
| plutocrat {n} (someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth) | :: Plutokrat {m}, Plutokratin {f} |
| plutoid {n} (trans-Neptunian dwarf planet) | :: Plutoid {m} |
| pluton {n} (geology) | :: Pluton {m} |
| Plutonian {adj} (of, pertaining to, or supporting plutonism, see also: Plutonic) | :: plutonisch |
| Plutonic {adj} (of or pertaining to rocks formed deep in the Earth's crust) | :: plutonisch |
| plutonium {n} (chemical element) | :: Plutonium {n} |
| pluviometer {n} (instrument) | :: Regenmesser {m}, Pluviometer {n} |
| Pluviôse {prop} (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) | :: Pluviôse {m}, Pluviose {m}, Regenmonat {m} |
| ply {n} (layer of material) | :: Lage {f} |
| ply {v} ((transitive, obsolete) to bend; to fold) | :: biegen, falten |
| plywood {n} (construction material) | :: Sperrholz {n} |
| p.m. {adv} (after noon) | :: nachmittags, am Nachmittag |
| PM {n} (after 12:00:00) | :: nachmittags |
| pneumatic {adj} (powered by, or filled with compressed air) | :: pneumatisch |
| pneumatic {adj} (spiritual: of or relating to the pneuma) | :: pneumatisch |
| pneumatic drill {n} (pneumatic drill) SEE: jackhammer | :: |
| pneumatics {n} (branch of mechanics) | :: Pneumatik {f} |
| pneumatics {n} (scientific study or knowledge) | :: Pneumatik {f}, Pneumatologie {f} |
| pneumatological {adj} (pertaining to pneumatology) | :: pneumatologisch |
| pneumoconiosis {n} (disease of the lungs) | :: Pneumokoniose, Staublunge {f} |
| pneumological {adj} (relating to pulmonology) | :: pneumologisch |
| pneumology {n} (the study of the respiratory system and organs) | :: Pneumologie {f} |
| pneumonia {n} (inflammation of the lungs) | :: Lungenentzündung {f}; Pneumonie {f} [scientific] |
| pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis {n} (disease of the lungs) | :: Quarzstaublunge {f}, Quarzstaublungenkrankheit {f}, Silikose {f} |
| pneumothorax {n} (presence of air inside the pleural cavity) | :: Pneumothorax {m} |
| poach {v} (to cook in simmering liquid) | :: pochieren |
| poach {v} (to take game or fish illegally) | :: wildern |
| poach {v} (to entice an employee or customer to switch) | :: abwerben |
| poached egg {n} (type of cooked egg) | :: pochiertes Ei {n}, verlorenes Ei {n} |
| poacher {n} (a person who trespasses in order to take game illegally) | :: Wilderer {m}, Wilddieb {m}, Freischütz {m} |
| poaching {n} (trespassing in search of game) | :: Wilderei {f}, Wildern {n}, Wilddieberei {f}, Wilddiebstahl {m}, Jagdfrevel {m}, Wildfrevel {m}, Jagdvergehen {n} |
| PO box {n} (box hired as a collection point for mail) SEE: post office box | :: |
| pocket {n} (bag stitched to an item of clothing) | :: Tasche {f} |
| pocketbook {n} (notebook) SEE: notebook | :: |
| pocketbook {n} (one's personal budget) | :: Taschenbuch |
| pocket dictionary {n} (portable dictionary) | :: Taschenwörterbuch {n} |
| pocket flask {n} (pocket-size container for alcoholic beverages) SEE: hip flask | :: |
| pocket gopher {n} (rodent of the family Geomyidae) | :: Taschenratte {f} |
| pocketknife {n} (small knife whose blades or tools can fold in its handle) | :: Taschenmesser {n}, Klappmesser {n} |
| pocketless {adj} (without pockets) | :: taschenlos |
| pocket money {n} (money given to a child) | :: Taschengeld {n} |
| pocket watch {n} (watch) | :: Taschenuhr {f} |
| pockmark {n} (mark or scar) | :: Pockennarbe {f} |
| pockmarked {adj} (having pockmarks) | :: pockennarbig |
| pod {n} (seed case) | :: Schote {f}, Hülse {f}, Kapsel {f} |
| pod {n} (small vehicle) | :: Rettungskapsel {f}, Kabine {f} |
| pod {n} (group of whales or similar mammals) | :: Schule {f}, Herde {f} |
| pod {v} (To remove peas from their case) | :: enthülsen, auslösen, pulen |
| podcast {n} (podcast) | :: Podcast {m}, Audio-Internetsendung {f} |
| Podgorica {prop} (capital city of Montenegro) | :: Podgorica {n} |
| pod hotel {n} (capsule hotel) SEE: capsule hotel | :: |
| podiatrist {n} (specialist in foot care) | :: Fußspezialist {m}, Fußspezialistin {f}, Podologe {m}, Podologin {f}, Fußpfleger {m}, Fußpflegerin {f} |
| podiatry {n} (podiatry, care of the feet) | :: Podologie {f}, Fußheilkunde {f}, Podiatrie {f}, Fußorthopädie {f}, Fußpflege {f} |
| podium {n} (platform) | :: Podium {n} |
| Podolia {prop} | :: Podolien {n} |
| poem {n} (literary piece written in verse) | :: Gedicht {n} |
| poem {n} (piece of writing in the tradition of poetry) | :: Dichtung {f} |
| poem {n} (piece of poetic writing) | :: Gedicht {n} |
| poet {n} (person who writes poems) | :: Dichter {m}, Dichterin {f}; [formal] Poet {m}, Poetin {f} |
| poetaster {n} (unskilled poet) | :: Poetaster {m} |
| poetess {n} (female poet) | :: Dichterin {f}, Poetin {f} |
| poetic {adj} (relating to poetry) | :: dichterisch, poetisch |
| poetic {adj} (characteristic of poets) | :: dichterisch, poetisch |
| poetics {n} (the theory of poetry) | :: Poetik {f}, Dichtkunstlehre {f} |
| poetry {n} (literature composed in verse) | :: Dichtkunst {f}, Poesie {f} |
| poetry {n} | :: Poesie, Dichtung, Dichtkunst |
| po-faced {adj} (wearing a particularly stern and disapproving expression) | :: streng, grimmig, mürrisch |
| pogonic {adj} (of or relating to a beard) | :: bärtig |
| pogo stick {n} (toy used for hopping) | :: Springstock {m} |
| pogrom {n} (riot with the intent to massacre or terrorize a certain group, usually Jews) | :: Pogrom {m} {n} |
| Pohorje {prop} (mountain range in northern Slovenia) | :: Bachergebirge {n} |
| poignancy {n} (the quality of being poignant) | :: Schärfe {f}, Schmerzlichkeit {f} |
| poignant {adj} (sharp-pointed; keen) | :: spitz, zugespitzt |
| poignant {adj} (neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant) | :: treffend, zutreffend, relevant |
| poignant {adj} (evoking strong mental sensation) | :: ergreifend, packend, eindringlich, anrührend, rührend, erschütternd, bitter, quälend |
| poignant {adj} (piquant; pungent) | :: stechend, streng, pikant, scharf, beißend, aufdringlich |
| poignant {adj} (incisive; penetrating) | :: schneidend, eindringend, spitz, durchdringend |
| poignant {adj} (piercing) | :: durchdringend |
| poignant {adj} (inducing sharp physical pain) | :: schmerzlich, schmerzhaft |
| poikilohydric {adj} | :: poikilohydrisch |
| poikilotherm {adj} (Ecology: animals with unconstant body temperature) | :: poikilotherm |
| poikilothermy {n} (the quality of having a variable body temperature depending on the environment) | :: Poikilothermie {f}, Kaltblütigkeit {f} |
| poinsettia {n} (plant) | :: Weihnachtsstern {m} |
| point {n} (particular moment in an event or occurrence) | :: Punkt {m}, Zeitpunkt {m} |
| point {n} (opinion which adds to the discussion) | :: Punkt {m}, Standpunkt {m} |
| point {n} (purpose or objective) | :: Punkt {m} |
| point {n} (location or place) | :: Punkt {m} |
| point {n} (geometry: zero-dimensional object) | :: Punkt {m} |
| point {n} (full stop) | :: Punkt {m} |
| point {n} (unit of scoring in a game or competition) | :: Punkt {m} |
| point {n} (arithmetic: decimal point (note: many languages use a comma (',') rather than a dot as a decimal point, and hence the translations into these languages reflect this.)) | :: Komma {m} |
| point {n} (sharp tip) | :: Spitze {f} |
| point {n} (peninsula) | :: Halbinsel {f}, [obsolete] Peninsula {f}, Landzunge {f} |
| point {v} (to extend finger) | :: zeigen |
| point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
| pointedness {n} (pointedness) | :: Spitzigkeit {f} |
| pointer {n} (advice) SEE: advice | :: |
| pointer {n} (anything that points or is used for pointing) | :: Zeigestock {m}, Zeigestab {m} |
| pointer {n} (teacher's pointer) | :: Zeigestock {m}, Zeigestab {m} |
| pointer {n} (needle of a timepiece or measuring device) | :: Zeiger {m}, Nadel {f} |
| pointer {n} (hunting dog) | :: Vorstehhund, Pointer {m} |
| pointer {n} (computer programming: variable that stores the address of another variable) | :: Zeiger {m}, Pointer {m} |
| pointer {n} (computing: icon indicating mouse position) SEE: cursor | :: |
| point guard {n} (ballhandling guard in basketball) | :: Point Guard {m} |
| pointing stick {n} (computing device) | :: Trackpoint {m} |
| pointing-trowel {n} (tool) | :: Fugenkelle {f}, Fugeisen {n}, Fugeneisen {n} |
| point in time {n} (moment) | :: Zeitpunkt {m} |
| pointless {adj} (having no point or sharp tip) | :: stumpf |
| pointless {adj} (having no prominent or important feature) | :: gegenstandslos, irrelevant |
| pointless {adj} (having no purpose) | :: sinnlos, witzlos, zwecklos, unnütz |
| point of inflection {n} (point on a curve) | :: Wendepunkt {m} |
| point of no return {n} ((aviation) the point in a flight when there is insufficient fuel to return to the origin) | :: Umkehrgrenzpunkt {m} |
| point of no return {n} ((idiomatic) the point when it is no longer possible to stop the process) | :: Umkehrgrenzpunkt {m} |
| point of order {n} (motion) | :: Antrag zur Geschäftsordnung {m}, Geschäftsordnungsantrag {m} |
| point of sale {n} (location at which payment for goods is made) | :: Kasse {f} |
| point of view {n} (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) | :: Blickpunkt {m}, Perspektive {f}, Ansicht {f}, Sicht {f}, Blickwinkel {m} |
| point of view {n} (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) | :: Standpunkt {m}, Ansicht {f}, Sicht {f} |
| point of view {n} (perspective from which a narrative is related) | :: Perspektive {f}, Sicht {f}, Blickwinkel {m} |
| point out {v} (tell, remind, indicate to someone) | :: aufzeigen |
| points {n} (moveable rails used to switch a train from one track to another) | :: Weiche {f} |
| point source {n} | :: Punktquelle {f} |
| poise {n} (state of balance, equilibrium or stability) | :: Gleichgewicht {n}, Fassung {f} |
| poise {n} (composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation) | :: Gelassenheit {f}, Fassung {f} |
| poise {n} (mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body) | :: Haltung {f}, Ausdruck {m} |
| poise {n} (a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity) | :: Poise {n} |
| poised {adj} (Possessing poise, having self-confidence) | :: im Gleichgewicht, selbstsicher |
| poised {adj} (Ready,prepared) | :: bereit |
| poised {adj} (Balanced, in position, equilibrium) | :: Gleichgewicht |
| poison {n} (substance harmful to a living organism) | :: Gift {n}, Giftstoff {m} |
| poison {v} (to use poison to kill or paralyse) | :: vergiften |
| poisoned chalice {n} (something initially regarded as advantageous but which is later recognized to be disadvantageous or harmful) | :: Bärendienst {m}, Danaergeschenk {n}, vergiftetes Geschenk {n} |
| poison gas {n} (gas used as a weapon) | :: Giftgas {n} |
| poison hemlock {n} (poisonous plant) SEE: hemlock | :: |
| poisoning {n} (administration of a poison) | :: Vergiftung {f} |
| poisoning {n} (state of being poisoned) | :: Vergiftung {f} |
| poison ivy {n} (one of several ivy-like urushiol-producing plants) | :: Kletternder Giftsumach {m} |
| poisonous {adj} (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous) | :: giftig, toxisch |
| Poisson process {n} (stochastic process) | :: Poisson-Prozess {m} |
| poke {v} (to jab with an object such as a finger or a stick) | :: stochern, anstupsen, anstupsen |
| poke {v} (to poke a fire to remove ash or promote burning) | :: schüren |
| poke {n} (sack or bag) | :: Sack {m} |
| poke {n} (pokeweed) SEE: pokeweed | :: |
| poke {v} (rummage) SEE: rummage | :: |
| poke {n} (ice cream cone) SEE: ice cream cone | :: |
| poker {n} (metal rod for poking) | :: Schüreisen {n}, Schürhaken {m} |
| poker {n} (card game) | :: Poker {n} |
| pokeweed {n} (Phytolacca americana) | :: Kermesbeere {f} |
| pokey {adj} (cramped) | :: eng |
| pokey {n} (prison) | :: Gefängnis {n}, Knast {m} |
| pokie {n} | :: Spielautomat {m} |
| Polabian {prop} (West Slavic language) | :: Polabisch {n} |
| Polack {n} (derogatory: Polish person) | :: Polacke {m} |
| Polack {n} (archaic: Polish person) | :: Polack {m}, Polacke {m} |
| Poland {prop} (European country) | :: Polen {n} |
| polao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| polar {adj} (relating to a geographic pole) | :: polar |
| polar {adj} (of an orbit passing near a geographic pole) | :: polar |
| polar {adj} (having a dipole) | :: polar |
| polar {adj} (of a certain coordinate system) | :: polar |
| polar bear {n} (Ursus maritimus) | :: Eisbär {m}, Polarbär {m} |
| polar cap {n} (high-latitude region covered by ice) | :: Polare Eiskappen, Polkappen |
| polar circle {n} (either of the two parallels of the Earth) | :: Polarkreis {m} |
| polar fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox | :: |
| Polaris {prop} (star) | :: Polarstern |
| polarity {n} (separation, alignment) | :: Polarität {f} |
| polarity {n} (one of two extremes) | :: Polarität {f} |
| polarity {n} (chemistry: dipole-dipole intermolecular force) | :: Polarität {f} |
| polarization {n} (production or condition of polarity) | :: Polarisierung {f} |
| polarization {n} (production of polarized light) | :: Polarisierung {f} |
| polarization {n} (separation of positive and negative charges) | :: Polarisierung {f} |
| polarization {n} (grouping of opinions into two extremes) | :: Polarisierung {f} |
| polarize {v} (to cause to have a polarization) | :: polarisieren |
| polarize {v} (to cause a group to be divided into extremes) | :: polarisieren |
| polar night {n} (period of darkness) | :: Polarnacht {f} |
| polar willow {n} (Salix polaris) | :: Polar-Weide {f} |
| polder {n} (area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes) | :: Polder {m} |
| pole {n} (long and slender object for construction or support) | :: Stab {m}, Stange {f} |
| pole {n} (extreme of an axis) | :: Pol {m} |
| pole {n} (magnetic point) | :: Pol {m} |
| Pole {n} (person from Poland) | :: Pole {m}, Polin {f} |
| polearm {n} (close-combat weapon) | :: Stangenwaffe {f} |
| poleaxe {n} (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle) | :: Schlächterbeil {n} |
| poleaxe {n} (battle axe) | :: Streitaxt {f} |
| poleaxe {v} (to beat as if with a poleaxe) | :: zusammenschlagen |
| poleaxe {v} (to astonish, to shock) | :: schockieren, vor den Kopf stoßen |
| polecat {n} (weasel of the genus Mustela) | :: Geschlecht der Wiesel, Iltisse und Marder {n} |
| polecat {n} (Mustela putorius) | :: Iltis {m} |
| polecat {n} (skunk) SEE: skunk | :: |
| pole dance {n} (dancing centred around a pole) | :: Poledance {m}, Stangentanz {m} |
| polemic {n} (argument or controversy) | :: Polemik {f} |
| polemic {adj} (having the characteristics of a polemic) | :: polemisch |
| polemical {adj} (of, or relating to argument or controversy; polemic or contentious) | :: polemisch |
| polemical {adj} (disputatious) | :: polemisch |
| polemicist {n} (person who writes polemics) | :: Polemiker {m}, Polemikerin {f} |
| polemicist {n} (person who puts forward controversial views) | :: Polemiker {m}, Polemikerin {f} |
| polemics {n} (art or practice of making arguments or controversies) | :: Polemik {f} |
| polemics {n} (refutation of errors in theological doctrine) | :: Polemik {f} |
| polenta {n} (starchy accompaniment to a meal) | :: Polenta {f} |
| pole position {n} (top qualifying position) | :: Poleposition {f} |
| pole star {n} (the star) | :: Polarstern {m} |
| pole star {n} | :: Polarstern {m} |
| Pole Star {prop} (star) | :: Polarstern {m} |
| pole vault {n} (jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole) | :: Stabhochsprung {m} |
| pole vaulter {n} (athlete who competes in the pole vault) | :: Stabhochspringer {m}, Stabhochspringerin {f} |
| police {n} (an organisation that enforces the law) | :: Polizei {f} |
| police box {n} (police box) | :: Polizei-Zelle {f}, Polizeiwache {f}, Polizei-Box {m} |
| police car {n} (automobile used by a police officer) | :: Streifenwagen |
| police dog {n} (trained dog for police work) | :: Diensthund {m}, Polizeihund {m}, Polizeihündin {f} |
| police force {n} (police organization, constabulary) | :: Polizeitruppe {f}, Polizeiapparat {m}, Polizeikräfte {f-p} |
| policeman {n} (a member of a police force) | :: Polizist {m}, Polizeibeamter {m}, Polizeimann {m} [Switzerland], Polizeikraft {f} [rare/uncommon, nonstandard] |
| police officer {n} (an officer in a law enforcement agency) | :: Polizist {m}, Polizistin {f}, Polizeibeamter {m}, Polizeibeamtin {f} |
| police state {n} (nation whose government controls people by police) | :: Polizeistaat {m} |
| police station {n} (building of police force) | :: Polizeiwache {f}, Polizeidienststelle {f}, Polizeirevier {n}, Polizeistation {f} |
| policewoman {n} (a female police officer) | :: Polizistin {f}, Polizeibeamtin {f}, Polizeifrau {f} [Switzerland] |
| policy {n} (principle of conduct) | :: Politik {f}, Handlungsgrundsatz {m}, Vorgehensweise {f}, Verfahrensweise {f}, Richtlinie {f} |
| policy {n} (prudent conduct) | :: Geschicklichkeit {f}, Umsicht {f}, Vorsicht {f} |
| policy {n} (law: insurance document) | :: Versicherungspolice {f}, Police {f} |
| policy {n} | :: Politik {f} |
| policy {n} (law: insurance) SEE: insurance | :: |
| policymaker {n} (one involved in the formulation of policies) | :: Entscheidungsträger, politischer Entscheidungsträger |
| poliomyelitis {n} (infection by the poliovirus) | :: Kinderlähmung {f}, Poliomyelitis {f} |
| poliorcetics {n} (art of siege warfare) | :: Belagerungskunst {f} |
| polis {n} (a city or city-state) | :: Polis {f} |
| polish {n} (substance used to polish) | :: Politur {f} |
| polish {n} (cleanliness; smoothness; shininess) | :: Glanz {m} |
| polish {n} (cleanliness in performance or presentation) | :: Schliff {m} |
| polish {v} (make a surface smooth or shiny) | :: polieren |
| polish {v} (to refine; improve imperfections from) | :: perfektionieren |
| polish {v} (to apply shoe polish) | :: wichsen |
| Polish {adj} (of Poland or its language) | :: polnisch |
| Polish {n} (the language of Poland) | :: Polnisch {n} |
| polishability {n} (quality or degree of being polishable) | :: Polierbarkeit {f} |
| polishable {adj} (that can be polished) | :: polierbar |
| polished {adj} (made smooth or shiny by polishing) | :: poliert |
| polisher {n} (person who makes something smooth and shiny) | :: polierer |
| Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth {prop} (confederation of Poland and Lithuania) | :: Polen-Litauen {n} |
| Polish notation {n} (notation for arithmetic formulae) | :: Polnische Notation {f} |
| Polish plait {n} (medical condition) | :: Weichselzopf {m} |
| politburo {n} (the governing Communist council) | :: Politbüro {n} |
| polite {adj} (well-mannered) | :: höflich |
| politeness {n} (act of being polite) | :: Höflichkeit {f} |
| political {adj} (concerning or relating to politics) | :: politisch |
| political {adj} | :: politisch |
| political asylum {n} (protection by a sovereign state) | :: politisches Asyl {n}, Asyl {n} |
| political correctness {n} (being politically correct) | :: politische Korrektheit {f}, Political Correctness {f}, PC {f} |
| political economy {n} (interdisciplinary study) | :: Politische Ökonomie {f} |
| politically correct {adj} (avoiding offense, selectively) | :: politisch korrekt |
| politically incorrect {adj} (not politically correct) | :: politisch inkorrekt, politisch unkorrekt, politisch nicht korrekt |
| political party {n} (political organization) | :: Partei {f}, politische Partei {f} |
| political prisoner {n} (person) | :: politischer Gefangener {m} |
| political science {n} (study of politics) | :: Politikwissenschaft {f}, Politologie {f} |
| political scientist {n} (political science expert) | :: Politikwissenschaftler {m}, Politikwissenschaftlerin {f}, Politologe {m}, Politologin {f} |
| politician {n} (one engaged in politics) | :: Politiker {m}, Politikerin {f} |
| politicide {n} (political killing) | :: Politizid {m} |
| politicization {n} (The state of being or process of becoming politicized) | :: Politisierung {f} |
| politicize {v} (to give something political characteristics) | :: politisieren |
| politicize {v} (to make someone politically active) | :: politisieren |
| politico {n} (derogatory: politician) | :: Politprofi {m}, Politikaster {m} |
| politics {v} (a methodology and activities associated with running a government) | :: Politik {f} |
| politology {n} (political science) SEE: political science | :: |
| polity {n} (an organizational structure of the government) | :: Gemeinwesen {n} |
| polka {n} (dance) | :: Polka {f} |
| polka dot {n} (uniform round dots forming a pattern on fabric) | :: Punktmuster {n} |
| poll {n} (an election or a survey of a particular group) | :: Umfrage {f}, Urne {f} [ballot box] |
| poll {n} (place to vote) | :: Wahllokal {n} |
| pollakiuria {n} (abnormally frequent passage of relatively small quantities of urine) | :: Pollakisurie {f} |
| pollen {n} (fine granular substance produced in flowers) | :: Blütenstaub {m}, Pollen {m-p} |
| pollinate {v} (To apply pollen to) | :: bestäuben |
| pollination {n} (transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma) | :: Bestäubung {f} |
| pollinator {n} (agent) | :: Bestäuber {m} |
| polling booth {n} (voting booth) SEE: voting booth | :: |
| polling station {n} (place where voters go to cast their ballot) | :: Wahllokal {n} |
| pollinium {n} (coherent mass of pollen) | :: Pollinium {n} |
| pollock {n} (food fish related to cod) | :: Seelachs {m} [P. virens], Köhler {m} [P. virens], Pollack {m} [P. pollachius] |
| pollster {n} (person who conducts polls) | :: Meinungsforscher {m} |
| poll tax {n} (uniform tax per individual) | :: Kopfsteuer {f}, Gemeindesteuer {f} |
| pollutant {n} (something that pollutes) | :: Schadstoff {m}, umweltgefährlicher Stoff {m} |
| pollution {n} (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances) | :: Verunreinigung {f}, Verschmutzung {f}, Umweltverschmutzung {f}, Pollution {f} |
| pollution {n} (desecration) SEE: desecration | :: |
| Pollyannaish {adj} (unreasonably optimistic) | :: Milchmädchen- |
| polnoglasie {n} (disyllabic reflex in East Slavic languages) SEE: pleophony | :: |
| polo {n} (polo shirt) SEE: polo shirt | :: |
| polo {n} (ball game) | :: Polo {m} |
| polonaise {n} (dance) | :: Polonäse {f}, Polonaise {f} |
| polonium {n} (chemical element) | :: Polonium {n} |
| polo shirt {n} (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) | :: Poloshirt {n}, Polohemd {n} |
| Poltava {prop} (city) | :: Poltawa {n} |
| poltergeist {n} (a disruptive ghost) | :: Poltergeist {m}, Klopfgeist {m} |
| poltroon {adj} (cowardly) SEE: cowardly | :: |
| poly- {prefix} (many) | :: poly- |
| polyamide {n} (polymer) | :: Polyamid {n} |
| polyamory {n} (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) | :: Polyamorie |
| polyandry {n} (plurality of husbands at the same time) | :: Polyandrie {f}, Vielmännerei {f} |
| polyarchy {n} (government in which power is invested in multiple people) | :: Polyarchie {f} |
| polycarbonate {n} (polymer of aromatic carbonates) | :: Polykarbonat |
| polychloroprene {n} (a polymer of chloroprene) | :: Polychloroprene |
| polychoron {n} (four-dimensional polotype) | :: Polichoron {n} |
| polyclinic {n} (a clinic in which diseases of many sorts are treated) | :: Poliklinik {f} |
| polycyclic {adj} (having two or more rings of atoms in the molecule) | :: polycyclisch |
| polyester {n} (polymer) | :: Polyester {m} |
| polyethene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| polyethylene {n} (polyethylene) | :: Polyäthylen {n}; Polyethylen {n}; [but in everyday use only] Plastik {n} |
| polyethylene terephthalate {n} (type of polyester) | :: Polyethylenterephthalat {n} |
| polygamous {adj} (of, relating to, or practicing polygamy) | :: polygam |
| polygamy {n} (the having of a plurality of socially bonded sexual partners at the same time) | :: Polygamie {f}, Mehrehe {f}, Vielehe {f} |
| polygamy {n} (polygyny) SEE: polygyny | :: |
| polyglossia {n} (polyglossia) | :: Polyglossie {f} |
| polyglossic {adj} (polyglossic) | :: polyglossisch |
| polyglot {adj} (Versed in, or speaking, many languages) | :: mehrsprachig, polyglott |
| polyglot {adj} (Containing, or made up of, several languages) | :: mehrsprachig, polyglott |
| polyglot {n} (one who masters, notably speaks, several languages) | :: Polyglotter {m}, Polyglotte {f} |
| polyglot {n} (publication containing several versions of the same) | :: Polyglotte {f} |
| polyglot {n} | :: Sprachenkundiger {m}, Sprachenkundige {f} |
| polygon {n} (plane figure bounded by straight edges) | :: Vieleck {n}, Polygon {n} |
| polygonal {adj} (having many angles) | :: mehreckig, vieleckig |
| polygon mesh {n} (collection of vetrices, edges and faces) | :: Polygonnetz {n} |
| polygonum {n} (any plant in the genus Polygonum) | :: Vogelknöteriche |
| polygraph {n} (device to discern if a subject is lying) | :: Lügendetektor {m} |
| polygynous {adj} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: Polygynie {f} |
| polygyny {n} (plurality of wives at the same time) | :: Polygynie {f} |
| polyhedron {n} (geometry: solid figure) | :: Polyeder {n}, Vielflach {n}, Vielflächner {m} |
| polyline {n} (continuous line composed of line segments) | :: Polygonzug {m}, Streckenzug {m} |
| polymath {n} (person with extraordinarily broad and comprehensive knowledge) | :: Polyhistor {m}, Universalgelehrter {m} |
| polymer {n} (molecule) | :: Polymer {n} |
| polymerase {n} (enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers) | :: Polymerase {f} |
| polymeride {n} (polymer) SEE: polymer | :: |
| polymethyl methyacrylate {n} (tough, transparent thermoplastic polymer) | :: Acrylglas {n}, Plexiglas {n} |
| polymorphic {adj} (relating to polymorphism) | :: polymorphisch |
| polymorphism {n} (ability to assume different forms or shapes) | :: Polymorphie {f} |
| polymorphism {n} (biology: coexistence of two or more distinct forms independent of sex) | :: Polymorphismus {m} |
| polymorphism {n} (computer science: feature of object-oriented programming) | :: Polymorphie {f} |
| polymorphism {n} (genetics: regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population) | :: Polymorphismus {m}, Vielgestaltigkeit {f} |
| polymorphism {n} | :: Polymorphie {f}, Vielgestaltigkeit {f} |
| Polynesia {prop} (part of Oceania) | :: Polynesien {n} |
| Polynesian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Polynesia) | :: polynesisch |
| Polynesian {n} (person from Polynesia) | :: Polynesier {m} |
| polynitrogen {n} (allotrope of nitrogen with more than two atoms in each molecule) | :: Polystickstoff {m} |
| polynomial {n} (algebraic expression) | :: Polynom {n} |
| polynomial {adj} (in algebra) | :: polynomisch |
| polynya {n} (area of open water surrounded by sea ice) | :: Polynja {f} |
| polyp {n} (growth) | :: Polyp {m} |
| polyp {n} (coelenterate) | :: Polyp {m} |
| polyphonic {adj} (of or relating to polyphony) | :: polyphon, polyfon |
| polyphony {n} (musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices) | :: Mehrstimmigkeit {f} |
| polypody {n} (any fern of the genus Polypodium) | :: Tüpfelfarn {m} |
| polypropylene {n} (resin) | :: Polypropylen {n} |
| polyptoton {n} (stylistic scheme) | :: Polyptoton {n} |
| polyptych {n} (a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together) | :: Polyptychon |
| polysaccharide {n} (complex carbohydrate) | :: Polysaccharid {n} |
| polyseme {n} (word/phrase with multiple meanings) | :: Polysem {n} |
| polysemic {adj} (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings) | :: mehrdeutig |
| polysemy {n} (ability to have multiple meanings) | :: Polysemie {f}, Mehrdeutigkeit {f} |
| polyspast {n} (machine consisting of many pulleys) SEE: block and tackle | :: |
| polysyllabic {adj} (having more than one syllable) | :: vielsilbig, mehrsilbig |
| polysyndeton {n} (the use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence) | :: Polysyndeton {n} |
| polysynthetic {adj} (polysynthetic) | :: polysynthetisch |
| polytheism {n} (belief in the existence of multiple gods) | :: Polytheismus {m} |
| polytheist {n} (believer in polytheism) | :: Polytheist {m} |
| polytheistic {adj} (of or relating to polytheism) | :: polytheistisch |
| polythene {n} (polyethylene) SEE: polyethylene | :: |
| polytonic {adj} (having several tones) | :: vieltönig, polytonisch |
| polytope {n} (geometric shape) | :: Polytop {m} |
| polytropic {adj} | :: polytrop |
| polytunnel {n} (a polyethylene tunnel) | :: Folientunnel {m}, Foliengewächshaus {n} |
| polyurethane {n} (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links) | :: Polyurethan {n} |
| polyuria {n} (production of an abnormally large amount of urine) | :: Polyurie {f} |
| polyvanadate {n} (polymeric form of the orthovanadate anion) | :: Polyvanadat {n} |
| pomace {n} | :: Trester {m}, Treber {m} |
| pomade {n} (greasy substance) | :: Pomade {f} |
| pomander {n} (mixture of aromatic substances) | :: Bisamapfel {m} |
| pome {n} (type of fruit) | :: Apfelfrucht {f}, Kernobst {n} |
| pomegranate {n} (shrub/tree) | :: Granatapfel {m}, Grenadine {f} |
| pomegranate {n} (fruit) | :: Granatapfel {m}, Grenadine {f} |
| pomelo {n} (grapefruit) SEE: grapefruit | :: |
| pomelo {n} (large fruit of the C. maxima or grandis) | :: Pomelo {f}, Pampelmuse {f} |
| pomelo {n} (tree) | :: Pampelmuse {f} |
| Pomerania {prop} (region of Europe on the southern shores of the Baltic Sea) | :: Pommern {n} |
| Pomeranian {prop} (Kashubian) SEE: Kashubian | :: |
| Pomeranian {n} (breed of small, fluffy, energetic spitz-dogs) | :: Zwergspitz |
| Pomerelia {prop} (historical region in Pomerania) | :: Pommerellen, Pomerellen [archaic], Weichselpommern {n} |
| pomiculture {n} (fruit cultivation) | :: Obstanbau {m}, Obstbau {m} |
| pommel {n} (knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion) SEE: finial | :: |
| pommel {n} (upper front brow of a saddle) | :: Vorderzwiesel {f} |
| pommel {n} (knob on the hilt of an edged weapon such as a sword) | :: Knauf {m} |
| pommel horse {n} (gymnastic apparatus) | :: Seitpferd {n}, Pauschenpferd {n} |
| pommel horse {n} (athletic event) | :: Seitpferd {n}, Pauschenpferd {n} |
| pomological {adj} (pertaining to pomology) | :: pomologisch |
| pomologist {n} (person involved in pomology) | :: Pomologe {m}, Pomologin {f} |
| pomology {n} | :: Pomologie {f} |
| pomp {n} (show of magnificence) | :: Pomp {m} |
| Pompeii {prop} (a historical city) | :: Pompeji {n} |
| Pompey {prop} (a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic) | :: Pompeius |
| pompon {n} (puff or ball as for decoration for cheerleading) | :: Pompon {m} |
| pompous {adj} (affectedly grand) | :: pompös, schwülstig |
| poncho {n} (simple garment of cloth) | :: Poncho {m} |
| poncho {n} (waterproof garment with hood) | :: Regenponcho {m} |
| poncy {adj} (effeminate) SEE: effeminate | :: |
| poncy {adj} (intended to impress others, particularly in an ostentatious way) SEE: affected | :: |
| poncy {adj} (gay, homosexual) SEE: gay | :: |
| pond {n} (small lake) | :: Teich {m}, Weiher {m} |
| pond {n} (the Atlantic Ocean) | :: der Große Teich |
| ponder {v} (to think deeply) | :: grübeln |
| ponder {v} (to consider carefully) | :: überlegen, nachdenken |
| ponderous {adj} (dense) SEE: dense | :: |
| pond hockey {n} (form of ice hockey) | :: Pond Hockey {n}, Pondhockey {n} |
| Pondicherry {prop} (Puducherry) SEE: Puducherry | :: |
| pond-skater {n} (any of various predatory insects) SEE: water strider | :: |
| pons {n} (part of the brain) | :: Pons {m} |
| Pontic {adj} | :: pontisch |
| pontiff {n} (pope) | :: Pontifex {m} |
| pontificate {n} (state of a pontifex) | :: Pontifikat {m} {n} |
| pontoon {n} (support for a temporary bridge) | :: Ponton {m} |
| pontoon {n} (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock) | :: Ponton {m} |
| pontoon bridge {n} (a temporary bridge built over floating pontoons) | :: Pontonbrücke {f} |
| pony {n} (small horse) | :: Pony {n}, Kleinpferd {n} |
| ponytail {n} (hairstyle) | :: Pferdeschwanz {m}, Rossschwanz {m} [Swiss German] |
| poo {n} | :: Kacke {f} |
| poo {v} | :: kacken, käckern, Aa machen |
| pooch {n} (slang: dog) | :: Köter {m}, Straßenköter {m} |
| pooch {n} (mongrel) | :: Köter {m}, Straßenköter {m}, Promenadenmischung {f}, Mischlingshund {m} |
| pood {n} (Russian unit of mass) | :: Pud {m} |
| poodle {n} (any of various breeds of poodle) | :: Pudel {m} |
| poof {interj} (deflating object or a magical disappearance) | :: puff |
| pool {n} (body of water) | :: Becken {n} |
| pool {n} (small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle) | :: Lache {f}, Pfütze {f} |
| pool {n} (supply of resources) | :: Fundus {m} |
| pool {n} (swimming pool) SEE: swimming pool | :: |
| pool noodle {n} (toy) | :: Schwimmnudel {f}, Poolnudel {f} |
| poop {v} (to poop) SEE: poo | :: |
| poop {n} (feces) SEE: poo | :: |
| poop {n} (stern) SEE: stern | :: |
| poop {v} (to break wind) SEE: break wind | :: |
| poop deck {n} (stern deck on top of the cabin(s)) | :: Poop {f}, Poopdeck {n}, Achterdeck {n} |
| pooper scooper {n} (scoop for the collection of pet excrement) | :: Kotschaufel {f} |
| poor {adj} (with little or no possessions or money) | :: arm |
| poor {adj} (of low quality) | :: armselig |
| poor {adj} (used to express pity) | :: arm |
| poor {n} (those with no possessions) | :: Armen {p} |
| poor as a church mouse {adj} (very poor) | :: arm wie eine Kirchenmaus |
| poorhouse {n} (charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged) | :: Armenhaus {n} |
| poorly {adj} (ill) SEE: ill | :: |
| poor man's {adj} (cheaper than or inferior to) | :: Armeleute- |
| poor man's asparagus {n} (Lincolnshire spinach) SEE: Good King Henry | :: |
| poor thing {n} (someone or something to be pitied) | :: armes Ding {n} |
| poot {n} (fart) | :: Pups |
| pop {v} (to hit) SEE: hit | :: |
| pop {n} (soda pop) | :: Sprudelwasser {n}, Sprudel {m} |
| pop {v} (to ejaculate) SEE: ejaculate | :: |
| popcorn {n} (a snack food made from corn kernels popped by dry heating) | :: Popcorn {n}, Puffmais {m} |
| pop culture {n} (popular culture) SEE: popular culture | :: |
| pope {n} (head of the Roman Catholic Church) | :: Papst {m}, [hypothetical, legendary] Päpstin {f} |
| Popemobile {n} (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) | :: Papamobil {n} |
| popess {n} (female pope) SEE: papess | :: |
| pop group {n} (musical group specializing in pop music) | :: Pop-Gruppe {f} |
| pop gun {n} (a toy gun) | :: Kindergewehr {n}, [colloquial] Pufferchen {n}, Kinderspielpistole {f} |
| popinjay {n} (Picus viridis) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
| popinjay {n} (parrot) SEE: parrot | :: |
| poplar {n} (any of various deciduous trees of the genus Populus) | :: Pappel {f} |
| poplit {n} (fossa at the back of the knee joint) | :: Kniekehle {f} |
| popliteal fossa {n} (shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint) SEE: poplit | :: |
| popliteus {n} (area behind the knee) | :: Kniekehlenmuskel {m} |
| pop music {n} (music intended for or accepted by a wide audience) | :: Popmusik {f} |
| Popperian {adj} (of or relating to the philosophy of Karl R. Popper) | :: Poppersch |
| poppy {n} (plant) | :: Mohn {m} |
| poppycock {n} (nonsense) | :: Quatsch {m}, Dünnschiss {m} |
| poppyhead {n} (head of a poppy) | :: Mohnkopf {m} |
| poppyseed {n} (the seed of the poppy) | :: Mohn {m}, Mohnsaat {f} |
| pop quiz {n} (test without notice) | :: unangekündigter Test {m}; unangekündigte Prüfung {f}; [dated] Extemporale {n} |
| pop rock {n} (genre combining pop music and rock music) | :: Pop-rock {m} |
| popsicle {n} (serving of frozen juice on a stick) | :: Eis am Stiel {n}, Stieleis {n} |
| pop sock {n} (knee-high stocking) | :: Kniestrumpf |
| pop someone's cherry {v} (deflower) SEE: deflower | :: |
| populace {n} (inhabitants of a nation) SEE: population | :: |
| populace {n} (common people) | :: gemeine Volk {n}, breite Masse {f}, Pöbel {m} [pejorative] |
| popular {adj} (of or pertaining to the common people) | :: Volks- |
| popular {adj} (aimed at the general public) | :: populär- |
| popular {adj} (liked by many people) | :: beliebt, populär |
| popular culture {n} (prevailing vernacular culture) | :: Popkultur {f} |
| popularise {v} (to make popular) | :: popularisieren |
| popularity {n} (the quality or state of being popular) | :: Popularität {f} |
| popularization {n} (the act of making something popular to the general public) | :: Popularisierung {f} |
| popular music {n} (genre that has wide appeal amongst the general public) | :: populäre Musik |
| popular opinion {n} (public opinion) SEE: public opinion | :: |
| popular science {n} (interpretation of science) | :: Populärwissenschaft {f} |
| popular science {n} (of, or having to do with popular science) | :: populärwissenschaftlich |
| populate {v} (to supply with inhabitants) | :: besiedeln |
| populate {v} (to live in) | :: besiedeln, bevölkern |
| populate {v} (to fill a list) | :: füllen |
| populate {v} (to fill slots or sockets) | :: bestücken |
| population {n} (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) | :: Bevölkerung {f} |
| population {n} (biology: collection of organisms) | :: Population {f} |
| population {n} (number of residents in a given area) | :: Bevölkerungszahl {f}, Einwohnerzahl {f} |
| population {n} (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) | :: Grundgesamtheit {f} |
| population density {n} (average number of people per area) | :: Bevölkerungsdichte {f} |
| population inversion {n} (creation of a system) | :: Besetzungsinversion {f} |
| populism {n} (a political doctrine or philosophy) | :: Populismus {m} |
| populist {n} (person who advocates populism) | :: Populist {m} |
| populist {n} (politician who advocates policies just because they are popular) | :: Populist {m}, Populistin {f} |
| populist {adj} (put forward just because it would be popular) | :: populistisch |
| populist {adj} (of or pertaining to populism) | :: populistisch |
| populous {adj} (having a large population) | :: volkreich, bevölkerungsreich |
| pop up {v} (to appear without warning) | :: auftauchen, aufkreuzen |
| pop-up {n} (advertisement that pops up when one accesses an Internet page) | :: Pop-up {n} |
| popup blocker {n} (a piece of software) | :: Pop-up-Blocker {m} |
| porbeagle {n} (a pelagic shark) | :: Herringshai {m} |
| porcelain {n} (hard white translucent ceramic) | :: Porzellan {n} |
| porcelain {n} (items (esp. dishware or objets d'art) made of porcelain) | :: Porzellan {n} |
| porch {n} (a covered and enclosed entrance to a building) | :: Vorbau {m}, Vordach {n}, Veranda {f} |
| porcine {adj} (of or pertaining to the pig) | :: Schweine-, Schweins-, porzin, porcin, schweineähnlich, schweineartig, schweinisch |
| porcine {adj} (morbidly obese) | :: fettleibig |
| porcini {n} (mushroom, Boletus edulis) | :: Steinpilz {m} |
| porcupette {n} (baby porcupine) | :: Stachelschweinbaby {n} [Hystricidae], Stachelschweinjunges {n} [Hystricidae], Baumstachlerbaby {n} [Erethizontidae], Baumstachlerjunges {n} [Erethizontidae] |
| porcupine {n} (large rodent) | :: Stachelschwein {n}, Baumstachler {m}, Baumstachelschwein {n}, Urson {m}, Quastenstachler {m} |
| porcupine fish {n} (a fish species that inflates itself when threatened to expose spines) | :: Igelfisch {m} |
| porcupine puffer {n} (type of puffer fish) | :: Igelfisch {m} |
| pore {n} (a tiny opening in the skin) | :: Pore {f} |
| pork {n} (meat of a pig) | :: Schweinefleisch {n}, Schwein {n} [collective], Schweinernes {n} [Austrian, Bavarian], Schweiners {n} [colloquial, Bavarian] |
| pork-barrelling {n} (practice of giving favours or money for support) | :: Kirchturmpolitik {f} |
| pork belly {n} (boneless cut of fatty meat) | :: Schweinebauch {m} |
| pork rind {n} (food made from pork skin) | :: Schwarte {f}, Schweinekrusten {f-p} |
| pork scratching {n} (pork rind) SEE: pork rind | :: |
| porn {n} (pornography) | :: Pornografie {f} |
| porn {n} (pornographic work) | :: Porno {m} |
| porn {n} (pornography) SEE: pornography | :: |
| porno {n} (pornography) | :: Porno {m}, Pornografie {f} |
| pornocracy {prop} (period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscurum) | :: Pornokratie {f}, Mätressenherrschaft {f}, Hurenherrschaft {f} |
| pornocracy {n} (government by, or dominated by, prostitutes or corrupt persons) | :: Pornokratie {f}, Mätressenherrschaft {f} |
| pornographer {n} (person involved in creation or dissemination of pornography) | :: Pornograph {m} (Pornograf {m}), Pornographin {f} |
| pornographic {adj} (containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity) | :: pornographisch |
| pornography {n} (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) | :: Pornografie {f} |
| pornstache {n} (moustache that resembles one worn by an adult film actor) | :: Pornobalken {m} |
| porn star {n} (actor or actress famous for appearing in pornographic films) | :: Pornodarsteller {m}, Pornodarstellerin {f}, Pornostar {m} |
| Poroshenko {prop} (Ukrainian surname) | :: Poroschenko {m} {f} |
| porosity {n} (state of being porous) | :: Porösität {f} |
| porosity {n} (measure of how porous a material is) | :: Porösität {f} |
| porous {adj} (full of tiny pores) | :: porös |
| porphyria {n} (abnormality of porphyrin metabolism) | :: Porphyrie {f} |
| porphyrin {n} (heterocyclic compound) | :: Porphyrin {n} |
| porphyrogenite {n} (honorific title) | :: Purpurgeburt |
| porpoise {n} (cetacean) | :: Tümmler {m}, Schweinswal {m} |
| porridge {n} (breakfast cereal dish, see also: oatmeal) | :: Brei {m} |
| port {n} (dock or harbour) | :: Hafen {m} |
| port {n} (left-hand side of a vessel when facing the front) | :: Backbord {n} |
| port {n} (computing: logical or physical construct into and from which data are transferred) | :: Port {m} |
| port {n} (fortified wine) | :: Portwein {m} |
| port {n} (entryway, portal) SEE: portal | :: |
| port {n} (port city) SEE: port city | :: |
| portable {adj} (able to be carried or moved) | :: portabel, tragbar |
| portable {adj} (running on multiple systems) | :: portabel |
| portable art {n} (portable prehistoric art) | :: Kleinkunst {f} |
| portable executable {n} (file format used for executable programs) | :: Portable Executable {m} |
| portable toilet {n} (portable toilet, see also: toilet) | :: Baustellenklo {n}, mobile Toilettenkabine {f}, Mobil-WC {n}, Mobilklo {n}, Dixiklo {n}, Dixi-Klo {n}, Dixi® {n}, Dixi {n}, Sanitärcontainer {m} |
| portage {n} (route used for portage) | :: Portage {f} |
| portal {n} (grandiose entrance) | :: Portal {n} |
| portal {n} (entry point) | :: Portal {n} |
| portal {n} (website) | :: Portal {n} |
| portal vein {n} (particular vein) | :: Pfortader {f} |
| porta-potty {n} (portable toilet) SEE: portable toilet | :: |
| Port-au-Prince {prop} (capital of Haiti) | :: Port-au-Prince {n} |
| port city {n} (city built around a port) | :: Hafenstadt {f} |
| portcullis {n} (gate in the form of a grating) | :: Fallgatter {n} |
| portend {v} (to serve as a warning or omen) | :: ankündigen, vorbedeuten, vorhersagen |
| portend {v} (to signify) | :: deuten, hindeuten, hinweisen,, bedeuten |
| portent {n} (omen) | :: Omen {n}, (böses) Vorzeichen {n} |
| portentous {adj} (ominous; portending evil) | :: unheildrohend, bedeutungsschwer |
| portentous {adj} (vain; marvelous; prodigious; wonderful) | :: hochtrabend, wichtigtuerisch |
| porter {n} (person who carries luggage) | :: Gepäckträger {m} |
| porter {n} ((Ireland) another name for stout) SEE: stout | :: |
| portfolio {n} (case) | :: Mappe {f} |
| portfolio {n} (investments) | :: Portfolio {n} |
| portfolio {n} | :: Portefeuille {n} |
| porthole {n} (circular window) | :: Bullauge {n} |
| portico {n} (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building) | :: Portikus {m} {f} |
| portion {n} (allocated amount) | :: Teil {m} |
| portion {n} (wife's fortune) SEE: dowry | :: |
| portmanteau {n} (case) | :: Koffer {m} |
| portmanteau {n} (portmanteau word) SEE: portmanteau word | :: |
| portmanteau word {n} (word which combines the meaning of two words) | :: Kofferwort {n}, Portmanteau {n}, Portmanteau-Wort {n}, Schachtelwort {n}, Kontamination {f}, Verschmelzung {f}, Wortkreuzung {f} |
| Port Moresby {prop} (capital of Papua New Guinea) | :: Port Moresby {n} |
| portrait {n} (painting of a person) | :: Portrait {n}, Porträt {n} |
| portrait {n} (an accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.) | :: Portrait {n}, Porträt {n} |
| portrait {n} (print mode) | :: Hochformat {n} |
| portraitist {n} (one who makes portraits) | :: Porträtist {m}, Porträtistin {f} |
| portray {v} (to paint or draw the likeness of) | :: porträtieren, abmalen |
| portray {v} (figuratively: to describe in words) | :: porträtieren |
| portrayal {n} | :: Abbild {n} |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in southern England) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (town in Dominica) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in Iowa) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in New Hampshire) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in Ohio) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (town in Rhode Island) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portsmouth {prop} (city in Virginia) | :: Portsmouth |
| Portugal {prop} (country) | :: Portugal {n} |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the region of Portugal) | :: portugiesisch |
| Portuguese {adj} (of or relating to the Portuguese language) | :: portugiesisch |
| Portuguese {n} (person native to Portugal) | :: Portugiese {m}, Portugiesin {f} |
| Portuguese {n} (the language) | :: Portugiesisch {n} |
| Portuguese-Canadian {adj} (lusophone Canadian) | :: lusophon kanadisch, lusofon kanadisch, portugiesischsprachig kanadisch, portugiesischsprechend kanadisch |
| Portuguese-Canadian {adj} (Portuguese-Canadian) | :: lusokanadisch, luso-kanadisch, portugiesischkanadisch, portugiesisch-kanadisch |
| Portuguese man-of-war {n} (Physalia physalis) | :: Portugiesische Galeere {f} |
| Portuguese Republic {prop} (official name of Portugal) | :: Portugiesische Republik {f} |
| Portuguese Water Dog {n} (Portuguese Water Dog) | :: portugiesischer Wasserhund {m}, Cão de Água Português {m} |
| port wine {n} (A type of fortified wine traditionally made in Portugal) | :: Portwein {m} |
| portyanki {n} (footwrap) SEE: footwrap | :: |
| pose {v} (set in place, arrange) | :: stellen, legen |
| pose {v} (ask, set (a test or quiz)) | :: stellen |
| pose {v} (assume or maintain a pose) | :: posieren |
| pose {n} (position, arrangement (especially of the human body)) | :: Pose {f} |
| Poseidon {prop} (the god of the sea) | :: Poseidon {m} |
| poser {n} (a particularly difficult question or puzzle) | :: knifflige Frage {f}, harte Nuss {f} |
| poser {n} (someone who asks a question or sets a problem) | :: Fragender {m}, Frager {m}, Fragesteller {m} |
| poser {n} (someone who, or something which, poses; with their body in a fixed position) | :: Künstlermodell {n}, Modell {n} |
| poser {n} (poseur) SEE: poseur | :: |
| poseur {n} (one who affects some behaviour, style, attitude or other condition, often to impress or influence others) | :: Angeber {m}, Angeberin {f} |
| posh {adj} (associated with the upper classes) | :: vornehm |
| posh {adj} (stylish, elegant, exclusive) | :: schick, todschick |
| posit {n} (postulate) | :: Postulat {n} |
| posit {v} (to postulate) | :: postulieren |
| posit {v} (to suggest) | :: postulieren, aufstellen (theory) |
| position {n} (place, location) | :: Stellung {f}, Position {f} |
| position {n} (status or rank) | :: Position {f} |
| position {n} (post of employment) | :: Arbeitsplatz {m}, Stelle {f} |
| position {n} (stand) | :: Position {f} |
| position {n} (posture) | :: Position {f} |
| position {v} (to put into place) | :: positionieren, postieren |
| positive {adj} (legal: formally laid down) | :: positiv |
| positive {n} (the positive degree of adjectives and adverbs) | :: Grundstufe, Positiv {n}, (dated: Positivus {n}) |
| positive {n} (photography: a positive image) | :: Positiv {n}, Positivfilm {m} |
| positive column {n} (glowing region in a glow discharge) | :: positive Säule {f} |
| positively {adv} (with certainty) | :: definitiv, bestimmt, entschieden, eindeutig |
| positive thinking {n} (focusing on thoughts of success) | :: positives Denken {n} |
| positivism {n} | :: Positivismus {m} |
| positron {n} (positron) | :: Positron {n} |
| positronium {n} (exotic atom) | :: Positronium {n} |
| POSIX {prop} (computing: set of standards providing application portability between UNIX variants) | :: POSIX {n} |
| posse {n} (A group of people summoned to help law enforcement) | :: Trupp {m} |
| posse {n} (A criminal gang) | :: Bande {f} |
| possess {v} (to have; to have ownership of) | :: besitzen |
| possess {v} (to take control of someone's body or mind) | :: besitzen |
| possessed {adj} (controlled by evil spirits) | :: besessen |
| possessing {v} (present participle of possess) | :: besitzend |
| possession {n} (something that is owned) | :: Gut {n} |
| possession {n} (control of the ball in a disputed sports game) | :: Ballbesitz {m} |
| possessive {adj} (grammar: indicating possession) | :: besitzanzeigend, possessiv |
| possessive {n} (possessive case) SEE: possessive case | :: |
| possessive adjective {n} (possessive determiner) | :: see adjektivisches Possessivpronomen |
| possessive case {n} (case used to express direct possession) | :: Genitiv {m} |
| possessive pronoun {n} (pronoun which expresses possession) | :: besitzanzeigendes Fürwort {n}; Possessivpronomen {n}, Possessivum {n}, Possessiv {n} |
| possessive suffix {n} (Suffix indicating possession) | :: Possessivsuffix {n} |
| possessor {n} (One who possesses) | :: Besitzer {m}, Inhaber {m} |
| possibility {n} (quality of being possible) | :: Möglichkeit {f} |
| possible {adj} (able but not certain to happen) | :: möglich |
| possible {adj} (being considered, e.g. for a position) | :: möglich |
| possibly {adv} (adverb indicating that a proposition may be true or false) SEE: perhaps | :: |
| possum {n} (any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands) | :: Possum {n} |
| possum {n} (opossum) SEE: opossum | :: |
| post {n} (long dowel or plank protruding from the ground) | :: Pfosten {m} |
| post {n} (location on a basketball court) | :: Post {m} |
| post {v} (to send to an electronic forum) | :: posten, hochladen |
| post {n} (method of delivering mail) | :: Post {f} |
| post {n} (individual message in a forum) | :: Beitrag {m} |
| post {v} (to send mail) | :: schicken |
| post {v} ((Internet) to publish a message) | :: posten |
| post {n} (assigned station) | :: Stelle {f}, Posten {m} |
| postage {n} (charge) | :: Porto {n} |
| postage {n} (postage stamp affixed as evidence of payment, see also: postage stamp) | :: Frankierung |
| postage due stamp {n} (adhesive stamp affixed by a post office to an item of mail) | :: Portomarke {f} |
| postage meter {n} (machine) | :: Frankiermaschine {f} |
| postage stamp {n} (piece of paper indicating postage has been paid) | :: Briefmarke {f}, Marke {f}, Freimarke {f}, Wert {m}, Postwertzeichen {n}, Wertzeichen {n} |
| postal {adj} (relating to mail) | :: Post-, postalisch |
| postal code {n} (postcode) SEE: postcode | :: |
| postalveolar {adj} (articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge) | :: postalveolar |
| postalveolar {n} (any sound articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge) | :: Postalveolar {m}, Postalveolarlaut {m} |
| postal vote {n} (a vote made on an official form which is then sent through the post) | :: Briefwahl {f} |
| postbellum {adj} (of the period following a war) | :: Nachkriegszeit |
| post box {n} (box in which post can be left to be picked up) SEE: mailbox | :: |
| postcard {n} (rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) | :: Postkarte {f} |
| post chaise {n} (a horse-drawn carriage, closed and with four-wheels) | :: Postkutsche {f} |
| postclassical {adj} (after the classical era) | :: nachklassisch |
| postcode {n} (sequence of letters and/or numbers added to a postal address) | :: PLZ {f}, Postleitzahl {f} |
| postcolonial {adj} (following the end of colonial rule) | :: postkolonial |
| postdoctoral {adj} (after receiving a doctorate) | :: Postdoc- |
| poster {n} (picture intended to be attached to a wall) | :: Poster {n}, Affiche {f} |
| poster {n} (advertisement, see also: placard) | :: Plakat {n}, Anschlag {m}, Poster {n}, Affiche {f} |
| poster {n} (shot that hits a goalpost) | :: Pfosten {m} |
| poster child {n} (prototypical example) | :: Paradebeispiel {n} |
| poste restante {n} (a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it) | :: Postlagerservice {m} |
| posterior {adj} (located towards the rear) | :: hinter |
| posterior {adj} (following in order or time) | :: später |
| posterior {n} (buttocks) | :: Hintern |
| posterior chamber {n} (space between iris and lens) | :: hintere Augenkammer {f} |
| posterity {n} (all the future generations) | :: [of humanity at large] Nachwelt {f}; [of a particular person] Nachkommen {p} |
| postern {n} (secondary gateway) | :: Hintertür {f}, Hintertor {n} |
| postglacial rebound {n} (rise of depressed lithosphere) | :: Landhebung {f} |
| postgraduate {adj} (of studies taking place after completing a degree) | :: Aufbau-, Graduierten-, Doktoranden-, weiterführend, postgradual, nach dem Hochschulabschluss [postpositioned] |
| posthistory {n} (history after an event) | :: Nachgeschichte {f} |
| post horn {n} (musical instrument) | :: Posthorn {n} |
| posthumous {adj} (taking place after one's death) | :: postum, posthum |
| posthumous {adj} (in reference to a work, published after the author's death) | :: postum, posthum |
| postilion {n} (rider mounted on leading horse) | :: Postillion {m} |
| post-it {n} (post-it note) SEE: post-it note | :: |
| post-it note {n} (a small piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side) | :: Klebezettel {m} |
| post lady {n} (woman who delivers the post or mail) | :: Postfrau {f}, Postbotin {f}, Briefträgerin {f}, Briefzustellerin {f}, Zustellerin {f} |
| postlude {n} (final part of a musical piece) | :: Postludium {n}, Nachspiel {n} |
| postman {n} (mailman) SEE: mailman | :: |
| postmark {n} (marking made by a postal service on a letter) | :: Poststempel {f} |
| postmark {v} (to apply a postmark on) | :: stempeln |
| postmodern {adj} (Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism) | :: postmodern, nachmodern [uncommon] |
| postmodernism {n} (a style of art, literature, etc) | :: Postmoderne {f}, Postmodernismus {m} |
| postnatal {adj} (of or pertaining to the period immediately after birth) | :: postnatal, postpartal |
| post office {n} (place) | :: Postamt {n} |
| post office {n} (organization) | :: Post {f} |
| post office box {n} (box hired as collection point for mail) | :: Postfach {n} |
| postoperative {adj} (of, pertaining to, or occurring in the period after a surgical operation) | :: postoperativ |
| postpone {v} (to delay or put off an event) | :: verschieben, aufschieben, zurückstellen |
| postponement {n} (the state of being adjourned) | :: Aufschub {m}, Verschiebung {f} |
| postposition {n} ((grammar) words that come after the noun) | :: Nachsetzwort, nachgestellte Präposition {f}, Postposition {f}, nachgestelltes Verhältniswort {n}, Postposition {f} |
| postpositional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a postposition) | :: postpositional |
| postpositionally {adv} (in a postpositional manner) | :: postpositional |
| postpostmodern {adj} (beyond postmodernism) | :: postpostmodern, nachpostmodern [uncommon] |
| post-production {n} (stages of film production happening between the actual filming and the completed film) | :: Postproduktion {f} |
| postrevolutionary {adj} (occurring after a revolution) | :: nachrevolutionär, postrevolutionär |
| postscript {n} (addendum to a letter) | :: Postskriptum {n} |
| postscriptum {n} (something written afterward) | :: Postskriptum {n} |
| post-Soviet {adj} (after the dissolution of the Soviet Union) | :: postsowjetisch |
| postsurgical {adj} (relating to the period following surgery) | :: postoperativ |
| posttonic {adj} (immediately following a stressed syllable) | :: nachtonig |
| posttraumatic {adj} (after, or as a result of, a trauma) | :: posttraumatisch |
| post-traumatic stress disorder {n} (condition that develops following some stressful situation) | :: posttraumatische Belastungsstörung {f} |
| post-truth {adj} (post-truth) | :: postfaktisch |
| postulate {n} (something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted) | :: Postulat {n} |
| postulate {n} (fundamental element; basic principle) | :: Postulat {n} |
| postulate {n} (logic: an axiom) | :: Postulat {n}, Axiom {n} |
| postulate {n} (requirement, prerequisite) | :: Voraussetzung {f} |
| postulate {v} (to assume as a premise) | :: postulieren |
| posture {n} (position of body) | :: Haltung {f} |
| posturing {n} (assumption of an exaggerated pose or attitude) | :: Inszenierung {f} |
| postvolcanic {adj} (following the eruption of a volcano) | :: postvulkanisch |
| postwoman {n} (woman who delivers the post or mail) | :: Postfrau {f}, Postbotin {f}, Briefträgerin {f}, Briefzustellerin {f}, Zustellerin {f} |
| pot {n} (vessel for cooking or storing food etc.) | :: Topf {m} |
| pot {n} (money wagered) | :: Einsatz {m} |
| pot {v} (to put (something) into a pot) | :: etwas in einen Topf werfen |
| pot {v} (to cause a ball to fall into a pocket) | :: lochen |
| pot {v} | :: etwas in einem Topf aufbewahren |
| pot {n} (marijuana) | :: Gras {n}, Marihuana {n} |
| pot {n} (crucible) SEE: crucible | :: |
| pot {n} (potshot) SEE: potshot | :: |
| pot {n} (plaster cast) SEE: plaster cast | :: |
| potable {adj} (good for drinking, see also: drinkable) | :: trinkbar |
| potable {n} (drinkable liquid) SEE: beverage | :: |
| potash {n} (pot ash) | :: Pottasche {f} |
| potash {n} (potassium carbonate etc) | :: Pottasche {f} |
| potassium {n} (the chemical element) | :: Kalium {n} |
| potassium aluminium sulfate {n} (sulfate double salt of potassium and aluminium) | :: Kaliumaluminiumsulfat {n} |
| potassium bitartrate {n} | :: Weinstein {m} |
| potassium carbonate {n} (alkaline salt) | :: Kaliumcarbonat {n} |
| potassium chlorate {n} (KClO3) | :: Kaliumchlorat |
| potassium chloride {n} (the salt KCl) | :: Kaliumchlorid {n} |
| potassium cyanide {n} (inorganic compound) | :: Zyankali, Kaliumcyanid {n} |
| potassium dichromate {n} (potassium salt of chromic acid) | :: Kaliumdichromat {n} |
| potassium hydroxide {n} (potassium hydroxide) | :: Kaliumhydroxid {n}, Ätzkali {n}, kaustisches Kali {n} |
| potassium nitrate {n} (potassium nitrate) | :: Salpeter {m}, Kalisalpeter {m} |
| potassium permanganate {n} (KMnO4) | :: Kaliumpermanganat {n} |
| potassium sulfate {n} (K2SO4) | :: Kaliumsulfat |
| potato {n} (plant tuber eaten as starchy vegetable) | :: Kartoffel {f}, Erdapfel {m} [Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria], Grumbeere {f} [Southwestern Germany], Erdbirne {f}, Grundbirne {f}, Bramburi {f} [Austria] |
| potato beetle {n} (Colorado beetle) SEE: Colorado beetle | :: |
| potato blight {n} (Phytophthora infestans, disease of potatoes) | :: Kartoffelmehltau {m} |
| potato bread {n} (a type of bread made with potatoes and onions) | :: Kartoffelbrot {n} |
| potato chip {n} (potato chip (UK)) | :: Kartoffelchip {m} |
| potato chip {n} (potato crisp) SEE: potato crisp | :: |
| potato crisp {n} (thin fried slice of potato) | :: Chip {m} |
| potato in its jacket {n} (baked potato) SEE: baked potato | :: |
| potato masher {n} (utensil for mashing potatoes) | :: Kartoffelstampfer {m} |
| potato pancake {n} (potato pancake) | :: Kartoffelpuffer {m}, Reibekuchen {m}, Reibeplätzchen |
| potato salad {n} (salad made from chopped boiled potatoes) | :: Kartoffelsalat {m} |
| potato starch {n} (vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes) | :: Kartoffelstärke {f} |
| potayto, potahto {interj} (to suggest a distinction without a difference) SEE: tomayto, tomahto | :: |
| potbellied {adj} (having a potbelly) | :: dickbäuchig |
| potbellied pig {n} (small Vietnamese domesticated pig) | :: Hängebauchschwein {n} |
| potbelly {n} (a large, swollen, or protruding abdomen) | :: Wampe {f} |
| pot calling the kettle black {n} (situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault shared by the accuser) | :: ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr (a donkey calls the other longears) |
| pot calling the kettle black {n} | :: rechter Pantoffel schimpft über linken Pantoffel, wer im Glashaus sitzt, soll nicht mit Steinen werfen (who sits in the glass house, shouldn't throw stones) |
| poteen {n} (illegally produced Irish whiskey) | :: Poteen, Potcheen |
| Potemkin village {n} (any false construct devised to disguise a shortcoming or improve appearances) | :: Potemkinsches Dorf {n} |
| potentate {n} (a powerful leader) | :: Potentat {m}, Potentatin |
| potential {n} (currently unrealized ability) | :: Potential {n} |
| potential {n} (energy of a unit electrical charge) | :: Potential {n} |
| potential {adj} (existing in possibility) | :: möglich, potenziell, potentiell |
| potential difference {n} (difference in potential energy between two points) | :: Potentialdifferenz {f} |
| potential energy {n} (energy possessed by an object because of its position) | :: potentielle Energie {f}, Lageenergie {f} |
| potentilla {n} (any of many shrubs and herbs of the genus Potentilla) | :: Fingerkraut {n} |
| potentiometer {n} (user-adjustable variable resistor) | :: Potentiometer {n} |
| pothead {n} (a person who smokes cannabis frequently) | :: Kiffer {m}, Kifferin {f} |
| potholder {n} (insulated pad for handling hot cooking utensils) | :: Topflappen {m} |
| pothole {n} (a hole in a road) | :: Schlagloch {n} |
| potion {n} (small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical) | :: Trank {m}, Zaubertrank {m} (magical), Wundertrank {m} (miraculous), Gifttrank {m} (poisonous), Heiltrank {m} (medicinal), Elixier {n} |
| potlatch {n} (communal meal to which guests bring dishes to share, see also: potluck) | :: Potluck |
| potlid {n} (potlid) | :: Topfdeckel {m} |
| potluck {n} (shared meal consisting of whatever guests have brought) SEE: potlatch | :: |
| pot marigold {n} (Calendula officinalis) | :: Ringelblume {f} |
| potpourri {n} (collection of various things) | :: Potpourri {n} |
| potpourri {n} (a medley of songs or music) | :: Potpourri {n} |
| potpourri {n} (a mixture of dried fragrant plant material used to scent a room) | :: Potpourri {n} |
| Potsdam {prop} (city) | :: Potsdam {n} |
| potsherd {n} (piece of ceramic from pottery) | :: Scherbe {f}, Tonscherbe {f}, Topfscherbe {f} |
| potshot {v} (to fire potshots) | :: drauflosballern |
| potter {n} (one who makes pots and ceramic wares) | :: Töpfer {m}, Töpferin {f} |
| potter's wheel {n} (machine used by a potter) | :: Töpferscheibe {f} |
| pottery {n} (fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed) | :: Töpferware {f}, Tongerät {n}, Töpfergeschirr {n} |
| pottery {n} (workshop where pottery is made) | :: Töpferei {f} |
| pottery {n} (practise or craft of making pottery) | :: Töpferei {f} |
| potty {n} (bathroom) SEE: bathroom | :: |
| potty {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| potty {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| potty {adj} (insane) SEE: insane | :: |
| potty {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| potty {n} (children's chamberpot) | :: Töpfchen {n} |
| potty {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot | :: |
| potty-mouthed {adj} (foul-mouthed) SEE: foul-mouthed | :: |
| pouch {n} (small bag) | :: Beutel {m} |
| pouch {n} (pocket in which a marsupial carries its young) | :: Beutel {m} |
| poultry {n} (domestic fowl) | :: Geflügel {n} |
| poultry {n} (fowl meat) | :: Geflügel {n} |
| pounce {n} (powder thrown onto the paper to make the ink dry) | :: Löschsand {m}, Schreibsand {m} |
| pounce {v} (To attack suddenly) | :: überfallen, angreifen |
| pound {n} (unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)) | :: Pfund {n} |
| pound {n} (unit of currency) | :: Pfund {n} |
| pound {n} (place for the detention of stray animals) | :: Zwinger {m}, Tierheim {n} |
| pound {n} (place for detention of automobiles) | :: Verwahrstelle {f} |
| pound {n} (US: symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound cake {n} (dense yellow cake made from equal quantities of butter, eggs, flour and sugar) | :: Rührkuchen {m} |
| pound sign {n} (symbol #) SEE: hash | :: |
| pound sterling {n} (currency of the UK) | :: Pfund Sterling {n}, Pfund {n} |
| pour {v} (to cause to flow in a stream) | :: gießen, schütten, eingießen, einschütten, einschenken |
| pour {v} (to send forth as in a stream or a flood) | :: schütten |
| pour {v} (to flow, pass or issue in or as a stream) | :: gießen |
| pour gasoline on the fire {v} (add fuel to the fire) SEE: add fuel to the fire | :: |
| pour one's heart out {v} (To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings) | :: sein Herz ausschütten |
| pour out {v} (distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid) | :: ausgießen |
| pout {v} (push out one’s lips) | :: schürzen |
| pout {v} (sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered) | :: schmollen, einen Schmollmund machen |
| pout {n} (facial expression) | :: Schmollmund {m} |
| pouting {n} (fish, Trisopterus luscus) | :: Franzosendorsch {m} |
| Po valley {prop} (large plain in northern Italy) | :: Poebene {f}, Po-Ebene {f} |
| poverty {n} (quality or state of being poor) | :: Armut {f} |
| poverty-stricken {adj} (very poor) | :: armutsgefährdet |
| powder {n} (fine particles of any dry substance) | :: (cosmetic:) Puder {m}, {n}; (otherwise:) Pulver {n} |
| powder {n} (cosmetic product) | :: Puder {m} {n} |
| powder {n} (gunpowder) SEE: gunpowder | :: |
| powdered milk {n} (dairy product) SEE: milk powder | :: |
| powdered sugar {n} (very finely ground sugar used in icings, etc) | :: Puderzucker {m}, Staubzucker {m} [Austria] |
| powder keg {n} (barrel of gun powder) | :: Pulverfass {n} |
| powder keg {n} (volatile situation) | :: Pulverfass {n} |
| powder metallurgy {n} (producing metal components by compacting and sintering powdered metals) | :: Pulvermetallurgie {f} |
| power {n} (capability or influence) | :: Macht {f}, Kraft {f} |
| power {n} (control, particularly legal or political) | :: Macht {f} |
| power {n} (influential nation, company etc.) | :: Macht {f}, Großmacht {f} |
| power {n} (physical force or strength) | :: Kraft {f}, Stärke {f} |
| power {n} (electricity, electricity supply) | :: Strom {m}, Energie {f} |
| power {n} (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) | :: Leistung {f} |
| power {n} (maths: product of equal factors) | :: Potenz {f}, [x hoch n] |
| power {n} (set theory: cardinality) SEE: cardinality | :: |
| powerbank {n} (portable device used to charge mobile phones and tablet computers) | :: Powerbank {f}, mobile Zusatzbatterie {f} |
| power board {n} (power strip) SEE: power strip | :: |
| power broker {n} (person having the ability to influence important decisions, see also: éminence grise) | :: graue Eminenz {f} |
| power cut {n} (interruption in the supply of power) | :: Stromausfall {m} |
| power dissipation {n} (waste of power as heat) | :: Leistungsaufnahme {f} |
| powered {adj} | :: angetrieben [past-p.], mit Antrieb [postpositioned] |
| power failure {n} (power failure, see also: power cut; outage; blackout) | :: Stromausfall {m} |
| power forward {n} (a basketball player) | :: Power Forward {m} |
| powerful {adj} (having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence) | :: mächtig |
| power-hungry {adj} (having a strong desire for power) | :: machthungrig, machtgierig |
| powerless {adj} (lacking sufficient power or strength) | :: kraftlos |
| powerless {adj} (lacking legal authority) | :: machtlos |
| powerlessness {n} (The state or character of being powerless) | :: Machtlosigkeit {f} |
| powerlifting {n} (strength sport) | :: Kraftdreikampf {m} |
| power of attorney {n} (authorisation) | :: Vollmacht {f} |
| power of attorney {n} (document) | :: Vollmachtsurkunde {f} |
| power plant {n} (power station) SEE: power station | :: |
| power point {n} (wall socket) SEE: wall socket | :: |
| power politics {n} (politics that threatens aggression) | :: Machtpolitik {f} |
| power series {n} (not pasteurized) | :: Potenzreihe {f} |
| power set {n} (set of all subsets of a set) | :: Potenzmenge {f} |
| power station {n} (an industrial complex where electricity is produced) | :: Kraftwerk {n}, Elektrizitätswerk {n} |
| power steering {n} (System in a vehicle) | :: Servolenkung {f} |
| powers that be {n} (holders of power) | :: die zuständigen Stellen, die da oben |
| power strip {n} (block of electrical sockets) | :: Mehrfachsteckdose {f} |
| power structure {n} (system) | :: Machtstruktur {f} |
| power struggle {n} (a fight to gain dominance) | :: Machtkampf {m} |
| power supply {n} (part of apparatus) | :: Netzteil |
| power surge {n} | :: Überspannung {f} |
| power tool {n} (tool powered by an electric motor) | :: Elektrogerät {n}, Elektrowerkzeug {n} |
| powertrain {n} (powertrain) | :: Antriebsstrang {m} |
| pox {n} (syphilis) SEE: syphilis | :: |
| Poznań {prop} (Poznan) SEE: Poznan | :: |
| Poznan {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Posen {n}, Poznań {n} |
| PP {n} (prepositional phrase) | :: PP {f} |
| practicability {n} (being practicable) | :: Praktikabilität {f} |
| practical {adj} (based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis) | :: praktisch |
| practical {adj} (being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation) | :: praktisch |
| practical {adj} (having skills or knowledge that are practical) | :: praktisch |
| practical joke {n} (something done for amusement to the detriment of someone else) | :: Streich {m} |
| practically {adv} (In practice, in effect) | :: praktisch |
| practice {n} (repetition of an activity to improve skill) | :: Übung, Üben {n}, Training {n} |
| practice {n} (an ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession) | :: Ausübung {f}, Ausüben {n}, Praktizieren {n}, Praxis {f} |
| practice {n} (actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory) | :: Praxis {f} |
| practice makes perfect {proverb} (if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it) | :: Übung macht den Meister |
| practicum {n} (college course) | :: Praktikum {n} |
| practise {v} (to repeat an activity as a way of improving one's skill) | :: üben |
| practise {v} (to perform or execute a craft or skill) | :: ausüben, praktizieren |
| practiser {n} (one who practises) | :: Praktikant {m}, Praktikantin {f} |
| praedial {adj} (Having to work on the land or an estate) | :: prädial |
| praenomen {n} (ancient Roman first name) | :: Pränomen {n} |
| praetor {n} (Roman administrative official) | :: Prätor {m} |
| Pragian {prop} (a subdivision of the Devonian period) | :: Pragium |
| pragmatic {adj} (practical) | :: pragmatisch |
| pragmatism {n} (pursuit of practicality over aesthetic qualities) | :: Pragmatismus {m} |
| pragmatism {n} (philosophical idea that beliefs are identified with the actions of a believer) | :: Pragmatismus {m} |
| pragmatism {n} | :: Pragmatismus {m} |
| Prague {prop} (capital of the Czech Republic) | :: Prag |
| Praguer {n} (A native or resident of Prague) | :: Prager {m}, Pragerin {f} |
| Prairial {prop} (the ninth month of French Republican Calendar) | :: Prairial {m}, Wiesenmonat {m} |
| prairie {n} (An extensive area of relatively flat grassland) | :: Prärie {f} |
| prairie chicken {n} (flightless bird of the genus Tympanuchus) | :: Präriehuhn {n} |
| prairie dog {n} (burrowing rodent) | :: Präriehund {m} |
| praise {n} (commendation; favorable representation in words) | :: Lob {n} |
| praise {n} (worship) | :: Lob {n} |
| praise {v} (to give praise to) | :: loben, preisen |
| praise to the skies {v} | :: in den Himmel heben |
| praline {n} (confection) | :: Praline {f} |
| pram {n} (perambulator) | :: Kinderwagen {m} |
| pram {n} (flat-bottomed barge) | :: Prahm {m} |
| Prangli {prop} (island) | :: Prangli (Wrangelsholm) |
| prank {n} (practical joke or mischievous trick) | :: Streich {m}, Schabernack {m} |
| prank call {n} (practical joke made using the telephone) | :: Telefonstreich {m} |
| prankster {n} (one who performs pranks) | :: Schelm {m} |
| praseodymium {n} (chemical element) | :: Praseodym {n} |
| prate {n} (talk to little purpose) | :: Geschwätz {n} |
| prate {v} (to talk much, to chatter) | :: plaudern, schwatzen, schwätzen, faseln [colloquial], schwafeln [colloquial], labern [colloquial] |
| prattle {v} (to talk incessantly; to babble) | :: schwatzen |
| prattle {n} (babble) | :: Geplapper {n} |
| prattler {n} (someone who prattles) | :: [pejorative] Schwatzmaul {n} |
| prawn {n} (large shrimp) | :: Garnele {f} |
| pray {v} (to petition a higher being) | :: beten |
| pray {v} (to beg humbly for aid) | :: bitten, erbitten |
| pray {v} (to talk to God) | :: beten |
| prayer {n} (practice of communicating with one's God) | :: Gebet {n} |
| prayer {n} (the specific words or methods used for praying) | :: Gebet {n} |
| prayer {n} (a meeting held for the express purpose of praying) | :: Gottesdienst {m} |
| prayer {n} | :: [1,3,4] Gebet {n}, [2] Beten {n}, [5] Prediger {m} |
| prayer {n} (one who prays) | :: Beter {m}, Beterin {f} |
| prayer book {n} (book) | :: Gebetbuch {n} |
| prayer flag {n} (colourful rectangular cloth) | :: Gebetsfahne {f}, Gebetsflagge {f} |
| prayerful {adj} (1. That prays frequently; characterised by prayer, devout) | :: andächtig |
| prayer mat {n} (prayer rug) SEE: prayer rug | :: |
| prayer rug {n} (small rug on which Muslims kneel to pray) | :: Gebetsteppich {m} |
| prayer shawl {n} (prayer shawl) | :: [Bet + Tuch] Bettuch {n}, Gebetsmantel {m}, Tallit {m}, Gebetsschal {m}, jüdischer Gebetsschal {m} |
| prayer wheel {n} (rotating cylinder containing prayers) | :: Gebetsmühle {f} |
| praying mantis {n} (any of various predatory insects of the Mantidae family) | :: Gottesanbeterin {f} |
| précis {n} (concise statement) | :: Zusammenfassung {f}, Inhaltsangabe {f} |
| pre- {prefix} (before) | :: vor-, prä- |
| preach {v} (give a sermon) | :: predigen |
| preach {v} (proclaim by public discourse) | :: predigen, verkündigen |
| preach {v} (advise or recommend earnestly) | :: predigen |
| preacher {n} (one who preaches) | :: Prediger {m} |
| preach to the choir {v} (speaking to those that already believe) | :: offene Türen einrennen |
| preach to the converted {v} (preach to the choir) SEE: preach to the choir | :: |
| preadolescence {n} (the period between childhood and adolescence) | :: Präadoleszenz {f} |
| Prealps {prop} (Alpine foothills) | :: Voralpen {p} |
| preamble {n} (short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute) | :: Präambel |
| preantepenult {n} (last syllable but three) | :: Präantepänultima |
| preaspiration {n} (period of voiceless breathing) | :: Präaspiration {f} |
| prebendary {n} (1. An honorary canon of a cathedral or collegiate church) | :: Pfründner {m} |
| Precambrian {adj} (before the Phanerozoic) | :: präkambrisch |
| Precambrian {prop} (eon before the Phanerozoic) | :: Präkambrium {n} |
| precampaign {adj} | :: Vorwahlkampf {m} |
| precariat {n} (sociological group) | :: Prekariat |
| precarious {adj} (dangerously insecure or unstable; perilous) | :: prekär, unsicher, gefährdet |
| precarious {adj} | :: prekär |
| precariously {adv} (in a precarious manner) | :: unsicher, prekär |
| precarity {n} (condition of existence) | :: Prekarisierung {f} |
| precaution {n} (Previous caution or care) | :: Vorsorge {f} |
| precaution {n} (A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success) | :: Vorsichtsmaßnahme {f} |
| precautionarily {adv} (as a precaution) | :: vorsichtshalber, sicherheitshalber |
| precede {v} (go before, go in front of) | :: vorangehen, vorausgehen |
| precedence {n} (the state of preceding in importance or priority) | :: Vorrang {m} |
| precedent {n} (past act used as example) | :: Präzedens {n} |
| precedent {n} (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment) | :: Präjudiz {f} |
| preceding {adj} (foregoing; occurring before or in front of something else) | :: führend, vorherig, vorausgehend |
| precept {n} (rule or principle governing personal conduct) | :: Gebot, Vorschrift, Grundsatz {m}, Maxime {f} |
| pre-Christian {adj} (before the arrival of Christianity) | :: vorchristlich |
| precinct {n} (enclosed space) | :: umschlossener Bezirk {m} |
| precinct {n} (uncovered shopping area) | :: Einkaufsfußgängerzone {f}, Fußgängereinkaufszone {f}, Fußgängerzone {f} |
| precinct {n} (police district) | :: Polizeirevier {n} |
| precinct {n} (voting district) | :: Wahlbezirk {m} |
| precious {adv} (intensifier) SEE: very | :: |
| precious {adj} (of high value or worth) | :: kostbar, wertvoll |
| preciousness {n} (the condition of being precious) | :: Kostbarkeit {f} |
| precious stone {n} (gem) | :: Edelstein {m} |
| precipice {n} (very steep cliff) | :: Abgrund {m}, Steilhang {m} |
| precipitate {v} (make something happen suddenly and quickly; hasten) | :: vorantreiben, beschleunigen |
| precipitate {v} (To throw an object or person from a great height) | :: stürzen, herabstürzen, hinabwerfen |
| precipitate {v} (To come out of a liquid solution into solid form) | :: niederschlagen, ausfällen |
| precipitate {v} (To separate out of a liquid solution into solid form) | :: ausfällen |
| precipitation {n} (weather: water falling from the atmosphere) | :: Niederschlag {m} |
| precipitation {n} (chemistry: chemical reaction forming solid in liquid) | :: Präzipitation {f} |
| precipitation hardening {n} (Precipitation hardening) | :: Ausscheidungshärtung {f} |
| precipitation reaction {n} (reversible reaction in which a product is continuously removed by precipitation) | :: Fällungsreaktion {f} |
| precipitous {adj} (steep, like a precipice) | :: abrupt, abschüssig, jäh, schroff, steil, steilwandig |
| precipitous {adj} (headlong) | :: kopfüber |
| precipitous {adj} (hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate) | :: überstürzt |
| precipitously {adv} (abruptly) | :: unerwartet |
| precis {n} (precis) | :: Zusammenfassung {f}, Inhaltsangabe {f} |
| precise {adj} (exact) | :: präzise, genau |
| precise {adj} ((sciences) clustered close together) | :: exakt |
| precise {v} (exact) | :: präzisieren |
| precisely {adv} (in a precise manner) | :: präzise |
| precision {n} (the state of being precise or exact; exactness) | :: Präzision {f}, Genauigkeit {f} |
| precision {n} (the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently) | :: Präzision {f}, Messpräzision {f}, Wiederholgenauigkeit {f} |
| preclude {v} (rule out) | :: ausschließen, verhindern, unmöglich machen |
| precocious {adj} (characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity) | :: frühreif |
| precocious {adj} (exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age) | :: frühreif, altklug |
| precociousness {n} (condition of being precocious) | :: Frühreife {f} |
| precocity {n} (state of being precocious) | :: Frühreife {f} |
| precognition {n} (knowledge of something that is to occur in the future) | :: Präkognition {f} |
| pre-Columbian {adj} (before Christopher Columbus) | :: präkolumbisch |
| precompiler {n} (that which precompiles) | :: Präkompiler {m}, Precompiler {m}, Vorkompilierer {m}, Vorübersetzer {m} |
| precompression {n} (compression applied prior to something) | :: Vorpressung {f}, Vorverdichtung {f} |
| preconception {n} (prejudice) SEE: prejudice | :: |
| preconception {n} (an opinion considered beforehand with adequate evidence) | :: Vorurteil {n} |
| precondition {n} (preexisting requirement) | :: Vorbedingung {f}, Voraussetzung {f} |
| precosmic {adj} (occurring or existing before the existence of the universe) | :: präkosmisch, vorkosmisch |
| precum {n} (pre-ejaculate) | :: Präejakulat {n}, Bonjourtropfen {m}, Bonjour-Tropfen {m}, Bonjourtröpfchen {n}, Erregungstropfen {m}, Erregungströpfchen {n}, Freudentropfen {m}, Freudentröpfchen {n}, Geilheitstropfen {m}, Geilheitströpfchen {n}, Geiltropfen {m}, Geiltröpfchen {n}, Glückstropfen {m}, Glückströpfchen {n}, Liebestropfen {m}, Liebeströpfchen {m}, Lusttropfen {m}, Lusttröpfchen {n}, Sehnsuchtstropfen {m}, Sehnsuchtströpfchen {n}, Voranzeige {f}, Vorsahne {f}, Vorsamen {m}, Vorschleim {m}, Vorsekret {n}, Vorsoße {f}, Vorsosse {f}, Vorsperma {n}, Vortropfen {m}, Vortröpfchen {n}, Wermutstropfen {m}, Wermutströpfchen {n}, Wollusttropfen {m}, Wollusttröpfchen {n}, Wonnetropfen {m}, Wonnetröpfchen {n} |
| precursor {n} (forerunner, predecessor) | :: Vorläufer {m} |
| precursor {n} (chemical compound) | :: Edukt {n}, Vorläufer {m}, Präkursor {m} |
| predation {n} (the preying of one animal on others) | :: Raub {m}, Jagd {f}, Prädation {f} [biology] |
| predator {n} (animal or organism that hunts) | :: Raubtier {n}; [but with fish usually] Raubfisch {m}, Beutegreifer {m} [biology], Prädator {m} [ecology] |
| predator bug {n} (species) | :: Raubwanze |
| predatory {adj} (relating to predators) | :: räuberisch |
| Père David's deer {n} (species of deer known only in captivity) | :: Davidshirsch {m} |
| predecessor {n} (one who precedes) | :: Vorgänger {m}, Vorgängerin {f} |
| predecessor {n} (model or type which precedes) | :: Vorläufer {m} |
| predefine {v} (To define in advance) | :: vordefinieren, vorgeben, festlegen |
| predefined {adj} (having been defined previously) | :: vordefiniert, voreingestellt, vorgegeben |
| predestination {n} (religious doctrine) | :: Prädestination {f}, Vorherbestimmung {f} |
| predestiny {n} (predestination) SEE: predestination | :: |
| predicament {n} (a definite class, state or condition) | :: Kategorie {f} |
| predicament {n} (an unfortunate or trying position or condition) | :: Lage {f} (missliche ~; unglückliche ~), Zwangslage {f}, Dilemma {n}, Zwickmühle {f}, missliche Lage {f} |
| predicament {n} (that which is predicated; a category) | :: Kategorie {f} |
| predicate {n} ((grammar) part of sentence that states something about its subject) | :: Prädikat {n}, Satzaussage {f} |
| predicate {n} ((logic) a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) | :: Prädikat {n} |
| predicate calculus {n} (a branch of logic) | :: Prädikatenlogik {f} |
| predication {n} (proclamation, announcement or preaching) | :: Ankündigung, Vorhersage |
| predication {n} (assertion or affirmation) | :: Aussage |
| predication {n} (The action of making a term or expression the predicate of a statement) | :: Prädikation |
| predicative {adj} (used after a verb) | :: prädikativ |
| predicative {n} (element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb) | :: Prädikativum {n}, Prädikativ {n} |
| predicative case {n} (case marking a predicative nominative) | :: Prädikativ {m} |
| predict {v} (to state, or make something known in advance) | :: vorhersagen |
| predict {v} (to foretell or prophesy) | :: prophezeien |
| predictable {adj} (able to be predicted) | :: vorhersagbar, prädiktabel |
| prediction {n} (a statement about the future) | :: Voraussage {f}, Vorhersage {f}, Prophezeiung {f} |
| predictive text {n} (function on certain text messaging software) | :: Texterkennung {f} |
| predisposed {adj} (inclined) | :: geneigt, prädisponiert |
| predisposed {adj} (made susceptible) | :: empfänglich |
| predisposition {n} (the state of being predisposed) | :: Veranlagung {f}, Neigung {f} |
| predominantly {adv} (in a predominant manner) | :: vorwiegend, überwiegend |
| predominate {v} | :: vorherrschen |
| pre-ejaculate {n} (pre-ejaculate) | :: Lusttropfen {m}, Präejakulat {n} |
| preemie {n} (Premature baby) | :: Frühchen {n} |
| preeminent {adj} (exceeding others in quality or rank) | :: hervorragend, überragend, heraustragend |
| preempt {v} (to appropriate something) | :: zuvorkommen, vorgreifen |
| preemptive {adj} (so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation) | :: vorbeugend |
| preemptive {adj} | :: bevorzugt, präemptiv, vorbeugend |
| preemptive right {n} (right of shareholders to preempt dilution) | :: Vorkaufsrecht {s} |
| preemptive strike {n} | :: Praeventivschlag |
| preen {v} (to groom) | :: putzen |
| preen {v} (to show off) | :: sich brüsten |
| prefabricated {adj} (manufactured in advance) | :: vorgefertigt |
| preface {n} (introduction before the main text) | :: Vorwort {n}, Vorrede {f} |
| prefect {n} (an official of ancient Rome) | :: Präfekt {m} |
| prefect {n} (the head of a department in France) | :: Präfekt {m} |
| prefecture {n} (The office of a prefect) | :: Präfektur {f} |
| prefecture {n} (The district governed by a prefect) | :: Präfektur {f} |
| prefer {v} (to favor) | :: vorziehen, bevorzugen, präferieren |
| preferable {adj} (Better than some other option) | :: bevorzugt |
| preferably {adv} (in preference) | :: vorzugsweise |
| preferans {n} (a card game) | :: Préférence {f} |
| preference {n} (selection) | :: Vorliebe {f} |
| preference {n} (option to select or selected) | :: Vorliebe {f}, Bevorzugung {f} |
| preference {n} (state of being preferred) | :: Bevorzugung {f}, Vorzug {m} |
| preference {n} (liking) | :: Vorliebe {f}, Bevorzugung {f} |
| preference {n} (card game) SEE: preferans | :: |
| preferences {n} (user-specified settings of parameters in computer software) | :: Einstellungen {f-p} |
| preferences {n} (plural of "preference") SEE: preference | :: |
| preferential {adj} (relating to preference) | :: vorrangig |
| prefix {n} (morpheme at the beginning of a word) | :: Präfix, Vorsilbe {f} |
| prefix {v} (put or fix before, or at the beginning of) | :: präfigieren [linguistics], mit einem Präfix versehen |
| prefixation {n} (addition of a prefix) | :: Präfigieren {n}, Präfigierung {f}, Präfixation {f} |
| pregnancy {n} (condition) | :: Schwangerschaft {f} |
| pregnant {adj} (fertile) SEE: fertile | :: |
| pregnant {adj} (carrying developing offspring within the body) | :: schwanger [of humans], trächtig [of animals] |
| pregnant {adj} (having many possibilities or implications) | :: bedeutungsvoll |
| preheat {v} (to heat something in preparation for further action, especially cooking) | :: vorheizen |
| prehensile {adj} (able to take hold of objects) | :: Greif- [prefix in compound nouns] |
| prehistorian {n} (student of or expert in prehistory) | :: Vorgeschichtler {m}, Vorgeschichtlerin {f} |
| prehistoric {adj} (of relating to the epoch before written record) | :: prähistorisch, vorgeschichtlich |
| prehistory {n} (era before written records) | :: Vorzeit {f} |
| prehistory {n} (study of events and conditions before written records) | :: Vorgeschichte {f}, Urgeschichte {f} |
| prehistory {n} (history of events leaving up to something) | :: Vorgeschichte {f} |
| preimage {n} (set of all elements that map into a given subset of the codomain of a function) | :: Urbild {n} |
| preindustrial {adj} (before industry) | :: vorindustriell |
| prejudgment {n} (judgment made before the evidence has been presented) | :: Vorverurteilung {f} |
| prejudice {n} (adverse judgement formed beforehand) | :: Vorurteil {n}, Voreingenommenheit {f} |
| prejudice {n} (any preconceived opinion) | :: Vorurteil {n} |
| prejudiced {adj} (having prejudices) | :: befangen [law], voreingenommen, vorurteilsbehaftet |
| prejudicial {adj} (exhibiting prejudice or bias) | :: voreingenommen |
| prejudicial {adj} (causing harm or injury; detrimental, harmful or injurious) | :: abträglich |
| prelate {n} (clergyman) | :: Prälat {m} |
| preliminarily {adv} (in a preliminary manner) | :: vorläufig, im Voraus |
| preliminary {adj} (in preparation for the main matter) | :: vorläufig, vorbereitend |
| prelude {n} (short piece of music) | :: Präludium {n}, Vorspiel {n} |
| premarital {adj} (before one’s marriage) | :: vorehelich |
| premature ejaculation {n} (premature ejaculation) | :: vorzeitiger Samenerguss {m} |
| prematurely {adv} (in a premature manner) | :: vorschnell, zu früh |
| premeditate {v} (to meditate, consider, or plan beforehand) | :: vorsätzlich planen, vorher überlegen, im Vorhinein planen, im Vorhinein überlegen, vorher bedenken |
| premeditated {adj} (planned, considered or estimated in advance; deliberate) | :: vorsätzlich, mit Vorsatz, geplant, vorher überlegt |
| premeditation {n} (the act of planning or plotting) | :: Vorsatz {m}, Vorbedacht {m}, Vorsätzlichkeit {f} |
| premier {n} (prime minister of a country) SEE: prime minister | :: |
| premier {n} | :: Ministerpräzident {m} |
| premiere {n} (first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment) | :: Premiere {f}, Uraufführung {f}, Erstaufführung {f} |
| premiere {v} ((intransitive) of a film or play, to play for the first time) | :: uraufführen |
| Premier League {prop} (division) | :: Premier League {f} |
| première {n} (premiere) SEE: premiere | :: |
| première danseuse {n} (lead female dancer) SEE: prima ballerina | :: |
| premise {n} (proposition antecedently supposed or proved) | :: Prämisse {f}, Voraussetzung {f} |
| premise {n} (piece of real estate) | :: Lokal {n}, Räumlichkeiten {f-p}, Lokalität {f} |
| premises {n} (land, and all the built structures on it, considered as a single place) | :: Lokal {n}, Räumlichkeiten {f-p}, Gelände {n} |
| premium {adj} | :: premium |
| premium {n} (a bonus paid in addition to normal payments) | :: Bonus {m}, Prämie {f} |
| premium {n} (the amount to be paid for an insurance policy) | :: Versicherungsbeitrag {m}, Versicherungsprämie {f} |
| premodern {adj} (predating the modern era) | :: vormodern, prämodern [uncommon] |
| premolar {n} (tooth) | :: Prämolar {m}, Vormahlzahn {m} |
| premonetary {adj} | :: prämonetär |
| premonition {n} (strong intuition) | :: Vorahnung {f} |
| prenatal {adj} (being or happening before birth) | :: pränatal, präpartal |
| prenegotiation {n} (discussion prior to formal negotiations) | :: Vorverhandlung {f} |
| prenominal {adj} | :: präsubstantivisch, pränominal |
| prenup {n} (prenuptial agreement) SEE: prenuptial agreement | :: |
| prenuptial agreement {n} (document stating legal claims upon a divorce) | :: Ehevertrag {m} |
| preoccupation {n} (the state of being preoccupied; enthrallment) | :: Vertieftsein {n}, Beschäftigtsein {n}, beherrschender Gedanke {m}, Sorge {f}, Anliegen {n}, Besorgnis {f} |
| preoccupied {adj} (concerned with something else, distracted) | :: gedankenverloren, in Gedanken woanders, tief beschäftigt |
| preoperative {adj} (before surgery) | :: präoperativ |
| preorder {v} (to order in advance) | :: vorbestellen |
| preorder {n} (order in advance) | :: Vorbestellung {f} |
| preorder {n} (binary relation) | :: Präordnung {f} |
| Prešov {prop} (City in Slovakia) | :: Prešov, Eperies, Preschau |
| prep {n} (homework) SEE: homework | :: |
| prep {n} (preparation) SEE: preparation | :: |
| prepaid {adj} (paid for in advance) | :: vorausbezahlt, prepaid- |
| preparation {n} (act) | :: Vorbereitung {f} |
| preparatory {adj} (of or pertaining to preparation) | :: vorbereitend |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for a specific future purpose) | :: vorbereiten, präparieren |
| prepare {v} (to make ready for eating or drinking) | :: zubereiten, vorbereiten |
| prepare {v} (to make oneself ready) | :: vorbereiten |
| prepared {adj} (ready, willing) | :: bereit |
| prepayment {n} (payment in advance) | :: Vorauszahlung {f} |
| prepend {v} (to attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix) | :: voranstellen |
| preponderance {n} (state of being preponderant) | :: Präponderanz {f} |
| prepone {v} (to reschedule to an earlier time) | :: vorziehen |
| preposition {n} (grammar: a type of word like "of, from, for, by") | :: Präposition {f}, Verhältniswort, Vorwort, Lagewort |
| prepositional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a preposition) | :: präpositional, vorwörtlich |
| prepositional {n} (the prepositional case) SEE: prepositional case | :: |
| prepositional case {n} (case serving as object of a preposition) | :: Präpositional {m}, Präpositionalfall {m}, Präpositionalkasus {m} |
| prepositional phrase {n} (phrase containing both a preposition and its complement) | :: Präpositionalphrase {f} |
| preposterous {adj} (absurd, or contrary to common sense) | :: grotesk, unmöglich, unerträglich, unsagbar, unsäglich |
| prepostmodern {adj} (having the characteristics of a movement or style that came before postmodernism) | :: präpostmodern, vorpostmodern |
| preprogram {v} (program something in advance) | :: vorprogrammieren |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin of certain animals) SEE: sheath | :: |
| prepuce {n} (foreskin) SEE: foreskin | :: |
| preputial {adj} (preputial) | :: präputial |
| prequel {n} (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor) | :: Prequel {n}, Vorläufer {m}, Vorgeschichte {f} |
| pre-render {v} | :: vorrendern |
| prerequisite {adj} (indispensable) | :: unabdingbar, unverzichtbar, vorauszusetzen, zwingend erforderlich, als Vorbedingung geltend |
| prerequisite {n} (Something that must be gained in order to gain something else) | :: Voraussetzung {f}, Vorbedingung {f} |
| prerequisite {n} (In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started) | :: Teilnahmevoraussetzung {f} |
| prerevolutionary {adj} (occurring before a revolution) | :: vorrevolutionär, prärevolutionär |
| prerogative {n} (right, generally) SEE: right | :: |
| prerogative {n} (hereditary or official right or privilege) | :: Prärogative {f}, Bevorrechtung {f}, Privileg {n}, Vorrecht {n}, Anrecht {n} |
| prerogative {n} (right or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc.) | :: Vorrecht {n}, Prärogative {f}, Regal {n} |
| prerogative {n} (inherent advantage or privilege) | :: Talent {n}, Gabe {f}, Begabung {f} |
| prerogative {adj} (having a hereditary or official right or privilege) | :: privilegiert, bevorrechtet |
| presale {n} (sale of something before it is available to the public) | :: Vorverkauf {m}, Vorabverkauf |
| presbyopia {n} (inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects) | :: Presbyopie {f}, Alterssichtigkeit {f} |
| Presbyterian {adj} (relating to the Presbyterian Church) | :: presbyterianisch |
| Presbyterianism {n} (form of Protestantism) | :: Presbyterianismus {m} |
| presbytery {n} (chancel) SEE: chancel | :: |
| preschool {adj} (relating to years before primary school) | :: vorschulisch |
| preschool {n} (nursery school) SEE: nursery school | :: |
| preschooler {n} (a child who is educated at preschool) | :: Vorschüler {m}, Vorschülerin {f} |
| prescient {adj} (exhibiting or possessing prescience) | :: hellsichtig, vorausschauend, vorausahnend, vorherwissend |
| prescribe {v} (to order a drug or medical device) | :: verschreiben, verordnen |
| prescribe {v} (to specify as a required procedure or ritual) | :: vorschreiben, verordnen |
| prescriber {n} (a person who prescribes medication) | :: Verordner {m}, Verordnerin {f} |
| prescription {n} (the act of prescribing a rule or law) | :: Rechtssetzung {f} |
| prescription {n} (extinctive or liberative prescription) | :: Verjährung {f} |
| prescription {n} (usucapion, acquisitive prescription) | :: Ersitzung {f} |
| prescription {n} (written order for the administration of a medicine) | :: Rezept {n}, Verschreibung {f} |
| prescription {adj} (available with prescription) | :: verschreibungspflichtig |
| prescriptivism {n} (prescribing idealistic language norms) | :: Präskriptivismus {m} |
| preseason {n} (period before the start of a sporting season) | :: Vorsaison {f} |
| presence {n} (fact or condition of being present) | :: Anwesenheit {f} |
| presence of mind {n} (alertness, resourcefulness, stability of thought and feeling, good sense) | :: Geistesgegenwart {f} |
| present {n} (gift) SEE: gift | :: |
| present {n} (present tense) SEE: present tense | :: |
| present {adj} (pertaining to the current time) | :: gegenwärtig, jetzig |
| present {adj} (in the immediate vicinity) | :: anwesend |
| present {n} (current time) | :: Gegenwart {f}, Jetzt {n} |
| present {v} (bring into the presence of) | :: präsentieren, vorlegen |
| presentable {adj} (able to be presented) | :: salonfähig |
| presentation {n} (presenting to an audience) | :: Vortrag {m}, Präsentation {f}, Vorstellung {f} |
| presentation logic {n} | :: Präsentationslogik {f} |
| present continuous {n} (tense that describes an ongoing action in the present) | :: Verlaufsform der Gegenwart |
| presenteeism {n} (being at work when sick) | :: Präsentismus {m} |
| presenter {n} (someone who presents a broadcast programme) | :: Moderator {m}, Moderatorin {f}, Ansager {m}, Conférencier {m} |
| presenter {n} (someone who presents a thing or person) | :: Präsentator {m}, Präsentatorin {f}, Anbieter {m}, Vorführer {m} |
| presenter {n} (computing: Device for remote control) | :: Fernbedienung {m} |
| presenter {n} (software: GUI software part that assumes the functionality of the "middle-man") | :: Präsentator {m} |
| presentiment {n} (a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen) | :: Vorahnung {f} |
| presentism {n} ((philosophical) presentism) | :: Präsentismus {m} |
| presently {adv} (before long, soon (in the near future)) | :: sogleich |
| present participle {n} (verb form that indicates an ongoing action) | :: Mittelwort der Gegenwart {n}, Partizipium präsentis {n}, Partizip Präsens {n}, Partizip I {n} |
| present perfect {n} (tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present time) | :: Perfekt {n}, Perfektum {n} |
| present tense {n} (form of language) | :: Gegenwart {f}, Präsens {n} |
| preservation {n} (the act of preserving) | :: Erhaltung {f} |
| preservative {n} (any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve) | :: Konservierungmittel {n} |
| preserve {v} (to protect) | :: erhalten, bewahren |
| preserve {v} (to keep; to maintain the condition of) | :: bewahren, aufrechterhalten |
| preside {v} (to act as a president or chairperson) | :: den Vorsitz haben, präsidieren |
| presidency {n} (office or role of president) | :: Präsidentschaft {f} |
| presidency {n} (time during which one is president) | :: Präsidentschaft {f} |
| president {n} (the head of state of a republic) | :: Präsident {m}, Präsidentin {f} |
| president {n} (a person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider) | :: Vorsitzender {m}, Vorsitzende {f}, Vorsitzer {m}, Vorsitzerin {f} |
| president-elect {n} (person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office) | :: designierter Präsident {m}, designierte Präsidentin {f}, gewählter Präsident {m}, gewählte Präsidentin {f}, zukünftiger Präsident {m}, zukünftige Präsidentin {f}, Präsident in spe {m}, Präsidentin in spe {f} |
| presidential {adj} (presiding) | :: vorsitzend |
| presidential {adj} (pertaining to a president or presidency) | :: präsidial, Präsidentschaft- |
| presidential palace {n} (White House) SEE: White House | :: |
| presidium {n} (executive committee) | :: Präsidium {n} |
| pre-Socratic {adj} (related to the pre-Socratic philosophers) | :: vorsokratisch |
| pre-Socratic {n} (any one of the pre-Socratic philosophers) | :: Vorsokratiker {m}, Vorsokratikerin {f} |
| presort {v} (to sort in advance) | :: vorsortieren |
| press {v} (to press) SEE: bear | :: |
| press {n} (device used to apply pressure) | :: Presse {f} |
| press {n} (printed media) | :: Presse {f} |
| press {n} (printing machine) | :: Druckerpresse {f} |
| press {v} (to apply pressure) | :: drücken |
| press {v} (to smooth cloth with an iron) | :: bügeln |
| press {v} | :: drücken, drängen |
| press {n} (publisher) SEE: publisher | :: |
| Pressburg {prop} (Bratislava) SEE: Bratislava | :: |
| press conference {n} (question and answer session with members of television, print and other media) | :: Pressekonferenz {f} |
| press kit {n} (promotional and news materials) | :: Pressemappe {f} |
| press pot {n} (cafetière) SEE: cafetière | :: |
| press release {n} (official written media statement) | :: Pressemitteilung {f}, Presseerklärung {f} |
| pressure {n} (a pressing; force applied to a surface) | :: Druck {m} |
| pressure {n} (a contrasting force or impulse of any kind) | :: Druck {m} |
| pressure {n} (mental strain) | :: Druck {m} |
| pressure {n} (physics: amount of force divided by area) | :: Druck {m} |
| pressure {v} (exert force or influence) | :: unter Druck setzen |
| pressure bandage {n} | :: Druckverband {m}, Kompressionsverband {m} |
| pressure cooker {n} (cooking vessel) | :: Dampfkochtopf {m}, Schnellkochtopf {m}, Dampfdrucktopf {m} |
| pressure suit {n} (full-body garment, which maintains pressure) | :: Druckanzug {m} |
| pressure ulcer {n} (bedsore) SEE: bedsore | :: |
| pressure vessel {n} (container designed to maintain a volume) | :: Druckbehälter {m} |
| pressurized water reactor {n} (form of nuclear power plant) | :: Druckwasserreaktor {m} |
| prestidigitation {n} (sleight of hand) | :: Taschenspielerkunst {f}, Taschenspielertrick {m} |
| prestidigitation {n} (deceitful cleverness) | :: Taschenspielertrick {m} |
| prestige {n} (dignity, status, or esteem) | :: Prestige {n}, Ansehen {n}, Geltung {f}, Wertschätzung {f} |
| prestigious {adj} (of high prestige) | :: hoch angesehen, prestigeträchtig, repräsentativ, herrschaftlich |
| presumably {adv} (able to be sensibly presumed) | :: vermutlich, voraussichtlich |
| presume {v} (to assume to be true, suppose) | :: annehmen, mutmaßen, vermuten |
| presumedly {adv} (presumably) SEE: presumably | :: |
| presumption {n} (the condition upon which something is presumed) | :: Annahme {f} |
| presumption {n} (arrogant behaviour) | :: Überheblichkeit {f} |
| presumptively {adv} (as is presumed to be the case) SEE: presumably | :: |
| presumptuous {adj} (going beyond what is proper) | :: anmaßend, überheblich |
| presuppose {v} (to assume some truth without proof) | :: erfordern, voraussetzen |
| presupposition {n} (assumption, conjecture, speculation or something supposed without proof) | :: Annahme {f} |
| presurgical {adj} (occurring before, or in preparation for, surgery) | :: präoperativ |
| pretence {n} (act of pretending or pretension) | :: Vorwand {m} |
| pretend {v} (to allege falsely) | :: vorgeben, prätendieren, vortäuschen |
| pretend {v} (to make oneself appear to do something) | :: so tun, als ob, tun, als ob, nur so tun, spielen, present participle + stellen |
| pretender {n} (person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold) | :: Betrüger {m}, Angeber {m}, Heuchler {m} |
| pretender {n} (claimant to a throne) | :: Anwärter {m} |
| pretense {n} (false or hypocritical profession) | :: Vortäuschung {f}, Vorspiegelung {f}, Vortäuschen {n}, Anschein {m}, Heucheln {n} |
| pretentious {adj} (marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction) | :: protzig, prätentiös |
| preterite {n} (preterite tense; simple past) | :: Präteritum {n} |
| preterite-present verb {n} (a type of verb) | :: Präteritopräsentium {n}, Präteritopräsens {n} |
| preternatural {adj} (beyond or different from what is natural or according to the regular course of things) | :: außernatürlich |
| pretext {n} (false, contrived or assumed purpose) | :: Vorwand {m}, Deckmantel {m}, fadenscheinige Begründung {f}, Ausrede {f}, Scheingrund {m}, Schein {m}, Ausflucht {f}, Prätext {m}, angeblicher Grund {m}, vorgespiegelter Grund {m} |
| pretext {v} (employ a pretext) | :: etwas vorgeben, einen Vorwand verwenden, etwas vorschützen, etwas vorspiegeln, so tun, als ob |
| pretonic {adj} (immediately preceding a stressed syllable) | :: vortonig |
| pretty {adj} (especially of women and children: pleasant, attractive) | :: anmutig, attraktiv, charmant, hübsch, nett, niedlich, schön |
| pretty {adv} (somewhat) | :: ziemlich, leidlich, einigermaßen |
| pretty much {adv} (almost completely; very nearly; mostly) | :: leidlich |
| pretty penny {n} (considerable amount of money) | :: Sümmchen {n}, hübsches Sümmchen {n}, erkleckliches Sümmchen {n} |
| pretty please {interj} (an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite) | :: bitte bitte |
| pretzel {n} (toasted bread or cracker in the shape of a knot) | :: Brezel {f} {n}, Pretzel {f} {n}, Breze {f} |
| prevail {v} (To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand) | :: die Vorherrschaft erringen (over über), sich durchsetzen (against gegen) |
| prevail {v} (To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence) | :: vorherrschen |
| prevalence {n} (wide extension) | :: weite Verbreitung {f}, Vorherrschen {n}, Verbreitetsein {n}, starkes Vorkommen {n} |
| prevalence {n} (number of cases compared to a total population) | :: Prävalenz {f}, Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit {f} |
| prevalent {adj} (widespread, preferred) | :: vorherrschend, [weit] verbreitet |
| prevalent {adj} (Superior in frequency or dominant) | :: überwiegend, vorherrschend, beherrschend |
| prevaricate {v} (shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate) | :: ausweichen, Ausflüchte machen |
| prevarication {n} (deviation from what is right or correct) | :: Verfehlung {f}, Übertretung {f}, Verstoß {m} |
| prevarication {n} (deceit, evasiveness) | :: Ausflucht {m}, Tatsachenverdrehung {f}, Wahrheitsverzerrung {f} |
| prevaricator {n} (one who prevaricates) | :: Tatsachenverdreher {m}, Schönredner {m}, Wahrheitsverdreher {m}, Faktenverfälscher {m} |
| prevent {v} (to keep from happening) | :: verhindern, vorbeugen |
| prevention {n} (The act of preventing or hindering) | :: Prävention {f} |
| prevention {n} | :: Prävention {f} |
| prevention is better than cure {proverb} (It is better to prevent the creation of a problem than to have to deal with it afterwards.) | :: Vorbeugen ist besser als Heilen, Vorbeugung ist die beste Medizin |
| preventive {adj} (preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to) | :: vorbeugend, präventiv |
| preventive {adj} (carried out to deter military aggression) | :: präventiv |
| preventive {adj} (slowing the development of an illness) | :: vorbeugend, präventiv |
| preverb {n} (word class) | :: Präverb |
| preverbal {adj} (stage of development before words) | :: präverbal |
| preview {n} (foretaste of something) | :: Vorschau {f}, Vorblick {m} |
| preview {n} (advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.) | :: Vorschau {f}, Voraufführung {f}, Preview {f} {m} {n} |
| previous {adj} (prior) | :: vorhergehend |
| previously {adv} (at an earlier time) | :: zuvor, vorher, früher, ehemals |
| prey {n} (booty, anything taken by force) | :: Beute {f} |
| prey {n} (that which may be seized by animals) | :: Beute {f} |
| prey {n} (ravage) | :: Beute {f} |
| Priabonian {prop} (subdivision of the Eocene epoch) | :: Priabonium |
| priapism {n} (medical condition) | :: Priapismus {m} |
| Priapus {prop} (son of Aphrodite and Dionysus) | :: Priapus {m}, Priapos {m} |
| price {n} (cost required to gain possession of something) | :: Preis {m} |
| price {n} (cost of an action or deed) | :: Preis {m} |
| price {v} (determine or put a price on something) | :: schätzen, den Preis festsetzen |
| price-conscious {adj} (aware of how much things cost) | :: preisbewusst |
| price discrimination {n} (the practice of charging different prices to different categories of consumers) | :: Preisdifferenzierung {f} |
| price-earnings ratio {n} (ratio of share price to earnings per share) | :: KGV {n} |
| price index {n} (statistical estimate) | :: Preisindex {m} |
| priceless {adj} (so precious as not to be sold at any price) | :: preislos, unbezahlbar |
| price list {n} (list of items with prices) | :: Preisliste {f} |
| price tag {n} (the tag or sticker attached to a product, displaying its price) | :: Preisschild {n}, Preisschildchen {n} |
| prick {n} (small pointed object) | :: Dorn {m}, Stachel {m}, Spitze {f} |
| prick {n} (feeling of being pierced or punctured) | :: Stich {m}, Stechen {n} |
| prick {n} ((slang) a penis) | :: Pimmel {m}, Schwanz {m} |
| prick {n} (an annoying person) | :: Arschloch {n} [asshole], Nervensäge {f}, Lümmel {m} |
| prick {v} (pierce) | :: stechen |
| prickle {n} (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn) | :: Stachel {m}, Dorn {m} |
| prickle {v} (to cause someone to feel a prickle) | :: prickeln |
| prickly {adj} (covered with sharp points) | :: stachelig, dornig, Stachel- |
| prickly {adj} (easily irritated) | :: reizbar, gereizt |
| prickly {adj} (difficult, hairy) | :: heikel |
| prickly pear {n} (any of various spiny cacti of the genus Opuntia) | :: Kaktusfeige {f}, Feigenkaktus {m} |
| prickly pear {n} (cactus fruit) | :: Kaktusfeige {f} |
| pride {n} (quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank etc.) | :: Hochmut {m} |
| pride {n} (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one) | :: Stolz {m} |
| pride {n} (proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct) | :: Hochmut {m}, Trotz {m}, Dünkel {m} |
| pride {n} (that of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem) | :: Stolz {m} |
| pride {n} (consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness) | :: Stolz {m}, Machtbewusstsein {n} |
| pride {n} (company of lions) | :: Rudel |
| pride {n} (small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis)) | :: kleines Neunauge |
| pride {v} (take or experience pride in something) | :: Stolz sein auf |
| pride comes before a fall {proverb} (Translations) | :: Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall |
| prie-dieu {n} (a piece of furniture on which someone can pray) | :: Betpult {n} |
| priest {n} (clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson)) | :: Priester {m}, Priesterin {f}, Pfarrer {m}, Pfarrerin {f}, Pastor {m}, Pastorin {f}, Seelsorger {m}, Seelsorgerin {f}, Pfaffe {m} [pejorative, jeder Christenmann sei ein Pfaffe], Pfäffin {f} [jedes Christenweib eine Pfäffin] |
| priestess {n} (woman with religious duties) | :: Priesterin {f} |
| priesthood {n} (role or office) | :: Priesteramt {n} |
| priesthood {n} (clergy) | :: Priestertum {n}, Priesterschaft {f} |
| priesthood {n} (authority) | :: Priestertum {n}, Priesterwürde {f} |
| priestly {adj} (of or relating to priests) | :: priesterlich |
| prim {adj} (prudish) | :: prüde, ordentlich |
| prima ballerina {n} (lead female dancer) | :: Primaballerina {f} |
| primacy {n} (the state or condition of being prime or first) | :: Primat {m} {n} |
| primacy {n} (the office, rank, or character of a primate) | :: Primas {m} |
| prima donna {n} (opera singer) | :: Primadonna {f} |
| prima donna {n} (person who considers themself important) | :: Primadonna {f} |
| primality {n} (condition of being a prime number) | :: Primzahl-Eigenschaft {f} |
| primal scene {n} (in Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) its parents copulating) | :: Urszene {f} |
| primal scream {n} (scream produced during primal therapy) | :: Urschrei {m} |
| primarily {adv} (of a primary or central nature) | :: hauptsächlich, in erster Linie |
| primary {adj} (that which is placed ahead of others) | :: primär |
| primary {n} (preliminary election) | :: Vorwahl {f} |
| primary {n} (ornithology: flight feather) | :: Handschwinge {f} |
| primary election {n} (preliminary election to select a candidate) | :: Vorwahl {f} |
| primary ideal {n} ((ring theory)) | :: primäres Ideal {n} |
| primary industry {n} (industry providing raw materials) | :: Hauptwirtschaftszweig {m} |
| primary key {n} (key in database table) | :: Primärschlüssel {m} |
| primary rate interface {n} | :: Primärmultiplexanschluss {m} |
| primary school {n} (first formal, obligatory school) | :: Grundschule {f}, [dated] Volksschule {f} |
| primary source {n} (document) | :: Primärquelle {f} |
| Primat {n} (champagne bottle) | :: Primat |
| primate {n} (mammal) | :: Primat {m} |
| primate {n} (archbishop or bishop) | :: Primat {m}, Primas {m} |
| primatologist {n} (scientist whose speciality is primatology) | :: Primatologe {m} |
| prime {adj} (first in time, order, or sequence) | :: erste |
| prime {adj} (mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity) | :: prim- |
| prime {v} (to prepare a mechanism) | :: vorbereiten, scharf machen [firearm], ansaugen lassen [pump], betriebsfertig machen, bereit machen |
| prime {v} (to apply a coat of primer paint to) | :: grundieren |
| prime factor {n} (factor) | :: Primfaktor {m} |
| prime factorization {n} (factorization of a positive integer) | :: Primfaktorzerlegung {f} |
| prime gap {n} | :: Primzahllücke {f} |
| prime minister {n} (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government) | :: Premierminister {m}, Premierministerin {f} |
| prime mover {n} (machine) | :: Antriebsaggregat {n}, Antriebsmaschine {f}, Kraftmaschine {f} |
| prime number {n} (natural number) | :: Primzahl {f} |
| primer {n} (children's book introducing basic literacy) | :: Fibel {f}, Abecedarium {n}, ABC-Buch {n} |
| primer {n} (introductory textbook) | :: ABC-Buch {n}, Abecedarium {n}, Abecedar {n} |
| primer {n} (small charge used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive) | :: Zündkapsel {f} |
| primer {n} (substance used to prime wood, metal, etc.) | :: Grundierung {f} |
| primer {n} (layer of priming substance) | :: Grundierung {f} |
| prime suspect {n} (most likely suspect) | :: Hauptverdächtiger {m} |
| prime time {n} (block of television programming) | :: Hauptsendezeit {f}, Prime Time {f} |
| primeval {adj} (belonging to the first ages) | :: urzeitlich |
| primeval forest {n} (large forest unaffected by humans) | :: Urwald {m} |
| primitive {n} (word not derived from another) | :: Wortstamm & Stamm, Stammwort, Urwort, ursprüngliches Wort, Wurzelwort, Wortwurzel & Wurzel; Primitivum, Radicalwort, Radix |
| primitive {adj} (one of the adjectival senses) | :: ursprünglich, primitiv |
| Primitive Irish {prop} (language) | :: Uririsch, das Urirische {n} |
| primitive root {n} (number such that gk ≡ a (mod n) exists for every a coprime to n, see also: generator; primitive element) | :: Primitivwurzel {f} |
| primogeniture {n} (state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents) | :: Erstgeborenheit {f} |
| primogeniture {n} (exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest child) | :: Erstgeburtsrecht {n}, Primogenitur {f} |
| primordial {adj} (earliest) | :: ursprünglich, Ur-, Frühzeit-, primordial |
| primordial sea {n} (the oceans of the earth in Precambrian or Paleozoic times) | :: Ursuppe |
| primordial soup {n} (state of the Earth's oceans at a very early time in the planet's history) | :: Ursuppe {f} |
| primorial {n} (product of primes) | :: Primorial {f}, Primfakultät {f} [rare] |
| Primorsky Krai {prop} (federal subject of Russia) | :: Primorje {n}, Region Primorje {f} |
| primrose {n} (plant of the genus Primula) | :: Primel {f} |
| primrose {n} (Primula acaulis) | :: Primel {f} |
| primrose {n} (flower of a primrose) | :: Primel {f} |
| primrose {n} (plant of the genus Oenothera) SEE: evening primrose | :: |
| primula {n} (plant of Primula) | :: Primel {f} |
| prince {n} (male ruler or head of a principality) | :: Fürst {m} |
| prince {n} (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch) | :: Prinz {m}, Königssohn {m}, Königsenkel {m} |
| prince {n} ((figuratively) great person) | :: König {m} |
| Prince Albert {n} (piercing through the glans penis) | :: Prinz Albert {m} |
| prince bishop {n} (bishop who also holds a secular princely rank) | :: Fürstbischof {m}, Fürsterzbischof {m} |
| Prince Charming {n} (romantically ideal man) | :: Märchenprinz {m} |
| Prince Edward Island {prop} (Province in eastern Canada) | :: Prinz-Eduard-Insel {f} |
| princely {adj} (relating to a prince) | :: fürstlich |
| Prince of Darkness {prop} (Satan; the Devil) | :: Fürst der Finsternis {m} |
| Prince of Peace {prop} (one of the titles of the Messiah) | :: Friedensfürst {m} |
| Prince of Wales {prop} (royal title) | :: Prince of Wales {m} |
| prince regent {n} (prince acting as regent) | :: Prinzregent {m} |
| princess {n} (female member of royal family) | :: Prinzessin {f}, Königstochter {f}, Königsenkelin {f} |
| princess {n} (female monarch, or wife of a ruler) | :: Fürstin {f} |
| principal {n} (essential point or rule) SEE: principle | :: |
| principal {adj} (primary, main) | :: hauptsächlich, Haupt-, wesentlich |
| principal {n} (chief administrator of a school) | :: Schulvorsteher {m}, Schulvorsteherin {f}, Schuldirektor {m}, Schulleiter {m}, Schulleiterin {f} |
| principal {n} (legal: one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts) | :: Geschäftsherr {m}, Vollmachtgeber {m} |
| principal {n} (legal: primary participant in a crime) | :: Haupttäter {m} or simply Täter {m} (which is according to the Criminal Code’s wording, where the hypernym to accomplices, abettors and principals is Beteiligter) |
| principality {n} (region) | :: Fürstentum {n} |
| Principality of Albania {prop} (monarchy in Albania from 1914 to 1925) | :: Fürstentum Albanien {n} |
| principal photography {n} (phase of film production during which the film is actually shot) | :: Dreharbeiten {f-p} |
| principate {n} (principality) SEE: principality | :: |
| principate {n} (early period of the Roman Empire) | :: Prinzipat {m} {n} |
| principle {n} (fundamental assumption) | :: Grundsatz {m}, Prinzip {n} |
| principle {n} (rule to solve a problem) | :: Prinzip {n} |
| principle {n} (moral rule or aspect) | :: Prinzip {n} |
| principle {n} (rule of nature) | :: Naturgesetz {n} |
| principled {adj} (having principles) | :: prinzipientreu, prinzipienfest |
| principle of least astonishment {prop} (user interface principle) | :: Prinzip der geringsten Überraschung {n} |
| Pringle {n} (individual potato snack of the Pringles brand) | :: Pringle |
| print {v} (to produce a copy of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine) | |
| print {n} (clear handwriting without connected letters) | :: Druckschrift {f} |
| print {n} (letters forming the text of a document) | :: Schrift {f} |
| print {n} (visible impression on a surface) | :: Abdruck {m} |
| print {n} (visual art: picture created in multiple copies by printing) | :: Druck {m} |
| print {n} (photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative) | :: Abzug {m} |
| print {n} (motion pictures: copy of a film) | :: Kopie {f} |
| print {n} (fingerprint) SEE: fingerprint | :: |
| print {n} (footprint) SEE: footprint | :: |
| printable {adj} (worthy or capable of being printed) | :: ausdruckbar, druckbar |
| printed {adj} (written or published) | :: gedruckt |
| printed circuit board {n} (board holding chips etc.) | :: Platine {f}, Leiterplatte {f} |
| printed matter {n} (printed material) | :: Drucksache {f} |
| printer {n} (one who makes prints) | :: Drucker {m} |
| printer {n} (operator of a printing press) | :: Drucker {m} |
| printer {n} (computing: device used to print text or images) | :: Drucker {m} |
| printer's ink {n} (printing ink) SEE: printing ink | :: |
| printing {n} (the process or business of producing printed material, see also: typography) | :: Drucken {n}, Druck {m} |
| printing {n} (all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch) | :: Auflage {f} |
| printing form {n} (object used to apply ink on printed surface) | :: Drucktype {f} |
| printing house {n} (commercial company) | :: Druckerei {f}, Typographie {f} |
| printing ink {n} (ink used for printing) | :: Druckerschwärze {f} |
| printing press {n} (machine for printing) | :: Druckerpresse {f} |
| printout {n} (A hard copy) | :: Ausdruck {m} |
| printshop {n} (printing house) SEE: printing house | :: |
| prion {n} (misfolded protein) | :: Prion {m} |
| prior {adj} (former) SEE: former | :: |
| prior {adj} (of that which comes before, in advance) | :: vorausgehend, früher, vorherig |
| prior {n} (a high-ranking member of a monastery, usually lower in rank than an abbot) | :: Prior {m} |
| prior {n} (a previous criminal offense on someone's record) | :: Vorstrafe {f} |
| prior {adv} (previously) SEE: previously | :: |
| prioress {n} (a nun in charge of a priory) | :: Priorin {f} |
| prioritization {n} (process of assigning priorities to things or tasks) | :: Priorisierung {f} |
| prioritize {v} (to arrange or list in order of priority or importance) | :: priorisieren |
| priority {n} (item's relative importance) | :: Priorität {f} |
| priority {n} (goal of a person or an organisation) | :: Priorität {f} |
| priory {n} (monastery or convent governed by a prior or prioress) | :: Priorat {n}, Priorei {f} |
| Pripyat {prop} (abandoned city in Ukraine) | :: Prypjat |
| Priscilla {prop} (biblical woman) | :: Priszilla {f} |
| Priscilla {prop} (female given name) | :: Priscilla |
| prise {n} (prize) SEE: prize | :: |
| prism {n} (geometry: polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape) | :: Prisma {n} |
| prism {n} (block used to split or reflect light) | :: Prisma {n} |
| prismatic colors {n} | :: Regenbogenfarben {p} {p}, Spektralfarben {p} |
| prismatic colours {n} | :: Regenbogenfarben {f-p} {p}, Spektralfarben {f-p} |
| prismatoid {n} (polyhedron) | :: Prismatoid {m} |
| prison {n} (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) | :: Gefängnis {n}, Knast {m} [colloquial], Kerker {m} [slang], Zuchthaus {n} [dated] |
| prison {n} (confinement in a prison) | :: Haft {f}, Gefangenschaft {f} |
| prison {v} (imprison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| prison camp {n} (camp for prisoners) | :: Gefangenenlager {n} |
| prison cell {n} (room to which a prisoner is confined) | :: Gefängniszelle {f} |
| prisoner {n} (person incarcerated in a prison) | :: Gefangener {m}, Gefangene {f}, Häftling {m} |
| prisoner {n} (figurative: any person held against his or her will) | :: Gefangener {m}, Gefangene {f} |
| prisoner of conscience {n} (person) | :: Gefangener aus Gewissensgründen {m} |
| prisoner of war {n} (soldier or combatant captured by the enemy) | :: Kriegsgefangener {m}, Kriegsgefangene {f} |
| prison guard {n} (person working to provide order to in a jail) | :: [colloquial] Schließer {m}, Gefängniswärter {m}, [bureaucratese] Justizvollzugsbeamte {m} |
| prissy {adj} (excessively prim, proper, particular or fussy) | :: zimperlich |
| Pristina {prop} (city) | :: Priština {n} |
| pristine {adj} (unspoiled) | :: unberührt, jungfräulich, makellos |
| pristine {adj} (pertaining to the earliest state of something) | :: ursprünglich |
| privacy {n} (state of being private) | :: Zurückgezogenheit {f}, Privatsphäre {f}, Privatheit {f} |
| privacy policy {n} (statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users) | :: Datenschutzrichtlinie |
| privatdozent {n} (academic who holds all formal qualifications to become a tenured university professor) | :: Privatdozent {m} |
| private {adj} (belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group) | :: privat |
| private {adj} (not accessible by the public) | :: privat |
| private {adj} | :: privat |
| private car {n} (privately owned car) | :: Privatwagen {m}, Privatauto {n} |
| private detective {n} (any agent hired by a private party for the purpose of investigation or evidence gathering) | :: Privatdetektiv {m} |
| privateer {n} (privately owned warship) | :: Kaperschiff {n} |
| privateer {n} (officer or crew of a privateer ship) | :: Freibeuter {m} |
| private eye {n} (A private personal detective) | :: Privatdetektiv {m}, Schnüffler {m} |
| private international law {n} (law) | :: Internationales Privatrecht {n}, Kollisionsrecht {n} |
| private key {n} (unpublished key) | :: privater Schlüssel {m} |
| private law {n} (area of law) | :: Privatrecht {n} |
| private parts {n} (genitals or sex organs) SEE: genitalia | :: |
| private parts {n} (intimate parts of the human body) | :: Scham {f}, Geschlechtsteile {n-p}, Schamteile {n-p} |
| private property {n} (belongings owned by individuals) | :: Privateigentum {n}, Privatbesitz {m} |
| private school {n} (fee-charging school) | :: Privatschule {f} |
| private sector {n} (organizations not controlled by government) | :: Privatsektor {m} |
| privation {n} (Lack of something) | :: Entbehrung, Einschränkung, Mangel |
| privation {n} (Dangerous poverty) | :: Armut, Not |
| privatization {n} (transfer from the government to private ownership) | :: Privatisierung {f} |
| privatize {v} (to release government control to private industry) | :: privatisieren |
| privet {interj} (hello) SEE: hello | :: |
| privet {n} (Any of various shrubs and small trees in the genus Ligustrum) | :: Liguster {m} |
| privilege {n} (particular benefit, advantage, or favor) | :: Privileg {n}, Vergünstigung |
| privilege {v} (to grant some particular right or exemption to) | :: privilegieren |
| privilege {v} (to bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger) | :: privilegieren |
| privileged {adj} (having special privileges) | :: privilegiert |
| privy {n} (lavatory or toilet) SEE: toilet | :: |
| privy {n} (outhouse) SEE: outhouse | :: |
| privy {adj} (private, exclusive, particular) | :: geheim |
| privy {adj} (with knowledge of; party to; let in on) | :: eingeweiht |
| privy {n} (latrine) SEE: latrine | :: |
| prize {n} (honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest) | :: Preis {m} |
| prize {n} (that which may be won by chance) | :: Preis {m} |
| prize money {n} (money offered as a prize) | :: Preisgeld {n} |
| prizewinning {adj} (Having won at least one prize) | :: preisgekrönt |
| Pärnu {prop} (city in Estonia) | :: Pärnu {n}, Pernau {n} [old name] |
| pro {n} (someone who is very good at something) | :: Profi {m} |
| proabortionist {n} (one who supports or defends the practice and/or legality of abortion) | :: Abtreibungsbefürworter {m}, Abtreibungsbefürworterin {f}, Abtreibungsfreund {m}, Abtreibungsfreundin {f} |
| proactive {adj} (acting in advance) | :: proaktiv |
| probability {n} (state of being probable; likelihood) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeit {f} |
| probability {n} (mathematical probability) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeit {f} |
| probability density function {n} (function) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeitsdichtefunktion {f} |
| probability measure {n} (measure on probability space) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeitsmaß {n} |
| probability space {n} (notion in probability theory) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeitsraum {m} |
| probability theory {n} (study of probability) | :: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie {f} |
| probable {adj} (likely to be true) | :: glaubhaft, wahrscheinlich |
| probable {adj} (likely to happen) | :: wahrscheinlich |
| probably {adv} (in all likelihood) | :: wahrscheinlich, glaublich |
| probation {n} (type of sentence) | :: Bewährung {f} |
| probationary period {n} (probationary period) | :: Probezeit {f} |
| probation officer {n} (law enforcement officer) | :: Bewährungshelfer {m} |
| probe {n} (spacecraft) | :: Sonde {f} |
| problem {n} (difficulty) | :: Problem {n} |
| problem {n} (schoolwork exercise) | :: Übung {f} |
| problematic {adj} (posing a problem) | :: problematisch |
| problematic {adj} | :: problematisch |
| problematic {n} (problem in a particular field of study) | :: Problematik {f} |
| problematical {adj} (problematic) SEE: problematic | :: |
| problematize {v} (to consider something as if it were a problem) | :: problematisieren |
| problem child {n} (difficult child) | :: Sorgenkind {n} |
| problem child {n} (something difficult) | :: Sorgenkind {n} |
| proboscis {n} (slang: a nose) SEE: schnozzle | :: |
| proboscis {n} (elongated tube) | :: Rüssel {m} |
| procedure {n} (method for performing a task) | :: Verfahren {n}, Verfahrensweise {f}, [medizinischer] Eingriff {m} |
| procedure {n} (series of small tasks to accomplish an end) | :: Prozess {m}, Vorgehen {n}, Vorgehensweise {f} |
| procedure {n} (set of established forms or methods of an organized body) | :: Prozedur {f} |
| procedure {n} (computing: subroutine or function coded to perform a specific task) | :: Unterprogramm {n} |
| procedure {n} | :: Prozedur {f}, Vorgehen {n} |
| procedure mask {n} (surgical mask) SEE: surgical mask | :: |
| proceed {v} | :: vorgehen |
| proceedings {n} (course of procedure) | :: Verfahren |
| proceeds {n} (revenue) | :: Erlös {m} |
| process {n} (series of events to produce a result) | :: Prozess {m}, Verlauf {m} |
| process {v} (to perform a particular process) | :: verarbeiten |
| process {v} (to think information over, and assimilate it) | :: verdauen [informal] |
| processed cheese {n} (any of several types of natural cheese) | :: Schmelzkäse {m} |
| processing {n} (action of the verb to process) | :: Verarbeitung {f} |
| procession {n} (group of people or thing moving along in an orderly manner) | :: Prozession, Umzug {m} |
| processor {n} (microprocessor) | :: Prozessor {m} |
| pro-choice {adj} (supportive of abortion rights) | :: Abtreibungs- |
| pro-choicer {n} (person with pro-choice views, or who advocates such policies) | :: Abtreibungsbefürworter {m}, Abtreibungsbefürworterin {f}, Abtreibungsfreund {m}, Abtreibungsfreundin {f} |
| proclaim {v} (to announce or declare) | :: verkünden, verkündigen, erklären |
| proclitic {n} (clitic which joins with the following word) | :: proklitisch [adjective], Proklitikon {n} |
| proclivity {n} (A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection) | :: Hang {m}, Vorliebe {f}, Schwäche {f}, Neigung {f} |
| procrastinate {v} (put off; to delay taking action) | :: aufschieben, verzögern, vertagen, prokrastinieren |
| procrastinate {v} (put off; delay something) | :: verschleppen, prokrastinieren |
| procrastination {n} (act of postponing, delaying or putting off) | :: Aufschub {m}, Prokrastination {f} |
| procreate {v} (to beget) | :: zeugen, sich fortpflanzen, sich vermehren |
| procreate {v} (to procreate) SEE: beget | :: |
| procreation {n} (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind, see also: reproduction) | :: Fortpflanzung {f} |
| procreation {n} (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring) | :: Fortpflanzung {n}, Zeugung {f} |
| Procrustes {prop} (legendary highwayman of Attica) | :: Prokrustes {m} |
| proctodeum {n} (back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal) | :: Hinterdarm, Enddarm |
| proctologist {n} (expert in proctology) | :: Proktologe {m}, Proktologin {f} |
| procurable {adj} (obtainable) SEE: obtainable | :: |
| procure {v} (To acquire or obtain an item or service) | :: beschaffen, erwerben, besorgen, aufbringen, verschaffen, beibringen |
| procure {v} (To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else) | :: zuführen, kuppeln, vermitteln |
| procure {v} (To induce or persuade someone to do something) | :: verleiten, überreden |
| procure {v} | :: beschaffen, besorgen |
| procurement {n} (purchasing department of a company) | :: Einkauf {m} |
| procurement {n} (act of procuring or obtaining) | :: Beschaffung |
| Procyon {prop} (Star) | :: Prokyon |
| prod {v} (to poke) | :: stoßen, anstupsen |
| prod {v} (to encourage) | :: anspornen, ermutigen |
| prod {v} (to prick with a goad) | :: anstacheln, antreiben |
| prod {n} (device used to goad livestock into moving) | :: Stachelstock {m}, Treibestock {m} |
| prodigal {adj} (wastefully extravagant) | :: verschwenderisch |
| prodigal {adj} (lavish) | :: freigiebig, großzügig, freigebig |
| prodigal {adj} (profuse, lavishly abundant) | :: übermäßig, im Überfluß {m}, in Hülle und Fülle {f}, üppig, überquellend, überreichlich, enorm |
| prodigal {n} (prodigal) SEE: spendthrift | :: |
| prodigal son {n} (one who returns) | :: verlorener Sohn {m}, Zurückkehrer {m}, Heimkehrer {m} |
| prodigious {adj} (gigantic or huge) | :: ungeheuer, gewaltig |
| prodigious {adj} (amazing) | :: verwunderlich |
| prodigy {n} (something from which omens are drawn) | :: Orakel |
| prodigy {n} (amazing or marvelous thing) | :: Wunder {n} |
| prodigy {n} (extremely talented person, especially a child) | :: Wunderkind {n} [of a child], Hochbegabter {m}, Hochbegabte {f}, Genie {n} |
| prodrome {n} (medicine: an early symptom) | :: Prodrom {n} |
| produce {v} (to make or manufacture) | :: produzieren, herstellen |
| produce {v} (to make available to) | :: vorlegen |
| produce {v} (to sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc)) | :: produzieren |
| produce {n} (that which is produced) | :: Produkt {n} |
| produce {n} (harvested agricultural goods collectively) | :: Obst und Gemüse, Ertrag {m} |
| produce {n} (offspring) SEE: offspring | :: |
| producer {n} (in economics) | :: Hersteller {m} |
| producer {n} (in arts) | :: Produzent {m} |
| producible {adj} (able to be produced) | :: herstellbar |
| product {n} (commodity for sale) | :: Produkt {n} |
| product {n} (consequence of efforts) | :: Produkt {n} |
| product {n} (result of chemical reaction) | :: Produkt {n}, Reaktionsprodukt {n} |
| product {n} (multiplication result) | :: Produkt {n} |
| product {n} (any tangible output) | :: Produkt {n} |
| production {n} (the act of producing) | :: Produktion {f}, Herstellung {f} |
| production {n} (the act of being produced) | :: Produktion {f} |
| production {n} (the total amount produced) | :: Produktion {f} |
| production {n} (the presentation of a theatrical work) | :: Inszenierung {f} |
| productive {adj} (capable of producing something) | :: produktiv |
| productive {adj} (yielding good or useful results; constructive) | :: konstruktiv |
| productive {adj} (linguistics: consistently applicable to any of an open set of words) | :: produktiv |
| productivity {n} (state of being productive) | :: Produktivität {f}, Leistungsfähigkeit {f} |
| product placement {n} (a form of advertising) | :: Product-Placement {n}, Produktplatzierung {f}, Schleichwerbung {f} |
| profane {adj} (Not sacred or holy) | :: weltlich |
| profane {adj} | :: profan |
| profanity {n} (quality of being profane) | :: Profanität {f}, Respektlosigkeit {f}, Gotteslästerlichkeit {f} |
| profanity {n} (obscene, lewd or abusive language) | :: Fluch {m}, Obszönität {f}, Schimpfwort {n} |
| profeminism {n} (support for feminism) | :: Profeminismus {m} |
| profess {v} ((reflexive) to declare oneself (to be something)) | :: sich zu etwas bekennen |
| profession {n} (occupation) | :: Beruf {m} |
| professional {n} (person who earns their living from a specified activity) | :: Profi {m}, Professioneller {m}, Professionelle {f} |
| professional {n} (expert) | :: Profi {m} |
| professional {adj} (of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the standards of a profession) | :: professionell, Berufs- |
| professional {adj} (that is carried out as a livelihood) | :: berufsmäßig, professionell |
| professional {adj} (expert) | :: professionell |
| professionalism {n} (status or methods of a professional) | :: Professionalismus {m} |
| professionality {n} (condition) | :: Professionalität {f}, Fachlichkeit {f}, Profitum {n} [colloquial] |
| professionalization {n} (act pr process) | :: Professionalisierung {f} |
| professionalize {v} (make something professional) | :: professionalisieren |
| professional sport {n} (sport by paid athletes) | :: Profisport {m} |
| professional university {n} (university of applied sciences) SEE: university of applied sciences | :: |
| professional wrestling {n} (Entertainment characterized by choreographed wrestling) | :: Wrestling {n}, Catchen {n} |
| professor {n} (a higher ranking for a teacher or faculty member at a college or university) | :: Professor {m}, Professorin {f}, Professorsgattin {f} [professor's wife], Prof. {m} {f} [abbrev.], Prof {m} {f} [colloquial short form], Hochschulprofessor {m}, Hochschulprofessorin {f}, Hochschullehrer {m}, Hochschullehrerin {f} |
| professor {n} (one who professes (a faith or religion)) | :: Bekenner {m}, Bekennerin {f} |
| professor ordinarius {n} (professor with a chair) | :: ordentlicher Professor {m} |
| professorship {n} (the office of a professor) | :: Professur {f} |
| proffer {v} (to offer for acceptance) | :: anbieten |
| proficiency {n} (ability or skill) | :: Kompetenz {f}, Können {n}, Begabung {f}, Befähigung {f}, Fähigkeit {f}, Sachverständnis {n}, Sachkunde {f}, Beschlagenheit {f}, Fertigkeit {f}, Tüchtigkeit {f}, Leistung {f} |
| proficient {adj} (skilled) | :: tüchtig, fähig, kompetent, befähigt, bewandert, erfahren, sachkundig, geübt, geschickt |
| proficient {n} (expert) | :: Fachmann {m}, Fachfrau {f}, Meister {m}, Meisterin {f}, Experte {m}, Profi {m}, Sachkundiger {m} |
| profile {n} (shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side) | :: Profil {n} |
| profile {n} (reputation) SEE: reputation | :: |
| profiler {n} (person who creates a profile for something or some) | :: Profiler {m}, Profilerin {f}, Profilersteller {m}, Profilerstellerin {f}, Fallanalytiker {m}, Fallanalytikerin {f} |
| profit {n} (benefit) | :: Gewinn {m}, Profit {m} |
| profit {n} (total income or cash flow minus expenditures) | :: Gewinn {m} |
| profit {v} (To benefit, be of use to) | :: nützen |
| profit {v} | :: profitieren |
| profitability {n} (The quality or state of being profitable) | :: Rentabilität {f} |
| profitable {adj} (producing profit) | :: gewinnbringend, profitabel, lukrativ, einträglich, rentabel |
| profiteer {n} (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) | :: Profitmacher {m}, Profiteur {m} |
| profiteering {n} (the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically) | :: Geschäftemacherei {f}, Wucherei {f} |
| profit warning {n} (an announcement by a company that its profits are likely to be less than expected) | :: Gewinnwarnung {f} |
| profligacy {n} (careless wastefulness) | :: Verschwendung {f} |
| profligate {adj} (inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly) | :: verschwenderisch |
| prof. ord. {n} (abbreviation of “professor ordinarius” or an equivalent title) | :: o. Prof. {m}, o.P. {m} |
| pro forma {adj} (for the sake of form only) | :: pro forma, der Form wegen, der Form halber |
| profound {adj} (descending below the surface) | :: tiefgehend |
| profound {adj} (intellectually deep) | :: tiefgehend |
| profound {adj} | :: tief, profund |
| profoundly {adv} (deeply) SEE: deeply | :: |
| profuse {adj} (In great quantity or abundance) | :: übermäßig, enorm, reichlich, üppig, überreich, freigiebig, freigebig |
| profusion {n} (abundance) | :: Überfluss {m}, Überfülle {f} |
| profusion {n} (lavish or imprudent expenditure) | :: Verschwendung {f}, Vergeudung {f} |
| progenitor {n} (founder) SEE: founder | :: |
| progenitor {n} (any of a person's direct ancestors) | :: Ahn {m}, Stammvater {m}, Vorfahr {m}, Vorfahre {m} |
| progenitor {n} (an individual from which (a) people(s) descend) | :: Ahn {m}, Vorfahr {m}, Vorfahre {m} |
| progenitor {n} (an ancestral form of a species) | :: Vorfahr {m}, Vorfahre {m} |
| progenitor {n} (a predecessor of something) | :: Vorläufer {m} |
| progenitor {n} (someone who originates something) | :: Erzeuger {m}, Erzeugerin {f} |
| progeny {n} (offspring) | :: Nachkommen {m-p}, Nachfahren {m-p}, Nachkommenschaft {f} |
| prognosis {n} | :: Prognose {f} |
| prognosticate {v} (predict, foretell) | :: prognostizieren |
| prograde {adj} ((astronomy) moving in a forward direction) | :: rechtläufig, prograd |
| program {n} (set of structured activities) | :: Programm {n} |
| program {n} (leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity) | :: Programm {n} |
| program {n} (performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television) | :: Programm {n}, Sendung {f} |
| program {n} (software application) | :: Programm {n} |
| program {v} (to enter a program or other instructions into a computer) | :: programmieren |
| program {v} (to put together the schedule of an event) | :: programmieren |
| programmability {n} (quality of being programmable) | :: Programmierbarkeit {f} |
| programmable {adj} (capable of being programmed) | :: programmierbar |
| programmable {n} (calculator that allows the user to write programs) | :: programmierbarer Taschenrechner {m} |
| programmable logic controller {n} (programmable electronic device) | :: Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerung {f} |
| programmatically {adv} (programming: doing something by code) | :: programmatisch |
| programme {n} (programme) SEE: program | :: |
| programmer {n} (one who writes computer programs) | :: Programmierer {m}, Programmiererin {f} |
| programmer {n} (a device that installs a software program into some other machine) | :: Programmiergerät {n} |
| programming {n} (act of writing a computer program) | :: Programmierung {f}, Programmieren {n} |
| programming {n} (brain-washing) SEE: brain-washing | :: |
| programming language {n} (code of reserved words and symbols) | :: Programmiersprache {f} |
| program trading {n} (programmed trading) | :: Hochfrequenzhandel {m} |
| progredient {adj} (progressive) | :: progredient |
| progress {n} (advancement to a more developed state) | :: Fortschritt {m} |
| progress {n} (movement onwards or forwards) | :: Fortschritt {m} |
| progress bar {n} (computing: a bar that indicates the progression of a task) | :: Fortschrittsbalken {m}, Statusbalken {m}, Ladebalken {m}, Fortschrittsanzeige {f} |
| progression {n} (moving from one thing to another) | :: Fortschreiten {n}, Verlauf {m}, Fortschritt {m}, Vorwärtsbewegung {f} |
| progression {n} (mathematical sequence) | :: Progression {f}, Reihe {f}, Folge {f}, Fortschreitung {f}, Fortschreibung {f}, Sequenz {f} |
| progression {n} (evolution) | :: Entwicklung {f}, Steigerung {f}, Zunahme {f}, Weiterentwicklung {f}, Vorankommen {n} |
| progressive {adj} (continuous) SEE: continuous | :: |
| progressive {adj} (favouring or promoting progress; advanced) | :: fortschrittlich, progressiv |
| progressive {adj} (gradually advancing in extent; increasing) | :: progressiv |
| progressive {adj} (promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods) | :: progressiv |
| progressive {adj} (increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases) | :: progressiv |
| progressive {adj} (advancing in severity) | :: progressiv |
| progressive {adj} (politically liberal) | :: progressiv |
| progressively {adv} (in a progressive manner) | :: zunehmend, stufenweise, fortschreitend, fortschrittlich, abschnittsweise, schrittweise, immerwährend |
| progressivism {n} (political ideology) | :: Progressivismus {m} |
| prohibit {v} (to proscribe officially) | :: verbieten |
| prohibited {adj} (forbidden) SEE: forbidden | :: |
| prohibition {n} (law that prohibits something) | :: Verbot {n} |
| Prohibition {prop} (period) | :: Alkoholprohibition {f}, Prohibition {f} |
| proinflammatory {adj} (producing or promoting inflammation) | :: proinflammatorisch |
| project {n} (planned endeavor) | :: Projekt {n} |
| project {v} (to extend beyond a surface) | :: ragen, hervorragen, herausragen, vorspringen, vorstehen, überstehen |
| project {v} (to cast (image, shadow)) | :: projizieren [image], werfen [image, shadow] |
| project {v} (to extend outward) | :: ausfahren |
| project {v} (to make plans for; forecast) | :: projektieren, planen; hochrechnen, erwarten, vorhersagen, voraussagen, vorausberechnen |
| project {v} (to present, convey an image) | :: ausstrahlen, (sich) präsentieren, (sich) darstellen |
| projectile {n} (object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon) | :: Projektil {n}, Geschoss {n} |
| projectile vomit {v} (vomit with great expulsive force) | :: strahlkotzen [vulgar] |
| projection {n} (something which projects) | :: Vorsprung {m} |
| projection {n} (display of an image by a projector) | :: Projektion {f} |
| projection {n} (forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation) | :: Prognose {f}, Vorhersage {f} |
| projectionist {n} (person who operates a film projector) | :: Filmvorführer {m}, Filmvorführerin {f} |
| project management {n} (discipline of organizing and managing project resources) | :: Projektmanagement {n} |
| project manager {n} (one who manages projects) | :: Projektleiter {m}, Projektleiterin {f} |
| projector {n} (optical device) | :: Projektor {m} |
| pro-Jew {n} (pro-Jew) | :: Judenfreund {m}, Judenfreundin {f} |
| prokaryote {n} (organism characterized by absence of nucleus) | :: Prokaryot {m} |
| prolactin {n} (hormone) | :: Prolaktin {n} |
| prolepsis {n} (grammatical construction) | :: Prolepsis {f}, Prolepse {f} |
| proletarian {adj} (relating to proletariat) | :: proletarisch |
| proletarian {n} (member of the proletariat) | :: Proletarier {m}, Proletarierin {f} |
| proletariat {n} (working class or lower class) | :: Proletariat {n} |
| proletariat {n} (lowest class of citizens in Rome) | :: Proletariat {n} |
| pro-life {adj} (opposed to abortion) | :: Anti-Abtreibungs- |
| proliferate {v} (to increase in number or spread) | :: sich ausbreiten, sich vermehren |
| proliferation {n} (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind) | :: Sprossung {f}, Knospung {f}, Vermehrung {f} |
| proliferation {n} (the act of increasing or rising) | :: Zunahme {f}, Verstärkung {f}, Vergrößerung {f}, Wucherung {f} [medical] |
| proliferation {n} (the spread of weapons of mass destruction) | :: Verbreitung {f} |
| prolific {adj} (Fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance) | :: fruchtbar |
| prolific {adj} (Similarly producing results or works in abundance) | :: produktiv |
| proline {n} (nonessential amino acid; C5H9NO2) | :: Prolin {n} |
| prolix {adj} (tediously lengthy) | :: weitschweifig |
| prolix {adj} (long) SEE: long | :: |
| prolixity {n} (An excess of words) | :: Weitschweifigkeit {f}, Beredsamkeit {f}, Langatmigkeit {f} |
| prolly {adv} (eye dialect spelling of probably) | :: wahrscheinlich |
| prolog {n} (prologue) SEE: prologue | :: |
| prologue {n} (speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel) | :: Prolog {n} |
| prolong {v} (to extend in space or length) | :: ausdehnen |
| prolong {v} (to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue) | :: verlängern |
| prolong {v} (to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone) | :: hinauszögern |
| prolonged {adj} (lengthy in duration; extended; protracted) | :: anhaltend, lang anhaltend, andauernd, ausgedehnt, langwierig [illness, disease], länger dauernd, länger andauernd, verlängert, protrahiert, gedehnt [temporally], prolongiert, Dauer-, Langzeit- |
| prom {n} (a formal ball) | :: Ball {m}, Abschlussball {m}, Prom {f}, Promenade {f} |
| promenade {n} (place to walk) | :: Promenade {f} |
| promenade {v} (to walk) | :: spazieren gehen |
| Prometheus {prop} (Greek mythological figure) | :: Prometheus {m} |
| promethium {n} (chemical element) | :: Promethium {n} |
| prominence {n} (bulge) | :: Protuberanz {f} |
| prominent {adj} (projecting, protuberant) | :: überstehend, hervorstehend |
| prominent {adj} (likely to attract attention) | :: hervorstechend |
| prominent {adj} (eminent, distinguished above others) | :: prominent |
| promiscuity {n} (state or quality of being promiscuous) | :: Promiskuität {f} |
| promiscuous {adj} (made up of various disparate elements mixed together) | :: zusammengewürfelt, bunt gemischt |
| promiscuous {adj} (made without careful choice; indiscriminate) | :: wahllos, willkürlich, unüberlegt |
| promiscuous {adj} (indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners) | :: freizügig, sexuell freizügig, promiskuitiv [technical] |
| promiscuousness {n} (promiscuity) SEE: promiscuity | :: |
| promise {n} (vow) | :: Versprechen {n} |
| promise {n} (transaction) | :: Versprechen {n} |
| promise {v} (to commit to something) | :: versprechen |
| Promised Land {prop} (land promised by God) | :: gelobtes Land {n}, Gelobtes Land {n} |
| promising {adj} (showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion) | :: vielversprechend |
| promissory note {n} (document saying that someone owes a specific amount of money) | :: Solawechsel {m}, Eigenwechsel {m} |
| promontory {n} (a high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff) | :: Landzunge |
| promote {v} (raise someone to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank) | :: befördern, promovieren |
| promotion {n} (advancement in position) | :: Beförderung {f}, Aufstieg {m}, Höherversetzung {f} |
| promotion {n} (dissemination of positive information) | :: Förderung {f}, Werbung {f}, Bewerbung {f} |
| prompt {n} (a computer prompt) | :: Eingabeaufforderung {f} |
| prompt {v} (to lead someone toward what they should say or do) | :: anleiten, antreiben, anstacheln, veranlassen, bringen zu |
| prompt {v} (to show or tell an actor/person the words they should be saying, or actions they should be doing) | :: vorsagen, vormachen [show actions] |
| prompt {v} (to cause or lead to) | :: verursachen |
| prompter {n} (person in a theater) | :: Souffleur {m}, Souffleuse {f} |
| promptitude {n} (promptness) SEE: promptness | :: |
| promptness {n} (the habit or characteristic of doing things without delay) | :: Schnelligkeit {f}, Promptheit {f} |
| promptness {n} (the habit of adhering to a designated time) | :: Pünktlichkeit {f} |
| promulgate {v} (to make known public) | :: verkünden, bekanntmachen |
| promulgate {v} (to put into effect as a regulation) | :: erlassen |
| pronaos {n} (the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple) | :: Pronaos {m} |
| prone {adj} (lying face downward; prostrate) | :: in Bauchlage |
| prone {adj} (inclined, sloped) | :: schräg |
| prone {adj} (predisposed) | :: anfällig, geneigt |
| prone to {adj} (inclined to; having a tendency to) | :: anfällig für |
| prong {n} (thin, pointed, projecting part) | :: Zinke {f}, Zacke {f}, Zacken {m}, Stift {m}, Ende {n}, Sprosse {f}, Krappe {m}, Stachel {m} |
| prong {n} (branch) | :: Zweig {m}, Arm {m} |
| prong {v} (to pierce with a prong or skewer) | :: aufspießen, spießen |
| pronged {adj} (having prongs) | :: gezackt, zackig |
| pronghorn {n} (North American mammal) | :: Gabelbock {m}, Gabelhornantilope {f}, Gabelantilope {f}, Gabelhorntier {n}, Gabelhornträger {m}, Pronghorn {n} |
| pronoia {n} (imperial grant) | :: Pronoia |
| pronominal {adj} (of a pronoun) | :: fürwörtlich, [linguistics] pronominal |
| pronominal adverb {n} (type of adverb) | :: Pronominaladverb {n} |
| pronominal verb {n} | :: pronominales Verb, Pronominalverb, Pronominalverbum |
| pronoun {n} (type of noun) | :: Fürwort {n}, Personwort {n}, Personenwort {n}, Pronomen {n}, Pronom {n} |
| pronounce {v} (to pronounce) SEE: say | :: |
| pronounce {v} (to declare officially) | :: verkünden |
| pronounce {v} (to sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate) | :: aussprechen, pronunzieren |
| pronouncing dictionary {n} (dictionary that provides pronunciations of words) SEE: pronunciation dictionary | :: |
| pronunciation {n} (sound of a word) | :: Aussprache {f} |
| pronunciation {n} (way in which words are pronounced) | :: Aussprache {f} |
| pronunciation dictionary {n} (dictionary that provides pronunciations of words) | :: Aussprachewörterbuch {n} |
| pronunciation spelling {n} (pronunciation spelling) | :: aussprachegetreue Schreibung {f} |
| proof {v} (proofread) SEE: proofread | :: |
| proof {n} (any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth) | :: Beweis {m} |
| proof {n} (process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed) | :: Beweis {m} |
| -proof {suffix} (denoting an impervious quality) | :: -fest, -sicher |
| proofing {n} (step in creating baked goods) | :: Stückgare {f} |
| proof of concept {n} (method to demonstrate feasibility) | :: Machbarkeitsstudie {f}, Prinzipientest {m} |
| proof of concept {n} (proof of technology) | :: Machbarkeitsstudie {f} |
| proofread {v} (to check for errors in spelling and grammar) | :: Korrektur lesen |
| proofreader {n} (person who proofreads) | :: Korrekturleser {m} |
| proofreader {n} (person whose occupation is to proofread) | :: Korrekturleser {m}, Korrektor {m} |
| proofreading {n} (act or process by which a document is proofread) | :: Korrekturlesen {n}, Korrektorat {n} |
| proof sheet {n} (contact print) SEE: contact print | :: |
| prop {n} (object placed against or under another, to support it) | :: Stütze {f}, Unterstützung {f} |
| prop {v} (support) | :: unterstützen, halten, stützen, abstützen, aufbocken |
| prop {n} (item placed on a stage to create a scene) | :: Requisit {n}, Ausstattung {f}, Accessoire {f}, Requisite {f} |
| prop {n} (propeller of an aircraft) | :: Propeller {m} |
| propadiene {n} (organic compound of the formula C3H4) | :: Propadien |
| propaedeutic {adj} (providing preparatory or introductory teaching) | :: propädeutisch |
| propaedeutic {n} (course or instruction providing preparatory or introductory teaching) | :: Propädeutik {f} |
| propaganda {n} (concerted set of messages) | :: Propaganda {f} |
| propaganda of the deed {n} (a provocative act of political violence intended to inspire imitators and foment an anarchist revolt) | :: Propaganda der Tat {f} |
| propagandist {n} (Person who disseminates propaganda) | :: Propagandist {m}, Propagandistin {f} |
| propagate {v} (to cause to spread to extend) | :: verbreiten |
| propagate {v} (to have young or issue) | :: sich vermehren |
| propane {n} (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C3H8) | :: Propan {n} |
| propanol {n} (either of two isomeric aliphatic alcohols) | :: Propanol {n} |
| propanone {n} (C3H6O) | :: Propanon {n} |
| proparoxytone {n} (proparoxytone) | :: Proparoxytonon {n} |
| propel {v} (to cause to move in a certain direction) | :: antreiben |
| propeller {n} (mechanical device used to propel) | :: Propeller {m} |
| propelling pencil {n} (mechanical pencil) SEE: mechanical pencil | :: |
| propene {n} (organic compound of the formula C3H6) | :: Propen {n} |
| propensity {n} (tendency) | :: Neigung {f}, Tendenz {f} |
| proper {adj} (fit, suitable) | :: richtig, passend, angemessen |
| proper {adj} (in the very strictest sense of the word) | :: eigentlich |
| proper {adj} (grammar: designating a particular person, place or thing) | :: Eigenname {m} (proper noun) |
| proper {adj} (belonging to oneself or itself, own) | :: eigen |
| proper {adj} (complete, thorough) | :: richtig |
| proper {adj} (entitled to its name, true) | :: richtig |
| proper {adj} (informal: utter) | :: richtig |
| properly {adv} (in a proper manner) | :: ordnungsgemäß, ordentlich, richtig |
| proper noun {n} (the name of a particular person, place, organization or other individual entity) | :: Eigenname {m} |
| proper subset {n} (a set that is a subset of but not equal to another set) | :: echte Teilmenge {f} |
| property {n} (something owned) | :: Eigentum {n}, Besitz {m} |
| property {n} (piece of real estate) | :: Anwesen {n}, Grundbesitz {m}, Grundstück {n} |
| property {n} (exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing) | :: Eigentum {n} |
| property {n} (attribute or abstract quality associated with an object, individual or concept) | :: Eigenschaft {f} |
| property {n} (computing: an editable parameter associated with an application, or its value) | :: Eigenschaft {n} |
| property {n} (an object used in a dramatic production) | :: Requisit {n} |
| property {n} | :: Eigentum {?} |
| property law {n} (area of law concerned with property rights) | :: Sachenrecht {n} |
| property management {n} (operation, control and oversight of real estate) | :: Hausverwaltung {f} |
| property register {n} (formal recording of properties) | :: Grundbuch |
| property tax {n} (tax based on the value of property) | :: Grundsteuer {f} |
| propfan {n} (modified turbofan) | :: Propellergebläse {n}, Propfan {m} |
| prophase {n} (the first stage of mitosis) | :: Prophase {f} |
| prophecy {n} (prediction) | :: Prophezeiung {f} |
| prophesy {v} (to predict) | :: prophezeien |
| prophesy {v} (to speak as a prophet) | :: prophezeien |
| prophesy {v} (to preach) | :: prophezeien |
| prophet {n} (one who speaks by divine inspiration) | :: Prophet {m}, Prophetin {f} |
| prophet {n} (one who foretells the future) | :: Prophet {m}, Prophetin {f} |
| prophetess {n} (female prophet) | :: Prophetin {f} |
| prophethood {n} (state or condition of being a prophet) | :: Prophetentum {n} |
| prophetic {adj} (of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet) | :: prophetisch |
| prophet of doom {n} (pessimistic person) | :: Schwarzseher |
| prophylactic {adj} (Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease) | :: prophylaktisch |
| prophylaxis {n} (prevention of, or protective treatment for disease) | :: Prophylaxe {f}, Vorbeugung {f} |
| propiska {n} (system of mandatory registration in ex-USSR) | :: Propiska {f}, Anmeldung |
| propitiate {v} (To conciliate, appease or make peace with someone) | :: besänftigen |
| propitious {adj} (favorable; benevolent) | :: günstig, förderlich, gnädig |
| propitious {adj} (advantageous) | :: vorteilhaft |
| propitious {adj} (characteristic of a good omen: auspicious) | :: verheißungsvoll |
| propolis {n} (glue-like substance) | :: Propolis {f} |
| proponency {n} (advocacy) SEE: advocacy | :: |
| proponent {n} (one who supports something) | :: Befürworter {m}, Fürsprecher {m} |
| proportion {n} (quantity that is part of the whole) | :: Teil {m}, Proportion {f} |
| proportion {n} (proper or equal share) | :: Anteil {m} |
| proportion {n} (size) SEE: size | :: |
| proportional {adj} (at a constant ratio (to)) | :: proportional |
| proportionality {n} (the property of being proportional) | :: Proportionalität {f} |
| proportionally {adv} (in proportion) | :: proportional |
| proportionate {v} (to make proportionate) | :: proportionieren |
| proposal {n} (that which is proposed) | :: Vorschlag {m} |
| proposal {n} (the act of proposing a marriage) | :: Heiratsantrag {m} |
| propose {v} (to suggest a plan or course of action) | :: vorschlagen |
| propose {v} (to ask for one's hand in marriage) | :: einen Heiratsantrag machen |
| propose {v} (to intend) | :: beabsichtigen |
| proposition {n} (an assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be a theorem) | :: Satz {m} |
| propositional calculus {n} (propositional logic) SEE: propositional logic | :: |
| propositional logic {n} (formal deductive system) | :: Aussagenlogik {f} |
| propound {v} (to put forward; to offer for discussion or debate) | :: vorlegen, vorschlagen |
| proprietary {adj} (relating to property or ownership) | :: Eigentums-, Eigentümer- |
| proprietary {adj} (created or manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner) | :: proprietär, urheberrechtlich geschützt, geschützt |
| proprietary {n} (a proprietor or owner) SEE: proprietor | :: |
| proprietor {n} (owner) | :: Inhaber {m}, Inhaberin {f}, Besitzer {m}, Besitzerin {f} |
| proprietor {n} | :: Besitzer {m}, Inhaber {m} |
| proprietously {adv} (properly) SEE: properly | :: |
| propriety {n} (fitness; the quality of being appropriate) | :: Angemessenheit {f}, Richtigkeit {f}, Korrektheit {f}, Ordnungsmäßigkeit {f}, Geeignetheit {f} |
| propriety {n} (correctness in behaviour and morals) | :: Schicklichkeit {f}, Tugendhaftigkeit {f}, Wahrhaftigkeit {f}, Redlichkeit {f}, Anstand {m}, Anständigkeit {f}, Form {f} |
| propriety {n} | :: Schicklichkeit {f} |
| proprioception {n} (sense of the position of parts of the body) | :: Propriozeption {f}, Tiefensensibilität {f} |
| propulsion {n} (the action of driving or pushing) | :: Antrieb {m} |
| propylene {n} (organic compound of the formula C3H6) | :: Propylen {n} |
| propyne {n} (alkyne) | :: Propin {n} |
| pro rata {adv} (in proportion to some factor) | :: pro rata, verhältnismäßig, proportional |
| prorogue {v} (to suspend a parliamentary session) | :: vertagen |
| prorogue {v} (to defer) | :: verschieben, aufschieben |
| prorogue {v} (to prolong or extend) | :: verlängern |
| pro-Russian {adj} (supportive of Russian or Russians) | :: prorussisch |
| prosaic {adj} (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose) | :: prosaisch |
| prosaic {adj} (overly plain or simple, to the point of being boring; humdrum) | :: prosaisch |
| prosaist {n} (prose writer) | :: Prosaiker {m}, Prosaikerin {f} |
| pros and cons {n} (for and against) | :: Für und Wider {p} |
| proscenium {n} (ancient theatre: row of columns at the front the scene building) | :: Bühnenfassade |
| prosciutto {n} (dry-cured ham from Italy) | :: Pršut {m}, Prsut {m}, Schinken {m} |
| proscribe {v} (forbid or prohibit) | :: verbieten |
| proscribe {v} (denounce) | :: verbieten |
| proscribe {v} (banish or exclude) | :: verbannen, ächten |
| prose {n} (written language not intended as poetry) | :: Prosa {f} |
| prosecute {v} (To start civil or criminal proceedings against) | :: strafrechtlich verfolgen [law], gerichtlich belangen [law], belangen |
| prosecute {v} (To charge, try) | :: anklagen, bestrafen, vor Gericht stellen |
| prosecute {v} (To pursue something to the end) | :: betreiben, verfolgen |
| prosecution {n} (the institution of legal proceedings against a person) | :: Strafverfolgung {f}, Rechtsverfolgung {f}, strafrechtliche Verfolgung {f}, Anklage {f}, Verfolgung {f}, Betreibung {f} |
| prosecution {n} (the prosecuting party of the institution of legal proceedings) | :: Anklagebehörde {f}, Anklage {f}, Staatsanwaltschaft {f}, Anklagevertretung {f} |
| prosecutor {n} (a person instituting criminal prosecution) | :: Staatsanwalt {m}, Staatsanwältin {f}, Amtsanwalt {m}, Ankläger {m}, Anklägerin {f} |
| proselyte {n} (one who has converted to a religion) | :: Proselyt {m}, Judengenosse {m} (a gentile converted to Judaism) |
| proselytism {n} (proselytizing or being a proselyte) | :: Proselytismus |
| proselytize {v} (convert to one’s own faith) | :: bekehren, missionieren |
| proselytize {v} (induce people to join a cause) | :: bekehren, überzeugen, (als) (Anhänger) gewinnen |
| prosimian {n} (primate suborder) | :: Halbaffen |
| prosodic {adj} (relating to prosody) | :: prosodisch |
| prosody {n} (linguistics: study of rhythm and other attributes in speech) | :: Prosodie {f} |
| prosody {n} (poetry: study of poetic meter etc) | :: Verslehre |
| proso millet {n} (P. miliaceum) | :: Rispenhirse {f}, gewöhnliche Hirse {f} |
| prosopagnosia {n} (disorder of face perception) | :: Prosopagnosie {f} |
| prosopographic {adj} | :: prosopografisch |
| prosopography {n} (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships) | :: Prosopographie |
| prospect {n} (position affording a fine view) SEE: lookout | :: |
| prospect {n} (region which the eye overlooks at one time) | :: Sicht, Perspektive |
| prospect {n} (picturesque or panoramic view; landscape, sketch of landscape) | :: Aussicht |
| prospect {n} (act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation) | :: Erwartung, Chance |
| prospect {v} (to search as for gold) | :: schürfen |
| prospective {adj} (likely or expected to happen or become) | :: voraussichtlich, künftig, voraussichtlich, zukünftig |
| prospector {n} (person) | :: Goldsucher {m}, Prospektor {m} |
| prosper {v} (to be successful) | :: gedeihen, prosperieren, florieren |
| prosperity {n} (condition of being prosperous) | :: Prosperität {f}, Wohlstand {m} |
| prosperous {adj} (characterized by success) | :: blühend, florierend, erfolgreich |
| prosperous {adj} (well off; affluent) | :: wohlhabend, reich |
| prosperous {adj} (favorable) | :: günstig |
| prostate {n} (prostate gland) | :: Prostata {f}, Vorsteherdrüse {f} |
| prostate gland {n} (prostate) SEE: prostate | :: |
| prostatitis {n} (inflammation of the prostate) | :: Prostataentzündung {f}, Entzündung der Prostata {f}, Prostatitis {f} |
| prosthesis {n} (prothesis) SEE: prothesis | :: |
| prosthesis {n} (artificial replacement for a body part) | :: Prothese {f} |
| prosthetic {n} (prosthesis) SEE: prosthesis | :: |
| prosthetics {n} (branch of medicine) | :: Prothetik {f} |
| prosthodontics {n} (restoration or replacement of damaged or missing teeth) | :: Zahnersatz {m} |
| prostitute {v} (reflexive: to perform sexual activity for money) | :: sich prostituieren |
| prostitute {v} (to make another person, or organisation, prostitute themselves) | :: prostituieren |
| prostitute {n} (a person having sex for profit) | :: Prostituierter {m}, Prostituierte {f} |
| prostitute {n} (a female person having sex for profit) | :: Prostituierte {f}, Hure {f}, Nutte {f}, Dirne {f}, Lustdirne {f}, Buhldirne, Gunstgewerblerin {f} [humorous], Liebesdame {f}, Liebesmädchen {n}, Freudenmädchen {n} [euphemistic] |
| prostitute {n} (promiscuous person) SEE: whore | :: |
| prostitution {n} (having sex for profit) | :: Prostitution {f} |
| prostokvasha {n} (soured milk) | :: Dickmilch {f}, Sauermilch {f} |
| prostyle {n} (building) | :: Prostylos {m} |
| protactinium {n} (chemical element) | :: Protactinium {n} |
| protagonist {n} (main character) | :: Protagonist {m}, Protagonistin {f}, Hauptfigur {f}, Held {m} |
| protean {adj} (exceedingly variable) | :: vielgestaltig |
| protean {adj} (of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus) | :: proteusartig |
| protect {v} (to keep safe) | :: schützen |
| protected {adj} (defended) | :: geschützt |
| protecting group {n} (chemical entity that is temporarily reacted with a functional group) | :: Schutzgruppe {f} |
| protection {n} (process of keeping sthg safe) | :: Schutz {m} |
| protectionism {n} (A policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product by imposing tariffs, quotas or other barriers on imports) | :: Protektionismus {m} |
| protectionist {adj} | :: protektionistisch |
| protectionist {n} | :: Protektionist {m}, Protektionistin {f} |
| protectionistic {adj} (protectionist) SEE: protectionist | :: |
| protection money {n} (money regular interval, extorted by criminals threatening to cause harm) | :: Schutzgeld {n} |
| protective {adj} (serving, intended or wishing to protect) | :: Schutz- |
| protector {n} (someone who protects or guards) | :: Beschützer {m} |
| protectorate {n} (government by a protector) | :: Protektorat {n}, Schutzgebiet {n} |
| protectorate {n} (a protected autonomous state) | :: Protektorat {n}, Schutzgebiet {n} |
| Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia {prop} (protectorate of Nazi Germany) | :: Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren |
| protege {n} (protégé) SEE: protégé | :: |
| protein {n} (biochemistry: complex molecule) | :: Protein {n}, Eiweiß {n} |
| protein {n} (class of food) | :: Protein {n}, Eiweiß {n} |
| pro tem {adv} (temporarily) | :: auf Zeit, vorübergehend |
| pro tem {adj} (temporary) | :: auf Zeit, vorübergehend |
| proteome {n} (complete set of proteins) | :: Proteom {n} |
| proteomics {n} (branch of molecular biology) | :: Proteomik {f} |
| Proterozoic {prop} (eon 2,500-541 Ma) | :: Proterozoikum {n} |
| Proterozoic {adj} (of eon from 2,500 to 541 million years ago) | :: proterozoisch |
| protest {v} (to make a strong objection) | :: demonstrieren, protestieren |
| protest {v} (mostly US: to object to) | :: Einspruch erheben, Einwände äußern |
| protest {n} (formal objection) | :: Protest {m}, Beschwerde {f} |
| protest {n} (collective gesture of disapproval: demonstration) | :: Demonstration {f}, Protestaktion {f} |
| Protestant {n} (someone who is a member of such a denomination) | :: Protestant {m}, Protestantin {f} |
| Protestant {adj} (pertaining to these denominatons) | :: protestantisch, evangelisch |
| Protestantism {n} (faith) | :: Protestantismus {m} |
| Protestantize {v} (make Protestant) | :: protestantisieren, protestantisch machen |
| Protestantize {v} (become Protestant) | :: zum Protestantismus konvertieren, protestantisch werden |
| protester {n} (person who protests) | :: Protestant {m}, Protestierender {m}, Protestierer {m}, Protestler {m} |
| protégé {n} (person who is guided and supported) | :: Günstling {m}, Protegé {m} [both with a negative connotation], Mündel {n}, Schützling {m} |
| prothesis {n} (the addition of a sound or syllable at the beginning of a word without changing the word's meaning or the rest of its structure) | :: Prothese {f} |
| protist {n} (eukaryotic unicellular organisms) | :: Protist {m} |
| protium {n} (lightest isotope of hydrogen) | :: Protium {n} |
| proto- {prefix} (first) | :: ur- |
| proto- {prefix} ((linguistics) ancestor of a family of languages) | :: ur- |
| protocol {v} (to make a protocol of) | :: protokollieren |
| protodynastic {adj} | :: frühdynastisch |
| Proto-Germanic {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: Urgermanisch {n}, urgermanische Sprache {f} |
| Proto-Indo-European {prop} (ancestor language of most European and Indian languages) | :: Indogermanisch {n}, Urindogermanisch {n} |
| Proto-Indo-European {n} (person who spoke the Proto-Indo-European language) | :: Urindogermane {m} |
| Proto-Indo-European {adj} (pertaining to the Proto-Indo-European language, or the people who spoke it, see also: Indo-European) | :: urindogermanisch, indogermanisch |
| Proto-Indo-Germanic {prop} (Proto-Indo-European) SEE: Proto-Indo-European | :: |
| Proto-Italic {prop} (hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language) | :: Uritalisch {n} |
| proto-language {n} (common ancestor language) | :: Ursprache {f} |
| protologism {n} (a newly coined word or phrase defined in the hope that it will become common) | :: Protologismus {m} |
| protolysis {n} | :: Protolyse {f} |
| protomartyr {n} (any of the first Christian martyrs) | :: Protomärtyrer {m}, Protomärtyrerin {f} |
| proton {n} (positively charged nucleon) | :: Proton {n} |
| proton capture {n} (nuclear reaction) | :: Protoneneinfang {m} |
| Proto-Norse {prop} (Indo-European language) | :: Urnordisch {n} |
| protoplanet {n} (astronomical object) | :: Protoplanet |
| protoplanetary {adj} (of or pertaining to a protoplanet) | :: protoplanetar, protoplanetarisch |
| protoplasm {n} (entire contents of a cell) | :: Protoplasma {n} |
| proto-racism {n} (proto-racism) | :: Protorassismus {m} |
| proto-racist {adj} (proto-racist) | :: protorassistisch |
| proto-racist {n} (person who displays protoracist attitudes or behaviors) | :: Protorassist {m} |
| proto-racist {n} (person who has the potential to become a racist) | :: Protorassist {m} |
| Proto-Slavic {prop} (Proto-Slavic) | :: Urslawisch {n} |
| Proto-Slavic {adj} (of or pertaining to Proto-Slavic language or people who spoke it) | :: urslawisch |
| prototype {n} (original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects) | :: Prototyp {m} |
| prototype-based {adj} (using entities called objects) | :: prototypbasiert |
| prototype-based language {n} | :: prototypenbasierte Sprache {f} |
| prototype-based programming {n} | :: prototypenbasierte Programmierung {f} |
| prototype-oriented programming {n} (programming paradigm that uses prototypes to design application and computer programs) | :: prototyporientierte Programmierung {f} |
| prototype pattern {n} (creational design pattern) | :: Prototyp {m} |
| prototyping {n} (creation of prototypes) | :: Musterentwicklung {f}, Prototypenentwicklung {f}, Prototyping {n} |
| protozoal {adj} (protozoan) SEE: protozoan | :: |
| protozoan {n} (any of a diverse group of eukaryotes) | :: Protozoon {n} |
| protract {v} (To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.) | :: verlängern, sich ziehen, sich hinziehen, in die Länge ziehen, überziehen |
| protract {v} (to put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer) | :: verschieben |
| protract {v} (to extend; to protrude) | :: ausfahren, verlängern |
| protracted {adj} (Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.) | :: langwierig, langdauernd, langandauernd, anhaltend, sich hinziehend, langwährend, langgezogen, hingezogen, verschleppt |
| protractor {n} (a circular or semicircular tool for measuring angles) | :: Winkelmesser {m}, Winkelmaß {n} |
| protrude {v} (to extend from) | :: herausragen, hervorragen, herausstehen, vorstehen, vorkragen, hervorstehen, hervorkragen |
| protrusion {n} (the act of protruding) | :: Herausragen {n}, Heraustreten {n}, Vorstehen {n} |
| protrusion {n} (the state of being protruded) | :: Ausbeulen {n}, Vorstülpen {n}, Hervortreiben {n}, Beulen {n}, Ausbuchten {n}, Treiben {n}, Heraustreiben {n} |
| protrusion {n} (anything that protrudes) | :: Vorsprung {m}, Schwellung {f}, Ausbuchung {f}, Vorwölbung {f}, Überstand {m}, Vorstülpung {f}, Hervortreibung {f}, Beule {f}, Knubbel {m} |
| protuberance {n} (Something that protrudes) | :: Protuberanz {f}, Vorsprung {m}, Schwellung {f}, Hervortreten {n}, Auswuchs {m}, Hervorschwellung {f}, Knubbel {m}, Beule {f}, Grat {m}, Ausbuchtung {f} |
| protuberant {adj} (bulging outward) | :: protuberant |
| proud {adj} (gratified, feeling honoured, feeling satisfied) | :: stolz |
| proud {adj} (having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious) | :: stolz |
| proud {adj} | :: [1] stolz, prahlerisch |
| proud as a peacock {adj} (extremely proud) | :: stolz wie ein Pfau |
| Proustian {adj} (reminiscent of Marcel Proust or his works) | :: proustisch, proustianisch |
| provability {n} (condition of being provable) | :: Beweisbarkeit {f} |
| provable {adj} (of a statement or hypothesis, that can be proven) | :: belegbar, beweisbar, nachweislich |
| provably {adv} (in a provable manner) | :: bewiesenermaßen, erwiesenermaßen, beweisbar |
| prove {v} (to demonstrate that something is true; to give proof for) | :: beweisen, prüfen |
| prove {v} (to turn out; to manifest) | :: sich herausstellen, sich zeigen |
| proven {adj} | :: bewiesen, nachgewiesen |
| Provençal {prop} (language spoken in Provence) | :: Provenzalisch |
| provenance {n} (place or source of origin) | :: Herkunft {f}, Provenienz {f} |
| provenance {n} (in arts: the history of ownership of a work of art) | :: Provenienz {f} |
| provenance {n} (of a person: background, history, place of origin, ancestry) | :: Herkunft {f} |
| Provence {prop} (region in France) | :: Provence {f} |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {prop} (region of France) | :: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| proverb {n} (phrase expressing a basic truth) | :: Sprichwort {n}, Denkspruch {m}, Redensart {f}; [uncommon] Proverbium {n} |
| proverbial {adj} (of a proverb) | :: sprichwörtlich, proverbial |
| proverbial {adj} (widely known; famous) | :: sprichwörtlich |
| Proverbs {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Sprüche {m-p} |
| provide {v} (to give what is needed or desired) | :: sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen, beschaffen, heranschaffen, versorgen |
| provide {v} (to establish as a previous condition) | :: voraussetzen, vorsehen |
| provide {v} (to furnish (with)) | :: versehen, versorgen, ausstatten |
| provided {conj} (only if) | :: sofern |
| providence {n} (prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness) | :: Vorsorge {f}, Umsicht {f} |
| providence {n} (careful guardianship exercised by a deity) | :: Vorsehung {f} |
| providence {n} (manifestation of divine care or direction) | :: Fügung {f} |
| Providence {prop} (Divine will) | :: Vorsehung |
| Providence {prop} (Capital of Rhode Island) | :: Providence |
| provident {adj} (demonstrating consideration for the future) | :: vorausschauend, vorsorgend, vorsorglich |
| provider {n} (provider) | :: Versorger {m}, Anbieter {m}, Dienstleister |
| province {n} (a subdivision of government usually one step below the national level) | :: Provinz {f}, Land {n} |
| provincial {adj} (of or pertaining to a province) | :: provinziell, provinzial |
| provincialism {n} (quality of being provincial) | :: Provinzialismus {m} |
| provincialism {n} (linguistics: word or locution characteristic of a region or district, see also: regionalism) | :: Provinzialismus {m} |
| provision {n} (item of goods or supplies obtained for future use) | :: Vorräte {m-p}, (food) Proviant {m} |
| provision {n} (money set aside) | :: Rücklagen {f-p} |
| provisional {adj} (temporary) | :: provisorisch, vorläufig |
| provisionally {adv} (in a provisional way) | :: vorläufig, provisorisch |
| provisioning {n} (act of supplying with provisions) | :: Bereitstellung {f}, Beschaffung {f}, Versorgung {f} |
| proviso {n} (conditional provision to an agreement) | :: Bedingung {f}, Maßgabe {f}, Vorbehalt {m}, Vorbehaltsklausel {f}, Kautel {f} |
| Provo {prop} (city in Utah) | :: Provo |
| provocateur {n} (one who engages in provocative behavior) | :: Provokateur {m}, Provokateurin {f} |
| provocation {n} (act of provoking) | :: Provokation {f} |
| provocative {adj} (tending to provoke strong negative feeling) | :: provokant |
| provoke {v} (to cause to become angry) | :: provozieren, aufreizen, aufwühlen, aufhetzen, aufpeitschen, aufstacheln |
| provoke {v} (to bring about a reaction) | :: hervorrufen, hervorbringen, zeitigen, anerzeugen, anerschaffen |
| provost {n} (senior academic administrator) | :: Vorsteher |
| provost {n} (highest position in a monastery below an abbot) | :: Propst |
| provost {n} | :: Provost {m} |
| prow {n} (fore part of a vessel; bow) | :: Bug {m}, Bugüberhang {m} |
| prowess {n} (skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity) | :: Können {n}, Fähigkeiten {p} |
| prowess {n} (distinguished bravery or courage) | :: Heldenmut {m}, Tapferkeit {f} |
| prowl {v} (To be on the lookout for some prey) | :: durchstreifen, herumstreifen |
| prowl {v} (To idle; to go about aimlessly) | :: herumstreifen |
| proxemics {n} (study) | :: Proxemik {f} |
| proxenetism {n} (procuring) SEE: pimping | :: |
| Proxima Centauri {prop} (a red dwarf star) | :: Proxima Centauri |
| proximately {adv} (approximately) SEE: approximately | :: |
| proximity {n} (closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship) | :: Nähe {f}, Nachbarschaft {f} |
| proxy {n} (agent or substitute authorized to act for another person) | :: Prokurist {m} |
| proxy {n} (authority to act for another, especially when written) | :: Prokura {f} |
| proxy {n} ((software) An interface for a service) | :: Proxyserver {m} |
| proxy pattern {n} (structural design pattern) | :: Stellvertreter {m} |
| proxy server {n} (hardware server) | :: Proxyserver {m}, Proxy {m}, Proxy-Server {m} |
| proxy war {n} (war where two powers use third parties) | :: Stellvertreterkrieg {m} |
| prozymite {n} (one who administers the Eucharist with leavened bread) | :: Prozymit {m} |
| præstige {n} (Archaic spelling of prestige) SEE: prestige | :: |
| prude {n} (A person who is or tries to be excessively proper) | :: prüde Person {f}, Prüder {m}, Prüde {f} |
| prudence {n} (The quality or state of being prudent) | :: Klugheit {f}, Umsicht {f}, Besonnenheit {f} |
| prudent {adj} (sagacious in adapting means to ends) | :: umsichtig, vorsichtig |
| prudery {n} (condition of being prudish; prudishness) | :: Prüderie {f} |
| prudery {n} (prudish behaviour) | :: Prüderie {f} |
| prudish {adj} (exaggeratedly proper) | :: prüde |
| prudishness {n} (condition of being prudish; prudery) | :: Prüderie {f} |
| Prudnik {prop} (city in southern Poland) | :: Prudnik, Neustadt in Oberschlesien |
| prune {v} (plum) SEE: plum | :: |
| prune {v} (dried plum) | :: Backpflaume {f}, Trockenpflaume {f} |
| prune {v} (trim a tree or shrub) | :: ausschneiden, schneiden |
| prune {v} ((figuratively) cut down or shorten) | :: beschneiden |
| pruning {n} (action of pruning) | :: reduzieren |
| prurience {n} (the quality of being prurient) | :: Geilheit {f}, Lüsternheit {f} |
| prurient {adj} (uneasy with desire; lustful) | :: lüstern, lasziv |
| prusik {n} (friction hitch) | :: Prusik {m}, Prusikknoten {m} |
| Prussia {prop} (geographical area) | :: Preußen {n} |
| Prussia {prop} (former Baltic country) | :: Prußen {n} |
| Prussia {prop} (former German province) | :: Preußen {n}, [Switzerland, Liechtenstein] Preussen {n} |
| Prussian {adj} (of Prussia) | :: preußisch |
| Prussian {prop} (language) | :: Prußisch {n}, Altpreußisch {n} |
| Prussian {n} (native or inhabitant of the geographical region of Prussia) | :: Preuße {m}, Preußin {f} |
| Prussian {n} (citizen of German state of Prussia) | :: Preuße {m}, Preußin {f}, Borusse {m} |
| Prussian {n} (member of or person descended from the Baltic ethnic group which inhabited Prussia) | :: Pruße |
| Prussian {n} (member of or person descended from the German ethnic group which settled in Prussia) | :: Preuße |
| Prussian blue {n} (pigment) | :: Berliner Blau, Preußisch Blau {n} |
| Prussian blue {n} (colour) | :: Berliner Blau, Preußischblau {n} |
| pry {v} (to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey) | :: schnüffeln |
| pry {v} (to keep asking) | :: bohren, nachbohren, nachfragen |
| pry {v} (to look closely and curiously at) | :: genau nachsehen, genau hinsehen |
| pry {n} (lever) | :: Hebel {m} |
| pry {v} (use leverage to open or widen) | :: aufhebeln |
| Przemyśl {prop} (a city in south-eastern Poland) | :: Przemyśl {n}, Premissel {n} |
| Przewalski's horse {n} (Equus ferus przewalskii) | :: Przewalski-Pferd {n} |
| PS {n} (addendum to a letter) | :: NS |
| psalm {n} (sacred song) | :: Psalm {m} |
| psalm {n} (a hymn collected into one book of the Old Testament) | :: Psalm {m} |
| psalmist {n} (composer of psalms) | :: Psalmist {m} |
| psalmist {n} (composer of one of the Biblical Psalms) | :: Psalmist {m} |
| Psalms {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Psalmen {m-p} |
| psalter {n} (The Book of Psalms) | :: Psalter {m} |
| psalterium {n} (omasum) SEE: omasum | :: |
| psaltery {n} (instrument) | :: Psalter |
| psephology {n} (the predictive or statistical study of elections) | :: Psephologie {f} |
| pseudo- {prefix} (not genuine) | :: after-, schein-, pseudo-, falsch- |
| pseudo {adj} (insincere) SEE: insincere | :: |
| pseudo-anglicism {n} (word with an English appearance that is not current in English) | :: Pseudoanglizismus {m}, Pseudo-Anglizismus {m}, Scheinanglizismus {m} |
| pseudocereal {n} (plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family) | :: Pseudogetreide {n}, Scheingetreide {n} |
| pseudocode {n} (description of a computer programming algorithm) | :: Pseudocode {f} |
| pseudocroup {n} (croup) SEE: croup | :: |
| pseudo-English {adj} (language-related) | :: pseudoenglisch |
| pseudoephedrine {n} (sympathomimetic alkaloid) | :: Pseudoephedrin {n} |
| pseudogentilicium {n} (any irregularly formed nomen gentilicium) | :: Pseudogentilicium {n} |
| pseudologue {n} (pathological liar) | :: Pseudologe {m} |
| pseudonym {n} (fictitious name) | :: Pseudonym {n} |
| pseudonymization {n} (replacement of all data that identifies a person with an artificial identifier or pseudonym) | :: Pseudonymisierung {f} |
| pseudonymize {v} (depersonalize or anonymize data by one or more artificial identifiers or pseudonyms) | :: pseudonymisieren |
| pseudophilosophy {n} (fake or very bad philosophy) | :: Pseudophilosophie {f}, Scheinphilosophie {f}, Afterphilosophie {f} |
| pseudoprophet {n} (A false prophet) | :: Pseudoprophet {m} |
| pseudo-Riemannian manifold {n} (generalization of a Riemannian manifold) | :: pseudo-riemannsche Mannigfaltigkeit {f} |
| pseudoscience {n} (purported science) | :: Pseudowissenschaft {f} |
| pseudoscientific {adj} (of, relating to, or employing pseudoscience) | :: pseudowissenschaftlich, afterwissenschaftlich, scheinwissenschaftlich |
| pseudoscientist {n} (practitioner of pseudoscience or a pseudoscience) | :: Pseudowissenschaftler {m}, Pseudowissenschaftlerin {f}, Pseudowissenschafter {m} [Austrian], Pseudowissenschafterin {f} [Austrian], Afterwissenschaftler {m}, Afterwissenschaftlerin {f}, Scheinwissenschaftler {m}, Scheinwissenschaftlerin {f}, Afterforscher {m}, Afterforscherin {f}, Aftergelehrter {m}, Aftergelehrte {f}, After-Gelehrter {m}, After-Gelehrte {f} |
| pseudoscorpion {n} (arachnid) | :: Pseudoskorpion {m} |
| pseudotumor {n} (portion of tissue that resembles a tumor) | :: Pseudotumor {m}, Pseudogeschwulst {f} {n}, Scheingeschwulst {f} {n} |
| pseudoword {n} (unit) | :: Logatom {n} |
| pshaw {interj} (indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief) | :: pah |
| psi {n} (Greek letter) | :: Psi {n} |
| psionic {adj} (of or relating to psionics) | :: psionisch [rare] |
| psittacosis {n} (infection) | :: Psittakose {f}, Papageienkrankheit {f} |
| Pskov {prop} (a city in Russia) | :: Pskow {n}, Pleskau {n} |
| psoriasis {n} (facial skin disease) | :: Schuppenflechte {f} |
| psyche {n} (the human soul, mind, or spirit) | :: Psyche {f} |
| psyched {adj} (thrilled) | :: aufgeregt, [colloquial] aufgedreht |
| psychedelic {adj} (of, containing or generating hallucinations, etc.) | :: psychedelisch, bewusstseinserweiternd |
| psychiatric {adj} (of, or relating to, psychiatry) | :: psychiatrisch |
| psychiatric hospital {n} (mental hospital) SEE: mental hospital | :: |
| psychiatrist {n} (doctor specializing in psychiatry) | :: Psychiater {m}, Psychiaterin {f} |
| psychiatry {n} (branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders) | :: Psychiatrie {f}, Seelenheilkunde {f} |
| psycho {n} (psychotic or otherwise insane person) | :: Psycho {m} [slang], Psychopath {m} |
| psycho {n} (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) | :: Verrückte {m} {f} |
| psycho- {prefix} (relating to the mind) | :: psycho- |
| psychoactive {adj} (pharmacology: affecting the mind or mental processes) | :: psychoaktiv |
| psychoanalysis {n} (family of psychological theories) | :: Psychoanalyse {f} |
| psychoanalyst {n} (practitioner) | :: Psychoanalytiker {m} |
| psychogenic {adj} (originating from or caused by state of mind) | :: psychogen |
| psychokinesis {n} (movement inanimate objects by the use of psychic power) | :: Psychokinese, Telekinese |
| psycholinguistics {n} (study of comprehension and production of language) | :: Psycholinguistik {f}, Sprachpsychologie {f} |
| psychological {adj} (of or pertaining to psychology) | :: psychologisch |
| psychologically {adv} (in a psychological manner) | :: psychologisch, seelisch |
| psychological warfare {n} (The use of various techniques to demoralize or intimidate someone) | :: psychologische Kriegsführung {f} |
| psychologist {n} (expert in the field of psychology) | :: Psychologe {m}, Psychologin {f} |
| psychology {n} (study of the human mind) | :: Psychologie {f}, [dated] Seelenkunde {f} |
| psychology {n} (the study of the human behavior) | :: Psychologie {f} |
| psychology {n} (the study of animal behavior) | :: Psychologie {f} |
| psychology {n} (the mental characteristics of a particular individual) | :: Psychologie {f} |
| psychometry {n} (paranormal ability) | :: Psychometrie |
| psychomotor {adj} (of or pertaining to the function of muscles under the control of the mind) | :: psychomotorisch |
| psychon {n} (particle of consciousness) | :: Psychon {n} |
| psychopath {n} (person with a personality disorder) | :: Psychopath {m}, Psychopathin {f} |
| psychopath {n} (person diagnosed with antisocial or dissocial personality disorder) | :: Psychopath {m}, Psychopatin {f} |
| psychopath {n} (person who has no moral conscience) | :: Psychopath {m}, Psychopatin {f} |
| psychopath {n} (popular: a person who perpetrates especially gruesome or bizarre violent acts) | :: Psychopath {m}, Psychopatin {f} |
| psychopathic {adj} (relating to a psychopath) | :: psychopatisch |
| psychopathology {n} (study of mental illness) | :: Psychopathologie {f} |
| psychopathy {n} (personality disorder) | :: Psychopathie {f} |
| psychopharmacology {n} (branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs) | :: Psychopharmakologie {f} |
| psychophysical {adj} (of or pertaining to psychophysics) | :: psychophysikalisch |
| psychophysical {adj} (psychosomatic) | :: psychosomatisch |
| psychophysics {n} (a branch of psychology) | :: Psychophysik {f} |
| psychopolitics {n} (interaction between psychology and politics) | :: Psychopolitik {f} |
| psychopomp {n} (entity who assists souls) | :: Psychopompos {m}, Psychopomp {m} |
| psychosis {n} (mental disorder) | :: Psychose {f} |
| psychosomatic {adj} (of physical effects with mental causes) | :: psychosomatisch |
| psychosomaticist {n} (specialist in psychosomatic disorders) | :: Psychosomatiker {m}, Psychosomatikerin {f} |
| psychosomatics {n} (psychosomatic medicine) | :: Psychosomatik {f}, Psychosomatische Medizin {f} |
| psychotherapist {n} (who practices psychotherapy) | :: Psychotherapeut {m}, Psychotherapeutin {f} |
| psychotherapy {n} (treatment of those with mental illness) | :: Psychotherapie {f} |
| psychotic {adj} (of, related to, or suffering from psychosis) | :: psychotisch |
| psychotic {n} (a person affected by psychosis) | :: Psychotiker {m}, Psychotikerin {f} |
| psychovisual {adj} (relating to the psychology of vision) | :: psychovisuell |
| psychrometer {n} (instrument which measures atmospheric humidity) | :: Luftfeuchtigkeitsmesser {m} |
| psychrophilic {adj} (capable of living at relatively low temperature) | :: psychrophil |
| psyllid {n} (any species of family Psyllidae) | :: Blattfloh {m} |
| psyllium {n} (group of plants) | :: Flöhkraut {n}, Flohkraut {n}, Flohwegerich {m}, its seeds and occasionally the plant being Flohsamen {p} |
| psywar {n} (psychological warfare) SEE: psychological warfare | :: |
| pâté {n} (finely-ground paste of meat, fish or vegetables) | :: Pastete {f} |
| Ptah {prop} (Egyptian god of creativity) | :: Ptah {m} |
| ptarmigan {n} (a small grouse, Lagopus) | :: Schneehuhn {n} |
| pâte brisée {n} (form of shortcrust pastry, see also: shortcrust pastry) | :: Mürbeteig {m} |
| pterodactyl {n} (informal term for any pterosaur) | :: Pterodaktylus {m}, Pterodaktyl {m} [literal translation: Flügelfinger] |
| pterosaur {n} (extinct flying reptile) | :: Flugsaurier {m}, Pterosaurier, Pterosaurus {m} |
| PTO {prop} (United States Patent and Trademark Office) | :: Patentamt {n} der Vereinigten Staaten von America. |
| PTO {n} (Parent Teacher Organization) | :: Elternvertretung {f}, Elternbeirat {m}, Elternausschuss {m}, Elternpflegschaft {f} |
| PTO {phrase} (Powered shaft for driving auxiliary equipment) | :: Zapfwelle {f} |
| Ptolemy {prop} (name of Greek origin) | :: Ptolemäus {m}, Ptolemaios {m} |
| ptomaine {n} (any of various amines formed by putrefactive bacteria) | :: Ptomain {n}, Leichengift {n} |
| PTSD {n} (initialism: post-traumatic stress disorder) | :: PTBS {f} |
| pub {n} (public house) | :: Kneipe {f}, Bar {f}, Lokal {n}, Pub {m} {n} |
| pub crawl {n} (The visiting of a number of public houses) | :: Kneipentour {f} |
| puberty {n} (age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction) | :: Pubertät {f}, Geschlechtsreife {f} |
| pubescent {adj} (arriving at puberty) | :: geschlechtsreif |
| pubic hair {n} (collectively) | :: Schamhaar {n} |
| pubic hair {n} (singular) | :: Schamhaar {n} |
| pubic louse {n} (crab louse) SEE: crab louse | :: |
| pubic region {n} (part of the body near the pubes and the pubis) | :: Scham {f} |
| pubis {n} (the pubic bone) | :: Schambein {n}, Schamknochen {m} |
| public {adj} (pertaining to people as a whole) | :: öffentlich |
| public {n} (people in general) | :: Publikum {n}, Öffentlichkeit {f} |
| public administration {n} (implementation of public policy) | :: öffentliche Verwaltung {f} |
| public administration {n} (field of study) | :: öffentliche Verwaltung {f} |
| publication {n} (act of publishing) | :: Veröffentlichung {f} |
| publication {n} (an issue of printed or other matter) | :: Veröffentlichung {f}, Publikation {f} |
| public domain {n} (realm of intellectual property) | :: Public Domain {f}, Gemeinfreiheit {f} |
| public domain {n} (attributive: not subject to any copyright or patent restrictions) | :: gemeinfrei |
| public figure {n} (person subject to public interest) | :: Persönlichkeit des öffentlichen Lebens {f}, Person des öffentlichen Lebens {f}, öffentliche Person {f} |
| public finance {n} (field of economics) | :: Finanzwissenschaft {f} |
| public good {n} (welfare of the people) | :: Allgemeinwohl {n} |
| public good {n} (good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable) | :: öffentliches Gut {n} |
| public holiday {n} (national or regional holiday from work on a specific day) | :: Feiertag {m}, gesetzlicher Feiertag {m} |
| public house {n} (pub) SEE: pub | :: |
| public housing {n} (accommodation subsidised by the government for disadvantaged groups) | :: Sozialwohnungen {f-p} |
| publicist {n} (a journalist who focusses on politics) | :: Publizist, Publizistin {f} |
| publicity {n} (advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something) | :: Werbung {f} |
| public key {n} (the public one of the two keys used in asymmetric cryptography) | :: öffentlicher Schlüssel {m} |
| public law {n} (law) | :: öffentliches Recht |
| public limited company {n} (publicly traded limited liability company) | :: Aktiengesellschaft {f} |
| public limited liability company {n} (publicly traded company) | :: Aktiengesellschaft {f} |
| public opinion {n} (opinion of the public) | :: öffentliche Meinung {f} |
| public relations {n} (profession) | :: Öffentlichkeitsarbeit {f}, ÖA {f}, Public Relations {p}, PR {f} |
| public sector {n} (government and entities) | :: öffentliche Hand {f}, öffentlicher Sektor {m} |
| public servant {n} (convict) SEE: convict | :: |
| public servant {n} (civil servant) SEE: civil servant | :: |
| public service {n} (service for general public or its section) | :: öffentlicher Dienst {m} |
| public speaking {n} (art of public speaking) SEE: oratory | :: |
| public telephone {n} (public telephone) | :: öffentliches Telefon {n}, Münztelefon {n}, Münzfernsprecher {m} |
| public toilet {n} (public toilet) | :: Bedürfnisanstalt {f} |
| public transit {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| public transport {n} (form of transport) | :: öffentlicher Verkehr {m}, ÖV {m} |
| public transportation {n} (public transport) SEE: public transport | :: |
| publish {v} (to issue a medium (e.g. publication)) | :: herausgeben, publizieren, veröffentlichen |
| publish {v} (to issue something (usually printed work) for sale and distribution) | :: herausgeben, veröffentlichen |
| publish {v} (to announce to the public) | :: veröffentlichen |
| publishable {adj} (able to be published) | :: zur Veröffentlichung geeignet |
| publisher {n} (One who publishes, especially books) | :: Herausgeber {m}, Herausgeberin {f}, Verlag {m} |
| publishing {n} (the industry of publishing) | :: Verlagswesen {n} |
| publishing house {n} (company that produces books) | :: Verlag {m}, Verlagshaus {n}, Verlagsgesellschaft {f} |
| Pucikwar {prop} (A-Pucikwar) SEE: A-Pucikwar | :: |
| puck {n} (hockey puck) SEE: hockey puck | :: |
| pudding {n} (sausage made primarily from blood) | :: Blutwurst {f} |
| pudding {n} (boiled or steamed cake or dessert) | :: Pudding {m} |
| pudding {n} (dessert similar to custard or mousse, containing a starchy thickening agent) | :: Pudding {m} |
| pudding {n} | :: Pudding {m} Auflauf {m}, Terrine {f}, Pastete {f} |
| pudding {n} (any dessert) SEE: dessert | :: |
| pudding rice {n} (rice used to make rice pudding) | :: Milchreis {m} |
| puddle {n} (a small pool of water) | :: Pfütze {f}, Lache {f} |
| pudendal cleft {n} (cleft between the labia majora) | :: Schamspalte {f} |
| Puducherry {prop} (Puducherry, India) | :: Puducherry {n} |
| Puerto Rican {n} (person from Puerto Rico) | :: Puerto-Ricaner {m}, Puerto-Ricanerin {f} |
| Puerto Rican {adj} (pertaining to Puerto Rico) | :: puerto-ricanisch |
| Puerto Rico {prop} (Caribbean Commonwealth) | :: Puerto Rico {n} |
| puff {v} (pant) SEE: pant | :: |
| puff {n} (homosexual) SEE: poof | :: |
| puff {n} (sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth) | :: Hauch {m}, Atemstoß {m}, Windstoß {m} |
| puff {n} (ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself) | :: Puste {f}, Atem {m} |
| puff {n} (small quantity of gas or smoke in the air) | :: Sprühstoß {m}, Hub {m} |
| puff {n} (informal: act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe) | :: Zug {m} |
| puff {n} (slang: cannabis) | :: Gras {n} |
| puff {n} (type of cake) | :: Windbeutel {m} |
| puff {v} (to emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs) | :: puffen, verpuffen, paffen, blasen, pusten |
| puff {v} (to advertise) | :: werben, anpreisen |
| puffadder {n} (Britis arietans) | :: Puffotter {f} |
| puffball {n} (fungi) | :: Bovist {m} |
| puffer {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| pufferfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish | :: |
| pufferfish {n} (a delicacy popular in Japan) | :: Kugelfisch {m} |
| puffery {n} (act of puffing) | :: , Paffen {n}, Aufblasen {n}, Pusten {n}, Blasen {n}, Fortblasen {n} |
| puffery {n} (fulsome public praise) | :: Schmeichlerei {f}, Anpreisung {f}, Marktschreierei {f}, marktschreierisches Gehabe {n}, marktschreierisches Anpreisen {n}, Lobhudelei {f}, überschwängliches Lob {n} |
| puffin {n} (Fratercula arctica) | :: Lund {m}, Lundevogel {m} (genera Fratercula), Papageitaucher {m}, Papageientaucher {m} (F. arctica), Hundlund {m} (F. corniculata), Gelbschopflund {m} (F. cirrhata), Nashornalk {m} (Cerorhinca monocerata) |
| puff pastry {n} (light, flaky pastry) | :: Blätterteig {m} |
| puff piece {n} (journalistic puffery) | :: Lobeshymne {f}, Werbetext {m} |
| puff up {v} (to inflate with air) | :: aufblasen |
| puff up {v} (to become fluffy) | :: plustern, aufplustern |
| puff up {v} (to swell due to injury) | :: anschwellen |
| pug {n} (small dog) | :: Mops {m}, Mopshund {m} |
| Puglian {adj} (Apulian) SEE: Apulian | :: |
| pugnacious {adj} (aggressive, belligerent) | :: kampflustig, streitsüchtig, streitlustig, rauflustig, kampfeslustig, kämpferisch, aggressiv |
| puke {n} (vomit) | :: Kotze {f} |
| puke {v} (to vomit) | :: kotzen, kübeln, speien, spucken, reihern |
| pulao {n} (pilaf) SEE: pilaf | :: |
| pulchritude {n} (pulchritude) | :: Schönheit {f} |
| pull {v} (transitive: apply force to (something) so it comes towards one) | :: ziehen |
| pull {v} (intransitive: apply force such that an object comes toward the person or thing applying the force) | :: ziehen |
| pull a fast one {v} ((idiomatic) to deceive or trick) | :: [colloquial] jemanden reinlegen, jemanden über den Löffel barbieren, jemanden übers Ohr hauen |
| pull an all-nighter {v} (work throughout the night) | :: [literally "to work on a night shift"] eine Nachtschicht einlegen |
| pull apart {v} (disassemble) SEE: disassemble | :: |
| pull apart {v} (to separate two people or animals that are fighting) | :: trennen |
| pull a sickie {v} (to feign illness so to take time off work) | :: krankfeiern |
| pullet {n} (spineless person) SEE: chicken | :: |
| pullet {n} (young hen) | :: Hühnchen {n} |
| pulley {n} (one of simple machines) | :: Rolle {f} |
| pull off {v} (To remove by pulling) | :: abzupfen, wegziehen, ausziehen |
| pull off {v} (To achieve; to succeed at something difficult) | :: hinkriegen |
| pull off {v} (To turn off a road) | :: abbiegen, herunterfahren [another road], an den Straßenrand fahren [side ] |
| pull off {v} (To begin moving and then move away) | :: anziehen, wegziehen |
| pull off {v} (To masturbate) | :: sich einen runterholen |
| pull oneself together {v} (to become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused) | :: sich zusammenreißen |
| pull out {v} (to remove something from a container) | :: herausziehen |
| pull out all the stops {v} (reserve nothing) | :: alle Register ziehen |
| pull out of one's ass {v} (fabricate a claim with no factual basis or evidence) | :: sich aus den Fingern saugen [suck from one's fingers] |
| pullover {n} (sweater) | :: Pullover {m} |
| pullover {n} (weightlifting over the head) | :: Überzug {m} |
| pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire {v} (do someone's difficult work) | :: die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen, aus der Klemme helfen, aus der Patsche helfen |
| pull someone's leg {v} (to tease someone) | :: jemanden durch den Kakao ziehen, jemanden in die Irre führen, verarschen |
| pull the plug {v} (unplug, cut power) | :: den Stecker ziehen |
| pull the plug {v} (cease to support, halt) | :: den Garaus machen |
| pull the plug {v} (disconnect from a supply) SEE: unplug | :: |
| pull the wool over someone's eyes {v} (to deceive someone) | :: jemanden hinters Licht führen |
| pullulate {v} (to germinate) | :: keimen, sprießen |
| pull-up {n} (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back) | :: Klimmzug {m} |
| pull up stakes {v} (prepare to move one's habitation) | :: die Zelte abbrechen |
| pulmonary circulation {n} (part of blood circulation) | :: kleiner Blutkreislauf {m}, Lungenkreislauf {m} |
| pulmonary edema {n} (accumulation of fluid in lungs) | :: Lungenödem {n} |
| pulmonary embolism {n} (embolism or obstruction of a pulmonary artery) | :: Lungenembolie {f} |
| pulmonary emphysema {n} (chronic lung disease) | :: Lungenaufblähung {f}, Lungenblähung {f}, Lungenemphysem {n} |
| pulmonary tuberculosis {n} (tuberculosis infecting the lungs) | :: Schwindsucht {f}, Tuberkulose {f} |
| pulmonological {adj} (pneumological) SEE: pneumological | :: |
| pulmonologist {n} (a physician who specializes in pulmonology) | :: Lungenarzt {m}, Pneumologe {m} |
| pulmonology {n} (the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract) | :: Pneumologie {f}, Pulmonologie {f}, Pulmologie {f} |
| pulp {n} (center of a fruit) | :: Fruchtfleisch {n}, Fleisch {n} |
| pulp {n} (mass of which paper is produced) | :: Pulpa {f} |
| pulp fiction {n} (shocking and sensational fiction) | :: Groschenliteratur |
| pulpit {n} (raised platform in church) | :: [with a stairway] Kanzel {f}; [not or just slightly raised] Ambo {m}; Pult {n}, Predigtstuhl {m} |
| pulpit {n} (plane's cockpit) SEE: cockpit | :: |
| pulpitis {n} (dentistry) | :: Pulpitis {f} |
| pulp magazine {n} (magazine made with inexpensive paper and printing) | :: Schundmagazin {n} |
| pulp mill {n} (factory) | :: Zellstofffabrik {f}, Zellstoffwerk {n} |
| pulque {n} (Mexican alcoholic drink) | :: Pulque {m} |
| pulsar {n} (rotating neutron star) | :: Pulsar {m} |
| pulsate {v} (to expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat) | :: pulsieren |
| pulsate {v} (to quiver, vibrate, thrill) | :: pulsieren |
| pulsate {v} (to produce a recurring increase and decrease) | :: pulsieren |
| pulse {n} (regular beat caused by the heart) | :: Puls {m} |
| pulse {n} (beat, throb) | :: Puls {m} |
| pulse {n} (in music) | :: Puls {m} |
| pulse oximeter {n} (device used to monitor oxygen) | :: Pulsoxymeter {n} |
| pulse oximetry {n} (method of monitoring of the oxygenation of hemoglobin) | :: Pulsoxymetrie {f} |
| pultaceous {adj} (softened) | :: breiartig |
| pulverise {v} (to render into dust or powder) | :: pulverisieren |
| pulverize {v} (pulverise) SEE: pulverise | :: |
| puma {n} (Puma concolor) SEE: cougar | :: |
| pumice {n} (pumice) | :: Bims {m} |
| pumice stone {n} (piece of pumice or collective noun) | :: Bimsstein {m} |
| pummel {v} (To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly) | :: einschlagen auf |
| pump {n} (trainer or sneaker) SEE: trainer | :: |
| pump {n} (device for moving liquid or gas) | :: Pumpe {f} |
| pump {n} (slang: heart) | :: Pumpe {f} |
| pump {v} (transitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas) | :: pumpen |
| pump {v} (to fill with air) | :: aufpumpen |
| pump {v} (intransitive: to use a pump to move liquid or gas) | :: pumpen |
| pump attendant {n} (one who works at a petrol station) | :: Tankwart {m}, Tankwartin {f} |
| pumpjack {n} (drive for a submerged pump) | :: Tiefpumpe {f} |
| pumpkin {n} (plant) | :: Kürbis {m}, Kürbispflanze {f} |
| pumpkin {n} (fruit of this plant) | :: Kürbis {m}, Kürbisfrucht {f} |
| pumpkin {n} (color) | :: Kürbisfarbe {f}, Kürbisfarben {f-p} [frequently used in plural] |
| pumpkin {n} (term of endearment) | :: Kürbis {m} |
| pumpkin pie {n} (pie made from the flesh of pumpkins) | :: Kürbiskuchen {m}, Pumpkin Pie {m} |
| pumpkin seed {n} (seed) | :: Kürbiskern |
| pump truck {n} (manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets) SEE: pallet jack | :: |
| pump up {v} (to inflate by means of a pump) | :: aufpumpen |
| pump up {v} (to inflate with a pumping action) | :: aufpumpen |
| pun {n} (joke or type of wordplay) | :: Wortspiel {n}, Kalauer {m} |
| punch {n} (hit or strike with one's fist) | :: Faustschlag {m} |
| punch {n} (power, strength, energy) | :: Schwung {m}, Pep {m}, Temperament {n} |
| punch {v} (to strike something or someone with one's fist) | :: mit der Faust schlagen |
| punch {v} (to make holes) | :: lochen |
| punch {n} (device for creating holes in thin material) | :: Lochzange {f}, Locher {m} |
| punch {n} (mechanism for punching holes in paper) | :: Locher {m} |
| punch {n} (hole or opening created with a punch) | :: Lochung {f} |
| punch {v} (to employ a punch to create a hole) | :: lochen |
| punch {v} (to mark a ticket) | :: abstempeln |
| punch {n} (beverage) | :: Punsch {m}, Bowle {f} |
| punch {v} (to herd cattle) SEE: herd | :: |
| punchbowl {n} (punchbowl) | :: Bowle {f}, Bowlenschüssel {f}, Punschbowle {f} |
| punch card {n} (card with have holes or notches used for storing data) | :: Lochkarte {f} |
| punch clock {n} (time clock) SEE: time clock | :: |
| punchcutting {n} (craft of cutting letter punches) | :: Stempelschneiden {n} |
| punching bag {n} (device used to practice punching) | :: Sandsack {m}, Boxsack {m} |
| punch line {n} (final part of a joke) | :: Pointe {f}, Schluss eines Witzes {m}, witziger Schlusspunkt {m} |
| punch line {n} (final, concluding statement) | :: Schlusspunkt {m}, Schlussbemerkung {f} |
| punch list {n} (list of items required to complete a project) | :: Mängelliste {f} |
| punctiform {adj} (Having the form of a point) | :: punktförmig |
| punctilious {adj} (strictly attentive to detail) | :: pedantisch, minutiös, korrekt, förmlich, peinlich genau, überkorrekt |
| punctilious {adj} (precise) | :: pedantisch, genau, präzise |
| punctual {adj} (prompt) | :: pünktlich |
| punctuality {n} (state of being punctual) | :: Pünktlichkeit {f} |
| punctuate {v} (add punctuation to) | :: interpunktieren |
| punctuate {v} (emphasize, stress) SEE: emphasize | :: |
| punctuation {n} (set of symbols) | :: Satzzeichen {f}, Interpunktion {f}, Zeichensetzung {f} |
| punctuation mark {n} (symbol used in writing) | :: Satzzeichen {n} |
| puncture {v} (puncture) SEE: pierce | :: |
| puncture {n} (hole, cut or tear) | :: Einstich {m}, Reifenpanne {f} [flat tyre] |
| puncture {v} (to pierce) | :: durchstechen, punktieren |
| puncture vine {n} (Tribulus terrestris) SEE: caltrop | :: |
| pundit {n} (a self-professed expert) | :: Experte {m}, Kommentator {m}; [especially politics also] Meinungsführer {m}, Meinungsmacher {m}; [especially arts and media also] Kritiker {m} |
| pundit {n} (a Hindu scholar) | :: Pandit {m} |
| Pune {prop} (city in India) | :: Pune {n} |
| pungency {n} (foul odor) | :: Gestank {m} |
| pungent {adj} (having a strong odour) | :: stechend |
| Punic {adj} (Carthaginian) SEE: Carthaginian | :: |
| Punic War {n} (war between Ancient Rome and Carthage) | :: Punischer Krieg {m} |
| punish {v} (to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct) | :: bestrafen, strafen |
| punishable {adj} (appropriate for punishment) | :: strafbar |
| punisher {n} (one who punishes) | :: Bestrafer {m}, Bestraferin {f} |
| punishment {n} (the act of punishing) | :: Strafe {f}, Bestrafung {f} |
| punishment {n} (penalty for wrongdoing) | :: Bestrafung {f} |
| punitive {adj} (punishing) | :: strafend, Straf- |
| Punjab {prop} (geographical region in South Asia) | :: Pandjab |
| Punjabi {n} (language spoken in the Punjab region, in Northern India and eastern Pakistan) | :: Pandschabi {n} |
| punk {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute | :: |
| punk {n} (petty criminal) | :: Punk {m} |
| punk {n} (punk social movement) | :: Punk {m} |
| punkah {n} (fan) | :: Pankha {m} |
| punk rock {n} | :: Punk Rock {f} |
| punk rocker {n} (punk) SEE: punk | :: |
| punt {n} (narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole) | :: Stocherkahn {m} |
| punt {v} (propel a punt with a pole) | :: stochern |
| punter {n} (One who punts a football; one who propels a punt) | :: Punter {m} |
| punt gun {n} (large shotgun) | :: Entenkanone {f} |
| puny {adj} (of inferior size) | :: kümmerlich, schwächlich, klein, mickrig, kläglich |
| pup {v} (to give birth to pups) | :: werfen, jungen |
| pupa {n} (insect) | :: Puppe {f} |
| pupate {v} (to become a pupa) | :: sich verpuppen |
| pupil {n} (learner) | :: Schüler {m}, Schülerin {f}, Schulkind {n} |
| pupil {n} (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye) | :: Pupille {f} [usual]; Sehloch {n} [rare]; das Schwarze im Auge [colloquial; sometimes including the iris] |
| puppet {n} (movable model of a person or animal) | :: Handpuppe {f} (in glove form), Marionette {f} (moved with strings) |
| puppet {n} (person or country controlled by another) | :: Marionette {f} |
| puppet {n} (doll) SEE: doll | :: |
| puppeteer {n} (person who uses a puppet) | :: Puppenspieler {m}, Puppenspielerin {f} |
| puppet government {n} (government which is de facto controlled by a foreign power) | :: Marionettenregierung {f} |
| puppet show {n} (theatrical performance with puppets) | :: Puppenspiel {n} |
| Puppis {prop} (constellation) | :: Achterdeck des Schiffs {n} |
| puppy {n} (young dog) | :: Welpe {m}, Hündchen {n}, Hundewelpe {m}, junger Hund {m}, Hundebaby {n} [colloquial] |
| puppy {n} (young rat) | :: Rattenjunges {n} |
| puppy {n} (young seal) | :: Heuler {m}, Robbenbaby {n}, Robbenjunges {n}, Seehundjunges {n} |
| puppy dog eyes {n} (facial expression) | :: Hundeblick {m} [often more positive] |
| puppy fat {n} (natural fat on the body of a child) | :: Babyspeck {m} |
| puppy mill {n} (farm that breeds dogs) | :: Massenzuchtbetrieb {m}, Massenzuchtbetrieb für Hunde {m} |
| purchase {n} (the act or process of seeking and obtaining something for money) | :: Einkauf {m}, Kauf {m} |
| purchase {n} (that which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent) | :: Kauf {m}, Anschaffung {f} |
| purchase {n} (the acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price) | :: Anschaffung {f} |
| purchase {v} (to obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price) | :: kaufen, anschaffen, erwerben, erstehen |
| purchasing power {n} (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) | :: Kaufkraft {f} |
| purchasing power {n} (income available to households) | :: Kaufkraft {f} |
| purchasing power parity {n} (long-term equilibrium) | :: Kaufkraftparität {f} |
| pure {adj} (free of flaws or imperfections) | :: pur, rein |
| pure {adj} (free of foreign material or pollutants) | :: rein, bloß, schier |
| pure {adj} (free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean) | :: rein |
| pure {adj} (of a branch of science: done for its own sake) | :: rein |
| pure {adj} (phonetics: of a single, simple sound or tone) | :: einfach |
| pure {adj} (of sound: without harmonics or overtones) | :: pur, rein, sauber |
| pure as the driven snow {adj} (free of flaws or imperfections) | :: rein wie Schnee |
| purebred {adj} (that which has genuine parents of the same breed) | :: reinrassig, rassenrein [esp. Switzerland], Rasse- |
| puree {n} (food that has been ground into a thick liquid) | :: Püree {n} |
| puree {v} (to crush or grind food into a puree) | :: pürieren |
| purely imaginary number {n} (imaginary number) SEE: imaginary number | :: |
| pure mathematics {n} (area of mathematics) | :: reine Mathematik {f} |
| purgatory {n} (situation causing suffering) | :: Purgatorium {n} |
| purgatory {n} (Purgatory) SEE: Purgatory | :: |
| Purgatory {prop} (intermediate state after physical death) | :: Fegefeuer {n}, Fegfeuer {n}, [rare] Purgatorium |
| purge {n} (the act of purging) | :: Säubern {n}, Säuberung {f}, Reinigen {n}, Putzen {n} |
| purge {n} (forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.) | :: Säuberung {f} |
| purge {v} (to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities) | :: säubern, reinigen, läutern, entschlacken, eliminieren, löschen, spülen |
| purge {v} (to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds) | :: läutern, reinwaschen |
| purge {v} (to void or evacuate; to defecate or vomit) | :: erbrechen, sich übergeben, abführen |
| purge {v} (to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation) | :: reinwaschen |
| purge {v} | :: reinigen |
| purgeable {adj} (computing) | :: freisetzbar |
| purification {n} (act of purifying) | :: Reinigung {f} |
| purificator {n} (napkin) | :: Purifikatorium {n} |
| purify {v} (cleanse something of impurities) | :: reinigen |
| purify {v} (free someone from guilt or sin) | :: rein machen |
| Purim {prop} (Jewish festival) | :: Purim, Purimfest |
| purine {n} (organic heterocyclic base) | :: Purin {n} |
| purist {adj} (pertaining to purism) | :: puristisch |
| purist {n} (advocate of purism) | :: Purist {m}, Puristin {f} |
| puristic {adj} (purist) SEE: purist | :: |
| puritan {adj} (having very strict moral standards) | :: puritanisch |
| Puritan {n} (member of a particular Protestant religious sect) | :: Puritaner {m} |
| puritanical {adj} (of or pertaining to the Puritans) | :: puritanisch |
| purity {n} (the state of being pure) | :: Reinheit {f} |
| purl {n} (a particular stitch in knitting) | :: linke Masche {f} |
| purlin {n} (longitudinal structural member of a roof) | :: Pfette {f} |
| purloin {v} (To convert the property of another) | :: entwenden, mitgehen lassen |
| purloin {v} (To commit theft; to thieve) | :: stehlen |
| purple {n} (colour) | :: lila, purpur, violett |
| purple {adj} (colour) | :: purpurn, purpurrot |
| purple dye murex {n} (sea snail) | :: Purpurschnecke {f} |
| purple emperor {n} (butterfly) | :: Große Schillerfalter |
| purple heron {n} (Ardea purpurea) | :: Purpurreiher {m} |
| purple martin {n} (bird) | :: Purpurschwalbe {f} |
| purple swamphen {n} (Porphyrio porphyrio) | :: Purpurhuhn |
| purplish {adj} (somewhat purple in colour/color) | :: brombeerfarben |
| purport {v} (to intend) | :: beabsichtigen |
| purported {adj} (Supposed) | :: angeblich |
| purportedly {adv} (supposedly; putatively; reputedly) | :: angeblich, vermeintlich, vorbeglich |
| purpose {n} (target) | :: Zweck {m}, Ziel {n} |
| purpose {n} (intention) | :: Intention {f}, Absicht {f} |
| purpose {n} (subject of discourse) | :: Thema {n} |
| purpose {n} (reason for doing something) | :: Grund {m}; Zweck {m} |
| purpose {v} (have set as one's purpose; intend) | :: beabsichtigen, planen, vorschlagen |
| purposeful {adj} (resolute) | :: entschlossen, zielgerichtet |
| purposefully {adv} (on purpose) SEE: on purpose | :: |
| purposefulness {n} (being intentional) | :: Zielbewusstheit {f}, Zielgerichtetheit {f}, Zielsicherheit {f}, Zielstrebigkeit {f} |
| purposefulness {n} (being resolute) | :: Entschlossenheit {f} |
| purposely {adv} (on purpose; intentionally) | :: absichtlich |
| purpure {n} (purple colour on a coat of arms) | :: Purpur |
| purpure {adj} (in blazon, of the colour purple) | :: purpur |
| purpuric acid {n} (nitrogenous acid) | :: Purpursäure {f} |
| purr {v} (cat to make a vibrating sound in its throat) | :: schnurren |
| purr {n} (vibrating sound made by a cat when contented) | :: Schnurren {n} |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying money) | :: Geldbörse {f}, Geldbeutel {m}, Börse {f}, Beutel {m} |
| purse {n} (small bag for carrying personal items) | :: Handtasche {f} |
| purse {v} (press (the lips) together) | :: schürzen |
| purser {n} (person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship) | :: Purser {m}, Purserin {f}, Zahlmeister {m}, Proviantmeister {m} |
| purseweb spider {n} (spider) | :: Tapezierspinne {f} |
| purslane {n} (a plant of the family Portulacaceae) | :: Portulak {m} |
| purslane {n} (Portulaca oleracea) SEE: common purslane | :: |
| pursuant {adv} (accordingly, consequently) | :: gemäß |
| pursue {v} (to follow urgently) | :: verfolgen |
| pursue {v} (to travel down a particular way or course of action) | :: folgen, beschreiten |
| pursue {v} (to aim for) | :: nachjagen |
| pursue {v} (to participate in, practise (an activity, profession)) | :: nachgehen |
| pursuer {n} (one who pursues) | :: Verfolger {m}, Verfolgerin {f} |
| pursuit {n} (act of pursuing) | :: Verfolgung {f} |
| purulence {n} (pus) | :: Eiter {m} |
| purulent {adj} (consisting of pus) | :: eiterig, Eiter- |
| purvey {v} (obsolete: to prepare in advance) | :: (vor)bereiten |
| purvey {v} (to furnish, provide) | :: besorgen |
| purveyor {n} (supplier) SEE: supplier | :: |
| purview {n} (law: scope of a statute) | :: Geltungsbereich {m} |
| purview {n} (scope or range of interest or control) | :: Einflussbereich {m}, Zuständigkeitsbereich {m}, Bereich {m}, Reichweite {f}, Zuständigkeit {f} |
| purview {n} (range of understanding) | :: Bereich |
| pus {n} (fluid found in regions of infection) | :: Eiter {m} |
| Pusan {prop} (Busan) SEE: Busan | :: |
| push {v} (to apply a force to something so that it moves away) | :: drücken, schieben, stoßen |
| push {v} (to continually attempt to persuade into a particular action) | :: drängen |
| push {v} (intransitive: to tense the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents) | :: drücken |
| push {n} (short, directed application of force; act of pushing) | :: Schubs {m}, Stoß {m} |
| push {n} (act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents) | :: Druck {m} |
| push {v} (to thrust the points of the horns against) SEE: gore | :: |
| push-button {n} (electrical switch) | :: Druckknopf {m}, Druckschalter {m} |
| pushcart {n} (small pushable cart) | :: Handkarren {m} |
| pushchair {n} (stroller) SEE: stroller | :: |
| pushdown automaton {n} (automaton) | :: Kellerautomat {m} |
| push in {v} (jump the queue) SEE: jump the queue | :: |
| pushiness {n} (the quality of being pushy) | :: Aufdringlichkeit {f}, Penetranz {f}, Strebertum {n}, Agressivität {f}, Rücksichtslosigkeit {f}, Ellenbogentechnik {f} |
| pushiness {n} (being bold or determined) | :: Tatkraft {f}, Unternehmungsgeist {f}, Strebertum {n} |
| pushing up daisies {adj} ((euphemism) dead) | :: die Radieschen von unten ansehen, die Radieschen von unten betrachten (to watch the radish from below) |
| Pushkin {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Puschkin |
| push mower {n} (kind of lawnmower) | :: Handrasenmäher {m} |
| pushover {n} (Someone who is easily swayed or influenced to change his/her mind or comply) | :: Schwächling {m}, Umfaller {m} |
| pushpin {n} (thumbtack) SEE: thumbtack | :: |
| pushrod {n} (rod in a piston engine) | :: stoßstange |
| push scooter {n} (a child's foot-operated vehicle) SEE: scooter | :: |
| push the envelope {v} (to go beyond established limits) | :: bis an die Grenze gehen |
| pushup {n} (push-up) SEE: push-up | :: |
| push-up {n} (exercise performed by resting on one's toes and hands and pushing one's weight off the floor) | :: Liegestütz {m} |
| push-up bra {n} (bra designed to elevate the breasts) | :: Push-up-BH {m} |
| pushy {adj} (Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined) | :: aggressiv, [behaviour, person] aufdringlich, zudringlich |
| pusillanimous {adj} (showing cowardice) | :: feige, kleinmütig |
| Puss in Boots {prop} (fairy tale) | :: gestiefelte Kater {m} |
| pussy {n} (informal: affectionate term for a cat) | :: Kätzchen {n}, Mieze {f}, Pantoffeltiger {m} [humorous] |
| pussy {n} (slang: female genitalia) | :: Fotze {f}, Möse {f}, Muschi {f} |
| pussy {n} (informal: coward) | :: Weichei {n}, Warmduscher {m}, Lusche {f} |
| pussy {adj} (containing pus) | :: eitrig |
| pussy-cat {n} (affectionate term for a cat) | :: Miezekatze {f}, Schmusekatze {f}, [diminutive] Miezekätzchen {n} [diminutive], Schmusekätzchen {n} [diminutive], Muschi {f} [child's language], Pantoffeltiger {m} [humorous] |
| pussyfoot {v} (to move silently) | :: trippeln, auf Zehenspitzen gehen, schleichen |
| pussyfoot {v} (to act timidly) | :: um den heißen Brei schleichen, leisetreten |
| pussyfoot {v} (to use euphemistic language) | :: um den heißen Brei reden |
| pussywhipped {adj} (submissive to or dominated by one's wife or other female partner) | :: unter dem Pantoffel |
| pusta {n} (Hungarian steppe) | :: Puszta {f}, [obsolete] Pußta {f} |
| pustule {n} (a small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis) | :: Pustel {f} |
| put {v} (to place something somewhere) | :: setzen, stellen, legen, tun |
| put {v} (to bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition) | :: bringen |
| put {v} (athletics: to throw an iron ball) | :: kugelstoßen |
| put {n} (finance: contract to sell a security at a set price) | :: Put {m} {n} |
| put all one's eggs in one basket {v} (to rely on a single source) | :: alles auf eine Karte setzen, alle Eier in einen Korb legen |
| put an end to {v} (terminate) | :: zu einem Ende bringen, ein Ende setzen [with dative] |
| putative {adj} (commonly believed or deemed to be the case) | :: mutmaßlich, vermeintlich, angeblich |
| putatively {adv} (according to belief) | :: vermeintlich, vermutlich, mutmaßlich |
| put away {v} (to kill someone) SEE: kill | :: |
| put away {v} (to place out of the way) | :: wegräumen, weglegen |
| put away {v} (to store for later use) | :: weglegen, zurücklegen |
| put away {v} (to send (someone) to prison) SEE: imprison | :: |
| put down {v} (administer euthanasia to an animal) | :: einschläfern |
| put down roots {v} (to become settled) | :: Wurzeln schlagen |
| put forward {v} (to propose for consideration) | :: vorbringen |
| Putin {prop} (surname) | :: Putin |
| put in a good word {v} (to speak favourably of someone to someone else) | :: ein gutes Wort einlegen |
| Putinism {prop} (the political policies of Vladimir Putin) | :: Putinismus {m} |
| put in motion {v} (set in motion) SEE: set in motion | :: |
| Putler {prop} (derogatory name of Vladimir Putin) | :: Putler {m} |
| put off {v} (to delay) | :: verschieben, hinausschieben, zurückstellen |
| put off {v} (to offend, repulse) | :: abschrecken, entmutigen, verprellen, die Lust nehmen |
| put on {v} (to place upon) | :: aufsetzen |
| put on {v} (to don clothing) | :: anziehen |
| put on airs {v} (become haughty, assume a haughty manner) | :: sich aufspielen |
| put one's cards on the table {v} (to reveal one's true intentions) | :: die Karten auf den Tisch legen |
| put one's foot in one's mouth {v} (say or do something embarrassing or wrong) | :: ins Fettnäpfchen treten |
| put one's pants on one leg at a time {v} (be an ordinary person) | :: auch nur mit Wasser kochen |
| put on the block {v} (to sell) | :: zum Verkauf anbieten |
| put on weight {v} (to become heavier) | :: zunehmen, zulegen, [colloquial] Speck ansetzen, Fett ansetzen |
| put out {v} (place outside or eject) | :: rausbringen, raussetzen, rauswerfen |
| put out {v} (produce) | :: produzieren, herstellen |
| put out {v} (extinguish) | :: löschen |
| put out {v} (consent to sex) | :: ranlassen |
| put out of one's misery {v} (informal: to euthanize) | :: jemanden nicht länger auf die Folter spannen |
| put pen to paper {v} (to write) | :: schreiben |
| putrescible {adj} (Decomposable; capable of becoming putrescent; rottable) | :: verfaulbar, verrottbar |
| putrid {adj} (rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction) | :: verfault, verdorben, übelriechend, faulig, aasig |
| putsch {n} (a coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government) | :: Putsch {m} |
| putschist {n} (one who participates in a putsch) | :: Putschist {m}, Putschistin {f} |
| put someone in their place {v} (to remind someone of his position) | :: in seine Schranken weisen, zurechtweisen |
| put someone in their place {v} (to humble or rebuke) | :: runterputzen, vorführen |
| putter {n} (type of golf club) | :: Putter {m} |
| put that in your pipe and smoke it {phrase} (emphasizes a statement) | :: schreib dir das hinter die Ohren |
| put the cart before the horse {v} (to put things in the wrong order) | :: den Karren vor das Pferd spannen, den Pflug vor die Ochsen spannen, den Ochsen hinter den Pflug spannen, das Pferd von hinten aufzäumen |
| put the fear of God into {v} (put the fear of God into) | :: das Fürchten lehren [jemanden (acc) ...], in Angst und Schrecken versetzen [jemanden (acc) ...] |
| put through {v} (to connect (telephoning)) | :: verbinden, durchstellen |
| putto {n} (representation of a small, naked, often winged child) | :: Putto {m} |
| put to bed {v} (help someone go to bed) | :: zu Bett bringen |
| put to death {v} (to kill as punishment) SEE: execute | :: |
| put together {v} (create, assemble or build) | :: zusammenfügen |
| put to sleep {v} (to cause someone to sleep) | :: einschläfern, einlullen |
| put to sleep {v} (to kill an animal) | :: einschläfern |
| put to sleep {v} (to help someone to bed) SEE: put to bed | :: |
| put to the test {v} (test or evaluate) | :: auf die Probe stellen |
| put to words {v} (verbally express) SEE: articulate | :: |
| putty {n} (a form of cement) | :: Kitt {m}, Fensterkitt {m} |
| putty knife {n} (a similar tool with a wide, flat blade used by painters, plasterers, and carpenters to spread putty to fill holes and cracks) | :: Spachtelmesser {n}, Spachtel {m} {f}, Kittspachtel {m}, Kittmesser {n} |
| put up {v} (to put up with) SEE: put up with | :: |
| put-up {n} (Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone) | :: abgekartetes Spiel {n}, Falle {f}, Inszenierung {f} |
| put up with {v} | :: in Kauf nehmen, hinnehmen, akzeptieren, mit etwas klarkommen, klarkommen |
| put words in someone's mouth {v} (say or imply that someone has said a thing) | :: jemanden Worte in den Mund legen |
| puukko {n} (type of sharp, pointed knife of Nordic heritage) | :: Waldmesser {n} |
| puzzle {n} (crossword puzzle) SEE: crossword | :: |
| puzzle {n} (anything difficult to understand or make sense of) | :: Rätsel {n} |
| puzzle {n} (game for one person) | :: Puzzle {n}, Geduldspiel {n}, Geduldsspiel {n} |
| puzzle {n} (riddle) | :: Rätsel {n} |
| puzzle {v} (to perplex) | :: durcheinander bringen, verwirren |
| puzzle {n} (jigsaw puzzle) SEE: jigsaw puzzle | :: |
| puzzled {adj} (confused or perplexed) | :: verblüfft, verdutzt, perplex |
| puzzling {adj} (difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing) | :: verwirrend, rätselhaft |
| pyaemia {n} (type of septicemia) | :: Pyämie {f} |
| pyemic {adj} (of or pertaining to pyemia) | :: pyämisch |
| pygidium {n} (The posteriormost portion of certain arthropods) | :: Pygidium {n} |
| pygmy {n} (a member of various African peoples) | :: Pygmäe {m} |
| pygmy {n} | :: Pygmy {m} |
| pygmy chimpanzee {n} (alternative name for bonobo) | :: Zwergschimpanse {m}, Zwergschimpansin {f}, Zwergschimpansenmännchen {n}, Zwergschimpansen-Männchen {n}, Zwergschimpansenweibchen {n}, Zwergschimpansen-Weibchen {n} |
| pygmy cormorant {n} (Microcarbo pygmaeus) | :: Zwergscharbe {f} |
| pygmy hippopotamus {n} (Hexaprotodon liberiensis) | :: Zwergflusspferd {n} |
| pygostyle {n} (the plate supporting the tail-feathers in birds) | :: Pygostyl {n} |
| pylon {n} (a gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple) | :: Pylon {m} |
| pylon {n} (a tower like structure used to support high voltage electricity cables) | :: Strommast {m} |
| pylon {n} | :: Mast {m} |
| pylon {n} (obelisk) SEE: obelisk | :: |
| pylon {n} (traffic cone) SEE: traffic cone | :: |
| pyometra {n} (pyometra) | :: Pyometra {f} |
| Pyongyang {prop} (capital of North Korea) | :: Pjöngjang {n} |
| pyramid {n} (ancient construction) | :: Pyramide {f} |
| pyramid {n} (in geometry, a solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal base) | :: Pyramide {f} |
| pyramid {n} (pyramid scheme) SEE: pyramid scheme | :: |
| pyramidal tract {n} | :: pyramidales System {n} |
| pyramidic {adj} (Of or pertaining to a pyramid) | :: pyramidisch |
| pyramidion {n} (miniature pyramid) | :: Pyramidion {n} |
| pyramidologist {n} (one who studies pyramidology) | :: Pyramidologe {m} |
| pyramidology {n} (study of pyramids, but from a supernatural or new-age perspective) | :: Pyramidologie {f} |
| pyramid scheme {n} (illicit money-making scheme) | :: Schneeballsystem {n} |
| Pyramid Texts {prop} (ancient Egyptian funerary texts) | :: Pyramidentexte {m-p} |
| pyrargyrite {n} (a mineral, silver sulfantimonide) | :: Pyrargyrit {m} |
| pyre {n} (funeral pile) | :: Scheiterhaufen {m} |
| Pyrenean {adj} (of or pertaining to the Pyrenees) | :: pyrenäisch |
| Pyrenees {prop} (the mountain range separating Spain from France) | :: Pyrenäen {f-p} |
| pyriform {adj} (pear-shaped) | :: birnenförmig |
| pyrite {n} (mineral iron disulfide) | :: Pyrit {n} |
| pyrochlore {n} (mineral) | :: Pyrochlor {m} |
| pyroclastic {adj} (composed of volcanic rock fragments) | :: pyroklastisch |
| pyroclastic flow {n} (pyroclastic flow) | :: pyroklastischer Strom {m}, Glutlawine {f} |
| pyrography {n} (art of decorating wood or leather by burning designs into its surface) | :: Brandmalerei {f}, Pyrografie {f}, Pyrographie {f} |
| pyrography {n} (decoration or design so produced) | :: Brandmalerei {f}, Pyrografie {f}, Pyrographie {f} |
| pyroligneous acid {n} (dark liquid) | :: Holzessig {m} |
| pyrolusite {n} (a mineral, manganese dioxide) | :: Pyrolusit {m} |
| pyrolysis {n} (decomposition of a material or compound due to heat where there is no oxygen or other reagents) | :: Pyrolyse |
| pyromania {n} (disorder) | :: Pyromanie {f} |
| pyromaniac {n} (one who is obsessed with fire) | :: Pyromane {m} |
| pyrope {n} (mineral) | :: Pyrop {m} |
| pyrophobia {n} (fear of fires) | :: Pyrophobie {f} |
| pyrosis {n} (burning sensation due to reflux) | :: Sodbrennen {n} |
| pyrotechnician {n} (a person who designs or organises pyrotechnics) | :: Pyrotechniker {m}, Pyrotechnikerin {f} |
| pyrotechnics {n} (firework) SEE: firework | :: |
| pyrotechnics {n} (art and technology of fireworks) | :: Pyrotechnik {f}, Feuerwerkerei {f} |
| pyrotol {n} (explosive) | :: Pyrotol {n} |
| pyroxene {n} (mineral) | :: Pyroxen {m} |
| pyrrhic {adj} (Of or characterized by pyrrhics) | :: pyrrhisch |
| Pyrrhic {adj} (achieved at excessive cost) | :: Pyrrhus- [as in Pyrrhussieg], pyrrhisch |
| Pyrrhic victory {n} (a costly victory) | :: Pyrrhussieg {m} |
| pyrrole {n} (any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds) | :: Pyrrol |
| pyruvic acid {n} (simplest aliphatic keto acid) | :: Brenztraubensäure {f} |
| Pythagoras {prop} (Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher) | :: Pythagoras |
| Pythagorean {n} (follower of Pythagoras) | :: Pythagoreer {m}, Pythagoreerin {f}, [Austrian] Pythagoräer {m}, [Austrian] Pythagoräerin {f} |
| Pythagorean {adj} (of or relating to Pythagoras or his philosophy) | :: pythagoreisch, [Austrian] pythagoräisch |
| Pythagorean theorem {prop} (mathematical theorem) | :: Satz des Pythagoras {m} |
| python {n} (constricting snake) | :: Python {m}, Pythonschlange {f} |
| Python {prop} (Greek mythology) | :: Python {f} |
| pyx {n} (nautical: box for compass) SEE: binnacle | :: |
| Pyxis {prop} (constellation) | :: Schiffskompass {m} |