# translation

lexentry: eng/collateral_damage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral damage
trans_list: Kollateralschaden | Begleitschaden | Kollateralschäden | Randschaden | nebensächlicher Schaden
sense:
(military, euphemistic) Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.


lexentry: eng/colleague__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colleague
trans_list: Kollege | Kollegin | Mitarbeiter | Mitarbeiterin
sense:
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.


lexentry: eng/collect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collect
trans_list: Oration
sense:
(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.


lexentry: eng/collect__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collect
trans_list: sammeln | anhäufen
sense:
(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.


lexentry: eng/collecting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collecting
trans_list: Sammeln
sense:
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collection
trans_list: Sammlung | Kollektion
sense:
(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collection
trans_list: Sammelung
sense:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.


lexentry: eng/collection_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collection plate
trans_list: Klingelbeutel | Kollektenkorb
sense:
A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.


lexentry: eng/collective_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective agreement
trans_list: Tarifvertrag
sense:
A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.


lexentry: eng/collective_bargaining__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective bargaining
trans_list: Tarifverhandlungen
sense:
A method of negotiation in which employees negotiate as a group with their employers, usually via a trade union.


lexentry: eng/collective_numeral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective numeral
trans_list: Sammelzahlwort
sense:
(grammar) A numeral that signifies that several persons or things are taken definitely and unitedly together, in the sense of—both, all three, all four, etc.


lexentry: eng/collective_unconscious__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective unconscious
trans_list: kollektives Unbewusstes
sense:
(psychology) The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.


lexentry: eng/collectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collectivism
trans_list: Kollektivismus
sense:
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively


lexentry: eng/college__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: college
trans_list: Berufskolleg | Fachschule
sense:
(UK) An institution for adult education at a basic or intermediate level (teaching those of any age).


lexentry: eng/collegial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collegial
trans_list: kollegial
sense:
Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/collegiality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: collegiality
trans_list: Kollegialität
sense:
power and authority that is shared among peers, especially the sharing of collegiate power among Roman Catholic bishops.


lexentry: eng/collet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collet
trans_list: Spannzange
sense:
A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.


lexentry: eng/collider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collider
trans_list: Speicherring
sense:
(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.


lexentry: eng/colligate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colligate
trans_list: einigen, verein(ig)en, integrieren, zusammennehmen
sense:
(transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.


lexentry: eng/collimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collimate
trans_list: kollimieren
sense:
To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.


lexentry: eng/collinearity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collinearity
trans_list: Kollinearität
sense:
(countable, genetics) The relationship between the linear sequence of codons in DNA and that of amino acids in the protein so coded


lexentry: eng/collision_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collision attack
trans_list: Kollisionsangriff
sense:
(cryptography) An attack on a cryptographic hash function that is able to find a hash collision (a pair of different inputs that have the same hash) faster than by brute force.


lexentry: eng/collision_course__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collision course
trans_list: Kollisionskurs
sense:
A course or path between two or more objects which, if continued at the current rate, will result in a collision.


lexentry: eng/collocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collocation
trans_list: Kollokation | Wortverbindung
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.


lexentry: eng/colloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colloid
trans_list: Kolloid
sense:
(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.


lexentry: eng/colloquium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colloquium
trans_list: Kolloquium
sense:
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.


lexentry: eng/collude__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire
written_rep: collude
trans_list:
kolludieren | heimlich kooperieren | konspirieren | unter einer Decke stecken mit | zusammenspielen | zusammenwirken


lexentry: eng/colocynth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colocynth
trans_list: Bitterapfel | Echte Zitrulle | Koloquinte | Koloquintenkürbis | Pomaquinte | Purgiergurke
sense:
A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.


lexentry: eng/colocynth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colocynth
trans_list: Bitterapfel | Echte Zitrulle | Koloquinte | Koloquintenkürbis | Pomaquinte | Purgiergurke
sense:
The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative.


lexentry: eng/cologne__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cologne
trans_list: Kölnisch Wasser | Eau de Cologne | Kölnischwasser
sense:
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.


lexentry: eng/colon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colon
trans_list: Grimmdarm | Kolon
sense:
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)


lexentry: eng/colonel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel
trans_list: Oberst
sense:
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).


lexentry: eng/colonel_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel general
trans_list: Generaloberst
sense:
(military rank) A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.


lexentry: eng/colonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonialism
trans_list: Kolonialismus
sense:
The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.


lexentry: eng/colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: colony
trans_list: Kolonie
sense:
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.


lexentry: eng/colophon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colophon
trans_list: Kolophon
sense:
(printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: Tinktur
sense:
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: Farbton
sense:
These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: color
trans_list: Farbe
sense:
(finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.


lexentry: eng/color__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: ausmalen
sense:
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.


lexentry: eng/color_blind__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blind
trans_list: farbenblind
sense:
(of a, person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).


lexentry: eng/color_blindness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blindness
trans_list: Farbenblindheit
sense:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.


lexentry: eng/colored__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: colored
trans_list: farbig
sense:
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)


lexentry: eng/colored__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colored
trans_list: Farbige | Farbiger
sense:
(South Africa) A person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian); a colored person.


lexentry: eng/colorfast__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colorfast
trans_list: farbecht
sense:
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.


lexentry: eng/colorimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colorimeter
trans_list: Kolorimeter
sense:
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.


lexentry: eng/coloring_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coloring book
trans_list: Malbuch
sense:
A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.


lexentry: eng/colorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colorism
trans_list: Kolorismus
sense:
(American spelling) Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.


lexentry: eng/colorize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colorize
trans_list: kolorieren
sense:
(photography, filmology) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).


lexentry: eng/colossus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colossus
trans_list: Koloss
sense:
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.


lexentry: eng/colostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colostrum
trans_list: Kolostrum | Biestmilch | Biest | Erstmilch | Vormilch
sense:
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.


lexentry: eng/colour_retention_agent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colour retention agent
trans_list: Farbstabilisator
sense:
Any compound added to a food product in order to retain or enhance its colour during storage or cooking.


lexentry: eng/colour_revolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colour revolution
trans_list: Farbenrevolution | Farbrevolution
sense:
(politics) Any of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance.


lexentry: eng/colour_wheel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colour wheel
trans_list: Farbkreis | Farbrad
sense:
(British spelling) A planar circular chart in which related colours are adjacent, and complementary colors are opposite.


lexentry: eng/coltan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltan
trans_list: Coltan
sense:
(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.


lexentry: eng/coltsfoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltsfoot
trans_list: Huflattich
sense:
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.


lexentry: eng/colugo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colugo
trans_list: Riesengleiter
sense:
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: Columbarium | Kolumbarium | Taubenhaus | Taubenschlag
sense:
(historical) A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: Kolumbarium | Columbarium | Urnenhalle
sense:
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.


lexentry: eng/columbite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: columbite
trans_list: Columbit
sense:
(mineral) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: column
trans_list: Säule
sense:
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: column
trans_list: Kolonne | Kolumne | Spalte | Druckspalte
sense:
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: column
trans_list: Kolumne | Säule
sense:
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: column
trans_list: Säule
sense:
(chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colza
trans_list: Raps
sense:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/comb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comb
trans_list: Kamm
sense:
The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.


lexentry: eng/combination_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combination pliers
trans_list: Kombinationszange | Kombizange
sense:
(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.


lexentry: eng/combinatorial_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combinatorial chemistry
trans_list: kombinatorische Chemie
sense:
(chemistry) The synthesis of a large number of structurally related compounds, especially in the pharmaceutical industry in an attempt to produce improved drugs.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combinatorics
trans_list: Kombinatorik
sense:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/combining_form__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combining form
trans_list: Zusammensetzen
sense:
(grammar) A type of word part; a bound morpheme; used in combination with a word, a different combining form, or an affix to form a new word.


lexentry: eng/combo_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combo box
trans_list: Kombinationsfeld | Combobox
sense:
(graphical user interface) A widget that is a combination of a dropdown list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or choose from the list of existing options.


lexentry: eng/combustion_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combustion chamber
trans_list: Brennkammer
sense:
An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/come_about__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come about
trans_list: ein Wendemanöver durchführen | wenden
sense:
(intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.


lexentry: eng/come_across__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come across
trans_list: herüberkommen | vorkommen | wirken
sense:
(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come again
trans_list: wie bitte | bitte | nochmal bitte
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_apart__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come apart
trans_list: aufmachen
sense:
(intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.


lexentry: eng/come_around__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come around
trans_list: einlenken
sense:
(idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.


lexentry: eng/come_back__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: come back
trans_list: zurückkehren | zurückkommen
sense:
(intransitive) To return to a former state, usually a desirable one; to become fashionable once more.


lexentry: eng/come_from__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come from
trans_list: begreifen
sense:
(transitive, slightly, informal) To derive one's opinion or argument from; to take as a conceptual starting point.


lexentry: eng/come_full_circle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come full circle
trans_list: den Kreis schließen | zum Ausgangspunkt zurückkehren
sense:
(idiomatic) To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/come_out_of_the_closet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come out of the closet
trans_list: outen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.


lexentry: eng/come_to_grips_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation.
written_rep: come to grips with
trans_list:
etwas anpacken | etwas bewältigen | in den Griff bekommen | mit etwas klarkommen | mit etwas umgehen | sich in etwas einarbeiten


lexentry: eng/come_to_one's_senses__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come to one's senses
trans_list: sich besinnen
sense:
(idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come up with
trans_list: ausdenken
sense:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comeback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comeback
trans_list: Comeback | Rückkehr
sense:
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.


lexentry: eng/comedo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comedo
trans_list: Komedo | Mitesser
sense:
(medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comely
trans_list: hübsch | ansehnlich
sense:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comfort_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comfort food
trans_list: Nervennahrung | Seelentröster
sense:
Food, often high in carbohydrates or sugar, consumed to feel comfort or alleviate stress rather than to receive nutrition.


lexentry: eng/comfort_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfort woman
trans_list: Trostfrau
sense:
(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comfort zone
trans_list: Komfortzone
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


lexentry: eng/comfortable_in_one's_own_skin__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfortable in one's own skin
trans_list: sich in seiner Haut wohl fühlen
sense:
(idiomatic) Relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfrey
trans_list: Beinwell
sense:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic book
trans_list: Comicbuch
sense:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic relief
trans_list: Comic Relief | komische Entlastung
sense:
(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic strip
trans_list: Comicstrip | Comic | (lustige) Bildergeschichte
sense:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.


lexentry: eng/comitative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitative
trans_list: Komitativ | komitativisch
sense:
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.


lexentry: eng/comitative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitative case
trans_list: Komitativ
sense:
(grammatical case) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.


lexentry: eng/comitology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitology
trans_list: Komitologie
sense:
(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comma
trans_list: Komma | Beistrich
sense:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comma
trans_list: C-Falter
sense:
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.


lexentry: eng/command-line_interpreter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: command-line interpreter
trans_list: Befehlszeileninterpreter | Kommandozeileninterpreter
sense:
(computing) A computer program that reads lines of text entered by a user and interprets them in the context of a given operating system or programming language.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: command
trans_list: Befehl | Kommando
sense:
(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/command_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: command economy
trans_list: Befehlswirtschaft
sense:
(economics, politics) A planned economy in which the government (or some other central authority) is solely responsible for resource allocation, distribution and the setting of prices, with little to no market influence.


lexentry: eng/commandery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commandery
trans_list: Kommende | Komturei
sense:
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.


lexentry: eng/commando__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commando
trans_list: Kommando
sense:
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.


lexentry: eng/commencement__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commencement
trans_list: Abschlussfeier
sense:
A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commensalism
trans_list: Kommensalismus
sense:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comment
trans_list: Kommentar
sense:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/commentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commentary
trans_list: Kommentar
sense:
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commerce
trans_list: Handel | Kommerz
sense:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commercialize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commercialize
trans_list: kommerzialisieren
sense:
(transitive) To apply business methodology to something in order to profit (such as introducing salability to a resource that comes from, or rightfully belongs to, the commons).


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie
trans_list: Kommi
sense:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/commie_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie block
trans_list: Plattenbau
sense:
(pejorative) A large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids, similar to a plattenbau.


lexentry: eng/comminution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comminution
trans_list: Zerkleinern
sense:
(often, mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commissariat
trans_list: Kommissariat
sense:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioned officer
trans_list: Offizier
sense:
(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.


lexentry: eng/commissioning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioning
trans_list: Inbetriebnahme | Inbetriebsetzung | Bevollmächtigung | Indienststellung
sense:
The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commit
sense:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

trans_list:
begehen | engagieren | verpflichten | verüben | (Programm-)Änderungen als dauerhaft erklären | (am Wettbewerb) teilnehmen


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: commit
trans_list: engagieren | verpflichten | committen | festlegen | sich engagieren | sich verpflichten
sense:
(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: commit
trans_list: (Programmänderung in die offizielle Programmversion) einbauen
sense:
(transitive, programming) To integrate new revisions into the public or master version of a file in a version control system.


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: committee
trans_list: Komitee | Ausschuss | Kommission
sense:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodious
trans_list: angebracht
sense:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commodity
trans_list: Rohstoff | Konsumware | Verbrauchsgut | unverarbeitete Ware
sense:
(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodity
trans_list: Billigware | Massenware | No-Name-Produkt | Standardware
sense:
(marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.


lexentry: eng/commodity_fetishism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commodity fetishism
trans_list: Warenfetisch | Warenfetischismus
sense:
(Marxism) The perception of the social relationships involved in production as economic relationships among the money and commodities exchanged in market trade, instead of as relationships among people.


lexentry: eng/common_European_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common European adder
trans_list: Kreuzotter
sense:
A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia


lexentry: eng/common_barley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common barley
trans_list: Gerste
sense:
A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common bile duct
trans_list: Hauptgallengang
sense:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common clothes moth
trans_list: Mol
sense:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common cold
trans_list: Erkältung
sense:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common gender
trans_list: Utrum | Genus commune
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.


lexentry: eng/common_ground_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common ground dove
trans_list: Sperlingstäubchen
sense:
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common house martin
trans_list: Mehlschwalbe
sense:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: common knowledge
trans_list: Allgemeinbildung | Allgemeinwissen | gemeinsames Vorwissen | gemeinsames Wissen
sense:
(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.


lexentry: eng/common_land__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common land
trans_list: Allmende
sense:
(British, Irish) an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on (often shortened to common).


lexentry: eng/common_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: common law
trans_list: common law
sense:
(legal, historical) Body of law and procedure administered in certain courts (known as law courts) in England and its former colonies characterized by a rigid system of writs, with a limited set of remedies (as opposed to equity or admiralty).


lexentry: eng/common_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common noun
trans_list: Gattungsname | Appellativum | Appellativ | Gattungsbezeichnung
sense:
A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.


lexentry: eng/common_poppy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common poppy
trans_list: Klatschmohn
sense:
The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.


lexentry: eng/common_ragweed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common ragweed
trans_list: Beifußblättriges Traubenkraut
sense:
A plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, which is the most widespread plant of the genus Ambrosia in North America.


lexentry: eng/common_sandpiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sandpiper
trans_list: Flussuferläufer | Flußuferläufer
sense:
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sense
trans_list: gesunder Menschenverstand | Common Sense
sense:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/common_sorrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sorrel
trans_list: Wiesen-Sauerampfer
sense:
Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common swift
trans_list: Mauersegler
sense:
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.


lexentry: eng/common_yarrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common yarrow
trans_list: Gemeine Schafgarbe
sense:
Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commons
trans_list: Allmende
sense:
(usually singular in construction) A common#Noun (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.


lexentry: eng/commons__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commons
trans_list: Allmende
sense:
(figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.


lexentry: eng/commune__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commune
trans_list: Gemeinde | Kommune
sense:
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).


lexentry: eng/communicant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicant
sense:
(Christianity) A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)

trans_list:
Kommunikant | Abendmahlsbesucher | Abendmahlsbesucherin | Abendmahlsgast | Abendmahlsgänger | Abendmahlsgängerin


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicate
sense:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

trans_list:
kommunizieren | mitteilen | an der Kommunion teilnehmen | die Kommunion empfangen | kundtun | weitergeben


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: in Verbindung stehen | verbunden sein
sense:
(intransitive) To be connected by means of an opening or channel [with with ‘another room, vessel etc.’]. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: kommunizieren | verständigen
sense:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: an der Kommunion teilnehmen | die Kommunion empfangen
sense:
(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communication_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communication studies
trans_list: Kommunikationswissenschaft
sense:
An academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time.


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communism
trans_list: Kommunismus
sense:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.


lexentry: eng/communist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communist
trans_list: Kommunist | Kommunistin | kommunistisch
sense:
(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.


lexentry: eng/communitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communitarianism
trans_list: Kommunitarismus
sense:
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community
trans_list: Gemeinschaft | Gesellschaft | Community
sense:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: community
trans_list: Gemeinschaft | Gesellschaft | Community
sense:
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/community_centre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community centre
trans_list: Freizeitzentrum
sense:
A building where the people, groups, and organisations in a particular area can go in order to meet one another for recreation, education, business etc.


lexentry: eng/community_service__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community service
trans_list: Gemeinschaftsdienst
sense:
Service or activity performed for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.


lexentry: eng/community_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community work
trans_list: Gemeinwesenarbeit
sense:
(uncountable) A form of social work enabling people to articulate their needs and interests within the context of structural issues of groups or social spaces and thus improve their living conditions with empirically sound methods.


lexentry: eng/commutative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commutative
trans_list: kommutativ
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.


lexentry: eng/commutator__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commutator
trans_list: Kommutator
sense:
(ring theory) A binary map in a given ring R, given by [a, b] = ab − ba, where a and b are elements of R, which yields the ring's zero element if and only if the multiplication operation commutes for a and b.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: ablösen
sense:
(transitive, finance, law) To pay, or arrange to pay, in advance, in a lump sum instead of part by part.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: ablösen | umwandeln
sense:
(transitive, insurance, pensions) To pay out the lumpsum present value of an annuity, instead of paying in instalments; to cash in; to encash


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: umwandeln | austauschen | abwandeln | herabsetzen | umtauschen | vertauschen
sense:
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commute
trans_list: austauschen | ersetzen | kommutieren | tauschen | umstellen | vertauschen
sense:
(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: pendeln | hin- und herfahren
sense:
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/commuter_bus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commuter bus
trans_list: Pendelbus
sense:
A public transport bus used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works and within a metropolitan area (not to be confused with shuttle bus)


lexentry: eng/commuter_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commuter rail
trans_list: S-Bahn | Stadtschnellbahn
sense:
(rail transport) A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway


lexentry: eng/comorbidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comorbidity
trans_list: Komorbidität | Begleiterkrankung
sense:
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.


lexentry: eng/comp__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comp
trans_list: hinzufügen
sense:
(transitive) To provide (someone) with a complimentary item, such as a ticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.


lexentry: eng/compact__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compact
trans_list: Puderdose
sense:
A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.


lexentry: eng/compact_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compact star
trans_list: kompakter Stern | kompaktes Objekt
sense:
(star) A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: company
trans_list: Kompanie | Gesellschaft
sense:
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: company
trans_list: Gesellschaft | Unternehmen | Firma
sense:
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative
trans_list: Komparativ | Höherstufe | Mehrstufe
sense:
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).


lexentry: eng/comparative_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative linguistics
trans_list: vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
sense:
(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.


lexentry: eng/comparative_literature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative literature
trans_list: Komparatistik | Literaturwissenschaft
sense:
The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.


lexentry: eng/comparative_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative method
trans_list: historisch-vergleichende Methode
sense:
(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compare
trans_list: vergleichen | komparieren
sense:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: Vergleich | Abgleich | Gegenüberstellung
sense:
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: Steigerung | Komparation
sense:
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.


lexentry: eng/compartment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compartment
trans_list: Postament
sense:
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.


lexentry: eng/compartmentalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compartmentalization
trans_list: Untergliederung | Unterteilung
sense:
(by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass
trans_list: Kompass | Seekompass
sense:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass point
trans_list: Himmelsrichtung
sense:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass rose
trans_list: Kompassrose | Windrose
sense:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.


lexentry: eng/compassionate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compassionate
trans_list: bemitleiden
sense:
(transitive, archaic) To feel compassion (for someone or with regard to something); to regard (someone or something) with compassion.


lexentry: eng/compatibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compatibility
trans_list: Kompatibilität | Vereinbarkeit
sense:
(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compellation
trans_list: Name
sense:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensate
trans_list: ausgleichen | kompensieren | aufwiegen | ausbügeln | wettmachen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: Aufrechnung
sense:
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: Kompensierung | Wiedergutmachung
sense:
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: Ausgleich
sense:
The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.


lexentry: eng/compensation_neurosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compensation neurosis
sense:
A psychic symptom of an injured claimant where he practices a rejectionist attitude towards gainful activity not because his sufferings induced by the injury have transformed into somatic complaints but due to character faults or perverse legal understanding and on this basis demands that the ensuing financial losses be compensated by the tortfeasor.

trans_list:
Begehrensneurose | Entschädigungsneurose | Rechtsneurose | Rentenneurose | Tendenzneurose | Unfallneurose


lexentry: eng/compensatory_lengthening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compensatory lengthening
trans_list: Ersatzdehnung
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, regarded as an extreme form of fusion; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/compersion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compersion
trans_list: Mitfreude
sense:
(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: competence
trans_list: Kompetenz | Befugnis | Zuständigkeit | Befähigung | Können | Sachkunde
sense:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compilation
trans_list: Zusammenstellung | Auswahl | Sammelwerk | Sammlung
sense:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: Klage | Beschwerde | Reklamation | Anzeige | Beanstandung | Monierung
sense:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: Anzeige | Strafanzeige
sense:
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.


lexentry: eng/complementizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complementizer
trans_list: Complementizer | Komplementierer
sense:
(linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.


lexentry: eng/complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complete
trans_list: komplett | vollständig
sense:
(analysis, of a metric space or topological group) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.


lexentry: eng/complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: complete
trans_list: komplett | vollständig
sense:
(computing theory, of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complex
trans_list: komplex
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: complex
trans_list: komplex
sense:
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: complex
trans_list: Komplex
sense:
(informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: complex
trans_list: Komplex
sense:
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.


lexentry: eng/complex_conjugate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex conjugate
trans_list: komplex Konjugierte
sense:
(mathematics) Of a complex number x, the complex number \overline x formed by changing the sign of the imaginary part: The complex conjugate of a + bi is a - bi.


lexentry: eng/complex_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex number
trans_list: komplexe Zahl
sense:
(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit.


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex sentence
trans_list: Satzgefüge
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complexity_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complexity function
trans_list: Komplexitätsfunktion
sense:
(group theory, computing theory, of a string) A function that counts the number of distinct factors (substrings of consecutive symbols) in a string of symbols;(of a formal language) a function that counts the number of words of a given length.


lexentry: eng/complexity_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: complexity function
trans_list: Komplexitätsfunktion
sense:
(computing theory, of an algorithm) A function representing the computational complexity an algorithm.


lexentry: eng/compliance__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: compliance
trans_list: Compliance | Regelkonformität | Regeltreue
sense:
(uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complication
trans_list: Komplikation
sense:
(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/complicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complicity
trans_list: Mitschuld | Komplizenschaft | Komplizität | Mittäterschaft | Tatbeteiligung | Teilhaberschaft
sense:
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: component
trans_list: Komponente
sense:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compose
trans_list: komponieren | verfassen | abfassen
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/composite_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: composite number
trans_list: zusammengesetzte Zahl
sense:
(number theory) A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.


lexentry: eng/compound__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compound
trans_list: Verbindung
sense:
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.


lexentry: eng/compound__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compound
trans_list: durch Vergleich regeln | einen Vergleich schließen | sich vergleichen
sense:
(transitive, legal) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.


lexentry: eng/compound_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound bow
trans_list: Compoundbogen
sense:
(weapons) A modern bow that uses pulleys and cables to help with the drawing and releasing of the bowstring.


lexentry: eng/compound_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound butter
trans_list: Würzbutter
sense:
Any mixture of butter and supplementary ingredients (such as lemon or garlic), typically used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/compound_chocolate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound chocolate
trans_list: Fettglasur
sense:
A product made from a combination of cocoa, vegetable fat, and sweeteners, used as a lower-cost alternative to chocolate.


lexentry: eng/compound_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound eye
trans_list: Facettenauge
sense:
A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound interest
trans_list: Zinseszins
sense:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/compound_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound sentence
trans_list: Satzreihe | Satzverbindung
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').


lexentry: eng/comprador_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprador bourgeoisie
trans_list: Kompradorenbourgeoisie | Kompradorenklasse
sense:
(Marxism) A section of an indigenous middle class allied with foreign investors, multinational corporations, bankers, and military interests.


lexentry: eng/compreg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compreg
trans_list: Kunstharzpressholz
sense:
A compressed and resin-impregnated wood; a wood-based composite made in various forms: panels, solid profiles, or molded parts.


lexentry: eng/comprehensive_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprehensive school
trans_list: Gesamtschule
sense:
(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: Kompresse
sense:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: komprimieren
sense:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.


lexentry: eng/compressed_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compressed air
trans_list: Druckluft | Pressluft
sense:
Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/compressibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compressibility
trans_list: Kompressibilität | Stauchung
sense:
(thermodynamics) The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compression
trans_list: Kompression
sense:
(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: bestehen aus
sense:
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: beinhalten
sense:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsion
trans_list: Zwang | Zwangneurose
sense:
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_acquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory acquisition
trans_list: Enteignung
sense:
(legal, Australia, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory education
trans_list: Schulpflicht | Schulzwang
sense:
(legal, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_purchase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory purchase
trans_list: Enteignung | Zwangsenteignung
sense:
(legal, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/computational_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational geometry
trans_list: algorithmische Geometrie
sense:
(computer science, geometry) A field of study, within computer science, devoted to algorithms that solve problems formulated in geometric terms.


lexentry: eng/computational_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational linguistics
trans_list: Computerlinguistik
sense:
(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.


lexentry: eng/computational_number_theory__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational number theory
trans_list: algorithmische Zahlentheorie
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) The field of study dealing with computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry.


lexentry: eng/computed_tomography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computed tomography
trans_list: Computertomographie
sense:
A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer
trans_list: Computer | Rechner
sense:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer game
trans_list: Computerspiel
sense:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer language
trans_list: Computersprache
sense:
(programming) A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages etc.


lexentry: eng/computer_literacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer literacy
trans_list: Computerkompetenz | EDV-Kenntnisse | Informatikkenntnisse
sense:
(computing) The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language). [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer programming
trans_list: Computerprogrammierung
sense:
(programming) The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer science
trans_list: Informatik | Computerwissenschaft
sense:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/computer_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer security
trans_list: Computersicherheit
sense:
A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.


lexentry: eng/computer_virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer virus
trans_list: Computervirus
sense:
(computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: Genosse | Genossin
sense:
(communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: Genosse | Kamerad
sense:
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/con__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con
trans_list: Bauernfängerei
sense:
(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.


lexentry: eng/con_artist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con artist
trans_list: Hochstapler | Hochstaplerin | Abzocker | Scharlatan | Schwindler | Schwindlerin
sense:
A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concatenation
trans_list: Konkatenation | Verkettung
sense:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/conceit__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conceit
trans_list: Concetto | Einfall | Eingebung | Konzept
sense:
(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceited
trans_list: eingebildet | eitel | selbstgefällig | arrogant | aufgeblasen | blasiert
sense:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: konzentrieren | sich konzentrieren
sense:
(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: konzentrieren
sense:
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: Konzentration
sense:
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: Konzentration
sense:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: Konzentration
sense:
(physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))


lexentry: eng/concentration_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentration camp
trans_list: Konzentrationslager | KZ
sense:
A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concept
trans_list: Begriff | Konzept
sense:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conception
trans_list: Empfängnis | Konzeption | Vorstellung
sense:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/conceptual_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceptual art
trans_list: Konzeptkunst
sense:
A genre of art in which the transmission of ideas is more important than the creation of an art object


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concern
trans_list: betreffen | angehen | beunruhigen | sorgen | anbelangen | anbetreffen
sense:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concert__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concert
trans_list: Konzert
sense:
(countable) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.


lexentry: eng/concertina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concertina
trans_list: Konzertina | Ziehharmonika
sense:
A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: gewährtes Grundstück
sense:
(Canadian) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: Eingeständnis
sense:
(rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/conch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conch
trans_list: conchieren
sense:
To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers.


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concierge
trans_list: Pförtner | Portier | Hausmeister | Hausmeisterin | Pförtnerin | Portierin
sense:
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/conciliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conciliation
trans_list: Güteverfahren | Schlichtung | Sühneverfahren
sense:
(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.


lexentry: eng/conclave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conclave
trans_list: Konklave
sense:
The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.


lexentry: eng/conclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conclusion
trans_list: Folgerung | Vernunftschluss | Schlussfolgerung
sense:
(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.


lexentry: eng/concordance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concordance
trans_list: Konkordanz
sense:
(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.


lexentry: eng/concordat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concordat
trans_list: Konkordat
sense:
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.


lexentry: eng/concordia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concordia
trans_list: Konkordia
sense:
(geology, geochronology) A set of plotted points, appearing as a curve on a concordia diagram or isochron diagram, representing sample data from rock of the same age; the condition of being a member of said set (or on said curve).


lexentry: eng/concordia_diagram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concordia diagram
trans_list: Konkordia-Diagramm
sense:
(geology, geochronology) Any of several types of diagram, used in connection with uranium–lead dating, in which each axis encodes differently sourced information about the radiometric age of the mineral being dated.


lexentry: eng/concourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concourse
trans_list: Querbahnsteig | Wartehalle
sense:
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete
trans_list: Beton | konkret
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concrete_jungle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete jungle
trans_list: Betondschungel
sense:
(idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.


lexentry: eng/concretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concretize
trans_list: konkretisieren
sense:
(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.


lexentry: eng/concur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concur
trans_list: übereinstimmen
sense:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.


lexentry: eng/concurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concurrency
trans_list: Gleichzeitigkeit
sense:
The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.


lexentry: eng/concurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concurrency
trans_list: Nebenläufigkeit
sense:
(computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.


lexentry: eng/concurrent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: concurrent
trans_list: parallel
sense:
(computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concussion
trans_list: Gehirnerschütterung | Erschütterung | Konkussion | Stoßverletzung
sense:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condemnation
trans_list: Verdammung
sense:
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.


lexentry: eng/condensation_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condensation reaction
trans_list: Kondensationsreaktion
sense:
(physical chemistry) any reaction in which two (or more) molecules react with the resulting loss of a molecule of water (or other small molecule); the formal reverse of hydrolysis


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condense
trans_list: kondensieren | verkleinern
sense:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.


lexentry: eng/condenser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condenser
trans_list: Kondensator
sense:
(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: herablassen
sense:
To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.


lexentry: eng/condescension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condescension
trans_list: Herablassung | Kondeszendenz
sense:
The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condition
trans_list: Bedingung | Kondition | Voraussetzung
sense:
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condition
trans_list: Bedingung | Kondition
sense:
(law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.


lexentry: eng/condition_precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condition precedent
trans_list: aufschiebende Bedingung
sense:
(legal) a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.


lexentry: eng/condition_subsequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condition subsequent
trans_list: auflösende Bedingung
sense:
(legal) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.


lexentry: eng/conditional_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conditional perfect
trans_list: Konditional II
sense:
(grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'


lexentry: eng/conditional_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conditional sentence
trans_list: Konditional
sense:
(grammar) A sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.


lexentry: eng/condole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condole
trans_list: Mitgefühl empfinden
sense:
Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.


lexentry: eng/condole__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condole
trans_list: trauern
sense:
(archaic, or, obsolete, except, India, often, formal) To express regret or sorrow over (an undesirable event or other misfortune); to bemoan, to grieve, to lament.


lexentry: eng/condolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condolence
trans_list: Kondolenz | Beileid
sense:
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condolences__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condolences
trans_list: Kondolenz
sense:
comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condom
trans_list: Kondom | Präservativ | Pariser | Präser | Gummi | Ficktüte
sense:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.


lexentry: eng/condominium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condominium
trans_list: Kondominium
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condone
sense:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).

trans_list:
vergeben | entschuldigen | hinwegsehen über | nachsehen | stillschweigend dulden | stillschweigend hinnehmen


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condone
trans_list: dulden | zulassen | akzeptieren | billigen | gestatten | hinnehmen
sense:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condor
trans_list: Kondor
sense:
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condor
trans_list: Kondor
sense:
(golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).


lexentry: eng/condottiere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condottiere
trans_list: Condottiere
sense:
(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.


lexentry: eng/conductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conductance
trans_list: elektrischer Leitwert
sense:
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.


lexentry: eng/conduction_band__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conduction band
trans_list: Leitungsband
sense:
(physics) The range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor in which electrons can move freely and transport charge.


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conductor
trans_list: Dirigent | Dirigentin
sense:
(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/conduit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
sense: A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
written_rep: conduit
trans_list:
Elektroinstallationsrohr | Führungskanal | Führungsrohr | Installationskanal | Installationsrohr | Isolierrohr


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone
trans_list: Kegel | Kegelmantel
sense:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cone
trans_list: Kegel | Konus
sense:
(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone cell
trans_list: Zapfen
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/coneflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coneflower
trans_list: Sonnenhut | Rudbeckie
sense:
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confection
trans_list: Konfekt | Bonbon
sense:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectioner
trans_list: Konditor | Zuckerbäcker | Konditorin | Zuckerbäckerin
sense:
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: Confiserie | Konfekt | Süßwaren
sense:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: Confiserie
sense:
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conference
trans_list: Konferenz | Tagung
sense:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confess
trans_list: gestehen | bekennen | verraten
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: confession
trans_list: Beichte | Bekenntnis
sense:
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confessional__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional
trans_list: Beichtstuhl
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.


lexentry: eng/confessional_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional chair
trans_list: Beichtstuhl
sense:
A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other


lexentry: eng/confetti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confetti
trans_list: Konfetti
sense:
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.


lexentry: eng/confidence_interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidence interval
trans_list: Konfidenzintervall | Mutungsintervall | Vertrauensbereich
sense:
(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential
trans_list: vertraulich
sense:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/confidential_informant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential informant
trans_list: V-Mann
sense:
(law, law enforcement, criminology) An individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer.


lexentry: eng/configuration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: configuration
trans_list: Konfiguration
sense:
(countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.


lexentry: eng/configure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: configure
trans_list: konfigurieren
sense:
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confine
trans_list: beschränken
sense:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/confirmation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: confirmation
trans_list: Firmung | Konfirmation
sense:
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.


lexentry: eng/confirmation_bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confirmation bias
trans_list: Bestätigungsfehler | Bestätigungstendenz | Bestätigungsverzerrung
sense:
(psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: verbinden | vereinigen | verschmelzen | verwechseln
sense:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: verbinden | vereinigen | verschmelzen
sense:
(by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: Verschmelzung
sense:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: Verschmelzung
sense:
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/conflict_of_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflict of interest
trans_list: Interessenkonflikt | Befangenheit | Interessenwiderstreit
sense:
(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confluence
trans_list: Zusammenfluss
sense:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conform
trans_list: anpassen | entsprechen | passen
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conform
trans_list: entsprechen | erfüllen | genügen | gerecht werden
sense:
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.


lexentry: eng/conformal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conformal
trans_list: winkeltreu
sense:
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.


lexentry: eng/conformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conformation
trans_list: Konformation
sense:
(physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.


lexentry: eng/confounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confounder
trans_list: Drittfaktor | Drittvariable | Störfaktor | Störvariable
sense:
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confront
trans_list: konfrontieren | entgegentreten
sense:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
sense: (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something; to tackle.
written_rep: confront
trans_list:
konfrontieren | Sache | sich mit einem Problem befassen | sich mit etwas auseinandersetzen | stellen


lexentry: eng/confrontational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confrontational
trans_list: konfrontativ
sense:
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.


lexentry: eng/confuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confuse
trans_list: verwirren | konfundieren
sense:
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand


lexentry: eng/confute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confute
trans_list: widerlegen
sense:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.


lexentry: eng/conga__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conga
trans_list: Conga
sense:
(dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/congeal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congeal
trans_list: erstarren
sense:
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.


lexentry: eng/congee__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congee
trans_list: Congee | Reis-Congee
sense:
(Asian, _, cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.


lexentry: eng/conger_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conger eel
trans_list: Meeraal | Seeaal
sense:
Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, having no scales and found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/congestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congestion
trans_list: Stau | Verkehrsstau | stockender Verkehr
sense:
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.


lexentry: eng/conglomerate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conglomerate
trans_list: Konglomerat | Mischkonzern | Multikonzern
sense:
(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.


lexentry: eng/congregate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congregate
trans_list: ansammeln | versammeln
sense:
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.


lexentry: eng/congregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congregation
trans_list: Versammlung | Ansammlung | Gemeindetreffen | Gemeindeversammlung | Menschenauflauf | Pulk
sense:
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: congress
trans_list: Kongress
sense:
(often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: Kongruenz
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: Kongruenz
sense:
(universal algebra) Any equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure which is preserved by operations defined by the structure.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conic section
trans_list: Kegelschnitt
sense:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conifer
trans_list: Nadelbaum | Konifere
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/coniine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coniine
trans_list: Coniin
sense:
(organic compound) A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/conjecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conjecture
trans_list: Vermutung | Hypothese
sense:
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjugate
trans_list: konjugieren
sense:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugate_transpose__Noun__1
written_rep: conjugate transpose
trans_list:
Hermitesch Transponierte | Hermitesch transponierte Matrix | konjugiert-transponierte Matrix | konjugierte Transponierte


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: Konjugation
sense:
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: Konjugation
sense:
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: Konjunktion | Bindewort
sense:
(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: Konjunktion | Bindewort
sense:
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: Konjunktion | Bindewort
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjunctiva
trans_list: Bindehaut
sense:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conk
trans_list: Porling
sense:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/conn__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conn
trans_list: ein Schiff steuern
sense:
(transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden | anschließen
sense:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden
sense:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: connect
trans_list: verbinden | anschließen
sense:
(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: connected
trans_list: zusammenhängend
sense:
(mathematics, topology, of a topological space) That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: connected
trans_list: zusammenhängend
sense:
(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.


lexentry: eng/connecting_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connecting rod
trans_list: Pleuel | Pleuelstange
sense:
Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: connection
trans_list: Anschluss | Verbindung
sense:
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connective tissue
trans_list: Bindegewebe
sense:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connector
trans_list: Steckverbinder | Verbinder | Verbindungsstecker
sense:
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.


lexentry: eng/conning_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conning tower
trans_list: Kommandoturm
sense:
(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connive
trans_list: aushecken | verschwören
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: connive
trans_list: sich dumm stellen
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connoisseur
trans_list: Kenner | Connaisseur | Kennerin
sense:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connotation
trans_list: Konnotation | Beigeschmack | Beiklang | Nebenbedeutung
sense:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conquest__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conquest
trans_list: Conquest | Conquest-Modus | Conquestmodus
sense:
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn points labeled by flags.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscience
trans_list: Gewissen
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscientious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscientious
trans_list: Gewissens- | auf dem Gewissen beruhend | dem Gewissen verpflichtet
sense:
Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conscientious objector
sense:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.

trans_list:
Kriegsdienstverweigerer | Dienstverweigerer | Kriegsdienstverweigererin | Kriegsdienstverweigerin | Wehrdienstverweigerer | Wehrdienstverweigererin


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutio temporum
trans_list: Consecutio Temporum
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consecutive_interpreting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutive interpreting
trans_list: Konsekutivdolmetschen
sense:
(translation studies) A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced after a person has finished speaking and typically with the aid of notetaking.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consensus
trans_list: Konsens | Einvernehmen | Einigkeit | Übereinstimmung
sense:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/consequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consequent
trans_list: folgerichtig
sense:
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."


lexentry: eng/consequentialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consequentialism
trans_list: Konsequentialismus
sense:
(ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: Konservierung | Erhaltung | Bewahrung | Erhalt | Musealisierung
sense:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: Artenschutz | Naturschutz | Ressourcenschutz | Umweltschutz
sense:
(biology) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources


lexentry: eng/conservation_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conservation law
trans_list: Erhaltungssatz
sense:
(physics) Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place.


lexentry: eng/conservation_of_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservation of mass
trans_list: Massenerhaltung
sense:
(physics, physical chemistry) A conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: konservativ
sense:
(US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: Konservativer | konservativ
sense:
(US, Canada, politics) A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.


lexentry: eng/conservatoire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (music) A music academy.
written_rep: conservatoire
trans_list:
Konservatorium | Hochschule für Musik | Musikakademie | Musikhochschule | Musikkonservatorium | Musikschule


lexentry: eng/conservator__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: conservator
trans_list: Restaurator
sense:
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.


lexentry: eng/conservatory__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
sense: A school of music or drama
written_rep: conservatory
trans_list:
Konservatorium | Akademie für Schauspielkunst | Hochschule für Musik | Musikakademie | Musikhochschule | Musikkonservatorium


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: Erwägung | Überlegung
sense:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: Entgelt | Vergütung | Gegenleistung
sense:
(law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.


lexentry: eng/consist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consist
trans_list: Verband
sense:
(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.


lexentry: eng/consistency__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consistency
trans_list: Konsistenz | Widerspruchsfreiheit
sense:
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consistent
trans_list: konsequent | beharrlich | beständig | konstant | verlässlich
sense:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consolation_prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consolation prize
trans_list: Trostpreis
sense:
An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.


lexentry: eng/console__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: console
trans_list: Konsole | Kragstein
sense:
(architectural element) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.


lexentry: eng/consommé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consommé
trans_list: Consommé
sense:
a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consonant
trans_list: Konsonant | Mitlaut
sense:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.


lexentry: eng/consonantism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consonantism
trans_list: Konsonantismus
sense:
(linguistics, phonology) The consonants, sequence of consonants, or the quality peculiar to the consonants of a given word or group of words.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consortium
trans_list: Konsortium | Kooperation
sense:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.


lexentry: eng/conspicuous_consumption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspicuous consumption
trans_list: Geltungskonsum | Prestigekonsum | Repräsentationskonsum
sense:
A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.


lexentry: eng/conspiracy_theorist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (chiefly, pejorative) One who believes in, follows, or advances a conspiracy theory.
written_rep: conspiracy theorist
trans_list:
Verschwörungstheoretiker | Konspirationstheoretiker | Konspirationstheoretikerin | Verschwörungstheoretikerin


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspire
trans_list: verschwören | konspirieren
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.


lexentry: eng/constable__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constable
trans_list: Konnetabel
sense:
(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).


lexentry: eng/constancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constancy
trans_list: Konstanz | Beständigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constant
trans_list: Konstante
sense:
(science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: constant
trans_list: Konstante
sense:
(computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: Sternbild | Konstellation | Asterismus
sense:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: Sternbild
sense:
(modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consternation
trans_list: Bestürzung | Fassungslosigkeit
sense:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: Verstopfung | Obstipation
sense:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: Verstopfung | Obstipation
sense:
The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constituent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constituent
trans_list: Wahlkreisbewohner | Wahlkreisbewohnerin
sense:
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: Verfassung | Verfassen
sense:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: Verfassung | Konstitution | Grundgesetz
sense:
(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional court
trans_list: Verfassungsgericht
sense:
a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional law
trans_list: Verfassungsrecht | Staatsrecht
sense:
(legal) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.


lexentry: eng/constitutionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutionality
trans_list: Verfassungmäßigkeit
sense:
(legal) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.


lexentry: eng/construct__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: construct
trans_list: konstruieren
sense:
(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.


lexentry: eng/construct_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construct state
trans_list: Constructus | Konstruktus | Status constructus
sense:
(grammar) A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructed language
trans_list: konstruierte Sprache | Plansprache | Kunstsprache
sense:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/construction__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: construction
trans_list: Konstruktion
sense:
(geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construction site
trans_list: Baustelle
sense:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/construction_soldier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construction soldier
trans_list: Bausoldat
sense:
(military, historical) In the German Democratic Republic, a person who did not bear arms but instead did construction work.


lexentry: eng/constructivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructivism
trans_list: Konstruktivismus
sense:
(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: Konstruktor
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: construe
trans_list: ableiten | auffassen | auslegen | bilden | deuten | interpretieren
sense:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).


lexentry: eng/consul-general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consul-general
trans_list: Generalkonsul
sense:
A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consul
trans_list: Konsul
sense:
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consul
trans_list: Konsul | Konsulin
sense:
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consulate_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consulate general
trans_list: Generalkonsulat
sense:
The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consult
trans_list: zu Rate ziehen | befragen | Rat halten | beraten | beratschlagen | um Rat fragen
sense:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consultant
trans_list: Berater | Beraterin
sense:
A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/consumer_credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consumer credit
trans_list: Konsumentenkredit | Verbraucherkredit
sense:
(banking, economics) Credit extended to an individual for the purchase of consumer goods and services.


lexentry: eng/consumer_price_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consumer price index
trans_list: Verbraucherpreisindex | Lebenshaltungskostenindex
sense:
(economics) A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.


lexentry: eng/consummation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consummation
trans_list: Vollendung
sense:
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.


lexentry: eng/contact_details__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact details
trans_list: Kontaktinformationen | Kontaktangaben | Kontaktdaten
sense:
Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.


lexentry: eng/contact_geometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact geometry
trans_list: Kontaktgeometrie
sense:
(differential geometry, countable) Given a smooth manifold of odd dimensionality, a distribution (subset) of the tangent bundle that satisfies the condition of complete nonintegrability, or equivalently may be locally defined as the kernel of a maximally nondegenerate differential 1-form;(uncountable) the study of such structures.


lexentry: eng/contact_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact lens
trans_list: Kontaktlinse
sense:
A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.


lexentry: eng/contact_print__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact print
trans_list: Kontaktdruck
sense:
(photography) A print made by exposing the printing paper to light through a negative that is placed directly onto it.


lexentry: eng/contact_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact sport
trans_list: Kontaktsport
sense:
(sports) An athletic contest which involves a significant amount of physical contact between the participating athletes.


lexentry: eng/contact_tracing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact tracing
trans_list: Kontaktnachverfolgung | Kontaktpersonennachverfolgung | Kontaktverfolgung
sense:
(epidemiology) The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.


lexentry: eng/contagion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contagion
trans_list: Ansteckung
sense:
(finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.


lexentry: eng/container_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container deposit
trans_list: Pfand
sense:
A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.


lexentry: eng/container_port__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container port
trans_list: Containerhafen
sense:
(shipping) A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.


lexentry: eng/container_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container ship
trans_list: Containerschiff
sense:
(watercraft) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: containment
trans_list: Eindämmung | Eindämmungspolitik
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.


lexentry: eng/containment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: containment
trans_list: Sicherheitsbehälter | Sicherheitsumschließung
sense:
(countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.


lexentry: eng/contemplate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contemplate
trans_list: kontemplieren | nachsinnen
sense:
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: Verachtung | Blamage | Schande
sense:
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: Beamtenbeleidigung | Mißachtung
sense:
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.


lexentry: eng/contempt_of_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contempt of court
trans_list: Missachtung des Gerichts
sense:
(legal, countable) A particular act of open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: content
trans_list: Inhalt | Stoff
sense:
Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: content
trans_list: Inhalt
sense:
(mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: content
trans_list: Inhalt
sense:
(algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.


lexentry: eng/contention__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contention
trans_list: Behauptung
sense:
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.


lexentry: eng/contents_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contents insurance
trans_list: Hausratversicherung
sense:
Insurance that pays for damage to, or loss of, an individual’s personal possessions whilst they are located within that individual’s home.


lexentry: eng/context-free__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: context-free
trans_list: kontextfrei
sense:
(linguistics) (Of a formal language) which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar (sense 1)


lexentry: eng/context-free_grammar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context-free grammar
trans_list: kontextfreie Grammatik
sense:
(computing theory) A formal grammar in which every production rule is such that the left-hand side is exactly one non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side is zero or more terminal symbols and/or nonterminal symbols.


lexentry: eng/context-sensitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context-sensitive
trans_list: kontextsensitiv
sense:
(computing, philosophy) Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.


lexentry: eng/context-sensitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: context-sensitive
trans_list: kontextsensitiv
sense:
(grammar) Involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny.


lexentry: eng/context__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context
trans_list: Kontext | Zusammenhang
sense:
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.


lexentry: eng/contextual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contextual
trans_list: kontextuell
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/contextualization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contextualization
trans_list: Kontextualisierung
sense:
The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/continent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continent
trans_list: Kontinent | Erdteil
sense:
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contingency
trans_list: Eventualität | Eventualfall | mögliches Ereignis
sense:
(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/contingency__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contingency
trans_list: Entschädigung | Entschädigungszahlung
sense:
(finance, countable) An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.


lexentry: eng/contingency_cost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contingency cost
trans_list: Vorhaltekosten
sense:
(accounting) An expense incurred precautionarily for a use that may not occur such as an event of damage or a change order.


lexentry: eng/contingency_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contingency plan
trans_list: Plan B | Alternativplan | Ausweichplan | Notfallplan
sense:
An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.


lexentry: eng/contingency_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contingency table
trans_list: Kontingenztabelle | Kontingenztafel | Kreuztabelle
sense:
(statistics) An arrangement of data containing the joint distribution of two or more categorical variables, usually in a database, a series of tables, or a special visualization.


lexentry: eng/continued_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continued fraction
trans_list: Kettenbruch
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion.


lexentry: eng/continuity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuity
trans_list: Stetigkeit | Kontinuität
sense:
(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.


lexentry: eng/continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: continuous
trans_list: kontinuierlich | stetig
sense:
(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).


lexentry: eng/continuous_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continuous function
trans_list: stetige Funktion
sense:
(analysis, topology) a function from one topological space to another, such that the inverse image of any open set is open


lexentry: eng/continuous_integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuous integration
trans_list: kontinuierliche Integration
sense:
(software engineering) The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.


lexentry: eng/continuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuum
trans_list: Kontinuum
sense:
(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.


lexentry: eng/contour__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contour
trans_list: Kontur | Höhenlinie | Höhenlinien | Höhenschichtlinie | Isohypse | Niveaulinie
sense:
A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.


lexentry: eng/contrabassoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrabassoon
trans_list: Kontrafagott
sense:
(musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.


lexentry: eng/contraceptive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraceptive
trans_list: Kontrazeptivum | Empfängnisverhütungsmittel | Verhütungsmittel
sense:
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract
trans_list: Kontrakt | Vertrag
sense:
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contract
trans_list: Vertrag | Kontrakt | Übereinkunft | Übereinkommen
sense:
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.


lexentry: eng/contract__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
sense: (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
written_rep: contract
trans_list:
abschließen | einen Vertrag abschließen | einen Vertrag schließen | kontrahieren | schließen | sich vertraglich verpflichten


lexentry: eng/contract_of_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract of sale
trans_list: Kaufvertrag
sense:
(legal) A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.


lexentry: eng/contractarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contractarianism
trans_list: Kontraktualismus
sense:
The political doctrine that the legitimacy of a government derives from a (normally unstated) contract between the government and the people (normally derived from an election)


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Ansteckung | Erwerb | Infektion
sense:
(archaic) An act of entering into a contract or agreement; specifically, a contract of marriage; a contracting; also (obsolete) , a betrothal.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Kontraktion | Zusammenziehung | Anspannung | Einschnürung | Geburtswehe | Kontraktur
sense:
(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Kontraktur | Schrumpfung
sense:
(biology, medicine) A stage of wound healing during which the wound edges are gradually pulled together.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Zusammenziehung | Kontraktion
sense:
(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Ansteckung | Erwerb | Infektion
sense:
(linguistics, phonology, prosody) Synonym of syncope (“the elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable”).


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Kontraktion | Zusammenziehung
sense:
(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: Kontraktion | Zusammenziehung | Abnahme | Abnehmen | Minderung | Schrumpfen
sense:
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.


lexentry: eng/contractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contractor
trans_list: Auftragnehmer | Firma
sense:
A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.


lexentry: eng/contractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contractor
trans_list: Wartungsfirma
sense:
A person or company hired to maintain existing facilities like air conditioning systems, groundskeeping, etc.


lexentry: eng/contracture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contracture
trans_list: Kontraktur
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: Widerspruch | Gegensatz
sense:
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: Widerspruch
sense:
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction_in_terms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contradiction in terms
trans_list: Widerspruch in sich
sense:
A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view.


lexentry: eng/contrafact__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrafact
trans_list: Kontrafaktur
sense:
A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition.


lexentry: eng/contrail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrail
trans_list: Kondensstreifen
sense:
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.


lexentry: eng/contraindication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraindication
trans_list: Kontraindikation | Gegenanzeige
sense:
(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.


lexentry: eng/contralto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contralto
trans_list: Kontraalt
sense:
(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


lexentry: eng/contraposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraposition
trans_list: Kontraposition
sense:
(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrarian
trans_list: konträr
sense:
Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrarian
trans_list: Querdenker | Querdenkerin | Querkopf
sense:
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: Kontrast
sense:
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: Kontrast
sense:
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: gegenüberstellen | kontrastieren
sense:
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.


lexentry: eng/contrast_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast ratio
trans_list: Kontrastverhältnis
sense:
(technology) ratio of the luminance of white to that of black of a display. A higher value means a higher contrast of white and black.


lexentry: eng/contrasty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrasty
trans_list: kontrastreich
sense:
(photography, television) Having great contrast between light and dark areas (of a subject or photograph).


lexentry: eng/contravariant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravariant
trans_list: kontravariant
sense:
(category theory, of a functor) Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y) \to F(X).


lexentry: eng/contravention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravention
trans_list: Verstoß | Verletzung | Zuwiderhandlung
sense:
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: control
trans_list: Kontrollen | Regeln | Regelung
sense:
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: control
trans_list: Kontrollelement | Steuerelement
sense:
(graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.


lexentry: eng/control_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control car
trans_list: Steuerwagen
sense:
(railways) A non-powered railroad car from which the train may be controlled - equipped with a driver's cabin, front lights and other equipment required for a locomotive, located at the end of the train opposite to that of the locomotive. This arrangement allows the train to be safely driven into both directions at full speed without changing the configuration of the train.


lexentry: eng/control_character__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control character
trans_list: Steuerzeichen
sense:
(computing) A character which does not have a direct visual appearance as a glyph, but rather causes some other action to occur, such as a transition to a new line.


lexentry: eng/control_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control engineering
trans_list: Regelungstechnik
sense:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building controllers and control systems.


lexentry: eng/control_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control group
trans_list: Kontrollgruppe
sense:
(in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.


lexentry: eng/control_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control key
trans_list: Control-Taste | Steuerungstaste | Strg-Taste
sense:
(computing, computer hardware) A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys; normally labelled "Ctrl".


lexentry: eng/control_room__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control room
trans_list: K-Raum | Kontrollraum | Regieraum
sense:
The area inside a recording studio designed to facilitate the mixing of audio for studio recordings.


lexentry: eng/control_surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control surface
trans_list: Steuerfläche
sense:
(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.


lexentry: eng/control_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control tower
trans_list: Kontrollturm | Tower
sense:
(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.


lexentry: eng/controlled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: controlled
trans_list: kontrolliert
sense:
(medicine, science, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)


lexentry: eng/controlled_substance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: controlled substance
trans_list: Betäubungsmittel
sense:
(legal, criminology) A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: controller
trans_list: Buchprüfer | Controller | Rechnungsprüfer
sense:
(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: controller
trans_list: Controller | Regler | Steuerung
sense:
(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.


lexentry: eng/contumelious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contumelious
trans_list: Verächter
sense:
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.


lexentry: eng/conurbation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
written_rep: conurbation
trans_list:
Konurbation | Ballungsgebiet | Ballungszentrum | Agglomeration | Ballungsraum | Zusammenwuchs von Städten


lexentry: eng/convection_oven__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convection oven
trans_list: Umluftofen
sense:
an oven that features fans to recirculate heated air to accelerate heating provided by traditional radiant heat sources found in the oven


lexentry: eng/convenience_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convenience store
trans_list: Späti | Tante-Emma-Laden | Eckladen | Spätkauf | Büdchen | Kiosk
sense:
A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.


lexentry: eng/convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convention
trans_list: Konvention | Brauch | Sitte
sense:
A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.


lexentry: eng/conventional_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conventional warfare
trans_list: konventionelle Kriegsführung
sense:
The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies


lexentry: eng/conventionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conventionalism
trans_list: Konventionalismus
sense:
(uncountable, philosophy) The doctrine that logical or mathematical principles are simply the expression of conventions.


lexentry: eng/convergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: convergence
trans_list: Konvergenz
sense:
(mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.


lexentry: eng/convergent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: convergent
trans_list: konvergent | zusammenlaufend
sense:
(analysis, topology) Of a (typically infinite) sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit.


lexentry: eng/conversation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversation
trans_list: Gespräch | Konversation | Unterhaltung
sense:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/converse__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: converse
trans_list: Gegenschluss | Gegenteil | Umkehrschluss | Umkehrung
sense:
(logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.


lexentry: eng/conversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conversion
trans_list: Umwandlung
sense:
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.


lexentry: eng/conversion_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversion therapy
trans_list: Konversionstherapie
sense:
(LGBTQ, pseudoscience) The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/convertible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: convertible
trans_list: Cabrio | Kabriolett | Cabriolet
sense:
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.


lexentry: eng/convex_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convex lens
trans_list: Konvexlinse | Sammellinse
sense:
(optics) A lens having at least one convex surface, such that light passing through it may be brought to a focus.


lexentry: eng/conveyance__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyance
trans_list: übertragen
sense:
(legal, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.


lexentry: eng/conveyor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conveyor
trans_list: Container
sense:
A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.


lexentry: eng/conveyor_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyor belt
trans_list: Förderband | Fließband
sense:
A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.


lexentry: eng/convince__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convince
trans_list: überzeugen
sense:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.


lexentry: eng/convivial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convivial
trans_list: Fest-
sense:
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity


lexentry: eng/convocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: convocation
trans_list: Kirchensynode
sense:
(ecclesiastical) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.


lexentry: eng/convolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: convolution
trans_list: Gyrus
sense:
(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.


lexentry: eng/convolvulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convolvulus
trans_list: Winde
sense:
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.


lexentry: eng/convoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convoy
trans_list: Konvoi | Geleitzug
sense:
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.


lexentry: eng/convulse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convulse
trans_list: erschüttern
sense:
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.


lexentry: eng/cony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cony
trans_list: Kaninchen
sense:
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/cookie-cutter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cookie-cutter
trans_list: gleichförmig | nullachtfünfzehn | schablonenartig | schablonenhaft
sense:
(figuratively, often, pejorative) Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.


lexentry: eng/cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cookie
trans_list: Keks | Cookie | Plätzchen
sense:
(UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.


lexentry: eng/cooking_apple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking apple
trans_list: Kochapfel
sense:
Any apple primarily used for making pies, crumbles or sauces: such a variety; an individual apple (instance) of such type.


lexentry: eng/cooking_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking oil
trans_list: Speiseöl
sense:
A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.


lexentry: eng/cool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cool
trans_list: geil | cool
sense:
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.


lexentry: eng/cooler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cooler
trans_list: Kühlbox
sense:
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.


lexentry: eng/cooler_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooler bag
trans_list: Kühltasche | Isoliertragetasche | Tiefkühltasche | Tiefkühltragetasche
sense:
Insulated bag used to keep food items cool for a limited amount of time (for example on the way from a grocery store to one's house).


lexentry: eng/coolie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coolie
trans_list: Kuli
sense:
An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.


lexentry: eng/cooling-off_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling-off period
trans_list: Widerrufsfrist
sense:
(law, business) A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement or contract can consider and contemplate it and cancel without a penalty.


lexentry: eng/cooling_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling tower
trans_list: Kühlturm
sense:
A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air


lexentry: eng/cooper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooper
trans_list: Küfer | Böttcher | Fassbinder | Schäffler | Fassküfer | Fassmacher
sense:
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.


lexentry: eng/coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate
trans_list: Koordinate
sense:
(mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_axis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate axis
trans_list: Koordinatenachse
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) One of the lines in the coordinate system that represents one of the dimensions.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate system
trans_list: Koordinatensystem
sense:
(geometry, analysis) A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_term__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate term
trans_list: Kohyponym | Synhyponym
sense:
(semantics) A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another: that is, one that names another type (kind) within the same class.


lexentry: eng/coordinating_conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinating conjunction
trans_list: koordinierende Konjunktion
sense:
(grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80]


lexentry: eng/coot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coot
trans_list: Blässhuhn | Wasserhuhn | Blessralle | Belche
sense:
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.


lexentry: eng/cootie_catcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cootie catcher
trans_list: Wahrsager
sense:
(informal, US) A form of origami with hidden fortunes, activities, etc. written on the folds, and used mainly in children's games, where a person is asked to choose a fold to open.


lexentry: eng/cop-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cop-out
trans_list: Ausflucht | Ausrede
sense:
(slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.


lexentry: eng/cop__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cop
trans_list: erlangen
sense:
(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/copal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copal
trans_list: Copal
sense:
A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.


lexentry: eng/cope__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cope
trans_list: Pluviale | Prozessionsmantel
sense:
(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.


lexentry: eng/copepod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copepod
trans_list: Ruderfußkrebs
sense:
Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda; they are widely distributed and ecologically important.


lexentry: eng/coping_strategy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coping strategy
trans_list: Bewältigungsstrategie | Copingstrategie
sense:
(psychology) A conscious, subconscious or unconscious thought process or behavior that a person habitually employs in order to cope with a particular type of situation.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper
trans_list: Kupfer
sense:
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: copper
trans_list: Kupferfarbe | Kupfer
sense:
(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/copper_beech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper beech
trans_list: Blutbuche
sense:
A tall type of beech, Fagus sylvatica atropurpurea, with smooth bark and reddish-brown to purple leaves.


lexentry: eng/copper_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper shark
trans_list: Bronzehai
sense:
Carcharhinus brachyurus, a species of requiem shark characterized by its narrow, hook-shaped upper teeth, lack of a prominent ridge between the dorsal fins, and plain bronze coloration.


lexentry: eng/copper_sulfide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper sulfide
trans_list: Kupfersulfid
sense:
(mineral, inorganic compound) A family of chemical compounds and minerals with the chemical formula CuxSy.


lexentry: eng/coppice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coppice
trans_list: Stockausschlag
sense:
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.


lexentry: eng/coprime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprime
trans_list: teilerfremd | relativ prim
sense:
(number theory, of two or more positive integers) Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.


lexentry: eng/coprime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coprime
trans_list: teilerfremd | relativ prim
sense:
(number theory, of a positive integer) Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.


lexentry: eng/coprocessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprocessor
trans_list: Coprozessor | Koprozessor
sense:
(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).


lexentry: eng/coprolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprolalia
trans_list: Koprolalie
sense:
(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.


lexentry: eng/coprophilia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprophilia
trans_list: Koprophilie
sense:
(psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation.


lexentry: eng/copula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copula
trans_list: Kopula | Kopulaverb
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.


lexentry: eng/copulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copulation
trans_list: Kopulation | Begattung | Paarung | Akt | Beischlaf | Kohabitation
sense:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.


lexentry: eng/copy__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: copy
trans_list: Exemplar
sense:
A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.


lexentry: eng/copy_editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copy editor
trans_list: Redakteur
sense:
Someone who corrects printed material (copy) and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copycat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copycat
trans_list: Nachahmer | Nachäffer | Imitator | Nachmacher
sense:
A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/copyedit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyedit
trans_list: gegenlesen | redigieren
sense:
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright
trans_list: Urheberrecht
sense:
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.


lexentry: eng/copyright_infringement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright infringement
trans_list: Urheberrechtsverletzung | Verletzung des Urheberrechts
sense:
(copyright) The unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it.


lexentry: eng/coq_au_vin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coq au vin
trans_list: Coq au Vin
sense:
(culinary) A dish of chicken cooked with wine (usually red wine) along with accompaniments such as mushrooms, onions and garlic.


lexentry: eng/coquetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coquetry
trans_list: Koketterie
sense:
(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.


lexentry: eng/coquina__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coquina
trans_list: Schillkalk | Schillkalkstein
sense:
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cor_anglais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cor anglais
trans_list: Englischhorn | Altoboe
sense:
(musical instruments) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral
trans_list: Koralle
sense:
(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coral
trans_list: koralle
sense:
(countable) A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: Korallenotter
sense:
About 16 species of Old World coral snakes in three genera (Calliophis, Hemibungarus, Sinomicrurus), some banded.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: Korallenotter
sense:
Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cord
trans_list: Kabel | Litze | Strippe
sense:
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cord
trans_list: Cord | Klafter
sense:
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.


lexentry: eng/cordite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordite
trans_list: Kordit
sense:
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordon
trans_list: Kordon
sense:
(archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cordon
trans_list: Kordon
sense:
A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cordwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordwood
trans_list: -e
sense:
Wood suitable for use as firewood; firewood cut and split into conveniently sized pieces for easy stacking into cords.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: Kern
sense:
A technical term for classification of things denoting those parts of a category that are most easily or most likely understood as within it.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: Kern
sense:
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: Kern
sense:
(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: Kern | Kerngehäuse
sense:
(engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.


lexentry: eng/core_belief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core belief
trans_list: Grundüberzeugung | Kernglaubenssatz | grundlegende Überzeugung
sense:
(psychology, philosophy) An epistemic assumption that defines an individual or belief system and his or its self-perception and is therefore felt to be true regardless of its truth value.


lexentry: eng/core_hours__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core hours
trans_list: Kernarbeitszeit | Kernzeit
sense:
The fixed block of time during which an employee is expected to be at work; excludes flexitime and leave.


lexentry: eng/core_inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core inflation
trans_list: Kerninflation
sense:
(economics) Inflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some transitory sectors (usually food and energy).


lexentry: eng/core_sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core sample
trans_list: Bohrkern
sense:
A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.


lexentry: eng/corium__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corium
trans_list: Corium
sense:
(nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: Kork | Korken
sense:
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.


lexentry: eng/corkscrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corkscrew
trans_list: Korkenzieher
sense:
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.


lexentry: eng/corm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corm
trans_list: Wurzelknolle
sense:
A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.


lexentry: eng/cormorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cormorant
trans_list: Kormoran
sense:
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


lexentry: eng/corn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn
trans_list: Getreide | Korn | Zerealie
sense:
(Commonwealth English, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.


lexentry: eng/corn_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn bunting
trans_list: Grauammer
sense:
A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.


lexentry: eng/corn_marigold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn marigold
trans_list: Saat-Wucherblume
sense:
Glebionis segetum (syn. Chrysanthemum segetum), a herbaceous perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/corn_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn salad
trans_list: Feldsalat | Rapunzel
sense:
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.


lexentry: eng/corn_smut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn smut
trans_list: Maisbeulenbrand
sense:
A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Mycosarcoma maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.


lexentry: eng/corncrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corncrake
trans_list: Wachtelkönig | Wiesenralle
sense:
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.


lexentry: eng/cornea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornea
trans_list: Hornhaut
sense:
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.


lexentry: eng/cornel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornel
trans_list: Kornelkirschenbaum
sense:
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.


lexentry: eng/corner_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner kick
trans_list: Eckstoß | Eckball | Ecke | Corner
sense:
(soccer) A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.


lexentry: eng/corner_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner time
trans_list: Schamecke
sense:
(education) A punishment consisting of a period of time for which the culprit (usually a misbehaving child) must stand still in a corner, facing the wall.


lexentry: eng/corner_tooth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner tooth
trans_list: Eckzahn
sense:
One of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.


lexentry: eng/cornerback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornerback
trans_list: Cornerback
sense:
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.


lexentry: eng/cornerstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cornerstone
trans_list: Grundstein
sense:
Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.


lexentry: eng/cornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornet
trans_list: Kornett
sense:
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.


lexentry: eng/cornett__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornett
trans_list: Zink
sense:
(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.


lexentry: eng/cornflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornflower
trans_list: Kornblume | Zyane
sense:
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: Gesims | Sims | Brüstung | Gardinenstange | Kranz | Kranzgesims
sense:
(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: Schneewächte | Wechte | Wächte | überhängende Kante
sense:
(geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.


lexentry: eng/cornrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornrow
trans_list: Cornrow | Flechtreihe
sense:
(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.


lexentry: eng/cornucopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornucopia
trans_list: Füllhorn
sense:
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/corolla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corolla
trans_list: Blumenkrone | Korolla | Krone
sense:
(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.


lexentry: eng/corollary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: corollary
trans_list: Korollar | Folgesatz
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: corona
trans_list: Korona
sense:
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: corona
trans_list: Krone
sense:
(Ancient Rome, historical) A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.


lexentry: eng/coronal_mass_ejection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronal mass ejection
trans_list: koronaler Massenauswurf
sense:
(astronomy) A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.


lexentry: eng/coronary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coronary
trans_list: ko­ro­nar
sense:
(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.


lexentry: eng/coronary_artery_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary artery disease
trans_list: koronare Arterienkrankheit
sense:
(disease, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.


lexentry: eng/coronary_sinus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary sinus
trans_list: Koronarvenensinus
sense:
(anatomy) A large collection of veins in the heart wall that collects blood from the myocardium and empties into the right atrium.


lexentry: eng/coronary_thrombosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary thrombosis
trans_list: Koronararterienthrombose
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.


lexentry: eng/coronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronation
trans_list: Krönung
sense:
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/coronavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronavirus
trans_list: Coronavirus
sense:
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coroner
trans_list: Coroner | Gerichtsmediziner
sense:
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: Korporal | Oberstabsgefreiter | Stabsgefreiter
sense:
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: Korporale
sense:
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.


lexentry: eng/corporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporation
trans_list: Körperschaft | Korporation | Aktiengesellschaft
sense:
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.


lexentry: eng/corporatist__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporatist
trans_list: korporatistisch
sense:
Having the principles, doctrine, or system of corporative organization of a political unit, as a city or state.


lexentry: eng/corpus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus
trans_list: Korpus | Textkorpus
sense:
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.


lexentry: eng/corpus_callosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus callosum
trans_list: Corpus callosum
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


lexentry: eng/corpus_cavernosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus cavernosum
trans_list: Schwellkörper
sense:
(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


lexentry: eng/corpus_luteum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus luteum
trans_list: Gelbkörper
sense:
(anatomy) A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.


lexentry: eng/correct_me_if_I'm_wrong__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correct me if I'm wrong
sense:
Used before stating something the speaker believes is true, especially while correcting what another person has said.

trans_list:
... [[etwas|(et)was]] Falsches sage | ..., wenn ich mich irre | korrigier/verbesser mich, wenn ich falsch liege | sag bescheid, wenn ich falsch liege


lexentry: eng/correction__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: correction
trans_list: Korrektur
sense:
A decline in a stock market price after a period of rises. Often operationally defined as a market value drop of 10% or more on some specific stock market index.


lexentry: eng/correction_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correction fluid
trans_list: Korrekturflüssigkeit
sense:
A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.


lexentry: eng/correction_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correction tape
trans_list: Korrekturroller
sense:
An opaque white tape that can be placed against paper and transferred by pressure in order to blank out a mistake; an alternative to correction fluid that does not need time to dry.


lexentry: eng/corrective_rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrective rape
trans_list: korrigierende Vergewaltigung
sense:
The act of raping someone because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in an attempt to force the person to be heterosexual or to enforce gender stereotypes.


lexentry: eng/correlation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correlation
trans_list: Korrelation
sense:
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.


lexentry: eng/correlation_coefficient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correlation coefficient
trans_list: Korrelationskoeffizient
sense:
(statistics) Any of the several measures indicating the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two random variables.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: entsprechen | korrespondieren
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: korrespondieren
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with with) to exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.


lexentry: eng/correspondence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspondence
trans_list: Korrespondenz | Briefwechsel
sense:
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.


lexentry: eng/correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: correspondent
trans_list: Korrespondent | Korrespondentin
sense:
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.


lexentry: eng/corrigendum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corrigendum
trans_list: Erratum
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)


lexentry: eng/corrosive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrosive
trans_list: korrosiv
sense:
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.


lexentry: eng/corrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrupt
trans_list: verderben | korrumpieren
sense:
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Verderbnis | Verdorbenheit | Verkommenheit | Verworfenheit
sense:
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Fäulnis | Verderben | Verderbnis | Verderbung | Zersetzung
sense:
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Korruption | Bestechlichkeit | Vorteilsannahme | Vorteilsnahme
sense:
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Datenbeschädigung | Datenkorruption | Datenschaden
sense:
(computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Verfall
sense:
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: Korruptel | Korruptele | verderbte Stelle
sense:
(metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: Cortex | Rinde | Kortex
sense:
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/cortical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortical
trans_list: Chor
sense:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/cortisone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortisone
trans_list: Cortison | Kortison
sense:
(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.


lexentry: eng/corundum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corundum
trans_list: Korund
sense:
(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: Korvette
sense:
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: Korvette
sense:
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.


lexentry: eng/corvette_captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corvette captain
trans_list: Korvettenkapitän
sense:
(military) Most junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant commander.


lexentry: eng/coset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coset
trans_list: Schicht
sense:
(algebra, group theory) The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup.


lexentry: eng/cosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosine
trans_list: Kosinus
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos


lexentry: eng/cosmetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetic
trans_list: Kosmetik | Kosmetikum | Hautverschönerungsmittel
sense:
Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.


lexentry: eng/cosmetologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetologist
trans_list: Kosmetiker | Kosmetikerin | Kosmetologe | Kosmetologin
sense:
A person who advises people (normally women) on cosmetics and other beauty treatments; a beautician.


lexentry: eng/cosmochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmochemistry
trans_list: Kosmochemie
sense:
The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/cosmodicy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmodicy
trans_list: Kosmodizee
sense:
A justification of the fundamental goodness of the universe, especially in regard to the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of the universe.


lexentry: eng/cosmodrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmodrome
trans_list: Weltraumbahnhof | Kosmodrom
sense:
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.


lexentry: eng/cosmogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmogony
trans_list: Kosmogonie
sense:
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.


lexentry: eng/cost-benefit_analysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cost-benefit analysis
trans_list: Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse | Kosten-Nutzen-Rechnung
sense:
(finance, economics) A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal.


lexentry: eng/cost_of_living__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cost of living
trans_list: Lebenshaltungskosten | Kostensteigerung | Verteuerung
sense:
The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.


lexentry: eng/costal_cartilage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costal cartilage
trans_list: Rippenknorpel
sense:
(anatomy) One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/costume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costume
trans_list: Kostüm | Tracht
sense:
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.


lexentry: eng/cot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cot
trans_list: Kinderbett
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.


lexentry: eng/cotangent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotangent
trans_list: Kotangens
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn


lexentry: eng/cotillion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotillion
trans_list: Kotillon
sense:
(dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. [from 1766]


lexentry: eng/cotoneaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotoneaster
trans_list: Zwergmispel
sense:
Any of several erect or creeping shrubs, of the genus Cotoneaster, that have pinkish flowers and red berries.


lexentry: eng/cottage_industry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cottage industry
trans_list: Kleinunternehmen
sense:
(by extension) A small-scale industry, with relatively few employees or a limited customer base or low economic impact.


lexentry: eng/cotton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton
trans_list: Baumwolle
sense:
(uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.


lexentry: eng/cotton_swab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton swab
trans_list: Wattestäbchen
sense:
A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.


lexentry: eng/cotton_thistle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton thistle
trans_list: Eselsdistel
sense:
Any of various flowering plants in the genus Onopordum of the family Asteraceae, especially Onopordum acanthium.


lexentry: eng/cottontop_tamarin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottontop tamarin
trans_list: Lisztaffe | Lisztäffchen | Pinchéäffchen
sense:
A small New World monkey with a long crest, white hairs from forehead to nape flowing over the shoulders, Saguinus oedipus


lexentry: eng/cottonwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottonwood
trans_list: Pappel
sense:
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.


lexentry: eng/cotyledon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cotyledon
trans_list: Keimblatt | Kotyledone
sense:
(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.


lexentry: eng/couch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch
trans_list: Sofa | Couch
sense:
(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.


lexentry: eng/couch_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch potato
trans_list: Stubenhocker | Nichtstuer
sense:
(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]


lexentry: eng/cough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: Husten
sense:
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: husten
sense:
Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough drop
trans_list: Eukalyptusbonbon | Halsbonbon | Hustenbonbon
sense:
A small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms temporarily.


lexentry: eng/cough_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough medicine
trans_list: Antitussivum | Hustenarznei | Hustenmedikament | Hustenmedizin | Hustenmittel
sense:
A medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.


lexentry: eng/coulomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulomb
trans_list: Coulomb
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C


lexentry: eng/coulter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulter
trans_list: Kolter | Sech | Pflugmesser
sense:
A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.


lexentry: eng/council_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: council house
trans_list: sozialer Wohnungsbau
sense:
(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by local town councils, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.


lexentry: eng/councillor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: councillor
trans_list: Ratsmitglied | Gemeinderat | Stadtrat
sense:
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor


lexentry: eng/count_one's_blessings__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: count one's blessings
sense:
(idiomatic) To focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or fortunate, especially with the intention of diverting one's thoughts from serious or disagreeable matters.

trans_list:
den Blick auf die guten Seiten des Lebens richten | sich daran freuen, was man hat | sich glücklich schätzen | sich zufrieden geben


lexentry: eng/count_sheep__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: count sheep
trans_list: Schäfchen zählen
sense:
(idiomatic) To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countable
trans_list: abzählbar
sense:
(mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countdown
trans_list: Countdown
sense:
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: countdown
trans_list: Countdown
sense:
(radio, television) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: counter
trans_list: Zähler | Zählwerk
sense:
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: counter
trans_list: Arbeitsfläche | Arbeitsplatte
sense:
In a kitchen, a surface, often built into the wall and above a cabinet, designed to be used for food preparation.


lexentry: eng/counterculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterculture
trans_list: Gegenkultur
sense:
Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture.


lexentry: eng/counterespionage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterespionage
trans_list: Spionageabwehr
sense:
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.


lexentry: eng/counterexample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterexample
trans_list: Gegenbeispiel
sense:
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.


lexentry: eng/counterinstitutionalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterinstitutionalization
trans_list: gegeninstitutionalisierung
sense:
The process or outcome of creating alternative institutions or systems that function independently of, or in opposition to, existing dominant institutions.


lexentry: eng/countermand__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countermand
trans_list: annullieren
sense:
To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given.


lexentry: eng/counterpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterpoint
trans_list: Kontrapunkt
sense:
(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.


lexentry: eng/countersink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countersink
trans_list: Ansenkung | Senkbohrung
sense:
A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.


lexentry: eng/countersteer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countersteer
trans_list: gegenlenken
sense:
(transitive) To steer (a vehicle) in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's center of gravity.


lexentry: eng/countertenor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countertenor
trans_list: Countertenor
sense:
An adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range.


lexentry: eng/countertrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countertrade
trans_list: Kompensationshandel
sense:
(international trade) Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services.


lexentry: eng/countervair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countervair
trans_list: Gegenfeh
sense:
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.


lexentry: eng/counterweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterweight
trans_list: Gegengewicht
sense:
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).


lexentry: eng/counting_measure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counting measure
trans_list: Zählmass | Zählmaß
sense:
(analysis) A positive measure which, for each subset of a given measure space, assigns a value equal to the number of points in that subset.


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country
trans_list: Land | Staat | Vaterland
sense:
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country
trans_list: Land | Staat
sense:
(especially, _, Britain, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country
trans_list: Land | Landschaft | Region
sense:
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: country
trans_list: Land | Staat
sense:
(Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.


lexentry: eng/country_club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country club
trans_list: Country Club
sense:
A private club in a rural area or in the outskirts of a town, offering recreational sports activities.


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country house
trans_list: Landhaus | Zweitwohnung
sense:
(especially, British) A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country house
trans_list: Landhaus | Zweitwohnung
sense:
(especially, British) Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.


lexentry: eng/country_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country music
trans_list: Country-Musik | Countrymusik
sense:
(music) A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.


lexentry: eng/country_of_origin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country of origin
trans_list: Ursprungsland
sense:
(international trade) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.


lexentry: eng/county__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: county
trans_list: Grafschaft | Bezirk | County | Landkreis | Qark
sense:
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/coup_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coup d'état
trans_list: Staatsstreich | Putsch | Coup
sense:
(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.


lexentry: eng/couple__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: couple
trans_list: ein paar | einige
sense:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.


lexentry: eng/coupler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coupler
trans_list: Bindewort
sense:
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.


lexentry: eng/coupling__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: coupling
trans_list: Einkopplung
sense:
(electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.


lexentry: eng/coupling__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: coupling
trans_list: Verbindung | Verkupplung
sense:
A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: Coupon | Gutschein
sense:
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: Coupon | Kupon
sense:
(finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.


lexentry: eng/courage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courage
trans_list: Mut | Tapferkeit | Courage | Herz
sense:
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.


lexentry: eng/course__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: course
trans_list: verfolgen
sense:
(transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.


lexentry: eng/course_credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: course credit
trans_list: Haben
sense:
(education, academics) A unit for measuring the amount of academic studies of which exact definition varies by learning institution. Typically, there is a minimum number of course credits required as a precondition for graduation.


lexentry: eng/coursebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coursebook
trans_list: Lehrbuch
sense:
A textbook, a book designed to accompany a specific academic course, or one specified by the writers of the course to be read by its students.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court
trans_list: Hof | Gerichtshof
sense:
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: court
trans_list: Hof | Hofstaat
sense:
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: court
trans_list: Gericht
sense:
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: court
trans_list: Gericht | Hof | Platz
sense:
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: court
trans_list: Platz | Court
sense:
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games


lexentry: eng/court_jester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court jester
trans_list: Hofnarr | Narr | Närrin | Hofnärrin
sense:
A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.


lexentry: eng/court_of_cassation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court of cassation
trans_list: Kassationshof
sense:
(legal) In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.


lexentry: eng/court_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court order
trans_list: Gerichtsbeschluss
sense:
(legal) A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.


lexentry: eng/courtesy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: courtesy
trans_list: Höflichkeit
sense:
(countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.


lexentry: eng/courtship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courtship
trans_list: Brautwerbung | Liebeswerben | Freien
sense:
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cousin
trans_list: Cousin | Cousine | Vetter | Kusine | Base
sense:
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cousin
trans_list: entfernte Verwandte | entfernter Verwandter
sense:
Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.


lexentry: eng/covalent_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covalent bond
trans_list: kovalente Bindung
sense:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covariance
trans_list: Kovarianz
sense:
(statistics) A statistical measure defined as \scriptstyle\operatorname{Cov}(X, Y) = \operatorname{E}((X - \mu) (Y - \nu)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values \scriptstyle E(X)\,=\,\mu and \scriptstyle E(Y)\,=\,\nu.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: covariance
trans_list: Kovarianz
sense:
(object-oriented programming) The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations.


lexentry: eng/covariant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covariant
trans_list: kovariant
sense:
(category theory, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(X) \to F(Y).


lexentry: eng/cove__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cove
trans_list: Bucht | Ausbuchtung | Steilküstenbucht
sense:
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/covenstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covenstead
trans_list: Heiligtum
sense:
(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cover
trans_list: Umschlag | Einband | Cover
sense:
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cover
trans_list: Deckung | Versteck
sense:
(cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: cover
trans_list: Überdeckung
sense:
(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cover
trans_list: covern
sense:
(music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cover
trans_list: decken | abdecken | Deckung geben
sense:
(military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cover
trans_list: decken | abdecken
sense:
(transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.


lexentry: eng/cover_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cover charge
trans_list: Gedeckzuschlag
sense:
An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water.


lexentry: eng/cover_crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover crop
trans_list: Zwischenfrucht
sense:
Any of several crops planted between others in order to prevent erosion and to improve soil quality (especially by adding nitrogen); often plowed into the soil as a green manure at the end of its season.


lexentry: eng/cover_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover girl
trans_list: Covergirl
sense:
(informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.


lexentry: eng/cover_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover letter
trans_list: Anschreiben
sense:
A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.


lexentry: eng/cover_version__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover version
trans_list: Cover | Coverversion
sense:
(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.


lexentry: eng/coverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coverage
trans_list: Achtung
sense:
(journalism) The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.


lexentry: eng/coverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coverage
trans_list: Abdeckplane
sense:
(genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.


lexentry: eng/coverall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coverall
trans_list: Overall
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.


lexentry: eng/covering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covering
trans_list: Abdeckung
sense:
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.


lexentry: eng/covet__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: covet
trans_list: sehnen
sense:
(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.


lexentry: eng/covey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covey
trans_list: Rebhühner-
sense:
A brood or family of partridges (family Phasianidae), which includes game birds such as grouse (tribe Tetraonini) and ptarmigans (tribe Tetraonini, genus Lagopus).


lexentry: eng/covid-19_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covid-19 party
trans_list: Coronaparty
sense:
(neologism) A party where people come together to spread COVID-19 between each other to attempt to acquire temporary immunity and/or to accelerate herd immunity.


lexentry: eng/covidiot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covidiot
trans_list: Covidiot | Covidiotin
sense:
(pejorative, jocular, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cow
trans_list: Rind | Kuh
sense:
(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cow
trans_list: Kuh
sense:
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cow
trans_list: Kuh
sense:
(derogatory, UK, Irish, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.


lexentry: eng/cow_chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cow chip
trans_list: Kuhfladen
sense:
A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.


lexentry: eng/cow_eyes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cow eyes
trans_list: -löcher
sense:
(US, informal) A wide-eyed expression meant to discreetly signal otherwise unstated romantic attraction to the one it is directed at.


lexentry: eng/cowboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cowboy
trans_list: Cowboy
sense:
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.


lexentry: eng/cowboy_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowboy hat
trans_list: Cowboyhut
sense:
A broad-brimmed hat worn by cowboys, ranchers, and farmers, common in the western United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/cowcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowcatcher
trans_list: Schienenräumer | Kuhfänger
sense:
(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.


lexentry: eng/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowgirl position
trans_list: Reiten | Reiterstellung | Reitstellung
sense:
(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.


lexentry: eng/cowherb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowherb
trans_list: Kuhnelke
sense:
Vaccaria hispanica, an annual herb with blue-grey waxy herbage and pale pink flowers, native to Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/cowlick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowlick
trans_list: Haarwirbel | Wirbel
sense:
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.


lexentry: eng/cowpox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowpox
trans_list: Kuhpocken
sense:
A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.


lexentry: eng/coxswain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coxswain
trans_list: Steuermann
sense:
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.


lexentry: eng/coypu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coypu
trans_list: Biberratte | Nutria | Coypu | Schweifbiber | Schweifratte | Sumpfbiber
sense:
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/cozen__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cozen
trans_list: beschwindeln
sense:
(archaic) To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [from late 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/crabgrass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crabgrass
trans_list: Fingerhirse
sense:
Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving bare patches.


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crack
trans_list: Spalte | Ritze
sense:
(slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: crack
trans_list: Spalte | Ritze
sense:
(hydrodynamics, US, dated) An expanding circle of white water surrounding the site of a large explosion at shallow depth, marking the progress of the shock wave through the air above the water.A nuclear explosion in shallow water; the crack is clearly visible on the water's surface.


lexentry: eng/crack_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crack down
trans_list: hart durchgreifen (bei) | scharf vorgehen (gegen)
sense:
(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.


lexentry: eng/cracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cracker
trans_list: Cracker | Kräcker
sense:
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cradle
trans_list: Wiege
sense:
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.


lexentry: eng/cradle_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cradle cap
trans_list: Milchschorf
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: craft
trans_list: Durchtriebenheit | Gerissenheit | Handwerk | Schlauheit
sense:
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: craft
trans_list: Handwerk
sense:
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: craft
trans_list: Gilde | Innung | Zunft
sense:
(countable) A trade or profession as embodied in its practitioners collectively; the members of a trade or handicraft as a body; an association of these; a trade's union, guild, or ‘company’ [15th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: craft
trans_list: Fahrzeug | Lenkfahrzeug
sense:
(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].


lexentry: eng/craft_brewery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craft brewery
trans_list: Gasthausbrauerei
sense:
A relatively small and independent commercial brewery employing traditional methods that emphasize flavour and quality.


lexentry: eng/crag_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crag martin
trans_list: die Schwalbe
sense:
Any of four species of passerine birds in the Ptyonoprogne genus of the swallow family, including the Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and the rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula).


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram
trans_list: stopfen | vollpacken
sense:
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cram
trans_list: büffeln | pauken
sense:
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.


lexentry: eng/cram_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram school
trans_list: Paukschule
sense:
(education) A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.


lexentry: eng/cramp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cramp
trans_list: Krampf
sense:
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.


lexentry: eng/crampon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crampon
trans_list: Steigeisen | Klettereisen
sense:
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.


lexentry: eng/cranberry_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranberry juice
trans_list: Preiselbeersaft
sense:
The unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries, often mixed with water and a sweetener, used as a beverage.


lexentry: eng/cranberry_morpheme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranberry morpheme
trans_list: Himbeermorphem | unikales Morphem
sense:
(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme within a complex word that is a fossil and whose meaning is opaque to the present speakers of the language.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crane
trans_list: Kranich | Kran
sense:
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crane
trans_list: Kran | Kranich
sense:
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.


lexentry: eng/cranefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranefly
trans_list: Schnake | Gelse | Mücke | Schneider | Schuster
sense:
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.


lexentry: eng/cranial_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranial nerve
trans_list: Hirnnerv
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/craniorachischisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craniorachischisis
trans_list: Kraniorhachischisis
sense:
(pathology) A lethal defect of the neural tube in which both the brain and spinal cord are left open.


lexentry: eng/cranioschisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranioschisis
trans_list: Kranioschisis
sense:
A developmental birth defect in which the cranium fails to close completely, so that the brain is exposed to the amnios and eventually degenerates, causing anencephaly.


lexentry: eng/craniotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craniotomy
trans_list: Kraniektomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.


lexentry: eng/cranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranium
trans_list: Hirnschale | Hirnschädel
sense:
(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crank
trans_list: Kurbel | Miesepeter
sense:
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crank
trans_list: Kurbeln
sense:
(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.


lexentry: eng/crankshaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crankshaft
trans_list: Kurbelwelle
sense:
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.


lexentry: eng/crape_myrtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crape myrtle
trans_list: Kräuselmyrte
sense:
Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.


lexentry: eng/crapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crapper
trans_list: Scheißhaus
sense:
(mildly, _, coarse, _, slang) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.


lexentry: eng/crappy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crappy
trans_list: beschissen | mies | scheiße
sense:
(chiefly, North America, colloquial, mildly, vulgar, especially with "feel") Bad, sick, or depressed.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crash
trans_list: Absturz | Crash
sense:
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crash
trans_list: Krach
sense:
(finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crash
trans_list: hereinplatzen | ohne Einladung erscheinen | zerstören
sense:
(transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crash
trans_list: übernachten | knacken | pennen | unterkommen
sense:
(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: crash
trans_list: hereinplatzen | ohne Einladung erscheinen
sense:
(transitive, Scotland, education) To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.


lexentry: eng/crash_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash barrier
trans_list: Leitplanke | Leitschiene | Schutzplanke
sense:
(chiefly, British) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the carriageway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.


lexentry: eng/crash_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash landing
trans_list: Bruchlandung | Notlandung
sense:
The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances, usually with damage to the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/crash_test__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash test
trans_list: Crashtest
sense:
A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.


lexentry: eng/crasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crasis
trans_list: Krasis
sense:
(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.


lexentry: eng/crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crater
trans_list: Krater
sense:
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/crave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crave
trans_list: erbitten | erflehen
sense:
(transitive, archaic, or, literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.


lexentry: eng/crawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl
trans_list: kriechen | krabbeln | wimmeln
sense:
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.


lexentry: eng/crawl_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl space
trans_list: Kriechkeller | Kriechzwischenraum
sense:
(construction) A narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.


lexentry: eng/crayfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crayfish
trans_list: Flusskrebs | Krebs
sense:
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.


lexentry: eng/crazy_eights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crazy eights
trans_list: harceler
sense:
(card games) A card game in which players try to rid themselves of their cards by playing a matching rank or suit on the previous card played, having to draw an additional card if unable to do this; a player who plays an eight can dictate the suit to be played next.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream
trans_list: Sahne | Rahm | Creme | Obers | Kreme | Sahnestück
sense:
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cream
trans_list: Creme | Kreme
sense:
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)


lexentry: eng/cream_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream cake
trans_list: Cremetorte
sense:
Any of many varieties of cake that are either filled, layered or topped with any of several forms of cream or custard.


lexentry: eng/cream_of_tartar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream of tartar
trans_list: Weinstein
sense:
(organic compound) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.


lexentry: eng/creamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: creamer
trans_list: Kaffeesahne
sense:
A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.


lexentry: eng/creamy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creamy
trans_list: cremig | cremeartig | sahnig
sense:
Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.


lexentry: eng/crease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crease
trans_list: Falte | Bügelfalte
sense:
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: schaffen | kreieren
sense:
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: entwerfen | schaffen
sense:
To make#Verb or produce#Verb from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.


lexentry: eng/creatine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatine
trans_list: Kreatin
sense:
(amino acid) An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.


lexentry: eng/creatine_kinase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatine kinase
trans_list: Creatin-Kinase
sense:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).


lexentry: eng/creatinine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatinine
trans_list: Kreatinin
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.


lexentry: eng/creation_myth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creation myth
trans_list: Schöpfungsbericht
sense:
A symbolic account of the creation of the world/universe in a particular culture; often involving a creator deity.


lexentry: eng/creationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creationism
trans_list: Kreationismus
sense:
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.


lexentry: eng/creative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative
trans_list: kreativ | schöpferisch
sense:
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.


lexentry: eng/creative_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative work
trans_list: Werk
sense:
(chiefly, copyright) A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.


lexentry: eng/creator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creator
trans_list: Schöpfer | Erschaffer | Erschafferin | Schöpferin | Urheber | Autor
sense:
(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.


lexentry: eng/credence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: credence
trans_list: Kredenz
sense:
(countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.


lexentry: eng/credibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: credibility
trans_list: Glaubwürdigkeit
sense:
(legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: credit
trans_list: Abspann | Danksagung
sense:
(television/film, usually, in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: credit
trans_list: Kredit
sense:
(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: credit
trans_list: Bonität | Kreditwürdigkeit
sense:
(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: credit
trans_list: Gutschrift | Kredit
sense:
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: credit
trans_list: Schein
sense:
(countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.


lexentry: eng/credit_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit card
trans_list: Kreditkarte
sense:
(banking) A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/credit_default_swap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit default swap
trans_list: CDS
sense:
(finance) A credit derivative contract between two counterparties, whereby the buyer (seller of risk) makes periodic payments to the seller (buyer of risk) in exchange for the right to a payoff if there is a default or other credit event in respect of a third party called reference entity.


lexentry: eng/credit_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit note
trans_list: Gutschrift
sense:
(accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.


lexentry: eng/credit_rating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit rating
trans_list: Kreditwürdigkeit
sense:
(finance) An estimate, based on a company, government or person's history of borrowing and repayment or available financial resources, that is used by creditors to determine the maximum amount of credit that can be extended without undue risk.


lexentry: eng/credit_risk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit risk
trans_list: Kreditrisiko
sense:
(finance) The risk of loss due to a debtor's nonpayment or delayed payment of a financial obligation, such as an account payable, a loan or other line of credit.


lexentry: eng/credit_score__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit score
trans_list: Kreditscoring
sense:
(finance) A measure of credit risk, usually for a consumer, calculated from credit information using a standardized formula.


lexentry: eng/credit_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit union
trans_list: Genossenschaftsbank | Kreditgenossenschaft
sense:
(finance) A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.


lexentry: eng/credo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credo
trans_list: Credo | Kredo
sense:
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.


lexentry: eng/credobaptism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credobaptism
trans_list: Erwachsenentaufe | Gläubigentaufe | Mündigentaufe
sense:
(Christianity) Practice of the credobaptists; belief that baptism is only to be administered to those who profess their faith.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creed
trans_list: Credo | Glaubensbekenntnis | Kredo
sense:
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creed
trans_list: Glaubensbekenntnis | Kredo
sense:
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creek
trans_list: Bucht
sense:
(British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: creek
trans_list: Bach
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/creel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creel
trans_list: Gatter
sense:
(textile making) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: creep
trans_list: Widerling
sense:
(uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: creep
trans_list: Kriechen
sense:
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: creep
trans_list: Knilch | Widerling
sense:
(informal, pejorative) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.


lexentry: eng/creep__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: creep
trans_list: schleichen
sense:
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: Strampelanzug | Strampler
sense:
(often, in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: Kletterpflanze | Kriechpflanze
sense:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.


lexentry: eng/crema__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crema
trans_list: Crème fraîche
sense:
A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.


lexentry: eng/crenellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crenellation
trans_list: Zinne
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.


lexentry: eng/creole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creole
trans_list: Kreolsprache | Kreol
sense:
(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.


lexentry: eng/creolistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creolistics
trans_list: Kreolistik
sense:
(linguistics) The branch of linguistics concerned with the study of creole languages and literatures.


lexentry: eng/crepuscular_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crepuscular ray
trans_list: Frostbrand
sense:
A sunbeam seen just after sunset or just before sunrise, caused by a cloud below the horizon and dust particles in the air above the horizon.


lexentry: eng/crescendo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescendo
trans_list: Crescendo
sense:
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.


lexentry: eng/crescent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent
trans_list: Mondsichel | Halbmond
sense:
The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.


lexentry: eng/crescent_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent moon
trans_list: Mondsichel
sense:
The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.


lexentry: eng/cress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cress
trans_list: Kresse
sense:
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.


lexentry: eng/cresset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cresset
trans_list: Öllampe
sense:
(coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crest
trans_list: Kamm | Wellenkamm | Haube | Krone | Wellenspitze
sense:
A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crest
trans_list: Helmzier | Helmkleinod | Zimir
sense:
(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.


lexentry: eng/crested_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crested tit
trans_list: Haubenmeise
sense:
Lophophanes cristatus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved.


lexentry: eng/cretin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cretin
trans_list: Kretin
sense:
(medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]


lexentry: eng/cretinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cretinism
trans_list: Kretinismus
sense:
(medicine, archaic) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crew
trans_list: Besatzung | Crew | Bemannung | Haufen
sense:
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/cri_du_chat_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cri du chat syndrome
trans_list: Cri-du-chat-Syndrom
sense:
(medicine) A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crib
trans_list: Gitterbett
sense:
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crib
trans_list: Krippe
sense:
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: crib
trans_list: Spickzettel | Schummelzettel
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.


lexentry: eng/cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricket
trans_list: Grille
sense:
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/cricothyrotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricothyrotomy
trans_list: Koniotomie | Krikothyreotomie
sense:
(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.


lexentry: eng/crier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crier
trans_list: Schreier | Schreierin
sense:
An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.


lexentry: eng/crime-ridden__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: dominated or plagued by crime.
written_rep: crime-ridden
trans_list:
kriminalitätsbelastet | kriminalitätsverseucht | mit einer hohen Kriminalitätsrate | mit vielen Verbrechen | verbrechensbelastet


lexentry: eng/crime_against_humanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime against humanity
trans_list: Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit | Menschheitsverbrechen
sense:
(now, chiefly, legal) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/crime_of_passion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime of passion
trans_list: Triebverbrechen
sense:
(law, criminology) A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.


lexentry: eng/crime_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime scene
trans_list: Tatort
sense:
The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/criminal_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminal code
trans_list: Strafgesetzbuch | Strafrecht
sense:
(legal) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.


lexentry: eng/criminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminalization
trans_list: Kriminalisierung
sense:
The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.


lexentry: eng/crimini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crimini
trans_list: Champignon
sense:
A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature


lexentry: eng/cringe__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cringe
trans_list: Fremdscham
sense:
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/cringeworthiness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cringeworthiness
trans_list: cringe
sense:
The property of being cringeworthy; awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe.


lexentry: eng/cringle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cringle
trans_list: Legel | Lägel | Lögel
sense:
(nautical) A short piece of rope, arranged as a grommet around a metal ring, used to attach tackle to a sail etc.


lexentry: eng/cripple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cripple
trans_list: Krüppel
sense:
(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: Krise
sense:
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: Krise
sense:
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.


lexentry: eng/crisp__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crisp
trans_list: spröde
sense:
Having a consistency which is hard yet brittle, and in a condition to break with a sharp fracture; crumbly, friable, short.


lexentry: eng/criterion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criterion
trans_list: Kriterium
sense:
A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: critical
trans_list: kritisch | bedenklich
sense:
(medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: critical
trans_list: kritisch
sense:
(physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.


lexentry: eng/critical_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical mass
trans_list: kritische Masse
sense:
(nuclear physics) The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


lexentry: eng/critical_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: critical mass
trans_list: kritische Masse
sense:
(by extension, figurative) The minimum amount of something or the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: Kritischer Punkt
sense:
(thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: Kritischer Punkt
sense:
(mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.


lexentry: eng/critical_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical theory
trans_list: kritische Theorie
sense:
The examination and critique of society and literature, drawing from knowledge across social science and the humanities; (in particular) the original ideas developed by the Frankfurt School.


lexentry: eng/critical_thinking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical thinking
trans_list: kritisches Denken
sense:
The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.


lexentry: eng/croak__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: croak
trans_list: krepieren | abkratzen
sense:
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.


lexentry: eng/crochet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crochet
trans_list: häkeln
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread.


lexentry: eng/crockery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crockery
trans_list: Geschirr | Essgeschirr
sense:
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.


lexentry: eng/crocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocket
trans_list: Krabbe
sense:
(architectural element) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/crocodile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocodile
trans_list: Krokodil
sense:
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.


lexentry: eng/crocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocus
trans_list: Krokus
sense:
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.


lexentry: eng/croft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croft
trans_list: Kate
sense:
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.


lexentry: eng/cromlech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cromlech
trans_list: Cromlech | Kromlech
sense:
A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.


lexentry: eng/crony_capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crony capitalism
trans_list: Cousinenwirtschaft | Nepotismus | Vetternwirtschaft
sense:
(politics, idiomatic) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.


lexentry: eng/cronyism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cronyism
sense:
(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.

trans_list:
Vetternwirtschaft | Freunderlwirtschaft | Nepotismus | Günstlingswirtschaft | Klüngel | Ämterpatronage


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: crook
trans_list: Hirtenstab | Krummstab | Krücke | Krückstock
sense:
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.


lexentry: eng/croon__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croon
trans_list: summen | säuseln
sense:
To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop
trans_list: Feldfrucht | Getreide | Erntegut | Gemüse
sense:
(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crop
trans_list: Kropf | Kehlsack
sense:
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: crop
trans_list: Krone
sense:
(archaic, or, dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.


lexentry: eng/crop__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crop
trans_list: ausschneiden | beschneiden | einpassen | trimmen
sense:
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.


lexentry: eng/crop_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop circle
trans_list: Kornkreis
sense:
An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc.


lexentry: eng/crop_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop milk
trans_list: Kropfmilch | Taubenmilch
sense:
A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is fed to their young (squabs) through regurgitation. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and some penguins.


lexentry: eng/crop_rotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop rotation
trans_list: Fruchtfolge | Felderwirtschaft | Fruchtwechsel
sense:
(agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.


lexentry: eng/croquembouche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquembouche
trans_list: Croquembouche | Krachgebäck
sense:
A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.


lexentry: eng/croquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquet
trans_list: Krocket | Croquet | Crocket
sense:
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).


lexentry: eng/croquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquette
trans_list: Krokette
sense:
(culinary) A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.


lexentry: eng/croquis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquis
trans_list: flüchtige Skizze | grobe Skizze | schnelle Zeichnung
sense:
(arts) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.


lexentry: eng/crosier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosier
trans_list: Krummstab | Bischofsstab
sense:
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.


lexentry: eng/cross-channel__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-channel
trans_list: jenseits des Ärmelkanals
sense:
(chiefly, Irish, dated, _, in, _, Britain) Relating to the body of water between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland (the Irish Sea, Saint George's Channel, and the North Channel); to, from, or in the other of the two islands


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-country skiing
trans_list: Skilanglauf | Langlauf
sense:
(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross-country skiing
trans_list: Langlauf
sense:
(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


lexentry: eng/cross-dresser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-dresser
trans_list: Transe
sense:
A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/cross-examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-examination
trans_list: Kreuzverhör
sense:
(legal) The interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined, in an attempt to prove or reveal something false or untold during direct examination.


lexentry: eng/cross-link__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-link
trans_list: vernetzen
sense:
(chemistry) To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds


lexentry: eng/cross-purpose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-purpose
trans_list: Gegensatz
sense:
(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one.


lexentry: eng/cross-vote__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-vote
trans_list: panaschieren
sense:
To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cross
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cross
trans_list: Flanke
sense:
(football) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cross
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).


lexentry: eng/cross_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross country
trans_list: Geländelauf
sense:
(sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.


lexentry: eng/cross_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross country
trans_list: Geländeritt
sense:
A phase of the equestrian sport of three day eventing, which the horse and rider travel over varied terrain and jump natural obstacles.


lexentry: eng/cross_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross sea
trans_list: Kreuzsee
sense:
(nautical) A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.


lexentry: eng/cross_tabulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross tabulation
trans_list: Kontingenztafel | Kreuztabellierung
sense:
(statistics) A presentation of data about categorical variable in a tabular form to aid in identifying a relationship between the variables.


lexentry: eng/cross_to_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross to bear
trans_list: Kreuz
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossbill
trans_list: Kreuzschnabel | Zweibindiger Kreuzschnabel
sense:
Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.


lexentry: eng/crosscut__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crosscut
trans_list: Querschlag
sense:
(mining) A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock.


lexentry: eng/crossed_cheque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossed cheque
trans_list: Verrechnungsscheck
sense:
(finance) An ordinary cheque with two transverse lines drawn across it, which have the effect of making it payable only through a banker.


lexentry: eng/crossfader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossfader
trans_list: Crossfader | Überblender | Überblendregler
sense:
(music) A device consisting of two volume controls which control separate records, allowing the DJ to change the source of the sound between the records.


lexentry: eng/crossfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossfire
trans_list: Kreuzfeuer
sense:
(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.


lexentry: eng/crossguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossguard
trans_list: Parierstange
sense:
(swords) A metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.


lexentry: eng/crossing__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crossing
trans_list: Vierung
sense:
(architecture) The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.


lexentry: eng/crossover__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crossover
trans_list: Crossover
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.


lexentry: eng/crosspiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosspiece
trans_list: Holm | Kreuzstück | Kreuzverstrebung | Quersteg | Sprosse | Steg
sense:
A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.


lexentry: eng/crosstalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosstalk
trans_list: Nebensprechen | Übersprechen
sense:
(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.


lexentry: eng/crosstree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosstree
trans_list: Saling
sense:
(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up


lexentry: eng/crossword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossword
trans_list: Kreuzworträtsel
sense:
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.


lexentry: eng/crotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotch
trans_list: Schritt | Leistengegend | Zwickel
sense:
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.


lexentry: eng/crotonic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotonic acid
trans_list: Crotonsäure
sense:
(carboxylic acid) An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH3-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.


lexentry: eng/crouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crouch
trans_list: kauern
sense:
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.


lexentry: eng/croup__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croup
trans_list: Krupp | Pseudokrupp | Kehlkopfdiphtherie
sense:
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.


lexentry: eng/crow's_nest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow's nest
trans_list: Krähennest | Ausguck | Mastkorb
sense:
(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.


lexentry: eng/crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow
trans_list: krähen | frohlocken | jauchzen | johlen | jubeln | jubilieren
sense:
(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.


lexentry: eng/crowbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowbar
trans_list: Brecheisen | Kuhfuß | Brechstange | Nageleisen | Geißfuß | Hebeeisen
sense:
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.


lexentry: eng/crowdfunding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowdfunding
trans_list: Crowdfunding | Schwarmfinanzierung
sense:
(finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/crowdsourcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowdsourcing
trans_list: Crowd­sour­cing
sense:
The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: crown
trans_list: Krone | Scheitel
sense:
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: Krone
sense:
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: crown
trans_list: Krone
sense:
(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.


lexentry: eng/crown__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: krönen
sense:
Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.


lexentry: eng/crown_flower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown flower
trans_list: Kronenblume
sense:
A large shrub, Calotropis gigantea, growing up to 4 meters tall, with clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in color.


lexentry: eng/crown_jewels__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown jewels
trans_list: Kronjuwelen
sense:
(literally) The jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy, i.e. crown, scepter, signet ring, etc.


lexentry: eng/crown_molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown molding
trans_list: Deckenleiste | Deckenzierleiste
sense:
(woodworking, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.


lexentry: eng/crown_of_thorns__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown of thorns
trans_list: Dornenkrone
sense:
(Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/crowned_crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowned crane
trans_list: Kronenkranich
sense:
Either of two species of crane of the genus Balearica (Black Crowned Crane, Balearica pavonina and Grey Crowned Crane, Balearica regulorum) from sub-Saharan Africa.


lexentry: eng/crownvetch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crownvetch
trans_list: Bunte Kronwicke
sense:
A crawling leguminous vine, Securigera varia, which is native to Eurasia and Africa but widely planted elsewhere as a ground cover, where it can become an invasive weed.


lexentry: eng/crucial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucial
trans_list: entscheidend | ausschlaggebend | kritisch | wichtig
sense:
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.


lexentry: eng/cruciate_ligament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruciate ligament
trans_list: Kreuzband
sense:
Any of the pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X in various joints of the body, such as the knee.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: Tiegel
sense:
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: Tiegel | Schmelztiegel
sense:
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: Feuerprobe
sense:
(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.


lexentry: eng/crucifix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifix
trans_list: Kruzifix
sense:
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.


lexentry: eng/cruet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruet
trans_list: Ölkännchen
sense:
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/cruise_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise control
trans_list: Tempomat | Geschwindigkeitsregelanlage
sense:
A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.


lexentry: eng/cruise_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise ship
trans_list: Kreuzfahrtschiff
sense:
(nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: Kreuzer
sense:
(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: Kreuzer
sense:
(military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.


lexentry: eng/crumble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crumble
trans_list: Crumble
sense:
A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/crumpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crumpet
trans_list: Pfannkuchen
sense:
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.


lexentry: eng/crumpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crumpet
trans_list: Mieze
sense:
(UK, slang, dated, countable, uncountable) A sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crunch
trans_list: Bauchpresse | Bauchpressen
sense:
(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crunch
trans_list: durchrechnen | kalkulieren
sense:
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: Kreuzzug
sense:
(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: Kreuzzug | Feldzug
sense:
(figuratively, sometimes, ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crush
trans_list: zerdrücken
sense:
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.


lexentry: eng/crust__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crust
trans_list: Kruste
sense:
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.


lexentry: eng/crustacean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crustacean
trans_list: Krebstier | Krustentier | Schalentier
sense:
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.


lexentry: eng/crusty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crusty
trans_list: mürrisch | reizbar
sense:
(informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: Krücke
sense:
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: Krücke | Stütze
sense:
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop


lexentry: eng/crwth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crwth
trans_list: Crwth
sense:
(historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.


lexentry: eng/cry_over_spilt_milk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cry over spilt milk
trans_list: über vergossene Milch jammern
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.


lexentry: eng/cry_someone_a_river__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cry someone a river
trans_list: auf die Tränendrüse drücken
sense:
(idiomatic, usually, sarcastic, by extension) To try to obtain the sympathy of another person by complaining or sniveling.


lexentry: eng/cry_wolf__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cry wolf
trans_list: falschen Alarm auslösen | falschen Alarm schlagen
sense:
(idiomatic) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.


lexentry: eng/cryovolcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryovolcano
trans_list: Kryovulkan
sense:
(planetology, geology, vulcanology) A volcano on an icy moon that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.


lexentry: eng/cryptid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptid
trans_list: Kryptid
sense:
(cryptozoology) A creature known only from folklore or legend, the existence of which is not proven by scientific observation.


lexentry: eng/crypto-Jew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crypto-Jew
trans_list: Kryptojude | Kryptojüdin
sense:
A person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.


lexentry: eng/crypto-anarchism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crypto-anarchism
trans_list: Krypto-Anarchismus
sense:
(computing, political science) The belief that cyberspace should exist decentralized and without authority, achievable through cryptography.


lexentry: eng/cryptoanarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptoanarchy
trans_list: Krypto-Anarchie
sense:
The use of cryptography to enable individuals to make consensual economic arrangements and transcend national boundaries.


lexentry: eng/cryptobiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptobiosis
trans_list: Anabiose
sense:
(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted


lexentry: eng/cryptococcosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptococcosis
trans_list: Kryptokokkose
sense:
(disease) A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex, believed to be acquired by inhalation of the infectious propagule from the environment.


lexentry: eng/cryptocurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptocurrency
trans_list: Kryptowährung | Kryptogeld
sense:
A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.


lexentry: eng/cryptogam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptogam
trans_list: Kryptogame
sense:
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.


lexentry: eng/cryptography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptography
trans_list: Kryptographie | Kryptografie
sense:
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.


lexentry: eng/cryptomnesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptomnesia
trans_list: Kryptomnesie
sense:
(chiefly, psychology, uncountable) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience; (countable) an instance of this. Contrast cryptaesthesia. [from 1900]


lexentry: eng/cryptovirus__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptovirus
trans_list: Verschlüsselungstrojaner
sense:
(computer security) A type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key.


lexentry: eng/crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal
trans_list: Kristall
sense:
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/crystal_lattice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal lattice
trans_list: Kristallgitter
sense:
(crystallography) A regular three-dimensional geometric arrangement of atoms, molecules or ions in a crystal


lexentry: eng/crystal_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal set
trans_list: Detektorempfänger | Detektorradio
sense:
(electronics) An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.


lexentry: eng/crystal_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal system
trans_list: Kristallsystem
sense:
(crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.


lexentry: eng/crystallization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystallization
trans_list: Kristallisation
sense:
The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.


lexentry: eng/csardas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: csardas
trans_list: Csárdás | Csardas | Tschardasch
sense:
An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. The two main parts are called lassú (slow) and friss (quick).


lexentry: eng/ctenophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ctenophore
trans_list: Kammqualle | Rippenqualle
sense:
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cube_root__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cube root
trans_list: Kubikwurzel
sense:
(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.


lexentry: eng/cubeb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubeb
trans_list: Kubebenpfeffer
sense:
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.


lexentry: eng/cubewano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubewano
trans_list: Cubewano
sense:
(astronomy) Any Kuiper belt object whose orbit is not determined by resonance with Neptune (orbit ~ 40-50 AU).


lexentry: eng/cubic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic
trans_list: kubisch
sense:
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cubic_centimetre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic centimetre
trans_list: Kubikzentimeter
sense:
A unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one centimetre in length, equal to 10⁻⁶ cubic metres and 1 millilitre. Commonly used in fluid measure and for engine sizes.


lexentry: eng/cubic_decimetre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic decimetre
trans_list: Kubikdezimeter
sense:
A unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one decimetre in length, equal to 10-3 cubic metres and 1 litre. Commonly used in fluid measure and for engine sizes.


lexentry: eng/cubism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubism
trans_list: Kubismus
sense:
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/cuboctahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuboctahedron
trans_list: Kuboktaeder | Kubo-Oktaeder | Kubooktaeder
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.


lexentry: eng/cuckold__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckold
trans_list: hörnen | Hörner aufsetzen
sense:
(transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing their partner or spouse.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: Kuckuck
sense:
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: Kuckuck | kuckuck
sense:
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo clock
trans_list: Kuckucksuhr
sense:
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo sign
trans_list: einen Vogel zeigen
sense:
A gesture, consisting of a twirling motion of a finger near the temple, used to suggest that another person is crazy.


lexentry: eng/cucumiform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cucumiform
trans_list: gurkenförmig
sense:
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.


lexentry: eng/cud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cud
trans_list: Wiedergekäutes | wiedergekäutes Futter
sense:
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cuddle
trans_list: Kuscheln
sense:
(UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuddle
trans_list: kuscheln | knuddeln
sense:
(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cue
trans_list: Hinweis | Signal | Stichwort | Wink
sense:
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue
trans_list: Billardstock | Queue
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.


lexentry: eng/cue_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue ball
trans_list: Kiesel
sense:
(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


lexentry: eng/cue_mark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue mark
trans_list: Überblendungszeichen
sense:
A visual indicator, placed in an upper corner of a frame of a motion picture, to signal the projectionist to change reels


lexentry: eng/cuisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuisine
trans_list: Küche | Kochkunst
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.


lexentry: eng/cul-de-sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cul-de-sac
trans_list: Wendehammer | Wendekreis | Wendeplatte
sense:
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.


lexentry: eng/culantro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culantro
trans_list: Langer Koriander
sense:
The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. (See Usage notes below for this sense.)


lexentry: eng/culinary_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culinary linguistics
trans_list: kulinarische Linguistik
sense:
(linguistics) A sub-branch of applied linguistics that is the study of food and language across various interdisciplinary fields.


lexentry: eng/cull__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cull
trans_list: keulen
sense:
To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: kulminieren
sense:
(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: kulminieren
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.


lexentry: eng/culmination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culmination
trans_list: Gipfelpunkt | Höhepunkt
sense:
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.


lexentry: eng/culpable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culpable
trans_list: schuldig | strafbar | verdammenswert | verdammungswürdig
sense:
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult
trans_list: Kult | Kultus
sense:
(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cult
trans_list: Sekte | Kult
sense:
(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.


lexentry: eng/cult_of_personality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult of personality
trans_list: Personenkult
sense:
A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.


lexentry: eng/cultivar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivar
trans_list: Cultivar | Sorte | Kulturvarietät | Kultivar
sense:
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/cultivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cultivate
trans_list: bestellen
sense:
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.


lexentry: eng/cultivator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivator
trans_list: Kultivator | Ackerfräse
sense:
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.


lexentry: eng/cultural_Bolshevism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural Bolshevism
trans_list: Kulturbolschewismus
sense:
(Nazism, politics, historical) Those cultural elements that were perceived by the Nazi party to be propagating politically undesirable Bolshevik ideas.


lexentry: eng/cultural_Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cultural Marxism
trans_list: Kulturbolschewismus | Kulturmarxismus
sense:
(Marxism, academia) A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).


lexentry: eng/cultural_appropriation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural appropriation
trans_list: kulturelle Aneignung
sense:
(sociology) The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements of one culture by members of a different culture.


lexentry: eng/cultural_imperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural imperialism
trans_list: Kulturimperialismus
sense:
(chiefly, depreciative) The imposition of a dominant nation's culture onto a nondominant nation, often through the export of cultural products such as film and music.


lexentry: eng/cultural_phylogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural phylogenetics
trans_list: kulturelle Phylogenetik
sense:
(anthropology) The use of techniques from phylogenetics to study the evolutionary history of relationships between humans and between groups of humans, as well as of cultural memes and practices.


lexentry: eng/cultural_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural studies
trans_list: Kulturwissenschaft
sense:
A diverse field of study which examines representations of culture through a variety of academic theories.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture
trans_list: Kultur
sense:
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culture
trans_list: Kultur
sense:
The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: culture
trans_list: Kultur
sense:
(anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: culture
trans_list: Kultur
sense:
(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.


lexentry: eng/culture_hero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture hero
trans_list: Kulturheros
sense:
(idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.


lexentry: eng/culture_shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture shock
trans_list: Kulturschock
sense:
(anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.


lexentry: eng/culture_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: culture war
trans_list: Kulturkampf
sense:
(often, in plural) Conflict between different ideological groups, especially political conflict for cultural dominance between liberals and conservatives in the United States.


lexentry: eng/cummerbund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cummerbund
trans_list: Kummerbund
sense:
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cumslut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumslut
trans_list: Spermaschlampe
sense:
(slang, vulgar, usually, derogatory) A person who badly wants to receive another person's semen, particularly in the mouth to be swallowed.


lexentry: eng/cumulative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulative
trans_list: angehäuft | kumulativ
sense:
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.


lexentry: eng/cumulative_distribution_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulative distribution function
trans_list: Verteilungsfunktion
sense:
A function which at each point t of the sample space has as its value the probability that a given random variable is less than (or equal) t. In symbols, F_X(t) = \mathrm{Pr}(X \le t).


lexentry: eng/cuneiform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuneiform
trans_list: Keilschrift | keilförmig
sense:
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.


lexentry: eng/cunning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cunning
trans_list: Gerissenheit
sense:
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.


lexentry: eng/cunning_folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cunning folk
trans_list: Hexenmeister | Kräuterhexen
sense:
(historical) professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic (who were often charlatans) who were active from at least the 15th up until the early 20th century.


lexentry: eng/cunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cunt
trans_list: Arschloch | Arsch
sense:
(vulgar, offensive, originally, synecdochically
, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).


lexentry: eng/cup-and-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cup-and-ball
trans_list: Bilboquet
sense:
A traditional children's toy consisting of a hand-held wooden cup with a ball attached by a string. The player jerks the ball into the air and attempts to catch it in the cup.


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cup
trans_list: Tasse | Becher | Kelch
sense:
A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.


lexentry: eng/cup__Noun__1
sense_num: 18
written_rep: cup
trans_list: Becher
sense:
(figurative) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.


lexentry: eng/cupboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cupboard
trans_list: Schrank | Küchenschrank
sense:
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.


lexentry: eng/cupping__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cupping
trans_list: Schröpfen
sense:
(medicine) Fire cupping, a traditional therapeutic treatment called in which heated cupping glasses are applied to the skin, supposedly to draw blood towards the surface.


lexentry: eng/curare__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curare
trans_list: Curare
sense:
A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curator
trans_list: Kurator | Kuratorin | Museumskurator | Museumskuratorin
sense:
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curator
trans_list: Kurator | Kuratorin | Sachwalter | Sachwalterin | Treuhänder | Treuhänderin
sense:
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.


lexentry: eng/curaçao__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curaçao
trans_list: Curaçao
sense:
A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.


lexentry: eng/curb__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curb
trans_list: Aufkantung | Falz | Flansch | Grat | Rippe
sense:
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.


lexentry: eng/curb__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: curb
trans_list: Hasenhacke | Kandare | Zügel
sense:
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.


lexentry: eng/curb_bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curb bit
trans_list: Kandare
sense:
(equestrian) A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.


lexentry: eng/curd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curd
trans_list: Käsebruch
sense:
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: gerinnen
sense:
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)


lexentry: eng/curette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curette
trans_list: Kürette
sense:
(medicine, dentistry) A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.


lexentry: eng/curfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curfew
trans_list: Abendläuten | Ausgangssperre
sense:
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.


lexentry: eng/curiosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curiosity
trans_list: Neugier | Neugierde
sense:
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/curious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curious
trans_list: neugierig
sense:
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.


lexentry: eng/curlew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curlew
trans_list: Brachvogel
sense:
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.


lexentry: eng/curling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curling
trans_list: Curling
sense:
(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).


lexentry: eng/current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: current
trans_list: Strömung | Strom
sense:
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.


lexentry: eng/current_account__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: current account
trans_list: Leistungsbilanz
sense:
That part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments.


lexentry: eng/current_asset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: current asset
trans_list: Umlaufvermögen
sense:
(accounting) An asset on the balance sheet which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future, usually within one year, or one business cycle - whichever is longer, such as cash, accounts receivable, and inventory.


lexentry: eng/curriculum_vitae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curriculum vitae
trans_list: Lebenslauf | CV | Résumé
sense:
(British) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.


lexentry: eng/curry_ketchup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curry ketchup
trans_list: Curryketchup
sense:
A variant of ketchup to which curry and other spices have been added, the basis of the dish currywurst.


lexentry: eng/curry_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curry leaf
trans_list: Curryblatt
sense:
The leaf of the curry tree, Murraya koenigii, which is used in Indian and Thai cooking (but not in curry powder).


lexentry: eng/currying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: currying
trans_list: Currying | Schönfinkeln
sense:
(computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.


lexentry: eng/currywurst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: currywurst
trans_list: Currywurst
sense:
A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curse
trans_list: fluchen | schimpfen
sense:
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: Cursor | Läufer
sense:
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: Mauszeiger | Cursor
sense:
(GUI) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: Schreibmarke
sense:
(computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.


lexentry: eng/curtain-raiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curtain-raiser
trans_list: Vorspiel
sense:
(performing arts) In a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.


lexentry: eng/curtsey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curtsey
trans_list: Knicks
sense:
A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curve
trans_list: Kurven | Kurve
sense:
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curve
trans_list: Linie | Kurve
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.


lexentry: eng/curveball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curveball
trans_list: Curveball
sense:
(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"


lexentry: eng/cuscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuscus
trans_list: Cuscus | Kuskus
sense:
Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.


lexentry: eng/cushaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushaw
trans_list: Kürbisschale
sense:
Any of certain cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Cucurbita mixta), one of the species of winter squash.


lexentry: eng/cushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cushion
trans_list: Bande
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


lexentry: eng/cushion_spurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushion spurge
trans_list: Bunt-Wolfsmilch | Vielfarbige Wolfsmilch
sense:
A perennial spurge forming small clumps of bright yellow flowers, native to Central and Southeast Europe, of species Euphorbia epithymoides (previously known as Euphorbia polychroma).


lexentry: eng/cushy_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushy number
trans_list: Druckposten
sense:
(Britain, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.


lexentry: eng/custard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custard
trans_list: Vanillesoße | Creme | Eiercreme | Pudding | Puddingcreme
sense:
(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.


lexentry: eng/custom-made__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom-made
sense:
Made according to the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.

trans_list:
auf Sonderbestellung | in Maßanfertigung | in Sonderanfertigung | individuell zugeschnitten | maßgearbeitet | maßgefertigt


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom
trans_list: Brauch | Sitte | Gewohnheit
sense:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: custom
trans_list: Brauch | Sitte | Usus
sense:
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.


lexentry: eng/custom_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom house
trans_list: Zollamt | Zoll | Zollhaus | Zollverwaltung
sense:
An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: customer
trans_list: Stammkunde
sense:
(obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: customer
trans_list: Kunde | Kundin | Käufer | Abnehmer | Abnehmerin | Käuferin
sense:
A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.


lexentry: eng/custos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custos
trans_list: Kustos
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.


lexentry: eng/cut-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cut-out
trans_list: Abschaltvorrichtung | Sicherungsautomat | Unterbrecher | Öffner
sense:
(electronics) Any of several devices that halt the flow of a current, especially an electric current; a trip-switch or trip.


lexentry: eng/cut__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cut
trans_list: geschnitten
sense:
(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.


lexentry: eng/cut__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cut
trans_list: Aufnahmestück | Stück
sense:
A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cut
trans_list: ausschneiden | schneiden
sense:
(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cut
trans_list: schneiden | abheben
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.


lexentry: eng/cut_a_rug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut a rug
trans_list: eine flotte Sohle aufs Parkett legen
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.


lexentry: eng/cut_and_paste__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cut and paste
trans_list: ausschneiden und einfügen
sense:
(computing) To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one.


lexentry: eng/cut_from_the_same_cloth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut from the same cloth
trans_list: aus dem gleichen Holz geschnitzt
sense:
(idiomatic, of two or more persons or things) Very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.


lexentry: eng/cut_one's_losses__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut one's losses
trans_list: die Verluste begrenzen | einen harten Schnitt machen
sense:
To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: auf etwas zugeschnitten sein | aus dem rechten Holz geschnitzt sein
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: ausschneiden
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut,‎ out. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: aufhören | unterlassen
sense:
(transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: ausfallen | trennen
sense:
(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.


lexentry: eng/cut_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut scene
trans_list: Zwischensequenz
sense:
(video games) A typically non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. Cut scenes may be presented with full motion video or may be rendered with the game engine, in which case they may allow some interactivity.


lexentry: eng/cut_the_mustard__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut the mustard
trans_list: es bringen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.


lexentry: eng/cutaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutaneous
trans_list: Haut
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cute
trans_list: niedlich | süß | goldig | lieb
sense:
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.


lexentry: eng/cuticle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cuticle
trans_list: Cuticula | Kutikula
sense:
(zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.


lexentry: eng/cutlass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutlass
trans_list: Entermesser
sense:
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.


lexentry: eng/cutlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutlet
trans_list: Kotelett
sense:
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.


lexentry: eng/cutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutter
trans_list: Kutter
sense:
(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.


lexentry: eng/cutting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting
trans_list: Steckling | Ableger | Senkreis
sense:
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.


lexentry: eng/cutting_edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting edge
trans_list: Kulm
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish
trans_list: Tintenfisch | Kuttelfisch
sense:
Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish bone
trans_list: Schulp
sense:
The calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds.


lexentry: eng/cuvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cuvette
trans_list: Küvette
sense:
(analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer


lexentry: eng/cyan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyan
trans_list: Zyan | Cyan
sense:
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.


lexentry: eng/cyanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanide
trans_list: Zyanid | Cyanid
sense:
(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.


lexentry: eng/cyanidin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanidin
trans_list: Cyanidin
sense:
(organic compound) An anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.


lexentry: eng/cyanoacrylate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanoacrylate
trans_list: Cyanacrylat
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid that are used as instant adhesives.


lexentry: eng/cyberattack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberattack
trans_list: Cyberangriff | Cyberattacke
sense:
An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.


lexentry: eng/cyberbullying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Acts in cyberspace intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
written_rep: cyberbullying
trans_list:
Cybermobbing | Cyber-Bullying | Cyber-Mobbing | Internet-Mobbing | Cyberbullying | Internet-Schikane


lexentry: eng/cybernetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybernetic
trans_list: kybernetisch
sense:
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.


lexentry: eng/cyberpunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberpunk
trans_list: Cyberpunk
sense:
(science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.


lexentry: eng/cyberpunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cyberpunk
trans_list: Cyberpunk
sense:
(music genre, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.


lexentry: eng/cybersex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybersex
trans_list: Cybersex
sense:
A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely via a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.


lexentry: eng/cyclamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclamen
trans_list: Alpenveilchen | Erdbrot | Erdscheibe | Saubrot | Schweinsbrot
sense:
Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.


lexentry: eng/cycle_of_fifths__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle of fifths
trans_list: Quintenzirkel
sense:
(music, _, theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of one perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In twelve-tone equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.


lexentry: eng/cycle_rickshaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle rickshaw
trans_list: Fahrradrikscha
sense:
A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/cyclic_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclic number
trans_list: zyklische Zahl
sense:
(math) An integer for which cyclic permutations of the digits are successive integer multiples of the number.


lexentry: eng/cycling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycling
trans_list: Fahrradfahren | Radfahren
sense:
(uncountable) The activity of riding cycles, especially bicycles (for transport, sport, physical exercise, recreation, tourism...)


lexentry: eng/cyclize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclize
trans_list: cyclisieren
sense:
(chemistry, ambitransitive) To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.


lexentry: eng/cyclodextrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclodextrin
trans_list: Cyclodextrin
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.


lexentry: eng/cyclogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclogenesis
trans_list: Zyklogenese
sense:
(meteorology) The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclohexane
trans_list: Cyclohexan
sense:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclohexene
trans_list: Cyclohexen
sense:
(organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/cycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycloid
trans_list: Radlaufkurve | Zykloide
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.


lexentry: eng/cyclomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclomatic
trans_list: zyklomatisch
sense:
(graph theory) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.


lexentry: eng/cyclomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cyclomatic
trans_list: zyklomatisch
sense:
(network analysis) Used to describe the number of circuits in a network; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus the number of graphs.


lexentry: eng/cyclomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cyclomatic
trans_list: zyklomatisch
sense:
(software engineering) Of or relating to a software metric that measures the complexity of a program based on the number of linearly independent paths through the source code.


lexentry: eng/cyclomatic_complexity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclomatic complexity
trans_list: McCabe-Metrik | zyklomatische Komplexität
sense:
(software engineering) A quantitative measure of the number of linearly independent paths (branches) through a program's source code which indicates the complexity of a program or a function.


lexentry: eng/cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclone
trans_list: Zyklon | Zyklone
sense:
(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.


lexentry: eng/cyclopentadiene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopentadiene
trans_list: Cyclopentadien
sense:
(organic compound) an unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H6; it forms complexes with some transition elements


lexentry: eng/cyclopentane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopentane
trans_list: Cyclopentan
sense:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopropane
trans_list: Cyclopropan
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/cyclotomic_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclotomic field
trans_list: Kreisteilungskörper | zyklotomische Körper
sense:
(number theory, algebraic number theory) A number field obtained by adjoining a primitive root of unity to the field of rational numbers.


lexentry: eng/cyclotron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclotron
trans_list: Zyklotron
sense:
An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: Zylinder | Walze
sense:
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: Zylinder | Brennkammer
sense:
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.


lexentry: eng/cylinder_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cylinder head
trans_list: Zylinderkopf
sense:
(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.


lexentry: eng/cyma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyma
trans_list: Kyma | Schmuckleiste | Sima | griechische Schmuckleiste
sense:
(architecture) A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line.


lexentry: eng/cymbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymbal
trans_list: Becken
sense:
(percussion instrument) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.


lexentry: eng/cyme__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cyme
trans_list: Zyme
sense:
(botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it. Contrast raceme.


lexentry: eng/cymose__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymose
trans_list: blütenständig | zymös
sense:
(botany) having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.


lexentry: eng/cynical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cynical
trans_list: zynisch
sense:
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.


lexentry: eng/cynophobic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cynophobic
trans_list: canophob | canophobisch | kynophob | kynophobisch
sense:
Of or relating to cynophobia, having an irrational fear or hatred / dislike of dogs or other canines.


lexentry: eng/cynosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cynosure
trans_list: Anziehungspunkt | Blickfang | Fokus
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.


lexentry: eng/cypress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress
trans_list: Zypresse
sense:
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.


lexentry: eng/cypress_spurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress spurge
trans_list: Zypressen-Wolfsmilch
sense:
An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.


lexentry: eng/cyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyst
trans_list: Zyste
sense:
A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.


lexentry: eng/cysteine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cysteine
trans_list: Cystein
sense:
(amino acid) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.


lexentry: eng/cystic_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystic duct
trans_list: Gallenblasengang
sense:
(anatomy) A short duct that leads from the gallbladder and unites with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.


lexentry: eng/cystic_fibrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystic fibrosis
trans_list: Mukoviszidose
sense:
(pathology) An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.


lexentry: eng/cystine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystine
trans_list: Cystin
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.


lexentry: eng/cytogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytogenetics
trans_list: Zytogenetik | Cytogenetik | Zellgenetik
sense:
(biology, genetics) The branch of genetics that studies the relationships between the structure and number of chromosomes as seen in isolated cells and variation in genotype and phenotype.


lexentry: eng/cytokine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokine
trans_list: Zytokin
sense:
(protein, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/cytokine_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokine storm
trans_list: Zytokin-Freisetzungssyndrom | Zytokinsturm
sense:
(pathology) An immune system–cytokine positive feedback reaction to certain infections and certain drugs, which occurs when large numbers of white blood cells are activated and release inflammatory cytokines, which in turn activate more white blood cells.


lexentry: eng/cytokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokinesis
trans_list: Cytokinese
sense:
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.


lexentry: eng/cytoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytoplasm
trans_list: Zytoplasma | Cytoplasma
sense:
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/cytosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosine
trans_list: Cytosin
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).


lexentry: eng/cytosol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosol
trans_list: Cytosol | Zytosol
sense:
(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.


lexentry: eng/cytostome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytostome
trans_list: Zytostom
sense:
(microbiology) A cellular organelle found only in certain protozoa; it is specialized for phagocytosis, and usually has the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove.


lexentry: eng/d-pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: d-pad
trans_list: Steuerkreuz
sense:
(video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: platschen
sense:
(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: gründeln
sense:
(intransitive, of waterfowl) To feed without diving, by submerging the head and neck underwater to seek food, often also tipping up the tail straight upwards above the water.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: dilettieren | ein wenig befassen
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.


lexentry: eng/dabbling_duck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dabbling duck
trans_list: Gründelente
sense:
One of the ducks of species in subfamily Anatinae, that feed by dabbling in shallow water, including mallards and teals.


lexentry: eng/dace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dace
trans_list: Hasel
sense:
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.


lexentry: eng/dachshund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dachshund
trans_list: Dackel | Dachshund | Teckel
sense:
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


lexentry: eng/dactyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dactyl
trans_list: Daktylus
sense:
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.


lexentry: eng/daddy__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: daddy
trans_list: Papa | Vati | Papi
sense:
(slang, obsolete) The person who gives away the bride at a wedding, in the absence of her actual father.


lexentry: eng/daddy_issues__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daddy issues
trans_list: Vaterkomplex
sense:
(informal) A complex, especially in a girl or woman, originating from an unhealthy relationship with one's father, causing one to behave erratically in romantic relationships.


lexentry: eng/daddy_longlegs__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: daddy longlegs
trans_list: Weberknecht | Opa Langbein
sense:
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) Any (non-spider) arachnid of the order Opiliones, mostly with long thin legs.


lexentry: eng/daffodil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daffodil
trans_list: Osterglocke | Narzisse
sense:
(countable) A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.


lexentry: eng/daguerreotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daguerreotype
trans_list: Daguerreotypie
sense:
An early type of photograph created by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine vapor or iodine and bromine vapors; such a photograph.


lexentry: eng/daikon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daikon
trans_list: Daikon | Daikon-Rettich | Japanischer Rettich | Mooli | Winterrettich | chinesischer Rettich
sense:
An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.


lexentry: eng/daily_life__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daily life
trans_list: Alltagsleben
sense:
The activities that make up a person's normal (everyday) life, as contrasted with unusual or once-in-a-lifetime events.


lexentry: eng/dairy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy
trans_list: Molkerei | Meierei
sense:
A place, often on a farm, where milk is processed and turned into products such as butter and cheese.


lexentry: eng/dairy_cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dairy cow
trans_list: Milchkuh
sense:
Any breed of cow bred for the ability to produce large quantities of milk, from which dairy products are made; an individual cattle beast of such a breed; especially, a female cow who has calved and lactated.


lexentry: eng/dais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dais
trans_list: Podium
sense:
A raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from. [from c. 1800.]


lexentry: eng/daisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daisy
trans_list: Gänseblümchen | Tagesauge | Tausendschönchen
sense:
A wild flowering plant of species Bellis perennis of the family Asteraceae, with a yellow head and white petals


lexentry: eng/daisy_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: daisy chain
trans_list: Daisy Chain
sense:
(also, electrical engineering) Several electrical or electronic devices linked in series by their data or power connections, or both.


lexentry: eng/dale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dale
trans_list: Tal
sense:
(mainly, Britain, slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.


lexentry: eng/dam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dam
trans_list: Damm | Staudamm | Talsperre
sense:
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.


lexentry: eng/damage_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: damage control
trans_list: Schadensabwehr | Schiffsicherung
sense:
(nautical) A department or group, as aboard a naval vessel, responsible for taking action to control damage caused by fire, collision, etc.


lexentry: eng/damage_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: damage control
trans_list: Schadensbegrenzung
sense:
(public relations) Any efforts, as by a company or organization, to curtail losses, counteract unfavorable publicity, etc.


lexentry: eng/damages__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damages
trans_list: Schadenersatz | Schadensersatz
sense:
(legal) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same.


lexentry: eng/damask_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damask rose
trans_list: Damaszener-Rose
sense:
A cultivated rose of the hybrid species Rosa × damascena, derived from Rosa gallica, Rosa moschata, and Rosa fedtschenkoana.


lexentry: eng/dame's_rocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dame's rocket
trans_list: Gewöhnliche Nachtviole | Matronenblume
sense:
A plant of the species Hesperis matronalis, native to Eurasia, naturalized elsewhere, often considered invasive.


lexentry: eng/damma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damma
trans_list: Damma
sense:
(linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/.


lexentry: eng/damn__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damn
trans_list: verdammt | Mist
sense:
(sometimes, vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt or surprise, etc. See also dammit.


lexentry: eng/damn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: damn
trans_list: Fliegenschiss | Furz
sense:
(sometimes, vulgar, chiefly in the negative) A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.


lexentry: eng/damp__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damp
trans_list: dämpfen
sense:
(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).


lexentry: eng/damp_squib__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: damp squib
trans_list: Schlag ins Wasser | Schuss in den Ofen | Reinfall | Rohrkrepierer
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) Anything that does not work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: Dämpfer
sense:
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.


lexentry: eng/damper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damper
trans_list: Luftklappe
sense:
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.


lexentry: eng/damselfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: damselfly
trans_list: Kleinlibelle | Wasserjungfer | Schlankjungfer | Seejungfer
sense:
Any of various insects of the suborder Zygoptera that have long slender bodies, and are similar to dragonflies but having wings folded when at rest.


lexentry: eng/dance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance
trans_list: Tanz
sense:
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.


lexentry: eng/dance_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dance card
trans_list: Ballspende | Damenspende | Tanzkarte
sense:
(dance, dated) A card on which a person (usually a woman) lists those with whom they have agreed to dance. [from late 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/dance_to_someone's_tune__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dance to someone's tune
trans_list: nach jemandes Pfeife tanzen
sense:
To do what someone demands or expects, do as told, defer to someone's wishes or demands, do someone's bidding.


lexentry: eng/dandelion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandelion
trans_list: Löwenzahn | Pusteblume | Hundeblume | Kuhblume | Seichblume | Butterblume
sense:
(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).


lexentry: eng/dandy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dandy
trans_list: Dandy | Pinkel
sense:
A man very concerned about his physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of self.


lexentry: eng/danger_pay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danger pay
trans_list: Gefahrenzulage
sense:
Extra payment given to anybody, civilian or soldier, who is employed in a situation where the working conditions or locale are considered to be hazardous.


lexentry: eng/danger_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danger zone
trans_list: Gefahrenzone
sense:
A specifically hazardous place to be avoided, usually demarcated, such as an area with anti-personnel mines.


lexentry: eng/dangerous_goods__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dangerous goods
trans_list: Gefahrgut
sense:
Substances, natural or man-made, which are intrinsically dangerous or otherwise pose a safety hazard. Examples include explosives, poisons, and corrosives.


lexentry: eng/danse_macabre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: danse macabre
trans_list: Totentanz
sense:
(arts) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.


lexentry: eng/daphne__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daphne
trans_list: Seidelbast
sense:
Any one of least 50 species of shrub in the genus Daphne of the family Thymelaeaceae, some of which are grown as ornamentals.


lexentry: eng/daredevil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daredevil
trans_list: Draufgänger | Draufgängerin | Wagehals | Waghals
sense:
A person who engages in very risky behavior, especially one who is motivated by a craving for excitement or attention. [from 1794]


lexentry: eng/daric__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daric
trans_list: Dareikos
sense:
A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).


lexentry: eng/dariole__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dariole
trans_list: Dariole | Dariolform
sense:
(cooking) A mould, in the shape of a truncated cone (frustum of a cone), in which the dessert is cooked.


lexentry: eng/dark_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark culture
trans_list: Schwarze Szene
sense:
Any of several subcultures including gothic, darkwave, neofolk, industrial, electro, BDSM/fetish, metal and medieval.


lexentry: eng/dark_elf__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dark elf
trans_list: Dunkelelb
sense:
(fantasy) A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places.


lexentry: eng/dark_energy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark energy
trans_list: Dunkle Energie | dunkle Energie
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics) A hypothetical form of energy thought to be spread uniformly throughout space (and time) and to have anti-gravitational properties: it represents a possible mechanism for the cosmological constant, and thus is one of the possible explanations for the current accelerating rate of expansion of the universe; and it is estimated to account for about 74% of the mass-energy of the universe.


lexentry: eng/dark_horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dark horse
trans_list: Außenseiter
sense:
(idiomatic, politics) A candidate for an election who is nominated unexpectedly, without previously having been discussed or considered as a likely choice.


lexentry: eng/dark_matter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dark matter
trans_list: Dunkle Materie | dunkle Materie
sense:
(astronomy, astrophysics, broadly) Matter which cannot be detected by its radiation but whose presence is inferred from gravitational effects.


lexentry: eng/darknet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darknet
trans_list: Darknet
sense:
(internet) A network of computers that can only be accessed using special software, configuration, or authorization, usually characterized by the anonymization of users, participating hosts, or both.


lexentry: eng/darn__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darn
trans_list: stopfen
sense:
(transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.


lexentry: eng/darnel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darnel
trans_list: Taumellolch | Taumel-Lolch | Rauschgras
sense:
A species of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum, often found in wheat fields and often host to a fungus intoxicating to humans and animals.


lexentry: eng/darning_egg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darning egg
trans_list: Stopfei
sense:
An egg-shaped ovoid of stone, porcelain, wood, or similar hard material, which is inserted into the toe or heel of a sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm foundation for repairs.


lexentry: eng/dart__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: dart
trans_list: Dolch
sense:
(sometimes, figurative) Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.


lexentry: eng/dart__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: dart
trans_list: Dart
sense:
A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.


lexentry: eng/darts__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: darts
trans_list: Darts
sense:
(games, sports) A game or sport in which darts are thrown at a board, and points are scored depending on where the darts land


lexentry: eng/dasein__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dasein
trans_list: Dasein
sense:
(philosophy) Being; especially the nature of being; existence, presence, hereness, suchness, essence


lexentry: eng/dash__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dash
trans_list: Gedankenstrich | Bindestrich | Querstrich
sense:
(typography) Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).


lexentry: eng/dashboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashboard
trans_list: Armaturenbrett | Instrumententafel
sense:
(historical) An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.


lexentry: eng/dashcam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashcam
trans_list: Dashcam
sense:
(automotive) A digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard of a vehicle or elsewhere inside the vehicle to record occurrences in the vicinity, such as traffic accidents that the vehicle has been involved in, to provide evidence for criminal prosecutions, insurance claims, etc.


lexentry: eng/dashpot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dashpot
trans_list: Kolben
sense:
A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data
trans_list: Daten | Informationseinheiten
sense:
(collective, computing) A representation of information in a computer (as symbols, quantities, sound, images or videos) which is stored, processed or transmitted in the form of electrical signals, records on magnetic tape or punched cards, etc.


lexentry: eng/data__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: data
trans_list: Daten | Informationseinheiten
sense:
(collective) Material recorded and known or assumed as facts and used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation, represented especially in the form of numbers, and is usually structured (such as statistics).


lexentry: eng/data_entry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data entry
trans_list: Dateneingabe
sense:
(computing) The act of inputting data into a computer, such as by typing out handwriting, capturing data from scanned documents, taking responses from telephone interviews, etc.


lexentry: eng/data_management__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data management
trans_list: Datenmanagement
sense:
All the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource, such as data modeling or metadata management.


lexentry: eng/data_mining__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data mining
trans_list: Data-Mining | Datamining
sense:
(database) A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.


lexentry: eng/data_path__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data path
trans_list: Datenpfad
sense:
(computing) The part of a central processing unit that stores data to be immediately operated on and performs logic and arithmetic operations on it based on signals from the control unit.


lexentry: eng/data_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data processing
trans_list: Datenverarbeitung
sense:
Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.


lexentry: eng/data_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data rate
trans_list: Datenübertragungsrate
sense:
(electronics) The speed at which data is sent over a data link or channel; generally expressed in bytes per second.


lexentry: eng/data_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data science
trans_list: Datenwissenschaft
sense:
(science) An interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data.


lexentry: eng/data_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data set
trans_list: Dataset
sense:
(computing) A file of related records on a computer-readable medium such as disk, especially one on a mainframe computer.


lexentry: eng/data_structure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data structure
trans_list: Datenstruktur
sense:
(computer science) Any form of storing and organizing data in a computer so that it can be accessed efficiently.


lexentry: eng/data_type__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data type
trans_list: Datentyp
sense:
(programming) A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them.


lexentry: eng/data_warehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: data warehouse
trans_list: Data Warehouse | Datenlager
sense:
(computing) A collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision-makers.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database
trans_list: Datenbank
sense:
(general) A collection of (usually) organized information in a regular structure, usually but not necessarily in a machine-readable format accessible by a computer.


lexentry: eng/database__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: database
trans_list: Datenbank
sense:
(computing, loosely, metonymically) A software program (application) for storing, retrieving and manipulating such a structured data set.


lexentry: eng/database_administrator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: database administrator
trans_list: Datenbankadministrator
sense:
(databases) A person who is responsible for the logical and physical design of databases, and normally for all aspects of their recoverability, integrity, security, availability and performance.


lexentry: eng/dataflow_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dataflow programming
trans_list: datenstromorientierte Programmierung
sense:
(programming paradigm) programming paradigm that models a program as a directed graph of the data flowing between operations, implementing architecture and dataflow principles.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: Dattel
sense:
The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: Datum
sense:
The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.


lexentry: eng/date__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: date
trans_list: Datum | Zeitpunkt | Termin | Verabredung
sense:
A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.


lexentry: eng/date__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date
trans_list: datieren
sense:
(transitive) To note the time or place of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.


lexentry: eng/date_rape_drug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: date rape drug
trans_list: Vergewaltigungsdroge | K.-o.-Tropfen
sense:
(informal, pharmacology) A drug with sedative, hypnotic, dissociative, or amnesiac effects which is used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (a date rape), In particular, the drug flunitrazepam ("roofies").


lexentry: eng/dating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dating
trans_list: Dating | Partnersuche | Stelldichein
sense:
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.


lexentry: eng/dative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative
trans_list: Dativ | dativisch
sense:
(grammar) Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.


lexentry: eng/dative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dative case
trans_list: Dativ | Wemfall | Wem-Fall | dritter Fall
sense:
(grammar) Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.


lexentry: eng/datolite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datolite
trans_list: Datolith
sense:
(mineral) A borosilicate of lime commonly occurring in glassy, greenish crystals, with the chemical formula CaBSiO4(OH).


lexentry: eng/datum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datum
trans_list: Fakt | Faktum | Informationseinheit
sense:
Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.


lexentry: eng/datura__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: datura
trans_list: Datura
sense:
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/dauphin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dauphin
trans_list: Dauphin
sense:
The eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.


lexentry: eng/davit__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: davit
trans_list: Davit
sense:
(nautical, construction) A crane, often working in pairs and usually made of steel, used to lower things over an edge of a long drop off, such as lowering a maintenance trapeze down a building or launching a lifeboat over the side of a ship.


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dawdle
trans_list: herumbummeln | herumlungern | herumtrödeln
sense:
(transitive) Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose. [from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/dawdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dawdle
trans_list: trödeln | bummeln | Zeit totschlagen | klüngeln | nölen | plempern
sense:
To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time. [from mid 17th c. (probably dialectal); in general use from late 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/day__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: day
trans_list: Tag
sense:
A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.


lexentry: eng/day_care_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day care center
trans_list: Ganztagskindergarten | Kindertagesstätte | Kita | Tagesstätte
sense:
A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.


lexentry: eng/day_count_convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day count convention
trans_list: Zinsberechnungsmethode
sense:
(finance) A convention on how interest accrues over time for a variety of investments, including bonds, notes, loans, medium-term notes, swaps, and FRAs. It determines the number of days between two coupon payments.


lexentry: eng/day_fine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day fine
trans_list: Tagessatz
sense:
A unit of fine payment based on the offender's daily personal income. The number of day fines depends on the gravity of offence.


lexentry: eng/day_in,_day_out__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day in, day out
trans_list: Tag für Tag | tagein tagaus | tagtäglich
sense:
(idiomatic) Every day; daily; constantly or continuously (especially, of something that has become routine or monotonous).


lexentry: eng/day_labor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day labor
trans_list: Tagesarbeit
sense:
Work done where the worker is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.


lexentry: eng/day_laborer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day laborer
trans_list: Tagelöhner
sense:
A laborer who is hired and paid one day at a time, with no promise that more work will be available in the future.


lexentry: eng/day_trade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day trade
trans_list: Daytrading
sense:
(business, finance) A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.


lexentry: eng/day_trader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: day trader
trans_list: Daytrader
sense:
(business, finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.


lexentry: eng/daylight_robbery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight robbery
trans_list: Beutelschneiderei | Halsabschneiderei | Wegelagerei
sense:
(uncountable) The practice of cheating or of imposing an exorbitant charge for a product or service; (countable, rare) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/daylight_saving_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylight saving time
trans_list: Sommerzeit
sense:
The practice in some places of adjusting clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall, usually by one hour, so that the adjustment causes the time to coincide with the greatest period of illumination by the sun over the course of the day.


lexentry: eng/daylily__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daylily
trans_list: Taglilie
sense:
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Hemerocallis, that have fleshy roots, grasslike leaves and colourful flowers that bloom for just one day.


lexentry: eng/daze__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: daze
trans_list: betäuben
sense:
(transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dazzle
trans_list: blenden
sense:
(transitive) To confuse or overpower the sight of (someone or something, such as a sensor) by means of excessive brightness.


lexentry: eng/dazzle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dazzle
trans_list: betören | bezaubern | faszinieren | verblüffen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.


lexentry: eng/dazzling__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dazzling
trans_list: blendend | grell
sense:
Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily; bright to the degree that dazzles.


lexentry: eng/de-esser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: de-esser
trans_list: De-Esser | DeEsser | Deesser
sense:
A plug-in or algorithm that de-esses, i.e., reduces the loudness of sibilants in an audio recording.


lexentry: eng/deacon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: deacon
trans_list: Diakon | Diakonin
sense:
(Orthodoxy, Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.


lexentry: eng/deaconess-house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deaconess-house
sense:
(chiefly, _, historical) A house inhabited or operated by deaconesses, providing basic medical attention, care for the poor and sick etc.

trans_list:
Diaconissen-Mutterhaus | Diaconissenanstalt | Diaconissenhaus | Diaconissenmutterhaus | Diakonissen-Mutterhaus | Diakonissenanstalt


lexentry: eng/dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: dead
trans_list: abgeschaltet | aus | leer
sense:
(not comparable, of a machine, device, or electrical circuit) Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.


lexentry: eng/dead__Adjective__1
sense_num: 20
written_rep: dead
trans_list: bewegungslos | erstarrt | regungslos
sense:
(not comparable) Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life) .


lexentry: eng/dead_cat_bounce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead cat bounce
trans_list: Dead-Cat-Bounce
sense:
(trading, idiomatic) A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.


lexentry: eng/dead_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead drop
trans_list: toter Briefkasten
sense:
(espionage) A location used to secretly transfer items between two people, without requiring them to meet.


lexentry: eng/dead_freight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead freight
trans_list: Ausfallfracht | Fautfracht | Fehlfracht
sense:
A sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.


lexentry: eng/dead_ice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead ice
trans_list: Toteis
sense:
Former glacier ice that is no longer connected to the active glacier, therefore not moving, and becoming covered with sediments.


lexentry: eng/dead_key__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead key
trans_list: Tottaste
sense:
A special modifier key on a typewriter or computer keyboard, typically used to attach a specific diacritic to another character.


lexentry: eng/dead_link__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead link
trans_list: toter Link
sense:
(Internet) An HTML hypertext link that points to a webpage or website that is permanently unavailable.


lexentry: eng/dead_load__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead load
trans_list: Eigengewicht
sense:
(construction) The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it.


lexentry: eng/dead_man's_switch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead man's switch
trans_list: Totmanneinrichtung | Totmannschalter
sense:
A switch that automatically triggers an action (for instance, to stop a machine or vehicle) if a specified input from the operator is not made or is altered.


lexentry: eng/dead_men_tell_no_tales__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead men tell no tales
trans_list: Tote reden nicht
sense:
A dead person can no longer reveal information, especially information which others wish to keep secret.


lexentry: eng/dead_or_alive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dead or alive
trans_list: tot oder lebendig
sense:
Used to indicate someone is being sought for some kind of punishment or reprimand, and that (s)he may be killed in the process of finding, as if this was reasonable punishment.


lexentry: eng/dead_reckoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead reckoning
trans_list: gissen
sense:
A method of estimating the position of a ship or aircraft by applying estimates of the distance and direction travelled from a previously known position. In respect to ships/boats, it excludes the effect of wind and current on the vessel. Compare with estimated position. Abbreviation: DR


lexentry: eng/dead_ringer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dead ringer
trans_list: Doppelgänger
sense:
(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.


lexentry: eng/dead_weight__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dead weight
trans_list: Totgewicht
sense:
(rail) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.


lexentry: eng/deadbeat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadbeat
trans_list: Faulpelz | Gammler | Schnorrer
sense:
(pejorative) A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.


lexentry: eng/deadeye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadeye
trans_list: Jungfer | Juffer
sense:
(nautical) A wooden disk having holes through which the lanyard is passed, used for tightening shrouds.


lexentry: eng/deadlift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadlift
trans_list: Kreuzheben
sense:
(weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.


lexentry: eng/deadlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deadlock
trans_list: Deadlock | Verklemmung
sense:
(computing) An inability to continue due to two programs or devices each requiring a response from the other before completing an operation.


lexentry: eng/deadly_nightshade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly nightshade
trans_list: Tollkirsche | schwarze Tollkirsche
sense:
The plant Atropa belladonna, a perennial shrub of the nightshade family that contains high concentrations of the alkaloid atropine which can be deadly if taken in excess.


lexentry: eng/deadly_sin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadly sin
trans_list: Todsünde
sense:
Any of the seven deadly sins: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).


lexentry: eng/deadnettle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deadnettle
trans_list: Taubnessel
sense:
Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs.


lexentry: eng/deafening_silence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deafening silence
trans_list: mucksmäuschenstill
sense:
(idiomatic) A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm.


lexentry: eng/deal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deal
trans_list: Menge
sense:
(often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).


lexentry: eng/deal_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deal with
trans_list: behandeln
sense:
(transitive) To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dean
trans_list: Dekan
sense:
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).


lexentry: eng/dean__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dean
trans_list: Dekan | Dechant
sense:
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain church bodies, especially an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop, in charge of a chapter of canons.


lexentry: eng/dear__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: dear
trans_list: lieber | sehr geehrte | sehr geehrter
sense:
A formal way to start (possibly after my) addressing somebody at the beginning of a letter, memo etc.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death
trans_list: Tod | Exitus
sense:
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death
trans_list: Tod
sense:
(often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.


lexentry: eng/death__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: death
trans_list: Tod
sense:
(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).


lexentry: eng/death_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death adder
trans_list: Todesottern
sense:
Any snake of the genus Acanthophis, a group of highly venomous elapids found in Australia and New Guinea.


lexentry: eng/death_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death camp
trans_list: Todeslager | Vernichtungslager
sense:
A prison camp in which a large number of prisoners die for various reasons, such as starvation, disease, brutality, and neglect.


lexentry: eng/death_certificate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death certificate
trans_list: Totenschein | Sterbeurkunde | Todesbescheinigung
sense:
A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.


lexentry: eng/death_erection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death erection
trans_list: postmortale Erektion
sense:
A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.


lexentry: eng/death_knell__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death knell
trans_list: Todesstoß
sense:
(by extension) A marker, sign or omen foretelling the imminent end, death or destruction of something.


lexentry: eng/death_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death metal
trans_list: Death-Metal | Deathmetal
sense:
(music) A subgenre of heavy metal typically employing moderate to fast tempos, heavily distorted guitars, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes, often having violent or dark lyrics.


lexentry: eng/death_rattle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death rattle
trans_list: Rasselatmung | Todesrasseln | präfinales Rasseln
sense:
The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying.


lexentry: eng/death_spiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death spiral
trans_list: Friedhofsspirale
sense:
(aviation) The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.


lexentry: eng/death_spiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: death spiral
trans_list: Todesspirale
sense:
(pairs figure skating) A manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.


lexentry: eng/death_spiral__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: death spiral
trans_list: Todesspirale
sense:
(figurative, by extension) The situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure.


lexentry: eng/death_wish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death wish
trans_list: Todeswunsch
sense:
(psychology, often, sarcastic) A desire, especially subconscious, for the death of oneself or of someone else.


lexentry: eng/death_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: death zone
trans_list: Todeszone
sense:
(climbing) An area of land at sufficiently high altitudes in which there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.


lexentry: eng/deathblow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathblow
trans_list: Todesstoß
sense:
(figurative) Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence, of a project etc.; a fatal setback.


lexentry: eng/deathless__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: deathless
trans_list: unsterblich
sense:
(of a work of art, literature, etc.) Guaranteed not to be lost or forgotten due to its importance or conspicuous excellence.


lexentry: eng/deathmatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deathmatch
trans_list: Deathmatch
sense:
(video games) A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.


lexentry: eng/debacle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debacle
trans_list: Debakel
sense:
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/debate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: Debatte
sense:
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.


lexentry: eng/debate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debate
trans_list: debattieren
sense:
(ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/debauched__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauched
trans_list: ausschweifend | genusssüchtig | genußsüchtig | verderbt | verkommen | zügellos
sense:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.


lexentry: eng/debauchery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debauchery
trans_list: Ausschweifung | Zügellosigkeit | Sittenlosigkeit | Genusssucht | Genußsucht | Schwelgerei
sense:
Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous/immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.


lexentry: eng/debounce__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debounce
trans_list: entprellen
sense:
(electronics) To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.


lexentry: eng/debridement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debridement
trans_list: debridement
sense:
(medicine) The removal of dead, damaged, or infected tissue to improve the healing potential of the remaining healthy tissue.


lexentry: eng/debrief__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debrief
trans_list: (eingehend) befragen | vernehmen
sense:
(transitive) To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).


lexentry: eng/debrief__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: debrief
trans_list: nachbesprechen
sense:
(transitive) To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc.


lexentry: eng/debrief__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: debrief
trans_list: (eingehend) unterrichten
sense:
(transitive) To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.


lexentry: eng/debris_field__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debris field
trans_list: Schutt
sense:
(idiomatic) Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt
trans_list: Schuld | Verpflichtung | Schulden | Verbindlichkeit
sense:
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.


lexentry: eng/debt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: debt
trans_list: Schulden | Verbindlichkeit | Schuld
sense:
(finance) Money that one person or entity owes or is required to pay to another, generally as a result of a loan or other financial transaction.


lexentry: eng/debt_bondage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt bondage
trans_list: Schuldknechtschaft | Obnoxiation
sense:
A condition similar to slavery where people are unable to control their lives or their work due to unpaid debts.


lexentry: eng/debt_ceiling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt ceiling
trans_list: Schuldengrenze | Schuldenobergrenze
sense:
(politics, economics) The limit up to which an entity (usually a government) is legally allowed to borrow.


lexentry: eng/debt_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt trap
trans_list: Schuldenfalle
sense:
(abstract noun) A situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones.


lexentry: eng/debt_trap_diplomacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debt trap diplomacy
trans_list: Schuldenfallen-Diplomatie
sense:
A nation's use of predatory loans in order to gain leverage in relations with the recipient country or to seize assets within the indebted country.


lexentry: eng/debug__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debug
trans_list: debuggen
sense:
(computer science) To search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery.


lexentry: eng/debugger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debugger
trans_list: Debugger
sense:
(programming) A computer program that helps the user to test and debug other programs, by enabling their step-by-step execution controlled by the user, setting of breakpoints, and monitoring values of variables.


lexentry: eng/debugging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debugging
trans_list: Debuggen | Debugging
sense:
(computing) The process of finding and resolving bugs or defects that prevent correct operation of computer software or a system.


lexentry: eng/debunk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: debunk
trans_list: entlarven | bloßlegen | demaskieren | diskreditieren | entschleiern
sense:
(transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: Dekade
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.


lexentry: eng/decade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decade
trans_list: Jahrzehnt | Dekade | Dezennium
sense:
A period of ten years [from 17th c.], particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/decal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decal
trans_list: Abziehbild
sense:
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.


lexentry: eng/decane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decane
trans_list: Decan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22


lexentry: eng/decanol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decanol
trans_list: Decanol
sense:
(organic chemistry) A straight chain fatty alcohol with the chemical formula C10H21(OH), used in manufacture of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.


lexentry: eng/decare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decare
trans_list: Donum
sense:
A unit of surface area equal to 10 ares (that is, 1,000 square metres, 0.10 hectares, or approximately 0.25 acres)


lexentry: eng/decathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decathlon
trans_list: Zehnkampf | Dekathlon
sense:
An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.


lexentry: eng/deceit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: deceit
trans_list: Täuschung | Betrug
sense:
(law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.


lexentry: eng/decent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decent
trans_list: anständig | sittsam
sense:
(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.


lexentry: eng/decentralize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decentralize
trans_list: dezentralisieren | entflechten | verteilen | zerstreuen
sense:
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.


lexentry: eng/deception__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deception
trans_list: Täuschung | Betrug | Betrügerei
sense:
An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.


lexentry: eng/deceptive_cadence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deceptive cadence
trans_list: Trugschluss
sense:
(music, US) a falling cadence in which the ear expects a dominant chord to resolve to the tonic, but it resolves to something else (usually a submediant chord) instead.


lexentry: eng/decibel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decibel
trans_list: Dezibel
sense:
A common measure of intensity ratio (e.g. for sound) that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the relative intensities.


lexentry: eng/decidable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decidable
trans_list: entscheidbar
sense:
(computer science) describing a set for which there exists an algorithm that will determine whether any element is or is not within the set in a finite amount of time.


lexentry: eng/decider__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: decider
trans_list: Entscheidungskampf | Entscheidungsspiel | entscheidender Treffer
sense:
(chiefly, British, Australian, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.


lexentry: eng/decile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decile
trans_list: Dezil
sense:
(statistics) Any of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: dezimal
sense:
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers expressed in decimal or mathematical calculations performed using decimal.


lexentry: eng/decimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal
trans_list: Dezimalsystem | Zehnersystem
sense:
(countable) A number expressed in the base-ten system, (particularly) a fractional numeral written in this system.


lexentry: eng/decimal_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal fraction
trans_list: Dezimalbruch | Zehnerbruch
sense:
(arithmetic) A proper or improper fraction the denominator of which is a power of ten and the decimal representation of which is a terminating decimal number.


lexentry: eng/decimal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal number
trans_list: Dezimalzahl
sense:
(mathematics) A number expressed in the decimal system (base ten), (particularly) fractional numbers so represented.


lexentry: eng/decimal_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimal point
trans_list: Dezimalkomma | Dezimalpunkt | Komma | Punkt
sense:
(orthography, typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number, traditionally widely used in some countries but not others.


lexentry: eng/decimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decimate
trans_list: dezimieren
sense:
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of (a group), (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.


lexentry: eng/decipherment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decipherment
trans_list: Entzifferung
sense:
The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.


lexentry: eng/decision__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: decision
trans_list: Entscheidung
sense:
(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.


lexentry: eng/decision_tree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decision tree
trans_list: Entscheidungsbaum
sense:
A visualization of a complex decision-making situation in which the possible decisions and their likely outcomes are organized in the form of a graph that resembles a tree.


lexentry: eng/decisionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisionism
trans_list: Dezisionismus
sense:
The doctrine that moral or legal precepts are the product of decisions made by political or legal bodies


lexentry: eng/decisive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: decisive
trans_list: entscheidend | ausschlaggebend
sense:
Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.


lexentry: eng/deck_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: deck chair
trans_list: Liegestuhl | Deckstuhl
sense:
A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.


lexentry: eng/declaim__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: declaim
trans_list: deklamieren
sense:
To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: Erklärung | Deklaration
sense:
An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: Deklaration
sense:
(legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.


lexentry: eng/declaration__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: declaration
trans_list: Deklaration
sense:
(computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of war
trans_list: Kriegserklärung
sense:
A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.


lexentry: eng/declaration_of_will__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: declaration of will
trans_list: Willenserklärung
sense:
(law) A private outward manifestation of intention which is directly aimed at bringing about a legal effect.


lexentry: eng/declarative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: declarative
trans_list: deklarativ
sense:
(programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. w:Declarative programming


