# translation

lexentry: eng/hammer_beam_truss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammer beam truss
trans_list: Polygonaldachbinder | Vieleckbinder
sense:
(architecture) A kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.


lexentry: eng/hammer_home__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammer home
trans_list: einbläuen
sense:
(idiomatic) To repeatedly or continually emphasise (an opinion or idea) until or so that a person or group of people understands it.


lexentry: eng/hammer_throw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammer throw
trans_list: Hammerwurf | Hammerwerfen
sense:
An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy steel ball attached with wire (maximum length 4 ft (1.22 m)) to a handle.


lexentry: eng/hammered_dulcimer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammered dulcimer
trans_list: Hackbrett
sense:
(musical instrument) A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.


lexentry: eng/hammerhead__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hammerhead
trans_list: Hammerhai
sense:
Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes the genera Sphyrna and Zygaena, with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.


lexentry: eng/hammerhead_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammerhead shark
trans_list: Hammerhai
sense:
Any of various sharks of the genus Sphyrna having the eyes set on projections (cephalofoils) from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape.


lexentry: eng/hammock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hammock
trans_list: Hängematte
sense:
A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.


lexentry: eng/hammock__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hammock
trans_list: Bauminsel
sense:
(US, archaic, outside, dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.


lexentry: eng/hamper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamper
trans_list: Korb
sense:
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.


lexentry: eng/hamster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamster
trans_list: Hamster
sense:
In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.


lexentry: eng/hamstring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamstring
trans_list: Hüftgelenkextensoren | Kniesehne | ischiocrurale Muskulatur | rückseitige Oberschenkelmuskulatur
sense:
(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.


lexentry: eng/hamstrung__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamstrung
trans_list: gelähmt | lahm gelegt
sense:
(figurative, nonstandard, dialectal) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring; hamstringed.


lexentry: eng/hamza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hamza
trans_list: Hamza | Hamsa
sense:
A sign used in the written Arabic language representing a glottal stop. Hamza may appear as a stand-alone letter (ء‎) or most commonly diacritically over or under other letters, e.g. أ‎ (over an alif [ا‎]), إ‎ (under an alif), ؤ‎ (over a wāw [و‎]) or ئ‎ (over a dotless yāʾ [ى‎]). The exact seat of hamza is governed by an orthographic rule – the "seat of hamza rule".


lexentry: eng/hanami__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hanami
trans_list: Hanami
sense:
The Japanese custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, usually cherry blossoms or plum blossoms, also known as "flower viewing".


lexentry: eng/hand,_foot_and_mouth_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand, foot and mouth disease
trans_list: Hand-Fuß-Mund-Krankheit
sense:
(disease) An infection in humans caused by a group of enteroviruses, typically characterized by a mild fever followed by a rash of flat discoloured spots and bumps that may blister, most commonly on the hands, feet and mouth.


lexentry: eng/hand-held__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand-held
trans_list: tragbare Spielkonsole | tragbare Videospielkonsole
sense:
(computing) A personal digital assistant or video game console that is small enough to be held in the hands.


lexentry: eng/hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand
trans_list: Hand
sense:
The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals.


lexentry: eng/hand__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hand
trans_list: Handlanger
sense:
(especially in compounds) An agent; a servant, or manual laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty.


lexentry: eng/hand_fan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand fan
trans_list: Palette
sense:
A hand-held device designed to be waved back and forth in order to induce airflow for the purpose of cooling the user.


lexentry: eng/hand_in_hand__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hand in hand
trans_list: Hand in Hand
sense:
(figurative) Naturally, ordinarily or predictably together; commonly having a correlation or relationship.


lexentry: eng/hand_net__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand net
trans_list: Kescher
sense:
A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch, used for trapping butterflies or individual fish.


lexentry: eng/hand_puppet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand puppet
trans_list: Handpuppe
sense:
A puppet operated by the hand, especially one in which the puppeteer's hand occupies and controls the head.


lexentry: eng/hand_sanitizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand sanitizer
trans_list: Händedesinfektionsmittel
sense:
(mineral) A disinfecting liquid, most often based on ethyl alcohol, used as an alternative to washing the hands with soap and water.


lexentry: eng/hand_truck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hand truck
trans_list: Sackkarre | Sackrodel
sense:
(North America) An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.


lexentry: eng/handbag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handbag
trans_list: Handtasche
sense:
(now, rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/handball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handball
trans_list: Handball | Handballspiel
sense:
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.


lexentry: eng/handball__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: handball
trans_list: Hand | Handspiel
sense:
(countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.


lexentry: eng/handbook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handbook
trans_list: Handbuch
sense:
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.


lexentry: eng/handbrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handbrake
trans_list: Handbremse
sense:
(mechanical engineering, automotive, railroading) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated lever or foot-operated toggle lever in a motorcar or the hand-operated crank on a railcar, which is used to set and release such a brake.


lexentry: eng/handcuffs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handcuffs
trans_list: Handschellen | Handfesseln
sense:
A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.


lexentry: eng/handedness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handedness
trans_list: Chiralität
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.


lexentry: eng/handguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handguard
trans_list: Handschutz
sense:
A guard on the front of a weapon for hand and finger protection, or to allow for attachments to the weapon.


lexentry: eng/handicap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handicap
trans_list: Behinderung | Vorsprung
sense:
(sports) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.


lexentry: eng/handicap__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: handicap
trans_list: Behinderung
sense:
(sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.


lexentry: eng/handkerchief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handkerchief
trans_list: Taschentuch
sense:
A piece of cloth, usually square and often fine and elegant, carried for wiping the face, eyes, nose or hands.


lexentry: eng/handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handle
trans_list: Gelegenheit | Handhabe | Hebel
sense:
An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.


lexentry: eng/handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: handle
trans_list: Einnahmen aus Spieleinsätzen | Klinke
sense:
(gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.


lexentry: eng/handle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: handle
trans_list: Griffigkeit
sense:
(textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.


lexentry: eng/handle_with_kid_gloves__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handle with kid gloves
trans_list: mit Glacéhandschuhen anfassen | mit Samthandschuhen anfassen
sense:
(idiomatic) To treat (a person or a subject) very delicately or carefully, especially so as not to cause offense or controversy.


lexentry: eng/handlebar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handlebar
trans_list: Lenker | Lenkstange
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) The bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicle using the hands.


lexentry: eng/handler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handler
trans_list: Betreuer | Führer | Trainer | V-Person
sense:
A controller, trainer, someone who handles a specified thing, animal or person (especially a prizefighter).


lexentry: eng/handling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handling
trans_list: Handhabung | Bedienung | Handling | Umgang
sense:
A touching, controlling, managing, using, taking care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.


lexentry: eng/handling_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handling charge
trans_list: Bearbeitungsgebühr
sense:
A fee charged for performing certain services, such as collecting customs duty or dealing with returned goods.


lexentry: eng/handmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handmill
trans_list: Handmühle
sense:
A mill for grinding grain, pepper, coffee, etc. worked by hand as distinguished from those driven by steam, water, or other power.


lexentry: eng/handout__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: handout
trans_list: Flugblatt | Handout | Handreichung | Zettel
sense:
A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.


lexentry: eng/handover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handover
trans_list: Übergabe
sense:
The transference of authority, control, power or knowledge from one agency to another, or from one state to another.


lexentry: eng/hands_off__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hands off
trans_list: tun lassen
sense:
Tending not to interfere with the decisions and actions of other people (employees, subjects, etc.).


lexentry: eng/handset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handset
trans_list: der Hörer, der Telefonhörer | Hörer
sense:
The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.


lexentry: eng/handspan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handspan
trans_list: Spanne
sense:
The distance between the outstretched tips of the little finger and thumb when used as a unit of measurement.


lexentry: eng/handspike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handspike
trans_list: Handspake | Handspeiche | Spillspake
sense:
A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes.


lexentry: eng/handsy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: handsy
trans_list: befummelnd | fummelnd | grapschend
sense:
(informal) Prone to touching other people with one's hands, especially in an inappropriate or sexual manner.


lexentry: eng/hang__Verb__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: hang
trans_list: hängen | aufhängen | henken
sense:
(intransitive, legal) To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose.


lexentry: eng/hang__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: hang
trans_list: aufhängen | hängen
sense:
(transitive) To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous.


lexentry: eng/hang_out_to_dry__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hang out to dry
trans_list: hängenlassen | im Regen stehen lassen
sense:
(transitive, idiomatic) To abandon someone who is in need or in danger, especially a colleague or one dependent.


lexentry: eng/hang_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hang up
trans_list: auflegen
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line.


lexentry: eng/hanging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hanging
trans_list: Erhängung
sense:
(countable, uncountable) The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).


lexentry: eng/hanging_coffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hanging coffin
trans_list: Hängesarg | hängender Sarg
sense:
A coffin suspended on a cliff as part of an ancient funeral custom practised in countries such as China, Indonesia and the Philippines.


lexentry: eng/hangman__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hangman
trans_list: Galgenmännchen | Hängemännchen
sense:
(uncountable, games) A guessing game where one has to guess the word an opponent is thinking of by guessing one letter at a time, and involving the gradual drawing of a stick figure hanging from the gallows.


lexentry: eng/hangnail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hangnail
trans_list: Niednagel | Neidnagel
sense:
A loose, narrow strip of nail tissue protruding from the side edge and anchored near the base of a fingernail or toenail.


lexentry: eng/hangover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hangover
trans_list: Kater | Katzenjammer
sense:
Negative effects, such as headache or nausea, caused by previous drunkenness due to (excessive) consumption of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/hank__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hank
trans_list: Reiter
sense:
(nautical) A ring or shackle that secures a staysail to its stay and allows the sail to glide smoothly up and down.


lexentry: eng/hanky-panky__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hanky-panky
trans_list: Fummeln | Gefummel | Knutscherei | Techtelmechtel
sense:
Amorous behaviour, smooching, making out, necking, sex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.


lexentry: eng/haploid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haploid
trans_list: haploid
sense:
(genetics, strictly) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes (which is the number that a typical gamete has in many organisms although not all).


lexentry: eng/haplology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haplology
trans_list: Haplologie | Silbenschichtung
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word.


lexentry: eng/happening__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: happening
trans_list: Happening
sense:
(originally, arts) A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.


lexentry: eng/happily_ever_after__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happily ever after
sense:
(idiomatic) Chiefly preceded by he, she, they, etc., lived: often used as a formulaic ending in fairy tales, stories for children, and similar works: in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives.

trans_list:
und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, dann leben sie noch heute | und sie lebten glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage


lexentry: eng/happy_New_Year__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy New Year
sense:
A wish said around the start of a new year to wish someone well for the New Year (holiday) or for the (entire) new year.

trans_list:
ein gutes neues Jahr | frohes neues Jahr | fröhliches neues Jahr | guten Rutsch | guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr | gutes neues Jahr


lexentry: eng/happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy
trans_list: zufrieden | froh | fröhlich | freudig | glücklich
sense:
Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.


lexentry: eng/happy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: happy
trans_list: glücklich
sense:
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.


lexentry: eng/happy_belated_birthday__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy belated birthday
trans_list: alles Gute nachträglich
sense:
Said or written to a person after their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer.


lexentry: eng/happy_birthday__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy birthday
trans_list: alles Gute zum Geburtstag | herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag | viel Glück zum Geburtstag
sense:
Said or written to a person who is celebrating their birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")


lexentry: eng/happy_ending__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy ending
trans_list: Happy End | glückliches Ende
sense:
(narratology) A conclusion to a story in which all the loose ends of the plot are tied up, and all the main characters are left in a state of contentment or happiness.


lexentry: eng/happy_holidays__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy holidays
trans_list: frohe Feiertage | frohe Festtage | frohes Fest
sense:
(North America, Philippines) A greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, sometimes starting with Thanksgiving and including Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day.


lexentry: eng/happy_hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy hour
trans_list: Happy Hour
sense:
A time of day, usually in the afternoon or early evening, when a bar or pub offers its drinks at a discounted price.


lexentry: eng/happy_hunting_ground__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: happy hunting ground
trans_list: ewige Jagdgründe
sense:
(often, in plural) A Native American idea of the afterlife, conceived of as a paradise in which hunting is plentiful and game unlimited.


lexentry: eng/haptophyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haptophyte
trans_list: Haptophyt
sense:
(microbiology) A kind of unicellular marine phytoplankton, typically covered in tiny scales or plates composed of carbohydrates and calcium deposits


lexentry: eng/hara-kiri__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hara-kiri
trans_list: Harakiri
sense:
Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.


lexentry: eng/harbor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harbor
trans_list: Hafen
sense:
(countable, nautical) A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may anchor or dock, especially for loading and unloading.


lexentry: eng/hard_candy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard candy
trans_list: Bonbon | Zuckerstein
sense:
(US) A candy prepared from one or more syrups boiled to a temperature of 160°C (320°F), thereafter becoming stiff and brittle at room temperature.


lexentry: eng/hard_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard cheese
trans_list: Hartkäse | Trockenkäse
sense:
A type of rennet cheese that is firm owing to the curds having been pressed or comminuted to a large degree to shed more whey and ripened for a longer time.


lexentry: eng/hard_disk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard disk
trans_list: Festplatte
sense:
(computer hardware) One of a series of parallel magnetic recording disks in a drive unit, used for the recording and retrieval of digital information; used especially in personal computers.


lexentry: eng/hard_drive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard drive
trans_list: Festplatte
sense:
(computing, computer hardware) An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.


lexentry: eng/hard_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard hat
trans_list: Schutzhelm | Bauhelm | Sicherheitshelm
sense:
A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects.


lexentry: eng/hard_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard rock
trans_list: Hard Rock | Hardrock
sense:
(music genre) A rock music genre marked by a heavy regular beat, high amplification, and usually frenzied performances.


lexentry: eng/hard_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard science
trans_list: exakte Wissenschaft | harte Wissenschaft
sense:
(informal) Any of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology.


lexentry: eng/hard_shoulder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard shoulder
trans_list: Seitenstreifen | Pannenstreifen | Standstreifen
sense:
A verge to the side of a highway, which should be used only in case of an emergency (especially on a motorway)


lexentry: eng/hard_sign__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard sign
trans_list: Hartheitszeichen | hartes Zeichen
sense:
The Cyrillic letter Ъ/ъ, which in modern languages serves to denote a hard (non-palatalized) consonant.


lexentry: eng/hard_tick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard tick
trans_list: Zecke
sense:
Any tick in the family Ixodidae, differing from the so-called soft ticks in several respects, in particular in that they bear a defensive hard shield (or scutum) on the body


lexentry: eng/hard_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard water
trans_list: hartes Wasser
sense:
(chemistry) Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap.


lexentry: eng/hard_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hard work
trans_list: Schufterei | harte Arbeit
sense:
Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/hardcore__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hardcore
trans_list: Intensivstation
sense:
(colloquial) Particularly intense; thrillingly dangerous or erratic; desirably violent in appearance; pleasing or "cool" due to intensity or danger.


lexentry: eng/hardcore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardcore
trans_list: der Kies, der Schotter
sense:
Broken bricks, stone and/or other aggregate used as foundations, especially in road and path laying.


lexentry: eng/harden__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: harden
trans_list: härten | verhärten
sense:
(ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.


lexentry: eng/hardened__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardened
trans_list: gehärtet
sense:
Having been accustomed or desensitized to something unpleasant through exposure or experience; inured.


lexentry: eng/hardihood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardihood
trans_list: Widerstandsfähigkeit
sense:
Unyielding boldness and daring; firmness in doing something that exposes one to difficulty, danger, or calamity; intrepidness.


lexentry: eng/hardiness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardiness
trans_list: Festigkeit
sense:
The quality of being able to withstand fatigue and hardship; (of a plant) the quality of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/hardstyle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardstyle
trans_list: Hardstyle
sense:
(music genre) A genre of electronic dance music that combines elements of trance, techno, and hardcore, with origins in the Netherlands and Belgium.


lexentry: eng/hardtack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardtack
trans_list: Hartkeks | Schiffszwieback | Zwieback
sense:
(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.


lexentry: eng/hardware__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardware
trans_list: Eisenwaren
sense:
Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.


lexentry: eng/hardware__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hardware
trans_list: Hardware
sense:
(computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.


lexentry: eng/hardware_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardware store
trans_list: Baumarkt | Eisenwarenladen
sense:
A shop that sells tools, fasteners, and similar objects known collectively as hardware, as well as related sundries used in construction and repair.


lexentry: eng/hardwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hardwood
trans_list: Hartholz | Laubholz
sense:
(countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.


lexentry: eng/hardy_kiwi__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hardy kiwi
trans_list: Kiwibeere | Scharfzähniger Strahlengriffel
sense:
An edible fruit produced by said plant, the taste and texture of which are similar to those of the kiwifruit.


lexentry: eng/harebell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harebell
trans_list: Rundblättrige Glockenblume
sense:
A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.


lexentry: eng/harissa__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harissa
trans_list: Harissa
sense:
A traditional Armenian dish: a kind of porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat.


lexentry: eng/harlequin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harlequin
trans_list: Harlekin
sense:
A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.


lexentry: eng/harlot__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: harlot
trans_list: Dirne | Hure | Nutte
sense:
(obsolete) A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth, especially one given to low conduct.


lexentry: eng/harmonic_balancer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonic balancer
trans_list: Drehschwingungsdämpfer | Torsionsdämpfer
sense:
A device connected to the crankshaft of an engine to reduce torsional vibration and to serve as a pulley for drive belts.


lexentry: eng/harmonic_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonic function
trans_list: harmonische Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) A function of two, three or n variables which is a solution to any of Laplace's equations


lexentry: eng/harmonic_mean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonic mean
trans_list: harmonisches Mittel | harmonischer Mittelwert
sense:
(mathematics) A type of measure of central tendency calculated as the reciprocal of the mean of the reciprocals, i.e., H = { n \over {1 \over x_1} + {1 \over x_2} + \cdots + {1 \over x_n} }.


lexentry: eng/harmonic_series__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonic series
trans_list: harmonische Reihe
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) The divergent series whose terms are the reciprocals of the positive integers; the series \textstyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac 1 n.


lexentry: eng/harmonica__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonica
trans_list: Mundharmonika
sense:
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.


lexentry: eng/harmonica__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harmonica
trans_list: Glasharmonika
sense:
A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.


lexentry: eng/harmonium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harmonium
trans_list: Harmonium
sense:
(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.


lexentry: eng/harness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harness
trans_list: Geschirr | Pferdegeschirr | Anschnallgurt | Gurt
sense:
(countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.


lexentry: eng/harness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: harness
trans_list: Harnisch
sense:
(dated, uncountable) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.


lexentry: eng/harness_racing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harness racing
trans_list: Trab
sense:
A form of horse racing in which the horses race in a specified gait, usually pulling two-wheeled carts called sulkies.


lexentry: eng/harness_saddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harness saddle
trans_list: Sattelstück
sense:
The part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal.


lexentry: eng/harp_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harp on
trans_list: abspulen | herbeten | herunterbeten | herunterleiern | herunterschnurren
sense:
(transitive) To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention.


lexentry: eng/harp_seal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harp seal
trans_list: Sattelrobbe
sense:
One of species Pagophilus groenlandicus, a true seal (or earless seal) found in the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and adjacent parts of the Arctic Ocean.


lexentry: eng/harpsichord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harpsichord
trans_list: Cembalo | Spinett
sense:
(musical instruments) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When the performer presses a key, a corresponding plectrum plucks a tuned string. The harpsichord originated in late medieval Europe and is one of the most important instruments used to perform Baroque music.


lexentry: eng/harpy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harpy
trans_list: Harpyie
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.


lexentry: eng/harrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harrier
trans_list: Weihe
sense:
Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.


lexentry: eng/harrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harrow
trans_list: Egge
sense:
A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.


lexentry: eng/harumph__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harumph
trans_list: missbilligen
sense:
To make a huffing or snorting sound of disdain or dismissal; (figurative, by extension) to show one's disdain.


lexentry: eng/haruspex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haruspex
trans_list: Haruspex
sense:
A soothsayer or priest in Ancient Rome (originally Etruscan) who practiced haruspicy, divination by inspecting entrails.


lexentry: eng/harvest_mite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: harvest mite
trans_list: Grasmilbe | Herbstgrasmilbe | Herbstmilbe
sense:
Any of various mites of family Trombiculidae that inhabit forests and grasslands and which, in their larval stage, attach to various animals including humans and feed on skin, often causing itching.


lexentry: eng/harvest_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harvest moon
trans_list: Erntemond | Herbstmond | Herbstvollmond | Septembervollmond
sense:
The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/harvestman__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: harvestman
trans_list: Weberknecht | Zimmermann | Afterspinne | Kanker | Schneckenkanker | Schneider
sense:
An order of terrestrial, non-venomous arachnids with often very long legs: Opiliones; any individual of this order.


lexentry: eng/has-been__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: has-been
trans_list: ehemalig | gewesen
sense:
(informal, pejorative) A person, especially one who was formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline.


lexentry: eng/hash_table__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hash table
trans_list: Hashtabelle
sense:
(programming) An associative array implemented as a vector, the indexes into which are the result of applying a hash function to the key.


lexentry: eng/hashish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hashish
trans_list: Haschisch | Hasch
sense:
The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.


lexentry: eng/hashtag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hashtag
trans_list: Hashtag
sense:
(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]


lexentry: eng/hasp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hasp
trans_list: Haspe
sense:
A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.


lexentry: eng/hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hat
trans_list: Hut | Mütze | Kappe | Kopfbedeckung
sense:
(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.


lexentry: eng/hat_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hat rack
trans_list: Hutständer
sense:
(US) A piece of furniture used to store hats and clothing, consisting of a pole with pegs on a moderately broad base; a hatstand.


lexentry: eng/hat_trick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hat trick
trans_list: Hattrick
sense:
(by extension, sports) Three achievements in a single game, competition, season, etc., such as three consecutive wins.


lexentry: eng/hatch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hatch
trans_list: Durchreiche
sense:
An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through.


lexentry: eng/hatchet_man__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hatchet man
trans_list: Laufbursche
sense:
(colloquial, idiomatic) A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.


lexentry: eng/hatching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hatching
trans_list: Schattierung | Schraffierung | Schraffur | Strichelung
sense:
(art, drawing, drafting) A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.


lexentry: eng/hatching__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hatching
trans_list: Schlupf
sense:
(zoology) A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.


lexentry: eng/hatchway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hatchway
trans_list: Falltür
sense:
A means of passing through a wall or floor, having a hatch (especially on a ship); a doorway with a hatch rather than a door.


lexentry: eng/hate_crime__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hate crime
trans_list: Hasskriminalität
sense:
(crime) A crime motivated by hate for a race, gender, religion, etc., which may result in harsh punishments, the severity of which varies by statute and the nature of the crime.


lexentry: eng/hate_speech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hate speech
trans_list: Hassrede | Hetze
sense:
Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.


lexentry: eng/hauberk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hauberk
trans_list: Kettenhemd
sense:
A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless.


lexentry: eng/haul__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: haul
trans_list: Beute | Einkaufsausbeute | Einkaufsbeute | Fang | Fischzug
sense:
An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.


lexentry: eng/haul__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: haul
trans_list: befödern | transportieren
sense:
(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.


lexentry: eng/haulm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haulm
trans_list: Stroh
sense:
(uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.


lexentry: eng/haunted_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haunted house
trans_list: Geisterhaus | Spukhaus
sense:
An amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through.


lexentry: eng/haut_gout__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haut gout
trans_list: Hautgout
sense:
(archaic) A slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; approximately, gaminess.


lexentry: eng/have-nots__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have-nots
trans_list: Habenichtse
sense:
The poor or underprivileged, contrasted with those who have possessions, power or wealth: the haves.


lexentry: eng/have__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: have
trans_list: haben
sense:
(transitive) Used to state the existence or presence of someone in a specified relationship with the subject.


lexentry: eng/have_a_bone_to_pick__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have a bone to pick
trans_list: ein Hühnchen zu rupfen haben
sense:
(idiomatic, usually followed by with) To have a complaint or grievance (with somebody); to have a contentious issue to discuss.


lexentry: eng/have_a_go__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: have a go
trans_list: kleinlich sein
sense:
(intransitive, informal, idiomatic, UK, Australia) To tell off (especially unnecessarily or excessively), to criticise.


lexentry: eng/have_a_word__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have a word
trans_list: ansprechen
sense:
(idiomatic, meiosis) To speak to someone, usually and especially in private, often in order to admonish.


lexentry: eng/have_an_affair__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have an affair
trans_list: eine Affäre haben
sense:
To engage in a romantic or sexual relationship while being married. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/have_another_think_coming__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have another think coming
trans_list: sich etwas einbilden
sense:
(idiom) To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.


lexentry: eng/have_had_it_up_to_here__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have had it up to here
trans_list: die Nase voll haben | wirklich genug haben
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance.


lexentry: eng/have_it_in_for__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have it in for
trans_list: etwas gegen jemanden haben
sense:
(transitive, colloquial) To be very angry with; to have a grudge against; to intend revenge against.


lexentry: eng/have_mercy__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have mercy
trans_list: erbarmen
sense:
(usually, _, in, _, the, _, imperative) To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.


lexentry: eng/have_one's_cake_and_eat_it_too__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have one's cake and eat it too
trans_list: auf zwei Hochzeiten gleichzeitig tanzen | wasch mich, aber mach mich nicht nass
sense:
(idiomatic) To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).


lexentry: eng/have_one's_way_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: have one's way with
trans_list: liegen
sense:
(idiomatic, euphemistic) To engage (as the more active or dominant partner) in sexual intercourse with, especially without the consent of one's partner; rape.


lexentry: eng/have_someone_by_the_balls__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have someone by the balls
trans_list: jemanden am Arsch haben | jemanden am Wickel haben
sense:
(slang, vulgar, idiomatic) To exercise total control over someone; to be in a position to threaten or extort someone.


lexentry: eng/have_the_heart__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have the heart
trans_list: das Herz haben
sense:
(negative polarity item) To have the capacity (to do something); to be able to bring oneself to do something, especially something cruel or hardhearted. [with to (+ infinitive)]


lexentry: eng/have_the_hots_for__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have the hots for
trans_list: auf jemand stehen
sense:
(slang, idiomatic, transitive) To be attracted (sexually or romantically) to (someone); to fancy someone.


lexentry: eng/have_time__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: have time
trans_list: erreichen
sense:
(intransitive) To be available, to have the time, to be without commitments over a certain period of time (thus being able to choose what to do with it, instead of following a schedule).


lexentry: eng/haversack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haversack
trans_list: Brotbeutel
sense:
A small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.


lexentry: eng/hawk__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawk
trans_list: Glättkelle | Mörtelbrett | Reibebrett | Traufel
sense:
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.


lexentry: eng/hawkbit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawkbit
trans_list: Löwenzahn
sense:
Any dandelion-like flower of the genera Leontodon, Scorzoneroides, and others in subtribe Hypochaeridinae, in the family Asteraceae.


lexentry: eng/hawksbeard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawksbeard
trans_list: Pippau
sense:
Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.


lexentry: eng/hawthorn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hawthorn
trans_list: Weißdorn | Hagedorn
sense:
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches


lexentry: eng/hay_fever__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hay fever
trans_list: Heuschnupfen
sense:
(pathology, immunology) An allergy to the pollen of grass or other plants that causes symptoms similar to those of a cold; pollinosis.


lexentry: eng/haymaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: haymaker
trans_list: Schlag
sense:
(informal, fisticuffs) A particularly powerful punch, especially one which knocks down an opponent, thrown like a scythe chop for cutting hay, as agricultural haymakers used to have strong arms.


lexentry: eng/hazard_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hazard light
trans_list: Warnblinklicht
sense:
Any of multiple lights fitted to the front and rear of a vehicle, used to warn other drivers of a dangerous situation, typically when the vehicle is not working properly.


lexentry: eng/hazard_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hazard ratio
trans_list: Ausfallrate
sense:
(statistics, medicine) A measure of the chance of an event in one group compared to that of another at a particular time or over a subset of a study's time; the ratio between two groups' hazard rates.


lexentry: eng/hazardous_material__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hazardous material
trans_list: Gefahrgut
sense:
A material, natural or man-made, which is intrinsically dangerous or otherwise poses a safety hazard, such as materials which are explosive, poisonous, chemically active (including acids and other corrosives), radioactive, or biologically active (including human blood and other medical waste).


lexentry: eng/haze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haze
trans_list: Dunst
sense:
Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. (Compare fog, mist.)


lexentry: eng/haze__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: haze
trans_list: schikanieren | schinden
sense:
(US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college fraternity or military unit.


lexentry: eng/hazing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hazing
trans_list: Deposition | Initiationsritual
sense:
(US, Philippines) An initiation or behavior that involves humiliation, harassment or abuse, particularly in universities and in the military.


lexentry: eng/he__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: he
trans_list: er
sense:
(personal, sometimes, _, proscribed, see usage notes) They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).


lexentry: eng/he_said,_she_said__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: he said, she said
trans_list: Aussage gegen Aussage | Behauptungen | Gerede
sense:
Conflicting reports from two or more parties on an issue, prototypically involving a situation between a man and a woman with no other witnesses.


lexentry: eng/he_who_digs_a_pit_for_others_falls_in_himself__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: he who digs a pit for others falls in himself
trans_list: wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein
sense:
Someone that plans harm or misfortune for others may also inadvertently be the recipient of that same misfortune.


lexentry: eng/he_who_smelt_it_dealt_it__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: he who smelt it dealt it
trans_list: wer den Furz zuerst gerochen, dem ist er aus dem Arsch gekrochen
sense:
(colloquial, originally) A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own.


lexentry: eng/he_who_smelt_it_dealt_it__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: he who smelt it dealt it
trans_list: wer den Furz zuerst gerochen, dem ist er aus dem Arsch gekrochen
sense:
(colloquial, by extension) A person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.


lexentry: eng/head-on_collision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head-on collision
trans_list: Frontalzusammenstoß
sense:
(transport) A collision where the front ends of two vehicles (such as ships, trains, cars, planes, etc.) hit each other, as opposed to a side-collision or rear-end collision.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head
trans_list: Kopf | Haupt
sense:
(countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: head
trans_list: Kopf | Haupt | Chef | Chefin | Oberhaupt
sense:
(automotive) The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: head
trans_list: Kopf | Haupt
sense:
The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: head
trans_list: Abtritt | Kopf | Top
sense:
(linguistics) A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.


lexentry: eng/head__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: head
trans_list: Fallhöhe | Potential
sense:
The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.


lexentry: eng/head__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
sense: (transitive) To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
written_rep: head
trans_list:
an der Spitze stehen | anführen | die Spitze bilden | sich an der Spitze befinden | sich ganz vorne befinden | vorangehen


lexentry: eng/head__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
sense: (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
written_rep: head
trans_list:
auf etwas zusteuern | fahren (nach/in Richtung) | gehen (nach/in Richtung) | sich bewegen (nach/in Richtung) | ziehen (nach/in Richtung)


lexentry: eng/head_louse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head louse
trans_list: Kopflaus
sense:
A parasitic insect, Pediculus humanus capitis, which lives among the hairs on the head of a human and feeds on blood.


lexentry: eng/head_of_government__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head of government
trans_list: Regierungschef
sense:
The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).


lexentry: eng/head_of_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head of state
trans_list: Staatsoberhaupt | Staatschef
sense:
The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.


lexentry: eng/head_start__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head start
trans_list: Vorsprung
sense:
(idiomatic) An advantage consisting in starting a competition or task earlier than might be expected; given (or taken), for example, prior to the beginning of a race.


lexentry: eng/head_voice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: head voice
trans_list: Kopfstimme
sense:
(phonology, music) A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.


lexentry: eng/headband__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: headband
trans_list: Haarbügel | Haarreif | Haarreifen
sense:
A hair accessory, made of a flexible material and curved like a horseshoe, for holding one's hair back.


lexentry: eng/headbutt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headbutt
trans_list: Kopfstoß | Kopfnuss
sense:
A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into an opponent or object, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.


lexentry: eng/header_file__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: header file
trans_list: Header-Datei
sense:
(programming) A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.


lexentry: eng/headhouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headhouse
trans_list: Aufnahmegebäude | Empfangsgebäude | Empfangshalle | Stationsgebäude | Zugangsgebäude
sense:
The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.


lexentry: eng/headhunter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headhunter
trans_list: Kopfjäger
sense:
(anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.


lexentry: eng/heading__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heading
trans_list: Kurs
sense:
(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)


lexentry: eng/headlight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headlight
trans_list: Scheinwerfer | Frontscheinwerfer | Vorderscheinwerfer
sense:
A bright light, with a lens and reflector, on the front of a motor vehicle (or originally a ship or train), designed to illuminate the road when driving at night; normally one of a pair.


lexentry: eng/headlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headlock
trans_list: Schwitzkasten | Unterarmwürgegriff
sense:
A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.


lexentry: eng/headphone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headphone
trans_list: Kopfhörer
sense:
(usually, in plural) : a cushioned speaker placed on, over, or inside the ear, normally used in left/right pairs.


lexentry: eng/headquarters__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headquarters
trans_list: Hauptquartier
sense:
The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.


lexentry: eng/heads_or_tails__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heads or tails
trans_list: Kopf oder Zahl
sense:
(idiomatic) The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.


lexentry: eng/headscarf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headscarf
trans_list: Kopftuch
sense:
A more or less square piece of material worn over the head, typically by women, often to protect the hair, or for religious reasons.


lexentry: eng/headset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headset
trans_list: Headset | Hörsprechgarnitur
sense:
A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.


lexentry: eng/headstock__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: headstock
trans_list: Kopf | Kopfplatte
sense:
The part of a lute-type string instrument, such as a guitar, that holds the tuning pegs or tensioning screws of the strings.


lexentry: eng/headteacher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headteacher
trans_list: Schulleiter
sense:
(UK, Irish) The most senior teacher in a school who is responsible for its management and administration.


lexentry: eng/headway__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: headway
trans_list: Fahrzeugabstand | Takt
sense:
(countable, transport) The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route.


lexentry: eng/headwind__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headwind
trans_list: Gegenwind
sense:
(transitive, uncommon) To blow directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.


lexentry: eng/headword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: headword
trans_list: Stichwort | Schlagwort | Stichpunkt
sense:
A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus.


lexentry: eng/health__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health
trans_list: Gesundheit
sense:
The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/health__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: health
trans_list: Gesundheit
sense:
A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level.


lexentry: eng/health_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health care
trans_list: Gesundheitswesen | Gesundheitsfürsorge | medizinische Versorgung
sense:
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness or the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions.


lexentry: eng/health_club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health club
trans_list: Fitnessstudio | Fitness-Center | Muckibude | Sportstudio
sense:
A facility with exercise equipment, and sometimes instructors, open to the public or those on some membership list.


lexentry: eng/health_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: health fund
trans_list: Krankenkasse
sense:
A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company, usually found in health care systems in Central Europe, such as Germany.


lexentry: eng/heap__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heap
trans_list: Haufen | Haufe
sense:
A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.


lexentry: eng/heap__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: heap
trans_list: Heap
sense:
(computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.


lexentry: eng/hear,_hear__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hear, hear
trans_list: hört, hört | richtig
sense:
(often after a toast) Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.


lexentry: eng/hear__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hear
trans_list: hören
sense:
(transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/hear_of__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hear of
trans_list: hören
sense:
To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.


lexentry: eng/hear_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hear out
trans_list: ausreden lassen
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive) To listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.


lexentry: eng/hear_through_the_grapevine__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To hear rumors; to learn through hearsay.
written_rep: hear through the grapevine
trans_list:
die Nachricht sprach sich herum | durch die Buschtrommel hören | durch die Buschtrommeln hören | ich hab so was läuten hören | über die Buschtrommel hören | über die Buschtrommeln hören


lexentry: eng/hearing__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hearing
trans_list: Anhörung
sense:
(countable, legal) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.


lexentry: eng/hearken__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hearken
trans_list: hören | horchen | lauschen
sense:
(intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.


lexentry: eng/hearsay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hearsay
trans_list: Hörensagen
sense:
(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.


lexentry: eng/hearse__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hearse
trans_list: Leichenwagen
sense:
A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.


lexentry: eng/heart-shaped__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart-shaped
trans_list: herzförmig
sense:
Having the traditional, notional shape of a heart (♥), that is pointed at one end and indented at the opposite side.


lexentry: eng/heart__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart
trans_list: Herz
sense:
(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.


lexentry: eng/heart__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: heart
trans_list: Herz
sense:
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.


lexentry: eng/heart_attack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart attack
trans_list: Herzinfarkt | Myokardinfarkt | akuter Myokardinfarkt
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.


lexentry: eng/heart_failure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart failure
trans_list: Herzinsuffizienz | Herzschwäche
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.


lexentry: eng/heart_murmur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart murmur
trans_list: Herzgeräusch
sense:
(medical sign) A sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a physiological defect in the heart.


lexentry: eng/heart_of_gold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart of gold
trans_list: gutes Herz
sense:
(idiomatic) A kind, compassionate, or caring attitude; kindheartedness; a person with those qualities.


lexentry: eng/heart_of_grace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart of grace
trans_list: Mut
sense:
(archaic) Chiefly preceded by get, give, take, etc.: courage or relief, especially when gained as a result of favour shown to one.


lexentry: eng/heart_of_palm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart of palm
trans_list: Palmherz
sense:
A vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees, especially the peach palm (Bactris gasipaes), which is often grown for the purpose.


lexentry: eng/heart_rate_monitor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart rate monitor
trans_list: Herzfrequenzmessgerät
sense:
A wearable device that allows a user to measure their heart rate in real time, usually consisting of a chest strap transmitter and a wrist receiver.


lexentry: eng/heart_sound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart sound
trans_list: Herzton
sense:
(medicine) Any of the noises that can be heard on auscultation over the heart, generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it.


lexentry: eng/heart_valve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heart valve
trans_list: Herzklappe
sense:
(anatomy, cardiology) Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.


lexentry: eng/heartbreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heartbreaker
trans_list: Herzensbrecher | Herzensbrecherin
sense:
A person, usually attractive, who flirts with or otherwise enamours another person, but does not reciprocate their love.


lexentry: eng/heartland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heartland
trans_list: Hochburg
sense:
A region or part of a region particularly associated with or significant for a characteristic, such as an activity, a faith, support for a political party or other organization, etc.


lexentry: eng/heartland__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heartland
trans_list: Kerngebiet | Kernland
sense:
The interior part of a region, especially when contrasted with coastal parts or when regarded as particularly powerful or significant.


lexentry: eng/hearts__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hearts
trans_list: Herz
sense:
(card games) A trick-taking card game in which players are penalized for taking hearts and (especially) the queen of spades.


lexentry: eng/heartstrings__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heartstrings
trans_list: innerste Gefühle
sense:
The source of one's deepest emotions or inner feelings, especially compassion or love. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/heartworm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heartworm
trans_list: Herzwurm
sense:
(veterinary medicine) A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, of species Dirofilaria immitis of roundworms.


lexentry: eng/heat__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: heat
trans_list: Hitze | Brunst | Brunft | Läufigkeit | Rolligkeit
sense:
(uncountable) A condition in which a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.


lexentry: eng/heat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat
trans_list: erhitzen | heizen
sense:
(transitive) To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").


lexentry: eng/heat__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: heat
trans_list: heiß machen
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.


lexentry: eng/heat_capacity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat capacity
trans_list: Wärmekapazität
sense:
(physics) The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.


lexentry: eng/heat_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat death
trans_list: Wärmetod
sense:
(physics) The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.


lexentry: eng/heat_engine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat engine
trans_list: Wärmekraftmaschine
sense:
(thermodynamics) Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.


lexentry: eng/heat_exchanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat exchanger
trans_list: Wärmetauscher
sense:
(physics) Any device (such as a radiator) that transfers heat from one fluid to another via a separating wall.


lexentry: eng/heat_haze__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat haze
trans_list: Hitzeflimmern
sense:
A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed.


lexentry: eng/heat_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat index
trans_list: Hitzeindex
sense:
(US, meteorology) A figure used by American meteorologists to describe the apparent heat felt by a person as the result of a combination of temperature and humidity.


lexentry: eng/heat_map__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat map
trans_list: Heatmap
sense:
A two-dimensional graphic representation of data in which different values are represented by different colours.


lexentry: eng/heat_of_fusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat of fusion
trans_list: Schmelzwärme
sense:
(physics) The amount of heat absorbed by unit mass of a material, at its melting point, that causes a phase transition from solid to liquid


lexentry: eng/heat_pump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat pump
trans_list: Wärmepumpe
sense:
A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.


lexentry: eng/heat_shrink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat shrink
trans_list: Schrumpfschlauch
sense:
A plastic tube that shrinks when heated, used as a mantle for wiring. The heating is typically with a heat gun or, sometimes, a lighter.


lexentry: eng/heat_stroke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heat stroke
trans_list: Hitzeschlag | Hitzschlag
sense:
(disease, countable, or, uncountable) An illness caused by overheating a person or animal beyond its body's capacity to regulate internal temperature.


lexentry: eng/heathen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heathen
trans_list: Heide | Heidin
sense:
A pagan; someone who is neither Christian, Jewish, or Muslim (other Abrahamic or monotheistic religions may or may not be included)


lexentry: eng/heathland__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heathland
trans_list: Heideland
sense:
A tract of scrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. Similar to moorland but with warmer and drier climate.


lexentry: eng/heave__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: heave
trans_list: schleudern | werfen | wuchten
sense:
(intransitive) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.


lexentry: eng/heaven__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: heaven
trans_list: Himmel | Paradies
sense:
(religion, by extension, often capitalized) The afterlife of the blessed dead in other religions and traditions, such as the Pure Land or Elysium.


lexentry: eng/heavenly__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heavenly
trans_list: himmlisch
sense:
Synonym of celestial: of or pertaining to the heavens, the sky regarded as the realm of the sun, moon, planets, and stars.


lexentry: eng/heavenly_body__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavenly body
trans_list: Himmelskörper | Gestirn
sense:
A natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun. Objects flying or moving in the atmosphere are not usually considered as heavenly bodies.


lexentry: eng/heavy_cavalry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy cavalry
trans_list: schwere Kavallerie
sense:
(military) A military unit consisting of troops mounted on large powerful horses, and often equipped with armor as well as either swords, maces, lances, or battle axes.


lexentry: eng/heavy_goods_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy goods vehicle
trans_list: Fernlastzug
sense:
A lorry, truck or other large vehicle used to transport cargo with a total weight of at least 3.5 tonnes.


lexentry: eng/heavy_industry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy industry
trans_list: Schwerindustrie
sense:
Industrial processes that are very complex or involve large and heavy equipment, facilities, or end products.


lexentry: eng/heavy_metal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heavy metal
trans_list: Schwermetall | Heavy Metal | Metal
sense:
(music genre, uncountable) The first form of metal music, which arose in the late 1960s and the 1970s, and is closer to the rock music of the time than most other subgenres of metal.


lexentry: eng/heavy_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heavy water
trans_list: schweres Wasser
sense:
(inorganic compound) Water containing deuterium instead of normal hydrogen (protium) (thus, ²H₂O); used as a moderator in nuclear reactors.


lexentry: eng/heavyweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heavyweight
trans_list: Schwergewicht
sense:
(uncountable, boxing) The professional boxing weight class for boxers weighing more than 190 pounds; a boxer in that division.


lexentry: eng/hebephrenia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hebephrenia
trans_list: Heboïdophrenie
sense:
(clinical psychology) A form of schizophrenia characterized by inappropriate behavior and emotional responses.


lexentry: eng/hecatomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hecatomb
trans_list: Hekatombe
sense:
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A great public sacrifice to the gods, originally of a hundred oxen; also, a great number of animals reserved for such a sacrifice.


lexentry: eng/hectare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hectare
trans_list: Hektar | Hektare
sense:
A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for measuring the areas of geographical features such as land and bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/hectic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hectic
trans_list: hektisch
sense:
(obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.


lexentry: eng/hectograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hectograph
trans_list: Hektograf
sense:
(historical) An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame.


lexentry: eng/heddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heddle
trans_list: Litze | Helfe
sense:
A component in a loom, being one of a number of similar components, through the eye of each of which a distinct strand of the warp is threaded.


lexentry: eng/hedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedge
trans_list: Hecke
sense:
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.


lexentry: eng/hedge__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hedge
trans_list: Heckenausdruck | Weichzeichner
sense:
(linguistics, especially, applied linguistics, and, pragmatics) A noncommittal or intentionally ambiguous statement.


lexentry: eng/hedge_fund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedge fund
trans_list: Hedgefonds
sense:
(finance) Any unregistered investment fund, often characterised by unconventional strategies (i.e., strategies other than investing long only in bonds, equities or money markets).


lexentry: eng/hedgehog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedgehog
trans_list: Igel
sense:
A small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.


lexentry: eng/hedonic_treadmill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedonic treadmill
trans_list: hedonistische Anpassung | hedonistische Tretmühle
sense:
The tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness (or sadness) despite major positive or negative events or life changes.


lexentry: eng/hedonism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hedonism
trans_list: Hedonismus
sense:
(ethics, uncountable) The philosophical belief that happiness, particularly sensual pleasure, is the highest good in life.


lexentry: eng/hefty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hefty
trans_list: kräftig | mächtig | stark
sense:
(of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; powerfully or heavily built.


lexentry: eng/hegemon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hegemon
trans_list: Hegemon
sense:
A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.


lexentry: eng/hegemony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hegemony
trans_list: Hegemonie | Vorherrschaft
sense:
(formal) Domination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.


lexentry: eng/heh__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heh
trans_list: sie
sense:
The fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/height__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: height
trans_list: Größe
sense:
The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).


lexentry: eng/heir_apparent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heir apparent
trans_list: Thronanwärter
sense:
(usually, monarchy) Someone who will definitely inherit if surviving the one whose property is to be inherited.


lexentry: eng/heirloom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heirloom
trans_list: alte Sorte
sense:
(horticulture) An old crop variety that has been passed down through generations of farmers by seed saving and cultivation, in contrast to modern cultivars used in large-scale agriculture.


lexentry: eng/helicopter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helicopter
trans_list: Hubschrauber | Helikopter
sense:
(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/helicopter_parent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helicopter parent
trans_list: Helicoptervater
sense:
A parent who pays an inordinate amount of attention to their children and often makes decisions, particularly educational ones, normally the province of the student.


lexentry: eng/heliocentric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliocentric
trans_list: heliozentrisch
sense:
(astronomy) Having the sun at the center/centre; usually in reference to a coordinate system or orbit. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/heliometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliometer
trans_list: Heliometer
sense:
An astronomical instrument, based on a telescope, for measuring the diameter of the sun; now used to measure the angular distance between stars and other celestial bodies.


lexentry: eng/heliopause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliopause
trans_list: Heliopause
sense:
(astronomy) The boundary of heliosphere where the Sun's solar wind is stopped by the interstellar medium.


lexentry: eng/helioscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helioscope
trans_list: Helioskop
sense:
(astronomy) An apparatus for viewing the Sun without harming the eye, by means of an optical filter that attenuates most of the sunlight while allowing only a small amount of the solar radiation.


lexentry: eng/heliosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliosphere
trans_list: Heliosphäre
sense:
(astronomy) The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System.


lexentry: eng/heliostat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliostat
trans_list: Heliostat
sense:
A device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space, and is almost always stationary relative to the heliostat, so the light is reflected in a fixed direction.


lexentry: eng/heliotrope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heliotrope
trans_list: Heliotrop | Sonnenwende | Vanilleblume
sense:
(specifically) A plant of the genus Heliotropium, especially the common heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) which has clusters of purple flowers with a strong fragrance.


lexentry: eng/helium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helium
trans_list: Helium
sense:
(uncountable) The second-lightest chemical element (symbol He), with an atomic number of 2 and atomic weight of 4.002602, a colorless, odorless and inert noble gas.


lexentry: eng/helium_burning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helium burning
trans_list: Heliumbrennen
sense:
(physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars with temperatures over 108K, in which helium is converted to carbon and then to oxygen, neon and magnesium


lexentry: eng/helix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helix
trans_list: Helix | Spirale | Wendel
sense:
(mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.


lexentry: eng/hell-bent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hell-bent
trans_list: unerbittlich | versessen | versteift
sense:
(originally, US, informal) Recklessly determined to do or achieve (something). [with on ‘something’]


lexentry: eng/hell__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hell
trans_list: Hölle | Brand | Fegefeuer
sense:
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.


lexentry: eng/hell_of_a__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hell of a
trans_list: verdammt
sense:
(colloquial, or, vulgar) Intensifier; indicates that someone or something is especially good, bad, difficult, etc.


lexentry: eng/hellbender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hellbender
trans_list: Schlammteufel
sense:
A giant salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) of North America that inhabits large, swiftly flowing streams with rocky bottoms.


lexentry: eng/hellebore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hellebore
trans_list: Nieswurz | Christrose | Schneerose
sense:
Any of the common garden flowering plants of the genus Helleborus, in family Ranunculaceae, having supposed medicinal properties.


lexentry: eng/heller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heller
trans_list: Heller
sense:
(historical) A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.


lexentry: eng/hellhound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hellhound
trans_list: Höllenhund
sense:
(mythological creature) A demonic dog of hell, typically of unnatural size, strength or speed, with black fur, glowing eyes, and ghostly or phantom characteristics.


lexentry: eng/hello__Interjection__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hello
trans_list: hallo | jemand da?
sense:
A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.


lexentry: eng/hello__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hello
trans_list: hallo | halloho
sense:
(colloquial) Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed has done something the speaker considers to be foolish, or missed something that should have been obvious.


lexentry: eng/helm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: helm
trans_list: Ruder | Steuer | Steuerruder | Steuerung
sense:
(nautical) The tiller (or, in a large ship, the wheel) which is used to control the rudder of a marine vessel; also, the entire steering apparatus of a vessel.


lexentry: eng/helm__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: helm
trans_list: Steuerfrau | Steuermann
sense:
(nautical) The member of a vessel's crew in charge of steering the vessel; a helmsman or helmswoman.


lexentry: eng/help__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: help
trans_list: Hilfe
sense:
(usually, uncountable) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.


lexentry: eng/help_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: help desk
trans_list: Help-Desk | Helpdesk
sense:
A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.


lexentry: eng/helve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
written_rep: helve
trans_list:
der Griff, der Halter, der Hebel, der Henkel, (на цвете, лист) - der Stengel, der Stiel, (на инструмент) - das Heft, der Helm


lexentry: eng/hem__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hem
trans_list: Saum
sense:
(sewing) The border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying.


lexentry: eng/hem_and_haw__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hem and haw
trans_list: zögern
sense:
(idiomatic, US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.


lexentry: eng/heme__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heme
trans_list: Häm
sense:
(biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.


lexentry: eng/hemicellulose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemicellulose
trans_list: Hemicellulose
sense:
(carbohydrate) A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol.


lexentry: eng/hemimorphite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemimorphite
trans_list: Hemimorphit | Kieselzinkerz | Zinksilikat
sense:
(mineral) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc, a hydrated zinc silicate.


lexentry: eng/hemipter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemipter
trans_list: Schnabelkerf
sense:
(zoology) Any organism of the order Hemiptera, including cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.


lexentry: eng/hemisphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hemisphere
trans_list: Halbkugel | Hemisphäre | Erdhalbkugel
sense:
(geography) Half of the Earth, such as the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere, Land Hemisphere, Water Hemisphere etc. [1550s].


lexentry: eng/hemispherectomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemispherectomy
trans_list: Hemisphärektomie
sense:
(neurosurgery) Surgical removal of a hemisphere of the brain, usually performed to control otherwise uncontrollable epilepsy.


lexentry: eng/hemlock__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hemlock
trans_list: Hemlocktanne | Schierlingstanne
sense:
Any of several coniferous trees, of the genus Tsuga, that grow in North America; the wood of such trees. [from 1670]


lexentry: eng/hemocyanin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemocyanin
trans_list: Hämocyanin
sense:
(biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods


lexentry: eng/hemodialysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemodialysis
trans_list: Hämodialyse | Blutreinigung | Blutwäsche | Dialyse
sense:
(medicine) Dialysis that uses an extracorporeal apparatus to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.


lexentry: eng/hemoglobin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemoglobin
trans_list: Hämoglobin | Blutfarbstoff
sense:
(American spelling) The iron-containing substance in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; it consists of a protein (globulin), and haem (a porphyrin ring with an atom of iron at its centre).


lexentry: eng/hemolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemolysis
trans_list: Hämolyse
sense:
(medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.


lexentry: eng/hemorrhoid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemorrhoid
trans_list: Hämorrhoide
sense:
(pathology, often, in the plural) An engorged, dilated and easily broken varicosity in the perianal area, often accompanied by intense itching and throbbing pain: piles.


lexentry: eng/hemostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hemostasis
trans_list: Hämostase | Blutstillung
sense:
(medicine, countable, uncountable) The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.


lexentry: eng/henbane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: henbane
trans_list: Bilsenkraut
sense:
A poisonous plant, Hyoscyamus niger, used sometimes as a drug that causes at least hallucinations, dilated pupils, restlessness, and flushed skin.


lexentry: eng/hendiadys__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hendiadys
trans_list: Hendiadyoin
sense:
(rhetoric) A figure of speech used for emphasis, where two words joined by and are used to express a single complex idea.


lexentry: eng/henna__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: henna
trans_list: Henna
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A reddish plant substance, prepared from the dried leaves of this plant, used for temporary tattoos and hair coloring. Hair colorings range from bright red to earth brown to near black.


lexentry: eng/hennin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hennin
trans_list: Hennin
sense:
(historical) A headdress in the shape of a cone, "steeple" or truncated cone worn by European women of the nobility in medieval times.


lexentry: eng/henpecked__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: henpecked
trans_list: Pantoffelheld | unter dem Pantoffel
sense:
(particularly of husbands or boyfriends) Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.


lexentry: eng/henry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: henry
trans_list: Henry
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical inductance; the inductance induced in a circuit by a rate of change of current of one ampere per second and a resulting electromotive force of one volt. Symbol: H


lexentry: eng/hentai__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hentai
trans_list: Hentai
sense:
(Japanese pornography) A work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art.


lexentry: eng/heparin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heparin
trans_list: Heparin
sense:
(carbohydrate, pharmaceutical drug) A compound occurring in the liver and other tissues which inhibits blood coagulation. A sulfur-containing polysaccharide, it is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis.


lexentry: eng/hepatocyte__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hepatocyte
trans_list: Leberzelle
sense:
Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.


lexentry: eng/heptalogy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heptalogy
trans_list: Heptalogie
sense:
(rare) A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works.


lexentry: eng/heptane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heptane
trans_list: Heptan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3)


lexentry: eng/heptathlon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heptathlon
trans_list: Siebenkampf
sense:
(athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.


lexentry: eng/her__Determiner__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: her
trans_list: ihr | ihre
sense:
Belonging to her (belonging to that female person or animal, or in poetic or old-fashioned language that ship, city, season, etc).


lexentry: eng/her__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: her
trans_list: sie | ihr | ihm | es
sense:
The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.


lexentry: eng/herald__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: herald
trans_list: Wappenausleger | Wappenherold
sense:
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms


lexentry: eng/heraldry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heraldry
trans_list: Heraldik | Wappenwesen | Heroldskunst
sense:
(uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.


lexentry: eng/herbal_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: herbal medicine
trans_list: Pflanzenheilkunde
sense:
The practice of using herbs to treat medical conditions, especially as part of traditional medicine.


lexentry: eng/herbal_tea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herbal tea
trans_list: Kräutertee
sense:
A beverage made by infusing mainly the leaves (and sometimes the flowers, roots, or stems) of various herbs or other plants, generally not including true tea (Camellia sinensis).


lexentry: eng/herbicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A substance used to kill plants.
written_rep: herbicide
trans_list:
Herbizid | chemische Keule | chemischer Unkrautvernichter | chemisches Unkrautvernichtungsmittel | chemisches Wildkrautbekämpfungsmittel


lexentry: eng/herbivore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herbivore
trans_list: Pflanzenfresser
sense:
An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.


lexentry: eng/herd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd
trans_list: Herde | Pferdeherde
sense:
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper. [from 11th c.]


lexentry: eng/herd_behaviour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd behaviour
trans_list: Herdentrieb | Herdenverhalten
sense:
(sociology) the tendency of a group of individuals (a herd) to react coherently without there being any coordination between them. The term may be applied to animals, or to human phenomena such as stock market bubbles and behaviour in political demonstrations.


lexentry: eng/herd_cats__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd cats
trans_list: (einen Sack voll) Flöhe hüten
sense:
(idiomatic, in similes) To attempt to control the uncontrollable; to attempt to manage a great many unruly factors or people to a single end.


lexentry: eng/herd_immunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herd immunity
trans_list: Herdenimmunität
sense:
(epidemiology) The indirect protection against the spread of a contagious disease in a given population caused by the immunity of a significant proportion of the population to that particular disease; the immunity may have been obtained through having survived the infection or through vaccination. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/herding_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herding dog
trans_list: Hütehund | Hirtenhund
sense:
A dog, such as the various shepherd breeds, that are bred for working cattle, sheep, or other livestock.


lexentry: eng/herding_instinct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herding instinct
trans_list: Herdentrieb
sense:
(sociology) A social tendency in humans to identify with and model many behaviors and beliefs after a larger group of individuals with whom they identify.


lexentry: eng/herdsman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herdsman
trans_list: Schäfer | Hirt
sense:
A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.


lexentry: eng/here_you_are__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: here you are
trans_list: bitte sehr | hier | bitte | bitte schön | da
sense:
(idiomatic) Said when handing something over to someone or doing a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something.


lexentry: eng/heredity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heredity
trans_list: Erblichkeit
sense:
Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.


lexentry: eng/heresiarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heresiarch
trans_list: Häresiarch | Erzketzer
sense:
(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy. [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/heresy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heresy
trans_list: Ketzerei | Häresie
sense:
(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.


lexentry: eng/heresy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heresy
trans_list: Ketzerei | Häresie
sense:
(by extension) A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.


lexentry: eng/heritability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heritability
trans_list: Heritabilität
sense:
(countable, genetics) The ratio of the genetic variance of a population to its phenotypic variance; i.e. the proportion of variability that is genetic in origin


lexentry: eng/heritage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heritage
trans_list: Erbe
sense:
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.


lexentry: eng/heritage_interpretation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heritage interpretation
trans_list: Natur- und Kulturinterpretation
sense:
(museology, education) The practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage, used in museums, zoos, historic sites, galleries, etc.


lexentry: eng/hermaphrodite__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hermaphrodite
trans_list: Zwitter | Hermaphrodit | Hermaphroditin | Zweigeschlecht
sense:
(WWI, _, military, historical) An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.


lexentry: eng/hermaphroditism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hermaphroditism
trans_list: Hermaphroditismus | Hermaphrodismus | Zweigeschlechtlichkeit | Zwittertum | Zwittrigkeit
sense:
(biology) The condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).


lexentry: eng/hermeneut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hermeneut
trans_list: Hermeneut | Hermeneutin
sense:
(philosophy, theology) A practitioner of hermeneutics: someone who interprets a text, especially a holy text.


lexentry: eng/hermeneutics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hermeneutics
trans_list: Hermeneutik
sense:
The study of interpretation, particularly concerning texts, meaning, and understanding. It originates from classical exegesis but was significantly developed in the modern period, especially in relation to phenomenology and existentialism. At its core, hermeneutics addresses the conditions of understanding and the processes by which meaning is constructed.


lexentry: eng/hermit_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hermit crab
trans_list: Einsiedlerkrebs
sense:
A decapod crustacean (not a true crab) from the superfamily Paguroidea, which salvages empty seashells or other portable objects to permanently shelter and protect its soft abdomen.


lexentry: eng/hernia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hernia
trans_list: Hernie | Bruch | Eingeweidebruch | Leistenbruch
sense:
(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.


lexentry: eng/heroin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heroin
trans_list: Heroin
sense:
A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria, classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world. [from late 19th century]


lexentry: eng/heroism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heroism
trans_list: Heroismus | Heldenmut | Heldentum
sense:
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.


lexentry: eng/herpes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herpes
trans_list: Herpes
sense:
(medicine) A viral infection, caused by Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or in the mucous membranes or on the genitals.


lexentry: eng/herpes_simplex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herpes simplex
trans_list: Herpes simplex
sense:
(pathology) A viral disease caused by Human herpesvirus 1 or Human herpesvirus 2 in genus Simplexvirus.


lexentry: eng/herring__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: herring
trans_list: Hering
sense:
Those fish and any other fish similar to those in genus Clupea, many of those in the order Clupeiformes.


lexentry: eng/hers__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hers
trans_list: ihr | ihre | ihrer | das Ihre | der Ihre | die Ihre
sense:
That or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun. [from 12th c.]


lexentry: eng/herself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: herself
trans_list: sich
sense:
(reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.


lexentry: eng/herself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: herself
trans_list: sie selbst
sense:
(emphatic) She; an intensifier of the female subject or object, often used to indicate the directness or exclusiveness of that person .


lexentry: eng/hertz__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hertz
trans_list: Hertz
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz


lexentry: eng/hesitate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hesitate
trans_list: zögern | schwanken
sense:
(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.


lexentry: eng/hesperidium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hesperidium
trans_list: Hesperidium | Endokarpbeere
sense:
Any of several kinds of true berries, including citrus fruit such as the lemon and lime, which have pulpy interiors and leathery skins containing aromatic oils.


lexentry: eng/hetaera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hetaera
trans_list: Hetäre
sense:
(historical, Ancient Greece) A highly cultivated hired female companion who would entertain upper-class male clients and might perform sex acts for them.


lexentry: eng/heteroatom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heteroatom
trans_list: Heteroatom
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.


lexentry: eng/heterochromia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterochromia
trans_list: Iris-Heterochromie
sense:
(medicine, ophthalmology) An anatomical condition in which multiple pigmentations or colorings occur in the eyes, skin or hair.


lexentry: eng/heterocyclic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heterocyclic
trans_list: heterozyklisch
sense:
(organic chemistry, of a cyclic compound) Having one or more atoms other than carbon in at least one of its rings.


lexentry: eng/heterodox__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterodox
trans_list: heterodox
sense:
Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but (usually) not conflicting with that religion's established beliefs and therefore not heretical.


lexentry: eng/heteronormativity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heteronormativity
trans_list: Heteronormativität
sense:
The assumption that all human beings are either male or female in both sex and gender, and that sexual and romantic attraction and activity only occurs, or is only normal, between people of different sexes.


lexentry: eng/heteronym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heteronym
trans_list: Heteronym
sense:
(linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another but a different meaning, and, often, a different pronunciation.


lexentry: eng/heteropoly_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heteropoly acid
trans_list: Heteropolysäure
sense:
(inorganic compound) Any of a family of mixed oxyacids of metals (such as tungsten) and nonmetals (such as phosphorus)


lexentry: eng/heterosexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterosexuality
trans_list: Heterosexualität
sense:
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/heterotroph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heterotroph
trans_list: Heterotroph
sense:
(ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy and nutrients under the form of food containing organic carbon as it cannot synthesize its own.


lexentry: eng/heth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heth
trans_list: Chet | Cheth
sense:
The eighth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).


lexentry: eng/heuristic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: heuristic
trans_list: heuristisch
sense:
(of an approach to problem solving, learning, or discovery) That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one. [from 1821]


lexentry: eng/heuristic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: heuristic
trans_list: heuristisch
sense:
(computing, of a method or algorithm) That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.


lexentry: eng/hexadecimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hexadecimal
trans_list: Hexadezimalsystem | Sedezimalsystem
sense:
(arithmetic, computing, uncountable) A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.


lexentry: eng/hexamethylenediamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hexamethylenediamine
trans_list: Hexamethylendiamin
sense:
(organic compound) A compound with chemical formula H2N(CH2)6NH2, a colourless solid with a strong amine odour, used in the production of polymers.


lexentry: eng/hexane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hexane
trans_list: Hexan
sense:
(organic compound) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6H14. They are colorless, volatile liquids.


lexentry: eng/hiatus__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hiatus
trans_list: Hiatus | Hiat
sense:
(prosody, phonetics, sometimes, uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.


lexentry: eng/hibernate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibernate
trans_list: überwintern | Winterschlaf halten | Ruhezustand | Ruhezustand einnehmen | wechseln
sense:
(intransitive, biology) To spend the winter in a dormant or inactive state of minimal activity, low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate; to go through a winter sleep.


lexentry: eng/hibernate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hibernate
trans_list: Ruhezustand | Ruhezustand einnehmen | wechseln
sense:
(intransitive, computing) To enter a standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.


lexentry: eng/hibernation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibernation
trans_list: Winterschlaf | Hibernation
sense:
(biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.


lexentry: eng/hibernation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hibernation
trans_list: Ruhezustand
sense:
(computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.


lexentry: eng/hibiscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hibiscus
trans_list: Hibiskus
sense:
A flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.


lexentry: eng/hiccup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiccup
trans_list: Schluckauf
sense:
A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.


lexentry: eng/hiccups__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiccups
trans_list: Schluckauf
sense:
(usually, _, with "the") The condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.


lexentry: eng/hickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hickey
trans_list: Knutschfleck
sense:
(originally, US, slang) A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking. [from 1934]


lexentry: eng/hickey__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hickey
trans_list: Beule | Horn
sense:
(printing) A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.


lexentry: eng/hickory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hickory
trans_list: Hickorynussbaum
sense:
(countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.


lexentry: eng/hidden_agenda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hidden agenda
trans_list: Hintergedanke
sense:
A wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody, even though people may be affected in a negative way.


lexentry: eng/hidden_curriculum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hidden curriculum
trans_list: heimlicher Lehrplan
sense:
(education) Knowledge and beliefs that are not explicitly taught in school but which pupils acquire in the school environment.


lexentry: eng/hidden_gem__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hidden gem
trans_list: verborgene Juwel
sense:
Something possessing a value or beauty that is not immediately apparent, which therefore has received far less recognition than it deserves.


lexentry: eng/hide__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hide
trans_list: Hochsitz
sense:
(countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.


lexentry: eng/hide_one's_light_under_a_bushel__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hide one's light under a bushel
trans_list: sein Licht unter den Scheffel stellen
sense:
(idiomatic) To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention.


lexentry: eng/hierarch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hierarch
trans_list: Hierarch
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A title of bishops in their role as ordinaries (arbiters of canon law) over their respective dioceses.


lexentry: eng/hierarchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hierarchy
trans_list: Hierarchie | Rangordnung
sense:
Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.


lexentry: eng/hieratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hieratic
trans_list: hieratisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to priests or other religious authorities, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.


lexentry: eng/hieratic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hieratic
trans_list: hieratisch
sense:
Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.


lexentry: eng/hierophant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hierophant
trans_list: Hierophant
sense:
(Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of the Eleusinian Mysteries.


lexentry: eng/hierophany__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hierophany
trans_list: Hierophanie
sense:
(religion) A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.


lexentry: eng/high-beam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high-beam
trans_list: Fernlicht | Aufblendlicht
sense:
The setting of an automobile's headlights adjusted to brighten a longer distance in front of the car, than when on the normal (low-beam) setting.


lexentry: eng/high-level_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high-level language
trans_list: höhere Programmiersprache
sense:
(programming) A programming language requiring a compiler to translate it into a form that a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory.


lexentry: eng/high-speed_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high-speed rail
trans_list: Hochgeschwindigkeitsverkehr
sense:
(rail transport) A type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high
trans_list: hoch | Hoch-
sense:
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: high
trans_list: hoch | hell
sense:
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).


lexentry: eng/high__Adjective__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: high
trans_list: high | auf Droge | berauscht | dicht | drauf | knatter
sense:
(informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.


lexentry: eng/high_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high card
trans_list: Hai
sense:
(poker) A hand which has no pairs and is not a straight or a flush, and is the lowest possible winning hand.


lexentry: eng/high_culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high culture
trans_list: Hochkultur
sense:
The artistic entertainment and material artifacts associated with a society's aristocracy or most learned members, usually requiring significant education to be appreciated or highly skilled labor to be produced.


lexentry: eng/high_five__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high five
trans_list: Fünf
sense:
A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap the palms of their hands together at shoulder height or higher.


lexentry: eng/high_jump__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high jump
trans_list: Hochsprung
sense:
(uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.


lexentry: eng/high_priest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: high priest
trans_list: Hoherpriester
sense:
In the Bible, the male individual who was responsible for making the annual sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur); always a descendant of Aaron, the older brother of Moses. See Kohen Gadol.


lexentry: eng/high_relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high relief
trans_list: Hochrelief
sense:
(sculpture) A form of classical sculpture in which forms extend from the background by at least half of their depth.


lexentry: eng/high_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high season
trans_list: Hochsaison
sense:
In the tourist industry, the period of highest demand. In a sun and sand resort this means the hottest months, whereas in a ski resort, this means the coldest months.


lexentry: eng/high_technology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: high technology
trans_list: Hochtechnologie | Hightech | Hochtechnik | Spitzentechnologie
sense:
Any highly technical or specialized technological application or equipment, especially one that involves complex electronics or computing


lexentry: eng/higher-order_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: higher-order function
trans_list: Funktion höherer Ordnung
sense:
(computer science) A function that takes one or more functions as an input, and returns a function as a result.


lexentry: eng/highlight__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: highlight
trans_list: markieren
sense:
(transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.


lexentry: eng/highlights__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: highlights
trans_list: Resümee
sense:
Summary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event


lexentry: eng/hightail__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hightail
trans_list: abrauschen | flüchten
sense:
(informal, chiefly, North America, usually, transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.


lexentry: eng/hijab__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hijab
trans_list: Hidschab
sense:
(uncountable, Islam) The practice, among Muslim women, of covering the body after the age of puberty in front of non-related (non-family) adult males.


lexentry: eng/hijack__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hijack
trans_list: kapern | entführen | die Kontrolle an sich reißen über | hijacken | überfallen
sense:
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).


lexentry: eng/hijra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hijra
trans_list: Hijra
sense:
A (typically biologically male or intersex, but sometimes biologically female) member of a somewhat feminine third gender found in India and Pakistan.


lexentry: eng/hikikomori__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hikikomori
trans_list: Hikikomori
sense:
(uncountable) A Japanese phenomenon whereby a person becomes a recluse from society, typically remaining isolated in a single room at home for a very long period.


lexentry: eng/hill__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hill
trans_list: Anstieg | Steigung
sense:
(US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.


lexentry: eng/hillbilly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hillbilly
trans_list: Hinterwäldler
sense:
(often, _, pejorative) Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.


lexentry: eng/hillbilly__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hillbilly
trans_list: Hillbilly
sense:
(ethnic slur) A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.


lexentry: eng/hilt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hilt
trans_list: Griff | Heft
sense:
The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.


lexentry: eng/hilum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hilum
trans_list: Hilum | Nabel
sense:
(botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.


lexentry: eng/himself__Pronoun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: himself
trans_list: er selbst
sense:
(emphatic) He; used as an intensifier, often to emphasize that the referent is the exclusive participant in the predicate


lexentry: eng/hindbrain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hindbrain
trans_list: Rautenhirn
sense:
(neuroanatomy) The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon


lexentry: eng/hindquarter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hindquarter
trans_list: Achterschiff
sense:
(in the plural) The hind biped (leg) of a quadruped, or all body parts situated behind the hind legs' trunk-attachment.


lexentry: eng/hindsight_is_20!slash!20__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hindsight is 20/20
trans_list: hinterher ist man immer klüger
sense:
(idiomatic) In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset; one is able to evaluate past choices more clearly than at the time of the choice.


lexentry: eng/hinge__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hinge
trans_list: abhängen
sense:
(Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (intransitive, with on or upon) To depend on something.


lexentry: eng/hint__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hint
trans_list: andeuten | anspielen
sense:
(transitive) To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.


lexentry: eng/hip-hop__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hip-hop
trans_list: Hip Hop | Hip-Hop | Hiphop
sense:
(music genre) A form of popular and dance music featuring strong percussion and a powerful rhythm, usually accompanied by rapping.


lexentry: eng/hip_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hip bone
trans_list: Hüftknochen
sense:
(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical parts of the skeleton, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial, and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.


lexentry: eng/hip_flask__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hip flask
trans_list: Flachmann
sense:
A container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go.


lexentry: eng/hip_hip_hooray__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hip hip hooray
trans_list: hipp, hipp, hurra
sense:
An exclamation of congratulations or celebration, especially in response to a call for "three cheers for" the person. Often the person calling for the cheers will yell "Hip! Hip!", the crowd replying "Hooray!"


lexentry: eng/hip_roof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hip roof
trans_list: Walmdach
sense:
A roof formed from inclined, planar ends and sides, joined at their edges to form hips, the longer sides forming a ridge at the top


lexentry: eng/hip_thrust__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hip thrust
trans_list: Hüftstoß
sense:
(exercise) An exercise where the shoulders rest on their back on an elevated surface while in the concentric part the pelvis moves upwards usually under added weight until the thighs reach a right angle with the calves.


lexentry: eng/hippie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hippie
trans_list: Hippie
sense:
(1960s slang; still widely used in reference to that era) One who chooses not to conform to prevailing social norms: especially one who subscribes to values or actions such as acceptance or self-practice of recreational drug use, liberal or radical sexual mores, advocacy of communal living, strong pacifism or anti-war sentiment, etc.


lexentry: eng/hippocampus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hippocampus
trans_list: Hippokamp
sense:
(mythological creature) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.


lexentry: eng/hippocampus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hippocampus
trans_list: Hippocampus | Ammonshorn
sense:
(neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.


lexentry: eng/hippocras__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hippocras
trans_list: Hypocras | Ypocras
sense:
(historical) A cordial, made from a spiced wine mixed with sugar and spices, usually including cinnamon, which are strained out by a cloth before the drink is consumed.


lexentry: eng/hiragana__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hiragana
trans_list: Hiragana
sense:
(uncountable) The main syllabary for the Japanese language, used to represent native Japanese words, including particles, and when kanji is used, to represent verb and adjective endings.


lexentry: eng/hire__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hire
trans_list: einstellen | anwerben | anstellen | anheuern | verdingen | vermieten
sense:
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.


lexentry: eng/hireling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hireling
trans_list: Knecht
sense:
(usually, pejorative) An employee who is hired, often to perform unpleasant tasks with little independence.


lexentry: eng/hirsutism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hirsutism
trans_list: Hirsutismus
sense:
(dermatology) Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.


lexentry: eng/histamine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histamine
trans_list: Histamin
sense:
(neurotransmitter) An amine, C5H9N3, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion; it is released during allergic reactions.


lexentry: eng/histidine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histidine
trans_list: Histidin
sense:
(amino acid) An essential amino acid C6H9N3O2 found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair.


lexentry: eng/histogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histogram
trans_list: Histogramm
sense:
(statistics) A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.


lexentry: eng/histology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histology
trans_list: Gewebelehre | Histologie
sense:
(biology) The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of the tissue or tissue systems of plants and animals.


lexentry: eng/histone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histone
trans_list: Histon
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.


lexentry: eng/historical_criticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: historical criticism
trans_list: historische Kritik
sense:
The systematic study of received texts, especially the Bible, as documents composed in a particular historical context with varying reliability as sources.


lexentry: eng/historical_present__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: historical present
trans_list: historisches Präsens
sense:
(grammar) The present tense as used when referring to real past events, to add immediacy to what is being said or written.


lexentry: eng/historicism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: historicism
trans_list: Historizismus
sense:
(theology) A method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which attempts to associate Biblical prophecies with actual historical events and symbolic beings with historical persons or societies.


lexentry: eng/historiography__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: historiography
trans_list: Geschichtsschreibung | Histographie
sense:
(uncountable) The study of the discipline and practice of history and the writings of past historians.


lexentry: eng/historism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: historism
trans_list: Historismus
sense:
(historiography) An influential 19th-century school of thought in historiography that rejected universalist and anachronistic explanations of historical developments and instead emphasized the idiosyncrasies and organic developments of each culture and time period, to be understood through critical interpretation of primary sources in the context of the unique conditions that produced them.


lexentry: eng/history__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: history
trans_list: Geschichte | Historie
sense:
The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.


lexentry: eng/history__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: history
trans_list: Geschichte | Geschichtswissenschaft
sense:
The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it (prehistory).


lexentry: eng/history__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: history
trans_list: Verlauf | Geschichte
sense:
(countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.


lexentry: eng/history_is_written_by_the_victors__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: history is written by the victors
trans_list: die Geschichte wird von den Siegern geschrieben
sense:
History is often told according to the interpretation and biases of prevailing historical actors, often those who won in geopolitical disputes or otherwise became dominant forces in society.


lexentry: eng/histrionics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: histrionics
trans_list: Affektiertheit
sense:
Exaggerated, overemotional behaviour, especially when calculated to elicit a response; melodramatics.


lexentry: eng/hit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit
trans_list: Schlag | Hieb | Stoß | Treffer
sense:
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.


lexentry: eng/hit__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: hit
trans_list: Hit | Schlager | Erfolg
sense:
(baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.


lexentry: eng/hit_and_run__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hit and run
trans_list: Fahrerflucht
sense:
(baseball) A play where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage.


lexentry: eng/hit_and_run__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hit and run
trans_list: Fluchttaktik | Schnellangriffstaktik
sense:
(military) The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.


lexentry: eng/hit_counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit counter
trans_list: Besucherzähler
sense:
(Internet) A numerical display on a web page indicating the number of times the page has been accessed.


lexentry: eng/hit_home__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit home
trans_list: den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen
sense:
(idiomatic) To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated.


lexentry: eng/hit_it_and_quit_it__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit it and quit it
trans_list: eine schnelle Nummer schieben
sense:
(slang) To have a sexual encounter for physical gratification, and part company with the other partner immediately thereafter; to have a quickie one-night stand.


lexentry: eng/hit_it_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit it off
trans_list: anfreunden
sense:
(informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.


lexentry: eng/hit_on__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit on
trans_list: anmachen | anbaggern
sense:
(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.


lexentry: eng/hit_piece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit piece
sense:
(journalism) A published article or post aiming to sway public opinion, especially by presenting false or biased information in a way that appears objective and truthful.

trans_list:
Artikel zur Stimmungsmache | Hetzkampagne | Hetzschrift | Schmutzkampagne | Schmähschrift | Verleumdungskampagne


lexentry: eng/hit_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit point
trans_list: Lebenspunkt | Trefferpunkt
sense:
(chiefly, RPG) A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed.


lexentry: eng/hit_the_books__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hit the books
trans_list: büffeln
sense:
(chiefly, US, and, Australia, informal, figuratively) To study, especially with particular intensity.


lexentry: eng/hitchhike__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hitchhike
trans_list: trampen | per Anhalter fahren
sense:
(intransitive) To try to get a ride in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.


lexentry: eng/hitchhike__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hitchhike
trans_list: trampen | per Anhalter fahren
sense:
(US, transitive) To try to get (a ride) in a passing vehicle while standing at the side of a road, generally by either sticking out one's finger or thumb or holding a sign with one's stated destination.


lexentry: eng/ho__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ho
trans_list: Hure
sense:
(slang, derogatory) A whore; a sexually promiscuous woman; in general use as a highly offensive term of abuse for a woman with connotations of loose sexuality.


lexentry: eng/hoar_frost__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hoar frost
trans_list: Raureif
sense:
(specifically, meteorology) Water vapour which has undergone deposition or desublimation when the air is cold and moist to form a white deposit on exposed surfaces.


lexentry: eng/hoarding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoarding
trans_list: Hurde
sense:
(architecture, historical) A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.


lexentry: eng/hoarding__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hoarding
trans_list: Messie-Syndrom | Hamstern | Horten
sense:
(psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.


lexentry: eng/hoatzin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoatzin
trans_list: Hoatzin
sense:
A bird of the species Opisthocomus hoazin of the order Opisthocomiformes, with claws on the wing fingers of the juvenile and an enlarged crop used as a rumen.


lexentry: eng/hoax__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoax
trans_list: anführen | einen Bären aufbinden | foppen | hereinlegen
sense:
(transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.


lexentry: eng/hob__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hob
trans_list: Herdplatte | Kochfeld | Kochplatte
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) The top cooking surface on a cooker; a cooktop. It typically comprises several cooking elements (often four), also known as 'rings'.


lexentry: eng/hobble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hobble
trans_list: Fußfessel | Spannstrick
sense:
(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.


lexentry: eng/hobo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hobo
trans_list: Vagabund | Obdachloser
sense:
(North America) A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (pejorative) a penniless, unemployed bum.


lexentry: eng/hockey__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hockey
trans_list: Hockey | Eishockey
sense:
(North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.


lexentry: eng/hockey_puck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hockey puck
trans_list: Eishockeyscheibe | Puck | Scheibe
sense:
(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.


lexentry: eng/hockey_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hockey stick
trans_list: Hockeyschläger
sense:
(North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.


lexentry: eng/hockey_stick__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hockey stick
trans_list: Hockeyschläger
sense:
(British, field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.


lexentry: eng/hocus-pocus__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hocus-pocus
trans_list: Hokuspokus | Abrakadabra | Simsalabim
sense:
A phrase used (by a stage magician, etc.) as a magical incantation to bring about some change: abracadabra, hey presto.


lexentry: eng/hocus-pocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hocus-pocus
trans_list: Hokuspokus
sense:
(countable, uncountable, chiefly, US, also, attributively) Some action carried out to bring about change as if by magic; a trick; sleight of hand, trickery.


lexentry: eng/hod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hod
trans_list: Rückenkorb
sense:
A three-sided box mounted on a pole for carrying bricks, mortar, or other construction materials over the shoulder.


lexentry: eng/hodiernal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hodiernal
trans_list: heutig
sense:
(archaic, or, literary, rare, outside, grammar) Of or pertaining to the present day or today; hodiern.


lexentry: eng/hoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoe
trans_list: Hacke
sense:
(when not otherwise specified) An agricultural and horticultural hand tool consisting of a long handle with a flat blade fixed perpendicular to it at the end, used for digging rows or removing weeds by hand.


lexentry: eng/hog__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hog
trans_list: Schwein | Hausschwein
sense:
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.


lexentry: eng/hog__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hog
trans_list: in Beschlag nehmen | raffen | sich selbstsüchtig aneignen
sense:
(transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.


lexentry: eng/hogan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hogan
trans_list: Hogan
sense:
A one-room Native American (especially Navajo) dwelling or lodge, constructed of wood and earth and covered with mud. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/hogget__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hogget
trans_list: Jungschaf
sense:
(chiefly, UK, NZ) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).


lexentry: eng/hogshead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hogshead
trans_list: Oxhoft
sense:
(Britain) A cask of a certain size; its volume used as a measure of capacity for liquids, containing 63 wine gallons, or about 52+1⁄2 imperial gallons (a half pipe).


lexentry: eng/hoist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoist
trans_list: hissen | hochziehen | aufziehen | anheben | aufheißen | aufhissen
sense:
(transitive) To raise; to lift; to elevate (especially, to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle or pulley, said of a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight).


lexentry: eng/hoist_by_one's_own_petard__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoist by one's own petard
trans_list: mit den eigenen Waffen schlagen | wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein
sense:
(idiomatic) Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".


lexentry: eng/hoity-toity__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoity-toity
trans_list: etepetete
sense:
Affected or pretentious, sometimes with the implication of displaying an air of excessive fanciness or ostentation; pompous, self-important, snobbish; often displaying a feeling of patronizing self-aggrandizing or arrogant class superiority.


lexentry: eng/hokey__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hokey
trans_list: falsch | künstlich | unecht | verlogen
sense:
(US, colloquial) Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.


lexentry: eng/hokum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hokum
trans_list: Absurdität
sense:
(countable, uncountable, informal) (An instance of) meaningless nonsense with an outward appearance of being impressive and legitimate.


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hold
trans_list: halten | gelten
sense:
(transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.


lexentry: eng/hold__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hold
trans_list: halten
sense:
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.


lexentry: eng/hold_a_candle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold a candle
trans_list: jemandem nicht das Wasser reichen können
sense:
(chiefly in the negative) To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another. [with to] [from mid 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/hold_court__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold court
trans_list: dominieren
sense:
(of a king or other high-ranking aristocrat) To preside in a formal manner over an official assembly of courtiers and others in which entertainment is presented or affairs of state are considered.


lexentry: eng/hold_off__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hold off
trans_list: ablegen
sense:
(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).


lexentry: eng/hold_one's_breath__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold one's breath
trans_list: den Atem anhalten
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold,‎ one's,‎ breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.


lexentry: eng/hold_one's_liquor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold one's liquor
trans_list: viel Alkohol vertragen
sense:
(idiomatic) To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.


lexentry: eng/hold_one's_own__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold one's own
trans_list: aushalten
sense:
(idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.


lexentry: eng/hold_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hold out
trans_list: abwarten | ausharren | warten
sense:
(idiomatic, often, with for) To wait, or refuse in hopes of getting something better (from a negotiation, etc.)


lexentry: eng/hold_sway__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold sway
trans_list: beherrshen
sense:
(idiomatic) To have the greatest influence (over someone or something); to be pre-eminent; to dominate.


lexentry: eng/hold_to_account__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hold to account
trans_list: Rechenschaft verlangen | zur Rechenschaft ziehen | zur Verantwortung ziehen
sense:
(transitive) To require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.


lexentry: eng/holding_company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holding company
trans_list: Holding-Gesellschaft
sense:
(business) A company whose main purpose is to own shares of other companies, as opposed to producing goods or offering services.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hole
trans_list: Loch | Lücke
sense:
(golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hole
trans_list: Loch | Grube | Vertiefung | Grübchen | Kerbe | Mulde
sense:
(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.


lexentry: eng/hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hole
trans_list: Loch | Lücke
sense:
(physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.


lexentry: eng/hole_saw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hole saw
trans_list: Lochsäge
sense:
A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder with teeth on the end or edge, used to produce holes on the workpiece and operated by rotation, often as an accessory to a power drill.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: holiday
trans_list: Urlaub | Ferien
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.


lexentry: eng/holiday__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: holiday
trans_list: Urlaub | Ferien
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).


lexentry: eng/holiday_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holiday camp
trans_list: Ferienlager
sense:
(British) An enclosed resort providing accommodation (often in chalets) and entertainment, generally aimed at families.


lexentry: eng/holiday_season__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holiday season
trans_list: Ferienzeit
sense:
(US, Canada) The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa


lexentry: eng/hollandaise_sauce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hollandaise sauce
trans_list: Sauce hollandaise | Hollandaise | holländische Sauce
sense:
An emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, used in French cooking.


lexentry: eng/hollow_victory__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hollow victory
trans_list: wertloser Sieg
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hollow,‎ victory. A victory that is hollow, i.e. meaningless.


lexentry: eng/holly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holly
trans_list: Stechpalme | Hülse | Hulse | Hulst | Hülsdorn | Ilex
sense:
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.


lexentry: eng/holm__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: holm
trans_list: Insel
sense:
(dialect, chiefly, West Yorkshire(?), Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet, often in Norse-influenced place-names.


lexentry: eng/holmium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holmium
trans_list: Holmium
sense:
A chemical element (symbol Ho) with atomic number 67: a soft and malleable silvery-white metal, too reactive to be found uncombined in nature.


lexentry: eng/holocaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: holocaust
trans_list: Auslöschung | Ausmerzung | Ausrottung | Gruppenmord | Holocaust | Massentötung
sense:
Extensive destruction of a group of animals or (especially) people; a large-scale massacre or slaughter.


lexentry: eng/holograph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holograph
trans_list: eigenhändig verfasstes, handschriftliches Dokument | eigenhändiges Schriftstück
sense:
(legal, textual criticism) A handwritten document that is solely the work of the person whose signature it bears, especially a letter, deed, or will; an original manuscript, a protograph.


lexentry: eng/holography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holography
trans_list: Holographie | Holografie
sense:
(physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions of a coherent wave disturbance; used to produce three-dimensional images or holograms


lexentry: eng/holomorphic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holomorphic
trans_list: holomorph
sense:
(complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on an open set around every point in its domain.


lexentry: eng/holotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holotype
trans_list: Holotypus
sense:
(taxonomy) The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used to formally describe the species (or lower-order taxon), subsequently to be kept as a reference.


lexentry: eng/holy_basil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy basil
trans_list: Indisches Basilikum
sense:
Ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.


lexentry: eng/holy_fool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy fool
trans_list: Jurodiwy
sense:
(chiefly, _, Eastern Orthodoxy) A person, often associated with gifts of prophecy and insight, who publicly acts as if mad or stupid, but whose madness is seen as concealing an inner sanctity for the purpose of self-humiliation.


lexentry: eng/holy_shit__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy shit
trans_list: Ach du Scheiße | heilige Scheiße
sense:
(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.


lexentry: eng/holy_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holy water
trans_list: Weihwasser
sense:
(Christianity) In certain Christian churches, water that has been sanctified by a priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for the blessing of persons, places, or things.


lexentry: eng/holystone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: holystone
trans_list: Bims
sense:
(nautical) A piece of soft sandstone used for scouring the wooden decks of ships, usually with sand and seawater. [1823]


lexentry: eng/homage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homage
trans_list: Ehrerweisung | Huldigung | Respektsbezeigung
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home
trans_list: Heim | Wohnung | Zuhause
sense:
One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home
trans_list: Elternhaus | Nest | Zuhause
sense:
The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: home
trans_list: Heimat | Heim
sense:
One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.


lexentry: eng/home__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: home
trans_list: Heimat | Heim
sense:
The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.


lexentry: eng/home_cinema__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home cinema
trans_list: Heimkino
sense:
(UK) A system for showing cinema-quality films at home; usually comprising high-definition television and surround sound.


lexentry: eng/home_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home country
trans_list: Heimat | Heimatland | Vaterland
sense:
The country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship.


lexentry: eng/home_front__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home front
trans_list: Heimatfront
sense:
The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; specifically, the civilian sphere supporting the military's efforts in a war.


lexentry: eng/home_fry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home fry
trans_list: Bratkartoffeln
sense:
(mostly plural) A piece of fried, sliced or diced potato, part of a basic potato dish often including tomatoes, onions or peppers.


lexentry: eng/home_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home in
trans_list: sich dem Zielgebiet nähern
sense:
(military, of an aircraft or guided missile, often with 'on') To draw close to a destination, especially using radar; to move towards a target.


lexentry: eng/home_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: home in
trans_list: (in Richtung) ... einschwenken | Kurs nehmen (auf)
sense:
(often with 'on') To focus or narrow down to something; to find, draw closer or move towards, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process.


lexentry: eng/home_loan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home loan
trans_list: Baukredit | Im­mo­bi­li­en­kre­dit
sense:
(countable) A loan taken for the purpose of purchasing a house, or other type of residential property.


lexentry: eng/home_page__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: home page
trans_list: Startseite | Homepage
sense:
The default page set to open in a web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked.


lexentry: eng/home_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home plate
trans_list: Marmelstein
sense:
(baseball) A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run.


lexentry: eng/home_run__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: home run
trans_list: Bogen
sense:
(pesäpallo) A three-base hit, a legal hit where the batter gets to third base without stopping and without the opposing team attempting to put the batter out on earlier bases, scoring one run immediately.


lexentry: eng/home_school__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home school
trans_list: Hausunterricht erteilen | häuslichen Unterricht erteilen | zu Hause unterrichten
sense:
(transitive) To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.


lexentry: eng/home_team__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home team
trans_list: Heimmannschaft
sense:
(idiomatic, sports) The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.


lexentry: eng/home_wrecker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: home wrecker
trans_list: Ehezerstörer | Familienzerstörer
sense:
(slang, derogatory) A person who gains the affections of someone already married or engaged, and thus causes the dissolution of the marriage or engagement.


lexentry: eng/homebody__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homebody
trans_list: Stubenhocker | Stubenhockerin
sense:
(North American, informal) A person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/homecoming__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homecoming
trans_list: Heimkehr | Heimkunft
sense:
Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.


lexentry: eng/homegrown__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homegrown
trans_list: selbstgezogen
sense:
(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous. [from 1640s]


lexentry: eng/homeless_shelter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homeless shelter
trans_list: Obdachlosenheim
sense:
A building set up to provide for the needs of homeless people; often including shelter, food, sanitation and other forms of support.


lexentry: eng/homely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: homely
trans_list: heimelig
sense:
(UK, _, dialectal) On intimate or friendly terms with (someone); familiar; at home (with a person); intimate.


lexentry: eng/homemaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homemaker
trans_list: Hausfrau | Hausmann
sense:
(US, Australia) A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household.


lexentry: eng/homeopathy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homeopathy
trans_list: Homöopathie
sense:
(pseudoscience) A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.


lexentry: eng/homeostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homeostasis
trans_list: Homöostase | Selbstregulation
sense:
(physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.


lexentry: eng/homesickness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homesickness
trans_list: Heimweh | Nostalgie
sense:
The characteristic of being homesick; a strong, sad feeling of missing one's home (and often left-behind loved ones, such as family and friends) when physically away.


lexentry: eng/homestead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homestead
trans_list: Anwesen | Eigenheim | Gehöft | Heimstätte | Hofstelle | Siedlerhof
sense:
A house together with surrounding land and buildings, especially on a farm; the property comprising these.


lexentry: eng/homicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homicide
trans_list: Mord | Totschlag | Tötungsdelikt
sense:
(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.


lexentry: eng/homicide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: homicide
trans_list: Opfer
sense:
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/homing_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homing pigeon
trans_list: Brieftaube | Posttaube | Reisebrieftaube | Reisetaube
sense:
A variety of domesticated rock pigeon (Columba livia) that has been selectively bred to be able to find its way home over extremely long distances.


lexentry: eng/hominid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hominid
trans_list: Menschenaffe | Menschenäffin | Grossaffe | Grossäffin | Großaffe | Großäffin
sense:
Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans. [from 1960s]


lexentry: eng/hominin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hominin
trans_list: Hominini
sense:
(palaeontology) Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/homo_Aristophaneus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homo Aristophaneus
trans_list: homo aristophaneus
sense:
(linguistics, _, (philology), rare) A person with the characteristics and nature depicted in the comedies of the ancient Athenian playwright Aristophanes (c. 446 – c. 386 B.C.E.) as a literary figure, rather than a historically accurate Athenian person; an Aristophanic man.


lexentry: eng/homogeneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: homogeneous
trans_list: homogen
sense:
(geometry, of a space equipped with a group action) Informally: Everywhere the same, uniform, in the sense that any point can be moved to any other (via the group action) while respecting the structure of the space. Formally: Such that the group action is transitively and acts by automorphisms on the space (some authors also require that the action be faithful).


lexentry: eng/homogeneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: homogeneous
trans_list: homogen | gleichartig
sense:
(ring theory, of an element of a graded ring) Belonging to one of the summands of the grading (if the ring is graded over the natural numbers and the element is in the kth summand, it is said to be homogeneous of degree k; if the ring is graded over a commutative monoid I, and the element is an element of the ith summand, it is said to be of grade i)


lexentry: eng/homogeneous_polynomial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homogeneous polynomial
trans_list: homogenes Polynom
sense:
(mathematics) a polynomial such that the sum of the exponents of the variables is the same for every term.


lexentry: eng/homogenization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homogenization
trans_list: Homogenisierung
sense:
The act of making something homogenous, or the same throughout; or the tendency of something to become homogenous.


lexentry: eng/homogenized_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homogenized milk
trans_list: H-Milch | homogenisierte Milch
sense:
Milk which has been treated so that the liquid remains creamy throughout, instead of forming a separate layer of cream at the top.


lexentry: eng/homoglyph__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homoglyph
trans_list: Homoglyph
sense:
(linguistics, computing) A character identical or nearly identical in appearance to another, but which differs in the meaning it represents; thus, in character encoding terms, a character with an identical or near-identical glyph, or the glyph itself.


lexentry: eng/homologation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologation
trans_list: Anerkennung
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound into the next member of a homologous series, usually by lengthening a carbon chain


lexentry: eng/homological_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homological algebra
trans_list: homologische Algebra
sense:
(algebra) The branch of mathematics dealing with homology and in particular with homological functors and the algebraic structures they entail.


lexentry: eng/homologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologous
trans_list: homolog
sense:
(biology) Corresponding to a similar structure in another life form with a common evolutionary origin.


lexentry: eng/homologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologous
trans_list: homolog
sense:
(chemistry) Belonging to a series of aliphatic organic compounds that differ only by the addition of a CH₂ group.


lexentry: eng/homologous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homologous
trans_list: homolog
sense:
(cultural anthropology, structural anthropology) Playing the same role as seen in another culture, whether by historical connection, psychological archetype, convergent cultural evolution, or otherwise (as may be hypothesized but not known with certainty by current science), as for example with the cryptozoologic concepts of yeti and sasquatch, the use of polite and familiar pronouns, or other similarities.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(algebra) Given a chain complex {Gn} and its associated set of homomorphisms {Hn}, the rule which explains how each Hn maps Gn into the kernel of Gn+1.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(anthropology) The relationship, between temporally separated human beliefs, practices or artefacts, of possessing shared characteristics attributed to genetic or historical links to a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(biology, psychology) The relationship, between characteristics or behaviours, of having a shared evolutionary or developmental origin;(evolutionary theory) specifically, a correspondence between structures in separate life forms having a common evolutionary origin, such as that between mammalian flippers and hands.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(geometry, projective geometry) An automorphism of the projective plane (representing a perspective projection) that leaves all the points of some straight line (the homology axis) fixed and maps all the lines through some single point (the homology centre) onto themselves.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(organic chemistry) The relationship, between organic compounds, of being in the same homologous series.


lexentry: eng/homology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homology
trans_list: Homologie
sense:
(topology, algebraic topology) A general way of associating a sequence of algebraic objects, such as abelian groups or modules, to a sequence of topological spaces; also used attributively: see Usage notes below.


lexentry: eng/homomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homomorphism
trans_list: Homomorphismus
sense:
(algebra) A structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type, such as groups, rings, or vector spaces.


lexentry: eng/homophile__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homophile
trans_list: homophil
sense:
(dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons of the same gender; used to emphasize love over sex.


lexentry: eng/homophobe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homophobe
trans_list: Homophobe | Homohasser | Homophober | Lesbenfeind | Lesbenfeindin | Schwulenfeind
sense:
One who is prejudiced against homosexual people, or LGBTQ people in general; one who exhibits homophobia.


lexentry: eng/homophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homophone
trans_list: Homophon
sense:
(semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin.


lexentry: eng/homoscedasticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homoscedasticity
trans_list: Homoskedastizität
sense:
(statistics) A property of a set of random variables such that each variable has the same finite variance.


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: homosexuell | schwul | Homosexueller
sense:
(of a person or other animal, formal, distancing, or, dated) Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to men or a woman who is attracted to women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: Homosexueller
sense:
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship, formal, distancing, or, dated) Between two people of the same sex; gay.


lexentry: eng/homosexual__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosexual
trans_list: Homosexueller | Homosexuelle | homosexuell
sense:
(typically, formal, distancing, or, dated) A person who is sexually attracted solely or primarily to others of the same sex.


lexentry: eng/homosexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: homosexuality
trans_list: Homosexualität
sense:
Sexual activity with a person of the same sex, sometimes (potentially, _, offensive) restricted to same-sex sex between males. [1897]


lexentry: eng/homosociality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homosociality
trans_list: Homosozialität
sense:
Socialization (social interaction, social relationships) with members of the same sex, as distinguished from sexual interaction with or attraction to members of the same sex (homosexuality) and social interaction with members of the opposite sex (heterosociality).


lexentry: eng/homothety__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homothety
trans_list: zentrische Streckung
sense:
(mathematics, geometry) An isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.


lexentry: eng/homotopic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: homotopic
trans_list: homotop
sense:
(topology, of two continuous maps) Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.


lexentry: eng/hone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hone
trans_list: Schleifstein | Wetzstein
sense:
A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.


lexentry: eng/honest__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honest
trans_list: ehrlich | aufrichtig
sense:
(of a person or institution) Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.


lexentry: eng/honesty__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: honesty
trans_list: Mondviole | Silberblatt
sense:
(countable) Any of various crucifers in the genus Lunaria, several of which are grown as ornamentals, particularly annual honesty (Lunaria annua).


lexentry: eng/honey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey
trans_list: Honig
sense:
(uncountable) A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.


lexentry: eng/honey__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: honey
trans_list: Honig
sense:
A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow color, like that of most types of (the sweet substance) honey.


lexentry: eng/honey_badger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey badger
trans_list: Honigdachs | Honigdächsin
sense:
Mellivora capensis, a badger-like mustelid native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.


lexentry: eng/honey_bee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey bee
trans_list: Honigbiene
sense:
Any of seven species of bee, in genus Apis, often kept commercially for honey, beeswax, and pollination of crops.


lexentry: eng/honey_buzzard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey buzzard
trans_list: Wespenbussard
sense:
European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), a summer migrant to most of Europe and western Asia, wintering in tropical Africa


lexentry: eng/honey_locust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey locust
trans_list: Amerikanische Gleditschie | Christdorn | Dreidornige Gleditschie | falscher Christusdorn
sense:
A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers, hard red wood, and conspicuous thorns.


lexentry: eng/honey_trap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honey trap
trans_list: Honigfalle
sense:
(idiomatic) The use of a romantic or a sexual relationship to entice a person into revealing secret information.


lexentry: eng/honeycomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honeycomb
trans_list: Bienenwabe | Wabe | Honigwabe
sense:
(uncountable) A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.


lexentry: eng/honeydew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honeydew
trans_list: Honigtau | Meltau
sense:
(uncountable) A sweet, sticky substance deposited on leaves and other plant parts by insects (especially aphids and scale insects) feeding on plant sap, or by fungi.


lexentry: eng/honeydew_melon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honeydew melon
trans_list: Honigmelone
sense:
A melon from the Cucumis melo Inodorus cultivar group, with sweet, light green or white flesh and a smooth greenish-white or yellow rind.


lexentry: eng/honeymoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: honeymoon
trans_list: Flitterwochen
sense:
(by extension) A period of goodwill at the beginning of a new term or relationship (e.g. towards a newly elected politician or in respect of a new business arrangement).


lexentry: eng/honeypot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: honeypot
trans_list: Honigtopf
sense:
(computer security) A trap set to detect or deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems.


lexentry: eng/honi_soit_qui_mal_y_pense__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honi soit qui mal y pense
trans_list: ein Schelm, der Böses dabei denkt
sense:
The motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter, still used in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honor
trans_list: Ehre
sense:
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: honor
trans_list: Ehre
sense:
(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.


lexentry: eng/honor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: honor
trans_list: Ehre
sense:
(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.


lexentry: eng/honor__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honor
trans_list: ehren
sense:
(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.


lexentry: eng/honorary_Aryan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honorary Aryan
trans_list: Ehrenarier
sense:
(historical) A title accorded to the Japanese and some other people by Nazi Germany. Although of a different race, they were considered by the Nazis to possess qualities similar enough to German Nordic characteristics to warrant the designation.


lexentry: eng/honorary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: honorary
trans_list: Ehren-
sense:
Unofficial; practically. Describes the holder of an unofficial position or title that is assigned as a special honor rather than by normal channels.


lexentry: eng/honorary_consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honorary consul
trans_list: Honorarkonsul | Honorarkonsulin
sense:
A person representing a country as a local consul, who is a private person (without diplomatic immunity; not a career diplomat) and part-time representative, with their own primary pursuits, frequently a citizen of the country that is hosting the consul (a local citizen; not a citizen of the country being represented) or expatriate (citizen of the country being represented, living and working in the local country), frequently with commercial ties to the country being represented.


lexentry: eng/honorary_consulate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honorary consulate
trans_list: Honorarkonsulat
sense:
The business office of the honorary consul, when functioning as a representative of the country assigning the honorary consul; which may provide some services to citizens of the country being represented.


lexentry: eng/honour_killing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: honour killing
trans_list: Ehrenmord
sense:
(euphemistic) A typically Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practice whereby a family member, usually female, is murdered by other family members, the act being justified as retribution for a (usually sexual) slight upon the family's honour.


lexentry: eng/hooch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hooch
trans_list: Fusel
sense:
(North America, informal) An alcoholic beverage, especially an inferior or illicit one and especially liquor such as whisky.


lexentry: eng/hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hood
trans_list: Nackenschild
sense:
(colloquial) The osseous or cartilaginous marginal extension behind the back of many a dinosaur such as a ceratopsid and reptiles such as Chlamydosaurus kingii.


lexentry: eng/hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hood
trans_list: Nackenschild
sense:
(ophiology) An expansion on the sides of the neck typical for many elapids e.g. the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) and Indian cobra (Naja naja).


lexentry: eng/hood_ornament__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hood ornament
trans_list: Kühlerfigur
sense:
A decorative object fastened on a car's hood, often symbolizing the manufacturer or brand; sometimes fixed to the radiator cap


lexentry: eng/hood_rat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hood rat
trans_list: Strahl
sense:
(slang, African-American Vernacular English, pejorative) A person, especially a woman, from an urban neighborhood who overtly exhibits attributes associated with inner city life, especially in both behavior and appearance.


lexentry: eng/hoodie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hoodie
trans_list: Kapuzenträger
sense:
(British, slang, often, derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.


lexentry: eng/hoof__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoof
trans_list: Huf
sense:
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.


lexentry: eng/hoof_fungus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoof fungus
trans_list: Zunderschwamm
sense:
A fungal plant pathogen of species Fomes fomentarius, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, producing large polypore fruiting bodies shaped like a horse's hoof, used for tinder.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hook
trans_list: Haken
sense:
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.


lexentry: eng/hook__Noun__1
sense_num: 24
written_rep: hook
trans_list: Haken
sense:
(boxing) a type of punch delivered with the arm rigid and partially bent and the fist travelling nearly horizontally mesially along an arc


lexentry: eng/hook__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: hook
trans_list: haken
sense:
(rugby) To succeed in heeling the ball back out of a scrum (used particularly of the team's designated hooker).


lexentry: eng/hook__Verb__1
sense_num: 16
written_rep: hook
trans_list: haken | einhaken
sense:
(Scrabble) To play a word perpendicular to another word by adding a single letter to the existing word.


lexentry: eng/hook_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hook up
trans_list: anschließen | verbinden
sense:
(idiomatic, slang) To give a good deal for buying something; to give something for free or to give more than the recipient is entitled to.


lexentry: eng/hookah__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hookah
trans_list: Wasserpfeife | Shisha | Schischa
sense:
(recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.


lexentry: eng/hookswitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hookswitch
trans_list: Astgabel
sense:
The spring-loaded button on a telephone that is depressed by the action of returning the handset to the cradle, thus terminating the call.


lexentry: eng/hooligan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hooligan
trans_list: Hooligan | Halbstarker | Vandale | Randalierer | Rowdy | Unruhestifter
sense:
(informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.


lexentry: eng/hoop_earring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoop earring
trans_list: Creole
sense:
An earring that is circular or semi-circular in design, generally in the form of a hoop of metal that can be opened to pass through an ear-piercing.


lexentry: eng/hoop_skirt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoop skirt
trans_list: Krinoline | Reifrock
sense:
A women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel, or nylon.


lexentry: eng/hoopoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoopoe
trans_list: Wiedehopf
sense:
Any Old World bird of genus Upupa, especially Upupa epops (Eurasian hoopoe), known for its distinctive plumage, fanlike crest, and slender bill.


lexentry: eng/hope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hope
trans_list: Hoffnung
sense:
(countable, _, or, _, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.


lexentry: eng/hope__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hope
trans_list: hoffen | Hoffnung
sense:
To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].


lexentry: eng/hoplite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoplite
trans_list: Hoplit
sense:
(historical) A heavily-armed infantry soldier of Ancient Greece, wielding a one-handed spear and an aspis.


lexentry: eng/hopscotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hopscotch
trans_list: Himmel und Hölle | Hüpfspiel | Paradiesspiel | Hickelkasten | Tempelhüpfen | Hinkeln
sense:
(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.


lexentry: eng/horde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horde
trans_list: Horde
sense:
A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.


lexentry: eng/horehound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horehound
trans_list: Andorn
sense:
especially, a herb of species (Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.


lexentry: eng/horizon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horizon
trans_list: Horizont | Kimm
sense:
The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.


lexentry: eng/horizontal_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horizontal bar
trans_list: Reck
sense:
(gymnastics) A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.


lexentry: eng/horizontal_integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horizontal integration
trans_list: horizontale Integration
sense:
(economics) The integrating of identical stages in the production or marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization, typically by mergers and acquisitions in the same industry, to increase market share, reduce competition, or achieve economies of scale.


lexentry: eng/hormone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hormone
trans_list: Hormon
sense:
(physiology) Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.


lexentry: eng/hormone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hormone
trans_list: Hormon
sense:
(LGBTQ, colloquial, usually, in the plural) Sex hormones, as used in hormone replacement therapy for transgender or intersex people.


lexentry: eng/horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: horn
trans_list: Horn
sense:
Any similar real or imaginary growth or projection such as the elongated tusk of a narwhal, the eyestalk of a snail, the pointed growth on the nose of a rhinoceros, or the hornlike projection on the head of a demon or similar.


lexentry: eng/horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: horn
trans_list: Horn
sense:
(uncountable) The hard substance from which animals' horns are made, sometimes used by man as a material for making various objects.


lexentry: eng/hornbeam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornbeam
trans_list: Hainbuche | Weißbuche
sense:
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.


lexentry: eng/hornbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornbill
trans_list: Nashornvogel
sense:
Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.


lexentry: eng/hornblende__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornblende
trans_list: Hornblende
sense:
(mineral) A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.


lexentry: eng/horned_grebe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horned grebe
trans_list: Ohrentaucher
sense:
A type of grebe native to the Northern Hemisphere, Podiceps auritus, that has tufts of feathers during the breeding season positioned like horns on the sides of the head.


lexentry: eng/horned_owl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horned owl
trans_list: Uhu
sense:
An owl of the genus Bubo native to the Americas, among the largest types of owl, having two horn-like tufts of feathers on its head.


lexentry: eng/horned_puffin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horned puffin
trans_list: Hornlund
sense:
A species of puffin, Fratercula corniculata, similar in appearance to the Atlantic puffin except with different bill colours and a significant fleshy "horn" above each eye.


lexentry: eng/hornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornet
trans_list: Hornisse
sense:
A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.


lexentry: eng/hornets'_nest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hornets' nest
trans_list: Wespennest
sense:
(figurative) An unpleasant or controversial situation likely to be exacerbated by outside involvement.


lexentry: eng/hornfels__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornfels
trans_list: Hornfels
sense:
Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.


lexentry: eng/hornwort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hornwort
trans_list: Hornmoos
sense:
A bryophyte, of phylum Anthocerotophyta, with a leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage of the life cycle and a sporophyte stage shaped like a horn.


lexentry: eng/horny__Adjective__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horny
trans_list: geil | heiß | erregt | rollig | spitz
sense:
(slang) Sexually aroused, with or without physical manifestation; experiencing a feeling of sexual desire.


lexentry: eng/horology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horology
trans_list: Horologie | Zeitmesskunde
sense:
The art, science, and technology of making and maintaining timekeeping devices such as clocks, watches and sundials.


lexentry: eng/horoscope__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horoscope
trans_list: Horoskop
sense:
The position of the planets and stars at the moment of someone's birth; a diagram of such positions.


lexentry: eng/horripilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horripilation
trans_list: Gänsehaut
sense:
A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.


lexentry: eng/horror_movie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horror movie
trans_list: Horrorfilm | Gruselfilm
sense:
(mostly, North America) A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse
trans_list: Kavallerie | Reiterei
sense:
(military, sometimes, uncountable) Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).


lexentry: eng/horse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse
trans_list: Pferd | Ross | Gaul | Hengst | Roß | Hengstfohlen
sense:
Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.


lexentry: eng/horse_chestnut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse chestnut
trans_list: Rosskastanie | Kastanie
sense:
Any of several tree species of genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum, common in temperate northern hemisphere.


lexentry: eng/horse_collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse collar
trans_list: Kummet | Kumt
sense:
A part of a horse's harness that is used to distribute the load around its neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plough.


lexentry: eng/horse_of_a_different_color__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horse of a different color
trans_list: (eine) ganz andere Sache | (eine) völlig andere Geschichte
sense:
(American spelling, idiomatic) An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.


lexentry: eng/horsefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horsefly
trans_list: Bremse
sense:
Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).


lexentry: eng/horseshoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horseshoe
trans_list: Hufeisen | Beschlag
sense:
The U-shaped shoe of a horse, now typically made of metal; by extension, a representation of this used to play the game horseshoes, hung as a luck charm, etc.


lexentry: eng/horseshoe_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horseshoe crab
trans_list: Pfeilschwanzkrebs
sense:
Any extinct or extant chelicerate in the order Xiphosura, actually more related to arachnids than true crabs.


lexentry: eng/horsetail__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: horsetail
trans_list: Schachtelhalm | Kannenkraut
sense:
(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/horsetrader__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horsetrader
trans_list: Pferdehändler
sense:
(literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.


lexentry: eng/horst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: horst
trans_list: Horst | Horstscholle
sense:
(geology) A block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.


lexentry: eng/hosanna__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hosanna
trans_list: hosianna | hosanna
sense:
A cry of praise or adoration to God in liturgical use among the Jews, and said to have been shouted in recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem; hence since used in the Christian Church.


lexentry: eng/hose__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: hose
trans_list: jemanden angreifen und töten
sense:
(transitive, sport) To cause an unfair disadvantage to a player or team through poor officiating; especially, to cause a player or team to lose the game with an incorrect call.


lexentry: eng/hospice__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hospice
trans_list: Hospiz | Hospizdienst
sense:
(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.


lexentry: eng/hospital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospital
trans_list: Krankenhaus | Spital
sense:
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.


lexentry: eng/hospital_bed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospital bed
trans_list: Klinikbett | Krankenhausbett
sense:
A type of single bed with a frame in three sections in order to raise the head, middle or foot as required.


lexentry: eng/hospital_gown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospital gown
trans_list: Krankenhaushemd
sense:
A gown worn by patients, typically being knee-length, having short sleeves, and being secured on the body with strings or snaps.


lexentry: eng/hospitality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospitality
trans_list: Gastfreundschaft | Gastfreundlichkeit | Gastlichkeit
sense:
The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.


lexentry: eng/hospitality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hospitality
trans_list: Gastgewerbe
sense:
(business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.


lexentry: eng/hospitalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hospitalization
sense:
The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

trans_list:
Hospitalisierung | Krankenhausaufenthalt | Aufnahme in das Krankenhaus | Aufnahme in ein Krankenhaus | Hospitalisieren | Hospitalisiertwerden


lexentry: eng/host__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: host
trans_list: Wirt | Gastgeber
sense:
(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.


lexentry: eng/host__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: host
trans_list: Heer
sense:
A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)


lexentry: eng/hostage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostage
trans_list: Geisel
sense:
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.


lexentry: eng/hostel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostel
trans_list: Heim | Herberge | Wohnheim
sense:
A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.


lexentry: eng/hostile__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hostile
trans_list: feindlich | feindselig
sense:
Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure.


lexentry: eng/hostility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hostility
trans_list: Feindseligkeit
sense:
(countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.


lexentry: eng/hot-air_balloon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot-air balloon
trans_list: Heißluftballon
sense:
A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.


lexentry: eng/hot_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot air
trans_list: Heißluft
sense:
(literal) Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.


lexentry: eng/hot_dog__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hot dog
trans_list: Hotdog | Hot Dog | Bratwurst im Brötchen
sense:
A food item (dish) consisting of a frankfurter or wiener and (usually) a hot dog bun, with toppings such as ketchup, mustard, relish, sauerkraut, onions, cheese, etc.


lexentry: eng/hot_flush__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot flush
trans_list: Hitzewallung
sense:
(UK, Canada, AU, NZ) A sudden, but brief, sensation of heat over the entire body; a common symptom of the menopause.


lexentry: eng/hot_pot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hot pot
trans_list: Feuertopf | Hotpot | chinesisches Fondue
sense:
A communal meal, popular in China, where diners share a bowl of hot broth or stock into which uncooked foods such as mushrooms, vegetables, and cuts of meat are dipped until they are cooked enough to be eaten.


lexentry: eng/hot_pursuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot pursuit
trans_list: Nacheile
sense:
(legal) A close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.


lexentry: eng/hot_spot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot spot
trans_list: Hotspot
sense:
(geology, planetology) The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.


lexentry: eng/hot_tub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot tub
trans_list: Whirlpool | Badezuber | Gemeinschaftswanne
sense:
(chiefly, US) A large tub, often situated outdoors, filled with hot water and used for communal leisure bathing.


lexentry: eng/hot_water_bottle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot water bottle
trans_list: Wärmflasche
sense:
A flexible, saclike bottle, usually made of rubber, intended to be filled with hot water and placed on some part of the body for thermotherapy, or simple warming.


lexentry: eng/hot_water_heater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hot water heater
trans_list: Boiler | Warmwasserspeicher
sense:
An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).


lexentry: eng/hotbed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hotbed
trans_list: Frühbeet | Mistbeet | Treibbeet
sense:
A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.


lexentry: eng/hotbed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hotbed
trans_list: Brutstätte | Hort | Nährboden | Tummelplatz
sense:
(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.


lexentry: eng/hotchpot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hotchpot
trans_list: Ausgleich | Ausgleichung
sense:
(civil law, inheritance) The blending together of property so as to achieve equal division, mainly in the case of inheritance.


lexentry: eng/hotel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hotel
trans_list: Hotel | Gasthof
sense:
An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/hotheaded__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hotheaded
trans_list: hitzköpfig
sense:
Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.


lexentry: eng/hothouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hothouse
trans_list: Treibhaus | förderliche Umgebung
sense:
(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged naturally or artificially; a hotbed.


lexentry: eng/hound's_tongue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hound's tongue
trans_list: Hundszunge
sense:
A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale) with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles.


lexentry: eng/hour__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: hour
trans_list: Uhr | Zeit | Stunde
sense:
(Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.


lexentry: eng/house-search__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house-search
trans_list: Hausdurchsuchung | Haussuchung
sense:
A thorough search of a home or other privately owned real estate as part of an official (notably judicial) investigation.


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: house
trans_list: Haus | Kammer
sense:
A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: house
trans_list: Haus
sense:
A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: house
trans_list: Haus | Kammer
sense:
(politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: house
trans_list: Haus
sense:
A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. [from 10th c.]


lexentry: eng/house_arrest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house arrest
trans_list: Hausarrest
sense:
(legal) Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.


lexentry: eng/house_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house music
trans_list: House | House-Musik | Housemusik
sense:
(music genre) A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.


lexentry: eng/house_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house number
trans_list: Hausnummer
sense:
The number (street address) assigned to a particular house to distinguish it from other buildings on the same street.


lexentry: eng/house_sparrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house sparrow
trans_list: Haussperling | Spatz | Sperling
sense:
A bird of the species Passer domesticus, native to much of Eurasia, introduced in many other temperate environments.


lexentry: eng/house_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: house wine
trans_list: Landwein
sense:
A relatively inexpensive wine sold in a restaurant, often by the glass as well as by the bottle or unmarked carafe; both red and white are normally offered.


lexentry: eng/houseboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: houseboy
trans_list: der Diener
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A young male domestic servant, especially in a British colony in former times.


lexentry: eng/housefather__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housefather
trans_list: Hausvater
sense:
The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.


lexentry: eng/household_deity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: household deity
trans_list: Hausgott
sense:
(mythology, religion) A minor tutelary deity watching over a household, usually conceived as a protective ancestral spirit or genius loci.


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housekeeper
trans_list: Haushälterin
sense:
Someone (traditionally a woman) employed to look after the home, typically by managing domestic servants or superintending household management; also someone with equivalent duties in a hotel, institution etc. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/housekeeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: housekeeper
trans_list: Haushälterin | Hausfrau | Haushälter
sense:
Someone who manages the running of a home, traditionally the female head of the household. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/housemaid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housemaid
trans_list: Hausangestellte
sense:
A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.


lexentry: eng/housemother__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housemother
trans_list: Hausmutter
sense:
The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community.


lexentry: eng/houseplant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: houseplant
trans_list: Zimmerpflanze
sense:
A variety of plant that is especially suited to such cultivation, or that is frequently grown in such settings.


lexentry: eng/housewife__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: housewife
trans_list: Hausfrau
sense:
(plural "housewives") The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.


lexentry: eng/housing_estate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: housing estate
trans_list: Siedlung | Wohnsiedlung
sense:
A group of often architecturally similar buildings constructed at the same time, primarily for residential accommodation.


lexentry: eng/hover__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hover
trans_list: Versteck (hinter Steinen)
sense:
(chiefly, Southern England) A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs.


lexentry: eng/hover__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hover
trans_list: behüten
sense:
Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something).


lexentry: eng/hover__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hover
trans_list: bewegen | fahren | positionieren | schweben (entlang, über)
sense:
(computing) Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip).


lexentry: eng/hoverboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoverboard
trans_list: E-Board
sense:
(mostly, science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.


lexentry: eng/hovercraft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hovercraft
trans_list: Luftkissenfahrzeug | Hovercraft | Luftkissenboot
sense:
(vehicle, genericized trademark) A vehicle supported on a cushion of air, able to traverse many different types of terrain and travel over water, used for transport.


lexentry: eng/hoverfly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hoverfly
trans_list: Schwebfliege
sense:
Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.


lexentry: eng/how__Adverb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: how
trans_list: wie
sense:
(exclamative) Used as a modifier to indicate surprise, delight, or other strong feelings in an exclamation.


lexentry: eng/how_are_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: how are you
trans_list: wie geht es Ihnen | wie geht es dir | wie geht es euch | wie geht es | wie geht's
sense:
(idiomatic) An informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. In form a question, and thus followed by a question mark. Typical responses include:


lexentry: eng/how_do_you_do__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: how do you do
trans_list: sehr angenehm | sehr erfreut | wie geht es dir
sense:
(formal, dated) A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region).


lexentry: eng/howitzer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: howitzer
trans_list: Haubitze
sense:
A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.


lexentry: eng/hue_and_cry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hue and cry
trans_list: Geschrei | Gezeter | Zeter und Mordio | Zetermordio
sense:
(by extension) A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand.


lexentry: eng/huff__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: huff
trans_list: (vor Wut) schnauben | aufblasen | mächtig aufregen
sense:
(intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense. [from the 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/hug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hug
trans_list: Umarmung
sense:
A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").


lexentry: eng/huh__Interjection__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: huh
trans_list: hä
sense:
(slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.


lexentry: eng/huke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: huke
trans_list: Heuke
sense:
(historical) An outer garment (robe or cloak) worn by men and women in Europe in the Middle Ages, either as civilian clothing or over armor.


lexentry: eng/hula_hoop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hula hoop
trans_list: Hula-Hoop-Reifen
sense:
A toy in the form of a large hoop which is twirled around various parts of the body, especially the waist.


lexentry: eng/hulk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hulk
trans_list: Holk | Hulk
sense:
(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.


lexentry: eng/hulk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hulk
trans_list: Holk | Hulk
sense:
(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.


lexentry: eng/hullabaloo__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (intransitive) To make a commotion or uproar.
written_rep: hullabaloo
trans_list:
Wellen schlagen | einen Rummel veranstalten | einen Wirbel machen | für Wirbel sorgen | viel Aufheben machen


lexentry: eng/huller__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: huller
trans_list: Schälmühle
sense:
One who, or that which, hulls; especially, an agricultural machine for removing the hulls from grain; a hulling machine.


lexentry: eng/hum__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hum
trans_list: summen
sense:
(intransitive) To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.


lexentry: eng/human__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human
trans_list: Mensch | menschliches Wesen
sense:
(fantasy, scifi, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.


lexentry: eng/human_being__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human being
trans_list: Mensch | menschliches Wesen
sense:
A person; a large sapient, bipedal primate, with notably less hair than others of that order, of the species Homo sapiens.


lexentry: eng/human_capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human capital
trans_list: Humankapital
sense:
(economics) The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value.


lexentry: eng/human_chain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human chain
trans_list: Menschenkette
sense:
(politics) A form of demonstration in which people link their arms as a show of political solidarity.


lexentry: eng/human_condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human condition
trans_list: Conditio humana
sense:
(usually, preceded by the) What it means to be human; the experiences, characteristics, and limitations of life shared by all humans, as opposed to other lifeforms.


lexentry: eng/human_immunodeficiency_virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human immunodeficiency virus
trans_list: Humanes Immundefizienz-Virus
sense:
(virology) Either of the two related viruses, human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV-2) that progressively destroy the body's immune system and can potentially lead to AIDS.


lexentry: eng/human_resources__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human resources
trans_list: Personalabteilung
sense:
(management) The personnel department of an organization, dealing with the recruitment, administration, management and training of employees.


lexentry: eng/human_rights__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human rights
trans_list: Menschenrechte
sense:
(international law) The set of basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed, including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.


lexentry: eng/human_shield__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human shield
trans_list: menschlicher Schutzschild
sense:
(military) Civilians which a military group has deliberately placed combat targets near to deter an enemy from attacking those targets.


lexentry: eng/human_trafficking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: human trafficking
trans_list: Menschenhandel
sense:
A criminal activity in which people are recruited, harbored, transported, bought, or kidnapped to serve an exploitative purpose, such as sexual slavery, forced labor, or child soldiery.


lexentry: eng/humanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: humanism
trans_list: Humanismus
sense:
(historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/humanism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: humanism
trans_list: Humanismus
sense:
An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/humanitarian_corridor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humanitarian corridor
trans_list: humanitärer Korridor
sense:
A type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid into, and/or refugees out of, a crisis-hit region.


lexentry: eng/humanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: humanity
trans_list: Menschlichkeit | Humanität
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.


lexentry: eng/humanoid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humanoid
trans_list: humanoid | menschenähnlich
sense:
Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).


lexentry: eng/humble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: humble
trans_list: demütig machen | demütigen | erniedrigen
sense:
(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.


lexentry: eng/humbug__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: humbug
trans_list: Hartbonbon | Hartkaramelle
sense:
(countable, Britain) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.


lexentry: eng/humectant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humectant
trans_list: Feuchthaltemittel
sense:
Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist.


lexentry: eng/humid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humid
trans_list: feucht
sense:
Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.


lexentry: eng/humidor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humidor
trans_list: Humidor
sense:
A container designed to keep its contents at a constant humidity; especially such a box for storing cigars.


lexentry: eng/hummingbird_hawkmoth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hummingbird hawkmoth
trans_list: Taubenschwänzchen
sense:
Any of various sphingid moths of the genus Macroglossum, especially Macroglossum stellatarum, which, like hummingbirds, hover in front of flowers to feed.


lexentry: eng/hummus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hummus
trans_list: Hummus
sense:
A Levantine Arab dip made of chickpea paste with various additions, such as olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, often eaten with pitta bread, or as a meze.


lexentry: eng/humorist__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: humorist
trans_list: Humorist | Humoristin
sense:
A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: humour
trans_list: Humor | Laune | Stimmung
sense:
(uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim.


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: humour
trans_list: Körpersaft | Saft
sense:
(archaic, or, historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.


lexentry: eng/humour__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: humour
trans_list: Humor
sense:
(medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.


lexentry: eng/humph__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humph
trans_list: hm
sense:
(onomatopoeia) A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing.


lexentry: eng/humuhumunukunukuapuaa__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humuhumunukunukuapuaa
trans_list: Diamant-Picassodrücker
sense:
Rhinecanthus rectangulus, a species of triggerfish found in the coral reefs of many of the oceans. It is characterized by a noticeably large snout and blue lips that resemble that of a pig’s snout.


lexentry: eng/humus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: humus
trans_list: Humus
sense:
A large group of natural organic compounds, found in the soil, formed from the chemical and biological decomposition of plant and animal residues and from the synthetic activity of microorganisms.


lexentry: eng/hundreds_of_thousands__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hundreds of thousands
trans_list: Hunderttausende
sense:
An imprecise or unknown number between one hundred thousand and a million; numbering hundreds of thousands.


lexentry: eng/hundredweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hundredweight
trans_list: Zentner
sense:
(historical) Various units of ancient measurement systems consisting of 100 units usually translated as "pounds".


lexentry: eng/hung__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hung
trans_list: festgegangen | hängend
sense:
(computing, colloquial) Of a computer or similar device, receiving power but not functioning as desired; working very slowly or not at all. The condition is often corrected by rebooting the computer.


lexentry: eng/hung_jury__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hung jury
trans_list: die Geschworenen wurden sich nicht einig / konnten kein gemeinsames Urteil fällen | uneinige Jury
sense:
(legal) A jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach or come to a verdict because the jurors cannot agree on a decision.


lexentry: eng/hunger_stone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunger stone
trans_list: Hungerstein
sense:
A stone, either naturally exposed or intentionally embedded in a river during a drought, which is dated and often inscribed to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they may face famine if the water reaches that low level again. Such stones are common in Central Europe.


lexentry: eng/hungry_ghost__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hungry ghost
trans_list: Hungergeist
sense:
(Buddhism, Chinese folk religion) A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.


lexentry: eng/hunter-gatherer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunter-gatherer
trans_list: Jäger und Sammler | Wildbeuter und Feldbeuter | Wild- und Feldbeuter
sense:
A member of a group of people who live by hunting animals and gathering edible plants for their main food sources, and who do not keep animals or farm land.


lexentry: eng/hunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunting
trans_list: Jagd | Aalen
sense:
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.


lexentry: eng/hunting_horn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunting horn
trans_list: Jagdhorn | Waldhorn
sense:
(music) A bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.


lexentry: eng/hunting_knife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunting knife
trans_list: Jagdmesser
sense:
A knife optimized for use in hunting animals, usually with a substantial belly and sometimes with a back edge that is partially serrated#Adjective for sawing#Noun; fixed-blade and folding versions are both popular, and tasks such as field dressing, skinning#Noun, and bushcraft are anticipated.


lexentry: eng/hunting_whip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hunting whip
trans_list: Hetzpeitsche
sense:
A whip with a hooked horn handle (that can be used for opening gates), a short shaft or stock, and a long leather thong with a silk or cord lash.


lexentry: eng/hurdle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurdle
trans_list: Hürde | Hindernis
sense:
(athletics, horses) An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.


lexentry: eng/hurdle__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hurdle
trans_list: Flechtzaun | Hürde
sense:
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.


lexentry: eng/hurdles__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurdles
trans_list: Hürdenlauf
sense:
A sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over.


lexentry: eng/hurdy-gurdy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurdy-gurdy
trans_list: Drehleier | Leier
sense:
(musical instrument) A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.


lexentry: eng/hurricane__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hurricane
trans_list: Hurrikan | Orkan | Hurrikane
sense:
(in particular, meteorology) A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes. [20th c.]


lexentry: eng/hurricane__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: hurricane
trans_list: Hurrikan | Orkan | Hurrikane
sense:
(cocktails) A sweet alcoholic drink made with rum, lemon juice (or sometimes other fruit juice), and either passion fruit syrup or fassionola.


lexentry: eng/hurt_a_fly__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurt a fly
trans_list: einer Fliege etwas zuleide tun | kein Wässerchen trüben können
sense:
(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative, chiefly with a conditional) To hurt or damage something even a little.


lexentry: eng/hurtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hurtle
trans_list: fliegen | rasen | sausen | schleudern | schmeißen
sense:
To cause (someone or something) to collide with or hit another person or thing; or (two people or things) to collide with or hit each other.


lexentry: eng/hurtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hurtle
trans_list: zusammenknallen | zusammenprallen
sense:
(figuratively) Of two people, etc.: to meet in a shocking or violent encounter; to clash; to jostle.


lexentry: eng/hurtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hurtle
trans_list: zusammenknallen | zusammenprallen
sense:
Of a person or thing: to collide with or hit another person or thing, especially with force or violence; also, of two people or things: to collide together; to clash.


lexentry: eng/hurtle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hurtle
trans_list: dröhnen | dumpf tönen | grummeln
sense:
To make a sound of things clashing or colliding together; to clatter, to rattle; hence, to move with such a sound.


lexentry: eng/husband_and_wife__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husband and wife
trans_list: Ehemann und Ehefrau
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see husband,‎ and,‎ wife. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/husband_stitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husband stitch
trans_list: Husband Stitch
sense:
An extra stitch made by a doctor after an episiotomy in order to make the opening of the vagina smaller, supposedly to increase the pleasure of a male partner during sex.


lexentry: eng/husbandry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husbandry
trans_list: Landwirtschaft | Ackerbau und Viehzucht | Haltung
sense:
The occupation or work of a husbandman or farmer; the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock; agriculture.


lexentry: eng/husk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: husk
trans_list: Hülse | Schale | Getreidespelze | Hülle | Schote
sense:
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.


lexentry: eng/husky__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: husky
trans_list: pummelig | stämmig
sense:
(US, euphemism) Burly, stout; sometimes as a modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.


lexentry: eng/hut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hut
trans_list: Hütte
sense:
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.


lexentry: eng/hutong__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hutong
trans_list: Hutong
sense:
A narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a city in China, especially Beijing. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/hyacinth_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyacinth bean
trans_list: Helmbohne
sense:
A climbing leguminous plant (Lablab purpureus), with white or dark purple flowers, native to Africa, widely cultivated in the tropics.


lexentry: eng/hyaluronic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyaluronic acid
trans_list: Hyaluronsäure
sense:
(sugar acid) A mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue.


lexentry: eng/hybrid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hybrid
trans_list: Hybride | Mischling | Kreuzung | Bastard | Blendling | Hybrid
sense:
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.


lexentry: eng/hybrid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hybrid
trans_list: Hybridfahrzeug
sense:
A hybrid vehicle, especially a car; a vehicle that runs on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).


lexentry: eng/hybrid__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hybrid
trans_list: Hybride
sense:
Something of mixed origin or composition; often, a tool or technology that combines the benefits of formerly separate tools or technologies.


lexentry: eng/hybrid_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hybrid war
trans_list: hybrider Krieg
sense:
(military) A war that comprises the use of conventional and nonconventional means (disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, etc.) by at least one side, which officially denies involvement.


lexentry: eng/hybrid_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hybrid warfare
trans_list: Hybridkrieg | hybride Kriegsführung
sense:
A form of warfare that blends both conventional warfare and irregular warfare, such as cyberwarfare, economic warfare, information warfare, psychological warfare and terrorism using either paramilitary or insurgents.


lexentry: eng/hydathode__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydathode
trans_list: Hydathode
sense:
(botany) A tissue, in the leaves of many plants, that contains microscopic pores through which water is excreted.


lexentry: eng/hydra__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hydra
trans_list: Hydra
sense:
(biology) Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.


lexentry: eng/hydracid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydracid
trans_list: Wasserstoffsäure
sense:
(chemistry) An acid that does not contain any oxygen; they are all binary compounds of hydrogen plus either a halogen (for example, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydroiodic acid, hydrobromic acid) or a pseudohalogen.


lexentry: eng/hydraulic_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydraulic engineering
trans_list: Wasserbau
sense:
A sub-discipline of civil engineering concerned with the flow and conveyance of fluids, principally water and sewage.


lexentry: eng/hydraulic_fracturing__Noun__1
written_rep: hydraulic fracturing
trans_list:
Fracking | Hydraulic Fracturing | hydraulische Frakturierung | hydraulische Risserzeugung | hydraulische Stimulation | hydraulisches Aufbrechen


lexentry: eng/hydraulics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydraulics
trans_list: Hydraulik
sense:
The engineering science that deals with practical applications where liquid is in motion and transmits energy.


lexentry: eng/hydrazide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrazide
trans_list: Hydrazide
sense:
(chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2


lexentry: eng/hydrocephalus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrocephalus
trans_list: Hydrozephalus | Wasserkopf | Hydrocephalus
sense:
(medicine) A usually congenital condition in which an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cerebral ventricles causes enlargement of the skull and compression of the brain, destroying much of the neural tissue.


lexentry: eng/hydrochloric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrochloric acid
trans_list: Salzsäure
sense:
(inorganic compound) A strong acid made by dissolving the gas hydrogen chloride in water. It reacts with alkalis, bases and many metals to form chlorides; it has many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/hydroelectric__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydroelectric
trans_list: hydroelektrisch
sense:
That generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure.


lexentry: eng/hydrofluoric_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrofluoric acid
trans_list: Fluorwasserstoffsäure
sense:
(chemistry) A solution of hydrogen fluoride, HF, in water; it is a weak but very corrosive acid, used in the production of fluorine compounds, and in metallurgy.


lexentry: eng/hydrofoil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrofoil
trans_list: Tragflügel
sense:
(nautical) A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen bomb
trans_list: Wasserstoffbombe
sense:
A thermonuclear bomb that derives its destructive power from the fusion of isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium).


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen bond
trans_list: Wasserstoffbrücke
sense:
(physical chemistry) A weak bond in which a hydrogen atom in one molecule is attracted to an electronegative atom (usually nitrogen or oxygen) in the same or different molecule.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_bromide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen bromide
trans_list: Broman
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless gas having an irritating smell; it has the molecular formula HBr, and dissolves in water to form hydrobromic acid; it has many industrial applications including the production of barbiturates and synthetic hormones.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_burning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen burning
trans_list: Wasserstoffbrennen
sense:
(physics, astronomy, idiomatic) The nucleosynthesis process, in stars of less than 1.2 solar mass, in which hydrogen is converted to helium, deuterium and some lithium.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_economy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen economy
trans_list: Wasserstoffwirtschaft
sense:
A hypothetical future economy in which the primary form of stored energy for mobile applications and load balancing is hydrogen (H2), and, in particular, hydrogen replaces fossil fuels in automobiles.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_fluoride__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen fluoride
trans_list: Fluoran
sense:
(inorganic compound) a colorless fuming liquid or gas, with molecular formula HF. It dissolves in water to form hydrofluoric acid and has many industrial uses including the production of Teflon and the refining of uranium; it corrodes skin, flesh and bone, and any skin contact must be avoided


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_iodide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen iodide
trans_list: Hydrogeniodid
sense:
(inorganic compound) a colourless gas with molecular formula HI, having a suffocating smell; it forms hydriodic acid when dissolved in water


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_peroxide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen peroxide
trans_list: Wasserstoffperoxid
sense:
(inorganic compound) A colourless liquid, H2O2, soluble in water, used as a mild antiseptic, bleaching agent (especially for bleaching hair), oxidizing agent and chemical reagent.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_sulfide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen sulfide
trans_list: Schwefelwasserstoff
sense:
(inorganic compound) A toxic gas, H2S, smelling like rotten eggs and used in analytical chemistry and industry.


lexentry: eng/hydrogen_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogen vehicle
trans_list: Brennstoffzellenfahrzeug
sense:
Any vehicle that uses hydrogen as its principal fuel, normally via the electricity produced by a fuel cell.


lexentry: eng/hydrogenate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogenate
trans_list: hydrieren
sense:
(chemistry, transitive) To treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.


lexentry: eng/hydrogeology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrogeology
trans_list: Hydrogeologie
sense:
The geology of groundwater, especially concerning the physical, biological and chemical properties of its occurrence and movement.


lexentry: eng/hydrography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrography
trans_list: Hydrographie | Hydrografie
sense:
(nautical) The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline.


lexentry: eng/hydrology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrology
trans_list: Hydrologie
sense:
The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere


lexentry: eng/hydrolysis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrolysis
trans_list: Hydrolyse
sense:
(chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.


lexentry: eng/hydrometry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrometry
trans_list: Hydrometrie
sense:
(physics) The branch of hydrostatics dealing with the measurement of specific gravity using hydrometers


lexentry: eng/hydrophilic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrophilic
trans_list: hydrophil
sense:
(physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving.


lexentry: eng/hydrophobization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrophobization
trans_list: Hydrophobierung
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The act or process of making something hydrophobic, such as the surface of a particle


lexentry: eng/hydroplane__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hydroplane
trans_list: gleiten
sense:
(automotive) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.


lexentry: eng/hydroquinone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydroquinone
trans_list: Hydrochinon
sense:
(organic compound) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.


lexentry: eng/hydrosphere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrosphere
trans_list: Hydrosphäre
sense:
All the liquid waters of the Earth or another astronomical body, as distinguished from the land and the gases of the atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/hydrotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydrotherapy
trans_list: Wasserheilkunde | Hydropathie | Hydrotherapie
sense:
(alternative medicine) Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain.


lexentry: eng/hydroxychloroquine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydroxychloroquine
trans_list: Hydroxychloroquin
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) A drug derived from quinolone that is taken orally in the form of its sulfate C18H26ClN3O·H2SO4 to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus erythematosus.


lexentry: eng/hydroxyl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hydroxyl
trans_list: Hydroxyl
sense:
(chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols, phenols, carboxylic acids and certain other classes of compounds.


lexentry: eng/hyena__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyena
trans_list: Hyäne
sense:
Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.


lexentry: eng/hyena__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hyena
trans_list: Hyäne
sense:
(Subsaharan Africa) A man that performs ritualized sex acts with recently widowed women and menarchal girls.


lexentry: eng/hygrometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hygrometer
trans_list: Hygrometer
sense:
(meteorology) An instrument that measures the humidity of the air or other gases, especially the relative humidity.


lexentry: eng/hylomorphism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hylomorphism
trans_list: Hylemorphismus
sense:
(philosophy) The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form taken by that matter.


lexentry: eng/hylozoism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hylozoism
trans_list: Hylozoismus
sense:
A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.


lexentry: eng/hypallage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypallage
trans_list: Hypallage
sense:
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as a literary device.


lexentry: eng/hyperaeolism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperaeolism
trans_list: Hyperäolismus
sense:
(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Aeolic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Aeolic Greek.


lexentry: eng/hyperatticism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperatticism
trans_list: Hyperatticismus
sense:
(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Attic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Attic Greek.


lexentry: eng/hyperbaric_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbaric chamber
trans_list: Dekompressionskammer
sense:
A vessel containing air at an elevated pressure, especially one used to administer oxygen to a patient


lexentry: eng/hyperbaton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbaton
trans_list: Hyperbaton
sense:
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.


lexentry: eng/hyperbola__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbola
trans_list: Hyperbel
sense:
(geometry) A conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane that intersects the base of the cone and is not tangent to the cone. The function y(x) = 1/x draws a hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/hyperbole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbole
trans_list: Hyperbel | Übertreibung
sense:
(uncountable, rhetoric, literature) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic__Adjective__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: hyperbolic
trans_list: hyperbolisch
sense:
(topology) Of, pertaining to, or in a hyperbolic space (a space having negative curvature or sectional curvature).


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbolic function
trans_list: Hyperbelfunktion
sense:
(calculus) A set of functions that are analogs of the trigonometric functions for hyperbolic spaces.


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic_paraboloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbolic paraboloid
trans_list: hyperbolisches Paraboloid
sense:
(mathematics) A surface having parabolic cross sections parallel to an axis and hyperbolic cross sections perpendicular to the axis.


lexentry: eng/hyperbolic_sine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperbolic sine
trans_list: Sinus hyperbolicus
sense:
(mathematics) A hyperbolic function that is the analogue of the sine function for hyperbolic spaces, taking in a hyperbolic angle as an argument and returning the y-coordinate for the corresponding point on the unit hyperbola. It is written in symbol sinh and can be represented as: \sinh(x) = \tfrac 1 2 (e^x - e^{-x})


lexentry: eng/hyperboloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperboloid
trans_list: Hyperboloid
sense:
A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.


lexentry: eng/hypercorrection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypercorrection
trans_list: Hyperkorrektur
sense:
(linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule.


lexentry: eng/hypercube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypercube
trans_list: Hyperwürfel
sense:
(geometry) A geometric figure in four or more dimensions, which is analogous to a cube in three dimensions. Specifically, the n-dimensional equivalent of a cube for any non-negative integer n.


lexentry: eng/hyperdorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperdorism
trans_list: Hyperdorismus
sense:
(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Doric Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Doric Greek.


lexentry: eng/hypergeometric_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypergeometric distribution
trans_list: hypergeometrische Verteilung
sense:
(probability theory, statistics) A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k "successes" in a sequence of n draws without replacement from a finite population.


lexentry: eng/hypergeometric_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypergeometric function
trans_list: hypergeometrische Funktion
sense:
(mathematics) Any function that is a solution of the hypergeometric equation; usually an expansion of an hypergeometric series


lexentry: eng/hypergolic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypergolic
trans_list: hypergolisch
sense:
(chemistry, aeronautics, of a reactant, fuel, or propellant) Igniting spontaneously upon contact with an oxidizer.


lexentry: eng/hyperhidrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperhidrosis
trans_list: Hyperhidrose
sense:
(pathology) A medical condition with the primary symptom of excessive sweating, in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature.


lexentry: eng/hyperionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperionism
trans_list: Hyperionismus
sense:
(linguistics, Hellenics) A hypercorrection or incorrect substitution of non-Ionic Ancient Greek word forms and morphology to match those of Ionic Greek.


lexentry: eng/hyperkeratosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperkeratosis
trans_list: Hyperkeratose
sense:
(pathology) Excess keratin formation on the skin surface, as can be seen in a number of dermatologic conditions.


lexentry: eng/hyperkinetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperkinetic
trans_list: hyperkinetisch
sense:
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) Of, relating to, or affected with hyperkinesis or hyperactivity.


lexentry: eng/hyperkinetic_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperkinetic disorder
trans_list: hyperkinetische Störung | hyperkinetisches Syndrom
sense:
(neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) A developmental disorder in which a person has a persistent and pervasive pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.


lexentry: eng/hyperlink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperlink
trans_list: Hyperlink | Hypertextlink | Querverweis
sense:
(Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.


lexentry: eng/hypermedia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypermedia
trans_list: Hypermedia
sense:
(computing) The use of text, data, graphics, audio and video as elements of an extended hypertext system in which all elements are linked so that the user can move among them at will.


lexentry: eng/hypernucleus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypernucleus
trans_list: Hyperkern
sense:
(physics) a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon


lexentry: eng/hypernym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypernym
trans_list: Hyperonym | Oberbegriff
sense:
(semantics) A superordinate word or phrase; a term whose referents form a set which includes as a subset the referents of a subordinate term—as, for example, insect (being a hypernym) for ant.


lexentry: eng/hyperon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperon
trans_list: Hyperon
sense:
(physics) Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks).


lexentry: eng/hyperparameter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperparameter
trans_list: Hyperparameter
sense:
(Bayesian, _, statistics) A parameter of a prior (as distinguished from inferred parameters of the model for the underlying system under analysis).


lexentry: eng/hyperplane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperplane
trans_list: Hyperebene
sense:
(geometry) An n-dimensional generalization of a plane; an affine subspace of dimension n − 1 that splits an n-dimensional space. (In a one-dimensional space, it is a point; in two-dimensional space it is a line; in three-dimensional space, it is an ordinary plane.)


lexentry: eng/hypersexuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypersexuality
trans_list: Hypersexualität
sense:
Excessive desire for sexual activity, especially when considered high enough to be clinically significant.


lexentry: eng/hypersonic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypersonic
trans_list: hypersonisch
sense:
(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.


lexentry: eng/hyperspace__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hyperspace
trans_list: Hyperraum
sense:
(science fiction) A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.


lexentry: eng/hypertension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypertension
trans_list: Bluthochdruck | Hypertonie | Hypertension
sense:
(medicine, cardiology) A state of abnormally high blood pressure of arterial blood (arterial hypertension) or of the intra-ocular fluid.


lexentry: eng/hypertext__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypertext
trans_list: Hypertext
sense:
(uncountable) Digital text in which the reader may navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks.


lexentry: eng/hyperthymesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyperthymesia
trans_list: hyperthymestisches Syndrom
sense:
(neuroscience) A rare condition in which a person possesses a superior autobiographical memory and is able to recall the vast majority of personal events and experiences in life.


lexentry: eng/hypertrophy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypertrophy
trans_list: Hypertrophie
sense:
(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.


lexentry: eng/hypervisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypervisor
trans_list: Hypervisor
sense:
(computing) A firmware or software system that provides a virtual machine and allows it to operate directly on underlying hardware (instead of via emulation), but within specified constraints.


lexentry: eng/hyphen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyphen
trans_list: Bindestrich
sense:
The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.


lexentry: eng/hyphenate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyphenate
trans_list: trennen | abteilen
sense:
(transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.


lexentry: eng/hypnagogic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hypnagogic
trans_list: hypnagogisch
sense:
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.


lexentry: eng/hypnosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypnosis
trans_list: Hypnose
sense:
A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.


lexentry: eng/hypocaust__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypocaust
trans_list: Hypokauste | Hypokaustum | Heizgewölbe
sense:
An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.


lexentry: eng/hypochondria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypochondria
trans_list: Hypochondrie
sense:
(medicine) A formerly defined psychological disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. No longer a current medical diagnosis; see hypochondriasis for more.


lexentry: eng/hypochondriasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypochondriasis
trans_list: Hypochondrie
sense:
(medicine) A mental disorder (in some classifications of such disorders, including ICD-11) that is characterized by excessive fear of or preoccupation with a serious illness, despite medical testing and reassurance to the contrary.


lexentry: eng/hypocoristic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypocoristic
trans_list: Hypokoristikum | Hypokoristikon
sense:
A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.


lexentry: eng/hypocrisy__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hypocrisy
trans_list: Heuchelei | Hypokrisie | Scheinheiligkeit | Doppelmoral | Tartüfferie
sense:
The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.


lexentry: eng/hypocrite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypocrite
trans_list: Heuchler | Heuchlerin
sense:
Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/hypodermic_needle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypodermic needle
trans_list: Hohlnadel | Injektionsnadel | Kanüle
sense:
A hollow needle with a sharp point intended to puncture the skin to draw a fluid from under the skin or inject a fluid under the skin, used as part of a hypodermic syringe.


lexentry: eng/hypodermis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hypodermis
trans_list: Subkutis
sense:
(anatomy) A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.


lexentry: eng/hypomania__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypomania
trans_list: Hypomanie
sense:
(medicine) A mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.


lexentry: eng/hyponym__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyponym
trans_list: Hyponym | Unterbegriff
sense:
(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.


lexentry: eng/hypophosphatemia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypophosphatemia
trans_list: Hypophosphatämie
sense:
(medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.


lexentry: eng/hyposensitization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyposensitization
trans_list: Hyposensibilisierung
sense:
(medicine) A form of immunotherapy in which the patient is vaccinated with progressively larger doses of an allergen to which they have been diagnosed as being sensitive.


lexentry: eng/hypospadias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypospadias
trans_list: Hypospadie
sense:
(anatomy) A congenital condition in males in which the opening of the urethra is on the underside of the penis.


lexentry: eng/hypostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: hypostasis
trans_list: Hypostase
sense:
(theology) The essential person, specifically the single person of Christ (as distinguished from his two ‘natures’, human and divine), or of the three ‘persons’ of the Trinity (sharing a single ‘essence’). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/hypostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: hypostasis
trans_list: Hypostase
sense:
(psychology) Referring to the hypostatic model of personality; i.e., asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.


lexentry: eng/hyposulfurous_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyposulfurous acid
trans_list: Hyposchweflige Säure
sense:
(inorganic compound) An unstable acid, H2S2O2, only known in solution, used as a reducing agent; its salts are hyposulfites).


lexentry: eng/hypothalamus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothalamus
trans_list: Hypothalamus
sense:
(neuroanatomy) A region of the forebrain located below the thalamus, forming the basal portion of the diencephalon, and functioning to regulate body temperature, some metabolic processes and governing the autonomic nervous system.


lexentry: eng/hypotheca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypotheca
trans_list: Hypotheka
sense:
(microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate


lexentry: eng/hypothesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothesis
trans_list: Hypothese
sense:
(sciences) A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, and/or experimentation.


lexentry: eng/hypothyroidism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypothyroidism
trans_list: Hypothyreose
sense:
(pathology) The disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/hypoventilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypoventilation
trans_list: Hypoventilation
sense:
(medicine, pulmonology) Respiratory depression, occurring when ventilation is inadequate to perform the necessary gas exchange, which may be caused by certain medical conditions, by holding one's breath, or by drug overdose.


lexentry: eng/hypovolemic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hypovolemic
trans_list: hypovoläm | hypovolämisch
sense:
Of, pertaining to hypovolemia, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.


lexentry: eng/hyrax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyrax
trans_list: Schliefer
sense:
Any of several small, paenungulate herbivorous mammals of the family Procaviidae from the order Hyracoidea, with a bulky frame and fang-like incisors, native to Africa and the Middle East.


lexentry: eng/hyssop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hyssop
trans_list: Ysop | Eisop | Isop | Josefskraut
sense:
Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.


lexentry: eng/hysteresis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hysteresis
trans_list: Hysterese
sense:
A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°.


lexentry: eng/hysteria__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hysteria
trans_list: Hysterie
sense:
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.


lexentry: eng/háček__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: háček
trans_list: Hatschek | Caron | Krönchen
sense:
(orthography, and, typography) A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead.


lexentry: eng/hübnerite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: hübnerite
trans_list: Hübnerit
sense:
(mineral) A manganese tungstate mineral that forms reddish-brown to black monoclinic prismatic submetallic crystals.


lexentry: eng/i-mutation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: i-mutation
trans_list: i-Umlaut
sense:
(linguistics) A type of sound change in which a vowel's place of articulation is raised (becomes more close) under the influence of a following /i/, /j/ or similar sound.


lexentry: eng/iBook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iBook
trans_list: iBook
sense:
(laptops) A computer of a line of lower-end laptop computers formerly manufactured by Apple Computer.


lexentry: eng/iPhone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iPhone
trans_list: iPhone
sense:
(trademark) A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.


lexentry: eng/iamb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iamb
trans_list: Jambus
sense:
(prosody) A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.


lexentry: eng/iambic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iambic
trans_list: jambisch
sense:
(prosody) Consisting of iambs (metrical feet with an unstressed-stressed pattern) or characterized by their predominance. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iambic_pentameter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iambic pentameter
trans_list: jambischer Fünfheber
sense:
A poetic meter consisting of lines with five iambic feet each, meaning the even syllables are dominant.


lexentry: eng/iatrogenic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iatrogenic
trans_list: iatrogen | iatrogenisch | durch ärztliche Behandlung verursacht
sense:
(medicine, of a disease, injury, or other adverse outcome) Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure.


lexentry: eng/ibis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibis
trans_list: Ibis
sense:
Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.


lexentry: eng/ibisbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibisbill
trans_list: Ibisschnabel
sense:
Ibidorhyncha struthersii, a species of wading bird inhabiting the shingle riverbanks of the high plateau of Central Asia and the Himalayas.


lexentry: eng/ibuprofen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ibuprofen
trans_list: Ibuprofen
sense:
(carboxylic acid, pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug.


lexentry: eng/ice_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice age
trans_list: Eiszeitalter
sense:
(scientific) A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.


lexentry: eng/ice_age__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ice age
trans_list: Eiszeit | Eiszeitalter | Glazial
sense:
(colloquial) Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).


lexentry: eng/ice_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cap
trans_list: Eiskappe
sense:
A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/ice_cave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cave
trans_list: Eishöhle
sense:
A natural cave, usually a lava tube or limestone cave, that contains significant amounts of perennial ice.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_bar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cream bar
trans_list: Eisstiel
sense:
A frozen dessert on a stick or a candy bar that has ice cream in it. The coating is usually a thin layer of chocolate.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cream cone
trans_list: Eistüte | Eiswaffel | Hörnchen | Cornet | Stanitzel
sense:
A thin, conical confection baked from crepe batter, sealed at its apex, used to hold ice cream while it is being eaten.


lexentry: eng/ice_cream_scoop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cream scoop
trans_list: Eiskugelzange | Eislöffel | Eisportionierer
sense:
A handheld scoop with a lever that helps the user dig through hard substances, most commonly cold ice cream.


lexentry: eng/ice_cube__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice cube
trans_list: Eiswürfel
sense:
Any small piece of ice used for cooling drinks, larger than crushed ice, and regardless of their shape.


lexentry: eng/ice_hole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice hole
trans_list: Eisloch
sense:
A hole in the ice of a frozen body of water, often man-made with the scope of fishing. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/ice_plant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ice plant
trans_list: Eiskraut
sense:
Any of several plants in fig marigold family, Aizoaceae, which were formerly classified in the genus Mesembryanthemum along with Mesembryanthemum crystallinum.


lexentry: eng/ice_rink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice rink
trans_list: Eisbahn
sense:
A specially frozen surface of water on which people skate or play ice hockey; the building that houses such a surface.


lexentry: eng/ice_tray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice tray
trans_list: Eiswürfelform
sense:
A household item usually in the form of a plastic or metal device with a series of indentations such that the item may be easily filled with water (or another liquid) for the purpose of being placed in a freezer, from which it will later be removed, at which point it will contain easily separable ice cubes (or frozen cubes of whatever liquid was placed in it).


lexentry: eng/ice_wine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ice wine
trans_list: Eiswein
sense:
A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.


lexentry: eng/iceberg__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iceberg
trans_list: Eisberg
sense:
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/iceberg_lettuce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iceberg lettuce
trans_list: Eisbergsalat
sense:
A lettuce cultivar (Lactuca sativa var. capitata) noted for its crunchiness; the most familiar of all lettuces sold in the United States.


lexentry: eng/icebreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icebreaker
trans_list: Eisbrecher
sense:
(watercraft) A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.


lexentry: eng/icebreaker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: icebreaker
trans_list: Kennenlernspiel
sense:
(figurative) A game, activity, humorous anecdote, etc., designed to ease tension and encourage interaction among individuals in a situation where they do not know each other well.


lexentry: eng/icehouse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icehouse
trans_list: Eiskeller | Eishaus
sense:
A deep cellar or outdoor building used for the storage of ice or snow; sometimes also used to store food at low temperature.


lexentry: eng/ichor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ichor
trans_list: Ichor
sense:
(Greek mythology) The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. [from late 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ichthyosaur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ichthyosaur
trans_list: Fischsaurier | Ichthyosaurier | Fischechse | Fischeidechse | Ichthyosaurus
sense:
Any fishlike marine reptiles of the extinct order †Ichthyosauria of the early Triassic to the late Cretaceous period, that had a body somewhat like a porpoise. [from c. 1830]


lexentry: eng/icing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icing
trans_list: Glasur | Zuckerguss
sense:
(cooking) A sweet, often creamy and thick glaze made primarily of sugar, often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, or flavorings, typically used for baked goods.


lexentry: eng/icing_on_the_cake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icing on the cake
trans_list: Sahnehäubchen | das Sahnehäubchen auf dem Kuchen | das Tüpfelchen auf dem I | die Krönung
sense:
(idiomatic) Something that intensifies the appreciation of something already good (or bad in an ironic sense depending on the context).


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icon
trans_list: Bild | Ikone
sense:
An image, symbol, picture, portrait, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.


lexentry: eng/icon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: icon
trans_list: Ikone | Icon
sense:
(religion, especially, Eastern Christianity) A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.


lexentry: eng/iconoclasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconoclasm
trans_list: Ikonoklasmus | Bildersturm | Bilderstürmerei
sense:
The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives. [1797]


lexentry: eng/iconoclast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconoclast
trans_list: Bilderstürmer | Bilderstürmerin | Ikonoklast
sense:
(historical, Christianity) One who destroys religious images or icons, especially an opponent of the Orthodox Church in the 8th and 9th centuries, or a Puritan during the European Reformation.


lexentry: eng/iconoclastic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconoclastic
trans_list: bilderstürmerisch | ikonoklastisch
sense:
Characterized by attack on established and accepted beliefs, customs, or institutions; of or pertaining to iconoclasm.


lexentry: eng/iconography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconography
trans_list: Ikonografie
sense:
A set of specified or traditional symbolic forms associated with the subject or theme of a stylized genre of art.


lexentry: eng/iconostasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: iconostasis
trans_list: Ikonostase
sense:
(Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in an Eastern Orthodox church.


lexentry: eng/icosidodecadodecahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: icosidodecadodecahedron
trans_list: Ikosidodekadodekaeder
sense:
a polyhedron having 44 faces, 60 vertices, 120 edges, 12 self intersected faces and 12 nonconvex faces


lexentry: eng/id__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: id
trans_list: Es
sense:
(psychoanalysis) The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.


lexentry: eng/ide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ide
trans_list: Aland
sense:
A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: idea
trans_list: Idee
sense:
More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/idea__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: idea
trans_list: Idee
sense:
A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/ideal__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ideal
trans_list: Ideal | ideal
sense:
(algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.


lexentry: eng/ideal_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ideal gas
trans_list: ideales Gas
sense:
(physics) a hypothetical gas, whose molecules exhibit no interaction, and undergo elastic collision with each other and with the walls of the container


lexentry: eng/ideal_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ideal number
trans_list: ideale Zahl
sense:
(number theory) An algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field.


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idealism
trans_list: Idealismus
sense:
The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idealism
trans_list: Idealisierung
sense:
The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.


lexentry: eng/idealism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idealism
trans_list: Idealismus
sense:
(philosophy) An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.


lexentry: eng/idealizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idealizer
trans_list: Idealisator
sense:
(algebra) For a ring R and an ideal m of R, the set of all u ∈ Frac(R) such that um ⊂ m, where Frac(R) is the fraction field of R.


lexentry: eng/idempotence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idempotence
trans_list: Idempotenz
sense:
(mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on the outcome; the state of being idempotent.


lexentry: eng/idempotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idempotent
trans_list: idempotent
sense:
(mathematics, computing) (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.


lexentry: eng/identical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identical
trans_list: identisch
sense:
(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.


lexentry: eng/identification__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: identification
trans_list: Identifizierung
sense:
(broadly, often) The combination of identifying (which one, which thing) and validating the identity (proving or confirming it); identifying and authenticating viewed as a unitary concept in cognition.


lexentry: eng/identification_friend_or_foe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identification friend or foe
trans_list: Freund-Feind-Erkennung
sense:
An identification system designed for command and control. It enables military and national (civilian air traffic control) interrogation systems to identify aircraft, vehicles or forces as friendly and to determine their bearing and their range from the interrogator.


lexentry: eng/identifier__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: identifier
trans_list: Identifikator | Kennzeichen
sense:
(programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.


lexentry: eng/identikit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identikit
trans_list: Phantombild
sense:
A picture of a person, reconstructed from strips showing facial features selected to match witnesses' descriptions; used by the police to build a likeness of a person sought for a crime.


lexentry: eng/identity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: identity
trans_list: Identität | Gleichheit | Nämlichkeit | Übereinstimmung
sense:
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves.


lexentry: eng/identity_element__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity element
trans_list: Identität
sense:
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element.


lexentry: eng/identity_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity function
trans_list: Identität
sense:
(mathematics) A function whose value is always the same as its independent variable, and for which the codomain equals the domain.


lexentry: eng/identity_parade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity parade
trans_list: Gegenüberstellung
sense:
(UK, Ireland, law enforcement) A process by which a witness confirms the identity of a criminal suspect, by viewing the suspect together with other people who were not involved in the crime.


lexentry: eng/identity_politics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity politics
trans_list: Gruppeninteressenpolitik | Identitätspolitik
sense:
(politics) Politics focusing on the self-interest and perspectives of people in various groupings, such as ethnicity, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.


lexentry: eng/identity_theft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: identity theft
trans_list: Identitätsdiebstahl
sense:
(law, criminology) The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.


lexentry: eng/ideogram__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ideogram
trans_list: Ideogramm
sense:
A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.


lexentry: eng/ideological__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: ideological
trans_list: ideologisch
sense:
(of a claim or idea) Irrational; supported by misinformation and social reinforcement, as opposed to credible evidence.


lexentry: eng/ideophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ideophone
trans_list: Ideophon
sense:
(part of speech) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement.


lexentry: eng/ides__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ides
trans_list: Iden
sense:
(historical, often, _, capitalized) The notional full-moon day of a Roman month, occurring on the 15th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 13th day of all other months.


lexentry: eng/idiocy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiocy
trans_list: Idiotie
sense:
(dated, psychology, now, , pejorative) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiom
trans_list: Idiom | Redensart | Ausdrucksweise | Dialekt | Mundart | Redeweise
sense:
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idiom
trans_list: Idiom | Sprache | Ausdrucksweise
sense:
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.


lexentry: eng/idiom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idiom
trans_list: Idiom | Redensart | Ausdrucksweise | Redewendung | idiomatischer Ausdruck
sense:
An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.


lexentry: eng/idiomaticity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: idiomaticity
trans_list: Idi­o­ma­ti­zi­tät
sense:
(linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).


lexentry: eng/idiophone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiophone
trans_list: Allemand
sense:
Any musical instrument that produces its sound by its own vibration (without any strings or membranes).


lexentry: eng/idiot_light__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiot light
trans_list: Signallämpchen | Warnlämpchen
sense:
(automotive, slang) Any warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver to problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.


lexentry: eng/idiotic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiotic
trans_list: idiotisch | blöd
sense:
(of a person or animal) Pertaining to or resembling an idiot; characterised with behaviour resembling idiocy.


lexentry: eng/idiotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idiotype
trans_list: Idiotyp
sense:
(immunology) A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen-binding specificity of their variable region; and thus, the resultant immunologic phenotype, which can often be specific to a person or to only a small percentage of people.


lexentry: eng/idol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idol
trans_list: Idol | Götze | Abgott
sense:
A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.


lexentry: eng/idyll__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: idyll
trans_list: Idylle | Idyll
sense:
An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.


lexentry: eng/idée_fixe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: idée fixe
trans_list: Fimmel
sense:
(psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely) , an obsession.


lexentry: eng/if_I_were_you__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if I were you
trans_list: an Ihrer Stelle | an deiner Stelle | wenn ich Sie wäre | wenn ich du wäre
sense:
A phrase said to introduce advice, i.e. to express what one would do in the interlocutor's situation.


lexentry: eng/if__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if
trans_list: wenn | ob
sense:
(computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).


lexentry: eng/if__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if
trans_list: wenn | falls
sense:
Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.


lexentry: eng/if_and_only_if__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if and only if
trans_list: dann und nur dann, wenn | genau dann, wenn
sense:
(logic, mathematics) Is equivalent to; implies and is implied by; is true and false in the same cases as.


lexentry: eng/if_anything__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if anything
trans_list: doch eher | eher | wenn überhaupt
sense:
(idiomatic) Used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied).


lexentry: eng/if_anything__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: if anything
trans_list: eigentlich | überhaupt
sense:
(idiomatic) Used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer.


lexentry: eng/if_it's_all_the_same__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone.
written_rep: if it's all the same
trans_list:
[[wenn du nichts dagegen hast|wenn du/Sie nichts dagegen hast/haben]] | [[wenn es dir nichts ausmacht|wenn es dir/Ihnen nichts ausmacht]]


lexentry: eng/if_it_ain't_broke,_don't_fix_it__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
trans_list: ist es nicht hin, mach es nicht heil | repariere nichts, was nicht kaputt ist
sense:
It is wise to leave something alone and to avoid attempting to correct, fix, or improve what is already sufficient (often with an implication that is the attempted improvement is risky and might backfire).


written_rep: if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
lexentry:
eng/if_it_looks_like_a_duck,_swims_like_a_duck,_and_quacks_like_a_duck,_then_it_probably_is_a_duck__Proverb__1

trans_list:
wenn es aussieht wie eine Ente, schwimmt wie eine Ente und quakt wie eine Ente, dann ist es wahrscheinlich eine Ente


lexentry: eng/if_my_aunt_had_balls,_she'd_be_my_uncle__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (colloquial, vulgar, humorous) It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations.
written_rep: if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
trans_list:
hätte der Hund nicht geschissen, hätte er den Hasen gefangen | wenn das Wörtchen „wenn“ nicht wär, wär mein Vater Millionär | wenn der Hund nicht geschissen hätte, hätte er den Hasen gefangen


lexentry: eng/if_only__Conjunction__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: if only
trans_list: wenn auch | wenn bloß | wenn doch nur
sense:
(idiomatic) I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.


lexentry: eng/if_the_mountain_won't_come_to_Muhammad__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
trans_list: wenn der Berg nicht zum Propheten kommt, muss der Prophet wohl zum Berge kommen
sense:
If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded to be done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.


lexentry: eng/if_the_shoe_fits,_wear_it__Proverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: if the shoe fits, wear it
trans_list: wenn du dich angesprochen fühlst
sense:
(idiom) If it works, there is not a problem using it. Often a response to being judged when using an incorrect tool.


lexentry: eng/if_you_can't_stand_the_heat,_get_out_of_the_kitchen__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
trans_list: wenn du die Hitze nicht verträgst, geh nicht in die Küche
sense:
If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it.


lexentry: eng/if_you_say_so__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: if you say so
trans_list: naja
sense:
(colloquial, dismissive) Used to convey lack of agreement together with a refusal to enter into or continue an argument.


lexentry: eng/ifs,_ands,_or_buts__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ifs, ands, or buts
trans_list: Wenn und Aber
sense:
Modifications, limitations, or addenda; qualifications of any kind; speculations about whether a particular idea or enterprise is good.


lexentry: eng/igneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: igneous
trans_list: eruptiv | vulkanisch
sense:
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.


lexentry: eng/igneous_rock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: igneous rock
trans_list: magmatisches Gestein | Erstarrungsgestein
sense:
(geology) One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive).


lexentry: eng/ignorance_is_bliss__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ignorance is bliss
sense:
A lack of knowledge or awareness about certain facts or situations results in happiness or reduced anxiety.

trans_list:
Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit | das ist das Glück der Unwissenden | was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß


lexentry: eng/iguana__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: iguana
trans_list: Leguan
sense:
(colloquial) In Africa, any large member of the genus Varanus, especially the aquatic Nile monitor (see leguan).


lexentry: eng/ijma'__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ijma'
trans_list: Idschma
sense:
(Islam) A universal consensus among fuqaha (Sunni legal scholars) on a point of law; one of the sources of Sunni jurisprudence.


lexentry: eng/ileum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ileum
trans_list: Ileum | Krummdarm
sense:
(anatomy) The last, and usually the longest, division of the small intestine; the part between the jejunum and large intestine.


lexentry: eng/ileus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ileus
trans_list: Darmverschluss
sense:
(medicine, modern usage) Disruption of the normal propulsive ability of the gastrointestinal tract, due to failure of peristalsis.


lexentry: eng/ilk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ilk
trans_list: Art | Geschlecht
sense:
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.


lexentry: eng/ilkhan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ilkhan
trans_list: Ilchan
sense:
(historical) A provincial khan (originally of the Mongol Empire), especially in Iran between the 13th and 14th centuries.


lexentry: eng/ill-advised__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ill-advised
trans_list: unklug
sense:
Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.


lexentry: eng/illegal_combatant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illegal combatant
trans_list: ungesetzlicher Kombattant
sense:
A person who engages in combat without meeting the requirements for a lawful belligerent according to the laws of war as specified in the Third Geneva Convention.


lexentry: eng/illegal_immigrant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illegal immigrant
trans_list: Illegaler | Sans-Papiers | illegale Einwandererin | illegaler Einwanderer
sense:
(sometimes, offensive) Someone who has immigrated into a country by bypassing customs and immigration controls.


lexentry: eng/illegal_immigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illegal immigration
trans_list: illegale Einwanderung
sense:
The migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destined country.


lexentry: eng/illegibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illegibility
trans_list: Unlesbarkeit
sense:
The characteristic or quality of being illegible; the quality of being difficult or impossible to read.


lexentry: eng/illiquidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illiquidity
trans_list: Illiquidität | Zahlungsunfähigkeit
sense:
(economics) The condition of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset


lexentry: eng/illite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illite
trans_list: Illit
sense:
(mineral) A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.


lexentry: eng/illiterate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: illiterate
trans_list: ungebildet | ungelehrt
sense:
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.


lexentry: eng/illocution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: illocution
trans_list: Illokution
sense:
(linguistics) The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.


lexentry: eng/illocution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: illocution
trans_list: Illokution
sense:
(Ithkuil, linguistics) A type of speech act being made by a speaker, i.e., the purpose of the statement in terms of how the addressee is to interpret either its truth-value, or its requirements and demands upon the speaker in terms of a physical or psychological response.


lexentry: eng/illustrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: illustrate
trans_list: illustrieren
sense:
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.


lexentry: eng/illustration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: illustration
trans_list: Illustration
sense:
Something which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.


lexentry: eng/ilmenite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ilmenite
trans_list: Ilmenit
sense:
(mineral) A weakly magnetic dark gray mineral found in metamorphic and igneous rocks; it is a mixed oxide of iron and titanium, FeTiO3


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: image
trans_list: Bild | Image | Speicherabbild
sense:
(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)


lexentry: eng/image__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: image
trans_list: Erscheinungsbild | Image
sense:
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.


lexentry: eng/image_processing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: image processing
trans_list: Bildverarbeitung
sense:
Any form of information processing whose input and output are both images, such as photographs or frames of video.


lexentry: eng/imageboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imageboard
trans_list: Imageboard
sense:
(Internet) A type of message board that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.


lexentry: eng/imagery__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: imagery
trans_list: Bildersprache
sense:
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.


lexentry: eng/imaginary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: imaginary
trans_list: imaginär
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of \sqrt{-1} (called imaginary unit).


lexentry: eng/imaginary_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imaginary number
trans_list: imaginäre Zahl | rein imaginäre Zahl
sense:
(complex analysis, strict sense) A number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit.


lexentry: eng/imaginary_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imaginary unit
trans_list: imaginäre Einheit
sense:
(number theory, complex analysis, quaternion theory) An imaginary number (in the case of complex numbers, usually denoted i) that is defined as a solution to the equation x^2 = -1.


lexentry: eng/imagination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imagination
trans_list: Fantasie | Vorstellungskraft | Einbildungskraft | Imagination
sense:
The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images.


lexentry: eng/imam__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: imam
trans_list: Imam
sense:
(usually capitalized) A Shi'ite Muslim leader descended from the prophet Muhammad and functioning as his spiritual successor.


lexentry: eng/imbecile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imbecile
trans_list: Behinderter | Zurückgebliebener
sense:
(obsolete) A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.


lexentry: eng/imbue__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: imbue
trans_list: durchdringen
sense:
In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.


lexentry: eng/imide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imide
trans_list: Imid
sense:
(organic chemistry) a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2


lexentry: eng/immanence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: immanence
trans_list: Immanenz
sense:
(philosophy, metaphysics, theology) The concept of the presence of deity in and throughout the real world; the idea that God is everywhere and in everything. Contrast transcendence.


lexentry: eng/immersion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: immersion
trans_list: Immersion | Untertauchen
sense:
(astronomy) The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.


lexentry: eng/immersion_blender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immersion blender
trans_list: Stabmixer | Pürierstab
sense:
A long, electric, hand-held tool with sharp blades at the end, designed for immersion into food to mash or liquefy it.


lexentry: eng/immersion_heater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immersion heater
trans_list: Tauchsieder
sense:
A device for supplying domestic hot water in which a thermostatically-controlled heating element is immersed within a tank of water


lexentry: eng/immigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immigration
trans_list: Einwanderung | Immigration
sense:
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country of which one is not native born for the purpose of permanent residence.


lexentry: eng/immiserization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immiserization
trans_list: Verelendung
sense:
The process of making miserable or poor, especially of a population as a whole; impoverishment, pauperization.


lexentry: eng/immobiliser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immobiliser
trans_list: Wegfahrsperre
sense:
An electronic security device fitted to an automobile that prevents the engine from running unless the correct key (or other token) is present.


lexentry: eng/immoral__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immoral
trans_list: unmoralisch | sittenwidrig | verwerflich
sense:
Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.)


lexentry: eng/immune_complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immune complex
trans_list: Antigen-Antikörper-Komplex | Immunkomplex
sense:
(biochemistry, immunology) A molecule formed from the integral binding of an antibody to a soluble antigen; an antigen-antibody complex.


lexentry: eng/immune_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immune system
trans_list: Immunsystem
sense:
(anatomy, immunology) The system that differentiates self from non-self and protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing an immune response. It includes organs such as the thymus, the spleen and lymph nodes; tissue such as bone marrow, and lymphoid tissues such as the tonsils; cells such as lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and cell products such as antibodies.


lexentry: eng/immunochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunochemistry
trans_list: Immunochemie
sense:
(chemistry, immunology) The study of the structure of antibody molecules (immunoglobulins) and of their ability to bind with antigens of diverse chemical structure.


lexentry: eng/immunoglobulin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunoglobulin
trans_list: Immunglobulin
sense:
(protein, immunology) Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody.


lexentry: eng/immunosuppression__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunosuppression
trans_list: Immunsuppression
sense:
(immunology, medicine) The suppression of the immune response, especially its active medical suppression by human agency (via immunosuppressant drugs) to treat autoimmune diseases or to prevent allograft rejection after transplant.


lexentry: eng/immunosuppressive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunosuppressive
trans_list: Immunsuppressivum
sense:
(pharmaceutical effect, immunology) Having the capability to suppress the immune system, capable of immunosuppression.


lexentry: eng/immunotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunotherapy
trans_list: Immuntherapie
sense:
(immunology) The treatment of disease (especially cancers and autoimmune diseases) by adjusting the body's immune response.


lexentry: eng/immunotherapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immunotherapy
trans_list: Immuntherapie
sense:
(immunology, oncology) The treatment of cancer by improving the ability of the host to reject a tumour immunologically: cancer immunotherapy.


lexentry: eng/immure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immure
trans_list: einkerkern | einsperren
sense:
(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.


lexentry: eng/immurement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: immurement
trans_list: Einmauerung
sense:
Capital punishment, human sacrifice or life imprisonment by entombing for life or sealing behind walls.


lexentry: eng/imp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imp
trans_list: Kobold | Teufelchen
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/impact__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impact
trans_list: kollidieren | einschlagen | zusammenstossen
sense:
(transitive, figurative, proscribed) To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.


lexentry: eng/impact_crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impact crater
trans_list: Einschlagkrater | Impaktkrater
sense:
(geology, astronomy) A crater formed from a hypervelocity impact, typically of a meteorite, as opposed to one formed by other means such as vulcanism.


lexentry: eng/impaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: impaction
trans_list: Einschließung
sense:
(dentistry) Failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor.


lexentry: eng/impala__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impala
trans_list: Impala
sense:
An African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, noted for its leaping ability; the male has ridged, curved horns.


lexentry: eng/imparisyllabic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imparisyllabic
trans_list: ungleichsilbig
sense:
Not having the same number of syllables in all its inflections (especially of Greek or Latin nouns); for example, the Latin word pars, which has the genitive form partis.


lexentry: eng/impatience__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impatience
trans_list: Ungeduld
sense:
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.


lexentry: eng/impeach__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: impeach
trans_list: die Glaubwürdigkeit anzweifeln
sense:
(legal) To demonstrate in court that a testimony under oath contradicts another testimony from the same person, usually one taken during deposition.


lexentry: eng/impeachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impeachment
sense:
(countable, law, Britain) An accusation that a person has committed a crime against the state, such as treason.

trans_list:
Anklage wegen Landesverrats | Anklage wegen eines Staatsschutzdelikts | Beschuldigung des Landesverrats


lexentry: eng/impeachment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impeachment
trans_list: Amtsenthebungsverfahren | Amtsenthebung | Impeachment
sense:
(countable, law, chiefly, US) The act of impeaching or charging a public official with misconduct, especially if serious, often with the aim of having the official dismissed from office.


lexentry: eng/impedance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impedance
trans_list: Impedanz
sense:
(physics) A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.


lexentry: eng/imperative_mood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperative mood
trans_list: Imperativ | Befehlsform
sense:
(grammar) The grammatical mood generally expressing a command, though also used to express a request or permission.


lexentry: eng/imperfection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperfection
trans_list: Unvollkommenheit
sense:
(uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.


lexentry: eng/imperfective_aspect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperfective aspect
trans_list: Imperfektum
sense:
(grammar) A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.


lexentry: eng/imperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperialism
trans_list: Imperialismus
sense:
The policy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.


lexentry: eng/impersonal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impersonal
trans_list: unpersönlich
sense:
(grammar, of a verb or other word) Not having a subject, or having a third person pronoun without an antecedent.


lexentry: eng/impersonal_verb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impersonal verb
trans_list: impersonales Verb | unpersönliches Verb | unpersönliches Zeitwort
sense:
(linguistics) A verb used only in the infinitive or in the third person. In the third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.


lexentry: eng/impersonate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impersonate
trans_list: nachahmen | sich ausgeben als | verkörpern
sense:
(transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of, especially when there is an intent to deceive.


lexentry: eng/impertinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
written_rep: impertinence
trans_list:
Belanglosigkeit | Irrelevanz | Unbedeutendheit | Unbedeutsamkeit | Unerheblichkeit | Unmaßgeblichkeit


lexentry: eng/imperturbable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imperturbable
trans_list: unerschütterlich | unbeirrt
sense:
Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.


lexentry: eng/impetigo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impetigo
trans_list: Impetigo | Blasengrind | Eiterflechte | Eitergrind | Schleppe | Schleppeiter
sense:
(pathology) A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.


lexentry: eng/implant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: implant
trans_list: Implantat
sense:
(medicine) Anything surgically implanted in the body, such as a tissue graft or prosthesis, particularly breast implants.


lexentry: eng/implementation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: implementation
trans_list: Implementierung
sense:
The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.


lexentry: eng/implication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: implication
trans_list: Andeutung
sense:
(countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.


lexentry: eng/implicit_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: implicit function
trans_list: implizite Funktion
sense:
(analysis, algebraic geometry) A function defined by a (multivariable) implicit equation when one of the variables is regarded as the value of the function, especially where said equation is such that the value is not directly calculable from the other variables.


lexentry: eng/impluvium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impluvium
trans_list: Impluvium
sense:
(architecture) A low basin in the center of a household atrium, into which rainwater flowed down from the roof through the compluvium.


lexentry: eng/imply__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imply
trans_list: implizieren | bedeuten | sagen wollen | zur Folge haben
sense:
(transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.


lexentry: eng/impose__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impose
trans_list: auferlegen | aufzwingen
sense:
To apply, enforce, or establish (something, often regarded as burdensome as a restriction or tax: see sense 1.2.1) with authority.


lexentry: eng/impose__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impose
trans_list: auferlegen
sense:
To encroach or intrude, especially in a manner regarded as unfair or unwarranted; to presume, to take advantage of; also, to be a burden or inconvenience.


lexentry: eng/imposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: imposition
trans_list: Handauflegen
sense:
(religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.


lexentry: eng/impostor_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impostor syndrome
sense:
(psychology) A psychological phenomenon in which a person is unable to internalize their accomplishments, remaining convinced that they do not deserve any accompanying success.

trans_list:
Betrüger-Phänomen | Hochstapler-Syndrom | Impostor-Phänomen | Impostor-Syndrom | Mogelpackungs-Syndrom


lexentry: eng/imposture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imposture
trans_list: Gauner
sense:
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition


lexentry: eng/impotent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impotent
trans_list: impotent
sense:
Incapable of sexual intercourse, often because of an inability to achieve or sustain an erection, having impotentia coeundi.


lexentry: eng/imprecation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprecation
trans_list: Verwünschung
sense:
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.


lexentry: eng/impregnable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impregnable
trans_list: uneinnehmbar | sturmfrei | unangreifbar | unbezwingbar
sense:
(military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impressionism
trans_list: Impressionismus
sense:
(arts) An art movement characterized by visible brushstrokes, ordinary subject matter, and an emphasis on light and its changing qualities.


lexentry: eng/impressionism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impressionism
trans_list: Impressionismus
sense:
(music genre) A style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer.


lexentry: eng/impressionistic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: impressionistic
trans_list: impressionistisch
sense:
Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.


lexentry: eng/impromptu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impromptu
trans_list: Impromptu
sense:
(music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.


lexentry: eng/improper_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: improper fraction
trans_list: unechter Bruch
sense:
(arithmetic) A vulgar fraction of which the numerator has a greater magnitude than the denominator, such as 3/2.


lexentry: eng/improvement__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: improvement
trans_list: Verbesserung
sense:
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.


lexentry: eng/improvise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: improvise
trans_list: improvisieren
sense:
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.


lexentry: eng/improvised_explosive_device__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: improvised explosive device
trans_list: unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung
sense:
An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerrillas, commandos or terrorists.


lexentry: eng/imprudence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprudence
trans_list: Leichtsinn | Nachlässigkeit
sense:
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.


lexentry: eng/imprudent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: imprudent
trans_list: unklug | unbedacht
sense:
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.


lexentry: eng/impugn__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impugn
trans_list: bestreiten | anfechten | angreifen | in Zweifel ziehen | infrage stellen | widersprechen
sense:
(transitive) To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.


lexentry: eng/impulsive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impulsive
trans_list: impulsiv
sense:
Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.


lexentry: eng/impunity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: impunity
trans_list: Straflosigkeit | Straffreiheit
sense:
(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.


lexentry: eng/impurity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: impurity
trans_list: Unreinheit | Verunreinigung
sense:
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.


lexentry: eng/imputation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: imputation
trans_list: Unterstellung | Beschuldigung
sense:
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.


lexentry: eng/in-goal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in-goal
trans_list: Torraum
sense:
(rugby) a part of the playing area between each goal line and the corresponding dead ball line where players can score a try


lexentry: eng/in__Adverb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: in
trans_list: herein | hinein
sense:
(in combination, after a verb) Denotes a gathering of people assembled for the stated activity, sometimes, though not always, suggesting a protest.


lexentry: eng/in_a_word__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in a word
trans_list: mit ein Wort
sense:
(abbreviative action or effect): In summarization: briefly, concisely, summarily, in short; to sum up


lexentry: eng/in_black_and_white__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in black and white
trans_list: schwarz auf weiß
sense:
(idiomatic) Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.


lexentry: eng/in_cold_blood__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in cold blood
trans_list: kaltblütig
sense:
(idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.


lexentry: eng/in_for_a_penny,_in_for_a_pound__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in for a penny, in for a pound
trans_list: wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen | wenn schon, denn schon
sense:
(chiefly, British) Expressing that, having begun something (that involves significant risk or effort), one intends to see it to completion rather than stopping short.


lexentry: eng/in_layman's_terms__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in layman's terms
trans_list: allgemeinverständlich | auf eine für Laien verständliche Weise
sense:
(idiomatic) Phrased simply, without jargon; (of English-language speech or writing) phrased in plain English.


lexentry: eng/in_living_memory__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in living memory
trans_list: seit Menschengedenken
sense:
(idiomatic) In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.


lexentry: eng/in_memoriam__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: In memory (of); as a memorial.
written_rep: in memoriam
trans_list:
im Andenken (an) | im Gedenken (an) | in Memoriam | in memoriam | zum Gedächtnis (an or + genitive) | zur Erinnerung (an or + genitive)


lexentry: eng/in_my_humble_opinion__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in my humble opinion
trans_list: meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach
sense:
Used to introduce or qualify a statement, as expressing one's own view, not one backed by external authority or to be accepted without question


lexentry: eng/in_no_uncertain_terms__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in no uncertain terms
trans_list: frank und frei
sense:
(idiomatic, of a statement, especially a threat or admonishment) Definitely, clearly; bluntly, forthrightly; explicitly, categorically, unequivocally.


lexentry: eng/in_other_words__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in other words
trans_list: mit anderen Worten
sense:
(conjunctive, idiomatic) Stated or interpreted another way; Used to introduce an explanation, simplification, or clarification.


lexentry: eng/in_power__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in power
trans_list: an der Macht
sense:
(politics) Currently ruling; being the present controlling authority, as of a government or country.


lexentry: eng/in_the_act__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the act
trans_list: auf frischer Tat
sense:
(idiomatic) In the process of doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.


lexentry: eng/in_the_blink_of_an_eye__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) Immediately, instantaneously.
written_rep: in the blink of an eye
trans_list:
im Augenblick | im Handumdrehen | in einem Augenblick | in einem Augenschlag | von einem Augenblick auf den anderen | von einem Augenblick zum anderen


lexentry: eng/in_the_cold_light_of_day__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the cold light of day
trans_list: nüchtern betrachtet
sense:
(figurative) Viewed calmly and dispassionately after allowing emotions to cool or after having sobered up.


lexentry: eng/in_the_dark__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: in the dark
trans_list: im Dunkeln
sense:
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in,‎ the,‎ dark; without light, somewhere that is dark.


lexentry: eng/in_the_land_of_the_blind,_the_one-eyed_man_is_king__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
trans_list: unter den Blinden ist der Einäugige König
sense:
Even someone with limited abilities or opportunities is dominant over, and considered special by, those who have even fewer abilities and opportunities; the value of any ability depends on its prevalence.


lexentry: eng/in_the_middle_of__Preposition__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in the middle of
trans_list: beim | dabei | im Verfahren
sense:
(often followed by the -ing form of a verb) Engaged in, but not finished with, often with something unpleasant.


lexentry: eng/in_the_offing__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in the offing
trans_list: in Aussicht
sense:
(figurative) Soon to come; likely to happen; in the foreseeable future; projected to occur; on the horizon; in the wind.


lexentry: eng/in_turn__Prepositional_phrase__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: in turn
trans_list: wiederum
sense:
Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy.


lexentry: eng/in_vain__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: in vain
trans_list: eitel | lästerlich | missbräuchlich | respektlos
sense:
(idiomatic) In a disrespectful manner, without honoring the proper meaning; insincerely or without proper respect.


lexentry: eng/in_vitro_fertilization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in vitro fertilization
trans_list: In-vitro-Fertilisation
sense:
(medicine) The fertilization of an ovum by sperm outside of a woman's body; normally used as a treatment for infertility.


lexentry: eng/in_wine,_there_is_truth__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: in wine, there is truth
trans_list: im Wein liegt die Wahrheit
sense:
Statements made or expressed under the influence of alcohol reveal true beliefs that are not expressed when sober.


lexentry: eng/inanimacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inanimacy
trans_list: Unbelebtheit
sense:
(linguistics) In some languages, the classification of entities as nonsentient or nonliving, influencing various aspects of structure and use.


lexentry: eng/inanition__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inanition
trans_list: Entkräftung
sense:
(medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food, or water or a physiological inability to utilize them, with resulting weakness.


lexentry: eng/inanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inanity
trans_list: Belanglosigkeit | Inanität | Sinnfreiheit
sense:
(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.


lexentry: eng/inaugurate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inaugurate
trans_list: einführen | vereidigen
sense:
To initiate or usher in (something, as a (significant) course of action, development, organization, or period of time) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner; also (loosely) , to begin or commence (something); to start.


lexentry: eng/inauguration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inauguration
trans_list: Inauguration | Amtseinführung
sense:
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.


lexentry: eng/inbox__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inbox
trans_list: Posteingang | Inbox
sense:
(computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.


lexentry: eng/inbreeding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inbreeding
trans_list: Inzucht
sense:
(biology) Breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.


lexentry: eng/incarnate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incarnate
trans_list: fleischgeworden | inkarnat
sense:
(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.


lexentry: eng/incel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incel
trans_list: Incel
sense:
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.


lexentry: eng/incense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incense
trans_list: Weihrauch | Räuchwerk
sense:
Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.


lexentry: eng/incest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incest
trans_list: Inzest | Blutschande
sense:
Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.


lexentry: eng/inch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inch
trans_list: Zoll
sense:
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.


lexentry: eng/incidence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: incidence
trans_list: Inzidenz
sense:
(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.


lexentry: eng/incident__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incident
trans_list: Zwischenfall | Vorfall | Ereignis | Geschehnis | Vorkommnis | Affäre
sense:
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.


lexentry: eng/incision__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incision
trans_list: Einschnitt
sense:
A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.


lexentry: eng/incisor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incisor
trans_list: Schneidezahn
sense:
(anatomy, zootomy) A narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth of mammals, between the canines and adapted for cutting; in humans there are four in each jaw.


lexentry: eng/incline__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incline
trans_list: neigen
sense:
(transitive) To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.


lexentry: eng/incline__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: incline
trans_list: neigen
sense:
(mostly, intransitive, mostly, in the passive) To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.


lexentry: eng/inclined_plane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inclined plane
trans_list: schiefe Ebene
sense:
(mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.


lexentry: eng/inclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inclusion
trans_list: Einschluss
sense:
(countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.


lexentry: eng/inclusive_or__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inclusive or
trans_list: inklusives Oder
sense:
(logic, computing) A logical connective joining two or more predicates that yields the logical value "true" when at least one of the predicates is true.


lexentry: eng/income_statement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: income statement
trans_list: Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung
sense:
(accounting) A calculation which shows the profit or loss of an accounting unit (company, municipality, foundation etc.) during a specific period of time, providing a summary of how the profit or loss is calculated from gross revenue and expenses.


lexentry: eng/incomer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incomer
trans_list: Immigrant
sense:
An outsider who moves to a community or a place; (used by those who consider themselves to be its original inhabitants).


lexentry: eng/incommunicado__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incommunicado
trans_list: isoliert | von der Außenwelt abgeschnitten
sense:
In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness.


lexentry: eng/incompatible__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incompatible
trans_list: inkompatibel | unvereinbar
sense:
Of two things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.


lexentry: eng/incomplete_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incomplete sentence
trans_list: unvollständiger Satz
sense:
(grammar) A group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought.


lexentry: eng/inconclusive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
written_rep: inconclusive
trans_list:
aussagefähig | aussagekräftig | erlauben keine eindeutige Schlussfolgerung | lassen nicht den Schluss zu …


lexentry: eng/inconsolable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inconsolable
trans_list: untröstlich
sense:
Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.


lexentry: eng/incontinence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incontinence
trans_list: Inkontinenz | Hemmungslosigkeit | Zügellosigkeit
sense:
(urology) The inability of any of the physical organs to restrain discharges of their contents; involuntary discharge or evacuation (of urine or feces).


lexentry: eng/incontinent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incontinent
trans_list: inkontinent
sense:
Plagued by incontinence; unable to retain natural discharges or evacuations, most commonly of urine or feces.


lexentry: eng/incorporate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: incorporate
trans_list: hinzufügen | beinhalten | enthalten
sense:
(US, legal) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).


lexentry: eng/incredulity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incredulity
trans_list: Ungläubigkeit
sense:
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.


lexentry: eng/increment__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: increment
trans_list: Inkrement
sense:
(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.


lexentry: eng/incubate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubate
trans_list: ausbrüten
sense:
(transitive) To brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.


lexentry: eng/incubation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubation
trans_list: Bebrütung
sense:
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.


lexentry: eng/incubation_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubation period
trans_list: Incubationsdauer | Incubationsstadium | Inkubationszeit
sense:
(epidemiology) The time elapsed between an exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical or radiation, and the appearance of signs and symptoms.


lexentry: eng/incubus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incubus
trans_list: Inkubus
sense:
(medieval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: amtierend
sense:
(zoology) Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology) , of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: amtierend
sense:
Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete) , of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: Pflicht | obliegend | obligatorisch
sense:
Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: Amtsinhaber | Inhaber | Stelleninhaber
sense:
The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.


lexentry: eng/incumbent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: incumbent
trans_list: Marktführer | Platzhirsch
sense:
(business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.


lexentry: eng/incur__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: incur
trans_list: Haftung | anrechnen | haftbar | heranziehen | zufügen | zurechnen
sense:
(transitive) To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.


lexentry: eng/indecent_exposure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indecent exposure
trans_list: Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses
sense:
(legal) The crime of intentionally exposing one's genitalia in public; in some cases also including the act of public urination and defecation.


lexentry: eng/indefinite__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indefinite
trans_list: unbestimmt | unentschieden | unklar | unsicher | vage
sense:
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.


lexentry: eng/indefinite_article__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indefinite article
trans_list: unbestimmter Artikel
sense:
(grammar) A word preceding a noun to indicate that the noun refers to any member of the class of objects named by the noun.


lexentry: eng/indemnity__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indemnity
trans_list: Indemnität | Schadloshaltung
sense:
(insurance) A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.


lexentry: eng/indent__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: indent
trans_list: einwilligen
sense:
(intransitive, reflexive, obsolete) To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.


lexentry: eng/indent__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indent
trans_list: einrücken
sense:
(typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.


lexentry: eng/indentation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: indentation
trans_list: Einrückung | Einzug
sense:
(typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: Arbeitsvertrag | Ausbildungsvertrag | Kontrakt | Lehrbrief | Vertrag
sense:
(legal) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).


lexentry: eng/indenture__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indenture
trans_list: Arbeitsvertrag | Ausbildungsvertrag | Kontrakt | Lehrbrief | Vertrag
sense:
(legal) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.


lexentry: eng/indentured_servant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indentured servant
trans_list: Schuldknecht | Vertragsknecht
sense:
(chiefly, historical) A debt bondage worker who is under contract of an employer for a specified period of time, in exchange for transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging, and other necessities.


lexentry: eng/independence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence
trans_list: Unabhängigkeit | Selbständigkeit
sense:
The quality or state of being independent; lack of dependence; the state of not being reliant on, or controlled by, others.


lexentry: eng/independence_day__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: independence day
trans_list: Unabhängigkeitstag
sense:
An annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood.


lexentry: eng/independentist__Noun__1
written_rep: independentist
trans_list:
Unabhängigkeitskämpfer | Unabhängigkeitskämpferin | Unabhängigkeitsbefürworter | Unabhängigkeitsbefürworterin


lexentry: eng/indeterminate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indeterminate
trans_list: Unbestimmte
sense:
(algebra, strict sense) A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;(loose sense) a variable.


lexentry: eng/index__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: index
trans_list: indizieren
sense:
(chiefly, economics) To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.


lexentry: eng/index_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: index card
trans_list: Karteikarte
sense:
A piece of heavy paper stock used to record information to be stored in a card index or to supply the copy (content) from which to generate a book index.


lexentry: eng/index_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: index case
trans_list: Indexpatient
sense:
(epidemiology) The first documented case in a disease epidemic within a population or the first case of interest in an epidemiological investigation: the case of patient zero (the index patient).


lexentry: eng/indicator__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indicator
trans_list: Blinker | Fahrtrichtungsanzeiger | Blinklicht | Blinkleuchte
sense:
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, automotive ) A turn signal; each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made to left or right, or a lane change etc.


lexentry: eng/indict__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indict
trans_list: anklagen | beschuldigen
sense:
(legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.


lexentry: eng/indictable_offence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indictable offence
trans_list: Verbrechen
sense:
(legal, British, Canadian, Australian, Hong Kong) An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.


lexentry: eng/indiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indiction
trans_list: Indiktion
sense:
(historical) A fiscal period of fifteen years, instituted by Constantine in 313 C.E. (but counting from 1st September 312), used throughout the Middle Ages as a way of dating events, documents etc.


lexentry: eng/indictment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indictment
trans_list: Anklageschrift
sense:
(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned; bill of indictment. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/indigenous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigenous
trans_list: indigen | einheimisch | eingeboren | inländisch
sense:
In particular, of or relating to a people (or their language or culture) that inhabited a region prior to the arrival of people of other cultures which became dominant (e.g., through colonialism), and which maintains a distinct culture.


lexentry: eng/indigestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indigestion
trans_list: Verdauungsstörung
sense:
(pathology) A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly.


lexentry: eng/indigo__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: indigo
trans_list: Indigo
sense:
An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.


lexentry: eng/indirect_free_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indirect free kick
trans_list: indirekter Freistoß
sense:
(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored only after the ball has been played by at least one other player


lexentry: eng/indirect_object__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indirect object
trans_list: Dativobjekt | indirektes Objekt
sense:
(grammar) A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.


lexentry: eng/indispensable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indispensable
trans_list: ausnahmlos | grundsätzlich | unverzichtbar
sense:
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) Not admitting ecclesiastical dispensation; not subject to release or exemption; that cannot be allowed by bending the canonical rules. [16th–17th c.]


lexentry: eng/indistinguishable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indistinguishable
trans_list: ununterscheidbar, unauffällig
sense:
Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct


lexentry: eng/individual_pursuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: individual pursuit
trans_list: Einerverfolgung
sense:
(cycle racing) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing cyclists start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponent, or get a faster time over a pre-decided distance.


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: individualism
trans_list: Individualismus
sense:
The tendency for a person to act without reference to others, particularly in matters of style, fashion or mode of thought.


lexentry: eng/individualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: individualism
trans_list: Individualismus
sense:
The moral stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that promotes independence and self-reliance of individual people, while opposing the interference with each person's choices by society, the state, or any other group or institution.


lexentry: eng/individuality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: individuality
trans_list: Eigensucht
sense:
(uncountable) The characteristics that contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.


lexentry: eng/indole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indole
trans_list: Indol
sense:
(organic compound) An organic compound, C8H7N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.


lexentry: eng/induce__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: induce
trans_list: induzieren
sense:
(physics) To cause or produce (electric current or a magnetic state) by a physical process of induction.


lexentry: eng/inductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inductance
trans_list: Induktivität
sense:
(physics) The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/induction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: induction
trans_list: Induktion | Einführung
sense:
(embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.


lexentry: eng/inductive_reasoning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inductive reasoning
trans_list: Induktion
sense:
The process of making inferences based upon observed patterns, or simple repetition. Often used in reference to predictions about what will happen or does happen, based upon what has happened.


lexentry: eng/indulgence__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: indulgence
trans_list: Ablass
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution.


lexentry: eng/indulgent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: indulgent
trans_list: nachsichtig | nachgiebig | ausgelassen | duldsam | gutmütig | mild
sense:
Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;


lexentry: eng/industrial_action__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial action
trans_list: Arbeitskampf
sense:
(chiefly, UK, Irish, labor) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.


lexentry: eng/industrial_design_right__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial design right
trans_list: Geschmacksmuster
sense:
(law) an intellectual property right that protects the visual design of objects that are not purely utilitarian


lexentry: eng/industrial_peace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial peace
trans_list: Arbeitsfrieden
sense:
A state in industrial relations in which both employer and employees abstain from industrial action, such as strikes and lockouts.


lexentry: eng/industrial_strength__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrial strength
trans_list: Industrie
sense:
Made for use by businesses or manufacturers, as opposed to home consumers, and therefore typically larger, stronger, more difficult to operate, and less attractive in appearance.


lexentry: eng/industrialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrialism
trans_list: Industrialismus
sense:
The socioeconomic system based upon the industrial production of manufactured goods, rather than on agriculture.


lexentry: eng/industrialization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: industrialization
trans_list: Industrialisierung
sense:
A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.


lexentry: eng/inebriate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inebriate
trans_list: berauschen
sense:
(transitive, figurative) To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.


lexentry: eng/inequality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inequality
trans_list: Ungleichung
sense:
(mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.


lexentry: eng/inert_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inert gas
trans_list: Inertgas
sense:
(chemistry) A gas which does not undergo chemical reactions or does so only under rare circumstances.


lexentry: eng/inertia__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inertia
trans_list: Reglosigkeit | Schwerfälligkeit | Trägheit
sense:
(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.


lexentry: eng/inertial_frame_of_reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inertial frame of reference
trans_list: Inertialsystem
sense:
(physics) A frame of reference that is stationary relative to a body moving at constant velocity and on which no force is being exerted.


lexentry: eng/inexpedient__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inexpedient
trans_list: unzweckmäßig
sense:
Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; unsuitable to time and place


lexentry: eng/infamous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infamous
trans_list: berüchtigt | anrüchig | verrufen | entehrend | berühmt-berüchtigt | ehrlos
sense:
Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.


lexentry: eng/infant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infant
trans_list: Kind | Säugling | Baby | Kleinkind | Kriechling | Wickelkind
sense:
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.


lexentry: eng/infant_formula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infant formula
trans_list: Säuglingsanfangsnahrung
sense:
A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.


lexentry: eng/infante__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infante
trans_list: Infant
sense:
(historical) Any son of the king of Spain or Portugal, sometimes except the eldest or heir apparent.


lexentry: eng/infanticide__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infanticide
trans_list: Kindesmord | Kindermord | Filizid | Infantizid | Kindestötung | Kindsmord
sense:
(law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.


lexentry: eng/infantilism__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infantilism
trans_list: Infantilismus
sense:
(sexuality) A paraphilia based on acting like a baby or toddler, sometimes involving being diapered.


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: Infanterie
sense:
Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).


lexentry: eng/infantry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infantry
trans_list: Infanterie
sense:
(uncountable) The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.


lexentry: eng/infantry_fighting_vehicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infantry fighting vehicle
trans_list: SPz | Schützenpanzer
sense:
(military) An armoured combat vehicle designed to carry infantry soldiers and provide fire support for them.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infect
trans_list: anstecken | infizieren
sense:
(transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.


lexentry: eng/infect__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: infect
trans_list: anstecken | infizieren
sense:
(transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.


lexentry: eng/infectious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infectious
trans_list: infektiös
sense:
(pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).


lexentry: eng/infectious_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infectious disease
trans_list: Infektionskrankheit
sense:
(medicine) An illness caused by a specific infectious agent (bacterium, virus, fungus, protozoa, prion etc.), that results from transmission of that agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host.


lexentry: eng/infer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infer
trans_list: folgern | schließen | schlussfolgern | Schlüsse ziehen
sense:
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/inferable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inferable
trans_list: ableitbar
sense:
That may be inferred or drawn as a conclusion; deducible; that may be put together from previous knowledge and current evidence.


lexentry: eng/inference__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inference
trans_list: Conclusio | Folgerung | Konklusion | Schlussfolgerung | Schlusssatz
sense:
(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.


lexentry: eng/infestation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infestation
trans_list: Befall | Infestation
sense:
The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.


lexentry: eng/infidelity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infidelity
trans_list: Untreue
sense:
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate (sexual or romantic) relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.


lexentry: eng/infield__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: infield
trans_list: Innenfeld
sense:
(baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.


lexentry: eng/infield__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: infield
trans_list: Innenfeld
sense:
(cricket) The region of the field roughly bounded by the wicket keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.


lexentry: eng/infiltrate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infiltrate
trans_list: Infiltrat
sense:
(pathology) Any undesirable substance or group of cells that has made its way into part of the body.


lexentry: eng/infiltration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infiltration
trans_list: Infiltration
sense:
The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.


lexentry: eng/infimum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infimum
trans_list: Infimum
sense:
(mathematics) (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.


lexentry: eng/infinitesimal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infinitesimal
trans_list: infinitesimal
sense:
(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).


lexentry: eng/infinitive__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infinitive
trans_list: Infinitiv
sense:
(grammar) A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.


lexentry: eng/infinity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: infinity
trans_list: Unendlichkeit
sense:
(uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.


lexentry: eng/infix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infix
trans_list: Infix
sense:
(some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise, _, dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.


lexentry: eng/inflame__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inflame
trans_list: anregen
sense:
(transitive, figuratively) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.


lexentry: eng/inflame__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inflame
trans_list: aufpeitschen | aufregen | erzürnen
sense:
(transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.


lexentry: eng/inflammation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inflammation
trans_list: Entzündung
sense:
(pathology) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: Inflation | Aufblasen | Aufblähung
sense:
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: Inflation | Geldentwertung
sense:
(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.


lexentry: eng/inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inflation
trans_list: Inflation
sense:
(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.


lexentry: eng/inflection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflection
trans_list: Flexion | Beugung | Biegung
sense:
(grammar, uncountable) The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.


lexentry: eng/inflorescence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inflorescence
trans_list: Blütenstand | Infloreszenz
sense:
(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: Einfluss
sense:
The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.


lexentry: eng/influence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: influence
trans_list: Einfluss
sense:
(astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.


lexentry: eng/influence__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influence
trans_list: beeinflussen
sense:
(transitive) To have an effect on by using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.


lexentry: eng/influencer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: influencer
trans_list: Influencer | Influencerin | Influenzer | Influenzerin
sense:
(social media, marketing) A person who is able to influence consumption, lifestyle, or political preferences of their online audience by creating or engaging social media content, often as a part of a marketing campaign.


lexentry: eng/influenza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: influenza
trans_list: Grippe | Influenza
sense:
(disease) An acute contagious disease of the upper airways and lungs, caused by a virus, which rapidly spreads around the world in seasonal epidemics.


lexentry: eng/infomercial__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infomercial
trans_list: Infomercial
sense:
A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.


lexentry: eng/inform__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inform
trans_list: informieren | benachrichtigen | mitteilen | Bescheid sagen
sense:
(transitive) To give form or character to; to inspire (with a given quality); to affect, influence (with a pervading principle, idea etc.).


lexentry: eng/informatics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: informatics
trans_list: Informatik
sense:
(computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information processing, particularly with respect to systems integration and human interactions with machine and data.


lexentry: eng/information__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: information
trans_list: Information | Auskunft
sense:
Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/information_desk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A staffed location providing information to the public, especially to visitors or tourists.
written_rep: information desk
trans_list:
Auskunftsbüro | Auskunftsschalter | Auskunftstheke | Informationsschalter | Informationstheke | Infoschalter


lexentry: eng/information_overload__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information overload
trans_list: Informationsüberflutung
sense:
The inability to process everything one hears and sees; the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results.


lexentry: eng/information_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information science
trans_list: Informationswissenschaft
sense:
(applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.


lexentry: eng/information_society__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information society
trans_list: Informationsgesellschaft
sense:
(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.


lexentry: eng/information_theory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information theory
trans_list: Informationstheorie
sense:
(mathematics) A branch of applied mathematics and engineering involving the quantification of information sent over a communication channel, disregarding the meaning of the sent messages, exemplified by the noisy-channel coding theorem.


lexentry: eng/information_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: information warfare
trans_list: Informationskrieg
sense:
The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.


lexentry: eng/infotainment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infotainment
trans_list: Infotainment
sense:
A form of programming (cinematic, television, live action, etc.) that provides both information and entertainment, consisting of mostly celebrity news and human drama. [from 1982]


lexentry: eng/infrared__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrared
trans_list: Infrarot | infrarot
sense:
(uncountable) The electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation, having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm.


lexentry: eng/infrared_radiation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrared radiation
trans_list: Infrarotstrahlung
sense:
(physics) Electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength approximately between 1 micrometre and 1 millimetre; perceived as heat.


lexentry: eng/infrastructure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infrastructure
trans_list: Infrastruktur
sense:
(systems theory) An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. [from 1887]


lexentry: eng/infuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: infuse
trans_list: ziehen lassen
sense:
(transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).


lexentry: eng/infusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: infusion
trans_list: Aufguss
sense:
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.


lexentry: eng/infusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: infusion
trans_list: Infusion
sense:
(medicine) The administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.


lexentry: eng/ingest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingest
trans_list: aufnehmen | einnehmen vt. (Med.)
sense:
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.


lexentry: eng/ingestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingestion
trans_list: Ingestion
sense:
The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion.


lexentry: eng/inglenook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inglenook
trans_list: Kaminecke
sense:
(originally, Scotland, architecture, chiefly, historical) A nook or corner beside an open fireplace; a chimney corner.


lexentry: eng/ingot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingot
trans_list: Barren
sense:
A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.


lexentry: eng/ingratiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ingratiate
trans_list: beliebt machen | einschmeicheln | sich beliebt machen
sense:
(reflexive) To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.


lexentry: eng/ingress__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: ingress
trans_list: Eingang | Zugang
sense:
(astronomy) The entrance of the Moon into the shadow of the Earth in eclipses, or the Sun's entrance into a sign, etc.


lexentry: eng/inhale__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inhale
trans_list: inhalieren | einatmen
sense:
(transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.


lexentry: eng/inhaler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inhaler
trans_list: Inhalator
sense:
(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.


lexentry: eng/inharmonicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inharmonicity
trans_list: Inharmonizität
sense:
(music) The degree to which the frequencies of overtones (known as partial tones or harmonics) depart from whole multiples of the fundamental frequency.


lexentry: eng/inhere__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inhere
trans_list: anhaften | enthalten sein | innewohnen | zu etwas / jmdn. gehören
sense:
(uncommon) To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.


lexentry: eng/inherit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inherit
trans_list: erben | beerben
sense:
(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: Erbe | Erbteil
sense:
(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).


lexentry: eng/inheritance__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inheritance
trans_list: Erbschaft
sense:
(biology, genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.


lexentry: eng/inheritance_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inheritance law
trans_list: Erbrecht
sense:
(legal) The area of law pertaining to passing on property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.


lexentry: eng/inheritance_tax__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inheritance tax
trans_list: Erbschaftssteuer | Erbschaftsteuer
sense:
A tax based on the value of the property of a deceased person, and charged on the beneficiaries of the estate.


lexentry: eng/inhuman__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inhuman
trans_list: unmenschlich | inhuman
sense:
Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.


lexentry: eng/iniquity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: iniquity
trans_list: Missetat | Gräueltat
sense:
(countable) An act of great injustice or unfairness; a sinful or wicked act; an unconscionable deed.


lexentry: eng/initial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: initial
trans_list: anfänglich | erster | ursprünglich
sense:
Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word.


lexentry: eng/initial_public_offering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initial public offering
trans_list: Börsengang
sense:
(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange.


lexentry: eng/initialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initialism
trans_list: Akronym | Initialwort | Buchstabenwort
sense:
(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.


lexentry: eng/initials__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initials
trans_list: Initialen
sense:
An abbreviation of a person's name, constructed by taking the initial letters of first, last, and sometimes middle name(s). See monogram


lexentry: eng/initiation_ceremony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: initiation ceremony
trans_list: Initiationsceremonie | Initiationsritus | Initiationszeremonie
sense:
A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured


lexentry: eng/inject__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inject
trans_list: spritzen
sense:
(intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: injection
trans_list: Injektion | injektive Funktion
sense:
(category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: injection
trans_list: Einschleusung | Code-Einschleusung
sense:
(computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.


lexentry: eng/injection__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: injection
trans_list: Injektion | injektive Funktion
sense:
(set theory) A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.


lexentry: eng/injective__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injective
trans_list: injektiv
sense:
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic


lexentry: eng/injera__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injera
trans_list: Injera
sense:
A pancakelike flatbread made from fermented teff flour, a traditional food of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, and the Nuer people of Sudan.


lexentry: eng/injunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: injunction
trans_list: Anordnung | rechtliche Anordnung
sense:
(legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.


lexentry: eng/injury_time__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: injury time
trans_list: Nachspielzeit
sense:
(sports) Additional time played after each period of a game in order to compensate for stoppages due to player injuries; loosely extended to include time added on to compensate for all types of stoppages, i.e. synonymous with stoppage time.


lexentry: eng/ink-pad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ink-pad
trans_list: Stempelkissen
sense:
A piece of absorbent material, soaked with ink used for rubber stamps. The ink gets onto the stamp by pressing the stamp on the ink-pad.


lexentry: eng/ink_eraser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ink eraser
trans_list: Tintenkiller | Tintenlöscher
sense:
An instrument used to remove ink from a writing surface, either (traditionally) a metal scraper or (more recently) a special pen dispensing a chemical that eradicates ink.


lexentry: eng/inkjet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkjet
trans_list: Tintenstrahl
sense:
A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper.


lexentry: eng/inkjet_printer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkjet printer
trans_list: Tintenstrahldrucker | Tintendrucker
sense:
(computer hardware) A device for the printing of documents which that operates by propelling tiny droplets of liquid ink onto paper.


lexentry: eng/inkling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkling
trans_list: Ahnung
sense:
Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given., A vague idea about something.


lexentry: eng/inkling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inkling
trans_list: Schimmer
sense:
Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.


lexentry: eng/inkwell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inkwell
trans_list: Tintenfass
sense:
A container for ink, designed and usually positioned so that a person may conveniently dip a pen (such as a dip pen or quill pen) into it whenever a refill is needed.


lexentry: eng/inland__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inland
trans_list: inländisch
sense:
(archaic) Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.


lexentry: eng/inland_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inland sea
trans_list: Binnenmeer
sense:
(geography) A large but relatively shallow expanse of water within a landmass, sometimes connected to the ocean.


lexentry: eng/inlay__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inlay
trans_list: Plombe
sense:
(dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.


lexentry: eng/inmate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inmate
trans_list: Bewohner | Bewohnerin
sense:
A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.


lexentry: eng/inner__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner
trans_list: inner
sense:
Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within contained within something.


lexentry: eng/inner_child__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner child
trans_list: Inneres Kind
sense:
(psychology) The childlike aspect of a person's psyche, typically, the personality and the memories of one's childhood, especially in the context of coexisting with, and being suppressed by, an adult aspect of the person.


lexentry: eng/inner_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inner circle
trans_list: engster Zirkel | innerer Zirkel
sense:
(idiomatic, business, government, politics) A small, exclusive group of people close to the center of power who control a movement, organization, political party, etc.


lexentry: eng/inner_city__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner city
trans_list: Innenstadt | Stadtmitte
sense:
(urban studies) The parts of a large city closer to its core, especially older, populous areas of low-income or immigrant families as opposed to centrally located commercial areas.


lexentry: eng/inner_ear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner ear
trans_list: Innenohr | inneres Ohr
sense:
(anatomy) The portion of the ear located within the temporal bone which includes the semicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea and is responsible for hearing and balance.


lexentry: eng/inner_emigration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner emigration
trans_list: innere Emigration
sense:
(derogatory) The choice of some German writers to remain in Nazi Germany despite being opposed to Nazism.


lexentry: eng/inner_planet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inner planet
trans_list: innere Planet
sense:
(astronomy, planets) Any planet of the Solar System whose orbit is located between the asteroid belt and the sun, i.e., any of Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.


lexentry: eng/inning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inning
trans_list: Innings | Spielrunde
sense:
(baseball) A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching. There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.


lexentry: eng/inoculate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculate
trans_list: impfen | inokulieren
sense:
(transitive, immunology) To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease. [from c. 1722]


lexentry: eng/inoculation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inoculation
trans_list: Impfung
sense:
(immunology) The introduction of an antigenic substance or vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.


lexentry: eng/inorganic_chemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inorganic chemistry
trans_list: anorganische Chemie
sense:
(chemistry) The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.


lexentry: eng/inpatient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inpatient
trans_list: stationärer Patient
sense:
(healthcare) A patient whose treatment requires at least one night's residence in a hospital; a hospitalized patient.


lexentry: eng/input!slash!output__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: input/output
trans_list: Eingabe/Ausgabe
sense:
(computing, usually used attributively) The flow of information to and from human users or other client systems.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inquiry
trans_list: Abfrage | Anfrage | Erkundigung
sense:
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.


lexentry: eng/inquiry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inquiry
trans_list: Erforschung | Erkundung | Nachforschung | Recherche | Untersuchung
sense:
A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.


lexentry: eng/inroad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inroad
trans_list: Einfall
sense:
(military, also, figuratively) An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.


lexentry: eng/inscribe__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inscribe
trans_list: beschriften
sense:
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insect
trans_list: Insekt | Kerbtier | Kerf
sense:
An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/insect__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insect
trans_list: Insekt
sense:
(archaic, or, loosely) Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc.


lexentry: eng/insemination__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insemination
trans_list: Befruchtung | Besamung | Insemination
sense:
The introduction of sperm into a female’s reproductive system for the purpose of impregnating (making pregnant).


lexentry: eng/insert__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insert
trans_list: Beilage
sense:
A promotional or instructive leaflet inserted into a magazine, newspaper, tape or disk package, etc.


lexentry: eng/insertion_reaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insertion reaction
trans_list: Insertionsreaktion
sense:
(organic chemistry) A class of reaction in which a bond (typically a double bond) is broken and a small molecule (such as carbon monoxide) is inserted in its place


lexentry: eng/inshallah__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inshallah
trans_list: Inschallah | so Gott will
sense:
(Islam) Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.


lexentry: eng/inside__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside
trans_list: drinnen | hinein
sense:
Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.


lexentry: eng/inside_information__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside information
trans_list: Vorwissen
sense:
(US, legal, finance) Information obtained by or from a person in a position of trust (a director, an employee, a consultant) that affects the price of publicly traded securities.


lexentry: eng/inside_joke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inside joke
trans_list: Insider | Insiderwitz
sense:
(idiomatic) A joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details (an ingroup).


lexentry: eng/insider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insider
trans_list: Insider | Eingeweihte | Eingeweihter
sense:
A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.


lexentry: eng/insider_trading__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insider trading
trans_list: Insiderhandel
sense:
(business, finance, law) The illegal trading of a public company's stock or other securities based on material, nonpublic information about the company.


lexentry: eng/insidiousness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insidiousness
trans_list: die Arglist, die Hinterlist, die Tücke
sense:
A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insight
trans_list: Einblick
sense:
A sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into.


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: insight
trans_list: Gespür | Kundenverständnis
sense:
(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers


lexentry: eng/insight__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: insight
trans_list: Verstehen
sense:
(artificial intelligence) An extended understanding of a subject resulting from identification of relationships and behaviors within a model, context, or scenario.


lexentry: eng/insignia__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insignia
trans_list: Abzeichen | Insigne | Signum
sense:
A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.


lexentry: eng/insinuate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: insinuate
trans_list: sich einschleichen | sich einschmeicheln
sense:
(figurative, by extension) To ingratiate; to obtain access to or introduce something by subtle, cunning or artful means.


lexentry: eng/insinuation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insinuation
trans_list: Anbiedern | Anbiederung | Bauchpinseln | Einschmeichelei | Einschmeicheln
sense:
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.


lexentry: eng/insolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insolation
trans_list: Sonneneinstrahlung
sense:
The incident radiant energy emitted by the sun which reaches a unit area over a period of time, typically measured over a horizontal area at the Earth's surface or at the top of Earth's atmosphere.


lexentry: eng/insolation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: insolation
trans_list: Sonneneinstrahlung
sense:
The act or process of exposing to the rays of the sun, such as for the purpose of medical treatment, drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.


lexentry: eng/insolvency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insolvency
trans_list: Insolvenz | Zahlungsunfähigkeit
sense:
(finance) The condition of being insolvent; the state or condition of a person who is insolvent; the condition of one who is unable to pay their debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and business.


lexentry: eng/inspect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspect
trans_list: inspizieren | begutachten | untersuchen
sense:
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: Einatmen | Einatmung | Einschnaufen
sense:
(physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: göttliche Eingebung | Inspiration
sense:
A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.


lexentry: eng/inspiration__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: inspiration
trans_list: Inspiration | Eingebung
sense:
The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: inspire
trans_list: inspirieren | anregen
sense:
(transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.


lexentry: eng/inspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: inspire
trans_list: inspirieren | anregen
sense:
(transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.


lexentry: eng/instability__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: instability
trans_list: Instabilität
sense:
(physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.


lexentry: eng/installation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: installation
trans_list: Installation | Anlage
sense:
Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: installment
trans_list: Folge
sense:
One of a series of parts, whether equal or unequal to the other parts of the series, of a given entity or a given process, which part presents or is presented at a particular scheduled interval.


lexentry: eng/installment__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: installment
trans_list: Rate
sense:
(banking, finance) Any of a series of portions of a debt or sum of money, which portions may or may not be equal in amount (depending in part on whether the interest rate is fixed or variable), and payment of which takes place at regular intervals toward satisfaction of the total. Payments are generally mensual, quarterly, triannual, biannual, or annual.


lexentry: eng/instance__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: instance
trans_list: Instanz
sense:
(computing) A specific occurrence of something that is created or instantiated, such as a database, or an object of a class in object-oriented programming. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instant
trans_list: Instantessen
sense:
A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.


lexentry: eng/instant_coffee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant coffee
trans_list: Instantkaffee | Pulverkaffee | löslicher Kaffee | Expresskaffee
sense:
A beverage in the form of a powder, granules, or concentrated liquid, made from coffee and able to be quickly reconstituted by adding water.


lexentry: eng/instant_karma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant karma
trans_list: kleine Sünden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort | sofortiges Karma
sense:
A circumstance where something deserving but unexpected happens, especially, when a person's actions backfire and cause an immediate unforeseen and unintended effect that may be deemed just deserts for those actions.


lexentry: eng/instant_mashed_potatoes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant mashed potatoes
trans_list: Instant Kartoffelpüree | Instantkartoffelpüree
sense:
(cuisine) A potato preparation in the form of a powder or flakes, used to prepare mashed potato quickly and easily.


lexentry: eng/instant_messaging__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant messaging
trans_list: Messaging
sense:
(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.


lexentry: eng/instant_messenger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant messenger
trans_list: Kommunikationsprogramm
sense:
(communication, computing) A computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network or the Internet in its entirety.


lexentry: eng/instant_noodle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instant noodle
trans_list: Fertignudel | Fertignudeln | Instantnudeln
sense:
(chiefly, in the plural) One of a mass of dried precooked noodles fused with oil, usually soaked in boiling water for a few minutes before being eaten.


lexentry: eng/instantaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instantaneous
trans_list: augenblicklich | unverzüglich
sense:
Occurring, arising, or functioning without any delay; happening within an imperceptibly brief period of time. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/instantiate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instantiate
trans_list: instanziieren
sense:
(transitive) To represent#Verb (a concept#Noun, theme#Noun, or principle#Noun) by an instance#Noun. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/instar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instar
trans_list: Entwicklungsstadium | Larvenstadium
sense:
Any one of the several stages of postembryonic development which an arthropod undergoes, between molts, before it reaches sexual maturity.


lexentry: eng/instigation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instigation
trans_list: Anstiftung | Aufwiegelung
sense:
The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.


lexentry: eng/instigator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instigator
trans_list: Anstifter | Anstifterin | Aufwiegler | Aufwieglerin
sense:
A person who intentionally instigates, incites, or starts something, especially one that creates trouble.


lexentry: eng/institution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: institution
trans_list: Institution
sense:
A long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.


lexentry: eng/instruct__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instruct
trans_list: anweisen
sense:
(transitive) To give (one's own lawyer) legal instructions as to how they should act in relation to a particular issue; thereby formally appointing them as one's own legal representative in relation to it.


lexentry: eng/instruction_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instruction set
trans_list: Befehlsatz
sense:
(computing) The set of machine instructions that a particular CPU can execute; the corresponding set of assembly language mnemonics.


lexentry: eng/instructive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instructive
trans_list: Instruktiv
sense:
(linguistics) A case in the Finnish and Estonian languages. It expresses the means or the instrument used to perform an action.


lexentry: eng/instructive_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instructive case
trans_list: Instruktiv
sense:
(grammar) : noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: Instrumentalis | instrumentell | instrumental
sense:
(music) Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for an instrument, especially a musical instrument (rather than the human voice).


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: instrumentell | instrumental
sense:
(music) A pause in the vocals of a song, usually occurring midway through, in which a musical instrument replaces the vocals.


lexentry: eng/instrumental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: instrumental
trans_list: Instrumentalis | dienlich | entscheidend | förderlich | hilfreich
sense:
(grammar) Applied to a case expressing means or agency, generally corresponding to the English use of prepositions such as by, with, through, or by means of with the objective case.


lexentry: eng/instrumental_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: instrumental case
trans_list: Instrumental | Instrumentalis | Instrumental-Kasus | Womit-Fall
sense:
(grammar) A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.


lexentry: eng/instrumentalize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: instrumentalize
trans_list: instrumentalisieren
sense:
(music, transitive) To transcribe for instrumental execution a piece of music written for the human voice


lexentry: eng/insubordination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insubordination
trans_list: Insubordination | Befehlsverweigerung | Ungehorsamkeit
sense:
The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.


lexentry: eng/insulate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: insulate
trans_list: isolieren
sense:
To separate a body or material from others, e.g. by non-conductors to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, etc.


lexentry: eng/insulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: insulation
trans_list: Isolation | Isolierung | Dämmung
sense:
(engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound


lexentry: eng/insulator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insulator
trans_list: Isolator | Nichtleiter
sense:
A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).


lexentry: eng/insult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: Beleidigung | Kränkung | Verletzung
sense:
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.


lexentry: eng/insult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insult
trans_list: beleidigen
sense:
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/insurance_fraud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurance fraud
trans_list: Versicherungsbetrug
sense:
(legal) Receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation.


lexentry: eng/insurance_policy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurance policy
trans_list: Police | Versicherungspolice | Versicherungsschein
sense:
(insurance) A legal document outlining a particular insurance cover for an insured entity for a given risk.


lexentry: eng/insure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insure
trans_list: versichern
sense:
(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.


lexentry: eng/insurgent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurgent
trans_list: Aufständischer | Insurgent
sense:
One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.


lexentry: eng/insurrection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: insurrection
trans_list: Aufstand | Rebellion | Erhebung | Meuterei | Revolte
sense:
(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.


lexentry: eng/intake_manifold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intake manifold
trans_list: Ansaugkrümmer | Ansaugstutzen | Saugrohr
sense:
(automotive) The part of an internal combustion engine that supplies the fuel and air mixture to the cylinder(s).


lexentry: eng/intangible_cultural_heritage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intangible cultural heritage
trans_list: Immaterielles Kulturerbe
sense:
practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, or skills, as well as the instruments, objects, artifacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.


lexentry: eng/integer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integer
trans_list: Ganzzahl | ganze Zahl
sense:
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}.


lexentry: eng/integral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral
trans_list: Integral
sense:
(mathematics) One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.


lexentry: eng/integral_calculus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integral calculus
trans_list: Integralrechnung
sense:
(calculus) The calculus that generalizes summation to find areas, masses, volumes, sums, and totals of quantities described by continuously varying functions.


lexentry: eng/integrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: integrate
trans_list: integrieren
sense:
(mathematics, science, transitive) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.


lexentry: eng/integrated_circuit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: integrated circuit
trans_list: integrierter Schaltkreis
sense:
(semiconductors) A thin chip, usually of silicon, consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors.


lexentry: eng/integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: integration
trans_list: Integration
sense:
(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.


lexentry: eng/intellect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellect
trans_list: Intellekt
sense:
(uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.


lexentry: eng/intellectual_property__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intellectual property
trans_list: geistiges Eigentum
sense:
(copyright law, uncountable) A kind of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect, such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: Intelligenz | Klugheit
sense:
(mostly, uncountable) The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.


lexentry: eng/intelligence__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: intelligence
trans_list: Geheimdienst | Geheimdienstinformationen | Nachrichtendienst | Sicherheitsdienst
sense:
(countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_agency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence agency
trans_list: Nachrichtendienst | Geheimdienst
sense:
A governmental agency that is tasked with information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense.


lexentry: eng/intelligence_quotient__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligence quotient
trans_list: Intelligenzquotient
sense:
A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.


lexentry: eng/intelligent_design__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intelligent design
trans_list: Intelligent Design
sense:
The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes.


lexentry: eng/intend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intend
trans_list: beabsichtigen | vorhaben | intendieren
sense:
(ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon


lexentry: eng/intendment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intendment
trans_list: =
sense:
(legal) the sense in which the legal system interprets something, especially the intention of legislation


lexentry: eng/intensive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: intensive
trans_list: intensiv
sense:
Chiefly suffixed to a noun: using something with intensity; requiring a great amount of something; demanding.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intensive care
trans_list: Intensivmedizin
sense:
(medicine) The support and monitoring of critically ill patients, especially by the use of instrumentation and specialized staff and equipment.


lexentry: eng/intensive_care_unit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intensive care unit
trans_list: Intensivstation
sense:
A part of a hospital into which critically ill patients, in danger of dying, are admitted and closely monitored.


lexentry: eng/intentionalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intentionalism
trans_list: Intentionalismus
sense:
The theory that the meaning of any text is determined by the intentions of its author, whether stated or not.


lexentry: eng/intentionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intentionality
trans_list: Intentionalität
sense:
(philosophy) The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: durch- | inter- | unter- | ver- | zwischen-
sense:
Intermittently: the root verb is done between or among temporal entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: durch- | inter- | unter- | ver- | zwischen-
sense:
Internally: the root verb is done in between or among relevant entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: durch- | inter- | unter- | ver- | zwischen-
sense:
Intersocially: the root verb is done between or among social entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/inter-__Prefix__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: inter-
trans_list: durch- | inter- | unter- | ver- | zwischen-
sense:
Interspatially: the root verb is done between or among spatial entities; also forming nouns and adjectives derived from the verb form.


lexentry: eng/interaction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interaction
trans_list: Interaktion | Wechselwirkung
sense:
The situation or occurrence in which two or more objects or events act upon one another to produce a new effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.


lexentry: eng/interactive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interactive
trans_list: interaktiv | wechselwirkend
sense:
Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or with the other.


lexentry: eng/interactome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interactome
trans_list: Interaktom
sense:
(biology) All the interactions between biological entities in cells and organisms considered as a whole.


lexentry: eng/intercardinal_direction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intercardinal direction
trans_list: Nebenhimmelsrichtung
sense:
(geography) Any of the four intermediate compass directions located halfway between the cardinal directions.


lexentry: eng/intercept__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intercept
trans_list: abfangen
sense:
(transitive, American football) Of a defensive player: to steal a pass thrown by the opposing team, gaining possession of the ball.


lexentry: eng/intercession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: intercession
trans_list: Fürbitte | Fürsprache
sense:
A prayer to God on behalf of another person; especially, such a prayer offered by a heavenly saint on behalf of a mere mortal who has prayed to the saint for such help.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interchange
trans_list: Autobahnkreuz | Anschlussstelle | Autobahndreieck
sense:
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.


lexentry: eng/interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: interchange
trans_list: Autobahnkreuz | Autobahndreieck
sense:
(rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.


lexentry: eng/intercontinental_ballistic_missile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: intercontinental ballistic missile
trans_list: Interkontinentalrakete | Langstreckenrakete
sense:
(military, rocketry) A class of long-range missiles associated especially with carrying nuclear warheads.


lexentry: eng/interdict__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interdict
trans_list: Interdikt
sense:
A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted.


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest
trans_list: Zinsen | Zins
sense:
(uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed. [from earlier 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: interest
trans_list: Interesse | Zins
sense:
(uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: interest
trans_list: Interesse
sense:
(countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.


lexentry: eng/interest__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interest
trans_list: interessieren
sense:
(obsolete, often, _, impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.


lexentry: eng/interest_rate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest rate
trans_list: Zinssatz | Zinsfuß
sense:
(finance) The percentage of an amount of money charged for its use per some period of time (often a year).


lexentry: eng/interest_rate_swap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interest rate swap
trans_list: Zinsswap
sense:
(finance) A contract to exchange the benefit of one interest rate with another. Often a fixed interest rate is exchanged for a variable rate so as to allow one party to remove an exposure to a variable rate for which they pay a premium on the fixed rate in order to compensate for this 'insurance'. The two rates can also be based on different currencies.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: interface
trans_list: Grenzfläche
sense:
(chemistry, physics) A thin layer or boundary between different substances or two phases of a single substance.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: interface
trans_list: Schnittstelle
sense:
(object-oriented) The connection between parts of software; also the public or published sections of an object or module.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: interface
trans_list: Schnittstelle
sense:
(object-oriented) In object-oriented programming, a piece of code defining a set of operations that other code must implement.


lexentry: eng/interface__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: interface
trans_list: Schnittstelle
sense:
(object-oriented programming) In some languages, a block of code declaring the interface (point of interconnection) between a class and code that interacts with it.


lexentry: eng/interferometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interferometer
trans_list: Interferometer
sense:
(physics) Any of several instruments that use the interference of waves to determine wavelengths and wave velocities, determine refractive indices, measure small distances, temperature changes, stresses, and many other useful measurements.


lexentry: eng/interferon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interferon
trans_list: Interferon
sense:
(biochemistry) Any of a group of glycoproteins, produced by the immune system, that prevent viral replication in infected cells.


lexentry: eng/interfix__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: interfix
trans_list: Fugenelement | Interfix
sense:
(linguistic morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English -i- and -o-.


