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| l. {adv} | :: abbreviation of links |
| l. {adj} | :: abbreviation of lateinisch |
| l. {v} | :: abbreviation of lesen and of the Latin lege (imperatives both meaning “read”) |
| L {letter} | :: The twelfth letter of the German alphabet |
| L {m} | :: abbreviation of Liter |
| Laakirchen {prop} {n} | :: Laakirchen (municipality) |
| Laas {prop} | :: Laas (municipality) |
| Lab {n} | :: rennet |
| labberig {adj} [regional, chiefly northern and central Germany] | :: slack; not tight |
| labberig {adj} [regional, chiefly northern and central Germany] | :: soft; not crisp (e.g. of bread) |
| Labe {f} [literary] | :: a refreshment, such as a cool drink or food product |
| Label {n} | :: a record label |
| Label {n} | :: a brand of clothes or sometimes other fashionable products like cosmetics, sports equipment, etc |
| Label {n} | :: a commercial label or seal indicating an official certification or the like |
| Label {n} [rare] | :: label; tag (in general) |
| Labello {m} [countable] | :: lip balm; chapstick (a plastic stick including a substance that is applied to the lips to relieve dry lips) |
| Labello {m} [usually, uncountable] | :: lip balm; chapstick (such a substance) |
| laben {vr} [formal, chiefly] | :: to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast [+ an (object) = etwas = on] |
| labern {v} [obsolete, except possibly regionally] | :: to slurp; to drink noisily |
| labern {v} [colloquial] | :: to talk or speak unnecessarily lengthily; to talk idly; to engage in unsubstantiated talk; to babble |
| labern {v} [colloquial] | :: to chat; to talk among each other (usually about light topics); the verb retains a certain nuance, but becomes rather neutral |
| Labia {p} | :: labia |
| labial {adj} | :: labial |
| labialisieren {v} | :: to labialize |
| Labiau {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Labiau (the former name of Polessk, a formerly German city in historical East Prussia, now the <<obl/Kaliningrad>> of <<c/Russia>>) |
| labil {adj} | :: unstable |
| labil {adj} | :: labile (apt or likely to change) |
| labiodental {adj} | :: labiodental |
| Labiodental {m} [phonetics] | :: labiodental |
| Labmagen {m} | :: abomasum, rennet stomach, the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant |
| Labor {n} | :: laboratory |
| Laborant {m} | :: laboratory assistant |
| Laborantin {f} | :: female laboratory assistant |
| Laborarzt {m} | :: laboratory physician |
| Laboratorium {n} | :: laboratory (room, building or institution equipped for scientific research) |
| Labordiagnostik {f} | :: laboratory testing / diagnostics |
| Laborgerät {n} | :: laboratory apparatus / equipment |
| laborieren {vit} [archaic] | :: to work in a laboratory, to apply chemistry on a specific thing |
| laborieren {vi} | :: to travail, to labor, especially with a disease |
| Laborinstrument {n} | :: laboratory instrument |
| Laborkittel {m} | :: lab coat |
| Labormaßstab {m} | :: laboratory-scale |
| Labradorente {f} | :: Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) |
| Labsal {n} | :: refreshment |
| Labskaus {n} [cuisine] | :: labskaus [a seaman's dish of Northern Germany, prepared from salted meat or corned beef, fish, potatoes and various other ingredients] |
| Labyrinth {n} [Greek mythology] | :: labyrinth |
| Labyrinth {n} | :: labyrinth, maze (technically not quite correct, compare w:Labyrinth and w:Maze) |
| labyrinthartig {adj} | :: labyrinthine (in form) |
| labyrinthisch {adj} | :: labyrinthine |
| Lache {f} | :: puddle |
| Lache {f} | :: pool |
| Lache {f} | :: loud laughter |
| Lache {f} | :: one's laugh (a person's particular way of laughing) |
| lächeln {v} | :: to smile |
| Lächeln {n} | :: smile (facial expression) |
| lachen {v} | :: to laugh |
| Lachen {n} | :: laughter |
| Lacher {m} | :: laugher |
| Lacher {m} | :: laugh |
| lächerlich {adj} | :: ridiculous |
| Lächerlichkeit {f} [usually, uncountable] | :: ridiculousness |
| Lächerlichkeit {f} [countable, chiefly in the plural] | :: trivial matter, trifle |
| Lachgas {n} | :: laughing gas |
| lachhaft {adj} | :: laughable, risible |
| Lachkrampf {m} | :: laughing fit |
| lachlustig {adj} | :: inclined to laughter, risible (person) |
| Lachmöwe {f} | :: black-headed gull |
| Lachnummer {f} [colloquial] | :: laughing stock |
| Lachs {m} | :: salmon, lax/lox |
| Lachsforelle {f} | :: one of several species in the Salmonidae family, used to be only Salmo trutta trutta, nowadays usually rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss |
| Lachstreppe {f} | :: salmon ladder |
| Lack {m} | :: varnish |
| Lackaffe {m} [colloquial, insult] | :: A person who is unsympathetic and seems wealthy or foppish (stereotypically e.g. a banker with a big loud sports car) |
| Lacke {f} [Austria] | :: puddle |
| lacken {vt} | :: to lacquer |
| Lackenbach {prop} {n} | :: Lackenbach (municipality) |
| Lackendorf {prop} {n} | :: Lackendorf (municipality) |
| lackieren {v} | :: to lacquer |
| Lackierung {f} | :: varnishing, lacquering (application of lacquer or varnish) |
| Lackierung {f} | :: varnish, lacquer (coat) |
| Lackleder {n} | :: patent leather |
| Lackmus {m} {n} | :: litmus (dyestuff) |
| Lackmuspapier {n} | :: litmus paper |
| Lackmustest {m} | :: litmus test |
| Lackschicht {f} | :: lacquer coat, clearcoat layer |
| Lackstock {m} [dated] | :: common wallflower (Erysimum cheiri) |
| Lacrosse {noun} | :: lacrosse |
| Lactat {n} [chemistry] | :: lactate |
| Lactose {f} | :: alternative spelling of Laktose |
| Lädchen {n} | :: diminutive of Laden |
| Lädchen {n} | :: diminutive of Lade |
| Lade {f} | :: drawer |
| Ladegerät {n} | :: battery charger |
| Ladekabel {n} | :: charging cable |
| laden {vti} | :: to load (something) e.g. into a container or onto a vehicle, to load up |
| laden {vti} [weaponry] | :: to load (some weapon) |
| laden {vt} [computing] | :: to load (some data) from a store |
| laden {vt} [computing] | :: to download from a network |
| laden {vt} [engineering] | :: to charge (a battery or capacitor) with electricity |
| laden {vt} | :: to invite |
| laden {vt} [legal] | :: to summon |
| Laden {m} | :: shop |
| Laden {m} [colloquial] | :: any establishment entertaining guests, especially a pub or bar, but also a hotel, restaurant, discotheque, etc |
| Laden {m} [colloquial] | :: a (usually organised) group of people and its affairs: a company, political party, club, school, etc |
| Laden {m} | :: shutter (window shutter) |
| Laden {m} | :: loading |
| Ladenbesitzer {m} | :: shopkeeper |
| Ladendieb {m} | :: shoplifter (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Ladendiebstahl {m} | :: shoplifting |
| Ladendorf {prop} {n} | :: Ladendorf (municipality) |
| Ladenhüter {m} [derogatory] | :: non-seller, shelf warmer (product that sells poorly) |
| Ladenkasse {f} | :: retail checkout, cash till, point of sale |
| Ladentisch {m} | :: counter, shop counter |
| Ladentür {f} | :: shop door |
| Lader {m} | :: loader |
| Lader {m} | :: blower |
| Ladestock {m} [historical firearms] | :: ramrod |
| lädieren {v} | :: to damage |
| lädieren {v} | :: to injure |
| Ladinisch {prop} {n} | :: Ladin |
| Ladis {prop} {n} | :: Ladis (municipality) |
| Lädlein {n} | :: diminutive of Laden |
| Lädlein {n} | :: diminutive of Lade |
| Ladung {f} | :: cargo |
| Ladung {f} | :: charge |
| Ladung {f} | :: load |
| Ladungsausgleich {m} [physics, chemistry] | :: charge balance |
| Ladungsdichte {f} [physics] | :: charge density |
| Ladungsverteilung {f} [physics] | :: charge distribution |
| Lady {f} | :: lady/Lady |
| Lafette {f} | :: gun carriage |
| laff {adj} [regional, chiefly northern and central Germany] | :: lethargic; weak; slack |
| laff {adj} [regional, chiefly northern and central Germany] | :: tasteless |
| Lafnitz {prop} {n} | :: Lafnitz (municipality) |
| Lafnitz {prop} {f} | :: A tributary of the Danube that runs through Bavaria |
| Lag {m} {n} [colloquial, computing] | :: lag, the performing a requested operation only delayed |
| Lag {m} {n} [economic theory] | :: the timespan between which a change of a variable effects on an other variable |
| Lage {f} | :: location, position |
| Lage {f} | :: situation |
| Lage {f} | :: thickness (layer) |
| Lageenergie {f} | :: potential energy |
| Lageplan {m} | :: site map, site plan |
| Lager {n} | :: a place where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc |
| Lager {n} | :: a lair of an animal (but not usually underground, for which Bau) |
| Lager {n} | :: a camp (accomodation of tents or quickly built houses) |
| Lager {n} [obsolete] | :: an army, especially but not exclusively when encamped |
| Lager {n} [figurative] | :: a camp, party (group of people sharing some interest or opinion) |
| Lager {n} | :: a stock; storage; depot; repository (building or room used for keeping goods) |
| Lager {n} [geology, mining] | :: a measure (of some resource) |
| Lager {n} [mechanics] | :: a bearing |
| Lager {n} | :: short for Lagerbier: lager (beer of low fermentation) |
| Lagerfeuer {n} | :: campfire |
| Lagergefäß {n} | :: storage vessel |
| Lagergeld {n} | :: storage charge |
| Lagergeld {n} | :: The internal currency, issued to prisoners in a concentration camp, that could not be used in the outside world |
| Lagerhalde {f} | :: stockpile, storage pile |
| Lagerhaus {n} | :: warehouse, storehouse, magazine, depot |
| Lagerkoller {m} [colloquial] | :: cabin fever |
| Lagermöglichkeit {f} | :: storage facility, storage option, storage opportunity |
| lagern {v} | :: to store |
| Lagerplatz {m} | :: storage place, storage location, storage site, stockyard |
| Lagerraum {m} | :: storage room |
| Lagerregal {n} | :: storage rack |
| Lagerschale {f} | :: bushing (bearing shell) |
| Lagerstätte {f} | :: deposit |
| Lagerstätte {f} | :: repository |
| Lagertank {m} | :: storage tank |
| Lagerung {f} | :: storage |
| Lagerung {f} | :: warehousing |
| Lagerung {f} | :: storing |
| Lagerwerkstoff {m} | :: bearing material |
| Lagewort {n} [grammar] | :: supine |
| Lagewort {n} [grammar, younger usage] | :: preposition |
| laggen {v} | :: to lag, to perform requested operations only delayed |
| Lagune {f} | :: lagoon |
| Lahar {m} | :: lahar (volcanic mudflow) |
| lahm {adj} | :: lame |
| Lahm {prop} | :: surname |
| Lahmacun {f} {n} {m} | :: lahmacun (Oriental dish consisting of dough topped with meat; a common snack in Germany, often rolled and filled with salad) |
| lahmarschig {adj} | :: feckless |
| lähmen {v} | :: to paralyze |
| lahmgelegt {v} | :: past participle of lahmlegen |
| lahmlegen {vt} | :: to bring to a standstill |
| Lähmung {f} | :: paralysis |
| Lähmungserscheinung {f} [pathology] | :: sign / symptom of paralysis |
| Lahn {prop} {f} | :: a tributary river of the Rhine in Germany |
| Lahnung {f} [Northern Germany, ] | :: groyne, breakwater (structure built perpendicular to the shore to prevent erosion) |
| Laib {m} | :: loaf |
| Laibach {prop} | :: Laibach (capital city) |
| Laibchen {n} | :: diminutive of Laib |
| Laibchen {n} [Austrian] | :: Short form for the food Fleischlaibchen, Gemüselaibchen |
| Laiblein {n} | :: diminutive of Laib |
| Laich {m} [zoology] | :: spawn [eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms] |
| laichen {v} [zoology] | :: to spawn (to deposit numerous eggs in water) |
| Laichplatz {noun} | :: breeding-ground |
| Laie {m} | :: layman, layperson, amateur, nonprofessional (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Laie {m} | :: laic (nonclergyman) (male or of unspecified sex) |
| laienhaft {adj} | :: amateurish |
| laikal {adj} | :: lay, laical |
| Laizismus {m} | :: laicism |
| laizistisch {adj} | :: laicistic |
| Laizität {f} | :: synonym of Säkularismus |
| Lajen {prop} {n} | :: Lajen (municipality) |
| Lakai {m} | :: lackey |
| Lake {f} | :: brine (saltwater used for pickling) |
| Laken {n} | :: sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket) |
| Laken {n} [rare] | :: other kinds of linens or large cloths |
| lakonisch {adj} | :: laconic (using as few words as possible to communicate much information) |
| Lakritz {n} {m} | :: licorice, liquorice (confectionary) |
| Lakritze {f} | :: alternative form of Lakritz |
| Laktose {f} [carbohydrate] | :: lactose |
| laktosefrei {adj} | :: lactose-free |
| lakustrisch {adj} | :: lacustrine |
| lallen {v} | :: to babble |
| Lallname {m} | :: a hypocoristic form of a given name which is phonologically simplified in child language but enters adult use. Especially in ancient names of Asia Minor (in Anatolian languages such as Phrygian, Luwian, Hittite), but also used for other languages |
| Lallwort {n} | :: a babble word (phonemically basic word, easy for small children to produce and hence produced by them early on, e.g. Mama) |
| Lama {n} | :: llama |
| Lama {m} | :: lama (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Lamäng {f} [colloquial, humorous] | :: hand |
| lamarckistisch {adj} | :: Lamarckist (attributive) |
| Lambach {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| Lambach {prop} {n} | :: Lambach (municipality) |
| Lambach {prop} {n} | :: A municipality in Lothringia |
| Lambada {m} | :: lambada (Brazilian dance) |
| Lambda {n} | :: lambda (Greek letter) |
| Lambdapunkt {m} [physics] | :: lambda point |
| Lambdasonde {f} | :: lambda probe |
| Lambrechten {prop} {n} | :: Lambrechten (municipality) |
| lame {adj} [slang] | :: boring; unimpressive |
| lame {adj} [slang] | :: unskilled; useless |
| Lamelle {f} [mycology] | :: gill |
| lamentieren {v} | :: to lament |
| Lametta {n} | :: lametta, tinsel |
| Lametta {n} [colloquial] | :: medal, decoration |
| Lamina {f} | :: lamina |
| Laminat {n} | :: laminate (material formed of thin sheets glued together) |
| Laminat {n} | :: laminate flooring |
| Lamm {n} | :: lamb |
| Lammbraten {m} | :: roast lamb |
| Lämmchen {n} | :: diminutive of Lamm |
| lammen {v} | :: to lamb |
| Lämmerschwanz {m} | :: lamb tail |
| Lammfell {n} | :: lambskin |
| Lammfellhandschuh {m} | :: lambskin glove |
| Lammfilet {n} [cooking] | :: lamb fillet, lamb tenderloin |
| Lammfleisch {n} | :: lamb (meat from a sheep) |
| lammfromm {adj} | :: as meek as a lamb; lamblike; like little lambs |
| Lamm Gottes {prop} {n} [Christianity] | :: Lamb of God (biblical title of Jesus Christ) |
| Lämmlein {n} | :: diminutive of Lamm |
| Lämpchen {n} | :: diminutive of Lampe |
| Lampe {f} | :: lamp, light (piece of furniture, or fixture mounted on a wall or ceiling, holding one or more electric light sockets) |
| Lampe {f} | :: bulb, light bulb (evacuated glass bulb containing a metal filament or an article that resembles such a bulb) (clipping of Glühlampe) |
| Lampenfieber {n} | :: stage fright |
| Lampenschirm {m} | :: lampshade |
| Lampion {m} {n} | :: paper lantern |
| Lampionblume {f} | :: bladder cherry |
| Lamprechtshausen {prop} {n} | :: Lamprechtshausen (municipality) |
| Lana {prop} {n} | :: Lana (municipality) |
| lancieren {v} | :: to launch |
| Land {n} | :: country (territory of a nation) |
| Land {n} | :: state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy) |
| Land {n} | :: land (real estate or landed property) |
| Land {n} | :: land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) |
| Land {n} | :: country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city) |
| Landarzt {m} | :: country doctor |
| Landarztgattin {f} | :: country doctor's wife |
| Landassel {f} | :: Any member in the suborder Oniscidea: woodlouse |
| Landau {prop} | :: Landau (independent city) |
| Landau {prop} | :: surname |
| Landauer {m} | :: Inhabitant of Landau |
| Landauer {m} [dated] | :: landau (type of lightweight four-wheeled carriage) |
| Landau in der Pfalz {prop} | :: Landau in der Pfalz (independent city) |
| Landbau {m} | :: husbandry |
| Landbau {m} | :: cultivation (of the land) |
| Ländchen {n} | :: diminutive of Land |
| Landebahn {f} | :: runway |
| Landeck {prop} {n} | :: Landeck (municipality) |
| Landekopf {m} [military] | :: beachhead |
| landen {vi} [auxiliary verb: sein, aviation, nautical] | :: to land |
| landen {vt} [auxiliary verb: haben, aviation, nautical] | :: to land |
| landen {vi} [auxiliary verb: sein, aviation] | :: to end up (somewhere) |
| Landepiste {f} | :: landing strip |
| Länderei {f} | :: estate [area of land] |
| Landesbank {f} | :: regional state bank |
| landesbedeutsam {adj} | :: significant at a country level |
| Landesflagge {f} | :: state flag |
| Landesgrenze {f} | :: national border; state boundary |
| Landeshauptstadt {f} | :: capital (of a state, country etc) |
| Landesherr {noun} [historical] | :: A territorial lord; a local ruler in the period beginning with the Early Middle Ages |
| Landeshoheit {f} | :: sovereignty |
| Landesinneres {n} | :: interior of a country |
| Landeskirche {f} | :: regional church |
| Landeskirche {f} | :: national church |
| Landeskriminalamt {n} | :: state office of criminal investigations |
| Landesminister {m} | :: male state/provincial minister |
| Landesministerin {f} | :: feminine noun of Landesminister |
| Landesministerium {n} | :: state/provincial ministry |
| landespolitisch {adj} | :: Relating to national politics |
| Landesrat {m} [Austria] | :: a minister of state |
| Landesregierung {f} | :: state government |
| Landessprache {f} | :: national language |
| Landestelle {f} | :: landing strip |
| Landesvater {m} [historic] | :: territorial lord |
| Landesvater {m} [often, humorous] | :: head of state |
| Landesverband {m} | :: national / state association |
| Landesverrat {m} [law] | :: treason |
| Landesverräter {m} [law] | :: traitor (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Landesverräterin {f} | :: feminine noun of Landesverräter |
| landesverräterisch {adj} [law] | :: traitorous |
| Landeswappen {n} | :: coats of arms of a state or country |
| Landeswappen {n} | :: coats of arms of a federal state (Germany, Austria) |
| landesweit {adj} | :: nationwide, national |
| Landfriede {m} [historical, Holy Roman Empire] | :: Landfriede; a peace between territorial rulers of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Landfriedensbruch {m} | :: (law) Breach of the Peace |
| Landgasthof {m} | :: country inn |
| Landgericht {n} [legal] | :: district court |
| Land gewinnen {v} [idiom] | :: to leave [quickly] |
| Land gewinnen {v} [idiom] | :: to improve one's situation |
| Landgraf {m} | :: landgrave |
| Landgut {n} | :: country estate, manor, demesne |
| Landhaus {n} | :: country house |
| Landkarte {f} | :: map |
| Landkreis {m} | :: county (administrative region of various countries) |
| Landkreis {m} | :: district (see Districts of Germany, which are called Landkreise in German) |
| landläufig {adj} | :: popular |
| Ländle {n} [colloquial, jocular] | :: Baden-Württemberg |
| Ländle {n} [Austria, regional, jocular] | :: Vorarlberg |
| ländlich {adj} | :: rural |
| landlos {adj} | :: landless |
| Landmann {m} | :: labourer; farmer (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Landmann {m} | :: peasant, countryman (country dweller) (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Landmaschine {f} | :: agricultural machine / implement |
| Landmine {f} | :: land mine |
| Landpfleger {m} [historical] | :: governor |
| Landrat {m} | :: District / county council |
| Landrat {m} | :: Chief administrative officer of a district |
| Landratte {f} | :: landlubber (someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship) |
| Landsberg {prop} {n} | :: The name of several European cites |
| Landsberg {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| Landschaft {f} | :: landscape |
| landschaftlich {adj} | :: scenic |
| landschaftlich {adj} [linguistics] | :: regional |
| Landschaftsgärtner {m} | :: landscaper (male or of unspecified sex) (one that does landscaping) |
| Landschaftsgenetik {f} | :: landscape genetics |
| Landshut {prop} {n} | :: Landshut (independent city) |
| Landsknecht {m} [countable, historical] | :: lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century) |
| Landsknecht {m} [uncountable] | :: lansquenet (gambling card game) |
| Landsmann {m} | :: a (male) national; one who comes from some country or region |
| Landsmann {m} | :: a (male) compatriot; a fellow countryman; one who comes from the same country or region as another |
| Landsmannschaft {f} | :: an association or club of people from the same region (or country) living elsewhere |
| Landsmannschaft {f} | :: a student’s association of such kind (many of which exist in traditional university cities in German-speaking Europe) |
| Landsmannschaft {f} [politics] | :: an association representing expelled populations from Germany’s former eastern territories |
| landständisch {adj} [historical] | :: pertaining to the Landstände |
| Landstrasse {f} | :: alternative spelling of Landstraße |
| Landstraße {f} | :: state road |
| Landstraße {f} | :: country road, rural road |
| Landstreicher {m} | :: vagrant, vagabond, tramp, hobo |
| Landstreicherei {f} | :: vagrancy |
| Landstreicherin {f} | :: feminine noun of Landstreicher |
| Landstrich {m} | :: area, district (An area or landscape within a larger area) |
| Landstuhl {prop} {n} | :: Landstuhl (town/and/municipality) |
| Landsturm {prop} {m} [historical] | :: Any of the final reserves of the armed forces in Prussia and later Germany, in Austria, or in Switzerland, generally made up of older people, sometimes constituted as a regular portion of the country's armed forces, sometimes irregular |
| Landtagswahl {f} | :: state election |
| landumschlossen {adj} | :: landlocked |
| Landung {f} [aviation] | :: landing |
| Land unter {n} | :: A severe flood; a storm tide |
| Land unter {n} [slang] | :: A situation where one is swamped with work |
| Landweg {m} | :: land route |
| Landwein {m} | :: simple regional wine; country wine, vin de pays |
| Landwirt {m} | :: farmer, agriculturist (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Landwirthschaft {f} | :: obsolete form of Landwirtschaft |
| landwirthschaftlich {adj} | :: obsolete form of landwirtschaftlich |
| Landwirtin {f} | :: farmer (female) |
| Landwirtschaft {f} | :: agriculture |
| landwirtschaftlich {adj} | :: agricultural |
| landwirtschaftlich {adj} | :: agrarian |
| lang {adj} | :: long; lengthy (in space or time) |
| lang {adj} [of a person] | :: tall |
| lang {adj} [with units of time, chiefly Jahre] | :: many (indicating the length of the time in total) |
| lang {adv} [chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style] | :: alternative form of lange |
| lang {adv} | :: long, sprawled, stretched (physically) |
| lang {postp} | :: for (temporal) |
| lang {postp} [chiefly colloquial, but also found in formal style] | :: alternative form of entlang |
| Lang {prop} | :: surname |
| Lang {prop} {n} | :: Lang (municipality) |
| langanhaltend {adj} | :: lasting, lingering, enduring |
| langärmelig {adj} | :: longsleeved |
| langärmlig {adj} | :: longsleeved |
| langatmig {adj} | :: long-winded |
| Langatmigkeit {f} | :: long-windedness |
| Langau {prop} {n} | :: Langau (municipality) |
| Langbeinfliege {f} | :: A fly belonging to the family Dolichopodidae, the long-legged fly |
| langdauernd {adj} | :: long-lasting |
| lange {adv} | :: long, for a long time |
| lange {adv} | :: in a long time |
| Lange {prop} | :: surname |
| Länge {f} | :: length |
| Länge {f} [geography, astronomy] | :: longitude |
| langen {v} [colloquial, southern] | :: to reach for something, to grab |
| langen {v} [colloquial, southern] | :: to pass, to hand something to someone |
| langen {v} [colloquial, southern] | :: to suffice, to be enough |
| Langen {prop} | :: Any of several small towns in Germany |
| Langen {prop} | :: surname |
| Langenberg {prop} {n} | :: Any of several places in Germany |
| Langenegg {prop} {n} | :: Langenegg (municipality) |
| Langenfeld {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| Langenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Langenfeld (municipality) |
| Langenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Langenfeld (municipality) |
| Langenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Langenfeld (municipality) |
| Längenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Längenfeld (municipality) |
| Längengrad {m} [geography] | :: longitude |
| Längenmaß {n} | :: unit of length |
| Langenrohr {prop} {n} | :: Langenrohr (municipality) |
| Langenstein {prop} {n} | :: Langenstein (municipality) |
| Langenwang {prop} {n} | :: Langenwang (municipality) |
| Langenzersdorf {prop} {n} | :: Langenzersdorf (municipality) |
| länger {adj} | :: comparative of lang |
| lange Rede, kurzer Sinn {phrase} | :: long story short |
| längerlebig {adj} | :: longer-lived |
| langer Rede kurzer Sinn {phrase} | :: alternative form of lange Rede, kurzer Sinn |
| langersehnt {adj} | :: long-awaited, long-desired |
| Langeweile {f} | :: boredom, ennui, tedium |
| langfristig {adj} | :: long-term |
| langgehen {vt} | :: to walk along |
| langgestreckt {adj} | :: elongated |
| langjährig {adj} | :: long-standing, long-term |
| Langkampfen {prop} {n} | :: Langkampfen (municipality) |
| langkettig {adj} | :: long-chain |
| langlebig {adj} | :: long-lived |
| Langlebigkeit {f} | :: longevity |
| länglich {adj} | :: oblong, longish |
| Langlieger {m} | :: a recumbent bicycle with a particularly long wheelbase |
| Langlieger {m} | :: somebody who occupies a bed in a hospital or a part thereof like an intensive care unit for so long a duration that his biding is part of the plannings |
| langmachen {vr} [somewhat, colloquial] | :: to stretch (in order to reach something) |
| langmachen {vr} [colloquial] | :: to lie down |
| langmachen {vt} [colloquial] | :: to scold harshly |
| Langmut {f} | :: forbearance, longanimity |
| langmütig {adj} | :: long-suffering, longanimous |
| Langobarde {m} | :: Lombard, Langobard (male or of unspecified sex) (from the tribe of the Lombards) |
| Langobardin {f} | :: Lombard, Langobard (female) (from the tribe of the Lombards) |
| langobardisch {adj} | :: Lombardic (of or pertaining to the Lombards) |
| Langobardisch {n} | :: Lombardic (the language of the Lombards) |
| Langohr {n} | :: donkey |
| Langohr {n} | :: rabbit |
| Langohr {n} [zoology] | :: long-eared bat [animal of the genus Plecotus] |
| längs {adv} | :: lengthwise; lengthways |
| längs {prep} [+ genitive] | :: along (by the length; in a line with the length) |
| langsam {adj} | :: slow (taking a long time to move or travel; not happening in a short time) |
| langsam {adv} | :: slowly (at a slow pace) |
| langsamer {adj} | :: comparative of langsam |
| Langsamkeit {f} | :: slowness |
| Langschläfer {m} | :: late riser, slugabed |
| Langschlag {prop} {n} | :: Langschlag (municipality) |
| Langschwanz-Ameisenwürger {m} | :: large-tailed antshrike |
| Langschwanzkatze {f} | :: margay [Leopardus wiedii] |
| Langschwanzpinguin {m} | :: brush-tailed penguin, a penguin of the Pygoscelis genus |
| Langschwert {n} [antiquarian] | :: longsword; any type of long sword, specifically of the Germanic spatha |
| Langschwert {n} [medieval history] | :: as a proper name, calque of the sobriquet of Guillaume Longue Épée (d. 942) |
| Längsreihe {f} | :: longitudinal row |
| Längsschnitt {m} | :: longitudinal section |
| Längsschnittuntersuchung {f} | :: longitudinal study |
| Längsstreifen {m} | :: vertical stripe |
| längst {adv} | :: long ago, long |
| langstängelig {adj} | :: Having a long stalk |
| langstänglig {adj} | :: alternative form of langstängelig |
| längsten {adj} | :: superlative of lang |
| langstielig {adj} | :: long-stemmed |
| Langstrecke {f} [generally or sports] | :: long distance |
| Langstreckenläufer {m} | :: long-distance runner |
| Langstreckenrakete {f} | :: long-range missile |
| Languste {f} | :: rock lobster, spiny lobster (crustacean of the family Palinuridae) |
| Langvokal {m} [phonology] | :: long vowel |
| Langwaffe {f} | :: A firearm with a barrel longer than 30 cm |
| langweilen {v} | :: to bore (inspire boredom in somebody) |
| langweilen {vr} | :: to be bored, to feel bored |
| Langweiler {m} | :: a bore, boring person |
| langweilig {adj} | :: boring, dull, tedious |
| langweilig {adj} | :: bored [when a dative reflexive pronoun is used] |
| langweiliger {adj} | :: comparative of langweilig |
| langweiligsten {adj} | :: superlative of langweilig |
| langwellig {adj} | :: longwave |
| langwierig {adj} | :: lengthy, protracted, prolonged |
| langwierig {adj} | :: lingering |
| Langwierigkeit {f} | :: lengthiness |
| Langzeichen {n} | :: Traditional Chinese character |
| Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit {f} | :: long-term unemployment |
| Langzeittherapie {f} [medicine] | :: long-term therapy |
| Lannach {prop} {n} | :: Lannach (municipality) |
| Lans {prop} {n} | :: Lans (municipality) |
| Lanthan {n} | :: lanthanum |
| Lanthanoid {n} [inorganic chemistry] | :: lanthanide, lanthanoid |
| Lanthanoidenkontraktion {f} [inorganic chemistry] | :: lanthanide contraction |
| Lanze {f} | :: lance, spear |
| Lanzendorf {prop} {n} | :: Lanzendorf (municipality) |
| Lanzenkirchen {prop} {n} | :: Lanzenkirchen (municipality) |
| Lanzenspitze {f} | :: spearhead (head of a spear or lance) |
| Laos {prop} {n} | :: Laos |
| Laote {m} | :: Lao (male person) |
| Laotin {f} | :: Lao (female person of Lao ethnicity) |
| laotisch {adj} | :: Lao (of, from, or pertaining to Laos, the people or their language) |
| Laotisch {prop} {n} | :: Lao (language) |
| lapidar {adj} | :: lapidary; brief, succinct (frequent connotation: more succinct than appropriate in the given situation) |
| Lapislazuli {m} [mineral] | :: lapis lazuli |
| Lapointe {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| Lappalie {f} | :: bagatelle, trifle, minor thing |
| Läppchen {n} | :: diminutive of Lappen |
| Lappe {m} | :: native of Lapland |
| Lappen {m} | :: cloth, rag |
| Lappen {m} [anatomy] | :: lobe |
| Lappen {m} [colloquial] | :: driver's license |
| Lappen {m} [youth slang] | :: loser; idiot |
| Lappenente {f} | :: musk duck (Biziura lobata) |
| läppern {vr} [somewhat, colloquial] | :: to mount up from small individual amounts to a large sum |
| läppisch {adj} | :: silly, childish, footling |
| läppisch {adj} | :: lousy |
| Lappland {prop} {n} | :: Lapland |
| Läpplein {n} | :: diminutive of Lappen |
| lapsus linguae {m} | :: A lapsus linguae; an inadvertent remark, a slip of the tongue |
| Laptop {m} {n} | :: laptop computer |
| Lara {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Lärche {f} | :: larch (Larix decidua) |
| larifari {adj} | :: sloppy, untidy |
| Larissa {prop} | :: given name |
| Lärm {m} | :: annoying noise; noise [when subjectively considered to be a disturbance] |
| lärmen {v} | :: to make lots of annoying noise, to make a racket; to din |
| larmoyant {adj} | :: tearful, maudlin |
| Larmoyanz {f} [derogatory] | :: maudlinness, mawkishness, self-pity |
| Lars {prop} | :: given name |
| Larve {f} [zoology] | :: larva (early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians) |
| Larve {f} [southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, otherwise archaic, literary] | :: mask |
| Lasagne {f} | :: lasagna (kind of dish involving pasta) |
| Lasberg {prop} {n} | :: Lasberg (municipality) |
| lasch {adj} | :: lax, lackadaisical, limp |
| Lasche {f} | :: tongue (a flap or protrusion) |
| Laser {m} | :: laser (beam of light) |
| Läser {m} | :: obsolete spelling of Leser |
| Laserdiode {f} | :: laser diode |
| Laserdrucker {m} | :: laser printer (computer printer) |
| laserinduziert {adj} | :: laser-induced |
| Laserkraut {n} | :: any of several plants of the genus Laserpitium; laserwort |
| Laserkühlung {f} [physics] | :: laser cooling |
| Lasertechnik {f} | :: laser technology |
| Läsion {f} [medicine] | :: lesion |
| Lassee {prop} {n} | :: Lassee (municipality) |
| lassen {vt} [with an infinitive] | :: to allow; to permit; to let |
| lassen {vt} [with an infinitive] | :: to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done) |
| lassen {vt} | :: to let; to leave |
| lassen {vt} | :: to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something) |
| lassen {vi} | :: to cease; to desist |
| lassen Sie es sich schmecken {interj} | :: bon appétit |
| lass es dir schmecken {interj} | :: bon appétit |
| lässig {adj} | :: casual, nonchalant, laid-back, easy-going |
| lässig {adj} [colloquial] | :: cool, awesome |
| Lässigkeit {f} | :: nonchalance, casualness, laxity, easygoingness |
| Lassing {prop} {n} | :: Lassing (municipality) |
| lässlich {adj} | :: venial, pardonable |
| lässlich {adj} | :: insignificant |
| Laßnitzhöhe {prop} {n} | :: Laßnitzhöhe (municipality) |
| Lasso {n} | :: lasso |
| lasst es euch schmecken {interj} | :: bon appétit |
| Last {f} | :: load |
| lasten {v} [with auf] | :: to weigh on, to bear on |
| Laster {n} | :: vice (bad habit) |
| Laster {m} [colloquial] | :: agent noun of lasten; truck, lorry (motor vehicle for transporting goods) |
| lasterhaft {adj} | :: vicious |
| lästern {vt} | :: to blaspheme against |
| lästern {vi} [with über + accusative] | :: to gossip, usually in a disdainful way; to bitch about; to speak ill of someone behind their back |
| lästig {adj} | :: tiresome |
| lästig {adj} | :: annoying |
| lästig {adj} | :: troublesome |
| Lastkraftwagen {m} | :: truck |
| Lastschrift {f} | :: direct debit |
| Lasttier {n} | :: beast of burden |
| Lastwagen {m} | :: truck, lorry |
| lasziv {adj} | :: lascivious; wanton |
| lat. {adj} | :: abbreviation of lateinisch |
| Latein {n} | :: [language] Latin |
| Lateinamerika {prop} {n} | :: Latin America |
| lateinamerikanisch {adj} | :: Latin American |
| lateinisch {adj} [of the language] | :: Latin |
| lateinisch {adj} [of the script] | :: Latin |
| lateinisch {adj} [Swiss] | :: pertaining to the French, Italian, and Romansh; also Spanish and Portuguese peoples |
| Lateinisch {prop} {n} | :: Latin (language of the ancient Romans) |
| Lateinisch {prop} {n} | :: Latin (alphabet) |
| Lateinisch {adj} [obsolete] | :: Latin |
| latent {adj} | :: latent |
| latente Wärme {f} [thermodynamics] | :: latent heat |
| Latenz {f} | :: latency |
| Latenzzeit {f} | :: latency |
| lateral {adj} | :: lateral |
| Lateral {m} [phonetics] | :: lateral |
| Laterna magica {f} | :: magic lantern |
| Laterne {f} | :: lantern |
| Laternenfisch {m} | :: lanternfish |
| Laternenträger {m} | :: lantern beetle |
| Laternenträger {m} | :: a kind of fish (Hemigrammus falsei, Hemigrammus mattei) |
| Laterns {prop} {n} | :: Laterns (municipality) |
| Latex {m} | :: latex (rubber) |
| Latexallergie {f} | :: allergy to latex |
| Latexrock {m} | :: latex skirt |
| latinisch {adj} | :: Latin (of Latium) |
| latinisieren {v} | :: to Latinize |
| Latinisierung {f} | :: Latinization |
| Latino {m} | :: Latino (male person from Latin America) |
| Lativ {m} [grammar] | :: lative case |
| latreutisch {adj} | :: latreutic (pertaining to latria) |
| Latrine {f} | :: latrine (very simple toilet facility) |
| Latsch {prop} {n} | :: Latsch (municipality) |
| Latte {f} | :: batten; lath; slat (narrow board or strip, usually of wood) |
| Latte {f} [slang] | :: erection |
| lattenstramm {adj} | :: Very drunk |
| Latüchte {f} | :: lamp, lantern, luminous object |
| Latwerge {f} [medicine] | :: electuary |
| Latwerge {f} [Northern German] | :: fruit mush, especially plum puree |
| Latz {m} | :: bib (item of clothing for babies) |
| Lätzchen {n} | :: diminutive of Latz; bib (item of clothing for babies) |
| Latzhose {f} | :: overalls (loose fitting pants with cross-straps and bib) |
| lau {adj} | :: lukewarm, tepid |
| Laub {n} [collective] | :: foliage, greenery, leaves (on a tree or fallen onto the ground, but particularly the latter) |
| Laub {n} | :: leaves, a suit in German playing cards |
| Laubbaum {m} | :: deciduous tree |
| Laubbaum {m} | :: broad-leaved tree |
| Laubbläser {m} | :: leafblower |
| Laubblatt {n} [botany] | :: leaf (foliage leaf of deciduous plants (trees and shrubs)) |
| Laubblättchen {n} | :: diminutive of Laubblatt |
| Laube {f} | :: bower, arbor (shady, leafy shelter in a garden or woods) |
| Laube {f} | :: alcove |
| Laube {f} [architecture] | :: arcade (covered passage, usually with shops) |
| Laube {m} [ichthyology] | :: bleak (kind of fish) |
| Laubenvogel {m} | :: bower bird |
| Laubfrosch {m} | :: tree frog |
| Laubgehölz {n} [forestry] | :: deciduous tree or shrub |
| Laubholz {n} | :: hardwood (The wood from any dicotyledonous tree.) |
| Laubhütte {f} [Judaism] | :: sukkah |
| Laubhüttenfest {n} [Judaism] | :: Sukkot |
| Laubmoos {n} | :: moss |
| Laubsäge {f} | :: jigsaw |
| Laubsänger {m} | :: warbler (bird in the genus Phylloscopus or Seicercus) |
| Laubsturm {m} | :: leafstorm |
| Laubwald {m} | :: deciduous forest |
| Lauch {m} | :: leek |
| Lauch {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: wimp (weak, pathetic person) |
| lauchig {adj} | :: having a taste reminding of leek |
| Lauchmotte {f} | :: leek moth |
| Lauda {prop} | :: surname |
| Laudanum {n} | :: laudanum |
| Lauenburg {prop} | :: Lauenburg (town), formally Lauenburg an der Elbe or Lauenburg/Elbe |
| Lauenburg {prop} | :: Lauenburg (town in Pomerania: Lębork), formerly formally Lauenburg in Pommern or Lauenburg i. Pom. |
| lauern {v} | :: lurk; to follow, watch, or spy in hiding or in the background |
| lauern {v} | :: to lie in wait or ambush |
| Lauf {m} | :: a run |
| Lauf {m} | :: a leg of certain animals |
| Lauf {m} [of a gun] | :: barrel |
| Lauf {m} [onward movement] | :: course |
| Lauf {prop} {n} | :: Lauf (town) |
| Laufbahn {f} [running] | :: track |
| Laufbahn {f} | :: career |
| Laufband {n} [exercise] | :: treadmill |
| Laufband {n} | :: conveyor belt |
| Laufband {n} | :: moving walkway |
| laufen {vti} | :: to walk; to jog; to run (to move on foot; either at a normal or an increased speed) |
| laufen {vi} [of a fluid] | :: to flow; to leak; to run |
| laufen {vi} [of an event] | :: to be in progress; to run |
| laufen {vi} [computing] | :: to run, to execute (a program) |
| laufen {vi} [of an event] | :: to be in order; to work; to function |
| laufen {vi} [of time] | :: to pass; to flow |
| Laufen {n} [sports] | :: "running" |
| laufend {adj} [attributive, presently or currently happening; being in progress] | :: current, ongoing, pending |
| laufend {adj} [attributive] | :: constant |
| laufend {adv} [colloquial] | :: constantly, continually |
| laufen lassen {v} [idiomatic] | :: to release (literally: "to let run") |
| laufen lassen {v} | :: to leave running |
| Laufer {m} | :: alternative form of Läufer |
| Läufer {m} | :: agent noun of laufen; runner (someone who runs) |
| Läufer {m} | :: runner (strip of fabric used to decorate a table) |
| Läufer {m} | :: runner (narrow long carpet) |
| Läufer {m} [chess] | :: bishop |
| Läuferbauer {m} [chess] | :: bishop's pawn |
| Lauffeuer {n} | :: wildfire, rapidly-spreading fire |
| läufig {adj} | :: in heat, on heat |
| Laufmasche {f} | :: the run of a thread of a piece of disintegrating clothing |
| Laufpass {m} [dated, military] | :: certificate of discharge |
| Laufpass {m} [figurative, colloquial] | :: axe (dismissal or rejection) |
| Laufring {m} | :: ballrace |
| Laufschuh {m} | :: running shoe |
| Laufsteg {m} | :: catwalk |
| Laufuhr {f} | :: running watch |
| Laufvogel {m} | :: flightless bird, ratite |
| Laufwerk {n} [computing] | :: drive |
| Laufwerk {n} | :: part of a clockwork mechanism |
| Laufwerk {n} | :: part of a railroad car |
| Laufzeit {f} [physics or electronics or telecommunications or broadcasting] | :: delay |
| Laufzeit {f} [computing] | :: run time |
| Laufzeit {f} | :: operating life |
| Laufzeit {f} | :: period of validity |
| Lauge {f} | :: lye |
| Laugensalz {n} | :: (any of several) alkaline salt |
| Laune {f} | :: mood |
| Laune {f} | :: whim |
| launenhaft {adj} | :: capricious |
| launig {adj} | :: humorous |
| launig {adj} | :: jocose |
| launig {adj} | :: whimsical |
| launisch {adj} | :: moody, capricious |
| Laura {prop} | :: given name |
| Laurein {prop} {n} | :: Laurein (municipality) |
| Laurens {prop} | :: given name |
| Laurenz {prop} | :: given name |
| Laurier {prop} {mf} | :: Laurier (surname) |
| Laurin {prop} | :: given name |
| Laurit {m} [mineral] | :: laurite |
| Laus {f} | :: louse |
| lauschen {vi} | :: to listen (to wait for a sound) |
| lauschen {vi} | :: to eavesdrop |
| lauschen {vt} [with dative] | :: to listen to |
| Läuschen {n} | :: diminutive of Laus |
| lauschig {adj} | :: snug |
| lausen {vt} | :: to louse |
| lausig {adj} | :: lousy [remarkably bad] |
| Lausitz {prop} | :: Lusatia |
| Laussa {prop} {n} | :: Laussa (municipality) |
| laut {adj} | :: loud, noisy |
| laut {prep} | :: according to |
| Laut {m} | :: sound |
| Laut {m} | :: noise |
| Lauta {prop} {n} | :: Lauta (town) |
| lautbar {adj} [dated] | :: Sounding aloud, resounding, echoing, reverberating |
| lautbar {adj} [dated] | :: Public, open to the public, common, general |
| laut denken {v} | :: to think aloud |
| Laute {f} | :: lute |
| lauten {v} | :: To sound |
| lauten {v} | :: To read (have a certain wording) |
| läuten {v} | :: to ring: to make or to produce sound |
| läuten {v} | :: to toll: to produce the sound of a bell |
| Lautenwerck {n} | :: a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period, similar to a harpsichord but strung with gut strings rather than metal strings |
| lauter {adj} [formal] | :: sincere; honorable; of integrity; correct |
| lauter {adj} [formal, literary, most often of metal] | :: genuine; pure |
| lauter {adj} [colloquial, uninflected, not comparable] | :: a lot of; a bunch of; much; many; several |
| lauter {adv} [formal] | :: in a sincere, honorable, correct manner; with integrity |
| lauter {adv} [colloquial] | :: just; only; exclusively; often best translated with all |
| lauter {adj} | :: comparative of laut |
| Lauterach {prop} {n} | :: Lauterach (municipality) |
| Lauterach {prop} {n} | :: Lauterach (municipality) |
| Lauterach {prop} {f} | :: Lauterach (river) |
| läutern {v} | :: to refine |
| läutern {v} | :: to cleanse, purify |
| Läuterung {f} | :: catharsis |
| Läuterung {f} | :: refinement, purification |
| lautgerecht {adj} [linguistics] | :: phonetically regular (such as would be expected according ot the relevant sound laws) |
| Lautgesetz {n} [linguistics] | :: sound law |
| lauthals {adv} | :: at the top of one's voice (especially in the context of singing) |
| Lautlehre {f} [science] | :: phonology and phonetics combined |
| lautlich {adj} | :: phonetic |
| lautlos {adj} | :: soundless |
| Lautmalerei {f} [linguistics] | :: onomatopoeia (property) |
| lautmalerisch {adj} | :: onomatopoeic |
| Lautreihe {f} | :: series of sounds |
| Lautschrift {f} | :: phonetic alphabet, phonetic transcription |
| Lautsprache {f} | :: vocal language [i.e. as opposed to a sign language] |
| Lautsprecher {m} | :: loudspeaker |
| Lautsprecher {m} [loosely, pars pro toto] | :: loudhailer (electronic megaphone) |
| lautstark {adj} | :: noisy, loud |
| Lautstärke {f} | :: volume |
| Lautstärke {f} | :: loudness |
| Lautstärkeanzeige {f} [technical device] | :: volume indicator, volume display |
| Lautstärkeregler {m} | :: loudness control, volume control button |
| Lautung {f} | :: pronunciation |
| Lautverschiebung {f} [linguistics] | :: A sound shift, a regular process affecting a sound of a language, changing it into another sound |
| Lautwandel {m} [linguistics] | :: sound change |
| lauwarm {adj} | :: lukewarm |
| Lava {f} | :: lava |
| Lavabo {n} [Switzerland] | :: sink, washbasin |
| Lavafluss {m} | :: lava flow |
| Lavalampe {f} | :: lava lamp |
| Lavamünd {prop} {n} | :: Lavamünd (municipality) |
| Lavant {prop} {n} | :: Lavant (municipality) |
| Lavant {prop} {f} | :: Lavant (river) |
| Lavanttal {prop} {n} | :: A region of Carinthia in Austria based on the Lavant river valley |
| Lavaret {m} | :: lavaret, common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) |
| Lavendel {m} | :: lavender [plant] |
| lavendelfarben {adj} | :: lavender (coloured) |
| Lavendelwasser {n} | :: lavender water |
| lavieren {v} [nautical] | :: to tack (manoeuvre a ship through strong winds) |
| lavieren {v} [figurative] | :: to manoeuvre so as to avoid difficulties |
| Lawine {f} | :: avalanche |
| Lawinenschutzmauer {f} | :: avalanche protection wall, wall to protect against avalanches |
| Lawrencium {n} | :: lawrencium |
| lax {adj} | :: lax |
| lax {adj} [morale or ethics] | :: easy, loose |
| Laxenburg {prop} {n} | :: Laxenburg (municipality) |
| laxierend {adj} [medicine] | :: laxative, purgative |
| Layout {n} | :: layout |
| Layouter {m} | :: a layout person: someone who deals with layout |
| Laysanente {f} | :: Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) |
| Lazarett {n} [dated] | :: any military hospital |
| Lazarett {n} | :: a military hospital under war conditions |
| Lazarett {n} | :: short for Feldlazarett |
| Lazarett {n} | :: a similar non-military facility (usually after a natural disaster) |
| Lazarus {prop} {m} | :: Lazarus |
| LDK {prop} | :: Lahn-Dill-Kreis, a district in Hesse, Germany |
| LDVH {phrase} | :: Lies das verdammte Handbuch! RTFM (literally, "read the damned manual") |
| -le {suffix} [chiefly dialectal] | :: suffix used to create a diminutive form, mostly in Alemannic and Upper Franconian dialects; e.g., Haus → Häusle |
| Lea {prop} | :: Leah [biblical character] |
| Lea {prop} | :: given name currently popular |
| Leadhillit {m} [mineral] | :: leadhillite |
| leaken {v} | :: to leak (to reveal secret information to the public) |
| Lebemann {m} | :: bon vivant |
| Lebemann {m} | :: playboy |
| leben {vi} | :: to live, to be alive |
| leben {vi} | :: to dwell, to reside |
| leben {vi} | :: to live, to exist, to occupy a place |
| leben {vi} [hyperbole] | :: To cope with, to live with, to deal with |
| Leben {n} [uncountable] | :: living |
| Leben {n} | :: life; being alive |
| Leben {n} [uncountable, biology] | :: a state in which organic entities such as animals, plants and bacteria have properties like metabolism, adaption and replication |
| Leben {n} [uncountable, biology] | :: the entirety of those who are in this state |
| Leben {n} [countable] | :: the time period in which one is in this state; the time between birth and death |
| Leben {n} [uncountable, religion, philosophy] | :: a state of being in touch or in line with certain metaphysical forces and principles by which biological life is governed |
| Leben {n} [countable] | :: life; way of life (a particular manner of behaving and passing one’s time, whether real or ideal, and whether self-chosen or not) |
| Leben {n} [countable] | :: biography; life; life story (an account of a person’s life, whether real or virtual) |
| Leben {n} [usually, uncountable] | :: existence; life (a position one has created for oneself, often manifested in success, prosperity, and standing) |
| Leben {n} [usually, uncountable] | :: life; precious or beloved thing that someone considers fundamental to their existence |
| Leben {n} [countable, video games] | :: a measure of successful play |
| Leben {n} | :: life; numbers of times a game can be played |
| Leben {n} | :: health; hit points |
| Leben {n} [youth slang] | :: used as the object of certain verbs, often ones that are per se intransitive, for emphasis |
| lebend {adj} | :: living |
| lebend {adj} | :: live, alive |
| lebendgebärend {adj} | :: viviparous, live-bearing |
| Lebendgewicht {n} | :: live weight (weight of a living animal) |
| lebendig {adj} | :: living, alive; animate |
| lebendig {adj} | :: lively, vivacious, spirited, animated; vibrant |
| lebendig {adj} | :: active, agile |
| Lebendiger {noun} | :: a person who is alive |
| Lebensabend {m} | :: eventide, late life |
| Lebensabschnitt {m} | :: phase, stage of life |
| Lebensabschnittsgefährte {m} [often, humorous] | :: current partner |
| Lebensalter {n} | :: age (of life) |
| Lebensbedingung {f} | :: condition of life |
| lebensbedrohlich {adj} | :: life-threatening |
| Lebensdauer {f} | :: lifespan, lifetime |
| lebensecht {adj} | :: lifelike |
| Lebensende {n} | :: end of (one's) life, death |
| lebenserfahren {adj} | :: experienced (in life) |
| Lebenserwartung {f} | :: life expectancy |
| Lebensfaden {m} | :: thread of life |
| lebensfeindlich {adj} | :: hostile to life |
| Lebensform {f} | :: lifeform |
| Lebensform {f} | :: lifestyle |
| Lebensgefahr {f} | :: danger to life |
| lebensgefährlich {adj} | :: extremely dangerous, life-threatening (dangerous enough potentially to result in death, as opposed to merely injury) |
| Lebensgefährte {m} | :: significant other, life partner, life companion, companion |
| Lebensgefühl {n} | :: sense of life (conscious feeling of participating in real life) |
| Lebensgemeinschaft {f} | :: community |
| Lebensgemeinschaft {f} [biology] | :: biocoenosis / biocenosis |
| Lebensgrösse {f} | :: alternative spelling of Lebensgröße |
| Lebensgröße {f} [especially in the phrase "in Lebensgröße"] | :: full size |
| Lebensgrundlage {f} | :: livelihood |
| Lebenshaltungskosten {p} | :: cost of living |
| Lebensjahr {n} | :: year of one's life |
| Lebensjahr {n} | :: at the age of |
| Lebenskraft {f} | :: vitality, life force |
| lebenslang {adj} | :: lifelong |
| lebenslänglich {adj} [law] | :: for life, life |
| Lebenslauf {m} | :: curriculum vitae [UK], résumé [US] |
| Lebenslüge {f} | :: grand lie, grand delusion: a self-deception which forms a core part of a person or group's identity |
| lebenslustig {adj} | :: fun-loving |
| Lebensmensch {m} [especially in Austria] | :: the most important person (whether a relative, a spouse or a friend) in one's life |
| Lebensmittel {n} | :: any item or substance intended for human consumption (excluding medical drugs and mind-altering drugs other than alcohol) |
| Lebensmittel {n} [in the plural] | :: groceries; roughly, though not usually including housewares |
| Lebensmittelallergie {f} | :: food allergy |
| Lebensmittelchemie {f} [chemistry] | :: food chemistry |
| Lebensmittelergänzung {f} | :: food supplement |
| Lebensmittelfarbe {f} | :: food colouring |
| Lebensmittelfarbstoff {m} | :: food colouring |
| Lebensmittelgeschäft {n} | :: grocery, grocery store |
| Lebensmittelhändler {m} | :: grocer, food retailer (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Lebensmittelhändlerin {f} | :: grocer, food retailer (female) |
| Lebensmittelhandlung {f} | :: grocery, grocery store |
| Lebensmittelindustrie {f} | :: food industry |
| Lebensmittelladen {m} | :: grocery, grocery store |
| Lebensmittelsicherheit {f} | :: food safety |
| Lebensmittelsicherheit {f} | :: food security |
| Lebensmitteltechnik {f} | :: food technology |
| Lebensmittelvergiftung {f} | :: food poisoning (any food-borne disease) |
| Lebensmittelzusatzstoff {m} | :: food additive |
| lebensmüde {adj} | :: weary of life |
| lebensnotwendig {adj} | :: vital, essential |
| Lebensplanung {f} | :: planning for life |
| Lebensqualität {f} | :: quality of life |
| Lebensraum {m} | :: living space |
| Lebensraum {m} | :: habitat |
| Lebensraum {m} | :: lebensraum |
| Lebensreform {f} [historical] | :: A social movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century Germany and Switzerland that propagated a back-to-nature lifestyle |
| lebensrettend {adj} | :: life-saving |
| Lebensretter {m} | :: lifesaver, lifeguard |
| Lebensstandard {m} | :: standard of living |
| Lebensstil {m} | :: lifestyle |
| Lebenstraum {m} | :: life dream |
| Lebensunterhalt {m} | :: livelihood |
| Lebensversicherung {f} | :: life insurance, life assurance |
| Lebenswandel {m} | :: lifestyle |
| Lebenswasser {n} [mythology] | :: water of life |
| Lebensweg {m} | :: life, life's journey |
| Lebensweise {f} | :: way of life |
| Lebenswelt {f} | :: (living) environment |
| lebenswert {adj} | :: worth living |
| lebenswichtig {adj} | :: vital |
| lebenswichtig {adj} | :: essential |
| Lebenszeichen {n} | :: sign of life |
| Lebenszeit {f} | :: lifetime |
| Lebenszyklus {m} | :: life cycle |
| leben und leben lassen {v} | :: live and let live (be tolerant) |
| leben wie Gott in Frankreich {v} [idiomatic] | :: to live in luxury (literally: to live like God in France) |
| Leber {f} | :: liver |
| Leber {f} [idiomatic] | :: someplace deep within one |
| Leberdegeneration {f} [pathology] | :: liver degeneration |
| Leberentzündung {f} | :: hepatitis |
| Leberfleck {m} | :: mole (spot on the skin) |
| Leberkäs {m} | :: alternative form of Leberkäse |
| Leberkäse {m} | :: A dish similar to meat loaf, popular in southern Germany, Austria and parts of Switzerland |
| leberkrank {adj} | :: liver disease (attributive) |
| Leberl {prop} | :: surname |
| Leberlein {n} | :: diminutive of Leber |
| Leberschaden {m} | :: liver damage |
| Leberschädigung {f} [pathology] | :: liver damage / injury |
| leberspezifisch {adj} [medicine, pathology] | :: liver-specific |
| Lebertran {m} | :: cod liver oil |
| Lebervergrößerung {f} [pathology] | :: liver enlargement; hepatomegaly |
| Leberwurst {f} | :: liverwurst, liver sausage |
| Leberzirrhose {f} | :: cirrhosis of the liver |
| Lebewesen {n} | :: organism (any living thing) |
| Lebewesen {n} [in common usage] | :: creature; an animal or human |
| Lebewohl {n} [literary] | :: farewell (wish of happiness or safety at parting) |
| lebhaft {adj} | :: lively, active, buoyant or agile |
| lebhaft {adj} | :: brisk |
| lebhaft {adj} [music] | :: allegro |
| Lebkuchen {m} | :: lebkuchen (a form of gingerbread) |
| Lebkuchenhaus {n} | :: gingerbread house |
| Leblanc {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| leblos {adj} | :: lifeless |
| Lebtag {m} [dated] | :: days of life |
| leb wohl {interj} | :: farewell, goodbye |
| Lebzeiten {p} | :: lifetime |
| Lech {prop} {m} | :: Lech (river) |
| Lechaschau {prop} {n} | :: Lechaschau (municipality) |
| lechzen {v} | :: to crave [+ nach (object)] |
| leck {adj} | :: leaky |
| Leck {n} | :: leak (hole in a large container, such as in a tank) |
| Leck {n} [nautical] | :: leak (hole in the body of a ship) |
| Leckage {f} | :: leak, leakage |
| lecken {vti} [also with an + dative] | :: to lick (strike with the tongue) |
| lecken {vti} | :: to lick (perform cunnilingus) |
| lecken {v} | :: to leak [a liquid, such as water] |
| lecken {v} | :: to seep |
| Lecken {n} | :: cunnilingus (oral sex performed on a female person) |
| lecker {adj} | :: yummy, tasty |
| lecker {adj} [regional, chiefly West Central German, sometimes uninflected, especially in the neuter] | :: attractive (woman or man) |
| lecker {adv} | :: well, with pleasure [usually referring to eating and drinking] |
| Lecker {m} | :: licker, one who licks |
| Leckerbissen {m} | :: delicacy, tidbit |
| Leckerei {f} | :: delicacy, delectable |
| leckerfritzig {adj} | :: yummy |
| leck mich am Arsch {interj} [vulgar, idiomatic] | :: kiss my ass |
| leck mich im Arsch {phrase} [vulgar] | :: kiss my ass |
| Leckrate {f} | :: leakage rate |
| Leckstelle {f} | :: leakage point |
| LED {f} | :: LED (light-emitting diode) |
| Leder {n} | :: leather |
| Ledercorsage {f} | :: alternative spelling of Lederkorsage |
| Lederhose {f} | :: Any trousers made of leather |
| Lederhose {f} | :: A lederhosen, a traditional (mainly Bavarian) pair of knee-breeches in heavy, creaking leather, with suspenders |
| Lederhose {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: A Bavarian person |
| Lederhose {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: A member of supporter of Bayern Munich |
| Lederkorsage {f} | :: leather corsage |
| Ledermantel {m} | :: leather coat |
| ledern {adj} | :: leather, leathery |
| ledern {adj} | :: dry (boring) |
| Lederschlaufe {f} | :: leather loop, leather strap |
| Lederstiefel {m} | :: leather boot |
| ledig {adj} | :: unmarried |
| ledig {adj} [dated, literary] | :: free; rid (of) |
| ledig {adj} [archaic, of a, child] | :: born out of wedlock |
| ledig {adj} [archaic, dialectal] | :: empty |
| lediglich {adv} | :: merely |
| Lee {f} | :: leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction) |
| leer {adj} | :: empty |
| Leer {prop} {n} | :: Leer (town) |
| Leere {f} | :: emptiness |
| Leere {f} | :: obsolete spelling of Lehre |
| leeren {v} | :: to empty |
| leeressen {vt} | :: to eat [out of a food container until it is empty] |
| leeres Stroh dreschen {v} [idiom] | :: to talk pointlessly |
| Leergewicht {n} | :: tare; weight when empty |
| Leergut {n} | :: empty [empty container for recycling] |
| Leergutautomat {m} | :: reverse vending machine |
| Leerlauf {m} [automotive] | :: neutral gear |
| Leerlauf {m} [figuratively] | :: running in place |
| leerlaufen {vi} | :: to empty |
| leerlaufen {vi} | :: to idle, to run at idle |
| Leerlaufstellung {f} [automotive] | :: neutral (position) |
| Leerraum {m} [typography] | :: white space |
| Leerstelle {f} | :: space, gap (empty place) |
| Leerstelle {f} [typography] | :: blank space, space |
| Leerstelle {f} [crystallography] | :: vacancy |
| Leerverkauf {m} [finance] | :: short sale |
| Leerwort {n} [linguistics] | :: function word |
| Leerzeichen {n} | :: space (gap between written characters) |
| Leerzeichen {n} [computer science] | :: white space |
| Leerzeile {f} [typography] | :: blank line |
| leewärts {adv} | :: leeward |
| Lefze {f} | :: lip of a dog, predator, etc. (particularly when aggressive, baring the teeth) |
| Lefze {f} [anatomy, archaic] | :: lip in general |
| Lefze {f} [anatomy, obsolete] | :: labium |
| legal {adj} | :: legal |
| legalisieren {v} | :: to legalize |
| Legalisierung {f} | :: legalization (process of making something legal) |
| Legalität {f} | :: legality |
| legasthen {adj} [having dyslexia] | :: dyslexic, dyslectic |
| Legasthenie {f} [neurology, pathology] | :: dyslexia |
| Legastheniker {m} | :: dyslexic, dyslectic |
| legasthenisch {adj} [having dyslexia] | :: dyslexic, dyslectic |
| Legat {n} | :: legacy, a detachment of certain items of the heritage |
| Legat {m} | :: legate |
| Legebatterie {f} | :: battery cage, laying cage (cage for chicken to lay eggs) |
| legen {vt} | :: to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it afterwands lies as opposed to being gesetzt, gestellt |
| legen {v} [animal husbandry] | :: to castrate |
| legen {v} [colloquial, especially video games] | :: to slay, to defeat |
| legen {v} [colloquial, impersonal] | :: to cause great amusement, to make someone collapse in laughter, to kill, to slay |
| Legen {n} | :: laying, placement |
| legendär {adj} | :: legendary |
| Legende {f} | :: legend |
| legendenumwoben {adj} | :: legendary (wrapped in legends) |
| leger {adj} | :: casual, informal |
| leger {adj} [of clothing] | :: dressed down |
| legerer {adj} | :: comparative of leger |
| legersten {adj} | :: superlative of leger |
| legierbar {adj} | :: alloyable |
| legieren {v} | :: To alloy |
| legieren {v} | :: To thicken |
| legiert {v} | :: past participle of legieren |
| legiert {adj} | :: alloyed |
| Legierung {f} | :: alloy, alloying |
| Legierungsbestandteil {m} | :: component of an alloy |
| Legierungselement {n} [metallurgy] | :: alloying element |
| Legierungsmetall {n} | :: alloy metal |
| Legierungszusatz {m} | :: alloying additive |
| legiferieren {v} | :: to legislate |
| Legion {f} | :: legion |
| Legislative {f} [politics] | :: legislature |
| Legislaturperiode {f} | :: legislative session |
| legitim {adj} | :: legitimate |
| legitimieren {v} | :: to legitimize |
| legitimiert {v} | :: past participle of legitimieren |
| legitimistisch {adj} | :: legitimistic |
| Leguan {m} | :: iguana, lizard |
| Leguminose {f} | :: legume |
| Lehen {n} | :: feud or fief (estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord) |
| Lehm {m} | :: loam |
| Lehm {m} | :: clay |
| Lehmann {prop} | :: surname |
| lehmartig {adj} | :: loamy |
| lehmhaltig {adj} | :: loamy |
| lehmig {adj} | :: loamy, clayey |
| Lehmziegel {m} | :: adobe |
| Lehnbedeutung {f} [lexicography] | :: semantic loan |
| Lehne {f} | :: arm (of a chair), armrest |
| Lehne {f} | :: back (of chair), backrest |
| lehnen {vir} | :: to lean |
| lehnen {vt} | :: to lean something |
| Lehnsherr {m} | :: liege lord |
| Lehnstuhl {m} | :: easy chair |
| Lehnübersetzung {f} [lexicography] | :: loan translation, calque |
| Lehnwort {n} | :: loanword, foreign word, borrowing |
| Lehramt {n} | :: teaching post |
| Lehrbuch {n} | :: textbook |
| lehrbuchmäßig {adj} | :: textbook (perfectly correct) |
| Lehre {f} [religion] | :: teaching, tenet |
| Lehre {f} | :: apprenticeship |
| Lehre {f} | :: doctrine |
| Lehre {f} | :: lesson |
| Lehre {f} | :: theory |
| Lehre {f} | :: science |
| Lehre {f} | :: jig, gauge (tool) |
| lehren {vti} | :: to teach a class, a subject; to be a teacher |
| lehren {vt} [formal] | :: to teach somebody something |
| Lehrer {m} | :: agent noun of lehren; teacher (without sex, of unspecified sex or male) |
| Lehrerin {f} | :: teacher (thing which or female person who teaches) |
| Lehrerpult {n} | :: teacher's desk |
| Lehrfreiheit {f} | :: academic freedom |
| Lehrgang {m} | :: educational course |
| Lehrgegenstand {m} | :: material that is taught in a lesson |
| Lehrgegenstand {m} [Austria] | :: subject (particular area of study) |
| Lehrjahre {noun} | :: apprenticeship |
| Lehrkörper {m} | :: faculty (staff of teachers) |
| Lehrkörper {m} [rare, chiefly erroneous or jocular] | :: a teacher |
| Lehrkraft {f} | :: (qualified) teacher |
| Lehrling {m} | :: apprentice |
| Lehrmaterial {n} | :: teaching material |
| lehrreich {adj} | :: instructive, teaching, informative, educational, salutary |
| Lehrsatz {m} [mathematics] | :: theorem |
| Lehrstelle {f} | :: apprenticeship |
| Lehrwerk {n} | :: textbook |
| -lei {suffix} | :: means sort, kind, type; added to numerals or some pronouns: indicates the specified number of types |
| Leib {m} [dated, literary or religious] | :: body |
| Leib {m} [dated, literary or religious] | :: womb |
| Leib {m} [dated, literary] | :: belly; abdomen; stomach |
| Leib {m} [dated, literary] | :: trunk; torso; especially without limbs |
| Leibarzt {m} | :: personal physician |
| Leibchen {n} [dated] | :: bodice, especially of a dirndl |
| Leibchen {n} [Austria, Swiss] | :: men's undershirt |
| Leibchen {n} [Austria, Swiss] | :: jersey (shirt worn by an athlete) |
| Leibchen {n} | :: T-shirt |
| Leibchen {n} | :: A traditional sleeveless shirt worn by children, often with garters attached |
| leibeigen {adj} | :: unfree, in bondage; serf (attributive) |
| Leibeigener {m} | :: An unfree person; a slave, serf or indentured servant |
| Leiben {prop} {n} | :: Leiben (municipality) |
| Leibesfrucht {f} | :: unborn child; embryo, fetus |
| Leibesfülle {f} | :: corpulent body |
| Leibesvisitation {f} | :: body cavity search |
| Leibgericht {n} | :: favourite dish |
| leibhaftig {adj} | :: physical, material |
| leibhaftig {adj} | :: incarnate, corporeal |
| Leibhaftige {m} [theology, euphemistic, with definite article] | :: the Devil |
| Leibhaftigkeit {f} [philosophy, theology] | :: corporeality, materiality, physicality |
| leiblich {adj} | :: bodily, physical, worldly |
| leiblich {adj} | :: consanguine |
| Leibnitz {prop} | :: Leibnitz (town) |
| Leibnitz {prop} | :: surname |
| Leibnitz {prop} | :: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher |
| Leibniz {prop} | :: surname |
| Leibniz {prop} | :: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), German mathematician, philosopher, and polymath |
| Leibrock {m} | :: frock coat |
| Leibrock {m} [biblical] | :: ephod |
| Leibschmerz {m} | :: bellyache (abdominal pain) |
| Leib und Leben {noun} | :: life and limb |
| Leibwächter {m} | :: bodyguard (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Leich {m} | :: a song consisting of strophes of unequal length |
| Leiche {f} | :: dead body, corpse |
| leichenblass {adj} | :: deathly pale |
| Leichenficker {m} [vulgar, offensive] | :: man who has sex with a human corpse |
| Leichenhalle {f} | :: morgue, mortuary |
| Leichenhaus {n} | :: morgue, mortuary |
| Leichenschänder {m} | :: person who has sex with a dead human body |
| Leichenschänder {m} | :: person who treats a dead human body in a disrespectful way |
| Leichenschändung {f} | :: desecration of corpse(s) |
| Leichenschändung {f} | :: necrophilia |
| Leichenschau {f} | :: inquest of a body |
| Leichenschauhaus {n} | :: morgue, mortuary |
| Leichenschmaus {m} | :: communal meal eaten by mourners after a funeral |
| Leichenstein {m} [obsolete] | :: tombstone (stone on grave) |
| Leichentuch {n} [burial] | :: shroud |
| Leichenverbrennung {f} | :: cremation |
| Leichenwagen {m} | :: hearse |
| Leichnam {m} | :: corpse (dead human body) |
| leicht {adj} | :: light (not heavy) |
| leicht {adj} | :: easy (not difficult) |
| leicht {adj} | :: light, lite, diet (of food which is low in calories) |
| leicht {adj} | :: slight |
| leicht {adv} | :: slightly |
| Leichtathletik {f} [sports, athletics] | :: track and field (group of athletic sports) |
| Leichtbau {m} | :: lightweight construction |
| leichtentzündlich {adj} | :: highly inflammable |
| leichter {adj} | :: comparative of leicht |
| Leichter {m} [nautical] | :: lighter; barge |
| leichtfertig {adj} | :: flippant, frivolous, thoughtless |
| leichtflüchtig {adj} | :: volatile |
| leichtflüssig {adj} | :: light, mobile |
| leichtflüssig {adj} | :: low melting (melting at low temperature) |
| leichtgläubig {adj} | :: credulous, gullible |
| Leichtheit {f} | :: lightness (property of being light) |
| leichtherzig {adj} | :: lighthearted, carefree |
| Leichtigkeit {f} | :: easiness |
| Leichtigkeit {f} | :: lightness |
| Leichtindustrie {f} | :: light industry |
| Leichtlegierung {f} | :: light alloy |
| leichtlöslich {adj} | :: easily / readily soluble |
| Leichtmetall {n} | :: light alloy |
| Leichtmetallfelge {f} | :: alloy wheel |
| Leichtsinn {m} | :: carelessness, recklessness |
| leichtsinnig {adj} | :: careless, reckless |
| leichtsinnigerweise {adv} | :: carelessly |
| leid {adj} [obsolete outside of fixed expressions] | :: distressing, uncomfortable |
| Leid {n} | :: woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction |
| Leid {n} | :: wrong, harm, injury |
| leiden {vt} | :: to bear; to endure; to undergo (some hardship) |
| leiden {vi} | :: to suffer; to feel pain |
| leiden {vi} | :: to suffer (from; a disease) |
| Leiden {n} | :: suffering, pain, grief |
| Leiden {n} | :: disease |
| Leiden {prop} {n} | :: Leiden (city) |
| Leidener {adj} | :: Leyden (attributive) |
| Leidener {m} | :: inhabitant of or one hailing from Leyden |
| Leidenschaft {f} | :: passion, fervor |
| leidenschaftlich {adj} | :: passionate |
| leidenschaftlicher {adj} | :: comparative of leidenschaftlich |
| leidenschaftlichsten {adj} | :: superlative of leidenschaftlich |
| leidenschaftslos {adj} | :: dispassionate |
| leidenschaftslos {adv} | :: dispassionately |
| leider {adv} | :: unfortunately |
| Leider {m} | :: sufferer |
| leidig {adj} | :: unpleasant, tiresome |
| leidig {adj} | :: vexatious, annoying |
| leidlich {adj} | :: tolerable; passable; mediocre (only just good enough; not good, but not extremely bad either) |
| leidlich {adv} | :: tolerably; passably; halfway; more or less |
| leidsam {adj} | :: woeful, distressing, sorrowful |
| leid sein {v} [with genitive] | :: to be tired of |
| Leidtragende {f} | :: mourner, sufferer |
| Leidtragender {m} | :: mourner, sufferer |
| leidtun {v} | :: to regret, to be sorry [with the cause of the regret as the subject and the person feeling regret as the indirect object] |
| Leid tun {v} | :: obsolete spelling of leidtun |
| Leidwesen {n} | :: chagrin |
| Leier {f} [musical instruments] | :: lyre |
| Leier {f} [constellation] | :: Lyra (constellation) |
| Leier {f} [colloquial] | :: a recurring lecture, an annoyingly repeated admonition or enumeration (usually: dieselbe Leier, die gleiche Leier, die alte Leier etc.) |
| Leierkasten {m} | :: barrel organ |
| leiern {v} | :: to hum, to drone |
| Leierschwanz {m} | :: lyrebird |
| Leifers {prop} {n} | :: Leifers (municipality) |
| Leiharbeit {f} | :: leased work |
| Leiharbeiter {m} | :: leased worker, agency worker, contract worker, temporary worker (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Leiharbeiterin {f} | :: feminine noun of Leiharbeiter |
| Leihe {f} | :: pawn shop |
| leihen {vt} | :: to lend; [US] to loan |
| leihen {vt} | :: to borrow |
| Leihgabe {f} | :: loaned item |
| Leihhaus {n} | :: pawnshop |
| Leihmutter {f} | :: surrogate mother |
| leihweise {adv} | :: on loan, as a loan |
| Leim {m} | :: glue |
| leimen {v} | :: to glue |
| Leimen {prop} {n} | :: Leimen (municipality) |
| Leimen {prop} {n} | :: Leimen (municipality) |
| Leimkraut {n} | :: campion |
| Leimschleuderspinne {f} | :: spitting spider |
| -lein {suffix} | :: suffix used to create a diminutive form; e.g., Kind → Kindlein |
| Lein {m} | :: linen |
| Lein {m} | :: flax |
| Leine {f} | :: line (rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness) |
| Leine {f} | :: leash (strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal) |
| leinen {adj} | :: canvas, cloth (attributive) |
| Leinen {n} | :: linen |
| Leinen {n} | :: canvas |
| Leinenhemd {n} | :: linen shirt |
| Leinenhose {f} | :: linen trousers, linen pants |
| Leinenlaken {n} | :: linen sheet |
| Leinsamen {m} | :: linseed, flaxseed |
| Leinsamenöl {n} | :: linseed oil, flaxseed oil |
| leinwand {adj} [Austria] | :: cool, great, super |
| Leinwand {f} [textiles] | :: fabric, linen, canvas |
| Leinwand {f} [art] | :: canvas |
| Leinwand {f} [cinema] | :: screen |
| Leipogramm {n} | :: lipogram |
| Leipzig {prop} {n} | :: Leipzig (city) |
| Leipziger {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Leipzig |
| leis {adj} [colloquial, poetic] | :: alternative form of leise |
| Leisach {prop} {n} | :: Leisach (municipality) |
| leise {adj} | :: quiet, soft, low |
| leise {adj} | :: slight, faint, light |
| leiser {adj} | :: comparative of leise |
| leisesten {adj} | :: superlative of leise |
| Leiste {f} | :: ledge |
| Leiste {f} [anatomy] | :: groin |
| Leiste {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: bar |
| leisten {v} | :: to perform |
| leisten {vr} | :: to afford |
| Leisten {m} | :: last (tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes) |
| Leistung {f} | :: performance, accomplishment |
| Leistung {f} | :: service |
| Leistung {f} [law] | :: contractual performance |
| Leistung {f} [physics] | :: power |
| Leistungsdichte {f} | :: power density |
| leistungsfähig {adj} | :: efficient, effective, capable, able |
| leistungsfähig {adj} | :: powerful |
| Leistungsfähigkeit {f} | :: efficiency, effectiveness, performance, capability, ability |
| Leistungsgesellschaft {f} | :: meritocracy (type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition) |
| Leistungskurs {m} | :: honors course, advanced course in specialist subjects [learning: an elective college-level subject in the upper classes of a German Gymnasium] |
| Leistungsnachweis {m} | :: proof of performance |
| Leistungsort {m} [contract law] | :: place of performance |
| Leistungsschutzrecht {n} | :: related rights (the rights given by copyright law to non-authors, e.g., to publishers) |
| Leistungssport {m} | :: competitive sport |
| Leistungssportler {m} | :: competitive athlete / sportsman |
| leistungsstark {adj} | :: powerful, mighty |
| Leistungssteigerung {f} | :: performance enhancement |
| Leistungstransistor {m} | :: power transistor |
| Leitartikel {m} [journalism] | :: editorial, leading article, leader (The first, or the principal, editorial article in a newspaper.) |
| Leite {f} | :: slope, incline |
| leiten {v} | :: to lead |
| leiten {v} | :: to manage [an organization] |
| leiten {v} | :: to conduct [a liquid, electricity etc] |
| leitend {adj} | :: leading, senior, executive |
| leitend {adj} | :: conducting, conductive |
| Leiter {f} | :: ladder |
| Leiter {m} | :: agent noun of leiten |
| Leiter {m} | :: leader; chief; head; conductor; director; manager; superintendent (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Leiter {m} [physics, electricity, electronics] | :: conductor, lead, wire, line |
| Leiterbahn {f} | :: (electrical) conductor |
| Leiterin {f} | :: female equivalent of Leiter |
| Leiterplatte {f} | :: circuit board, printed circuit board |
| Leiterplattenbeschichtung {f} | :: printed circuit board coating |
| Leitfaden {m} | :: manual, guide |
| Leitfaden {m} | :: guiding principle, yardstick |
| leitfähig {adj} | :: conductive, conducting |
| Leitfähigkeit {f} | :: conductivity |
| Leithaprodersdorf {prop} {n} | :: Leithaprodersdorf (municipality) |
| Leitkegel {m} | :: traffic cone |
| Leitkultur {f} | :: guiding culture |
| Leitlinie {f} | :: guideline, principle |
| Leitlinie {f} | :: clue |
| Leitmotiv {n} [music] | :: leitmotif |
| Leitpfosten {m} [traffic, road sign] | :: delineator, delineator post, reflector post, marker post [Germany, Switzerland] |
| Leitung {f} | :: cable, line, wire |
| Leitung {f} | :: conduit, pipe |
| Leitung {f} | :: management |
| Leitung {f} | :: conduction |
| Leitungsband {n} [physics] | :: conduction band |
| Leitungscode {m} | :: line code |
| Leitungswasser {n} | :: tap water |
| Leitungsweg {m} | :: routing (of cables) |
| Leitwolf {m} [zoology] | :: alpha wolf (leader of a pack) |
| Leitwolf {m} [figuratively] | :: leader |
| Leitzahl {f} | :: guide number |
| Leitzersdorf {prop} {n} | :: Leitzersdorf (municipality) |
| Leitzordner {m} | :: alternative form of Leitz-Ordner |
| Leitz-Ordner {m} | :: ring binder |
| leiwand {adj} | :: cool, great, super |
| Lekt {m} [linguistics] | :: lect |
| Lektion {f} | :: lesson |
| Lektor {m} | :: reviser, proofreader (a person who proofreads or corrects written material) |
| Lektor {m} | :: language instructor |
| Lektor {m} | :: lector (a lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service) |
| Lektüre {f} [act of reading or material read] | :: reading |
| Lemberg {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Lemberg (former name of Lviv, a <<city>> in western <<c/Ukraine>>) |
| Lemma {n} | :: lemma, headword |
| Lemma {n} [mathematics] | :: lemma (proposition used mainly in the proof of some other proposition) |
| Lemmagruppe {f} [lexicography] | :: category or grouping of lemmata, lemma group (a set of lemmata grouped together in an index because of some shared property) |
| Lemmaliste {f} [lexicography] | :: list of lemmata |
| Lemmel {prop} | :: surname |
| Lemming {m} | :: lemming |
| lemnisch {adj} | :: Lemnian (of or pertaining to Lemnos) |
| Lemnisch {n} | :: Lemnian (language) |
| Lemniskate {f} | :: lemniscate |
| lemniskatisch {adj} | :: in the shape of a lemniscate |
| Lemongras {n} | :: lemongrass |
| Lemur {m} | :: lemur |
| Lemure {m} | :: lemur |
| Lena {prop} | :: given name derived from Helena and Magdalena |
| Lende {f} | :: loin |
| Lendenschurz {m} | :: loincloth |
| Lengau {prop} {n} | :: Lengau (municipality) |
| Lengenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Lengenfeld (municipality) |
| Lengenfeld {prop} {n} | :: Lengenfeld (municipality) |
| Leni {prop} | :: given name |
| Lenierung {f} [phonology] | :: lenition |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Landsberger Allee |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} | :: An avenue in Cottbus |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Lindenallee |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Am grünen Tal |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Zeppelinstraße |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Merseburger Straße |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} [East German] | :: synonym of Talstraße |
| Leninallee {prop} {f} | :: An avenue in Stendal |
| Leningrad {prop} {n} [historical] | :: Leningrad (major city), now Saint Petersburg |
| Leninismus {m} | :: Leninism |
| leninistisch {adj} | :: Leninist |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} [East German] | :: synonym of Platz der Vereinten Nationen |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} [East German] | :: synonym of Wiener Platz |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} [East German] | :: synonym of Obermarkt |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} [East German] | :: synonym of Marienplatz |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} [East German] | :: synonym of Neuer Markt |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Borne |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Bützow |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Edderitz |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Ostrau |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Falkensee |
| Leninplatz {prop} {m} | :: A square in Könnern |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Weißenfels |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Etgersleben |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Premnitz |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Saubach |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Teutschenthal |
| Leninstraße {prop} {f} | :: A street in Zschornewitz |
| Lenisierung {f} [phonology] | :: lenition |
| lenkbar {adj} | :: steerable |
| lenken {v} | :: to steer, drive |
| lenken {v} | :: to navigate, guide |
| lenken {v} | :: to regulate |
| Lenker {m} | :: handlebar |
| Lenkertasche {f} | :: handlebar bag |
| Lenkrad {n} | :: steering wheel |
| Lenkstange {f} | :: handlebar |
| Lenkung {f} | :: steering |
| Lenkwaffenzerstörer {m} | :: guided missile destroyer (ship) |
| Lennard {prop} | :: given name, a less common spelling of Lennart |
| Lennart {prop} | :: given name |
| lenz {adj} [nautical] | :: free of water, dry, empty (of a ship, especially its ballast tank) |
| Lenz {m} [archaic, poetic or humorous] | :: spring (season) |
| Lenze {m} | :: obsolete form of Lenz |
| lenzen {v} [poetic, archaic, impersonal] | :: to become spring |
| lenzen {v} [colloquial] | :: to be idle; to hang out |
| lenzen {v} [nautical] | :: to pump out or drain a ship |
| Lenzing {m} [obsolete] | :: March (month) |
| Lenzing {prop} {n} | :: Lenzing (municipality) |
| Leo {prop} | :: given name |
| Leoben {prop} {n} | :: Leoben (municipality) |
| Leobendorf {prop} {n} | :: Leobendorf (municipality) |
| Leobersdorf {prop} {n} | :: Leobersdorf (municipality) |
| Leogang {prop} {n} | :: Leogang (municipality) |
| Leon {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Leonding {prop} {n} | :: Leonding (municipality) |
| Leonhard {prop} | :: given name |
| Leoni {prop} | :: given name, a less common spelling of Leonie |
| Leonie {prop} | :: given name borrowed from French Léonie |
| Leonore {prop} | :: given name, short form of Eleonore |
| Leopard {m} | :: leopard |
| Leopardenhai {m} | :: leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) |
| Leopardenhai {m} | :: zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) |
| Leopardin {f} | :: leopardess |
| Leopold {prop} | :: given name |
| Leopoldschlag {prop} {n} | :: Leopoldschlag (municipality) |
| Leopoldsdorf {prop} {n} | :: Leopoldsdorf (municipality) |
| Lepidolith {m} [mineral] | :: lepidolite |
| lepontisch {adj} | :: Lepontic (related to the Lepontic people or its language) |
| Lepontisch {n} | :: Lepontic (the Lepontic language) |
| Lepra {f} | :: leprosy |
| Leprakolonie {f} | :: leper colony |
| leprös {adj} | :: leprous |
| Lepton {n} | :: lepton |
| -ler {suffix} | :: used to create agent nouns, similar to -er |
| Lerche {f} | :: lark (bird of the family Alaudidae) |
| Lernbehinderung {f} [psychology] | :: learning disability |
| lernen {vit} | :: to learn |
| lernen {vi} | :: to study (revise or review materials) |
| lernen {vt} [somewhat colloquial] | :: to train to become something |
| lernen {vt} [dialectal, with dative] | :: to teach |
| Lernen {n} | :: learning, study |
| Lernkartei {f} | :: flashcard |
| Lerntherapie {f} | :: educational therapy |
| Lesachtal {prop} {n} | :: Lesachtal (municipality) |
| Lesart {f} | :: version, reading |
| lesbar {adj} | :: legible |
| lesbar {adj} | :: readable |
| lesbarer {adj} | :: comparative of lesbar |
| Lesbarkeit {f} | :: legibility |
| Lesbarsein {f} | :: legibility |
| lesbarsten {adj} | :: superlative of lesbar |
| Lesbe {f} [colloquial] | :: lesbian |
| Lesbianismus {m} | :: lesbianism |
| lesbisch {adj} [of a, woman] | :: lesbian (attracted to other women) |
| lesbisch {adj} | :: lesbian (homosexual between women) |
| lesbisch {adj} | :: Lesbian (of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos) |
| Lesbischsein {n} | :: lesbianism, the state of being lesbian |
| Lese {f} | :: [viniculture] harvest, picking |
| Lesebeispiel {n} | :: reading example |
| Lesebuch {n} | :: primer, reader |
| Lesefähigkeit {f} | :: reading ability, reading capability, reading skills |
| Lesekopf {m} | :: read head |
| lesen {vti} | :: to read (look at and understand symbols, words, or data) |
| lesen {v} | :: to select and gather or harvest (things like grapes) |
| Lesen {n} | :: reading |
| lesend {adj} | :: reading, scanning |
| lesenswert {adj} | :: readable; worth reading |
| Leser {m} | :: agent noun of lesen; reader |
| Leseratte {f} | :: bookworm (avid reader) |
| Leserin {f} | :: female reader |
| leserlich {adj} | :: legible (being clear enough to be read, readable, particularly for handwriting) |
| Leserschaft {f} | :: readership |
| Lesesaal {m} | :: reading room |
| Lesezeichen {n} | :: bookmark |
| Lesgisch {prop} {n} [language] | :: Lezgian |
| lesothisch {adj} | :: Lesothan |
| Lesotho {prop} {n} | :: Lesotho |
| Lessach {prop} {n} | :: Lessach (municipality) |
| Lesung {f} | :: reading (incl. poetry, prose, legislative, and liturgical) |
| Lesung {f} [liturgy] | :: reading, lection, lesson |
| letal {adj} | :: lethal |
| Letalität {f} | :: lethality |
| Letalität {f} | :: mortality |
| Lethargie {f} | :: lethargy |
| lethargisch {adj} | :: lethargic |
| Lette {m} | :: Latvian (person) |
| Letter {f} [rare] | :: a letter (character) |
| Letter {f} | :: a type in typesetting |
| Letter {f} | :: large or decorated letter as used for book covers, headlines, signs, and inscriptions |
| Lettgallen {prop} {n} | :: Lettgallen (region) |
| Lettin {f} | :: Latvian (female person) |
| lettisch {adj} | :: Latvian (related to Latvia, the Latvians or their language) |
| Lettisch {n} | :: Latvian (language) |
| Lettland {prop} {n} | :: Latvia |
| Lettner {m} [architecture] | :: rood screen (carved screen) |
| letzeburgisch {adj} | :: Luxembourgish; of the language or people of Luxembourg |
| letzen {v} [obsolete] | :: to injure, to harm, to hurt, to punish etc |
| letzen {v} [obsolete] | :: to terminate the relationship, to quit with, to say goodbye |
| letzen {v} [obsolete] | :: to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast [+ an (object) = etwas = on] |
| letzte {adj} | :: last |
| Letzte {f} | :: feminine noun of Letzter |
| letzte Meile {f} [telecommunications] | :: last mile |
| letztendlich {adv} | :: eventually, finally, ultimately, at last |
| letztendlich {adj} | :: eventual, ultimate |
| letztens {adv} | :: recently; the other day |
| letztens {adv} [now only in enumerations] | :: lastly; finally |
| Letzter {m} | :: the last one |
| letztere {adj} | :: latter |
| Letztere {f} | :: (the) latter [referring to a feminine noun] |
| Letzter Wille {m} | :: will (bequest) |
| letztgültig {adj} | :: final, ultimate, in the end |
| letztlich {adv} | :: finally, ultimately |
| letztlich {adv} | :: lately |
| Leu {m} [archaic, poetic] | :: lion |
| Leuchtdiode {f} | :: light-emitting diode, LED |
| Leuchte {f} | :: lamp, light |
| Leuchte {f} | :: beacon |
| leuchten {v} | :: to shine |
| Leuchten {n} | :: radiance, brightness |
| Leuchten {n} | :: luminescence, incandescence |
| leuchtend {adj} | :: luminous |
| leuchtend {adj} | :: vibrant (of a colour); glowing, bright |
| leuchtend {adv} | :: luminously |
| Leuchter {m} | :: candlestick, sconce |
| Leuchter {m} | :: candelabra |
| Leuchter {prop} | :: surname |
| Leuchterscheinung {f} | :: luminous effect / phenomenon |
| Leuchtfarbe {f} | :: fluorescent paint |
| Leuchtgas {n} | :: illuminating gas |
| Leuchtkäfer {m} | :: glowworm |
| Leuchtmittel {n} | :: illuminant; lamp |
| Leuchtmunition {f} [military] | :: flare |
| Leuchtprobe {f} [inorganic chemistry] | :: A sensitive test for tin that involves the production of stannane |
| Leuchtreklame {f} | :: neon sign / illuminated advertisement |
| Leuchtröhre {f} | :: fluorescent tube (light fitting) |
| Leuchtspur {f} | :: tracer |
| Leuchtspurmunition {f} | :: tracer ammunition |
| Leuchtstoff {m} | :: phosphor (luminescent of fluorescent material) |
| Leuchtstofflampe {f} | :: fluorescent lamp |
| Leuchtthurm {m} | :: obsolete spelling of Leuchtturm |
| Leuchtturm {m} | :: lighthouse |
| Leucit {m} [mineralogy] | :: leucite |
| leugbar {adj} | :: deniable |
| leugnen {v} | :: to deny |
| Leugner {m} | :: denier (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Leugnung {f} | :: denialism, denial, negacionism, disavowal, objection, rejection, repudiation |
| Leukämie {f} | :: leukemia |
| Leukotrien {noun} | :: leukotriene |
| Leukoxen {m} [mineral] | :: leucoxene |
| Leukozyt {m} | :: leukocyte (a white blood cell) |
| Leukozytose {f} | :: leukocytosis |
| Leumund {m} [literary] | :: reputation; reports about someone; opinions about someone |
| Leumundszeugnis {n} | :: a testimony delivered on someone's reputation |
| Leumundszeugnis {n} [Swiss, law] | :: proof of good conduct |
| Leut {p} | :: alternative form of Leute |
| Leut {n} [archaic, southern] | :: a people, a nation, a tribe |
| Leutasch {prop} {n} | :: Leutasch (municipality) |
| Leutchen {n} | :: diminutive of Leute |
| Leute {p} | :: people (several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another), folk (folks), peeps [slang], guys (boys and/or girls) |
| Leutlein {n} | :: diminutive of Leute |
| Leutnant {m} | :: lieutenant |
| leutselig {adj} | :: sociable, affable |
| Leutseligkeit {f} | :: affability |
| levantinisch {adj} | :: Levantine |
| Level {m} {n} | :: level (degree or amount) |
| Level {m} {n} [gaming] | :: level (one of several discrete segments of a game) |
| Leverkusen {prop} {n} | :: Leverkusen (city) |
| Leviathan {m} [biblical] | :: leviathan |
| Levitikus {prop} [religion] | :: Leviticus, Book of Leviticus (book of the Bible) |
| Levkoje {f} | :: stock (Matthiola gen. et spp.) |
| Levkoje {f} [archaic] | :: wallflower (Erysimum olim Cheiranthus gen. et spp.) |
| levurozid {adj} | :: fungicidal |
| Lewisformel {f} | :: Lewis formula, Lewis structure |
| Lewisit {n} [mineral] | :: lewisite |
| Lexem {n} [linguistics] | :: lexeme (unit of vocabulary, the different forms of the same lemma) |
| lexikalisch {adj} | :: lexical |
| Lexikograf {m} | :: lexicographer |
| lexikografisch {adj} | :: lexicographical |
| Lexikographie {f} | :: lexicography (art or craft of writing dictionaries) |
| lexikographisch {adj} | :: lexicographic |
| Lexikologie {f} | :: lexicology (linguistic discipline) |
| Lexikon {n} | :: reference book; a book, usually alphabetically ordered, in which definitions and facts can be looked up, such as an encyclopaedia, dictionary, etc |
| Leyd {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Leid |
| L-förmig {adj} | :: L-shaped |
| LFV {prop} [soccer] | :: The Liechtenstein Football Association (de:Liechtensteiner Fussballverband) |
| Lhasa {n} | :: Lhasa (capital city) |
| li. {adv} | :: abbreviation of links |
| Liaison {f} [linguistics or tryst or illicit sexual affair] | :: liaison |
| Liane {f} | :: liana (plant) |
| Liane {prop} | :: given name |
| Liane {prop} | :: A river in Northern France |
| Libanese {m} | :: Lebanese (a person from Lebanon) |
| Libanese {m} | :: Lebanese (a male person from Lebanon) |
| Libanesin {f} | :: Lebanese (A female person from Lebanon) |
| libanesisch {adj} | :: Lebanese (of, from, or pertaining to Lebanon, its people or language) |
| Libanon {prop} {m} | :: Lebanon, Mount Lebanon (mountain range) |
| Libanon {prop} {m} {n} | :: Lebanon (country) |
| Libelle {f} | :: dragonfly |
| Libellenflügel {m} | :: dragonfly wing |
| liberal {adj} | :: liberal; permissive; allowing personal freedoms |
| liberal {adj} [politics] | :: libertarian; liberal in the traditional sense [see usage notes below] |
| Liberaler {m} | :: Liberal |
| Liberalisierung {f} | :: liberalisation / liberalization |
| Liberalisierung {f} | :: deregulation |
| Liberalismus {m} | :: liberalism |
| Liberia {prop} {n} | :: Liberia (country) |
| Liberianer {m} | :: Liberian (A male person from Liberia) |
| Liberianerin {f} | :: Liberian (female person from Liberia) |
| liberianisch {adj} | :: Liberian (pertaining to Liberia) |
| Libero {m} [soccer, volleyball] | :: libero |
| libertär {adj} | :: libertarian |
| Libertarismus {m} | :: libertarianism |
| libidinös {adj} | :: libidinous |
| Libido {f} | :: libido (sexual urges or drives) |
| Libretto {n} | :: libretto |
| Libyen {prop} {n} | :: Libya |
| Libyer {m} | :: Libyan (person from Libya) |
| Libyerin {f} | :: Libyan (female person from Libya) |
| libysch {adj} | :: Libyan (Of, from, or pertaining to Libya, the Libyan people or the Libyan language) |
| -lich {suffix} | :: an adjectival suffix |
| -lich {suffix} | :: an adverbial suffix |
| licht {adj} | :: light, bright (luminescent) |
| licht {adj} | :: unobstructed, clear |
| Licht {n} | :: light |
| Licht {n} [hunting] | :: eye of game, especially ground game |
| Lichtausbeute {f} | :: light yield (luminous efficiency) |
| Lichtbild {n} | :: photo, photograph |
| Lichtbild {n} | :: passport photo |
| Lichtblick {m} [figurative] | :: silver lining, ray of hope, bright spot |
| Lichtbogen {m} | :: (electric) arc |
| Lichtbogenofen {m} | :: electric arc furnace |
| lichtbrechend {adj} | :: refracting, refractive |
| Lichtbrechung {f} | :: refraction (of light) |
| Lichtchen {n} | :: diminutive of Licht |
| lichtdurchlässig {adj} | :: translucent; diaphanous |
| Lichtecho {n} | :: light echo |
| Lichteinwirkung {f} | :: exposure to light |
| lichtempfindlich {adj} | :: photosensitive |
| lichten {vt} | :: to thin out; to clear; to make sparse |
| lichten {vr} | :: to thin out; to be cleared; to become sparse (usually slowly) |
| lichten {vr} [literary] | :: to become light, bright (usually slowly) |
| lichten {vr} [literary, of facial expression] | :: to become bright; to lose sternness |
| lichten {v} [nautical] | :: to weigh (the anchor) |
| Lichtenbach {prop} | :: former name of Svetli Potok (Gottscheer village in Carniola) |
| Lichtenberg {prop} {n} | :: Lichtenberg (municipality) |
| Lichtenberg {prop} {n} | :: Lichtenberg (city) |
| Lichtenberg {prop} {n} | :: A municipality in Lower Alsace |
| Lichtenegg {prop} {n} | :: Lichtenegg (municipality) |
| Lichtenegg {prop} {n} | :: Podlehnik, Slovenia |
| Lichtenwörth {prop} {n} | :: Lichtenwörth (municipality) |
| lichterloh {adj} [of fire] | :: fierce; large; blazing |
| Lichtfarbe {f} | :: color of light |
| lichtfunkelnd {adj} [poetic] | :: sparkling in light, twinkling |
| Lichtgeschwindigkeit {f} | :: speed of light |
| lichtgrau {adj} | :: light grey |
| lichtgrün {adj} | :: light green |
| Lichting {f} [East Prussian dialect, rare] | :: lightning |
| Lichting {prop} [rare] | :: surname |
| lichtingsch {adj} [East Prussian dialect] | :: like or involving lightning |
| Lichtjahr {n} [astrophysics] | :: light year |
| Lichtlein {n} | :: diminutive of Licht |
| Lichtmangel {m} | :: lack of light |
| Lichtmenge {f} [physics] | :: luminous energy (quantity of light) |
| Lichtmessgerät {n} | :: light meter |
| Lichtmikroskop {n} | :: optical microscope |
| Lichtquelle {f} | :: A source of light |
| Lichtschacht {m} | :: lightwell |
| Lichtschalter {m} | :: light switch |
| Lichtschein {m} | :: gleam of light |
| Lichtschutzfaktor {m} | :: sun protection factor |
| Lichtspektrum {n} | :: (visible) light spectrum |
| Lichtstabilität {f} | :: stability to light |
| Lichtstrahl {m} | :: ray of light |
| Lichtstunde {f} | :: light hour (unit of distance) |
| Lichttechnik {f} | :: lighting technology |
| lichtundurchlässig {adj} | :: opaque |
| Lichtung {f} [forest] | :: clearing |
| Lichtverschmutzung {f} | :: light pollution |
| Lichtverunreinigung {f} | :: light pollution |
| Lichtwelle {f} [physics] | :: light wave |
| Lichtwellenleiter {m} | :: optical fibre |
| Lichtwellenleiter {m} | :: optical waveguide |
| Lid {n} | :: eyelid |
| lidschäftig {adj} | :: wonky |
| Lidschatten {m} | :: eye shadow |
| Lidstrich {m} | :: eyeliner |
| lieb {adj} | :: lovable; dear; darling; sweet; good-hearted; kind |
| lieb {adj} [of a child or animal also] | :: good; well-behaved |
| lieb {adj} [in or as an address] | :: dear |
| liebäugeln {v} [with an idea or thing] | :: to flirt, to have one's eye on, to toy |
| liebäugeln {v} [with a person] | :: to make eyes at |
| Liebchen {n} | :: sweetheart (a term of address) |
| Liebchen {n} | :: dear (anything or anyone dear) |
| Liebchen {n} | :: paramour |
| Liebe {f} [uncountable] | :: love (tender feeling of affection) |
| Liebe {f} [countable] | :: a feeling of love for someone or something particular |
| Liebe {f} [countable] | :: a love relationship |
| Liebe {f} [uncountable, euphemism] | :: sex; sexual relations; sexual intercourse |
| Liebe auf den ersten Blick {phrase} | :: love at first sight (an instantaneous attraction) |
| Liebelei {f} | :: fling, dalliance |
| Liebe machen {v} | :: make love (to engage in sexual intercourse) |
| Liebe macht blind {proverb} | :: love is blind |
| lieben {vti} [usually, sometimes, _] | :: to love, to have a strong affection for (someone or something) |
| lieben {vr} | :: to love one another |
| lieben {vr} [poetic] | :: to make love, to have sex |
| Lieben {noun} | :: the loved ones |
| Liebenau {prop} {n} | :: Liebenau (municipality) |
| Liebenau {prop} {n} | :: Liebenau (municipality) |
| Liebenau {prop} {n} | :: Liebenau (municipality) |
| Liebenfels {prop} {n} | :: Liebenfels (municipality) |
| liebenswert {adj} | :: likable, amiable, literally "worthy to be loved" |
| liebenswürdig {adj} | :: likable, kind |
| Liebenswürdigkeit {f} | :: kindness, graciousness, charmingness, courtesy |
| lieber {adj} | :: comparative of lieb |
| lieber {adj} | :: nominative singular of lieb |
| lieber {adv} | :: comparative of gern; rather, better, by preference |
| Lieber {noun} | :: lover |
| lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende {proverb} | :: it is better to end a bad situation quickly, then to let it go on forever |
| lieber eine Stumme im Bett als eine Taube auf dem Dach {proverb} | :: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| Liebesbrief {m} | :: love letter |
| liebesfähig {adj} | :: amorous |
| Liebesgedicht {n} | :: love poem |
| liebeshungrig {adj} | :: love-hungry |
| liebeskrank {adj} | :: lovesick, lovelorn |
| Liebeskummer {m} | :: lovesickness |
| Liebeslied {n} | :: love song |
| Liebesspiel {n} | :: lovemaking |
| Liebesspiel {n} [zoology] | :: mating ritual |
| Liebestod {m} | :: Liebestod |
| liebestoll {adj} | :: love-crazy (madly in love) |
| Liebestöter {m} [colloquial, humorous] | :: unsexy underwear |
| Liebestöter {m} [by extension] | :: anything perceived as a turn-off |
| Liebeswerben {n} | :: courtship |
| liebevoll {adj} | :: loving |
| liebevoll {adj} | :: affectionate |
| Liebfrauenmilch {prop} | :: A German white wine that is produced mostly for export and better known as Liebfraumilch (without the -en-) in English |
| lieb gehabt {v} | :: past participle of lieb haben |
| liebgehabt {v} | :: past participle of liebhaben |
| liebgewinnen {v} | :: to grow fond of |
| lieb haben {v} [somewhat, colloquial] | :: to love |
| liebhaben {v} | :: alternative spelling of lieb haben |
| Liebhaber {m} [chiefly in compounds] | :: aficionado, enthusiast, lover |
| Liebhaber {m} | :: lover (particularly of a married person: an affair) |
| Liebhaber {m} | :: lovemaker; a person with regard to their qualities as a sexual partner |
| Liebhaberei {f} | :: hobby, non-professional activity |
| Liebig {prop} | :: surname |
| Liebig {prop} | :: Justus von Liebig, German chemist |
| Liebigit {m} [mineral] | :: liebigite |
| liebkosen {v} | :: to snuggle; cuddle |
| Liebkosung {f} | :: caress; cuddle |
| lieblich {adj} [wine] | :: sweet |
| lieblich {adj} [dated, humorous or poetic] | :: charming; adorable; lovely (of a person, usually female and/or a child) |
| lieblich {adj} [dated, humorous or poetic] | :: lovely; wonderful |
| lieblicher {adj} | :: comparative of lieblich |
| lieblichsten {adj} | :: superlative of lieblich |
| Liebling {m} | :: darling, (my) dear |
| Liebling {m} | :: favorite |
| Liebling {m} [in compounds] | :: favorite |
| Liebling {prop} | :: surname originating as a nickname |
| Lieblingsjünger {m} [Christianity, Bible] | :: Beloved Disciple, disciple whom Jesus loved (in Gospel of John) |
| lieblos {adj} | :: loveless, unloving |
| Lieboch {prop} {n} | :: Lieboch (municipality) |
| Liebreiz {m} | :: charm |
| liebreizend {adj} | :: lovely, charming |
| liebsten {adj} | :: superlative of lieb |
| liebsten {adv} | :: superlative of gern |
| Liebstöckel {m} {n} | :: lovage, sea parsley, Levisticum officinale |
| Liechtenstein {prop} {n} | :: Country in Europe. Official name: Fürstentum Liechtenstein |
| Liechtensteiner {m} | :: Liechtensteiner (A person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent) |
| Liechtensteinerin {f} | :: Liechtensteiner (A female person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent) |
| liechtensteinisch {adj} | :: Of or from Liechtenstein |
| Lied {n} [music] | :: song (a musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing) |
| Liedchen {n} | :: diminutive of Lied |
| liederlich {adj} | :: slovenly, wanton, dissolute, lax |
| Liedermacher {m} | :: music artist (male or of unspecified sex) (person who writes and sings his or her own sophisticated lyrics, using little musical accompaniment, similar to a singer-songwriter) |
| Liedgut {n} | :: body of songs |
| Liedlein {n} | :: diminutive of Lied |
| Liedtext {m} | :: lyrics |
| Lieferant {m} | :: supplier |
| Lieferant {m} | :: provider |
| Lieferant {m} | :: vendor |
| Lieferant {m} | :: deliverer |
| lieferbar {adj} | :: deliverable, in stock |
| Lieferengpass {m} | :: supply bottleneck |
| liefern {v} | :: to supply, provide (goods etc.) (an to) |
| liefern {v} | :: to deliver (goods, an order etc.) |
| liefern {v} [crops] | :: to yield (produce outcome) |
| liefern {v} [information] | :: to research, to read up on something |
| liefern {v} [battle, duel, war] | :: to fight |
| Lieferung {f} | :: delivery, shipment |
| Lieferwagen {m} | :: van |
| Lieferwagen {m} | :: delivery van |
| Liefland {prop} {n} | :: archaic spelling of Livland |
| Lieg {prop} {n} | :: Lieg |
| Liege {f} | :: daybed |
| Liege {f} | :: couch |
| liegen {vi} | :: to lie (to be in a horizontal position) |
| liegen {v} [Swiss] | :: to lie down |
| liegen {vi} | :: to be, to lie somewhere (of flat objects, also of inpatients in a hospital; otherwise use sitzen or stehen) |
| liegen {vi} | :: to be located, to lie somewhere (of countries, towns, houses, etc.) |
| liegen {vi} | :: to be, to stand (of indices, measurements) |
| liegen bleiben {v} | :: alternative form of liegenbleiben |
| liegenbleiben {v} | :: to stay lying on the ground |
| liegenbleiben {v} | :: to stay in bed |
| liegenbleiben {v} | :: to be left behind |
| liegenbleiben {v} [automotive] | :: to have a breakdown |
| liegend {adj} | :: prone, lying, recumbent |
| liegend {adj} | :: horizontal |
| liegenlassen {v} | :: to misplace, to leave behind |
| Liegenschaft {f} | :: property, piece of real estate |
| Liegerad {n} | :: recumbent (bicycle) |
| Liegestütz {m} | :: push-up; press-up (exercise) |
| Liegestütze {f} [chiefly colloquial] | :: alternative form of Liegestütz |
| Liese {prop} | :: given name |
| Liesel {prop} {n} {f} | :: given name, a pet form of Elisabeth |
| Lieselotte {prop} | :: given name |
| Liesl {prop} | :: given name |
| Liezen {prop} {n} | :: Liezen (municipality) |
| Lifehack {m} | :: lifehack |
| Lift {m} [dated] | :: lift; elevator (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people) |
| Lift {m} | :: Short for certain compounds in which Lift is not dated, especially for Skilift |
| Liga {f} | :: league (group or organization) |
| Ligand {m} [chemistry] | :: ligand |
| Ligandenaustausch {m} [chemistry] | :: ligand exchange / replacement |
| Ligandenfeldtheorie {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: ligand field theory |
| Ligase {f} [enzyme] | :: ligase |
| Ligist {prop} {n} | :: Ligist (municipality) |
| Lignin {m} [organic compound] | :: lignin |
| Ligurien {prop} {n} | :: Ligurien (region) |
| Liguster {m} | :: privet |
| liieren {vr} [with someone] | :: to ally, to associate, to establish a romantic relationship, to marry |
| Like {m} {n} [internet] | :: like (individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet) |
| liken {v} [internet] | :: To like (on social media) |
| Likör {m} | :: liqueur |
| Liktor {m} | :: lictor |
| lila {adj} | :: colored lilac, purple, violet |
| Lila {n} | :: violet, purple (colour) |
| lilafarben {adj} | :: lilac-colored |
| lilafarbig {adj} | :: lilac-colored |
| Lili {prop} {f} | :: given name, pet form of Elisabeth or Emily |
| Lilie {f} | :: lily, lilium (flower) |
| Lilie {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: fleur-de-lis |
| Lilienfeld {prop} {n} | :: Lilienfeld (municipality) |
| Lilienkreuz {m} [heraldry] | :: cross flory, cross fleury |
| Lilli {prop} | :: given name, diminutive of Elisabeth |
| Lilly {prop} | :: given name from a pet form of Elisabeth |
| Lima {prop} | :: Lima (capital city) |
| Limburg {prop} {n} | :: Limburg (province) |
| Limburg {prop} {n} | :: Limburg (province) |
| limburgisch {adj} | :: Limburgish, Limburgian (related to Limburg (in any of its meanings), to its people or to its language) |
| Limburgisch {prop} {n} | :: Limburgish; Limburgian (Germanic dialect continuum between Low Franconian and Central Franconian) |
| Limburgisch {prop} {n} | :: the dialects of this group which are spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium |
| Limburgisch {prop} {n} | :: the entire group including the dialects on German territory (which latter show a stronger High German influence) |
| Limes {m} [mathematics] | :: limit |
| Limes {m} | :: limes (a boundary or border, especially of the Roman Empire) |
| Limette {f} | :: lime (fruit) |
| Limit {n} | :: limit (restriction) |
| limitieren {v} | :: to limit |
| limitierend {adj} | :: limiting |
| limnisch {adj} | :: limnic |
| Limnologie {f} | :: limnology |
| limnologisch {adj} | :: limnological |
| limnophil {adj} | :: limnophilous |
| Limo {n} [colloquial] | :: Short form of Limonade |
| Limonade {f} [narrow sense] | :: lemonade |
| Limonade {f} [broad sense, colloquial] | :: any carbonated soft drink; soda; pop; fizzy drink (particularly kinds other than coke, though it may also be included) |
| Limoncello {m} [also uncountable] | :: limoncello (Italian lemon-flavoured liqueur) |
| Limone {f} | :: lime (fruit) |
| Limone {f} [dated, rare] | :: lemon (fruit) |
| Limonit {m} [mineral] | :: limonite |
| Limousine {f} | :: saloon; saloon car [UK]; sedan [US] (car with a lowered boot/trunk) |
| Limousine {f} [also, but not specifically] | :: limousine (luxury version of the above) |
| Lina {prop} | :: given name |
| lind {adj} [archaic, poetic] | :: mild; gentle |
| Linda {prop} | :: given name of Germanic origin |
| Lindan {n} [organic compound] | :: lindane (hexachloro cyclohexane) |
| Linde {f} | :: linden, lime tree (Tilia gen. et spp.) |
| Linden {prop} {n} | :: A town and one of three municipalities in Germany |
| Lindenbaum {m} | :: lime, linden tree |
| Lindenberg {prop} {n} | :: Lindenberg (municipality) |
| Lindenberg {prop} {n} | :: Lindenberg (municipality) |
| lindern {v} | :: to alleviate, to ease, to relieve |
| Lindern {prop} {n} | :: Lindern (municipality) |
| lindgrün {adj} | :: lime-green |
| Lindner {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| Lindwurm {m} [mythological creature] | :: lindworm, dragon, sea serpent |
| Lindwurm {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: wyvern |
| Lineal {n} | :: ruler (measuring or drawing device) |
| Linearmotor {m} | :: linear motor |
| -ling {suffix} | :: Indicates possession of or connection with a quality or property, such as Schwächling (weakling) from schwach (weak) or Frühling (the season Spring [which comes early]) from früh (early) |
| -ling {suffix} | :: A modifier of nouns, meaning a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form, such as Häftling from Haft |
| Lingenau {prop} {n} | :: Lingenau (municipality) |
| Lingerie {f} | :: lingerie |
| Lingerie {f} [Switzerland] | :: laundry |
| -lings {suffix} [rare, not productive] | :: forms adverbs that describe the manner of an action, particularly a movement |
| Lingua franca {f} | :: lingua franca |
| lingual {adj} | :: lingual; related to the tongue |
| lingual {adj} | :: lingual, linguistic; related to language |
| Linguist {m} | :: linguist |
| Linguistik {f} | :: linguistics |
| Linguistin {f} | :: female linguist |
| linguistisch {adj} | :: linguistic (relating to linguistics) |
| linguistisch {adj} | :: linguistic (relating to language) |
| Linie {f} | :: line |
| Linie {f} [chess] | :: file |
| Linie {f} | :: equator (nautical) |
| Linienspektrum {n} [physics] | :: line spectrum |
| linientreu {adj} | :: orthodox (adhering to an ideology or the party line) |
| liniert {adj} | :: lined, ruled |
| liniiert {adj} | :: alternative form of liniert |
| link {adj} | :: left |
| link {adj} | :: sly; cunning |
| link {adj} | :: dangerous |
| Link {m} [computing] | :: hyperlink |
| Link {m} | :: link |
| Linke {f} | :: left wing |
| Linke {f} | :: female leftist |
| Linke {f} | :: left hand |
| Linke {f} | :: left (the left side) |
| linken {v} | :: to deceive |
| linker {adj} | :: left |
| Linker {m} | :: left-winger, leftist |
| linkisch {adj} | :: gauche (awkward, bumbling) |
| links {adv} | :: on the left |
| links {adv} | :: to the left |
| links {adv} | :: inside out |
| linksalternativ {adj} [politics] | :: leftish alternative |
| linksdonauisch {adj} | :: on the left side of the Danube |
| linksdrehend {adj} | :: levorotatory |
| linksdünisch {adj} | :: lying on the left (that is, south) side of the Duna (Daugava) |
| linkselbisch {adj} | :: on the left side of the Elbe |
| linksextrem {adj} [politics] | :: far left |
| Linksextremismus {m} | :: far left / extreme left extremism |
| linksextremistisch {adj} [politics] | :: extreme far left |
| Linkshänder {m} | :: left-hander (male) |
| linkslastig {adj} [politics] | :: left-wing |
| linksmaasisch {adj} [rare] | :: on the left (thus: west) side of the Meuse |
| linksodrisch {adj} [rare] | :: on the left (thus: west) side of the Oder river |
| linksrekursiv {adj} [grammar] | :: left-recursive |
| linksrheinisch {adj} | :: on the left (thus: west) side of the Rhine |
| Linksruck {m} [politics] | :: shift to the left, swing to the left |
| linksseitig {adj} | :: sinister (on the left side) |
| Linksverkehr {m} | :: left-hand driving, driving on the left |
| linksweserisch {adj} [rare] | :: on the left (west) side of the river Weser |
| Linnen {n} [literary] | :: linen |
| Linolschnitt {m} | :: linocut |
| Linse {f} [optics] | :: lens |
| Linse {f} | :: lentil |
| linsen {v} | :: to peek |
| linsenförmig {adj} | :: lenticular (shaped like a lens) |
| Linus {prop} | :: given name |
| Lipid {n} [organic compound] | :: lipid |
| Lipidmembrane {f} | :: lipid membrane |
| Lipödem {n} | :: lipedema |
| lipophil {adj} | :: lipophilic |
| lipophob {adj} [chemistry] | :: lipophobic |
| Lipophobie {f} [chemistry] | :: lipophobicity (state of being lipophobic) |
| Lippe {f} [anatomy] | :: lip |
| Lippe {prop} {f} | :: Lippe, a river in north-western Germany |
| Lippenbekenntnis {n} | :: lip service |
| Lippenblütler {m} | :: a plant of the labiate family |
| Lippenlaut {m} [phonetics] | :: labial |
| Lippenlesen {n} | :: lipreading |
| Lippenleser {m} | :: lipreader |
| Lippenpflegestift {m} [countable] | :: lip balm; chapstick (a plastic stick including a substance that is applied to relieve dry lips) |
| Lippenpflegestift {m} [usually, uncountable] | :: lip balm; chapstick (such a substance) |
| Lippenstift {m} | :: A lipstick |
| Lippfisch {m} | :: A wrasse, any one of numerous species within the family Labridae |
| Lipsius {prop} | :: surname |
| Liptauer {m} | :: Liptauer |
| Liquid {m} [linguistics] | :: liquid |
| Liquida {f} [linguistics] | :: liquid |
| Liquidation {f} | :: liquidation |
| Liquidator {m} | :: liquidator |
| liquidieren {v} | :: to liquidate |
| Liquidität {f} [economics] | :: liquidity |
| Lisa {prop} | :: given name derived from Elisabeth |
| Liselotte {prop} | :: given name |
| liskovsche Substitutionsprinzip {prop} {n} [programming, object-oriented] | :: Liskov substitution principle |
| Lisl {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| lispeln {v} | :: to lisp |
| Lissabon {prop} {n} | :: Lissabon (capital city) |
| List {f} | :: cunning; craft |
| List {f} | :: trick |
| Liste {f} | :: list |
| listen {v} | :: to list |
| listig {adj} | :: cunning, wily, crafty |
| listrisch {adj} | :: listric |
| Lisztäffchen {n} | :: cottontop tamarin, Saguinus oedipus |
| Lisztaffe {m} | :: cottontop tamarin, Pinché tamarin, Saguinus oedipus, a New World monkey |
| lit. {adj} | :: abbreviation of litauisch |
| lit. {adj} | :: abbreviation of literarisch |
| Lit. {f} | :: abbreviation of Literatur |
| Litanei {f} | :: litany |
| Litanei {f} [colloquial] | :: a recurring lecture, an annoyingly repeated admonition or enumeration (usually: dieselbe Litanei, die gleiche Litanei, die alte Litanei etc.) |
| Litauen {prop} {n} | :: Lithuania |
| Litauer {m} | :: Lithuanian (man from Lithuania) |
| Litauerin {f} | :: Lithuanian (woman from Lithuania) |
| litauisch {adj} | :: Lithuanian (referring to Lithuania, its people or its language) |
| Litauisch {prop} {n} | :: Lithuanian (language) |
| Liter {m} {n} | :: liter; litre |
| literal {adj} | :: [of cultures, etc., not of individuals] literate |
| literarisch {adj} | :: literary |
| Literat {m} [formal] | :: man of letters, author (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Literatin {f} | :: woman of letters, author (female) |
| Literatur {f} | :: literature |
| Literaturkritik {f} | :: literary criticism |
| Literaturkritiker {m} | :: literary critic |
| Literatursprache {f} | :: literary language |
| Literaturwissenschaft {f} | :: literary science |
| Literaturwissenschaftler {m} | :: literary scholar (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Literaturwissenschaftlerin {f} | :: literary scholar (female) |
| Litfasssäule {f} | :: alternative spelling of Litfaßsäule |
| Litfaßsäule {f} | :: Morris column (column or pillar used to display posters, advertising, etc.) |
| Lithium {n} | :: lithium; the chemical element and lightest alkali metal with the atomic number 3 |
| Lithiumacetat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium acetate |
| Lithiumaluminiumhydrid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium aluminium hydride |
| Lithiumamalgam {f} | :: lithium amalgam |
| Lithiumamid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium amide |
| Lithiumbatterie {f} | :: lithium battery |
| Lithiumborhydrid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium borohydride |
| Lithiumbromid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium bromide |
| Lithiumcarbonat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium carbonate |
| Lithiumchlorid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium chloride |
| Lithiumcitrat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium citrate |
| Lithiumdeuterid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium deuteride |
| Lithiumfluorid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium fluoride |
| Lithiumhexafluorophosphat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium hexafluorophosphate |
| Lithiumhydrid {noun} | :: lithium hydride |
| Lithiumhydroxid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium hydroxide |
| Lithiumiodid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium iodide |
| Lithiumion {n} | :: lithium ion |
| Lithiumisotop {n} | :: lithium isotope |
| Lithiumlegierung {f} | :: lithium alloy |
| Lithiummetaborat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium metaborate |
| Lithiummetall {n} | :: lithium metal |
| Lithiummineral {n} | :: lithium mineral |
| Lithiumniobat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium niobate |
| Lithiumnitrat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium nitrate |
| Lithiumnitrid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium nitride |
| lithiumorganisch {adj} | :: organolithium |
| Lithiumorganyle {f} [organic chemistry] | :: organolithium |
| Lithiumoxid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium oxide |
| Lithiumperchlorat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium perchlorate |
| Lithiumperoxid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium peroxide |
| Lithiumphosphat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium phosphate |
| Lithiumsalz {n} | :: lithium salt |
| Lithiumstearat {n} [organic compound] | :: lithium stearate |
| Lithiumsulfat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium sulfate |
| Lithiumtetraborat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium tetraborate |
| Lithiumtherapie {f} | :: lithium therapy |
| Lithiumtitanat {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium titanate |
| Lithiumtritid {n} [inorganic compound] | :: lithium tritide |
| Lithiumverbindung {f} | :: lithium compound |
| Lithografie {f} | :: lithography |
| Lithographie {f} | :: alternative spelling of Lithografie |
| lithographisch {adj} | :: lithographic |
| lithologisch {adj} | :: lithological |
| lithophil {adj} | :: lithophilic |
| Lithosphäre {f} | :: lithosphere |
| Litotes {f} [rhetoric] | :: litotes |
| Litschau {prop} {n} | :: Litschau (municipality) |
| Litschi {f} | :: lychee (fruit), (Litchi chinensis), also spelled litchi (the U.S. FDA spelling) or laichi |
| Liturgie {f} | :: liturgy |
| liturgisch {adj} | :: liturgic, liturgical |
| Litze {f} | :: ornamental cord or fabric (braided or twisted); gimp; braid; trim |
| Litze {f} [military] | :: Such an ornament as insignia of corps or rank |
| Litze {f} [electrics] | :: cord; flex (conductor of twisted wires) |
| Litzelsdorf {prop} {n} | :: Litzelsdorf (municipality) |
| live {adv} [broadcast, event] | :: live (at it happens, in real time, directly) |
| Livermorium {n} | :: livermorium |
| Livestream {m} [internet] | :: live stream |
| Livia {prop} | :: given name |
| Livland {prop} {n} | :: Livonia |
| Livree {f} [dated] | :: livery |
| livriert {adj} [dated] | :: wearing livery |
| Lizenz {f} | :: license |
| Lizenzgeber {m} | :: licensor |
| lizenzieren {v} | :: to license |
| Lizenznehmer {m} | :: licensee |
| Lizitation {f} [Austria, otherwise obsolete] | :: auction |
| Lizitation {f} [Austria, card games, especially, bridge] | :: bidding |
| Ljubljana {prop} {n} | :: Ljubljana (capital city) |
| LKA {noun} | :: abbreviation of Landeskriminalamt |
| Lkw {m} | :: alternative spelling of LKW |
| LKW {m} | :: truck (abbreviation of Lastkraftwagen) |
| Lob {n} | :: praise |
| Lobby {f} | :: lobby (class or group of people who try to lobby or influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists) |
| lobbyieren {v} [especially Swiss] | :: to lobby (to attempt to influence in favor of a specific opinion or cause) |
| Lobbyismus {m} | :: lobbyism, lobbying |
| Lobbyist {m} | :: lobbyist |
| loben {v} | :: to praise |
| lobenswert {adj} | :: laudable |
| Lobgesang {m} | :: song of praise |
| löblich {adj} | :: laudable |
| Lobmingtal {prop} {n} | :: Lobmingtal (municipality) |
| Lobopfer {n} [biblical] | :: thank offering |
| Lobpreis {m} | :: praise |
| lobpreisen {vt} | :: to praise |
| Lobrede {f} | :: eulogy, panegyric |
| lobsagen {v} | :: to praise |
| lobsingen {v} | :: to sing praises |
| Loch {n} | :: hole; perforation |
| Loch {n} | :: hole in the ground; pit |
| Loch {n} | :: gap; bare spot |
| Loch {n} [dentistry] | :: cavity |
| Loch {n} | :: dungeon; underground prison |
| Loch {n} [colloquial] | :: prison; jail / gaol |
| Loch {n} [colloquial] | :: apartment, flat or house in a bad condition; dump |
| Loch {n} [colloquial] | :: boring small town or village |
| Loch {n} | :: loch, lough (a lake or bay in Scotland or Ireland) |
| Lochau {prop} {n} | :: surname |
| Lochau {prop} {n} | :: Lochau (municipality) |
| Löchelchen {n} | :: diminutive of Loch |
| lochen {v} | :: to punch (holes) |
| Locher {m} | :: hole punch |
| löcherig {adj} | :: porous |
| Löcherleitung {f} [physics] | :: hole conduction (of electricity) |
| löchern {v} [dated] | :: to perforate |
| löchern {v} [colloquial] | :: to pester |
| Lochfraßkorrosion {f} | :: pitting corrosion |
| Lochkarte {f} | :: punch card |
| Löchlein {n} | :: diminutive of Loch |
| löchrig {adj} | :: alternative form of löcherig |
| Lochstreifen {m} [computing] | :: paper tape, punched tape |
| Lochung {f} | :: punched hole, punched holes |
| Lochzange {f} | :: [a device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material] punch |
| Locke {f} | :: curl (single loop in hair) |
| Locke {f} | :: lock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a particular direction |
| Locked-in-Syndrom {n} [medicine, neurology] | :: locked-in syndrome |
| locken {vt} | :: to lure, entice |
| locken {vt} | :: to tempt |
| locken {vt} [impersonal] | :: to be lured |
| locken {vt} | :: to curl sth |
| locken {vr} | :: to curl |
| Lockenhaus {prop} {n} | :: Lockenhaus (municipality) |
| Lockenwickler {m} | :: curler; hair curler; hair roller; roller |
| locker {adj} | :: loose |
| locker {adj} | :: relaxed |
| lockermachen {v} | :: to loosen |
| lockermachen {v} | :: to pay out |
| lockern {v} | :: to loosen, to ease, to relax |
| Lockerung {f} | :: easing, loosening, relaxation |
| Lockesch {adj} | :: Lockean |
| lockig {adj} | :: curly |
| lockig {adj} | :: having curly hair |
| Lockmittel {n} | :: lure |
| Lockruf {m} | :: siren call |
| Lockruf {m} [zoology] | :: mating call |
| Lockvogel {m} | :: decoy |
| Lockwort {n} | :: [lexicography] a term arisen in animal-directed speech to attract a beast |
| Lockwort {n} [literary] | :: adult-directed speech that is sweet, enticing, or persuasive |
| Loden {m} [dated, Bavaria] | :: coarse woolen fabric |
| lodern {v} | :: to blaze; to flare (fire) |
| Lofer {prop} {n} | :: Lofer (municipality) |
| Löffel {m} | :: spoon |
| Löffel {m} | :: hare's ear |
| Löffelchen {n} | :: diminutive of Löffel |
| Löffelchen {n} [sleeping position] | :: spoon position |
| Löffelente {f} | :: a duck, Northern shoveler or shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
| Löffellein {n} | :: diminutive of Löffel |
| Löffelliste {f} [neologism] | :: bucket list |
| löffeln {v} | :: to spoon (eat or scoop with a spoon) |
| löffelrein {adj} | :: spoonable (able to be eaten with a spoon straight from the original packaging) |
| Löffelsprache {f} | :: (literally: spoon language) a ludling which involves the reduplication of all vowel sounds (or all non-word-final vowel sounds) and the infixation of the syllable lew |
| löffelweise {adv} | :: by the spoonful |
| Löffler {m} | :: spoonbill (bird in the family Threskiornithidae with a large spatulate bill) |
| Löffler {m} | :: Eurasian spoonbill (bird of the species Platalea leucorodia) |
| Logarithmus {m} | :: logarithm (for a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x) |
| Logbuch {n} | :: logbook |
| -loge {suffix} | :: -logist |
| Loge {f} [freemasonry] | :: lodge |
| Loge {f} [theater] | :: box |
| Loggia {f} | :: loggia |
| -logie {suffix} | :: -logy |
| logieren {v} | :: to lodge |
| Logik {f} | :: logic |
| Logikgatter {n} | :: logic gate |
| -login {suffix} | :: -logist (female) |
| Logis {n} [rare] | :: lodging |
| logisch {adj} | :: logical |
| logisch {adv} | :: logically |
| logisch {adv} [slang] | :: of course, absolutely, certainly |
| Logistik {f} | :: logistics |
| logistisch {adj} [logistics or mathematics or statistics] | :: logistic |
| logistisch {adj} [logistics] | :: logistical |
| logo {adv} [slang] | :: of course, absolutely, certainly |
| logografisch {adj} | :: logographic |
| logographisch {adj} | :: alternative form of logografisch |
| Logopäde {m} | :: speech therapist |
| Logopädie {f} | :: speech therapy |
| Lohe {f} [archaic, poetic] | :: flame, flare |
| Lohe {f} [archaic] | :: tanbark |
| lohfarben {adj} | :: tan, tawny |
| Lohn {m} | :: wage |
| Lohn {m} | :: reward |
| Lohnart {f} | :: type of salary or wage |
| Löhne {prop} {n} | :: Löhne (town) |
| lohnen {vr} | :: to be worthwhile |
| lohnen {vr} | :: to pay off |
| lohnend {adj} | :: worthwhile, rewarding, remunerative |
| lohnenswert {adj} | :: rewarding, worthwhile |
| Lohnfortzahlung {f} | :: sick pay (continued payment of wages in case of illness) |
| Lohnnebenkosten {p} [plurale tantum] | :: incidental wage cost |
| Lohnsteuer {noun} | :: wage tax |
| Loich {prop} {n} | :: Loich (municipality) |
| Loipe {f} | :: loipe (cross-country skiing trail) |
| Lok {f} | :: train locomotive, loco |
| lokal {adj} | :: local |
| Lokal {n} | :: A restaurant, especially when small and/or traditional; a pub that serves hot food; an inn |
| Lokal {n} [in certain compounds] | :: A room or facility used for public services |
| Lokalelement {n} [physics] | :: local cell |
| lokale Variable {f} [programming] | :: local variable |
| lokalisieren {v} | :: to localize |
| Lokalisierung {f} | :: localization |
| Lokalkolorit {n} | :: local color |
| Lokalrunde {f} | :: A round of free drinks for everyone in a pub |
| Lokalteil {m} | :: local section on a newspaper |
| Lokativ {m} | :: locative |
| Lokführer {m} | :: clipping of Lokomotivführer (train driver) (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Lokführerin {f} | :: clipping of Lokomotivführerin (train driver) (female) |
| Lokomotive {f} [transportation, train] | :: train locomotive |
| Lokomotivführer {m} | :: engineer [Canada and the US], engine driver [Britain], train driver (male or of unspecified sex) |
| Lokomotivführerin {f} [job, train] | :: engineer [Canada and the US], engine driver [Britain], train driver (female) |
| lokrisch {adj} [music] | :: Locrian |
| Lokus {m} [colloquial] | :: toilet |
| lokutionär {adj} | :: locutionary |
| lokutiv {adj} | :: locutive |
| Löli {m} [Switzerland, colloquial, derogatory] | :: synonym of Tollpatsch |
| Lolli {m} | :: lollipop (sweet) |
| Löllingit {n} [mineral] | :: lollingite |
| Lombarde {m} | :: Lombard |
| Lombardei {prop} {f} | :: Lombardei (region) |
| London {prop} {n} | :: London (capital city) |
| Lonsdaleit {m} [mineral] | :: lonsdaleite |
| Look {m} [colloquial] | :: look |
| Loosdorf {prop} {n} | :: Loosdorf (municipality) |
| Loparit {m} [mineral] | :: loparite |
| Lorbas {m} [dialectal, derogatory] | :: boor, lout |
| Lorbeer {m} | :: laurel, bay |
| Lorbeerblatt {n} | :: bay leaf |
| Lorbeerkranz {m} | :: laurel wreath |
| Lorchel {f} | :: lorchel (Helvella) |
| Lord {m} | :: lord |
| Lore {prop} | :: given name |
| Lore {f} | :: A minecart |
| Lore {f} | :: A train wagon or locomotive used in the Frisian islands in Germany |
| Lorentz-Kraft {f} | :: Lorentz force (force) |
| Lorenz {prop} | :: given name |
| Lorenz {prop} | :: surname |
| Lorüns {prop} {n} | :: Lorüns (municipality) |
| -los {suffix} | :: -less |
| los- {prefix} | :: A verb prefix; |
| los {adj} [colloquial or dated] | :: alternative form of lose |
| los {adv} | :: off, rid of |
| los {adv} | :: going on |
| los {adv} [colloquial, regional, Westphalia, Lower Saxony] | :: open |
| los {interj} | :: come on!, let's go! |
| Los {n} | :: lottery ticket |
| Los {n} | :: lot, fate |
| Los {n} [economics] | :: batch, a calculated amount of produced units (such as in batch production, but even used in architecture to mean sections of a building project) |
| lösbar {adj} | :: solvable (e.g. a problem) |
| losbrechen {vt} [with haben] | :: to break off |
| losbrechen {vt} [with sein] | :: to break out [begin suddenly] |
| löschen {vt} | :: to quench (fire, thirst, or lime) |
| löschen {vt} | :: to delete, to erase (remembrance, memory, data) |
| löschen {v} [nautical] | :: to unload (goods from a ship) |
| Löschen {n} | :: erasure, deletion |
| Loschmidt-Konstante {f} | :: Loschmidt constant |
| Löschmittel {n} | :: extinguishing agent |
| Löschpapier {n} | :: blotting paper |
| Löschpulver {n} | :: dry powder (in a fire extinguisher) |
| Löschung {f} | :: deletion |
| Löschung {f} | :: extinction |
| Löschung {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: quenching |
| lose {adj} | :: loose, slack |
| Lösegeld {n} | :: ransom (money paid for the freeing of a hostage) |
| Lösemittel {n} | :: solvent |
| losen {v} | :: to draw lots; to draw straws; to toss up |
| lösen {vt} | :: to loose; to loosen; to detach; to remove |
| lösen {vt} | :: to separate |
| lösen {vt} | :: to cast off; to remove |
| lösen {vt} [of a problem, puzzle, question, conflict, figuratively] | :: to solve; to resolve; to answer |
| lösen {vr} | :: to come loose |
| lösen {vr} | :: to dissolve |
| lösen {v} [of a ticket] | :: to buy |
| lösen {vt} | :: to release; to undo; to untie; to ease |
| lösen {vt} [of a relationship, figuratively] | :: to dissolve; to disband; to break up; to end |
| lösend {adj} | :: solvent |
| Losenstein {prop} {n} | :: Losenstein (municipality) |
| loser {adj} | :: comparative of lose |
| losfahren {v} | :: to hit the road |
| losgeben {v} | :: to release |
| losgeben {v} | :: to set free |
| losgegangen {v} | :: past participle of losgehen |
| losgehen {v} | :: to leave |
| losgehen {v} | :: to start |
| losgehen {v} | :: to go off |
| losgelegt {v} | :: past participle of loslegen |
| losgeprügelt {v} | :: past participle of losprügeln |
| loskaufen {vt} | :: to ransom [someone] |
| losketten {v} | :: to unchain |
| loslachen {v} | :: To burst out laughing |
| loslassen {v} | :: to let loose, let go (physically or emotionally) |
| loslegen {vi} [colloquial] | :: To start forcefully |
| löslich {adj} [chemistry] | :: soluble |
| löslicher Kaffee {m} | :: instant coffee |
| Löslichkeit {f} | :: solubility |
| Löslichkeitsprodukt {n} [chemistry, physics] | :: solubility product |
| loslösen {v} | :: to detach [completely] |
| losmachen {v} | :: to detach |
| losmarschieren {vi} | :: to march off |
| losmüssen {v} | :: to have to go, have to leave |
| losprügeln {v} | :: to start beating, thrashing |
| losreißen {vr} | :: to break loose, tear oneself away (von from) |
| Löss {m} [geology] | :: loess |
| Löß {m} | :: alternative spelling of Löss |
| lossagen {vr} | :: to renounce [+ von (object) = etwas] |
| losschießen {v} [with haben] | :: to open fire |
| losschießen {v} [with sein] | :: to start moving quickly |
| losschlagen {v} | :: to knock loose |
| losschlagen {v} | :: to strike |
| losschlagen {v} | :: to attack |
| losschrauben {vt} | :: to unscrew |
| Lost {n} | :: mustard gas |
| Losung {f} | :: slogan; motto |
| Losung {f} [military, etc.] | :: password |
| Losung {f} | :: drawing (e.g. in a lottery) |
| Losung {f} [hunting] | :: droppings |
| Lösung {f} | :: solution (answer to a riddle or problem) |
| Lösung {f} | :: solution (solvent + solute; action of dissolving) |
| Lösung {f} | :: cancellation |
| Lösung {f} | :: breaking away |
| Lösungsentwurf {m} | :: draft solution |
| Lösungsmittel {n} | :: solvent |
| lösungsorientiert {adj} | :: solution-oriented |
| loswerden {v} | :: to get rid of |
| loswerden {v} | :: to get off one's chest |
| losziehen {v} | :: to go off, to leave |
| Lot {n} | :: plummet |
| Lot {n} | :: solder |
| Lot {n} [historic] | :: lot (old unit of weight) |
| Lot {prop} {m} | :: Lot |
| loten {v} [nautical] | :: to sound |
| löten {v} | :: to solder |
| Löten {n} | :: soldering |
| Loth {n} | :: obsolete spelling of Lot |
| Lothar {prop} | :: given name, borne by medieval Frankish royalty |
| Lothringen {prop} {n} | :: Lothringen (region) |
| Lötkolben {m} | :: soldering iron |
| Lötmetall {n} | :: solder |
| Lotos {m} | :: lotus |
| lotrecht {adj} | :: perpendicular |
| lotrecht {adj} | :: plumb, vertical |
| Lotse {m} [nautical] | :: pilot; lodesman (person who helps navigate a difficult waterway) |
| Lotse {m} [aviation, short for Fluglotse] | :: air traffic controller |
| Lotse {m} [figurative] | :: guide |
| lotsen {v} | :: to guide |
| Lotte {prop} | :: given name |
| Lotterie {f} | :: lottery |
| Lotto {n} | :: lotto |
| Lottospiel {n} | :: lotto game, lottery |
| Lotung {f} [nautical] | :: sounding |
| Lötung {f} | :: soldering |
| Lötzinn {n} | :: tin solder |
| Louis {prop} | :: given name |
| Louisa {prop} {f} | :: given name, a latinized form of Louise |
| Louise {prop} | :: given name borrowed from French Louise |
| Lounge {f} | :: lounge (waiting room) |
| Lounge {f} | :: lounge (bar) |
| Lover {m} [colloquial] | :: lover; romantic partner; implying that it is either an affair or not a serious relationship; otherwise jocular |
| Low Carb {n} | :: (low-carb diet) shortening of Low-Carb-Diät |
| Löwchen {n} [not all too frequent] | :: diminutive of Löwe |
| Löwchen {n} | :: Löwchen (dog) |
| Löwe {m} | :: lion |
| Löwe {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: lion, as used on a coat of arms |
| Löwe {m} [zodiac constellations, astrology] | :: Leo |
| Löwen {prop} {n} | :: Löwen (city) |
| Löwenäffchen {n} | :: lion tamarin |
| Löwenanteil {m} [idiom] | :: lion's share |
| Löwenkopf {m} | :: lionhead rabbit |
| Löwenkopf {m} | :: lionhead cichlid (fish) |
| Löwenkopf {prop} {m} | :: Lion's Head, a mountain in South Africa |
| Löwenkopfkaninchen {n} | :: lionhead rabbit |
| Löwenmähne {f} | :: lion's mane |
| Löwenmähne {f} | :: flowing mane |
| Löwenzahn {m} | :: a plant of the Taraxacum or Leontodon genera |
| Löwenzahn {m} | :: dandelion |
| Löwenzahn {m} | :: Taraxacum campylodes (syn. Taraxacum officinale) |
| Löwenzahn {m} | :: tooth of a lion |
| Löwin {f} | :: lioness |
| Lowitz {prop} | :: surname |
| loyal {adj} | :: loyal |
| loyaler {adj} | :: comparative of loyal |
| Loyalität {f} | :: loyalty |
| loyalsten {adj} | :: superlative of loyal |
| LSD {noun} | :: initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid; LSD |
| LSSAH {prop} {f} [military, historical] | :: abbreviation of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: a Waffen-SS division of the Third Reich |
| lt. {prep} | :: abbreviation of laut |
| Luanda {prop} {n} | :: Luanda (capital city) |
| Lübeck {prop} {n} | :: Lübeck |
| Lübecker {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Lübeck |
| Lübecker Hütchen {noun} | :: traffic cone |
| lübsch {adj} | :: Of or from Lübeck |
| Luca {prop} | :: given name, borrowed from Italian in the 2000s |
| Lucan {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of Lukan |
| Lucas {prop} | :: given name |
| Lüchow-Dannenberg {prop} | :: Lüchow-Dannenberg (district) |
| Luchs {m} | :: lynx |
| Luchsspinne {f} | :: lynx spider |
| Lucia {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Lucianer {m} | :: Saint Lucian |
| Lucianerin {f} | :: female Saint Lucian |
| lucianisch {adj} | :: Saint Lucian |
| Lucie {prop} | :: given name |
| Lücke {f} | :: gap, lacuna |
| Lückenbüßer {m} | :: stopgap |
| Lückenfüller {m} | :: stopgap |
| lückenhaft {adj} | :: patchy, scrappy |
| lückenlos {adj} | :: without a gap, gapless |
| lückenlos {adj} [figuratively] | :: complete |
| Lückentest {m} [education] | :: synonym of Lückentexttest (cloze) |
| Lückentext {m} [education] | :: cloze; text in a cloze |
| Lückentexttest {m} [education] | :: cloze |
| Luddit {m} | :: Luddite |
| Lude {m} [colloquial] | :: pimp |
| Luder {n} [hunting] | :: bait |
| Luder {n} [derogatory] | :: slut, ho |
| Ludesch {prop} {n} | :: Ludesch (municipality) |
| ludisch {adj} | :: ludic |
| lüdisch {adj} | :: Ludian, Ludic |
| Ludmannsdorf {prop} {n} | :: Ludmannsdorf (municipality) |
| Ludolfzahl {f} [mathematics] | :: Ludolph's number or Ludolphine number: the number π (an irrational constant representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter in Euclidean geometry; approximately 3.14159...,) |
| Ludwig {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| Ludwig {prop} {mf} | :: surname |
| Ludwigsburg {prop} {n} | :: Ludwigsburg (city) |
| Ludwigsburger {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Ludwigsburg |
| Luft {f} | :: air, atmosphere |
| Luft {f} | :: breeze, zephyr, breath |
| Luftabschluss {m} | :: exclusion of air |
| Luftabwehr {f} | :: air defense, air defence |
| Luftabwehrrakete {f} | :: anti-aircraft missile |
| Luftangriff {m} [military] | :: airstrike |
| Luftaufklärung {f} [military] | :: aerial reconnaissance |
| Luftaufnahme {f} | :: aerial photograph |
| Luftballon {m} | :: (air) balloon |
| Luftballon {m} [astronomy, dated] | :: the constellation Globus aerostaticus |
| lüftbar {adj} | :: ventilatable |
| Luftbefeuchter {m} | :: humidifier |
| Luftbild {n} | :: aerial view, aerial photograph, bird's-eye view |
| Luftbläschen {n} | :: diminutive of Luftblase |
| Luftblase {f} | :: air bubble |
| Lüftchen {n} | :: diminutive of Luft |
| luftdicht {adj} | :: airtight |
| Luftdruck {m} | :: air pressure |
| luftdurchlässig {adj} | :: breathable (of a fabric) |
| luftempfindlich {adj} | :: sensitive to air |
| lüften {v} | :: to air, to ventilate |
| Luftentfeuchter {m} | :: dehumidifier |
| Lüfter {m} | :: fan (electrical device) |
| Lüfterflügel {m} | :: a fan blade |
| Luftfahrt {f} | :: aeronautics, aviation |
| Luftfahrtindustrie {f} | :: aircraft / aerospace industry |
| Luftfahrzeug {n} | :: aircraft |
| luftfeucht {adj} | :: humid |
| Luftfeuchte {f} | :: humidity |
| Luftfeuchtigkeit {f} | :: humidity (of the air) |
| luftgefüllt {adj} | :: air-filled |
| luftgefüllt {adj} | :: pneumatic |
| luftgekühlt {adj} | :: air-cooled |
| Luftgewehr {n} | :: air gun |
| Luftgitarre {f} | :: air guitar |
| Luftgüte {f} | :: air quality |
| lufthaltig {adj} | :: aerated |
| lufthaltig {adj} | :: porous |
| Lufthauch {m} | :: small breeze |
| Luftherrschaft {f} [military] | :: Control over an airspace |
| Lufthülle {f} [rare] | :: atmosphere |
| luftig {adj} | :: lofty |
| Luftkissenboot {n} | :: hovercraft |
| Luftkrieg {m} | :: airwar, aerial warfare |
| Luftkuss {m} | :: air kiss; flying kiss (any gesture representing a kiss from afar) |
| luftleer {adj} | :: evacuated (of air), exhausted |
| luftleer {adj} | :: airless |
| Luftlinie {f} | :: straight line |
| Luftlinie {f} | :: as the crow flies |
| Luftloch {n} [aviation] | :: air pocket |
| Luftloch {n} | :: air hole (hole in a surface that allows air to pass) |
| Luft-Luft-Rakete {f} [military] | :: air-to-air missile |
| Luft nach oben {f} | :: room for improvement |
| Luftpolsterfolie {f} | :: bubble wrap |
| Luftpost {f} | :: airmail (postal system) |
| Luftpost {f} | :: airmail (item delivered by this postal system) |
| Luftpumpe {f} | :: air pump |
| Luftpumpe {f} | :: Antlia |
| Luftqualität {f} | :: air quality |
| Luftraum {m} [aviation, politics] | :: airspace |
| Luftröhre {f} | :: windpipe, trachea |
| Luftsauerstoff {m} | :: atmospheric oxygen |
| Luftschacht {m} | :: airduct, ventiduct |
| Luftschiff {n} | :: airship |
| Luftschlag {m} [military] | :: air strike |
| Luftschlange {f} | :: paper streamer |
| Luftschleuse {f} | :: airlock |
| Luftschloss {n} [idiomatic] | :: castle in the air, castle in the sky, pipe dream |
| Luftspiegelung {f} | :: mirage |
| Luftstickstoff {m} | :: atmospheric nitrogen |
| Luftstrom {m} | :: airflow, airstream |
| lufttechnisch {adj} | :: air technology (attributive) |
| Lufttemperatur {f} | :: atmospheric temperature |
| Lüftung {f} | :: ventilation |
| lüftungstechnisch {adj} | :: ventilation technology (attributive) |
| Luftverflüssigung {f} | :: liquefaction of air |
| Luftverschmutzung {f} | :: air pollution |
| Luftverunreinigung {f} | :: air pollution |
| Luftwaffe {f} | :: airforce |
| Luftwaffenangehörige {f} | :: air force member [female] |
| Luftwaffenangehöriger {m} | :: air force member |
| Luftweg {m} | :: airway |
| Luftwurzel {f} | :: aerial root |
| Luftzerlegung {f} | :: air separation (industrial process) |
| Luftzerlegungsanlage {f} | :: air separation plant |
| Luftzufuhr {f} | :: air supply |
| Luftzug {m} | :: (light) breeze; draught [UK] / draft [US] |
| Luftzutritt {m} | :: air access / admission |
| Lüge {f} | :: lie |
| lugen {v} | :: to look |
| lügen {vi} | :: to tell a lie; to lie (to intentionally give false information) |
| lügen {vi} [less often] | :: to give false information (unintentionally) |
| lügen, dass sich die Balken biegen {v} [simile] | :: to lie through one's teeth |
| Lügendetektor {m} | :: lie detector |
| Lügengeschichte {f} | :: cock-and-bull story (fanciful story) |
| Lügengeschichte {f} [often plural] | :: porkies; whopper (a lie, especially an elaborate but implausible one) |
| Lügen haben kurze Beine {proverb} | :: a lie has no legs |
| Lügen haben schöne Beine {proverb} | :: lying can be an attractive option; lies can be deceptively attractive |
| Lügenpresse {f} [pejorative] | :: lying press |
| Lügen strafen {v} [idiom] | :: to give the lie |
| lügen wie gedruckt {v} [simile] | :: to lie through one's teeth, to lie with abandon |
| Lügner {m} | :: liar (male or of unspecified sex) (one who tells lies) |
| Lügnerin {f} | :: liar (female) |
| lügnerisch {adj} | :: mendacious |
| Lug und Trug {noun} | :: lies and deceit; smoke and mirrors |
| Luis {prop} | :: given name, a German spelling of Louis or borrowed from Spanish Luis |
| Luisa {prop} | :: given name, German spelling of Louisa, or borrowed from Spanish Luisa |
| Luise {prop} | :: given name |
| Lukan {prop} {m} | :: The Roman poet Lucan |
| Lukas {prop} | :: Luke [biblical character] |
| Lukas {prop} | :: given name, sometimes also spelled Lucas |
| Lukasevangelium {n} [biblical] | :: Gospel of Luke |
| Luke {f} | :: hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.) |
| Lukian {prop} | :: Lucian (the Sophist) |
| lukrativ {adj} | :: lucrative |
| lukrativer {adj} | :: comparative of lukrativ |
| lukrativsten {adj} | :: superlative of lukrativ |
| lukrieren {v} [archaic outside of Austria] | :: to win, to profit by means of |
| lukulent {adj} | :: luculent, bright, clear |
| lukullisch {adj} | :: Lucullan |
| lullen {v} | :: To lull |
| Lulu {prop} | :: given name; rare today |
| Lulu {n} [Austria, childish] | :: urine (Austrian child language) |
| lumbersexuell {adj} | :: lumbersexual |
| Lumineszenz {f} [physics] | :: luminescence |
| luministisch {adj} | :: lighting-effects (attributive) |
| Luminol {n} | :: luminol (chemical that exhibits blue chemiluminescence) |
| Luminometer {n} | :: photometer |
| Luminophor {m} [chemistry, physics] | :: luminophore |
| luminös {adj} | :: luminous |
| Lumme {f} | :: A seabird belonging to the genera Uria of the auk family Alcidae, particularly the common guillemot, Uria aalge |
| Lümmel {m} [original] | :: farmer, peasant |
| Lümmel {m} [colloquial] | :: boy or man with bad, rude manners |
| Lümmel {m} [familiar, positive] | :: scamp |
| Lümmel {m} [slang] | :: penis |
| Lümmeltüte {f} [colloquial] | :: condom |
| Lump {m} | :: cad (mean, ignoble, or dirty male person) |
| Lumpen {m} | :: rag, tatter, shred |
| Lumpenproletariat {n} | :: lumpenproletariat |
| Luna {prop} [Roman mythology] | :: Luna |
| Luna {prop} | :: given name of modern usage |
| lunar {adj} | :: lunar |
| Lunch {m} {n} | :: An English-style midday meal, generally smaller than the German-style Mittagessen |
| Lund {m} | :: puffin |
| Lunden {prop} {n} | :: Lunden (municipality) |
| Lüneburg {prop} | :: Lüneburg |
| Lungau {prop} | :: A geographic region congruent with the political district of Tamsweg in Austria |
| Lunge {f} [physiology, anatomy] | :: lung |
| Lungenaufblähung {f} [medicine] | :: pulmonary emphysema |
| Lungenblähung {f} [medicine] | :: pulmonary emphysema |
| Lungenbläschen {n} | :: alveolus |
| Lungenentzündung {f} [disease] | :: pneumonia |
| Lungenepithelzelle {f} | :: columnar epithelial cell |
| Lungenerkrankung {f} [pathology] | :: pulmonary disease |
| Lungenfunktion {f} [physiology] | :: functional test of the lung |
| lungengängig {adj} | :: respirable |
| Lungengewebe {n} | :: lung tissue |
| lungenkrank {adj} [healthcare] | :: suffering from a lung disease |
| Lungenkrankheit {f} [pathology] | :: lung disease |
| Lungenkrebs {m} [pathology] | :: lung cancer |
| Lungenödem {n} [pathology] | :: pulmonary oedema |
| Lungenproblem {n} [pathology] | :: lung problem |
| Lungenschaden {m} | :: lung damage |
| lungern {v} | :: to hang around |
| Lunisolarkalender {m} | :: lunisolar calendar |
| Lunte {f} [cord that conveys the fire to some explosive device] | :: fuse |
| Lupe {f} | :: magnifying glass |
| lupenrein {adj} | :: flawless, impeccable, perfect |
| lupfen {v} [regional, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland] | :: to lift; to raise |
| lupfen {v} [soccer] | :: to lift the ball steeply, usually without spin, by putting the tip of one’s foot under it and abruptly lifting the leg |
| lüpfen {v} [chiefly literary] | :: to slightly lift a covering in order to see or show that beneath it |
| lüpfen {v} [football] | :: alternative form of lupfen |
| Lupine {f} | :: lupin, lupine |
| Lurch {m} [biology] | :: amphibian |
| Lurnfeld {prop} {n} | :: Lurnfeld (municipality) |
| Lusche {f} [cards] | :: deuce (worthless card) |
| Lusche {f} [colloquial] | :: loser, good-for-nothing |
| Lusche {f} [colloquial] | :: weakling, pussy |
| Lusche {f} [colloquial, regional] | :: slut |
| Lusche {f} [colloquial, regional] | :: cigarette |
| Lüschen {prop} | :: surname |
| Lüsen {prop} {n} | :: Lüsen (municipality) |
| Lusitaner {m} | :: Lusitanian (male native or inhabitant of ancient Lusitania) |
| Lusitanerin {f} | :: Lusitanian (female native or inhabitant of ancient Lusitania) |
| lusitanisch {adj} | :: Lusitanian (of or pertaining to Lusitania) |
| Lusitanisch {n} | :: Lusitanian (extinct paleo-Hispanic language) |
| Lust {f} | :: desire; the wish to do or have something |
| Lust {f} | :: satisfaction of desire; pleasure; fun |
| Lustbarkeit {f} [dated] | :: festivity |
| Lustenau {prop} {n} | :: Lustenau (municipality) |
| Luster {m} [Austria] | :: chandelier |
| Lüster {m} [dated] | :: chandelier |
| Lüsterklemme {f} | :: lustre terminal, luster terminal, screw terminal, connector strip, chocolate block |
| lüstern {adj} | :: libidinous |
| Lustgarten {m} | :: pleasure garden |
| lustgetrieben {adj} | :: pleasure-seeking |
| lustig {adj} | :: funny, humorous |
| lustig {adj} [chiefly colloquial] | :: enjoyable, amusing, fun |
| lustigerweise {adv} | :: funnily enough, amusingly |
| Lustigkeit {f} | :: gaiety, cheerfulness |
| Lustigkeit {f} | :: funniness, fun |
| lustig machen {vr} [with über] | :: to mock, deride, make fun of |
| Lustknabe {m} | :: catamite |
| lustlos {adj} | :: listless, sluggish |
| Lustmolch {m} [derogatory, colloquial, somewhat, dated] | :: lecher, sex fiend |
| Lustmörder {m} | :: lust killer, sex killer |
| Lustspiel {n} | :: a comedy, a comedic work of drama or literature |
| lustvoll {adj} | :: sensual, exciting; libidinous |
| lustvoll {adv} | :: lustfully |
| Lustwäldchen {n} [poetic] | :: small, park-like forest to promenade in |
| Lutetium {n} | :: lutetium |
| Luther {prop} | :: surname |
| Lutherbibel {f} [biblical, Christianity] | :: A translation, published in 1534, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) by Martin Luther |
| lutherisch {adj} | :: Lutheran |
| Luthern {prop} {n} | :: Luthern (municipality) |
| Luthersch {adj} | :: alternative form of lutherisch |
| Luthertum {n} | :: Lutheranism |
| lutschen {v} | :: to suck; to keep something in one's mouth while licking it constantly, as done with lollipops or hard candies |
| Lutscher {m} | :: agent noun of lutschen; sucker |
| Lutscher {m} | :: lollipop, lolly |
| Lutschtablette {f} [medicine] | :: lozenge |
| lütt {adj} [colloquial, regional, northern Germany] | :: small, little |
| Lüttich {prop} {n} | :: Liège |
| lüttje Lage {f} [regional, parts of Northern Germany, including Hannover] | :: synonym of Herrengedeck |
| Lutz {prop} {m} | :: given name, shortened form of Ludwig or Ludger |
| lützel {adj} [dialectal or obsolete] | :: little, small (in size) |
| Lutzmannsburg {prop} {n} | :: Lutzmannsburg (municipality) |
| Luv {f} | :: the windward side of a ship (the side facing the wind) |
| luvwärts {adv} [nautical] | :: aweather |
| luvwärts {adv} [nautical] | :: windward |
| Luwisch {prop} {n} | :: Luwian, the Luwian language |
| Lux {n} | :: lux |
| Luxemburg {prop} {n} | :: Luxembourg (country) |
| Luxemburg {prop} {n} | :: Luxemburg (capital) |
| Luxemburger {m} | :: Luxembourger (person from Luxembourg) |
| Luxemburgerin {f} | :: Luxembourger (female person from Luxembourg) |
| luxemburgisch {adj} | :: Letzeburgesh, Luxembourgish, Luxembourgian (related to Luxembourg, its people or its language) |
| Luxemburgisch {n} | :: Letzeburgesh, Luxembourgish, Luxembourgian (language) |
| luxuriös {adj} | :: luxurious |
| Luxus {m} | :: luxury |
| Luzern {prop} {n} | :: Luzern (capital city) |
| Luzia {prop} | :: given name |
| luzid {adj} | :: lucid |
| luzid {adj} | :: translucent |
| Luzie {prop} | :: given name |
| Luzifer {prop} {m} | :: Lucifer [figure mentioned in Isaiah 14:12, generally identified with Satan] |
| Luzifer {prop} {m} | :: Lucifer [the planet Venus as the daystar] |
| LW {noun} | :: abbreviation of Lehnwort |
| Lyase {f} [enzyme] | :: lyase |
| Lybien {prop} {n} [now uncommon, proscribed] | :: alternative form of Libyen |
| Lydia {prop} {f} | :: Lydia [biblical character] |
| Lydia {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| lydisch {adj} | :: Lydian (related to the Lydians, their country or their language) |
| lydisch {adj} | :: Lydian (related to the Ancient Greek music mode) |
| Lydisch {n} | :: Lydian (the Lydian language) |
| Lykaonien {prop} {n} | :: Lycaonia |
| lymphatisch {adj} | :: lymphatic |
| Lymphdrüse {f} | :: lymph gland |
| Lymphe {f} | :: lymph (the fluid carried by the lymphatic system) |
| Lymphknoten {m} | :: lymph node (filtrating oval bodies of the lymphatic system) |
| Lymphsystem {n} | :: lymphatic system |
| lynchen {v} | :: to lynch, to kill someone (in a mob or crowd) |
| Lyra {f} | :: lyre |
| Lyrik {f} | :: poetry, verse; lyric poetry |
| Lyrik {f} | :: lyrics |
| -lyse {suffix} | :: -lysis |
| Lysergsäure-diethylamid {noun} [chemistry] | :: The psychedelic drug LSD, acid |
| Lysergsäurediethylamid {n} | :: alternative form of Lysergsäure-diethylamid |
| Lysin {n} | :: lysine |
| Lysosom {n} [cytology] | :: lysosome |
| Lyssa {f} | :: rabies |
| Lyzeum {n} [archaic] | :: a grammar school for girls |
| Lyzeum {n} [obsolete] | :: a grammar school (for boys or in general) |
| Lyzeum {n} [obsolete] | :: a honorific byname for a university |
| Lyzeum {n} [archaic, Bavaria, Roman Catholicism] | :: a type of theological and philosophical institutes (existing under this name until 1923) |
| Lyzien {prop} {n} | :: Lycia |
| LZI {prop} | :: acronym of w:de:Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik |