| Żywiec {prop} (city in Poland) | :: Saybusch , Seipusch |
| za {n} (pizza) SEE: pizza | :: |
| zabaglione {n} (custard-like dessert made with egg yolks, sugar and Marsala wine) | :: Zabaione {f}, Zabaglione {f}, Sabayon {n} |
| Zabrze {prop} (city in Silesia, Poland) | :: Zabrze; Hindenburg in Oberschlesien |
| Zachariah {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah | :: |
| Zachariah {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary | :: |
| Zacharias {prop} (Zechariah) SEE: Zechariah | :: |
| Zacharias {prop} (male given name) SEE: Zachary | :: |
| Zachary {prop} (male given name) | :: Zacharias {m} |
| Zadar {prop} (A city in Croatia) | :: Zadar |
| Zagreb {prop} (capital of Croatia) | :: Zagreb {n}, [archaic] Agram |
| zaibatsu {n} (a Japanese conglomerate (or South Korean)) | :: Zaibatsu {n} |
| Zakarpattia {prop} (oblast) | :: Transkarpatien {n} |
| Zakarpatye {prop} (Zakarpattia) SEE: Zakarpattia | :: |
| Zakynthos {prop} (Greek island, the third largest of the Ionian Islands) | :: Zakynthos {f} |
| Zambezi {prop} (African river) | :: Sambesi {m} |
| Zambia {prop} (country in Southern Africa) | :: Sambia {n} |
| Zambian {n} (A person from Zambia or of Zambian descent) | :: Sambier {m}, Sambierin {f} |
| Zambian {adj} (Of or pertaining to Zambia or its people or language) | :: sambisch |
| Zambo {n} (Afro-Indian) | :: Zambo {m}, Sambo {m} |
| Zamboni {n} (ice resurfacer) SEE: ice resurfacer | :: |
| Zanclean {prop} (subdivision of the Pliocene epoch.) | :: Zancleum |
| zander {n} (Sander lucioperca) | :: Zander {m}, Sander {m}, Schill {m}, Hechtbarsch {m} |
| zander {n} (fish of the genus Sander) | :: Zander {m} |
| zany {adj} (ludicrously or incongruously comical) | :: verrückt, durchgeknallt |
| Zanzibar {prop} (island region) | :: Sansibar {n} |
| zap {v} (change channels repeatedly) | :: zappen |
| Zapata rail {n} (bird) | :: Kubaralle {f} |
| Zaporizhia {prop} (city) | :: Saporischschja {n}, Saporoschschje {n} |
| zapper {n} (remote control) | :: Fernbedienung {f} |
| Zaragoza {prop} (city in Spain) | :: Saragossa {n} |
| Zarathustra {prop} (Zoroaster) SEE: Zoroaster | :: |
| z-axis {n} (axis on a graph that is usually drawn vertically) | :: Z-Achse |
| Zazaki {prop} (language) | :: Zazaki, Zaza-Sprache |
| zeal {n} (fervor or devotion) | :: Eifer {m}, Begeisterung {f} |
| Zealand {prop} (Dutch province) SEE: Zeeland | :: |
| Zealand {prop} (Danish island) | :: Seeland {n} |
| zealot {n} (zealous person) | :: Zelot {m}, Fanatiker {m} |
| zealot {n} (member of the Zealot movement in Judea) | :: Zelot {m} |
| zealotry {n} (Something characteristic of a zealot) SEE: fanaticism | :: |
| zealous {adj} (full of zeal; ardent) | :: eifrig, begeistert |
| zealously {adv} (with zealotry) | :: in eifriger Weise |
| Zebedee {prop} (biblical character) | :: Zebedäus {m} |
| zebibyte {n} (270 bytes) | :: Zebibyte {n} |
| zebra {n} (African animal) | :: Zebra {n}, Tigerpferd {n} |
| zebra crossing {n} (pedestrian crossing featuring broad white stripes) | :: Zebrastreifen {m}, Fußgängerüberweg {m} [formally] |
| zebra dove {n} (Geopelia striata) | :: Sperbertaube {f} |
| zebra finch {n} (bird) | :: Zebrafink {m} |
| zebrafish {n} (Danio rerio) | :: Zebrabarbe {f}, Zebrabärbling {m} |
| zebra mongoose {n} (banded mongoose) SEE: banded mongoose | :: |
| zebra mussel {n} (Dreissena polymorpha) | :: Wandermuschel {f} |
| zebra shark {n} (Stegostoma fasciatum) | :: Zebrahai {m} |
| zebra turkeyfish {n} (venomous fish) | :: Zebra-Zwergfeuerfisch {m} |
| zebu {n} (domesticated ox native to Asia and Africa) | :: Zebu {n}, Buckelrind {n} |
| Zechariah {prop} (king of Israel) | :: Secharja, Sacharja |
| Zechariah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Sacharja, Secharja |
| Zechariah {prop} (Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah) | :: Zacharias {m}, Secharja, Sacharja |
| Zechariah {prop} (father of John the Baptist) | :: Zacharias {m}, Secharja |
| zed {n} (name of the letter Z, z) SEE: zee | :: |
| zedoary {n} (Curcuma zedoaria) | :: Modern German: Zitwer {m} |
| zee {n} (name of the letter Z, z) | :: Zet {n}, Zett {n} |
| Zeeland {prop} (province) | :: Seeland {n} |
| Zeelandic {prop} (language) | :: Seeländisch {n} |
| zeitgeist {n} (the spirit of the age) | :: Zeitgeist {m} |
| zeitnot {n} (time trouble, time pressure (chess)) | :: Zeitnot {f}, Zeitdruck {m}, Zeitmangel {m} |
| Zelda {prop} (female given name) | :: Zelda {f} |
| zelkova {n} (kind of tree in the elm family) | :: Zelkove, Zelkowe, Zelkoua, Zelkowa |
| Zemfira {prop} (transliteration of Земфи́ра) | :: Semfira {f} |
| zen {adj} (denomination of Buddhism) | :: Zen {m} |
| Zen {n} (denomination of Buddhism) | :: Zen {m} |
| Zen {n} (philosophy) | :: Zen {m} |
| Zenaga {prop} (language) | :: Zenaga {n} |
| Zen Buddhism {n} (the Zen denomination of Buddhism) | :: Zenbuddhismus {m} |
| Zend {prop} (the Avestan language) | :: Zendisch {n} |
| zenith {n} (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer) | :: Zenit {m} |
| zenith {n} (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body) | :: Zenit {m} |
| zenith {n} (highest point or state; peak) | :: Zenit {m} |
| Zephaniah {prop} (book of the Bible) | :: Zephanja |
| zephyr {n} (light refreshing wind; a gentle breeze, see also: breeze) | :: Zephir {m} |
| zephyr {n} (thing of fine, soft, or light quality, especially fabric) | :: Zephir {m} |
| Zeppelin {n} (a type of large German dirigible airship of the early 20th century) | :: Zeppelin {m} |
| zerg {v} (To attack an opponent with a large swarm of units before they have been able to build sufficient defences) | :: zergen |
| Zermatt {prop} (municipality and ski resort town) | :: Zermatt |
| zero {num} (cardinal number before 1, denoting nothing) | :: null, Null {f}, zero, Zero |
| zero {n} (numeric symbol of zero) | :: Null {f} |
| zero {n} (digit zero) | :: Null {f} |
| zero {n} (nothing, or none) | :: Null {f} |
| zero {n} (zero value of a magnitude) | :: Nullpunkt {m} |
| zero {n} (point of origin on a scale) | :: Null {f} |
| zero {n} (value of a function’s independent variables when the value of the function is zero) | :: Nullstelle {f} |
| zero {n} (identity element of a monoid) | :: Null {f} |
| zero {n} (person of little importance) | :: Null {f}, Nichts {n}, Niemand {m} |
| zero {v} (to set to zero) | :: nullen, auf Null stellen |
| zero coupon bond {n} (bond that has no coupon) | :: Nullkuponanleihe, Zerobond {m} |
| zero-point energy {n} (energy possessed by something at a temperature of absolute zero) | :: Nullpunktenergie {f} |
| zero-point energy {n} (The lowest energy possible energy of a system) | :: Nullpunktenergie {f} |
| zero-sum game {n} (system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others) | :: Nullsummenspiel {n} |
| zeroth {adj} (ordinal number corresponding to zero) | :: nullter {m}, nullte {f} [or masculine and neutral definite], nulltes {n} |
| zeroth {adj} (corresponding to a position preceding the first) | :: nullte |
| zero tolerance {n} (strict policy of enforcing all the laws or rules) | :: Nulltoleranz {f} |
| Zerubbabel {prop} (a governor of the Persian Province of Judah, who led the first group of Jews returned from the Babylonian Captivity) | :: Serubbabel |
| zest {n} (enthusiasm) | :: Lust {f}, Freude {f}, Begeisterung {f}, Genuss {m} |
| zest {n} (outer skin of citrus) | :: [2] Würze {f}, Zeste {f} |
| zester {n} (kitchen implement) | :: Fadenschneider, Zestenreißer {m}, Zitronenschaber {m}, Zitrusschaber {m} |
| zeta {n} (Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)) | :: Zeta {n} |
| zeta {n} (Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet) | :: Zeta {n} |
| zeta function {n} (function) | :: ζ-Funktion {f} |
| Zeta Geminorum {prop} (star) | :: Mekbuda |
| zetta- {prefix} (SI prefix) | :: Zetta- |
| zettabyte {n} (270 or 1021 bytes) | :: Zettabyte {n} |
| zeugma {n} (using a word to apply to more than one noun) | :: Zeugma {n} |
| Zeus {prop} (supreme ruler of all Greek gods) | :: Zeus {m} |
| Zeuxis {prop} (given name) | :: Zeuxis |
| Zheleznogorsk {prop} (town) | :: Schelesnogorsk |
| Zhuang {prop} (language) | :: Zhuang {n} |
| Zhukov {prop} (Russian surname) | :: Schukow, Shukow |
| Zhuyin {prop} (Zhuyin fuhao) SEE: Zhuyin fuhao | :: |
| Zhuyin fuhao {prop} (Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo)) | :: Zhuyin Fuhao {m} {n}, Zhuyin {n}, Bopomofo |
| ziggurat {n} (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley) | :: Zikkurat {f} |
| zigzag {n} (line or path) | :: Zickzack {m} |
| zigzag {adv} (in a zigzag manner or pattern) | :: zickzack |
| Zika virus {n} (virus) | :: Zika-Virus {n} |
| zilch {n} ((informal) nothing) | :: nix |
| Zimbabwe {prop} (Republic of Zimbabwe) | :: Simbabwe |
| Zimbabwean {n} (а person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent) | :: Simbabwer {m}, Simbabwerin {f} |
| Zimbabwean {adj} (Of, from, or pertaining to Zimbabwe or the Zimbabwean people) | :: simbabwisch |
| zinc {n} (element) | :: Zink {n} |
| zinc group {n} (Group 12 of the periodic table, comprising zinc, cadmium, mercury and copernicium) | :: Zinkgruppe {f} |
| zinc pyrithione {n} (a coordination complex of zinc) | :: Zink-Pyrithion {n} |
| zinnia {n} (flower) | :: Zinnie {f} |
| Zion {prop} (hill ("mount") in Israel) | :: Zion {m} |
| Zionism {n} (Jewish national liberation movement) | :: Zionismus {m} |
| Zionist {n} (advocate of Zionism) | :: Zionist {m}, Zionistin {f} |
| Zionist {adj} (of or relating to Zionism, a Zionist, or Zionists) | :: zionistisch |
| Zionistic {adj} (of or pertaining to Zionism) | :: zionistisch |
| zip {n} (energy, vigor, vim) | :: Schwung {m} |
| zip {v} (to convert a computer file into a smaller package) | :: zippen |
| zip {n} (US postal code) | :: PLZ {f}, Postleitzahl {f} |
| zip {n} (any postal code) | :: PLZ {f}, Postleitzahl {f} |
| zip {n} (zip fastener) SEE: zip fastener | :: |
| zip code {n} (postcode) SEE: postcode | :: |
| Zip drive {n} (storage device) | :: Zip-Laufwerk |
| zip fastener {n} (a fastener used in clothing, bags) | :: Reißverschluss {m} |
| zipline {n} (pulley suspended on a cable) | :: Seilrutsche {f}, Tirolienne {f} [Switzerland] |
| Ziploc {n} (disposable, resealable storage bag fastened by a pair of interlocking flanges) | :: Druckverschlussbeutel {m}, Gleitverschlussbeutel {m} |
| zipper {n} (zip fastener) SEE: zip fastener | :: |
| zippy {adj} (quick, speedy) SEE: quick | :: |
| zippy {adj} (energetic and lively) | :: flott |
| zip-wire {n} (zipline) SEE: zipline | :: |
| zircon {n} (mineral) | :: Zirkon |
| zirconium {n} (chemical element) | :: Zirkon {n}, Zirkonium {n} |
| zit {n} (pimple) | :: Pickel {m}, Pustel {f} |
| zither {n} (musical instrument) | :: Zither {f} |
| zloty {n} (the currency unit of Poland) | :: Zloty {m}, Złoty {m} |
| Zoë {prop} (female given name) | :: Zoe |
| zodiac {n} (belt-like region in the sky) | :: Zodiac {m}, Zodiak {m} |
| zodiac {n} (twelve signs in astrology) | :: Tierkreis {m} |
| zolotnik {n} (an old Russian unit of weight) | :: Solotnik {m} {n}, less often Zolotnik {m} {n} |
| zombie {n} (the undead) | :: Zombie {m} |
| zonality {n} (state or condition of being zonal) | :: Zonalität {f} |
| zone {n} (area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic etc) | :: Bereich {m}, Distrikt {m}, Eingabefeld {n}, Feld {n}, Gebiet {n}, Gürtel {m}, Landstrich {m}, Zone {f} |
| zone {n} (high performance phase or period) | :: Fixierungszeitraum {m} |
| zone {n} (networking: that collection of a domain's DNS resource records that are not delegated to another authority) | :: Zone {f} |
| zone {n} (computing: logical group of network devices on AppleTalk) | :: Zone {f} |
| zone {v} (to divide or assign areas) | :: absperren, verzonen |
| zone {v} (to temporarily enter a daydream state) | :: mit den Gedanken abschweifen, sich nicht konzentrieren |
| zone out {v} (stop paying attention) | :: ausblenden, keine Aufmerksamkeit schenken |
| zoning {n} (legal: regulation of property use and construction) | :: Bebauungsplan {m}, Bauordnung {f} |
| zonk {n} (unfavorable card or token) | :: Zonk {m} |
| zonked {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk | :: |
| zonohedron {n} (special case of convex polyhedron) | :: Zonoeder {m} |
| zoo {n} (park where live animals are exhibited) | :: Zoo {m}, Tiergarten {m}, Tierpark {m} |
| zoochory {n} (dispersion of plants by animals) | :: Zoochorie {f} |
| zookeeper {n} (person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals) | :: Tierpfleger {m}, Tierpflegerin {f} |
| zoolatry {n} (worship of animals) | :: Zoolatrie {f} |
| zoolite {n} (fossilized animal) | :: Zoolith {m} |
| zoologic {adj} (zoological) SEE: zoological | :: |
| zoological {adj} (of, or relating to animals) | :: zoologisch |
| zoological {adj} (of, or relating to zoology) | :: zoologisch |
| zoological garden {n} (zoo (stilted or formal)) | :: zoologischer Garten {m}, Tiergarten {m} |
| zoologist {n} (one who studies zoology) | :: Zoologe {m}, Zoologin {f} |
| zoology {n} (science that studies the animal kingdom) | :: Zoologie {f}, Tierkunde {f} |
| zoom {n} (humming noise from something moving very fast) | :: Brummen {n}, brummendes Geräusch {n} |
| zoom {n} (quick ascent) | :: schneller Aufstieg {m} |
| zoom {n} (big increase) | :: Vergrößerung {f} |
| zoom {n} (augmentation of a view) | :: Vergrößerung {f} |
| zoom {v} (to move very fast with a humming noise) | :: schwirren, surren |
| zoom {v} (to fly an airplane straight up) | :: schwirren |
| zoom {v} (to move rapidly) | :: schwirren |
| zoom {v} (to go up sharply) | :: schwirren |
| zoom {v} (to change the focal length of a zoom lens) | :: zoomen |
| zoom in {v} (to focus a zoom lens in order to obtain a larger image) | :: hineinzoomen |
| zoonosis {n} (animal disease that can be transmitted to humans) | :: Zoonose {f} |
| zoophilia {n} (sexual attraction to or interaction with animals) | :: Zoophilie {f} |
| zoophobia {n} (unusual fear of animals) | :: Zoophobie {f} |
| zooplankton {n} (free-floating small protozoa or crustaceans) | :: Zooplankton {n} |
| zootomy {n} (dissection or anatomy of animals) | :: Zootomie {f} |
| zope {n} (fish) | :: Zope, Spitzpleinzen |
| zorbing {n} (a sport) | :: Zorbing {n} |
| Zoroaster {prop} (founder of Zoroastrianism) | :: Zarathustra {m} |
| Zoroastrian {n} (a follower of Zoroastrianism) | :: Zoroastrier |
| Zoroastrianism {prop} (religion and philosophy ascribed to Zoroaster) | :: Zoroastrismus {m}, Zarathustrismus {m} |
| Zouave {n} (Kabyle or French soldiers in Kabyle dress) | :: Zuave {m} |
| zowerswopped {adj} (bad-tempered) SEE: bad-tempered | :: |
| zubr {n} (zubr) SEE: wisent | :: |
| zucchetto {n} (small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy) | :: Pileolus {m}, Zucchetto {m}, Soli Deo {m}, Subbirettum {n}, Submitrale {n}, Scheitelkäppchen {n}, Kalotte {f} |
| zucchini {n} (courgette) SEE: courgette | :: |
| Zuckerberg {v} (An Ashkenazic Jewish surname of German origin) | :: Zuckerberg |
| Zug {prop} (canton) | :: Zug |
| Zug {prop} (town) | :: Zug |
| zugzwang {n} (lack of choice in what to do) | :: Zugzwang {m} |
| zu-infinitive {n} (a German infinitive form created by adding or infixing the particle zu) | :: zu-Infinitiv {m} |
| Zulu {adj} (pertaining to the Zulu people, culture, or language) | :: Zulu-, zulu-, zuluisch |
| Zulu {n} (member of the Zulu people) | :: Zulu {m} {f} |
| Zulu {n} (African ethnic group) | :: Zulu {m-p}, Zulus {m-p} |
| Zulu {n} (language) | :: Zulu {n}, Zulusprache {f}, Zuluisch {n}, isiZulu {n} |
| Zumba {prop} (dance fitness program) | :: Zumba {n} |
| Zurich {prop} (city) | :: Zürich {n} |
| Zurich {prop} (canton) | :: Zürich |
| Zuricher {n} (someone from Zurich) | :: Zürcher {m}, Zürcherin {f} |
| Zwergspitz {n} (Pomeranian Dwarf-Spitz) | :: Zwergspitz |
| Zwickau {prop} (city in Germany) | :: Zwickau {n} |
| Zwingli {prop} (German surname) | :: Zwingli |
| Zwinglian {adj} (relating to Zwingli) | :: zwinglianisch {m} |
| ZWNJ {n} (zero-width non-joiner) | :: Bindehemmer {m} |
| zygoma {n} (cheekbone) SEE: cheekbone | :: |
| zygomatic {adj} (Pertaining to the zygoma) | :: zygomatisch |
| zygomatic bone {n} (cheekbone) SEE: cheekbone | :: |
| zygomorphic {adj} (biology: having bilateral symmetry) | :: zygomorph |
| zygote {n} (fertilized egg cell) | :: Zygote {f} |
| -zygous {suffix} (having a specified zygotic constitution) | :: -zygot |
| zzz {interj} | :: schnarch; chrrr [representing [χː], the usual onomatopoeia, but less common as a spelling; English zzz may also be understood by some] |
