German–English: E
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- E-Mail noun email
- Ebbe noun low tide
- eben adverb just, just now
- Ebene noun plain (flat land); level, plane (also figurative)
- ebenfalls adverb likewise, also
- ebenso adverb just as, likewise
- Echo noun echo
- echt adjective real, genuine
- Echtheit noun authenticity
- Echtzeit noun real time
- Ecke noun corner
- Eckhaus noun corner house
- eckig adjective angular, square
- Eckzahn noun canine tooth
- edel adjective noble
- Edelmetall noun precious metal
- Edelstein noun gem, precious stone
- Edition noun edition
- Efeu noun ivy
- Effekt noun effect
- effektiv adjective effective
- effizient adjective efficient
- Effizienz noun efficiency
- egal adjective irrelevant, doesn't matter
- egoistisch adjective selfish
- Ehe noun marriage
- Ehefrau noun wife
- ehemalig adjective former
- ehemals adverb formerly
- Ehemann noun husband
- Ehepaar noun married couple
- Ehepartner noun spouse
- eher adverb rather, more likely; sooner
- Ehevertrag noun prenuptial agreement
- Ehre noun honor
- ehrenamtlich adjective voluntary, unpaid
- ehrenhaft adjective honourable
- Ehrgeiz noun ambition
- ehrgeizig adjective ambitious
- ehrlich adjective honest
- Ehrlichkeit noun honesty
- Ei noun egg
- Eibe noun yew
- Eiche noun oak (tree)
- Eichhörnchen noun squirrel
- Eid noun oath
- Eidechse noun lizard
- Eierbecher noun egg cup
- Eierkuchen noun pancake
- Eierlikör noun egg liqueur
- Eierschale noun eggshell
- Eifer noun zeal
- Eifersucht noun jealousy
- eifersüchtig adjective jealous
- eifrig adjective eager, keen
- eigen adjective own (belonging to oneself)
- Eigenart noun peculiarity
- eigenartig adjective peculiar, odd, strange
- Eigenbedarf noun personal use (of a property)
- Eigenheim noun home of one's own
- eigenmächtig adjective high-handed
- eigens adverb specially, expressly
- Eigenschaft noun property, characteristic
- eigensinnig adjective stubborn, wilful
- eigenständig adjective independent, autonomous
- Eigenständigkeit noun independence
- eigentlich adverb actually, really
- Eigentum noun property, ownership
- Eigentümer noun owner
- eigentümlich adjective peculiar, strange
- Eigentumswohnung noun owner-occupied flat
- eigenverantwortlich adjective on one's own responsibility
- Eigenverantwortung noun personal responsibility
- eigenwillig adjective wilful, idiosyncratic
- eignen verb sich eignen: to be suitable, to be fit for
- Eignung noun suitability
- Eile noun hurry
- eilen verb to hurry, to rush
- eilig adjective hurried, urgent (in a hurry)
- Eimer noun bucket, pail
- ein indefinite article a, an
- einander pronoun each other, one another
- einatmen verb to breathe in
- Einbahnstraße noun one-way street
- Einband noun binding, cover
- einbauen verb to install, to build in
- einberufen verb to convene; to call up
- einbetten verb to embed
- einbeziehen verb to include, to involve
- Einbeziehung noun involvement, inclusion
- einbilden verb sich einbilden: to imagine, to fancy (something untrue); to be conceited about
- Einbildung noun imagination; conceit
- einbinden verb to integrate, to involve
- Einbindung noun involvement, integration
- einblenden verb to fade in, to display
- Einblick noun insight
- einbrechen verb to break in; to collapse
- einbringen verb to bring in, to contribute; to yield, to earn
- Einbruch noun break-in, burglary
- einbürgern verb to naturalise
- Einbürgerung noun naturalisation
- eindämmen verb to contain
- eindecken verb to stock up
- eindeutig adjective clear, unambiguous
- eindringen verb to intrude, to penetrate, to break in
- eindringlich adjective urgent, insistent, emphatic
- Eindruck noun impression
- eindrucksvoll adjective impressive
- einengen verb to restrict, to confine
- einer pronoun one (of them), someone
- einerseits adjective on the one hand
- einfach adjective, adverb simple, easy
- Einfachheit noun simplicity
- einfädeln verb to thread; to merge (traffic)
- Einfahrt noun driveway, entrance (for vehicles)
- Einfall noun idea, brainwave
- einfallen verb to occur to (someone), to come to mind
- einfallsreich adjective inventive
- einfältig adjective simple-minded
- Einfamilienhaus noun detached house
- einfangen verb to catch, to capture
- einfetten verb to grease
- einfinden verb to turn up, to gather
- einfließen verb to flow in; to be incorporated
- einflößen verb to instil
- Einfluss noun influence
- einfordern verb to demand, to claim
- einfrieren verb to freeze (food)
- einfügen verb to insert
- einfühlsam adjective empathetic, sensitive
- Einfuhr noun import
- einführen verb to introduce (a rule, a product, a person)
- Einführung noun introduction
- Eingabe noun input; entry
- Eingang noun entrance
- Eingangshalle noun entrance hall, lobby
- eingeben verb to enter (data)
- eingebildet adjective conceited; imaginary
- eingefallen adjective sunken, hollow
- eingefleischt adjective inveterate
- eingefroren adjective frozen (food, accounts)
- eingehen verb to enter into; to arrive; to go into (a topic)
- eingeschnappt adjective offended, in a huff
- eingeschränkt adjective restricted, limited
- eingeschüchtert adjective intimidated
- eingespielt adjective well-rehearsed, in sync
- eingestellt adjective disposed, inclined; hired
- eingetragen adjective registered
- eingewiesen adjective briefed; admitted (to hospital)
- eingewöhnen verb to settle in, to get used to
- eingliedern verb to integrate
- Eingliederung noun integration
- eingravieren verb to engrave
- eingreifen verb to intervene
- Eingriff noun intervention; operation
- einhaken verb to hook in; to chip in
- Einhalt noun halt, stop
- einhalten verb to comply with, to keep (a deadline)
- Einhaltung noun compliance, observance
- einhängen verb to hang in; to hang up
- einheimisch adjective native, local
- einheimsen verb to rake in
- Einheit noun unit; unity
- einheitlich adjective uniform, standardised
- einholen verb to catch up with; to obtain
- Einhorn noun unicorn
- einig adjective in agreement, united
- einige determiner some, a few
- einigen verb to agree, to come to an agreement (reflexively: sich einigen)
- einigermaßen adverb fairly, reasonably, tolerably
- Einigkeit noun unity, harmony
- Einigung noun agreement
- einkassieren verb to collect; to confiscate
- Einkauf noun purchase, shopping
- einkaufen verb to shop, to buy groceries
- Einkaufsliste noun shopping list
- Einkaufstasche noun shopping bag
- Einkaufswagen noun shopping trolley
- Einkaufszentrum noun shopping centre
- einkehren verb to stop off (at an inn)
- einkesseln verb to surround, to encircle
- einklagbar adjective enforceable in court
- einklagen verb to sue for
- einklammern verb to put in brackets
- Einklang noun harmony, accord
- einkleben verb to stick in
- einkleiden verb to clothe, to fit out
- einklemmen verb to trap, to jam
- einknicken verb to buckle, to give way; to back down (figurative)
- Einkommen noun income
- Einkommenssteuer noun income tax
- einkreisen verb to encircle, to surround
- Einkünfte noun income, earnings
- einladen verb to invite
- einladend adjective inviting
- Einladung noun invitation
- Einladungskarte noun invitation card
- Einlage noun insert; deposit
- einlassen verb to let in, to admit
- einlaufen verb to enter; to shrink
- einlegen verb to insert; to pickle; to lodge
- einleiten verb to initiate; to introduce
- Einleitung noun introduction
- einleuchten verb to make sense
- einlösen verb to cash, to redeem
- einmal adverb once, one time
- einmalig adjective unique, one-off
- einmarschieren verb to march in, to invade
- einmischen verb to interfere, to meddle (sich einmischen)
- Einmischung noun interference, meddling
- Einmündung noun junction, confluence
- Einnahme noun income; taking (medicine)
- einnehmen verb to take (medicine), to occupy (a place), to take in (money)
- einnicken verb to nod off
- einordnen verb to classify, to file
- einpacken verb to pack, to wrap
- einpassen verb to fit in
- einpendeln verb to settle down (to a level)
- einplanen verb to allow for, to plan in
- einprägen verb sich einprägen: to memorize, to become imprinted (in memory)
- einprägsam adjective memorable, catchy
- einquartieren verb to billet, to lodge
- einrahmen verb to frame
- einräumen verb to admit; to put away
- einreden verb to persuade; to talk oneself into
- einreiben verb to rub in
- einreichen verb to submit, to file
- einreihen verb to join the line
- Einreise noun entry (into a country)
- einreisen verb to enter (a country)
- einrichten verb to furnish; to set up
- Einrichtung noun institution; furnishings
- einrollen verb to roll up
- einrücken verb to indent; to march in
- eins number one
- einsacken verb to sink in; to pocket
- einsam adjective lonely
- Einsamkeit noun loneliness
- einsammeln verb to collect
- einsargen verb to put in a coffin
- Einsatz noun effort, commitment; stake, wager; mission, deployment
- einschalten verb to switch on
- einschätzen verb to assess
- Einschätzung noun assessment
- einschenken verb to pour (a drink)
- Einschienenbahn noun monorail
- einschiffen verb to embark
- einschlafen verb to fall asleep
- einschläfern verb to put to sleep
- einschlagen verb to strike, to hit, to smash in; to take (a path/direction)
- einschleichen verb to sneak in
- einschließen verb to lock in, to enclose
- einschmeicheln verb to ingratiate oneself
- einschneiden verb to cut into
- einschneidend adjective drastic, far-reaching
- einschränken verb to restrict, to limit
- Einschränkung noun restriction
- Einschreibebrief noun registered letter
- einschreiben verb to enrol; to send registered
- einschreiten verb to intervene
- einschüchtern verb to intimidate
- Einschulung noun start of school
- einsehen verb to see reason, to realize, to understand (accept as true)
- einseitig adjective one-sided
- einsetzen verb to deploy, to use, to insert
- Einsicht noun insight, realisation
- einsichtig adjective reasonable, understanding
- einsickern verb to seep in
- Einsiedelei noun hermitage
- einsilbig adjective monosyllabic, taciturn
- einsortieren verb to sort in
- einspannen verb to clamp; to rope in
- einsparen verb to save (costs)
- einspeisen verb to feed in
- einsperren verb to lock up, to confine
- einspielen verb to warm up; to recoup
- einsprechen verb to record (a message)
- einspringen verb to stand in, to step in
- Einspruch noun objection
- einst adverb once, formerly (literary)
- einstampfen verb to pulp; to scrap
- einstecken verb to pocket, to put in one's pocket
- einstehen verb to vouch for
- einsteigen verb to get in, to board
- einstellen verb to discontinue, to halt (formally or administratively)
- Einstellung noun attitude; hiring; setting
- Einstieg noun entry, introduction; entrance
- einstimmen verb to join in (singing); to prepare
- einstimmig adjective unanimous
- einstufen verb to classify, to rate
- Einstufung noun classification, rating
- einstürzen verb to collapse
- eintauchen verb to dip, to immerse
- eintauschen verb to exchange
- einteilen verb to divide, to plan
- Einteilung noun division, classification
- eintönig adjective monotonous
- Eintopf noun stew
- Eintrag noun entry
- eintragen verb to enter, to register
- einträglich adjective lucrative
- Eintragung noun entry, registration
- eintreffen verb to arrive; to come true (of a prediction)
- eintreiben verb to collect (debts)
- eintreten verb to enter, to step in; to occur, to come about
- Eintritt noun admission, entry
- Eintrittskarte noun entrance ticket
- eintrüben verb to cloud over
- einüben verb to practise, to rehearse
- einverstanden adjective agreed, in agreement
- Einverständnis noun consent, agreement
- Einwand noun objection
- Einwanderer noun immigrant
- einwandern verb to immigrate
- Einwanderung noun immigration
- einwandfrei adjective flawless, perfect
- einwärts adverb inwards
- einwechseln verb to bring on (substitute)
- Einwegverpackung noun disposable packaging
- einweichen verb to soak
- einweihen verb to inaugurate; to let in on a secret
- Einweihung noun inauguration, housewarming
- einweisen verb to brief; to admit (to hospital)
- Einweisung noun briefing; admission
- einwenden verb to object
- einwerfen verb to insert; to post; to interject
- einwickeln verb to wrap up
- einwilligen verb to consent
- Einwilligung noun consent
- einwirken verb to act on, to influence
- Einwirkung noun influence, impact
- Einwohner noun inhabitant
- Einwohnermeldeamt noun residents' registration office
- Einwurf noun interjection; throw-in
- einzahlen verb to pay in, to deposit
- einzäunen verb to fence in
- einzeichnen verb to mark on (a map)
- Einzelfall noun isolated case
- Einzelhandel noun retail
- Einzelhändler noun retailer
- Einzelheit noun detail
- Einzelkind noun only child
- einzeln adjective individual, single, separate
- Einzelzimmer noun single room
- einziehen verb to move in; to draw in
- einzig adjective only, sole
- einzigartig adjective unique
- einzwängen verb to squeeze in
- Eis noun ice
- Eisbär noun polar bear
- Eisbecher noun ice cream sundae
- Eiscreme noun ice cream
- Eisdiele noun ice-cream parlour
- Eisen noun iron (the metal)
- Eisenbahn noun railway
- Eisenbahnschiene noun railway track
- Eisenwaren noun hardware
- Eisenwarenhandlung noun hardware shop
- eisern adjective iron, made of iron; ironclad, unyielding (figurative)
- Eisfläche noun ice surface
- Eishalle noun ice rink
- Eishockey noun ice hockey
- eisig adjective icy
- Eiskaffee noun iced coffee
- eiskalt adjective ice-cold
- Eiskunstlauf noun figure skating
- Eislaufbahn noun skating rink
- Eislaufen noun ice skating
- Eisscholle noun ice floe
- Eisvogel noun kingfisher
- Eiswürfel noun ice cube
- Eiszapfen noun icicle
- Eiszeit noun ice age
- eitel adjective vain
- Eitelkeit noun vanity
- Eiter noun pus
- Ekel noun disgust
- ekelhaft adjective disgusting
- eklig adjective disgusting
- elastisch adjective elastic, stretchy
- Elch noun elk, moose
- Elefant noun elephant
- elegant adjective elegant
- Elektriker noun electrician
- elektrisch adjective electric
- Elektrizitätswerk noun power station
- Elektroauto noun electric car
- Elektroherd noun electric cooker
- Elektron noun electron
- Elektronik noun electronics
- elektronisch adjective electronic
- Element noun element
- elementar adjective elementary
- elend adjective miserable, wretched
- Elfenbein noun ivory
- Elfenbeinturm noun ivory tower
- Elfmeter noun penalty kick
- Elite noun elite
- Elixier noun elixir (magic or medicinal potion)
- Ellbogen noun elbow
- Ellenbogen noun elbow
- Elster noun magpie
- Eltern noun parents
- Elternabend noun parents' evening
- Elterngeld noun parental allowance
- Elternhaus noun parental home
- Elternzeit noun parental leave
- Emanzipation noun emancipation
- Emigration noun emigration
- eminent adjective eminent
- Emission noun emission
- Emotion noun emotion
- emotional adjective emotional
- Empathie noun empathy
- Empfang noun reception; receipt
- empfangen verb to receive, to welcome
- Empfänger noun recipient; receiver
- Empfangsdame noun receptionist
- Empfangshalle noun reception hall
- empfehlen verb to recommend
- empfehlenswert adjective recommendable
- Empfehlung noun recommendation
- empfinden verb to feel, to perceive
- empfindlich adjective sensitive
- empfindsam adjective sensitive
- empirisch adjective empirical
- empor adverb upward (literary)
- emporblicken verb to look up (literary)
- Empore noun gallery
- emporheben verb to lift up (literary)
- emporklettern verb to climb up (literary)
- emporragen verb to tower up, to rise high
- emporschauen verb to look up (literary)
- emporsteigen verb to rise up, to ascend
- empört adjective outraged, indignant
- Empörung noun outrage
- emporwachsen verb to grow up, to shoot up
- emporziehen verb to pull up
- emsig adjective busy, industrious
- Ende noun end
- Endeffekt noun end result (im Endeffekt = in the end, ultimately)
- enden verb to end
- Endergebnis noun final result
- endgültig adjective final, definitive
- Endivie noun endive
- endlich adverb finally, at last
- endlos adjective endless
- Endokrinologe noun endocrinologist
- Endspiel noun final (match)
- Endstation noun terminus
- Endung noun ending, suffix
- Energie noun energy
- energieeffizient adjective energy-efficient
- Energiesparlampe noun energy-saving bulb
- Energieverbrauch noun energy consumption
- Energieversorgung noun energy supply
- energisch adjective energetic, forceful
- eng adjective narrow, tight
- Engagement noun commitment
- engagieren verb to hire; (sich) to be committed
- engagiert adjective committed, dedicated
- Enge noun narrowness
- Engel noun angel
- Engelsflügel noun angel's wing
- englisch adjective English
- Engpass noun bottleneck
- Enkel noun grandson, grandchild
- Enkelin noun granddaughter
- Enkelkind noun grandchild
- enorm adjective enormous
- Ensemble noun ensemble
- entarten verb to degenerate
- entbehren verb to do without, to lack
- entbehrlich adjective dispensable
- entbinden verb to release; to give birth
- entblößen verb to bare, to expose
- entdecken verb to discover
- Entdecker noun discoverer, explorer
- Entdeckung noun discovery
- Ente noun duck
- entehren verb to dishonour
- Entenei noun duck egg
- Entertainer noun entertainer
- entfachen verb to kindle, to spark
- entfahren verb to escape (of a sound, unintentionally uttered)
- entfallen verb to slip one's mind, to be forgotten; to be omitted, to not apply
- entfalten verb to unfold, to develop (also figuratively)
- Entfaltung noun development, unfolding
- entfernen verb to remove
- entfernt adjective distant, remote
- Entfernung noun distance; removal
- Entfernungsmesser noun rangefinder
- entfliehen verb to escape, to flee
- Entfremdung noun alienation
- entführen verb to kidnap
- Entführung noun kidnapping
- entgegen preposition contrary to, against (also as a separable-verb prefix meaning "toward": entgegenkommen, to come toward)
- entgegenblicken verb to look towards
- entgegenbringen verb to show (towards someone), to extend (trust, respect)
- entgegeneilen verb to hurry towards
- entgegenfahren verb to drive towards
- entgegengehen verb to go towards, to approach
- entgegengesetzt adjective opposite
- entgegenhalten verb to hold out towards; to counter
- entgegenkommen verb to come towards; to accommodate
- entgegenkommend adjective obliging
- entgegenlaufen verb to run towards
- entgegennehmen verb to accept, to receive (formally)
- entgegenrufen verb to call out towards
- entgegensehen verb to look forward to; to face
- entgegenstellen verb to oppose, to set against
- entgegentreten verb to confront, to oppose
- entgegenwirken verb to counteract
- entgegnen verb to reply, to retort
- entgehen verb to escape, to miss
- entgeltlich adjective for payment
- entgleisen verb to derail; to slip up
- enthalten verb to contain
- enthaupten verb to behead
- enthüllen verb to unveil, to reveal
- enthusiastisch adjective enthusiastic
- entkommen verb to escape, to get away
- entkorken verb to uncork
- entkräften verb to weaken; to refute
- entladen verb to unload, to discharge
- entlang preposition along
- entlangfahren verb to drive along
- entlangfuehren verb to lead along
- entlanggehen verb to walk along
- entlanglaufen verb to run along
- entlangschlendern verb to stroll along
- entlangstreichen verb to brush along, to run along
- entlangwandern verb to hike along
- entlarven verb to unmask, to expose
- entlassen verb to dismiss; to discharge
- Entlassung noun dismissal; discharge
- entlasten verb to relieve, to exonerate
- Entlastung noun relief, easing
- entlaufen verb to run away, to escape
- entledigen verb to rid oneself of
- entleeren verb to empty
- entlegen adjective remote
- entlocken verb to elicit, to draw out (a response or sound)
- entlüften verb to bleed (air out)
- entmutigen verb to discourage
- entnehmen verb to take (from), to extract; to gather, to infer (from a text)
- entpuppen verb to turn out (to be)
- entrahmen verb to skim (milk)
- entreißen verb to snatch away, to wrest from
- entrichten verb to pay (a fee)
- entrinnen verb to escape
- entrüsten verb sich entrüsten: to be indignant, to be outraged
- entrüstet adjective indignant
- entschädigen verb to compensate
- Entschädigung noun compensation
- entscheiden verb to decide
- entscheidend adjective decisive, crucial
- Entscheidung noun decision
- Entscheidungsfindung noun decision-making
- entschieden adjective decided, firm
- entschließen verb to decide, to resolve
- entschlossen adjective determined, resolute
- Entschlossenheit noun determination
- Entschluss noun decision, resolution
- entschuldigen verb to apologize (sich entschuldigen)
- Entschuldigung noun apology, excuse
- entsenden verb to send, to dispatch
- Entsetzen noun horror, dismay
- entsetzlich adjective dreadful
- entsetzt adjective horrified, appalled
- entsinnen verb to recall, to remember
- entsorgen verb to dispose of
- Entsorgung noun disposal
- Entsorgungsbetrieb noun waste disposal company
- entspannen verb to relax (sich entspannen)
- entspannt adjective relaxed
- Entspannung noun relaxation
- entsprechen verb to correspond to, to meet (requirements)
- entsprechend adjective corresponding, appropriate; accordingly
- entspringen verb to originate; to rise (river)
- entstehen verb to arise, to come into being, to originate
- Entstehung noun origin, emergence
- entstellen verb to distort, to disfigure
- enttarnen verb to expose (a spy)
- enttäuschen verb to disappoint
- enttäuschend adjective disappointing
- enttäuscht adjective disappointed
- Enttäuschung noun disappointment
- entwaffnen verb to disarm
- Entwarnung noun all-clear
- entwässern verb to drain
- entweder conjunction either (entweder ... oder = either ... or)
- entweichen verb to escape (gas, prisoner)
- entwenden verb to steal (formal)
- entwerfen verb to design, to draft
- entwerten verb to devalue; to validate (ticket)
- entwickeln verb to develop
- entwickelt adjective developed
- Entwicklung noun development
- Entwicklungshilfe noun development aid
- entwinden verb to wrest away, to wrench free (from someone's grip)
- entwirren verb to untangle
- entwöhnen verb to wean
- Entwurf noun draft, design
- entwurzeln verb to uproot
- entziehen verb to withdraw, to deprive
- entziffern verb to decipher
- entzücken verb to delight
- entzückend adjective delightful
- Entzug noun withdrawal; deprivation
- entzünden verb to light; to inflame
- Entzündung noun inflammation (of a body part)
- entzweien verb to divide, to set at odds
- Enzym noun enzyme
- Epidemie noun epidemic
- Epidemiologe noun epidemiologist
- Epilepsie noun epilepsy
- Episode noun episode
- Epoche noun epoch, era
- Epos noun epic
- er pronoun he; it
- erachten verb to consider
- Erachtens adverb in (my/our) opinion (used only in "meines/unseres Erachtens")
- erahnen verb to sense, to guess
- erarbeiten verb to work out, to develop
- Erarbeitung noun working out, drafting
- erbarmen verb to take pity
- erbärmlich adjective pitiful, miserable
- erbauen verb to build, to construct
- Erbe noun inheritance, heritage
- erben verb to inherit
- erbeuten verb to capture, to make off with
- erbitten verb to request
- erblassen verb to turn pale
- erblich adjective hereditary
- erblicken verb to catch sight of, to spot
- erblinden verb to go blind
- erbrechen verb to vomit
- erbringen verb to yield, to provide
- Erbschaft noun inheritance
- Erbschaftssteuer noun inheritance tax
- Erbse noun pea
- Erbsensuppe noun pea soup
- Erdbeben noun earthquake
- Erdbeere noun strawberry
- Erdbeerkuchen noun strawberry cake
- Erdbeermarmelade noun strawberry jam
- Erde noun earth (soil)
- erdenken verb to think up, to devise, to invent
- Erderwärmung noun global warming
- Erdgas noun natural gas
- Erdgeschoss noun ground floor
- erdig adjective earthy
- Erdkunde noun geography
- Erdnuss noun peanut
- Erdnussbutter noun peanut butter
- Erdöl noun crude oil
- erdrücken verb to crush
- Erdrutsch noun landslide
- erdulden verb to endure
- Erdumlaufbahn noun Earth orbit
- Erdwärme noun geothermal heat
- ereifern verb to get worked up
- ereignen verb to occur, to happen
- Ereignis noun event, occurrence
- ereignisreich adjective eventful
- erfahren verb to find out, to learn (a piece of information)
- Erfahrung noun experience
- Erfahrungsbericht noun account of experience
- erfassen verb to record; to grasp
- Erfassung noun recording, registration
- erfinden verb to invent
- Erfinder noun inventor
- erfinderisch adjective inventive
- Erfindung noun invention
- Erfolg noun success
- erfolgen verb to happen, to take place, to be carried out (formal, used mainly for administrative or official processes)
- erfolglos adjective unsuccessful
- erfolgreich adjective successful
- erforderlich adjective necessary, required
- erfordern verb to require, to demand
- erforschen verb to explore, to research, to investigate
- Erforschung noun exploration, study
- erfragen verb to enquire, to find out by asking
- erfreuen verb to delight
- erfreulich adjective pleasing
- erfreut adjective pleased, glad
- erfrieren verb to freeze to death
- erfrischen verb to refresh
- erfrischend adjective refreshing
- erfüllen verb to fulfil (a wish, a duty)
- Erfüllung noun fulfilment
- ergänzen verb to complete, to add to
- Ergänzung noun addition, supplement
- ergattern verb to snap up, to get hold of
- ergeben verb to result in, to yield (as a total or outcome)
- Ergebnis noun result
- Ergebnisliste noun results list
- ergehen verb to go, to fare (used impersonally: wie ist es dir ergangen?)
- ergiebig adjective productive
- ergießen verb to pour out
- ergo conjunction therefore, ergo (formal)
- Ergotherapeut noun occupational therapist
- ergreifen verb to seize, to grasp; to take (an opportunity or measure)
- ergründen verb to fathom, to get to the bottom of
- erhaben adjective sublime, superior
- Erhalt noun receipt; preservation
- erhalten verb to receive (formal)
- erhältlich adjective available (to buy)
- Erhaltung noun preservation
- erhängen verb to hang (execute)
- erhärten verb to harden; to substantiate
- erhaschen verb to catch, to snag, to grab (a glimpse or chance)
- erheben verb to raise, to lift (often reflexively: to rise, to get up)
- erheblich adjective considerable, substantial
- Erhebung noun survey; elevation; levy
- erheitern verb to cheer up
- erhellen verb to light up; to clarify
- erhitzen verb to heat
- erhitzt adjective heated, flushed
- erhoffen verb to hope for
- erhöhen verb to raise, to increase
- Erhöhung noun increase
- erholen verb to recover, to relax
- erholsam adjective restful
- Erholung noun recovery, relaxation
- erholungsbedürftig adjective in need of rest
- Erholungsurlaub noun restful holiday
- erinnern verb (sich erinnern an) to remember; to remind (someone of something)
- Erinnerung noun memory, recollection
- erkälten verb to catch a cold
- erkältet adjective having a cold
- Erkältung noun cold (illness)
- erkämpfen verb to win through struggle
- erkennbar adjective recognisable
- erkennen verb to recognise
- Erkenntnis noun insight, realisation
- erklärbar adjective explicable
- erklären verb to explain
- Erklärung noun explanation
- Erklärungsnot noun being at a loss for a plausible explanation
- erklettern verb to climb up
- erklimmen verb to scale, to climb
- erkranken verb to fall ill
- Erkrankung noun illness
- erkunden verb to explore
- erkundigen verb to enquire
- Erkundung noun exploration, reconnaissance
- erlangen verb to obtain, to attain
- Erlangung noun attainment
- erlassen verb to issue, to enact
- erlauben verb to allow, to permit
- Erlaubnis noun permission
- erlaubt adjective allowed, permitted
- erläutern verb to explain, to elucidate, to clarify
- Erläuterung noun explanation
- Erle noun alder
- erleben verb to experience
- Erlebnis noun experience, adventure
- erlebnisreich adjective eventful, full of experiences
- erledigen verb to take care of, to get done (a task or errand)
- erledigt adjective done, finished; exhausted (colloquial)
- erlegen verb to kill, to bag (game, in hunting)
- erleichtern verb to relieve, to ease
- erleichtert adjective relieved
- Erleichterung noun relief
- erleiden verb to suffer, to endure, to sustain (an injury or loss)
- erlernen verb to learn, to acquire (a skill)
- erlesen adjective choice, exquisite
- erleuchten verb to illuminate, to light up
- Erleuchtung noun enlightenment
- Erlös noun proceeds
- erlöschen verb to go out, to be extinguished (of a fire or light)
- erlösen verb to redeem, to save, to release (from suffering)
- ermächtigen verb to authorise
- ermahnen verb to warn, to admonish, to caution
- ermäßigen verb to reduce (a price)
- ermessen verb to gauge, to grasp
- ermitteln verb to investigate; to determine
- Ermittlung noun investigation, inquiry
- ermöglichen verb to make possible
- ermorden verb to murder
- Ermordung noun murder, assassination
- ermüdend adjective tiring
- ermüdet adjective tired, fatigued
- ermuntern verb to encourage
- ermutigen verb to encourage
- ernähren verb to feed, to nourish
- Ernährung noun nutrition
- ernennen verb to appoint
- Ernennung noun appointment
- erneuerbar adjective renewable
- erneuern verb to renew
- Erneuerung noun renewal
- erneut adverb again, once more
- erniedrigen verb to humiliate
- ernst adjective serious
- Ernstfall noun emergency, real case
- ernsthaft adjective serious, earnest
- Ernte noun harvest
- Erntedank noun harvest festival
- Erntedankfest noun harvest festival
- Ernteertrag noun harvest yield
- ernten verb to harvest
- ernüchtern verb to sober up, to disillusion
- erobern verb to conquer
- Eroberung noun conquest
- eröffnen verb to open (formally, e.g. a shop, exhibition)
- Eröffnung noun opening (of a shop, event)
- Eröffnungsfeier noun opening ceremony
- erörtern verb to discuss in detail
- Erosion noun erosion
- Erotik noun eroticism
- erotisch adjective erotic
- erpressen verb to blackmail
- Erpressung noun blackmail
- erproben verb to test, to try out
- erquickend adjective refreshing
- erraten verb to guess correctly
- erregen verb to arouse, to excite, to stir up
- erreichbar adjective reachable, attainable
- erreichen verb to reach, to achieve
- Erreichung noun achievement, attainment
- errichten verb to erect, to build
- Errichtung noun construction, erection, establishment
- erringen verb to attain, to achieve, to win (through effort)
- erröten verb to blush
- Errungenschaft noun achievement
- Ersatz noun replacement, substitute
- Ersatzteil noun spare part
- ersaufen verb to drown (informal)
- erschaffen verb to create
- erschauern verb to shudder, to tremble (literary)
- erscheinen verb to appear (to come into view, or to be published)
- Erscheinung noun appearance; phenomenon
- erschießen verb to shoot dead
- erschlagen verb to strike dead; to overwhelm
- erschließen verb to open up, to develop
- erschöpfen verb to exhaust, to wear out
- erschöpft adjective exhausted
- Erschöpfung noun exhaustion
- erschrecken verb to be startled, to get a fright
- erschreckend adjective alarming, frightening
- erschrocken adjective startled, frightened
- erschüttern verb to shake, to shock, to rattle (emotionally)
- erschütternd adjective shocking
- erschweren verb to make more difficult
- erschwinglich adjective affordable
- ersetzen verb to replace
- ersichtlich adjective evident
- ersinnen verb to devise
- ersparen verb to spare (someone something)
- Ersparnis noun saving
- erst adverb only, not until; first (before anything else)
- erstarren verb to freeze, to stiffen, to become rigid
- erstarrt adjective stiff, frozen, rigid
- erstatten verb to reimburse
- Erstattung noun reimbursement
- erstaunen verb to astonish, to amaze
- erstaunlich adjective astonishing, amazing
- erstaunt adjective astonished
- erstellen verb to create, to draw up (a document, list, plan)
- Erstellung noun creation, preparation
- erstens adverb firstly
- erster adjective first
- ersterben verb to die away, to fade (of sound or light)
- ersticken verb to suffocate, to choke
- erstklassig adjective first-class
- Erstklässler noun first-year student, first grader
- erstmals adverb for the first time
- erstrebenswert adjective desirable, worth striving for
- erstrecken verb to extend, to stretch
- ersuchen verb to request formally, to beseech
- ertappen verb to catch (in the act)
- erteilen verb to give, to grant (permission, instructions, a lesson)
- Erteilung noun granting, issuing
- ertönen verb to sound, to ring out
- Ertrag noun yield, profit
- ertragen verb to bear, to endure
- erträglich adjective bearable
- ertragreich adjective productive
- ertränken verb to drown (someone)
- ertrinken verb to drown
- erwachen verb to awaken, to wake up (literary)
- erwachsen adjective adult, grown-up
- Erwachsene noun adult
- Erwachsenenbildung noun adult education
- erwägen verb to consider
- Erwägung noun consideration
- erwähnen verb to mention
- erwähnenswert adjective worth mentioning
- Erwähnung noun mention
- erwärmen verb to warm
- Erwärmung noun warming
- erwarten verb to expect, to await
- Erwartung noun expectation
- erwartungsvoll adjective expectant
- erwecken verb to awaken, to arouse (interest, feelings)
- erweisen verb to prove, to turn out to be; to render (a favor)
- erweitern verb to expand, to extend
- Erweiterung noun expansion
- Erwerb noun acquisition, purchase
- erwerben verb to acquire
- Erwerbstätige noun person in employment
- erwidern verb to reply, to retort
- Erwiderung noun reply, retort
- erwirken verb to obtain, to secure
- erwischen verb to catch, to catch out (informal — catch someone doing something, or just barely catch something)
- erwünscht adjective desired, wanted
- erwürgen verb to strangle
- erzählen verb to tell (a story), to narrate
- Erzähler noun narrator, storyteller
- Erzählung noun story, narrative
- Erzbischof noun archbishop
- erzeugen verb to produce, to generate
- Erzeugung noun production, generation
- erziehen verb to raise, to bring up (children)
- Erzieher noun kindergarten teacher (male)
- Erzieherin noun kindergarten teacher, educator
- Erziehung noun upbringing, education
- erzielen verb to achieve, to score (a result, a goal)
- erzittern verb to shake, to tremble (violently, often of large things)
- erzürnt adjective angered
- erzwingen verb to force, to extort
- es pronoun it
- Esche noun ash tree
- Esel noun donkey
- Eselsohr noun dog-ear
- Eskalation noun escalation
- Espadrille noun espadrille
- Espresso noun espresso
- Espressomaschine noun espresso machine
- Essay noun essay
- essbar adjective edible
- Essbesteck noun cutlery
- essen verb to eat
- Essensreste noun leftovers
- Essenz noun essence
- Essig noun vinegar
- Essiggemüse noun pickled vegetables
- Essiggurke noun pickled gherkin
- Esslöffel noun tablespoon
- Essstäbchen noun chopstick
- Esstisch noun dining table
- Esszimmer noun dining room
- etablieren verb to establish
- etabliert adjective established
- Etablierung noun establishment
- Etage noun floor, storey
- Etappe noun stage, leg
- Ethik noun ethics
- ethisch adjective ethical
- ethnisch adjective ethnic
- Etikett noun label
- etliche pronoun several, quite a few
- etwa adverb approximately, about
- etwas pronoun, adverb something
- euer determiner your (plural, informal — belonging to the group you're addressing as ihr)
- Eule noun owl
- Euphorie noun euphoria
- euphorisch adjective euphoric
- Euro noun euro (the currency)
- Europa noun Europe
- Europäer noun European (man)
- europäisch adjective European
- Europawahl noun European election
- europaweit adjective Europe-wide
- Evakuierung noun evacuation
- Evaluation noun evaluation
- Evangelium noun gospel
- eventuell adjective possibly
- Evidenz noun evidence, obviousness
- Evolution noun evolution
- ewig adjective eternal, forever
- Ewigkeit noun eternity
- exakt adjective exact, precise
- Exempel noun example
- exemplarisch adjective exemplary
- Exil noun exile
- Existenz noun existence
- existieren verb to exist
- exklusiv adjective exclusive
- Exkursion noun excursion, field trip
- exotisch adjective exotic
- Expansion noun expansion
- Expedition noun expedition
- Experiment noun experiment
- Experte noun expert
- explizit adjective explicit
- explodieren verb to explode
- Explosion noun explosion
- Export noun export
- Exposition noun exposition
- extern adjective external
- extra adverb extra, specially, on purpose
- extravagant adjective extravagant
- extrem adjective extreme
- exzellent adjective excellent