German–English: V
924 entries
- vage adjective vague
- Vakuum noun vacuum
- Vampir noun vampire
- Vanilleeis noun vanilla ice cream
- Variable noun variable
- Variante noun variant
- Variation noun variation
- variieren verb to vary
- Vase noun vase
- Vater noun father
- Vaterland noun fatherland
- vegan adjective vegan
- Veganer noun vegan (person)
- Vegetarier noun vegetarian
- vegetarisch adjective vegetarian
- Vegetation noun vegetation
- vehement adjective vehement
- Veilchen noun violet
- Vektor noun vector
- Velo noun bicycle (Swiss German)
- Vene noun vein
- Ventil noun valve
- Ventilator noun fan
- Venus noun Venus
- verabreden verb to arrange; (sich) to make a date
- Verabredung noun appointment, date
- verabscheuen verb to detest, to loathe
- verabscheuungswürdig adjective despicable
- verabschieden verb to say goodbye (sich verabschieden)
- Verabschiedung noun farewell; adoption (of a law)
- verachten verb to despise
- Verachtung noun contempt
- Verallgemeinerung noun generalisation
- Veranda noun veranda
- verändern verb to change, to alter
- Veränderung noun change, alteration
- verängstigen verb to frighten, to scare
- verängstigt adjective frightened, scared
- verankern verb to anchor, to embed
- Verankerung noun anchoring, embedding
- Veranlagung noun predisposition
- veranlassen verb to cause, to prompt
- Veranlassung noun reason, cause
- veranstalten verb to organize, to hold, to host (an event)
- Veranstalter noun organiser
- Veranstaltung noun event
- verantworten verb to take responsibility for
- verantwortlich adjective responsible
- Verantwortung noun responsibility
- verarbeiten verb to process; to work up
- Verarbeitung noun processing
- verärgert adjective annoyed, angry
- verarschen verb to take the piss, to mess with someone
- verausgaben verb to exhaust oneself
- Verb noun verb
- verbal adjective verbal
- Verband noun association; bandage
- Verbandskasten noun first-aid kit
- verbannen verb to banish, to exile
- Verbannung noun banishment
- verbergen verb to hide, to conceal
- verbessern verb to improve
- Verbesserung noun improvement
- verbeugen verb to bow (sich verbeugen)
- Verbeugung noun bow (as a gesture of respect)
- verbieten verb to forbid, to prohibit
- verbinden verb to connect, to link; to bandage (a wound)
- verbindlich adjective binding, obliging
- Verbindung noun connection, link
- Verbindungsstück noun connector
- verbissen adjective dogged, grim
- verbitten verb to refuse to tolerate
- verbittert adjective embittered
- verblassen verb to fade (color, memory)
- Verbleib noun whereabouts, remaining
- verbleiben verb to remain
- verblüffen verb to amaze, to baffle, to astonish
- verblüfft adjective amazed, baffled
- verbluten verb to bleed to death
- verbogen adjective bent, warped
- verbohrt adjective obstinate, stubborn
- verborgen adjective hidden
- Verbot noun ban, prohibition
- verboten adjective forbidden, prohibited
- Verbrauch noun consumption
- verbrauchen verb to consume, to use up
- Verbraucher noun consumer
- Verbraucherschutz noun consumer protection
- Verbrechen noun crime
- verbreiten verb to spread, to disseminate
- Verbreitung noun spread
- verbrennen verb to burn (up)
- verbringen verb to spend (time)
- verbuchen verb to record, to chalk up (an achievement)
- Verbund noun association, network
- verbünden verb to ally oneself
- verbunden adjective connected; obliged
- verbürgen verb to guarantee, to vouch for
- Verdacht noun suspicion
- verdächtig adjective suspicious
- verdächtigen verb to suspect (someone of something)
- verdammen verb to condemn, to damn
- verdampfen verb to evaporate
- verdanken verb to owe (thanks to someone for something)
- verdauen verb to digest
- Verdauung noun digestion
- Verdauungsproblem noun digestive problem
- verdecken verb to cover, to hide from view
- verderben verb to spoil, to ruin (also of food going bad)
- verdeutlichen verb to clarify, to illustrate
- verdichten verb to condense, to compress
- verdienen verb to earn (money)
- Verdienst noun earnings; merit
- verdoppeln verb to double
- verdorben adjective spoiled, rotten
- verdrängen verb to displace, to push aside; to repress (a memory)
- Verdrängung noun displacement, repression
- verdrehen verb to twist, to distort
- verdrießlich adjective peevish, sullen, irritable
- verdunkeln verb to darken
- verdünnen verb to dilute
- verdunsten verb to evaporate
- verdursten verb to die of thirst
- verdüstern verb to darken, to grow gloomy
- verdutzen verb to baffle, to bewilder, to take aback
- verdutzt adjective baffled, taken aback
- veredeln verb to refine
- Verein noun club, association
- vereinbar adjective compatible
- vereinbaren verb to arrange, to agree on
- Vereinbarkeit noun compatibility
- Vereinbarung noun agreement
- vereinen verb to unite
- vereinfachen verb to simplify
- Vereinfachung noun simplification
- vereinheitlichen verb to standardise
- vereinigen verb to unite
- Vereinigung noun association; unification
- Vereinsvorsitzender noun club chairman
- vereinzelt adverb sporadically, isolated
- vereist adjective icy, iced over
- vereiteln verb to thwart
- Vererbung noun inheritance (genetic)
- verewigen verb to immortalise
- Verfahren noun procedure, process; legal proceedings
- Verfall noun decay, decline
- verfallen verb to decay, to fall into disrepair; to expire (of a deadline, contract)
- Verfallsdatum noun expiry date
- verfassen verb to compose, to write (a document or text)
- Verfassung noun constitution; condition
- Verfassungsschutz noun domestic intelligence agency
- verfassungswidrig adjective unconstitutional
- verfehlen verb to miss (a target or goal)
- verfeindet adjective hostile, at odds
- verfeinern verb to refine
- verfilmen verb to film (a book)
- verflechten verb to interweave
- verfliegen verb to evaporate, to pass
- verfluchen verb to curse
- verfolgen verb to pursue, to chase, to follow (also figuratively: a goal, news)
- Verfolgung noun pursuit; persecution
- verformen verb to deform
- verfrachten verb to ship, to transport
- verfroren adjective sensitive to cold, chilly
- verfügbar adjective available
- Verfügbarkeit noun availability
- verfügen verb to have at one's disposal (über)
- Verfügung noun zur Verfügung stehen/stellen: to be/make available
- verführerisch adjective seductive, tempting
- Verführung noun seduction, temptation
- Vergabe noun allocation, awarding (of a contract or grant)
- vergammeln verb to rot, to go off
- vergangen adjective past
- Vergangenheit noun the past
- vergeben verb to forgive
- vergeblich adjective futile, in vain
- vergehen verb to pass, to go by (of time)
- vergelten verb to repay, to retaliate
- Vergeltung noun retaliation
- vergessen verb to forget
- vergewaltigen verb to rape
- Vergewaltigung noun rape
- vergewissern verb to make sure, to ascertain (sich vergewissern)
- vergiften verb to poison
- Vergiftung noun poisoning
- vergilben verb to turn yellow
- Vergissmeinnicht noun forget-me-not (the flower)
- Vergleich noun comparison
- vergleichbar adjective comparable
- vergleichen verb to compare
- vergleichend adjective comparative
- vergleichsweise adverb comparatively
- Vergnügen noun pleasure, enjoyment
- vergolden verb to gild
- vergraben verb to bury
- vergreifen verb to lay hands on; to make a wrong choice
- vergrößern verb to enlarge
- vergüten verb to reimburse, to pay
- Vergütung noun remuneration
- verhaften verb to arrest
- Verhaftung noun arrest
- verhallen verb to die away
- verhalten verb to behave, to act (sich verhalten)
- Verhaltensweise noun behavior pattern
- Verhältnis noun relationship; ratio
- verhandeln verb to negotiate
- Verhandlung noun negotiation; hearing
- Verhandlungstisch noun negotiating table
- verhängen verb to impose
- Verhängnis noun doom, undoing
- verharmlosen verb to play down
- verharren verb to remain, to persist
- verhärten verb to harden
- verhasst adjective hated
- verhauen verb to beat up (colloquial); to botch, to mess up
- verheddern verb to get tangled up
- verheilen verb to heal up
- verheimlichen verb to conceal, to keep secret
- verheiraten verb to marry off; (sich) to get married
- verheiratet adjective married
- verhelfen verb to help (someone) to get
- verherrlichen verb to glorify
- verhexen verb to bewitch, to put a curse on
- verhindern verb to prevent
- Verhinderung noun prevention
- verhöhnen verb to mock, to deride, to jeer at
- verhören verb to interrogate
- verhüllen verb to veil, to cover
- verhungern verb to starve, to die of hunger
- verhüten verb to prevent
- Verhütung noun prevention; contraception
- verirren verb sich verirren: to lose one's way, to get lost
- verirrt adjective lost, stray
- verjagen verb to chase away, to drive off
- verjähren verb to lapse (statute of limitations)
- Verjährung noun limitation
- verjüngen verb to rejuvenate
- verkatert adjective hungover
- Verkauf noun sale
- verkaufen verb to sell
- Verkäufer noun salesman, seller
- Verkäuferin noun saleswoman
- Verkehr noun traffic
- verkehren verb to run (transport); to associate
- Verkehrsampel noun traffic light
- Verkehrsmittel noun means of transport
- Verkehrsschild noun traffic sign
- Verkehrsunfall noun traffic accident
- Verkehrsverbund noun transport association
- verkennen verb to misjudge
- verklagen verb to sue
- verklärt adjective transfigured, rapt
- verkleiden verb to dress up, to disguise (sich verkleiden)
- verkleidet adjective dressed up, disguised
- verkleinern verb to reduce, to make smaller
- verklingen verb to fade away (sound)
- verknappen verb to make scarce
- verkneifen verb to refrain from
- verknüpfen verb to link, to connect
- Verknüpfung noun link, connection
- verkommen adjective dilapidated, depraved
- verkörpern verb to embody, to portray, to personify
- verkraften verb to cope with
- verkrampft adjective tense, cramped, uptight
- verkriechen verb to hide away
- verkühlen verb to catch a chill
- verkümmern verb to atrophy, to wither
- verkünden verb to announce, to proclaim
- Verkündigung noun proclamation
- verkürzen verb to shorten
- Verkürzung noun shortening
- Verlag noun publishing house
- verlagern verb to shift, to relocate
- Verlagshaus noun publishing house
- verlangen verb to demand, to require
- verlängern verb to extend, to prolong
- Verlängerung noun extension; extra time
- verlassen verb to leave, to abandon (a place or person)
- verlässlich adjective reliable
- Verlauf noun course, progression
- verlaufen verb to go, to proceed (of events); to run, to extend (of a path)
- verleben verb to spend (time)
- verlegen adjective embarrassed, awkward
- Verlegenheit noun embarrassment, awkwardness
- Verleger noun publisher
- Verlegung noun relocation; rescheduling
- verleiden verb to spoil (someone's enjoyment)
- verleihen verb to lend; to award
- Verleihung noun award ceremony; awarding
- verlernen verb to unlearn, to forget
- Verlesung noun reading aloud, roll call
- verletzen verb to injure, to hurt
- verletzt adjective injured, hurt
- Verletzung noun injury
- verleugnen verb to deny, to disown
- verleumden verb to slander
- Verleumdung noun slander
- verlieben verb to fall in love
- verlieren verb to lose
- Verlies noun dungeon
- verloben verb to get engaged
- verlobt adjective engaged
- Verlobte noun fiancée
- Verlobung noun engagement
- Verlobungsring noun engagement ring
- verlocken verb to entice
- verlockend adjective tempting
- verloren adjective lost
- verlosen verb to raffle
- Verlosung noun raffle, prize draw
- Verlust noun loss
- vermachen verb to bequeath
- Vermächtnis noun legacy
- vermarkten verb to market
- Vermarktung noun marketing
- vermasseln verb to mess up, to botch (colloquial)
- vermehren verb to increase; (sich) to multiply
- Vermehrung noun increase, propagation
- vermeidbar adjective avoidable
- vermeiden verb to avoid
- Vermeidung noun avoidance
- vermeintlich adjective supposed, alleged
- Vermerk noun note, annotation
- vermerken verb to note down
- vermessen verb to survey, to measure
- vermieten verb to rent out
- Vermieter noun landlord
- vermindern verb to reduce
- vermischen verb to mix
- Vermischung noun mixing
- vermissen verb to miss (someone)
- vermitteln verb to convey; to mediate
- Vermittler noun mediator, intermediary
- Vermittlung noun mediation; placement
- Vermögen noun fortune, wealth, assets
- Vermögenssteuer noun wealth tax
- vermummt adjective masked, muffled up, disguised
- vermuten verb to suspect, to assume
- vermutlich adverb presumably, probably
- Vermutung noun assumption, guess
- vernachlässigen verb to neglect
- vernehmen verb to perceive, to hear (literary); to interrogate (legal)
- verneigen verb to bow (sich verneigen)
- verneinen verb to answer in the negative, to negate
- vernetzen verb to network, to link
- Vernetzung noun networking, interconnection
- vernichten verb to destroy, to annihilate
- Vernichtung noun destruction
- Vernissage noun opening of an exhibition
- Vernunft noun reason, common sense
- vernünftig adjective reasonable, sensible
- vernünftigerweise adverb reasonably, sensibly
- veröffentlichen verb to publish
- Veröffentlichung noun publication
- verordnen verb to prescribe
- Verordnung noun regulation, decree
- verpachten verb to lease out
- verpacken verb to pack, to wrap
- Verpackung noun packaging
- verpassen verb to miss
- verpasst adjective missed
- verpesten verb to pollute (air)
- verpetzen verb to snitch on, to tell on (colloquial)
- verpflanzen verb to transplant
- verpflegen verb to feed, to cater for
- Verpflegung noun catering, food supply
- verpflichten verb to obligate, to commit
- Verpflichtung noun obligation, commitment
- verplanen verb to book up, to plan away
- verprügeln verb to beat up
- verpuffen verb to fizzle out
- Verrat noun betrayal
- verraten verb to betray; to reveal (a secret)
- Verräter noun traitor
- verrechnen verb to miscalculate
- verregnen verb to be spoiled by rain
- verreisen verb to go away on a trip
- verreißen verb to slate, to pan
- verrenken verb to dislocate
- verrichten verb to perform, to carry out
- verringern verb to reduce, to decrease
- verrosten verb to rust
- verrücken verb to move, to shift
- verrückt adjective crazy
- Vers noun verse (of a poem or song)
- versagen verb to fail; to deny
- versammeln verb to gather, to assemble (reflexively: sich versammeln)
- Versammlung noun assembly, gathering, meeting
- versanden verb to silt up; to peter out
- Versandhaus noun mail-order firm
- versauern verb to stagnate; to turn sour
- versäumen verb to miss, to neglect
- verschaffen verb to obtain, to procure (for someone)
- verschärfen verb to tighten, to intensify
- verschätzen verb to misjudge
- verschenken verb to give away
- verscherzen verb to forfeit (through carelessness)
- verscheuchen verb to shoo away, to scare off
- verschicken verb to send out
- verschieben verb to postpone; to move
- Verschiebung noun postponement, shift
- verschieden adjective different, various
- verschlafen verb to oversleep
- verschlagen adjective cunning, sly, devious
- verschlechtern verb to worsen
- Verschlechterung noun deterioration
- verschleiern verb to veil, to disguise
- verschleppen verb to abduct; to delay
- verschließen verb to lock, to close
- verschlimmbessern verb to make something worse by trying to improve it
- verschlimmern verb to worsen
- verschlingen verb to devour, to gobble up
- verschlossen adjective locked, closed
- verschlucken verb to swallow (the wrong way); sich verschlucken: to choke
- Verschluss noun clasp, cap
- Verschlüsselung noun encryption
- Verschlusskappe noun screw cap
- verschmelzen verb to fuse, to merge
- Verschmelzung noun fusion, merging
- verschmitzt adjective mischievous, sly (in a playful way)
- verschmutzen verb to pollute, to dirty
- verschmutzt adjective polluted, dirty
- Verschmutzung noun pollution
- verschnaufen verb to catch one's breath
- verschneien verb to be covered in snow
- verschnüren verb to tie up, to bind (with string or cord)
- verschonen verb to spare
- verschönern verb to beautify
- verschreiben verb to prescribe
- verschrotten verb to scrap
- verschulden verb to be to blame for
- verschuldet adjective in debt
- Verschuldung noun indebtedness
- verschütten verb to spill
- verschweigen verb to conceal, to keep secret, to withhold (information)
- verschwenden verb to waste
- verschwenderisch adjective wasteful, lavish
- verschwiegen adjective discreet, tight-lipped
- verschwimmen verb to blur
- verschwinden verb to disappear, to vanish
- verschwitzt adjective sweaty
- verschwommen adjective blurry, vague
- verschwören verb to conspire
- Verschwörung noun conspiracy
- Verschwörungstheorie noun conspiracy theory
- versehen verb to equip, to provide (with something)
- versehentlich adjective accidental, by mistake
- versenden verb to send, to dispatch
- versenken verb to submerge, to sink (something)
- Versenkung noun sinking; immersion
- versessen adjective versessen auf: obsessed with, keen on
- versetzen verb to move, to transfer; to stand up (someone)
- Versetzung noun transfer; promotion to the next class
- versichern verb to assure; to insure
- Versicherung noun insurance
- Versicherungsnehmer noun policyholder
- Versicherungspolice noun insurance policy
- Versicherungsvertreter noun insurance agent
- versinken verb to sink
- Version noun version
- versöhnen verb to reconcile
- Versöhnung noun reconciliation
- versorgen verb to provide for, to supply
- Versorgung noun supply, care
- verspannt adjective tense (muscles)
- verspäten verb to be late
- verspätet adjective delayed, late
- Verspätung noun delay
- verspeisen verb to eat up, to devour
- versperren verb to block, to obstruct (a path or view)
- verspielen verb to gamble away, to lose
- verspielt adjective playful
- verspotten verb to mock
- versprechen verb to promise
- versprühen verb to spray, to exude (charm, energy)
- verspüren verb to feel, to sense (a feeling or sensation)
- verstaatlichen verb to nationalise
- verständigen verb to communicate, to come to an understanding
- verständlich adjective understandable, comprehensible
- Verständnis noun understanding, sympathy
- verstärken verb to strengthen, to intensify
- Verstärker noun amplifier
- Verstärkung noun reinforcement
- verstauben verb to gather dust
- verstauchen verb to sprain
- Verstauchung noun sprain
- verstauen verb to stow, to pack away
- verstecken verb to hide
- verstehen verb to understand
- versteifen verb to stiffen
- Versteifung noun stiffening, reinforcement
- versteigern verb to auction
- versteinern verb to petrify, to turn to stone
- verstellen verb to adjust; to block; to disguise
- verstimmt adjective out of tune; annoyed, upset
- verstockt adjective obstinate, sullen
- verstopfen verb to block, to clog
- Verstopfung noun constipation; blockage
- verstorben adjective deceased, late
- Verstorbene noun the deceased, the dead person
- verstören verb to disturb, to unsettle
- verstört adjective distraught, disturbed
- verstoßen verb to violate; to disown
- verstreichen verb to elapse, to pass (of time)
- verstreuen verb to scatter
- verstricken verb to entangle
- verstummen verb to fall silent, to go quiet
- Versuch noun attempt, try
- versuchen verb to try, to attempt
- Versuchung noun temptation
- versüßen verb to sweeten
- vertagen verb to adjourn
- vertauschen verb to swap, to mix up
- verteidigen verb to defend
- Verteidiger noun defender; defence lawyer
- Verteidigung noun defence
- Verteidigungsminister noun defence minister
- Verteidigungsministerium noun ministry of defence
- verteilen verb to distribute, to hand out
- Verteilung noun distribution
- vertiefen verb to deepen; to immerse oneself (sich vertiefen)
- vertilgen verb to devour, to exterminate
- vertonen verb to set to music
- Vertrag noun contract, agreement
- vertragen verb to tolerate, to stand (food, medicine); to get along (sich vertragen)
- vertraglich adjective contractual
- Vertragspartner noun contracting party
- vertrauen verb to trust (dative object)
- vertrauenerweckend adjective inspiring confidence, trustworthy-looking
- vertrauenswürdig adjective trustworthy
- verträumt adjective dreamy
- vertraut adjective familiar, trusted
- vertreiben verb to drive away, to expel
- Vertreibung noun expulsion
- vertreten verb to represent
- Vertreter noun representative, salesperson
- Vertretung noun substitute; representation
- Vertretungsstunde noun cover lesson
- Vertriebsleiter noun sales manager
- vertrocknen verb to dry up, to wither
- vertrödeln verb to waste (time)
- vertrösten verb to put off with promises
- vertuschen verb to cover up, to hush up
- verüben verb to commit
- verunglücken verb to have an accident
- verunreinigen verb to contaminate
- verunsichern verb to unsettle
- Verunsicherung noun uncertainty, unease
- verursachen verb to cause
- verurteilen verb to sentence; to condemn
- Verurteilung noun conviction; condemnation
- vervielfältigen verb to copy, to multiply
- vervollständigen verb to complete
- verwahren verb to keep safe
- verwalten verb to manage, to administer
- Verwaltung noun administration
- Verwaltungsgebäude noun administrative building
- verwandeln verb to transform, to turn (into something else)
- Verwandlung noun transformation
- verwandt adjective related (by family or in nature)
- Verwandte noun relative (family member)
- Verwandtschaft noun relatives, kinship, family relations
- verwechseln verb to confuse, to mix up (people or things)
- Verwechslung noun mix-up
- verwegen adjective daring, audacious
- verwehren verb to deny, to refuse (access/permission)
- verweigern verb to refuse, to deny
- Verweigerung noun refusal
- verweilen verb to linger, to stay for a while
- Verweis noun reference; reprimand
- verweisen verb to refer (to something), to point to
- verwenden verb to use
- Verwendung noun use, usage
- verwerfen verb to reject, to discard
- verwertbar adjective usable, recyclable
- verwerten verb to utilise, to recycle
- Verwertung noun utilisation, recycling
- verwesen verb to decay
- verwickeln verb to entangle, to involve
- verwildern verb to grow wild
- verwirklichen verb to realise, to fulfil
- verwirren verb to confuse
- verwirrt adjective confused
- Verwirrung noun confusion
- verwischen verb to smudge, to blur
- verwitwet adjective widowed
- verwöhnen verb to spoil, to pamper
- verwöhnt adjective spoilt
- verwunden verb to wound
- verwunderlich adjective surprising
- Verwunderung noun astonishment
- verwüsten verb to devastate
- verzagen verb to lose heart
- verzaubern verb to enchant, to bewitch
- verzehren verb to consume
- verzeichnen verb to record, to register
- Verzeichnis noun directory, index
- verzeihen verb to forgive
- verzerren verb to distort
- verzetteln verb to spread oneself too thin
- verzichten verb to do without, to forgo, to renounce
- verziehen verb to warp, to twist (a face)
- verzieren verb to decorate
- verzogen adjective spoiled (of a child)
- verzögern verb to delay
- Verzögerung noun delay
- verzollen verb to declare (customs)
- verzücken verb to enrapture, to enthrall
- Verzug noun delay
- verzweifeln verb to despair
- verzweifelt adjective desperate
- Verzweiflung noun despair
- verzwickt adjective tricky, knotty
- Veteran noun veteran
- Vetter noun cousin (male, dated/formal — more commonly Cousin)
- Viadukt noun viaduct
- vibrieren verb to vibrate
- Video noun video
- Videokamera noun video camera
- Videokassette noun video cassette
- Videospiel noun video game
- Vieh noun livestock, cattle
- viel pronoun, adverb much, a lot (of)
- vieler determiner of many (genitive/dative plural declined form of viel)
- vielerorts adverb in many places
- Vielfalt noun diversity, variety
- vielfältig adjective diverse, varied
- vielleicht adverb maybe, perhaps
- vielmals adverb many times, very much (in fixed expressions like danke vielmals)
- vielmehr adverb rather, on the contrary
- vielversprechend adjective promising
- Vielzahl noun large number, multitude
- vier number four
- Vierbeiner noun four-legged friend (dog)
- Viereck noun quadrilateral
- viermal adverb four times
- Viertel noun quarter; district
- viertens adverb fourthly
- Vierung noun crossing
- Villa noun villa
- violett adjective violet, purple
- virtuell adjective virtual
- Virus noun virus
- Vision noun vision
- Visum noun visa
- vitaminreich adjective rich in vitamins
- Vitrine noun display cabinet
- Vizekanzler noun vice chancellor
- Vizepräsident noun vice president
- Vogel noun bird
- Vogelbeere noun rowan berry
- Vogelfutter noun bird seed
- Vogelhaus noun bird house
- Vogelhäuschen noun bird feeder
- vögeln verb to fuck, to screw (vulgar slang for having sex)
- Vogelnest noun bird's nest
- Vogelscheuche noun scarecrow
- Vogelschwarm noun flock of birds
- Vokabel noun vocabulary word
- Vokabular noun vocabulary
- Vokal noun vowel
- Volk noun people, nation
- Völkermord noun genocide
- Volksabstimmung noun referendum
- Volksentscheid noun referendum
- Volksfest noun public festival
- Volkshochschule noun adult education centre
- Volkslied noun folk song
- Volksmusik noun folk music
- Volkspartei noun catch-all party
- Volkswirtschaft noun national economy
- voll adjective, adverb full
- vollbringen verb to accomplish
- vollenden verb to complete, to finish
- vollends adverb completely, entirely, altogether
- Vollendung noun completion, perfection
- voller adjective full of (used before a noun without an article, comparative-looking but not a true comparative)
- Volleyball noun volleyball
- Vollidiot noun complete idiot
- völlig adverb completely, totally
- vollkommen adjective perfect, complete
- Vollkornbrot noun wholemeal bread
- Vollmacht noun power of attorney
- Vollmond noun full moon
- Vollpension noun full board
- Vollpfosten noun an idiot, a fool (informal insult)
- vollständig adjective complete, entire
- Vollständigkeit noun completeness
- Vollversammlung noun plenary session
- Vollzeit noun full-time
- Vollzeitstelle noun full-time job
- vollziehen verb to carry out, to execute
- Volumen noun volume
- von preposition from, of
- voneinander adverb from each other
- vor preposition in front of; before (time)
- voran adverb ahead, forward, onward
- voranbringen verb to advance, to move forward
- vorangehen verb to go ahead; to make progress
- vorankommen verb to make progress
- voranstellen verb to put in front
- vorantreiben verb to push forward
- Vorarbeit noun preparatory work
- vorarbeiten verb to work ahead
- voraus adverb ahead, in advance
- vorausblicken verb to look ahead
- vorauseilen verb to hurry ahead
- vorausfahren verb to drive ahead
- vorausfliegen verb to fly ahead
- vorausgehen verb to go ahead
- vorauslaufen verb to run ahead
- vorausplanen verb to plan ahead
- voraussagen verb to predict
- vorausschauen verb to look ahead
- vorausschicken verb to send ahead
- vorausschreiten verb to walk ahead, to lead the way
- voraussehen verb to foresee
- voraussetzen verb to presuppose
- Voraussetzung noun prerequisite
- voraussichtlich adjective expected, probable
- vorbauen verb to take precautions, to provide for
- vorbehalten verb to reserve
- vorbei adverb past, over (motion past something, or a state that has ended)
- vorbeidrängen verb to push past
- vorbeifahren verb to drive past
- vorbeifliegen verb to fly past
- vorbeiführen verb to lead past
- vorbeigehen verb to pass by, to walk past
- vorbeigleiten verb to glide past
- vorbeikommen verb to come by, to stop by
- vorbeilaufen verb to run past, to walk by
- vorbeimarschieren verb to march past
- vorbeirauschen verb to rush by, to whoosh past
- vorbeireden verb to talk at cross purposes (aneinander vorbeireden)
- vorbeirennen verb to rush past
- vorbeischauen verb to drop by
- vorbeischießen verb to miss (a shot); to shoot past
- vorbeischleichen verb to sneak past
- vorbeischwimmen verb to swim past
- vorbeisehen verb to look past; to look in
- vorbeitragen verb to carry past
- vorbeiziehen verb to drift by, to pass by (of clouds, a parade, time)
- vorbelasten verb to burden beforehand
- vorbereiten verb to prepare
- Vorbereitung noun preparation
- vorbestellen verb to order in advance, to pre-order
- vorbestrafen verb to convict previously (used in the passive/participle)
- vorbestraft adjective with a criminal record
- vorbeten verb to lead in prayer; to recite tediously
- vorbeugen verb to prevent; to lean forward
- Vorbild noun role model, example
- vorbildlich adjective exemplary
- vorbinden verb to tie on (apron, bib)
- vorbohren verb to pre-drill
- vorbringen verb to put forward
- vordatieren verb to postdate
- vordenken verb to think ahead for others, to pioneer
- Vordergrund noun foreground
- Vorderrad noun front wheel
- Vorderseite noun front side
- Vorderzahn noun front tooth
- vordraengeln verb to push in, to jump the queue
- vordraengen verb to push forward (sich vordrängen)
- vordringen verb to advance, to push forward
- Voreingenommenheit noun bias
- vorenthalten verb to withhold (information or something owed)
- vorerst adverb for the time being
- Vorfahr noun ancestor
- vorfahren verb to drive up, to pull up
- Vorfall noun incident
- vorfallen verb to occur, to happen
- Vorfeld noun run-up, lead-up (im Vorfeld = in advance)
- vorfinden verb to find (on arrival)
- vorfliegen verb to fly ahead; to fly for someone
- Vorfreude noun anticipation, excitement (about something upcoming)
- vorführen verb to demonstrate, to show
- Vorführung noun demonstration, screening
- Vorgang noun process, procedure
- Vorgänger noun predecessor
- Vorgarten noun front garden, front yard
- vorgaukeln verb to delude, to feign
- vorgeben verb to specify; to pretend
- vorgehen verb to proceed, to take action; to go ahead
- Vorgehensweise noun approach, procedure, method
- vorgeschädigt adjective previously damaged, with pre-existing damage
- Vorgeschmack noun foretaste
- vorgestern adverb the day before yesterday
- vorgreifen verb to anticipate, to jump ahead
- Vorhaben noun plan, intention, project
- Vorhalle noun porch
- vorhalten verb to hold up; to reproach
- vorhanden adjective available, existing, present
- Vorhang noun curtain
- Vorhängeschloss noun padlock
- vorheizen verb to preheat
- vorher adverb before, beforehand, previously
- Vorherrschaft noun supremacy
- vorhersagen verb to forecast
- vorhersehbar adjective predictable
- vorhersehen verb to foresee
- vorhin adverb a moment ago, just now (earlier today)
- Vorjahr noun previous year
- vorkauen verb to chew for someone; to spoon-feed
- vorkochen verb to cook in advance
- vorkommen verb to occur, to happen
- vorkosten verb to taste beforehand
- vorladen verb to summon
- Vorlage noun template; submission; assist
- vorlassen verb to let go first, to let through
- vorlaufen verb to run ahead
- vorläufig adjective provisional, temporary
- vorlaut adjective forward, cheeky
- vorlegen verb to present, to submit
- vorlesen verb to read aloud
- Vorleser noun reader aloud
- Vorlesung noun lecture (university)
- Vorlesungsverzeichnis noun course catalogue
- Vorliebe noun preference, fondness
- vorliegen verb to exist, to be available, to be present
- vormachen verb to show how; to fool
- vormalen verb to paint a picture for someone
- vormerken verb to make a provisional booking
- Vormittag noun morning (before noon)
- Vormund noun guardian
- Vormundschaft noun guardianship
- vorn adverb at the front, in front
- Vorname noun first name, given name
- Vornamen noun first names
- vorne adjective in front
- vornehm adjective distinguished, elegant
- vornehmen verb sich vornehmen: to plan, to resolve, to intend to do
- vornehmlich adverb chiefly, mainly
- Vorort noun suburb
- vorplanen verb to plan ahead
- vorprogrammieren verb to preprogram
- vorprogrammiert adjective inevitable, pre-programmed
- Vorrang noun priority, right of way
- vorrangig adjective priority, primary
- Vorrat noun supply
- vorrätig adjective in stock, available
- vorrechnen verb to work out (for someone)
- Vorreiter noun pioneer, trailblazer
- vorrennen verb to rush ahead
- Vorrichtung noun device, mechanism
- vorrücken verb to advance, to move forward
- vorsagen verb to prompt, to say aloud
- Vorsatz noun resolution; intent
- vorsätzlich adjective deliberate, intentional
- vorschalten verb to connect upstream, to insert first
- Vorschau noun preview
- Vorschein noun appearance (only in the idiom "zum Vorschein kommen" = to come to light, to appear)
- vorschicken verb to send ahead; to use as a front
- vorschieben verb to push forward; to use as an excuse
- vorschiessen verb to shoot forward; to advance (money)
- Vorschlag noun suggestion, proposal
- vorschlagen verb to suggest, to propose
- vorschreiben verb to prescribe, to stipulate
- Vorschrift noun regulation, rule
- vorschriftsmäßig adjective according to regulations
- vorschuetzen verb to use as a pretext
- Vorschule noun preschool
- vorsehen verb sich vorsehen: to be careful, to watch out
- Vorsicht noun caution, care
- vorsichtig adjective careful, cautious
- Vorsilbe noun prefix
- vorsingen verb to sing for someone
- Vorsitz noun chairmanship, presidency (of a committee)
- vorsitzen verb to chair, to preside
- Vorsitzende noun chairperson, chairwoman
- Vorsorge noun precaution, provision
- vorsorgen verb to make provision
- vorspannen verb to harness (horses); to prestress
- Vorspeise noun starter
- vorspielen verb to perform; to feign
- vorsprechen verb to audition; to call on
- vorspringen verb to jut out
- Vorsprung noun lead, head start, advantage
- Vorstand noun board (of directors), executive committee
- vorstehen verb to head, to protrude
- vorstellbar adjective conceivable
- vorstellen verb to introduce (someone)
- Vorstellung noun idea, notion
- Vorstellungsgespräch noun job interview
- vorstossen verb to advance, to push forward
- vorstrecken verb to advance (money)
- vortanzen verb to dance for someone; to audition
- vortasten verb to feel one's way forward (sich vortasten)
- vortäuschen verb to feign
- Vorteil noun advantage
- Vortrag noun lecture, talk
- vortragen verb to recite, to present
- vortrefflich adjective excellent, splendid
- vorturnen verb to demonstrate an exercise
- vorüber adverb over, past (of time or an event)
- vorüberfahren verb to drive by, to pass by (vehicle)
- vorüberfliegen verb to fly by
- vorübergehen verb to pass by
- vorübergehend adjective temporary
- vorüberziehen verb to drift by, to pass
- Vorurteil noun prejudice, preconception
- Vorverkauf noun advance booking
- vorverlegen verb to bring forward
- vorwagen verb to venture forward (sich vorwagen)
- Vorwahl noun dialling code
- Vorwand noun pretext, excuse
- vorwarnen verb to warn in advance
- Vorwarnung noun advance warning
- vorwärts adverb forward, forwards
- vorwegnehmen verb to anticipate, to pre-empt
- vorwerfen verb to accuse, to blame, to reproach
- vorwiegen verb to predominate
- vorwiegend adverb predominantly
- Vorwort noun preface, foreword
- Vorwurf noun accusation, reproach
- Vorzeichen noun omen, sign, portent
- vorzeichnen verb to sketch out beforehand; to lay down
- vorzeigen verb to show, to produce
- vorzeitig adjective premature, early
- vorziehen verb to prefer
- Vorzimmer noun anteroom
- Vorzug noun advantage, merit
- vorzüglich adjective excellent
- vorzugsweise adverb preferably
- Vulkan noun volcano