English words from German
- buchtelnSweet rolls made of enriched yeast dough, filled with powidl, jam, chocolate, ground poppy seeds or quark, brushed with butter and baked in a large pan so that they stick together and can be pulled apart.
- BuegeA surname from German.
- BueningA surname from German.
- BundesadlerThe eagle when used as a symbol of Germany.
- BundeskriminalamtThe German federal office of criminal investigations.
- BuntsandsteinA lithostratigraphic and allostratigraphic unit in the subsurface of large parts of west and central Europe, predominantly consisting of sandstone layers of the Lower Triassic.
- bürgermeisterSynonym of burgomaster.
- burggrafA surname from German.
- BurkelA surname from German.
- BuslerA surname from German.
- butterbrotA German open sandwich.
- ButtgereitA surname from German.
- ButtkeA surname from German.
- ButzerA surname from German.
- cabanossiA kind of spicy smoked Australian sausage.
- cabbelingThe process by which two masses of water with different temperatures and salinities mix to form a new water mass with a density higher than the density of either parent water mass; also, the sinking of the new water mass as the effect of its increased density.
- -caineA synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.
- CamenzindA surname from German [in turn from Alemannic German].
- cameralistA public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler.
- capsicineA volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsaicin. It has been known to be used in the manufacture of fizzy beverages.
- carthounA type of early cannon.
- centgraveThe overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
- chaoskampfA battle between a deity and primordial chaos, especially in ancient Near Eastern mythology and/or religion.
- ChiemgauerA regional currency used in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany, pegged to the euro and intended to promote local commerce and non-profits.
- ChristkindA personification of the baby Jesus who, in German-speaking parts of Europe, takes the place of Santa Claus
- ChristkindlA Christmas decoration in the shape of an infant Jesus.
- ChristkindlmarktA Christmas market (Kris Kringle Mart).
- ChristliebA surname from German.
- claviatureA keyboard, especially of a musical instrument.
- coitus interruptussexual intercourse interrupted by withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation
- ComornKomárom
- compromiselessUncompromising; uncompromisable.
- Congreve matchSynonym of phosphorus match, a strike-anywhere friction match.
- consistorialrathcouncillor of the consistory
- converbA non-finite verb form that serves to express adverbial subordination.
- CordtsA surname.
- crambambuliA drink of rum mixed with sugar and set alight before drinking.
- craniopagusA pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
- crouponA cowhide with the belly and neck removed.
- crumhornAny of several related simple woodwind instruments having a bent horn
- currywurstA German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.
- cytoblastThat part of a cell (especially the nucleus) in which its development takes place
- DarmstädterA native or inhabitant of Darmstadt.
- darmstadtiumA transuranic chemical element (symbol Ds) with atomic number 110.
- Das ReichThe 2nd SS Division.
- DauenhauerA surname from German.
- debrecinerSynonym of debrecener (A Hungarian sausage)
- debreczinerSynonym of debrecener (A Hungarian sausage)
- debrezinerSynonym of debrecener (A Hungarian sausage)
- DehnertA surname from German.
- dehnstufeThe lengthened grade that appears in words of a certain root group, or stem group, in the course of vocalic variations.
- DeikeA surname from German.
- DeitersA surname from German.
- DelbrückA surname from German.
- demantoidA green garnet.
- DemlerA surname from German.
- DeterdingA surname from German.
- DetertA surname from German.
- DethloffA surname from German.
- DettlingA surname from German.
- Deutsche MarkThe former currency unit of Germany (now replaced by the euro), abbreviated as DM or DEM.
- devisenForeign currency.
- DexheimerA surname from German.
- DexitThe hypothetical withdrawal of Germany from the European Union.
- DickermannA surname from German.
- dickkopfAny of a family of glycoproteins that are involved in the development of the embryo.
- DieckA surname from German.
- DieckhausA surname from German
- DiekhoffA surname from German.
- DierbergA surname from German.
- DietzenA surname from German.
- DingmannA surname from German.
- DircksA surname.
- DirlewangerA surname from German; especially when referring to Waffen-SS war criminal Oskar Dirlewanger.
- DischerA surname from German.
- DisibodenbergA ruined monastery near Staudernheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- DithmarschenA district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- DobbersteinA surname from German.
- dockenA dock (plant); Rumex obtusifolius or Rumex crispus.
- DoehringA surname from German.
- DoengesA surname from German.
- DohnA surname from German.
- DohnerA surname from German.
- DolgeA surname from German.
- dolineA depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
- DomeierA surname from German.
- DommerA surname from German.
- DonaustadtThe district of Vienna, Austria which currently covers the eastern quarter of that city.
- doodlesackThe bagpipes.
- DordevichA surname from German.
- DornfeldA surname from German.
- DornfelderA dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.
- DorpatFormer name of Tartu.
- DorriesA surname from German.
- DrachenfutterA gift given to placate someone, especially a spouse, who is angry at the giver.
- DrahthaarSynonym of German Wirehaired Pointer.
- dreibeinTrihedron.
- dreikanterA type of pebble that has three curved faces formed by wind-blown sand.
- DreimorengesetzThe three-mora rule, specifying where to place the accent in Germanic words.
- DresenA surname from German.