English words from German
- singspielAn early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song.
- SippenhaftThe principle of a family sharing the responsibility for a crime committed by one of its members.
- SippenhaftungSynonym of Sippenhaft.
- sitzballA sport somewhat similar to volleyball but played sitting down (and thus suitable for people with disabilities or amputations that diminish their capacity to stand).
- SitzfleischThe ability to endure or carry on with an activity.
- Sitz im Lebensociological setting
- sitzkriegWarfare without any military operations or campaigns; a stalemate.
- SitzmannA surname from German.
- sitzprobeThe first run-through of an opera or musical in which the orchestra and singers rehearse together, covering only those portions of the piece in which the orchestra plays, and in which the singers sit or stand at microphones, but do not block out any action.
- smouseTo feast (on something).
- SoederA surname.
- SonderbundThe Swiss cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations, and the subject of the Sonderbund War of 1847.
- songspielAn operatic musical drama in which spoken dialogue is interspersed with song.
- SonnenshineA surname from German.
- SoziSynonym of socialist.
- SpanbauerA surname from German.
- spangenhelmA kind of medieval European combat helmet, constructed of several plates connected by bands into a conical covering for the top of the head, sometimes with a nasal, eye protection, or cheek plates.
- SpartacistA supporter of Spartacus, who led a slave rebellion against the ancient Roman Empire.
- SpartzA surname from German.
- speiskobaltSynonym of smaltite.
- SperlichA surname from German.
- spiegeleisenA ferromanganese alloy containing approximately 15% manganese and small quantities of carbon and silicon.
- SpiegelmannA surname from German.
- spielfreakA fan of German games.
- spinnbarkeitThe stringy or stretchy property found to varying degrees in mucus, saliva, albumen and similar viscoelastic fluids.
- spiranAny of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound
- SpitzenkorperA region at the apex of the hyphae in certain fungi, which is refractive.
- SpodenA surname from German.
- SpoerlA surname from German.
- SpomerA surname from German.
- SporerA surname from German.
- SporlederA surname from German.
- sprachbundA group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.
- sprachgefühlThe instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.
- SprachraumLanguage area, language zone; geographical region where a language is spoken
- SprechbundA shared way of speaking that goes beyond language boundaries, such as the use of rhyme in hip-hop.
- sprechgesangA form of recitative between speaking and singing.
- SpreewaldA forested wetland area in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
- spreiteA sedimentary lamina caused by animal behaviour.
- SpringbornA surname from German.
- springerlea white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design
- StadelA surname from German.
- staffageThe people and animals represented in a landscape painting.
- StaheliA surname from German.
- StahlhelmA distinctive steel helmet fielded by the German Reich and some other nations during the World Wars, and by some modern-day bikers.
- StahlmannA surname from German.
- StahnkeA surname from German.
- StammbaumA tree of genetically related languages or dialects formed by grouping them according to their most recent common ancestor.
- StanglerA surname from German.
- StatzerA surname from German.
- stauchwallThe lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche.
- StechschulteA surname from German.
- SteckleinA surname from German.
- SteffelA surname from German.
- SteffensmeierA surname from German.
- StehlingA surname from German.
- -steinAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
- SteinbornA surname from German.
- SteinesA surname from German.
- SteinfeldtA surname from German.
- SteinhilberA surname from German.
- steinkernA fossil formed from sediment that filled a hollow structure such as a shell.
- SteinseiferA surname from German.
- steinstrasseA complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction.
- StemperA surname from German.
- SterkelA surname from German.
- SteurerA surname from German.
- StevenerA surname from German.
- StichterA surname.
- StiefA surname from German.
- StiegA surname from German.
- StillabowerA surname from German.
- StirnweisA surname from German.
- StoffregenA surname from German.
- stolpersteinA small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism.
- StonecypherA surname from German.
- StonesiferA surname from German.
- stossUsed to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
- StrachwitzA surname from German.
- strahlsteinactinolite
- streberAny of certain perciform fish of the genus Zingel, with long and slender bodies, found in rivers and streams in Europe.
- StreuselkuchenA cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping.
- stricklingA surname from German.
- StroleA surname from German.
- StrothmannA surname from German.
- Strücklingena municipality in Saterland
- StuckertA surname from German.
- SturmabteilungA paramilitary division under the German Nazi Party, operating from 1921 until being disbanded in 1934.
- Sturm und DrangA proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
- sturzstromA rock avalanche, a large landslide of soil and rock which travels a much greater horizontal than vertical distance.
- subhastationA public sale or auction required by law, especially one in Germany or neighbouring territories.
- subimagoA stage in the development of certain insects, intermediate between pupa and imago, during which the insect can fly but must shed a skin before becoming mature.
- subnivalOf a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow (the snow line).
- SudbeckA surname from German.
- SüderbesteThe name by which the River Beste is called on its course between the millpond in Lasbek-Gut and its confluence with the River Norderbeste.
- SuffixaufnahmeThe phenomenon where a genitive noun agrees grammatically with its head noun.
- SulserA surname from German.
- sussreserveUnfermented grape juice, especially when added to wine to sweeten it.
- SwackhamerA surname from German.
- sympatho-sympathetic nervous system