Word origins

• syndesisSynonym of arthrodesis, the artificial fusion of a joint between two or more bones.
• SzeklerSzékely (a member of a subgroup of the Hungarian people living mostly in the Székely Land).
• tagwerkA unit of land area, the amount that could be ploughed in one day.
• TammenA surname from German.
• TanzhausA late Middle Ages Jewish European dancehall
• tanztheaterA form of German expressionist dance.
• TatgeA surname from German.
• TatzelA surname from German.
• TatzelwurmA worm-like cryptid reported to live in the Alps.
• TegetmeierA surname from German.
• teleophobiaReluctance or refusal to ascribe purpose to natural phenomena.
• tescheniteAny of a group of rocks containing essential pyroxene, olivine, and analcime.
• thetanullwertThe restriction θₘ(τ) = θₘ(τ,0) of a theta function θₘ(τ,z) with rational characteristic m to z = 0.
• thobeAn ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.
• ThüringenSynonym of Thuringia.
• TiemeyerA surname from German.
• ToebeA surname from German.
• ToerpeA surname from German.
• toi, toi, toiA superstitious expression of encouragement prior to a performance.
• tonsteinA hard, compact, kaolinite-rich claystone formed by the diagenetic alteration of volcanic ash, usually occurring as thin, laterally persistent layers interbedded with coal seams.
• TornowA surname from German.
• TotzkeA surname from German [in turn transferred from the nickname].
• TrageserA surname from German.
• TrauschA surname from German.
• TrefzA surname from German.
• TremlA surname from German.
• TrenkampA surname from German.
• treppeThe gradual increase in muscular contraction following rapidly repeated stimulation.
• TriesenbergA municipality of Liechtenstein.
• triskelesA symbol consisting of three spirals, or three bent human legs.
• trubThe layer of sediment that appears at the bottom of the fermenter after yeast has completed the bulk of the fermentation.
• TrugredeOratory designed to mislead its audience; a speech of deception
• TübingenA town and rural district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the Neckar, with a famous university; once capital of Würtemberg-Hohenzollern
• tuscheA black liquid used in lithography for drawing and painting and in etching and the silk-screen process as a resist.
• UbbenA surname from German.
• uber-Super; really; mega-.
• UmholtzA surname from German.
• unberufenTouch wood; knock on wood; an injunction to fate that nothing will go wrong.
• unheimlichWeird, uncanny.
• unkeThe European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina).
• unkenTo not know, fail to recognise, be ignorant of.
• unkenreflexA defensive posture adopted by several branches of the amphibian class, including, but not exclusive to, salamanders, toads, and certain species of frogs.
• unsteckeredunprocessed by a plugboard.
• UntergrainauA village in Grainau municipality, Garmisch-Partenkirchen district, Bavaria, Germany.
• unterhefeThe yeast that forms at the bottom of the vat.
• UntermannA surname from German.
• UplingerA surname from German.
• ur-Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.
• urbariumA medieval register of the land ownership of an area.
• ur-continentAn original or primordial continent or landmass.
• urdoxaA pre-reflective, original belief; a foundational doxic attitude prior to doubt or affirmation.
• urgrundbasis, foundation, primary principle, cause, or factor; a primal cause or ultimate cosmic principle
• urheimatThe original homeland of an ethnic group, particularly the speakers of a proto-language; the cradleland.
• urningA homosexual person, especially a man.
• ur-oceanA primordial ocean.
• UrschleimPrimordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.
• UrspracheA proto-language.
• urstromtalA broad glacial valley formed during an ice age by meltwater flowing roughly parallel to the ice margin.
• VaethA surname from German.
• vagileFree to move about.
• VatterA surname from German.
• verfremdungseffektBrecht's distancing effect.
• vesuvinThe pigment Bismark brown when used as a biological stain.
• VettelA surname from German.
• VillwockA surname from German.
• VoeltzA surname from German.
• VoelzA surname from German.
• VogeA surname from German.
• VogelerA surname from German.
• VogelgesangA surname from German.
• VogelpohlA surname from German.
• VogtlandkreisA district of Saxony, Germany.
• VölkerwanderungMigration Period
• völkischPertaining to a German populist, identity-nationalist or ethnonationalist ideology found since the late 19th century.
• volksliedA German folk song.
• VolkspolizeiThe national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
• VonbargenA surname from German.
• VonbehrenA surname from German.
• vonceMarijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug.
• von DanikenA surname from German.
• Von RudenA surname from German.
• Von SeggernA surname from German.
• Von SpreckelsenA surname from German.
• VopoA member of the Volkspolizei.
• vorbeiredenThe condition where a patient answers questions in a way that demonstrates understanding of the question, despite giving a markedly incorrect answer.
• vorlagesA particular style of tight-fitting ski pants.
• vorlauferforerunner, especially a skier who skis a course before competitors in order to establish a standard time
• VorndranA surname from German.
• VorpahlA surname from German.
• VosbergA surname from German.
• wackeA soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
• Waffen-SSThe combat branch of the Schutzstaffel.
• waldrappAn endangered species of ibis, the northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita.
• waldzitherA type of stringed instrument, a cittern of German origin, with nine strings in five courses.
• WalkenhorstA surname from German.
• WalpurgisnachtWalpurgis night, a feast of witchcraft in German folklore; any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
• wanderjahrA year-long period of travel, especially following one’s education and prior to seeking employment.
• WanderseeA surname from German [in turn from Dutch].
• wanderwortA loanword that has spread to many different languages, often through trade or the adoption of foreign cultural practices.
• WannemacherA surname from German.