English words from German
- WantzA surname from German.
- WarmbierA surname from German.
- WassmerA surname from German.
- WeckesserA surname from German.
- wedelnA series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.
- WedigA surname from German.
- weersA surname.
- WehmerA surname from German.
- WeichelA surname from German.
- WeichselbaumA surname from German.
- WeichselstadtThe city Weichselstädt (now called Aleksandrów Kujawski) near Thorn/Torun.
- weichselwoodThe wood of the sour cherry.
- WeidelA surname from German.
- WeidenbachA surname from German.
- WeigoldA surname from German.
- WeinandA surname from German.
- weissburgunderA dry white wine from Germany and Austria
- WellbrockA surname from German.
- WellentheorieSynonym of wave model (“a model of language change in which an innovation gradually spreads outward from its region of origin”).
- WeltansichtThe general attitude toward life and reality that an individual or character demonstrates.
- WeltbildA theoretical understanding of the world and how it operates.
- WeltpolitikThe aggressive foreign policy of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany beginning in 1891.
- weltschmerzAn apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world; mal du siècle, world-weariness.
- WemdingA town in western Bavaria, Germany.
- WemhoffA surname from German.
- WenckA surname from German.
- WendelsdorfA surname from German.
- WendorffA surname from German.
- WenzlA surname from German.
- WerreA surname from German.
- WerschingA surname.
- wertrationalPursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor.
- WertzbergerA surname from German.
- WesenbergA surname from German.
- WestenbergerA surname from German.
- WestfalishSynonym of Westphalian (dialect group)
- Westmünsterländischthe Low German dialect of the Westmünsterland
- WestrupA surname.
- WetliA surname from German.
- WetzA surname from German.
- wholecarA piece of graffiti that covers an entire train carriage.
- wholetrainA piece of graffiti that covers an entire train.
- WidhalmA surname from German.
- WiebergA surname from German.
- WiebuschA surname from German.
- WiechertA surname from German.
- WiedelA surname from German.
- WieheA surname from German.
- WiemersA surname from German.
- Wiener NeustadtA city south of Vienna, Lower Austria, Austria.
- wiener schnitzelA veal cutlet dipped into flour, egg and breadcrumbs, then fried.
- wiersA surname.
- WiesemannA surname from German.
- WietheA surname from German.
- WilhelmstrasseA thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
- WillenbringA surname from German.
- WillendorfA municipality of Lower Austria, Austria.
- Wille zur MachtThe will to power.
- WillwerthA surname from German.
- WindishA surname from German.
- WindkesselA model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.
- windwattA mudflat exposed as a result of wind action on water.
- WinterkornA surname from German.
- WirtshausA pub.
- wittlerA surname from German.
- WittmeyerA surname from German.
- -witzAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
- WitzelsuchtA tendency to tell inappropriate or pointless stories and poor jokes; excessive facetiousness, especially when due to some medical condition.
- wodaniumA supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
- WoehlerA surname from German.
- WoehrleA surname from German.
- WoesteA surname from German.
- WohlwendA surname from German.
- WoldtA surname from German.
- wolframiteA mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.
- wolfsangelA wolf hook.
- WollnerA surname from German.
- WollschlagerA surname from German.
- wolpertingerA fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
- WormuthA surname from German.
- WotanismA white supremacist racial religion promulgated by David Lane.
- WruckA surname from German.
- WuischkeA village in Hochkirch, Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
- wulstAn enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium.
- wunderkammerA cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.
- wunderwaffeA wonderweapon, an (often secret) especially powerful weapon.
- WürttembergA cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.
- WurzerA surname from German.
- ZamzowA surname from German.
- ZarlingA surname from German.
- ZausnerA surname from German.
- ZechsteinA unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
- ZeimetA surname from German.
- ZeinerA surname from German.
- zeitgeberA rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature, to reset the internal body clock.
- zeitnottime trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves
- ZeitpyramideAn unfinished pyramid planned to consist of 120 solid concrete blocks. One block is placed every 10 years. The first block was placed in 1993 and the final block will be placed in 3183.
- ZembschA surname from German.
- ZempelA surname from German.
- ZenzA surname from German.