Word origins

• quarkIn the Standard Model, one of a number of elementary subatomic particles having fractional electric charge that forms matter. They are theorized not to exist in isolation, but only in combinations in hadrons such as neutrons and protons or in quark–gluon plasmas.
• CSUThe Bavarian Christian Social Union (Christlich-Soziale Union), a major mainstream right-wing political party in Bavaria.
• chromatographyAny of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.
• MuellerA surname from German.
• liedAn art song, usually sung solo in German and accompanied on the piano.
• morphologyThe study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
• fifeA small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
• MachA ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.
• brethrenkinsmen
• BernsteinA surname from German or Yiddish.
• acronymGenerally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
• StraussA surname from German.
• FriedrichA male given name from German, equivalent to English Frederick.
• RusA person from Rus.
• jungA surname from German.
• dirkA long Scottish dagger with a straight blade.
• RosenbergA surname from German.
• SalzburgA city, the capital of the state of Salzburg, western Austria, famed for its baroque architecture and importance in musical history.
• SteinerA surname from German.
• entropyA measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
• BonnAn independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the Rhine River; the former capital of West Germany and (until 1999) seat of government of unified Germany.
• mullerA person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
• OderA river in central Europe, that flows from the Czech Republic through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.
• SchultzA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• AdlerA surname from German.
• SchwarzeneggerAn exceptionally muscular bodybuilder.
• relativityThe state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this.
• KaufmanA surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
• EisA surname from German.
• deterTo prevent something from happening.
• HumboldtA surname from German.
• OdessaA port city, the administrative center of Odessa Raion and Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, situated on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea.
• lochA lake.
• WienA surname from German.
• uberSuper; high-level; high-ranking.
• bayerA surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
• epsteinTo commit homicide and then frame it as a suicide, especially against a witness or co-conspirator in a crime.
• LeipzigAn independent city in Saxony, Germany.
• hastA surname.
• hertzIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.
• frauUsed as a courtesy title before the surname of a (typically married) German-speaking woman.
• ifsInstitute for State Policy.
• WilhelmA male given name from German, equivalent to English William.
• forewordAn introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
• waltzA ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
• KirstenA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• GoldsteinA surname from German.
• splinterA long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
• FahrenheitDescribing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0°F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96°F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32°F equal to 0°C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
• standpointA point of view; a perspective.
• strollA wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble; a saunter.
• BremenThe capital city of the state of Bremen, in northwest Germany, on the Weser river.
• Richter(Followed by a decimal number): A Richter scale magnitude to indicate the severity of an earthquake. "Richter" is prefixed to the magnitude value. This has generally been superseded by the Moment-Magnitude Scale
• orfAn exanthemous disease caused by a parapox virus, occurring primarily in sheep and goats but also capable of infecting humans.
• PfizerA surname from German.
• CarlsbadA city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.
• HahnA surname from Korean.
• CramerA surname.
• RudolphA male given name from the Germanic languages.
• SchusterA surname.
• FeldmanA surname from German of German and Jewish origin.
• esterA compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.
• SchroederA surname from German.
• stashA collection, sometimes hidden.
• conesA surname from German.
• SachsA surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym].
• hellerA German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
• BadenA former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic, originally centered in the above town (later in Karlsruhe).
• bismarckA doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
• shamanA traditional faith healer.
• SchwarzA surname from German.
• nestleTo settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
• hamburgerA hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, usually also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.
• smackA distinct flavor, especially if slight.
• thierA surname from German.
• clipperAnything or anyone that clips.
• SchumacherA surname.
• hamsterAny of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
• rasterA scanning pattern of parallel lines that form the display of an image projected on a cathode-ray tube of a television set or display screen.
• KohlerA surname from German.
• rottweilerA very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.
• nixNothing.
• PlanckUsed attributively in the names of various units, formulae etc. first devised or worked on by the German physicist Max Planck (1858–1947), chiefly in the realm of quantum theory.
• BratzA surname from German.
• finkA contemptible person.
• practicumA college course designed to give a student supervised practical knowledge of a subject previously studied theoretically.
• SpielbergA surname from German.
• frankensteinA monster composed of body parts from various corpses attached and brought back to life by a mad scientist, typically strong, unable to speak clearly, and misunderstood.
• ethylThe univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
• EisenhowerA surname.
• RosenthalA surname from German.
• EarnhardtA surname from German; variant forms Earnhart, Earnheart.
• GrimmA surname from German.
• veneerA thin decorative covering of fine material (usually wood) applied to coarser wood or other material.
• kinderChildren.
• riaA narrow inlet of the sea formed by a flooded unglaciated river valley.
• HeinrichA surname from German.
• rectorIn the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
• homeopathyA system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce the observed symptoms.
• FredericksburgAn unincorporated community in Alpine County, California.