Word origins

• GanzerA surname from German.
• KublyA surname from German.
• KernenA surname from German.
• KipferA surname from German.
• SpainhourA surname from German.
• FrauenfeldA municipality and town, the capital of Thurgau canton, Switzerland.
• MenzerA surname from German.
• ClicknerA surname from German.
• stylizeTo represent (someone or something) in a particular style.
• HeibelA surname from German.
• AachenerA native or inhabitant of the city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• RedingerA surname from German.
• BieryA surname from German.
• BreitensteinA surname from German.
• LemckeA surname from German.
• KleinsmithA surname from German.
• DoellA surname from German.
• PrehnA surname from German.
• ImigA surname from German.
• FlathA surname from German.
• MerfeldA surname from German.
• KoselA surname from German.
• neriticOf or relating to a marine environment of shallow waters.
• ReutemannA surname from German.
• KloiberA surname from German.
• urmanSynonym of taiga (a kind of subarctic forest)
• AhmannA surname from German.
• FiresteinA surname from German.
• LewmanA surname from German.
• KilzerA surname from German.
• reichsmarkThe monetary unit in Germany between 1924 and 1948.
• RosencransA surname from German, variant of Rosenkranz.
• HolzhauerA surname.
• AmreinA surname from German.
• MautzA surname from German.
• ZahniserA surname from German.
• BlunckA surname from German.
• ErnsterA surname from German.
• ZaunerA surname from German.
• AllgaierA surname from German.
• RotenberryA surname from German.
• HelmerichA surname from German.
• SteuberA surname from German.
• BirnbachA surname from German.
• DassowA surname from German.
• GriegerA surname from German.
• LandefeldA surname from German.
• LackmanA surname from German.
• GaumerA surname.
• BrungardtA surname from German.
• StapelA surname.
• EblenA surname from German.
• SchiffmannA surname from German.
• realschuleSynonym of real school.
• hindererOne who, or that which, hinders.
• EhingerA surname from German.
• 175erA homosexual in Germany in the era when homosexuality was illegal (1871 to 1994).
• 911Emergency services; emergency service personnel.
• A7VA rare heavy tank that the German Reich deployed in 1918.
• Abderhalden reactionThe occurrence of proteolytic enzymes specific for foreign proteins introduced via parents.
• abderitismThe theory that humanity's morality will never advance beyond its present state.
• AbelmannA surname from German.
• AbelnA surname from German.
• abendmusikAn evening performance of religious music.
• AbgesangRepetition of the same word or phrases for emphasis; epistrophe, especially the concluding section.
• abgeschmacktOutrageous; tasteless.
• abiturientA pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
• ablautThe substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
• abraumA red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
• ABS brakeAntilock brake.
• abstandOf a language or dialect (a lect), being different from another lect in its intrinsic linguistic features (as opposed to extrinsic features such as social, political or legal status)
• academic freedomThe right to teach, learn, and (communicate) research freely without unreasonable interference from authority, or fear of reprisal.
• ach-lautThe guttural phoneme /x/ (the voiceless velar fricative) of the German language, the sound of the letters ch in German coming immediately after a, o and u (central and back vowels), also found in other languages.
• achromatopsiaTotal color blindness; the total inability to distinguish colors due to the absence of cone cells in the eyes.
• achtbeinSynonym of octad.
• acribicmeticulous, painstaking, thorough
• actographA device that records the movements of a sleeping person.
• AdelmannA surname from German.
• Advent calendarA calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day.
• AeolineA string stop on an organ with a very soft tone.
• aerotropismThe growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
• AffenspalteA major sulcus defining the primary visual cortex in apes and other monkey species.
• afterbrainA posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.
• AfterlehenA medieval fief, which a liege lord received then subsequently enfeoffed wholly or partially to a vassal or vassals.
• agamonta cell that divides by schizogony
• agogicAccentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
• AhlbornA surname from German.
• AhlgrimA surname from German.
• ahlspiessA polearm used in Germany in the 15th century.
• AhnenerbeA National Socialist German organization whose goal was to research the anthropological and cultural history of the Aryan race, and later to experiment and launch voyages with the intent of proving that prehistoric and mythological Nordic populations had once ruled the world.
• airbridgeThe route and aircraft used to deliver material by an airlift.
• air massa widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.
• airorhynchyA retroflexion of the face at the front of the palate in primates.
• akjalarger pulk (low-slung boatlike sled, used for man-hauling supplies across snow and ice)
• aktionsartA property of verbs and other predicates indicating internal temporal nature; lexical aspect.
• AkzentumsprungA type of development of certain diphthongs, especially in Anglo-Frisian, that was traditionally explained as the shifting of prominence from the first component of the diphthong to the second, that is, a change from a falling diphthong to a rising one.
• alampyabnormal bluish pigmentation in fish, caused by lack of guanine
• alantinInulin.
• albumblattA short instrumental composition, usually performed on the piano and light in character.
• alexinA protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.