Word origins

• DresenA surname from German.
• DressenA surname from German.
• drumfireHeavy, continuous, rapid gunfire.
• DuersonA surname from German.
• DukartA surname from German.
• dulcianA Renaissance bass woodwind instrument, with a double reed and a folded conical bore
• DulleA surname from German.
• dummkopfA stupid person; a dolt, dimwit, or blockhead.
• DünaThe Daugava (a river in eastern Europe).
• Dünean island close to Heligoland
• DurflingerA surname from German.
• dussackA short cutlass or sabre used in the 16th and 17th centuries.
• DüsseldorfThe capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• DüsseldorferA native or inhabitant of the city of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
• Dutch angleA cinematic tactic achieved by tilting the camera off to the side. The shot is composed with the horizon not parallel with the bottom of the frame. The technique is often used to portray the psychological uneasiness of the subject being filmed.
• DuweA surname from German.
• dynamo-electric machineA generator that creates electricity using spinning magnets; a dynamo.
• dyopolySynonym of duopoly.
• DysingerA surname from German.
• EarlywineA surname from German.
• EastalgiaNostalgia for East Germany; Ostalgie
• East Central Germanof or pertaining to the East Central German dialects
• Easter BunnyA symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
• Eben am AchenseeA municipality by the Achensee in Schwaz district, Tyrol, Austria.
• EberlinA surname from German.
• EberlingA surname from German.
• EckeyA surname from German.
• EckrichA surname from German.
• ecphoreTo activate a latent engram as part of memory retrieval.
• ecphoriaA stage in memory retrieval in which a latent engram is activated
• EdelschildA surname from German.
• EdererA surname from German.
• EdgemonA surname from German.
• EffertzA surname from German.
• EgertA surname from German.
• EggebrechtA surname from German.
• EggemeyerA surname from German.
• EggimannA Swiss surname from German.
• EglerA surname from German.
• ego shooterA first-person shooter.
• EhrlerA surname from German.
• EichhorstA surname from German.
• EickholtA surname from German.
• eigen-Forms terms pertaining to or related to eigenvectors, eigenvalues; especially for naming mathematical objects which are not affected by a given linear transformation except for by scalar multiplication.
• eighth noteA note having one-eighth the duration of a whole note; a quaver.
• einkanterA type of pebble that has a single curved face formed by wind-blown sand.
• einkorn wheatA type of wheat, characterised by the presence of a single grain in each spikelet, that was cultivated in the Fertile Crescent and was one of the first grains to be domesticated; any subtype of said wheat, considered as a unit; in particular, the domesticated form.
• EinsatzgruppeAny of four paramilitary units (Einsatzgruppen A, B, C, D) operated by the SS in German-occupied territory in the east (mainly Poland and the Soviet Union) during World War II, notorious for carrying out large numbers of massacres.
• eisweinice wine
• elbow mentalityAn attitude characterized by self-interest and a willingness to prioritize personal benefit or ambition, often above the welfare of an organization or community; a willingness to elbow (verb) past others.
• elective affinityA process by which two cultural forms (e.g. religious, intellectual, political or economic) having certain similarities or kinships enter into a relationship of reciprocal attraction and influence, and mutual reinforcement.
• elephant raceA situation in which one truck tries to overtake another at a slightly higher speed, blocking the road for passenger car drivers behind.
• elfbeinSynonym of hendecad.
• EllenbeckerA surname from German.
• EmchA surname from German.
• EmlerA surname from German.
• EmmickA surname from German.
• Empfindsamer StilSynonym of Empfindsamkeit.
• EmpfindsamkeitA musical style of the 18th century, featuring "true" feelings and sudden mood changes.
• EmslandA German district in Lower Saxony.
• EmswilerA surname from German.
• EmtmanA surname from German.
• energidA nucleus and the cytoplasm with which it interacts, considered as a unit.
• EnergiewendeThe German energy transition, a change in national energy policy in favor of renewable sources and energy efficiency.
• EngelkenA surname from German.
• enhanced interrogation techniqueTorture, especially as performed on detainees by the US Armed Forces.
• enhanced interrogation techniquesTorture, especially as performed on detainees by the US Armed Forces.
• EnnekingA surname from German.
• EntlebucherA dog of a breed traditionally used by herders in the Swiss Alps.
• EntscheidungsproblemA decision problem of finding a way to decide whether a formula is true or provable within a given system.
• EntzmingerA surname from German.
• epicritiqueA critique of a critique; a metacritique.
• EplinA surname from German.
• epoch-makingConstituting an epoch; opening a new era; introducing new conceptions or a new method in the treatment of a subject; highly novel and influential.
• equiprimordialExisting together as equally fundamental ab initio; coöriginal.
• ErbesA surname from German.
• ErgleA surname from German.
• erlkingIn German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
• ermelinAn ermine.
• ErneyA surname from German.
• ErtzA surname from German.
• ErzbergerA surname from German.
• ErzgebirgskreisA rural district of Saxony, Germany.
• EschmannA surname from German.
• EsselmanA surname from German.
• EssenmacherA surname from German.
• EssnerA surname from German.
• eszettThe name of the Latin script letter ẞ/ß.
• ethnosexismAn intersectional form of discrimination pushing narratives where a sex or gender is constructed as disadvantaged due to ethnic background and geopolitical position.
• etiolinA yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll.
• EttelbruckA municipality with city status of Diekirch canton, in central Luxembourg.
• EtzkornA surname from German.
• eucaineA derivative of cocaine used as a local anesthetic in veterinary medicine.
• EurasierA breed of dog of the spitz type that originated in Germany.
• European UnionA supranational organisation, consisting of 27 member states, created in the 1950s to bring the nations of Europe into closer economic and political connection.
• eustasyA worldwide change in sea level, especially one caused by melting ice or tectonic activity.
• exineThe outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exosporium.
• exmatriculateTo deregister or unenroll (a student in Germany or Austria), as a result of graduation, expulsion, or voluntary termination of courses.
• extratoneA variation of speedcore with a bpm exceeding 1000.
• eye musicThe graphical features of musical scores that when performed are unnoticeable by the listener.