English words from German
- EyrichA surname from German.
- EzernackA surname from German.
- FabacherA surname from German.
- FacemireA surname from German.
- fachidiotA (narrow) specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty, or who only looks at problems through the (blinkered) lens of their own specialty.
- fackeltanza kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
- facticityThe quality or state of being a fact.
- fahlbandA stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
- fahlerzfahlband
- fahrvergnügenDriving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles.
- FalerA surname from German.
- FallertA surname from German.
- false consciousnessA faulty understanding of the true character of social processes due to ideology.
- faltboatA kind of collapsible canoe.
- family romanceA romantic story about a given family.
- Fanta cakeA German sponge cake with Fanta as the key ingredient.
- FarlerA surname from German.
- farsicknessWanderlust; yearning for far-off places.
- farspeakerTelephone.
- FaulstichA surname from German.
- FausA surname from German.
- FechtnerA surname from German.
- Federal Republic of GermanyOfficial name of West Germany: a former country in Central Europe.
- FederweisserPartially fermented grape must.
- FehringerA surname from German.
- FeightA surname from German.
- FeldeA surname from German.
- feldgrauThe greenish-grey colour of German military uniforms.
- feldspathicContaining feldspar.
- feldspathoidAny of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.
- feldwebelA German sergeant.
- FellenzA surname from German.
- felsenmeerA blockfield.
- FelskeA surname from German.
- felstoneFelsite.
- FerdigA surname from German.
- FernauA surname from German.
- -festA festival, a fest; used in names of events.
- festbierA kind of beer, a helles lager.
- FetschA surname from German.
- FetterlyA surname from German.
- FeuerbornA surname from German.
- feutererA keeper of dogs, especially of greyhounds.
- FiebelkornA surname from German.
- field marshalIn certain nations the highest military rank, ranking below only the commander-in-chief; now mostly disused, being reserved for wartime or post-wartime use, and having become ceremonial in some countries.
- FillingerA surname from German.
- fill outTo complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- final solutionThe planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.
- FindlingA surname from German.
- FinlandizationThe process by which a smaller or less powerful sovereign state comes to abide by a more powerful neighbor's foreign policy rules, while retaining its independence.
- FitznerA surname from German.
- Five ChurchesPécs.
- flammkuchentarte flambée, especially when served in a German setting.
- flehmTo exhibit the flehmen response, i.e., to draw back the lips, allowing scent to reach the Jacobson’s organ, an auxiliary olfactory organ found in many animals.
- flehmenFlaring of the lip in mammals, associated with intensive smelling; flehming.
- FleischhackerA surname from German.
- FlemmerA surname from German.
- FlesnerA surname from German.
- FLINTAThe community of all people except those who identify as cisgender men.
- FloerschA surname from German.
- FluckigerA surname from German.
- fluoroscopeA device used to measure the fluorescence of a solution.
- flyschA set of tertiary strata in the Alps.
- foehnA warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland.
- FoellA surname from German.
- FoertschA surname from German.
- fog of warThe uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations.
- folkdomcharacter of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)
- folk etymologyA popular explanation for the origin of a term which has been rejected as false by expert etymologists.
- folklorismInvention or adaptation of folklore, including any use of a tradition outside the cultural context in which it was created.
- folklorismusSynonym of folklorism.
- footfolkInfantry.
- ForchheimA town in Bavaria, Germany.
- forelastNext to last, second to last.
- forellensteintroctolite
- formansSynonym of formative (“language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”).
- FornwaltA surname from German.
- ForschungsstipendiumAny of a certain kind of scholarship or fellowship granted by some German academic Stiftungen to fund or subsidize a specified project of academic research; a research scholarship.
- fort-daThe (repeated) disappearance and reappearance of an object, especially as a source of pleasure in child play.
- Fortress EuropeThe areas of continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War, as opposed to the United Kingdom across the Channel.
- forty weepy weepyThe cryptanalysis of an Enigma message which was a continuation of a previous message sent at a known time.
- FosnaughA surname from German.
- FralixA surname from German.
- Frankfurt am MainThe largest city in Hesse, Germany, situated on the Main River.
- FrankhauserA surname from German.
- franzbrötchenA kind of German cinnamon roll pastry, similar to a croissant, originating from Hamburg.
- FraustadtFormer name of Wschowa.
- free corpsSynonym of Freikorps.
- freedom of panoramaA provision in copyright law that permits taking photographs or video footage, or creating other images (such as paintings), of buildings and sometimes artworks that are permanently located in a public place, and publishing such images without infringing copyright.
- free imperial cityA self-ruling city within the Holy Roman Empire that had some autonomy and was represented in the Imperial Diet.
- free stateA political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.
- Freiburg im BreisgauAn independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- FreikorpsA German-speaking corps of military or paramilitary and free (autonomous) nature, in some cases a private militia or army; in particular, such a group linked to Germany.
- fremdschämenA feeling of vicarious embarrassment for another.
- FrericksA surname from German.
- FrerkingA surname from German.
- FreudenburgA surname from German.
- FreudenheimA surname from German.
- FriddleA surname.
- FriedersdorfA surname from German.