English words from German
- G-formThe base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in the Semitic languages
- ghost driverwrong-way driver
- ghost stationA disused metro station that is passed through, but not stopped at, by passenger trains.
- GibbleA surname from German.
- gibelPrussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
- GielowA surname from German.
- GierthA surname from German.
- GieserA surname from German.
- GietzenA surname from German.
- GillentineA surname from German.
- GirdnerA surname from German.
- GirtenA surname.
- GissendannerA surname from German.
- glass harpA musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.
- GlaweA surname from German.
- GlecknerA surname from German.
- GleichschaltungThe forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime, originally with reference to Nazi Germany.
- GlocknerA surname from German.
- GlossbrennerA surname from German.
- GlotfeltyA surname from German.
- GlückstadtA town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- GlucksteinA surname from German.
- gluhweinA type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
- glutamic acidA nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.
- GluthA surname from German.
- gnomiumA non-existent chemical element whose existence was postulated in the late 19th century.
- GoatesA surname.
- God's acreA Christian place of burial; a churchyard.
- GoeckeA surname from German.
- GoettelA surname from German.
- GohmertA surname from German.
- GoldkopfA surname from German.
- GoldsackA surname from German.
- GolzA surname from German.
- GontermanA surname from German.
- goofspielA card game, of interest in game theory, in which each player is given one suit of cards and makes secret bids for cards of the remaining suit, every card being worth its face value.
- GorackeA surname from German.
- GörlitzA town and rural district of Saxony, Germany.
- Gorni-StudenA village in Svishtov Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Moesia, Bulgaria.
- GosewehrA surname.
- GötterdämmerungThe myth of the destruction of the gods in a final battle with the forces of evil; Ragnarök.
- GottheimerA surname from German.
- Gott in HimmelOh my God.
- GottscheeA region in southern Slovenia which was historically inhabited by the Germanic Gottscheers who spoke Gottscheerish.
- GottscheerOne of the Germanic inhabitants of Gottschee, or one of their descendants.
- GottscheerishThe Germanic lect (sometimes considered an independent language and sometimes considered a dialect of Bavarian) historically used by the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia, now little spoken.
- GrabertA surname from German.
- gräfinA German countess.
- GrageA surname from German.
- gramesA surname from German.
- grammatical alternationVerner alternation
- grammatischer WechselSynonym of Verner alternation.
- GranzowA surname from German.
- GrasselA surname from German.
- GraubündenA canton of Switzerland (the German name)
- graukäseA strongly flavoured, rennet-free cow’s-milk acid-curd quark made in the Tyrolean Alp valleys, Austria.
- grauwackeGreywacke.
- GraweA surname from German.
- great ScottAn exclamation of surprise or amazement
- grenz rayAn ultrasoft X-ray used in treating various skin diseases.
- GreuelA surname from German.
- GriebenowA surname from German
- GriesemerA surname from German.
- GrismerA surname from German.
- GrismoreA surname from German.
- GromanA surname from German.
- groschenAny of several obsolete European silver coins.
- GrosskreutzA surname from German.
- GrothausA surname from German.
- ground pearSynonym of potato (a tuber).
- grubhouseA separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.
- GrubmeyerA surname from German.
- GruetzmacherA surname from German.
- GrulerA surname from German.
- GrulkeA surname from German.
- grundnormThe basic norm or rule that underpins a legal system.
- GruppenflexionThe practice, for example in Tibetan and Tocharian, of inflecting noun phrases with case by only inflecting the last word of the noun phrase with said case.
- G-stemthe base form of a verb (as opposed to its extended verb forms), particularly in Semitic languages
- gugelA type of hood with a liripipe (a trailing point), popularly worn in medieval Germany.
- gugelhupfA light, yeasted marble cake, traditionally baked in a circular bundt mould, and popular in parts of Europe.
- guhrA loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ochre.
- guldengroschenA silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.
- GumbertA surname from German.
- gummy bearA confectionery made of gelatin in the miniature shape of a toy bear
- gummy bearsA kind of gummy candy, a type of confectionery made from gelatine, in the miniature form of a toy bear.
- GutekunstA surname from German.
- guten TagHello; hullo; good day; good afternoon.
- GüterslohA city, the administrative center of Gütersloh district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- GutweinA surname from German.
- GutzmanA surname from German.
- GutzmerA surname from German.
- HaackerA surname from German.
- haarscheibeA specialized spot of epidermis, functioning as a touch receptor, that contains many Merkel cell - neurite complexes.
- HabbenA surname from German.
- HabeckerA surname from German.
- HaberkornA surname from German.
- HacklemanA surname from German.
- hack squatAn exercise performed on a machine by using the legs to move weight resting on the shoulders, thereby moving the weight as the legs are straightened and the feet remain stationary.
- HaeckerA surname from German.
- HafleyA surname from German.