Word origins

• LeichenhausA heated space with an attendant, where dead bodies were kept until they showed signs of decomposition, ensuring that a live person would not be buried; a waiting mortuary.
• LeichliterA surname from German.
• LeichtyA surname from German.
• LeidigA surname from German.
• leimtypeA collotype process in which the printing surface is a sheet of gelatin fixed upon a zinc plate.
• LeiphartA surname from German.
• LeisingA surname from German.
• LeithaA river in Austria.
• LemlerA surname from German.
• LennéA surname from German
• LentschA surname from German.
• LetsingerA surname from German.
• leuchtenbergiteA variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
• leucolquinoline, an organic base obtained by the distillation of coal tar
• LeugersA surname from German.
• LevenhagenA surname from German.
• LeyenA commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
• libetheniteA rare copper phosphate hydroxide mineral that forms striking dark green orthorhombic crystals.
• lichtdruckA historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents.
• LiebelA surname from German.
• LiebeltA surname from German.
• LiebestodAn aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.
• liebfraumilchA semi-sweet German white wine.
• LiechtensteinerA person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent.
• liedertafelA male choir.
• LienemannA surname from German.
• lightlandSynonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)
• lightning warSynonym of blitzkrieg.
• ligroinA petroleum fraction boiling 75°-125°C used as a solvent and fuel.
• limit situationAny of certain situations in which a human being is said to have differing experiences from those arising from ordinary situations.
• LiskeA surname from German.
• LiskeyA surname from German.
• LisztomaniaA feverish enthusiasm for the music of Franz Liszt.
• LitakerA surname from German.
• LitauerA surname from German.
• Little MasterAny of a group of German printmakers who produced finely detailed miniature prints in the first half of the 16th century.
• liver sausageSpreadable sausage made with liver.
• LoadholtA surname from German.
• loan meaningA meaning that has been borrowed from a word in another language, through a process of semantic loan.
• loan translationSynonym of calque.
• loanwordA word directly taken into one language from another one.
• LöbauA town in Görlitz district, Saxony, Germany.
• LœfflerA surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
• LöfflerA surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
• logarithmandThe number for which one is obtaining a logarithm. Thus, if a = bᶜ, then c is the logarithm (base b) of a, and a is the logarithmand.
• LohmeierA surname from German.
• LohmillerA surname from German.
• loipeA cross-country ski trail.
• lonasA surname from German.
• LongbrakeA surname from German.
• long march through the institutionsThe strategy of reforming society by becoming part of the institutions that control it.
• LortzA surname from German.
• LothringianOf or pertaining to Lothringia (Lorraine), especially when it is considered a German rather than a French area.
• LotspeichA surname from German.
• lottesA surname from German.
• LoughmillerA surname from German.
• LoughnerA surname from German.
• LoutzenhiserA surname from German.
• love-hateOf a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously.
• löwchenAn uncommon bichon bred in North-Western Europe.
• Lower BavariaAn administrative region of Bavaria. Seat: Landshut.
• lower criticismSynonym of textual criticism (“scientific reconstruction of original historical texts”).
• Lower FranconiaAn administrative region of Bavaria. Seat: Würzburg.
• Lower SaxonyA state of Germany, in existence since 1946.
• Low PrussianA dialect of East Low German that developed in Prussia (West Prussia, Danzig and parts of East Prussia), influenced to some extent by Dutch as well as Baltic and Slavic languages, after 1945 spoken among the expellee community in Germany, now all but extinct, except in the form of its daughter dialect of Plautdietsch.
• lucernA lamp.
• LuchsingerA surname from German.
• LuckenbaughA surname from German.
• LuckowA surname.
• LucksingerA surname from German.
• LudemannA surname from German.
• LudolphA male given name from German.
• Ludwigshafen am RheinSynonym of Ludwigshafen (“German city”).
• LuehrsA surname from German.
• LuikartA surname from German.
• lumpenproletariatThe lowest stratum of the proletariat, whose mental and physical health, mores and morale have deteriorated, through exploitation by the bourgeoisie, to a degree where they cannot build class consciousness and hence cannot be mobilized for the revolution.
• LüneburgA town in Lower Saxony, formerly a prominent member of the Hanse, known for its salt production.
• LurveyA surname from German.
• LurzA surname from German.
• MaahsA surname from German.
• MachamerA surname from German.
• machine pistolA lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).
• machtpolitikPower politics.
• MackauerA surname from German.
• MadlA surname from German.
• MaertensA surname from German.
• magenblaseA gastric air bubble.
• magenstrassea groove in the stomach along the lesser curvature that is the route food and liquids tend to take in moving toward the pylorus and that is a frequent site of peptic ulcer formation
• magic bulletA simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.
• magic realismA literary style or genre that combines naturalistic details and narrative with surreal or dreamlike elements.
• magnetophoneA tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
• maibockA lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
• MaierformA design of hull for a ship.
• Mainz-BingenA district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
• MalburgA surname from German.
• MalotkiA surname from German [in turn from Polish].
• MalzahnA surname from German.
• mandelicOf or pertaining to mandelic acid.
• manganblendeSynonym of alabandite.
• manganositeAn isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.