English words from German
- RadabaughA surname from German.
- RadauneThe Radunia, a small river in Pomerelia.
- RadebaughA surname from German.
- RaetzA surname from German.
- raftydamp; musty
- RahmingA surname from German.
- RampeyA surname from German.
- RamsburgA surname from German.
- RamsenA municipality of Donnersbergkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Ramsloha municipality in Saterland
- RamthunA surname from German.
- randkluftThe headwall gap between a glacier or snowfield and the adjacent rock face at the back of the cirque or, more loosely, between the rock face and the side of the glacier.
- rappenA unit of currency in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, equal to one-hundredth of a Swiss franc.
- Rassenschandemiscegenation: sexual relations between people of “Aryan” race and “inferior” races, particularly Jews.
- rat kingA conglomeration of rats whose tails have become knotted or stuck together.
- RäuchermannRaachermannel, incense smoker
- rauschpfeifeA windcapped conical reed instrument of the woodwind family, used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- RaybuckA surname from German.
- RealoA member of a more pragmatic faction within a leftist organisation, often the FRG Green Party.
- real schoolA secondary school (especially in German-speaking countries) teaching a curriculum of "real-world" subjects (math, science, modern languages) rather than one heavily laden with literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek.
- real socialismpragmatic socialism, practical socialism, a form of socialism which attempts to reach tangible goals perceived to be feasible instead of primarily focusing on adherence to Marxist-Leninist theory.
- RecknerA surname from German.
- RedcayA surname from German.
- RedenbaughA surname from German.
- RedlingerA surname from German.
- ReesmanA surname from German.
- refunctionTo transform (a culture or institution, etc.) in order to promote social change.
- regie-bookA director's notebook detailing the development of a production.
- RegietheaterThe modern practice of allowing a director freedom to diverge from the original intentions of the playwright or operatist, for example by changing the geographical and chronological setting, or by adapting the work to highlight issues of race and gender.
- RehrmannA surname from German.
- ReichenbergerA surname from German.
- ReichskammergerichtThe imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
- ReichskanzlerThe German Chancellor or head of government from 1871 to 1945; specifically (from 1933 to 1945), Adolf Hitler as head of the Third Reich.
- reichspfennigA former German currency unit, one hundredth of a Reichsmark.
- ReicksA surname from German.
- ReierA surname from German.
- ReifsteckA surname from German.
- ReihengräberA culture characterized by the burial practice of regularly arranged, identically oriented inhumation graves, existing between the mid-fifth and early-eighth century in central and western Europe, within the Merovingian sphere of influence.
- ReineckA surname from German.
- ReinigA surname from German.
- ReinitzA surname from German.
- ReinoehlA surname from German.
- ReinwaldA surname from German.
- ReisdorfA surname from German.
- ReisenauerA surname from German.
- ReitmeierA surname from German.
- ReitmeyerA surname from German.
- RemboldA surname from German.
- RemmertA surname from German.
- RenschA surname from German.
- repetitoriumA private class that augments a university course of studies by reviewing material, typically found in the German system.
- reprivatizationThe process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.
- RepsherA surname from German.
- RequadtA surname from German.
- ResidenzstadtA town which was the seat of a court, especially of a German prince.
- RettingerA surname from German.
- ReumA surname from German.
- ReutzelA surname from German.
- RewertsA surname from German.
- rhabdomyomaA non-cancerous tumor of skeletal muscle.
- rheinberryOne of the berries or drupes of the European buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
- Rhenish fanA set of isoglosses in West Central German showing how the effect of the High German consonant shift gradually decreases towards the north-west (i.e. towards Low Franconian and Low Saxon)
- rheotanAn alloy of copper, nickel and zinc used for electrical resistors and heating coils.
- Rhine FranconianOne of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in Hesse, the southeastern half of Rhineland-Palatinate, northernmost Baden-Württemberg, and traditionally in Lorraine (France); distinguished from Central Franconian by the use of das (“that”) and was (“what”), and the pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a stop [p] when now in coda position.
- Rhineland bastardIn Nazi Germany, a multiracial child born of a Caucasian German mother and an African father serving with French colonial troops during the occupation of the Rhineland after World War I.
- Rhineland-PalatinateA state of modern Germany.
- RhinesmithA surname from German.
- rhinionThe lower end of the suture between the nasal bones.
- RhoneyA surname from German.
- RhuleA surname from German.
- rhymeproseAn early form of poetry, not strictly distinguished from prose writing, but having certain poetical features.
- RhynerA surname from German.
- Richter scaleA value on the Richter scale.
- RidenerA surname from German.
- RidlonA surname from German.
- RiechersA surname from German.
- RiedlingerA surname from German.
- RiesenbergA surname from German.
- RiestererA surname from German.
- RietmannA surname from German.
- RiggenbachA surname from German.
- rilleA long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.
- RindfleischA surname from German.
- ringwallA circular rampart.
- RisslerA surname from German.
- RissmillerA surname from German.
- RittgersA surname from German.
- RivenburgA surname from German.
- r/K selection theoryA theory regarding the selection of combinations of traits in an organism that represent a trade-off between quantity and quality of offspring.
- RoadcapA surname from German.
- RobeckA surname from German.
- robinsonadeA genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with their own wits.
- RoblA surname from German.
- RoblingA surname from German.
- rocking stoolA rocking chair.
- RodenbaughA surname from German.
- RodenbeckA surname from German.
- RodenbergA surname from German.
- RoeberA surname from German.
- roentgenateA salt or derivative of roentgenic acid, similar in structure or composition to a gold salt due to the placement of roentgenium (Rg, element 111) in the periodic table.