English words from German
- RoeseA surname from German.
- roggenbrotRye bread made from sourdough
- RoggenbuckA surname from German.
- RoggenkampA surname from German.
- RoggowA surname from German.
- RoherA surname from German.
- RohrbackA surname from German.
- RohrboughA surname.
- RohrichA surname from German.
- RollbockA bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.
- Roman monthA quantity of tax paid by electorates or other constituent states to the Holy Roman Empire. Abbreviated as RM.
- RömertopfAn unglazed clay pot for cooking food in.
- RomickA surname from German.
- röntgena unit of exposure to ionizing radiation
- RookardA surname.
- RookstoolA surname from German.
- rosanilineAn organic base, C₂₀H₁₉N₃, used to make the dye fuchsine
- RosebrookA surname from German.
- RosekransA surname from German, variant of Rosenkranz.
- RosemeyerA surname from German.
- RosenbuschA surname from German.
- RosenbushA surname from German, variant of Rosenbaum and Rosenbusch.
- RosencrantsA surname from German, variant of Rosenkrantz.
- RosencranzA surname from German, variant of Rosenkranz.
- RosengrantA surname from German.
- RosenkransA surname from German, variant of Rosenkranz.
- RosensaftA surname from German.
- RosensteelA surname from German.
- RoskeA surname from German.
- RotertA surname from German.
- RothbauerA surname from German.
- RothgebA surname from German.
- RothlisbergerA surname from German.
- RotkohlRed cabbage.
- RotliegendA sub-period from 299 to 270.6 million years ago, a subdivision of the Permian.
- RotramelA surname from German.
- RottinghausA surname from German.
- RotwelschA secret cant or thieves' argot spoken by covert groups primarily in Germany and Switzerland.
- RubeckA surname from German.
- RubendallA surname from German.
- RuckelA surname from German.
- RüdesheimerA white wine from Rüdesheim on the Rhine, opposite Bingen.
- RudickA surname.
- RuebA surname from German.
- RueffA surname from German.
- RuegseggerA surname from German.
- RuhrortA district of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- RuinenlustObsession with ruins.
- ruin valueThe concept of designing a building such that it will leave behind aesthetically pleasing and long-lasting ruins.
- RunkA surname from German.
- RupnowA surname from German.
- Russia GermanA member or descendant of any of the German communities which settled in the Russian Empire (Russia, Ukraine, etc.) and either remain there or migrated on to the US, Argentina, back to Germany, etc.
- rutchTo slide; to scooch; to shuffle.
- rutschblockA wide block of snow that is isolated from the rest of a slope and progressively loaded in order to judge stability and the risk of avalanche.
- rye wolfAn evil creature of German folklore lurking in the rye-fields.
- RynerA surname from German.
- SaarbrückenThe capital city of Saarland, Germany.
- SaarburgA city in Trier-Saarburg district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- sachertorteA torte made of butter, eggs, confectioners' sugar, toasted breadcrumbs, spices, and chocolate, which is baked in layers, put together with apricot jam and finally frosted with chocolate.
- sackungA large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.
- saiblingA char of Europe (Salvelinus alpinus).
- salicionalA labial pipe organ stop of eight-foot pitch.
- salmiacammonium chloride
- salonfähigAcceptable for polite society.
- SalzwedelA surname from German.
- SamselA surname.
- SappenfieldA surname from German.
- sapropelAn aquatic sludge-like sediment rich in organic matter formed in oxygen-free areas at the bottom of lakes, seas etc.
- SarnenA municipality, a town, the capital of Obwalden canton, Switzerland.
- sastrugaAny of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.
- sastrugusSynonym of sastruga.
- SaterlandA municipality of Cloppenburg district, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- SaterlandicThe Saterland Frisian language.
- SathmarThe city and region of Satu Mare in Romania, particularly in the context of discussion of its German population, the Sathmar Swabians.
- sauerbratenA German dish of roasted marinated horsemeat or (now more frequently) beef or pork.
- SauerweinA surname from German.
- Saxe-Coburg and GothaA former duchy in Germany.
- scandal of particularityThe paradox inherent in the idea of a particular individual human (Jesus of Nazareth) incarnating the eternal divine God.
- SchaabA surname from German.
- SchabelA surname from German.
- SchachtmanA surname from German.
- SchaefersA surname from German.
- SchafernakerA surname from German
- schalenblendeA variety of native zinc sulfide.
- schalmeiA shawm or chalumeau.
- SchambergerA surname from German.
- SchampA surname.
- SchandelmeierA surname from German.
- schandmantelAn instrument of punishment resembling a barrel that is worn as a coat to humiliate the wearer.
- SchappellA surname from German.
- ScharerA surname from German.
- ScharrelA village in the Saterland region of Lower Saxony.
- ScharrerA surname from German.
- SchartzA surname from German.
- SchatzmanA surname from German.
- SchaufA surname from German.
- SchauthalerA thaler coin struck for use as a medal or medallion.
- ScheibenbergA town in Erzgebirgskreis district, Saxony, Germany.
- ScheidelA surname from German.
- ScheidererA surname from German.