Word origins

• SporlederA surname from German.
• sprachbundA group of languages sharing a number of areal features (similar grammar, vocabulary, etc.) which are primarily due to language contact rather than cognation.
• sprachgefühlThe instinctive or intuitive grasp of the natural idiom of a language.
• SprachraumLanguage area, language zone; geographical region where a language is spoken
• SprechbundA shared way of speaking that goes beyond language boundaries, such as the use of rhyme in hip-hop.
• sprechgesangA form of recitative between speaking and singing.
• SpreewaldA forested wetland area in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany.
• spreiteA sedimentary lamina caused by animal behaviour.
• SpringbornA surname from German.
• springerlea white, anise-flavored German cookie with an embossed design
• spritz cookieA buttery German Christmas cookie made in various shapes by squirting the mixture through a press or a piping bag.
• spruce beerA kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
• stab-in-the-back mythAny denialist myth misattributing failure to internal betrayal.
• StadelA surname from German.
• staffageThe people and animals represented in a landscape painting.
• StaheliA surname from German.
• StahlhelmA distinctive steel helmet fielded by the German Reich and some other nations during the World Wars, and by some modern-day bikers.
• StahlmannA surname from German.
• StahnkeA surname from German.
• Stalin's lawnA grid of upward-facing spikes placed on the ground within the fortified part of the Berlin Wall, designed to pierce the feet of anyone attempting to cross.
• Stalin's organA Katyusha rocket launcher.
• StammbaumA tree of genetically related languages or dialects formed by grouping them according to their most recent common ancestor.
• StanglerA surname from German.
• StantzA surname.
• StartzA surname.
• state examinationIn Germany, the graduation not under the auspices of an educational institution but conditional on governmental interference regulating the admission to a profession; if immediately following education in an academic institution, successful completion of such an examination concludes academic studies and is equivalent to a level 7 academic degree, otherwise it usually immediately follows preparatory service for public office (Referendariat), not mutually exclusively (undergoing two is regular for certain professions in all or some states).
• state of exceptionA condition in which ordinary laws or norms have been suspended by a political authority.
• StatzerA surname from German.
• stauchwallThe lower end of the loosened slab of snow in an avalanche.
• StechschulteA surname from German.
• SteckleinA surname from German.
• SteffelA surname from German.
• SteffensmeierA surname from German.
• StehlingA surname from German.
• StehmanA surname from German.
• -steinAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
• SteinbornA surname from German.
• SteinesA surname from German.
• SteinfeldtA surname from German.
• SteinhilberA surname from German.
• steinholdingA bar game where one holds a full stein (“beer mug”) of beer with a straight arm out front for as long as possible without bending, dipping, or, spilling beer.
• steinkernA fossil formed from sediment that filled a hollow structure such as a shell.
• SteinseiferA surname from German.
• steinstrasseA complication of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of kidney stones, in which multiple small stone fragments line up within the ureter, causing obstruction.
• stem duchyA constituent duchy of the German Empire at the time of the extinction of the Carolingian dynasty (death of Louis the Child in 911) and through the transitional period leading to the formation of the Ottonian Empire.
• StemperA surname from German.
• SterkelA surname from German.
• StetzelA surname from German.
• SteurerA surname from German.
• StevenerA surname from German.
• StichterA surname.
• StiefA surname from German.
• StiegA surname from German.
• StikeleatherA surname from German.
• StillabowerA surname from German.
• StinebaughA surname from German.
• stink-catA skunk
• StirnweisA surname from German.
• StitelyA surname from German.
• stockworkA system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.
• StoffregenA surname from German.
• stolpersteinA small, cobblestone-sized memorial for an individual victim of Nazism.
• StoltmanA surname from German.
• StonebackA surname.
• StonecypherA surname from German.
• StonehockerA surname from German.
• stonemealRock flour.
• StonesiferA surname from German.
• storm and stressSynonym of Sturm und Drang.
• stormtroopSynonym of stormtrooper.
• storm trooperA German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.
• stossUsed to describe one side of roche moutonnée.
• StrachwitzA surname from German.
• strahlsteinactinolite
• StrathmanA surname from German.
• StrauseA surname from German.
• streberAny of certain perciform fish of the genus Zingel, with long and slender bodies, found in rivers and streams in Europe.
• StreuselkuchenA cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping.
• stricklingA surname from German.
• StrohmanA surname from German.
• StroleA surname from German.
• stromeyeriteAn orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing copper, silver, and sulfur.
• stromuhrAn instrument for measuring the velocity of blood flow.
• strong verbAny of a class of Germanic verbs which use ablaut as opposed to a dental affix to indicate tense.
• StrothmannA surname from German.
• Strücklingena municipality in Saterland
• StruckmanA surname from German.
• StuckertA surname from German.
• StuessyA surname from German.
• stulmA shaft, conduit, adit, or gallery to drain a mine.
• StumpffA surname from German.
• StundistA member of a large sect of Russian radical Protestant dissenters founded near Odessa around 1860, who adhere to a literal reading of the Bible and reject priestly dominion and all external rites of worship, influenced by German Protestant settlers.
• SturmabteilungA paramilitary division under the German Nazi Party, operating from 1921 until being disbanded in 1934.
• Sturm und DrangA proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music which occurred from the late 1760s to the early 1780s, emphasizing individual subjectivity and the free expression of emotions.
• sturzstromA rock avalanche, a large landslide of soil and rock which travels a much greater horizontal than vertical distance.
• subhastationA public sale or auction required by law, especially one in Germany or neighbouring territories.
• subimagoA stage in the development of certain insects, intermediate between pupa and imago, during which the insect can fly but must shed a skin before becoming mature.
• subnivalOf a habitat: of an altitude, latitude, or type just below that which would be permanently covered by snow (the snow line).
• SudbeckA surname from German.
• SüderbesteThe name by which the River Beste is called on its course between the millpond in Lasbek-Gut and its confluence with the River Norderbeste.