English words from German
- wild womanA type of female sprite, strikingly beautiful, with long, flowing hair, that live under hills and mounds.
- WilerA surname from German.
- WilhamA surname from German.
- WilhelmstrasseA thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.
- WillenbringA surname from German.
- WillendorfA municipality of Lower Austria, Austria.
- Wille zur MachtThe will to power.
- will to powerThe vital energy in all living things which propels them to seek to grow, create, and thrive.
- WillwerthA surname from German.
- WindishA surname from German.
- WindkesselA model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.
- windwattA mudflat exposed as a result of wind action on water.
- winingsA surname from German.
- WinterkornA surname from German.
- WinterrowdA surname from German.
- WintersteenA surname from German.
- WirtshausA pub.
- WisenbakerA surname from German.
- wish fulfilmentThe imagined satisfying of a wish or desire, especially one which was unconscious or not recognised by the holder; the expression of such fulfilment in a dream, fantasy etc.
- WishmanA surname from German.
- WismanA surname from German.
- withering away of the stateThe proposed situation where, in a classless society, people govern themselves as a commune without needing a government or law enforcement.
- wittlerA surname from German.
- WittmeyerA surname from German.
- witwallAny oriole, especially the golden oriole.
- -witzAdded to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.
- WitzelsuchtA tendency to tell inappropriate or pointless stories and poor jokes; excessive facetiousness, especially when due to some medical condition.
- wodaniumA supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
- WoehlerA surname from German.
- WoehrleA surname from German.
- WoesteA surname from German.
- WohlwendA surname from German.
- WoldtA surname from German.
- wolf childA German street child, typically an orphan, who lived in East Prussia at the end of World War II.
- wolframiteA mineral that consists of a tungstate of iron and manganese; (Fe,Mn)WO₄; it is one of the principal ores for tungsten.
- wolfsangelA wolf hook.
- WolgamottA surname from German.
- WollnerA surname from German.
- WollschlagerA surname from German.
- wolpertingerA fictional creature said to inhabit the alpine forests of Bavaria, having various incongruous features such as wings, antlers, and fangs.
- wonderweaponA remarkably powerful weapon.
- workers of the world, uniteLaborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better working conditions.
- world pictureA particular conception or idea of life; a worldview.
- WormuthA surname from German.
- WotanismA white supremacist racial religion promulgated by David Lane.
- WruckA surname from German.
- WuischkeA village in Hochkirch, Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
- wulstAn enlarged part of the avian brain that is involved in vision; the hyperpallium.
- wunderkammerA cabinet of scientific curiosities, especially during the late Renaissance.
- wunderwaffeA wonderweapon, an (often secret) especially powerful weapon.
- WürttembergA cultural region in southwestern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, roughly corresponding to Swabia.
- WurzerA surname from German.
- WygalA surname from German.
- WykleA surname from German.
- x-rayA ray of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
- YackelA surname from German.
- YakelA surname from German.
- YaklinA surname from German.
- YeakleyA surname from German.
- YearganA surname from German.
- yearhundredCentury (a hundred-year timespan).
- YeckA surname from German.
- YeskeA surname from German.
- YochamA surname from German.
- YochimA surname from German.
- YonkeA surname from German.
- you are what you eatPersonal health and wellbeing is determined by one's eating habits, in both positive and negative ways.
- YoungkinA surname from German.
- YoutseyA surname from German.
- ZamzowA surname from German.
- ZaringA surname from German.
- ZarlingA surname from German.
- ZausnerA surname from German.
- ZebleyA surname from German.
- ZechsteinA unit of sedimentary rock layers of Middle to Late Permian age located in the Permian Basin (Europe), corresponding to the Lopingian (epoch).
- zehnbeinSynonym of decad (group of ten)
- ZeimetA surname from German.
- ZeinerA surname from German.
- zeitgeberA rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature, to reset the internal body clock.
- zeitnottime trouble, time pressure, a situation where a player has little time to complete the required moves
- ZeitpyramideAn unfinished pyramid planned to consist of 120 solid concrete blocks. One block is placed every 10 years. The first block was placed in 1993 and the final block will be placed in 3183.
- ZembschA surname from German.
- ZempelA surname from German.
- ZenorA surname from German.
- ZenzA surname from German.
- zephyretA gentle zephyr; a light breeze.
- ZerkleA surname from German.
- zero-gradeIn Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
- zero-point energyThe lowest possible energy of a given quantum mechanical system.
- ZersetzungA form of psychological warfare used by the Stasi.
- zettelkastenA system of small items of information stored on paper slips or cards, used for organizing knowledge and taking notes.
- ZickefooseA surname from German.
- ziegeAn edible freshwater fish, Pelecus cultratus, of the order Cypriniformes, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.
- ZiegenfussA surname from German.
- ZiemkeA surname from German.
- ZiesmerA surname from German.
- ZietzA surname from German.
- Zigeuner sauceSynonym of gypsy sauce.
- ZillmerA surname from German.
- ZimbelsternAn organ stop consisting of a rotating star or wheel with small bells mounted on it.