Word origins

• GoldfarbA surname from German.
• dorfA village in a German-speaking area.
• drollOddly humorous; whimsical, amusing in a quaint way; waggish.
• RaumA surname from German.
• pilsnerA pale, light lager beer.
• FinkelA surname from German.
• AuerA surname from German.
• KroegerA surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
• LefflerA surname from German, variant of Loeffler.
• shirkTo avoid, especially a duty, responsibility, etc.; to stay away from.
• ProbstA surname from German.
• SteinmetzA surname from German.
• mandelbrotA sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.
• BuehlerA surname from German.
• psychopathA person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions of grandeur, carelessness, low self-control, disregard for morality, lack of acceptance of responsibility, callousness, and lack of empathy and remorse. Such a person may be especially prone to violent and criminal offenses.
• SchwanA surname from German.
• ZeiglerA surname.
• WechslerA surname.
• MendelsonAn originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.
• BerndtA surname from German.
• SchnitzerA surname from German.
• cytosineA heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
• MoselA surname from German.
• EcksteinA surname from German.
• HenmanA surname.
• nookieSex or other sexual activity, especially if illicit.
• EdelsteinA surname from German.
• teatThe projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
• kushMarijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
• echtProper, real, genuine, true to type.
• jannThe father of the jinn preceding humanity.
• plexiglasspolymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
• cathepsinAny of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
• SchaffnerA surname from German
• magnetiteA magnetic mineral, with the chemical formula Fe²⁺Fe3+2O₄, one of the primary ores of iron.
• vetterA surname from German.
• KahlerA surname from German.
• PfalzThe Palatinate region of Germany.
• WerthA surname from German.
• HafnerA surname from German.
• stoichiometryThe study and calculation of quantitative (measurable) relationships of the reactants and products in chemical reactions (chemical equations).
• flugelhornA brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
• rokerThe thornback ray.
• VernerA surname from German.
• ChemnitzAn independent city in Saxony, Germany.
• TMEhyl
• AckermannA surname from German.
• ZarathustraSynonym of Zoroaster.
• MoebiusA surname from German, variant of Möbius.
• poliomyelitisAcute infection by the poliovirus, especially of the motor neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to muscle weakness, paralysis and sometimes deformity.
• sentimentalityAn act or state of being sentimental.
• WieseA surname from German.
• SchwimmerA surname from German.
• dernA secret; secrecy.
• LangerhansA surname from German.
• MatterhornAn iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
• goosBlank and usable on one side but not the other.
• StrasserA surname from German.
• LemkeA surname from German.
• HopedaleA village in Illinois.
• capsaicinA chemical compound found in chilli peppers, which is responsible for their piquancy.
• rapunzelA plant with leaves and crisp roots which have been used in salads, rampion, Campanula rapunculus.
• vesperThe bell that summons worshippers to vespers; the vesper-bell.
• apatiteA calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth.
• sharpshooterA person trained to shoot precisely with a rifle; a marksman.
• tressA braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
• SherrodA surname from German.
• FunkeA surname from German.
• KuntzA surname from German.
• JobstA surname from German.
• ErbeA surname from German.
• SchopenhauerA surname from German
• abendThe abnormal termination of a program.
• KaeserA surname from German.
• fantaA serving of this drink.
• intersexOf an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex characteristics relating to both male and female sexes.
• KaulA surname from Kashmiri.
• WilhelminaA female given name from German, masculine equivalent Wilhelm.
• PangaeaA former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
• VaterA surname from German.
• FuldaA town and rural district of Hesse, Germany.
• RhinelandAn area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• GeraAn independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
• JorgensonA surname.
• GersteinAn eastern Ashkenazi surname from German.
• GleichA surname from German.
• ersatzAn inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation.
• plagioclaseAny of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium.
• EichmannOne who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.
• KruppA surname from German.
• LorberA surname from German.
• DrescherA surname of German origin.
• HildegardA female given name from German.
• torteA rich, dense cake, typically made with many eggs and relatively little flour (as opposed to a sponge cake or gâteau).
• WassersteinA surname from German.
• lessingA surname from German.
• GerhardtA surname from German.
• loessAny sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian (wind-blown) origin.
• MehlmanA surname from German.
• SeefeldA municipality of the district of Starnberg, Oberbayern, Bavaria, Germany.