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m abr männlich; masculinum; meta; mittel; mit |
MA. abr Mittelalter - Middle Ages |
M.A. abr Mittelalter - Middle Ages |
ma. abr mittelalterlich; mundartlich |
m.a. abr mittelalterlich |
m.Abb. abr mit Abbildung(en) |
Machbarkeit f feasibility; practicability, realizability |
rerere m
belief in feasibility, practicability, or realizability
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Machbarkeitsstudie f (-n) feasibility study |
machen vr
to make, do; to create
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Machiavellismus m Machiavellism, Machiavellianism |
machiavellistisch adj Machiavellian |
Machismo m machismo |
Machismus m machismo |
Macht f (-"e)
might, strength; power; control; authority; force
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Machtanspruch m claim to power, power claim |
Machtausübung f exercise of power |
Machtbedürfnis n power need, need for power |
Machtbereich m (-e) sphere of control or power |
Machtbeschränkung f (-en) limitation of power |
Machtbeziehung f (-en) power relation |
Machtergreifung f seizure of power |
Machterringung f struggling for or acquisition of power |
Machtgleichgewicht n balance of power |
Machtgruppe f (-n) power group |
Machthaber m (-) ruler |
mächtig adj
powerful, mighty; huge; immense
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Machtkampf m (-"e) struggle for power |
Machtkonzentration f (-en) concentration of power |
machtlos adj powerless, weak; impotent |
Machtlosigkeit f powerlessness, weakness; impotence |
Machtmißbrauch m abuse/misuse of power |
Machtspiel n (-e) power play |
Machtstellung f (-en) power-sharing |
Machtstreben n striving for power |
Machtteilung f power-sharing |
Machtübernahme f assumption of power, takeover |
Machtübertragung f transfer of power |
Machtverhältnis n (-se) balance of power, power relations |
Machtwechsel m (-) change(-over) of power |
Machtwissen n power-knowledge, knowledge-power |
Machwerk n (-e) inferior or clumsy work |
Mädchen n (-) girl, servant (girl), maiden, maid, sweetheart |
Made f (-n) maggot; mite; worm |
Madonnenbild n (-er) picture of the Virgin, Madonna |
madonnenhaft adj Madonna-like |
Madonnenkultus m worship of the virgin |
Madonnenverehrung f
worship of the virgin
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Madrigal n madrigal |
Madrigalismus m madrigalism |
madrigalistisch adj madrigalian |
Mäeutik f maeutics |
Mag. abr Magazin; Magister; Magistrat |
Magd f (-"e) servant girl; maid (farm); handmaid(en) (of Christ); poet: maiden, handmaid(en); des Herrn M. - the handmaiden of the Lord; eine holde M. - a fair maiden; Maria, die reine M. - Mary the holy virgin |
Magdalena f Magdalene |
Mägdelein n (-) dim of Magd, poet: (little) maid, maiden; (little) girl |
Mägdlein n (-) dim of Magd; poet: (little) maid, maiden; (little) girl |
Magen m (- or -") stomach |
mager adj thin, lean; spare; poor, meager, scanty |
Magerungsmittel m (-) degraissant |
Magie f magic |
Magier m (-) magician; (pl) Magi |
Magiker m (-) magician |
magisch adj magic(al) |
magischer Realismus m magic(al) realism |
Magister m (-) schoolmaster, tutor; M. Artium - Master of Arts |
Magistergrad m (degree of) Master of Arts |
magisterium Lat: teaching authority (of the church) |
Magistrat m borough or municipal council; local authority |
Magnificat n Magnificat |
magnitudo Lat: greatness or magnitude (of God) |
Magog m Magog |
Mahajana-Buddhismus m Mahayana Buddhism |
Mahl n (-e, -"er) meal; banquet |
mahlen vr to grind; to mill; to pound, crush; to bray, to bet, to powder, to pulverize |
Mahlzeit f mealtime, meal |
Mähne f (-n) mane |
mahnen vr to warn, admonish; to remind; to exhort |
Mahnruf m (-e) warning cry |
Mahnung f (-en) warning, admonition, dunning; reminder |
Mahnzeichen n (-) warning sign |
Mährischen Brüder f (pl) Bohemian Brethren |
Mai m (-) May |
Maibaum m (-"e) maypole |
maieutisch adj maieutic |
Maifeier f (-n) Mayday celebration |
Mailied n (-er) May carol, May song |
Mainchäer m (-) Manichaean; Manichean |
Maja f maya, illusion |
Majestät f (-en) majesty |
majestätisch adj majestic |
Majorität f (-en) majority |
Majoritätsprinzip n majority principle |
Makedonien n Macedonia |
Makedonier m (-) Macedonian |
makedonisch adj Macedonian |
Makel m (-) flaw, blemish; stain, spot, blot; taint, tarnish |
makellos adj spotless, unblemished; untainted; untarnished |
Makk. abr
Makkabäer - Maccabees; 1. Makkabäer - 1 Maccabees; 2. Makkabäer - 2 Maccabees
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Makk abr
Makkabäer - Maccabees; 1 Makkabäer - 1 Maccabees; 2 Makkabäer - 2 Maccabees
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Makkabäer f, pl
Maccabees
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makkabäisch Maccabean |
Makrobiotik f macrobiotics |
Makrokosmos m macrocosm |
Makrokosmus m macrocosm |
makroskopisch adj macroscopic |
Mal abr
Maleachi, Malachias - Malachi
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Mal. abr
Maleachi, Malachias - Malachi
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mal. abr malerisch; mittelalterlich |
Mal n (-e)
time; mark
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mala fide Lat: böse Absicht |
Malaria f malaria |
Malchus m Malchus |
Maleachi (Prophet, Book of) Maliachi |
Maleachias (Prophet, Book of) Malachi |
malen vr to paint |
malend pr p pictorial |
Maler m (-) painter; decorator |
malerisch adj pictorial, picturesque |
Malerische n the picturesque |
male velle Lat: (the act of) evil willing |
Malteser m (-) Maltese, inhabitant of Malta |
Malteserkreuz n Maltese cross |
Malteserorden m Order of the Knights of Malta |
Malteserritter m (-) Knight of Malta; Hospitaler |
maltesisch adj Maltese |
malum Lat: evil, badness, harm |
Malzeichen n (-) mark, sign, memorial |
Mama f (-s) mother |
Mammon m Mammon, mammon (contemporary), lucre, worldly riches, money |
Mammonismus m mammonism |
Mammonsdiener m (-) mammon-worshiper, worldling |
Mammonsdienst m mammonism, worship of mammon |
Mammonsknecht m (-e)
mammon-worshiper, worldling
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man. abr manieristisch |
Man n the They, the One, the anyone (Heidegger) |
man pron
one; people; we; they; you
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Mana n manna |
Manasse m Manasseh |
mancher indef adj, pron
many a; (pl) some; several, quite a few
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mancherlei adj
many a kind of; various
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manchmal adj
sometimes; at times; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
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mand. abbr mandäisch |
Mandala n mandala (Jung) |
Mandat n (-e) mandate, authorization, brief |
Mandel f (-n) almond |
Mandelbaum m (-"e) almond tree |
Mandelblüte f (-n) almond blossom |
MANE abbr
Monographs on the Ancient Near East. Leiden |
Mangel m (-")
lack (an - of); need; want; absence (of); fault; defect; deficiency, shortage; imperfection
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Mangelhaftigkeit f inadequacy, insufficiency; incompleteness; defectiveness; imperfection; faultiness |
mangeln vr to want; to be wanting or deficient; to lack |
Mangelware f (-n) article or product in short supply |
manic Lat: manic, maniac |
Manichäer m (-) Manichaean, Manichee |
Manichäerin f (-nnen)
Manichaean; Manichean |
manichäisch adj
Manichaean; Manichean
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Manichäismus m Manichaeism |
Manie f mania |
Manier f manner; style; Mus: ornament |
manieriert vr mannered, manneristic |
Manierismus m mannerism, mannered style |
Manierist m (-en) Mannerist |
manieristisch adj Mannerist |
manierlich adj well-behaved, well-manner, well-bred |
Manifest n (-e) manifesto |
Manifest n (-e) manifesto |
manifest adj manifest, obvious |
Manifestation f (-en) manifestation |
Manipulation f (-en) manipulation |
manipulieren vr to manipulate |
manisch-depressiv adj manic-depressive |
Manismus m manism |
Manitu m manit(o)u |
Mann m (-"er)
man; husband
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Manna n manna |
mannbar adj marriageable; virile; sexually mature, pubescent |
Mannbarkeit f marriageability |
Männchen n (-) little man; male (of beasts, birds, etc.) |
Männerarbeit f men's work or job |
Männerchor m (-"e) male choir |
Männergesangverein m (-e) men's choral society, male-voice choral society |
Männersachen men's clothing |
Männerseelsorge f pastoral work among men, care of men's souls |
Männerseite f epistle-side (in church); men's side |
Männerstimme f (-n) man's voice, male part |
Männerwelt f male world, the world of men |
Mannesalter n manhood |
Manneskraft f potency, virility, masculine strength |
Mannesmut m manly courage |
Mannesstamm m male line |
Mannesstolz manly pride |
Manneswort n honest man's word |
Manneswürde manly dignity |
Manneszucht f discipline |
mannhaft adj manly, brave, valiant, resolute |
mannigfach adj various, manifold, diverse |
mannigfaltig adj
various, manifold, diverse; m. Gleichartiges - homogeneous manifold
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Mannigfaltige n the manifold |
Mannigfaltigkeit f manifold, variety, diversity, multiplicity |
Männin f virago, woman |
männlich adj male, manly, masculine; bold, valiant |
Männlichkeit f manhood, virility, masculinity, maleness; manliness, bravery |
Mannschaft f (-en) (body of) men; crew; party, team; detachment; enlisted men |
Mannsleute menfolk, men |
Man-selbst n the one-self, the they-self (Heidegger) |
Mantel m (-") overcoat, topcoat, cloak, gown, robe, mantle, envelope, sheathing, case, shell |
manteltasche f (-n) coat pocket |
Mantelzipfel m (-) folds of one's garment |
Mantik f divination, mantic |
mantisch adj mantic |
Mantra n mantra |
Mantrajana n mantrajana |
Manual n (-e) manual |
manuell adj, adv manual(ly), by hand |
Manuskript n (-e)
manuscript, copy
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MAOG abbr
Mitteilungen der altorientalischen Gesellschaft. Leipzig |
Maoismus m Maoism |
Mär f (-en) rumor; news, tidings, report, story |
Mar. abbr
Marianum. Ephemerides Mariologiae. Roma |
Marburger Schule f Marburg School |
Märchen n (-)
fairy tale; fabulous story or tale; untruth; fiction; yarn
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märchenhaft adj fabulous; magical |
Marcher m (-) (a person who lives in a borderland or a lord who governs the territory in his controll) |
Marchland n borderland |
Marduk Marduk (Babylonian god) |
marginal adj marginal |
Marginale f (-lien) marginal note or illustration |
Marginalität f marginality |
Maria
Mary, the Virgin
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Mariae Himmelfahrt f Assumption |
Mariä Empfängnis f the Immaculate Conception |
Mariae Verkündigung f (-en) Annunciation |
Mariä Himmelfahrt f Assumption; Assumption of Mary; Assumption Day |
Maria Himmelfahrt Assumption; Assumption of Mary; Assumption Day |
Mariä Lichtmess
Candlemas |
Marie f Mary |
Marienaltar m (-"e) lady altar |
Marienanbetung f (-en) adoration of the Virgin Mary |
Marienbild n (-er) (depiction of the) madonna, image of the Virgin Mary
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Mariendogma n dogma concerning the Virgin Mary |
Marienfigur f (-en) Madonna figure; picture of the Virgin Mary |
Marienkirche f (-n) St. Mary's church |
Marienklagen lamentations of Mary |
Marienkult m Mariolatry; (veneration of the Virgin) |
Marienleben n (pictures depicting) the Life of the Virgin |
Marientod m Dormition or Death of the Virgin |
Marienverehrung f (-en) adoration of the Virgin Mary |
Marinegeistliche m (-n) navy chaplain |
Marionette f (-n) puppet |
Marionettenoper f (-n) puppet opera |
Marionettentheater n (-) puppet theater |
Mark. abr Markus - Mark |
Mark n essence, marrow; pith, pulp, core, heart, medulla; strength, vigor |
Mark Aurel Marcus Aurelius |
Marke f (-n) brand, type, kind, grade |
markieren vr to mark or lay out; to outline (paper, etc) |
Markt m (-"e) market, marketplace; market town; business, trade |
Markthalle f (-n) market hall, covered market |
Marktplatz m (-"e) marketplace, market square |
Marktwirtschaft f market economy; freie M. - free enterprise (system) |
Markus m Mark (Gospel) |
Markusevangelium m Gospel of or according to (St) Mark |
Märlein n (-)
rumor; news, tidings, report, story
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Marmor m (-e) marble |
Marmorbild n (-er) marble statue |
Marmorsäule f (-n) marble column, pillar of marble |
Marmorstein m (-e) marble |
Marsch m (-"e) march |
Marschall m (-"e) marshal |
marschieren adj to march; to hike |
marschmäßig adj Mus: in march style |
Marta f Martha |
Marter m (-n)
(votive) roadside or wayside cross, shrine or memorial;
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Marter f (-n) torture, torment; anguish, agony; pang |
Martergerät n (-e) instruments of torture |
Martergeschichte f martyrology |
Marterholz n the cross |
Marterkammer f (-n) torture chamber |
Marterl n (-) (votive) roadside cross (usually marking a place of death, especially in the Alpine regions) |
martern vr
to torture, martyr, torment
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Marterpfahl m (-"e) the stake |
Martersäule f (-n) column showing the emblem of Christ's passion |
Martertod m martyr's death, death by torture, painful death |
martervoll adj excruciating |
Marterwerkzeug n (-e) instrument of torture |
Martha f Martha |
Martingstag m St. Martin's Day; Martinmas |
Martini Martinmas, St. Martin's Day |
MartJes abr Martyrium des Jesaja |
Märtyrer m (-) martyr |
Märtyrergeschichte f martyrology |
Märtyrerin f (-nen) (woman) martyr |
Märtyrerkrone f crown of martyrdom, crown of a martyr |
Märtyrertod m martyrdom, martyr´s death |
Märtyrertum n martyrdom |
Martyrium n (-rien)
martyrdom
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Martyrologe m (-n) martyrologist |
Martyrologium n (-gien) martyrology |
Marxianer m (-) Marxian |
Marxismus m Marxism |
Marxist m (-en) Marxist |
Marxistin f (-nen) (woman) Marxist |
marxistisch adj Marxist, Marxian |
marxistische adj Marxist |
masc. abr masculinum |
Maschine f (-n) machine |
mask. abr maskulin |
Mask. abr Maskulinum |
Maske f (-en) mask; make-up |
Maskenspiel n (-e) masque |
Maskerade (-n) disguise, masquerade |
maskieren vr to mask, disguise, camouflage, conceal; to put on a mask, to disguise oneself |
maskulin masculine |
Massaker n (-) massacre |
massakrieren vr to massacre |
Masse m (-n) mass; quantity; matter, substance; Art: paste |
Massenauflage f (-n) mass edition |
Massenbeeinflussung f propaganda |
Massenbewegung f (-en) mass movement |
Massendemonstration f (-en) mass demonstration |
Massenerschießung f (-en) mass execution |
Massengeist m mass attitude |
Massengesellschaft f mass society; faceless society |
Massengrab n (-"er) mass grave; common grave |
massenhaft adj, adv massive; massive quantities |
Massenhysterie f mass hysteria, collective/mass illusion/delusion |
Massenkommunikation f mass communication |
Massenkultur f mass culture |
Massenmedien pl mass media |
Massenmensch m mass man |
Massenmord f (-en) mass organization |
Massenorganisation f (-en) mass organization |
Massenpsycholgie f mass psychology, crowd psychology |
Massenpublikum n mass audience |
Massenveranstaltung f (-en) mass rally, mass meeting |
Massenverbrechen n (-n) mass crime |
Massenverfolgung f (-en) mass persecution |
Massenverhaftung f (-en) mass arrests |
Massenverhalten n crowd or mass behavior |
Massenwahn m mass hysteria, collective/mass illusion/delusion |
massenweise adj, adv massive quantities |
massiv adj solid, massive, heavy, severe |
Mast m (-en) mast, pole; tower |
MäSt abbr
Münchener ägyptologische Studien. Berlin |
Mastbaum m (-"e) mast |
mästen vr to feed, fatten |
Mastenbau m (-ten) stave construction; stave church |
Mastenkirche f (-n) stave church |
Mastkalb n (-"er) fattened calf |
Mastkorb m (-"e) masthead, crow's nest, rigging |
Mastvieh n fat or fattened cattle; beef cattle |
Maß n (-e)
measure; measurement; size; dimension; degree; extent; limit; in dem M. als - to the same extent as; in the same manner as
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Maßästhetik f aesthetics of proportions (Goldener Schnitt) |
Maße f (-n) way, manner, fashion; über alle M. - beyond measure, immeasurably, greatly |
Maßeinheit f (-en) module, unit of measure |
maßg. abr maßgebend |
maßgeb. abr maßgeblich |
maßgebend
see maßgeblich
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maßgeblich adj
authoritative, decisive, conclusive; influential; substantial; reliable; determining
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Maßhalten n parsimony |
mäßig adj moderate; moderato; m. bewegt - moderate, moderato |
mäßigen to moderate; to tone down; to restrain oneself, control oneself |
Maßigkeit f moderation, temperance, frugality, mediocrity |
Mäßigung f self-control, restraint |
maßlos
boundless; excessive; extravagant; immoderate
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Maßlosigkeit f want of moderation, boundlessness; immoderacy; extravagance; vehemence, excessiveness; lack of proportion |
Maßnahme f (-n) measure; precaution; preventive measure; mode of acting |
Maßsetzung f conventional fixing of a unit of measurement |
| Maßstab No information yet. |
maßstäblich adj scale(d) |
Maßverhältnis n (-se) proportion |
Maßvoll moderate (ly); reasonable; restraint, with moderation |
Maßwerk n (-e) tracery |
mater fidelium Lat: mother of the faithful |
material adj material; m. Zweckmäßigkeit - material finality (Kant); m. Realgrund - material-real ground (Kant) |
Material n (-ien) material(s); equipment; information |
materialbedingt adj determined or limited by the material |
materialisieren vr to materialize |
Materialismus m materialism |
Materialist m (-en) materialist; sensualist worldling |
materialistisch adj materialistic |
materialistische Geschichtsauffassung f materialist conception of history |
Materialität f materiality |
Materialobjekt n material object |
Materialontologie f material ontology (Husserl) |
Materialursache f Lat: material cause |
materia prima Lat: prime matter (Aristotle) |
Materie f (-n) matter; stuff, substance; subject; cause; geistige M. - spiritual matter; geschaffene M. - created matter; M. der Anschauung - matter of intuition (Kant); M. des Raumes - matter of space (Kant); schaffende M. - creating matter; Wesen der M. - nature of matter; essence of matter |
materiell adj material, real, materialistic; Phil: materieller Mensch, matter-of-fact person, materialist |
Mathema n doctrine, dogma, tenet; thesis; maxim; proposition; theorem; precept
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Mathematizismus m mathematicism |
Mathriarchat n matriarchy, matriarchate |
Matrikel m (-n) directory, student register |
Matrone f (-n) matron, dowager |
matt adj dull; lustreless; Archaeol: mat(te) |
Matte f (-n) mat. |
Mattenabdruck m (-"e) mat impression |
Matth. abr
Matthäus - Matthew
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Matthäus
Matthew
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Mattheit f dullness; faintness |
mattherzig adj faint-hearted, spiritless |
Matthias m Matthias |
Mattigkeit f feebleness, weakness, lassitude |
MAU abbr
Monographs. Andrews University. Berrien Springs, Michigan |
Mauer f (-n) wall; battlement |
Mauerabdeckung f (-en) coping |
Mauerabsatz m (-"e) (wall) offset |
Maueranker m (-) wall anchor; wall clamp |
Mauerecke f (-n) corner |
Mauerfläche f (-n) wall surface |
Mauerflucht f (-en) plane of a wall |
Mauerhut m (-"e) coping |
Mauerkalk m mortar |
Mauerkappe f (-n) coping |
Mauerkrönung f (-en) coping |
Mauerlücke f (-n) break in the wall |
Mauerring m (-e) enclosing wall; circumvallation |
Mauervorsprung m (-"e) protruding part of a wall |
Mauerwerk n masonry; polygonales M. - polygonal masonry; zyklopisches M. - cyclopean masonry |
Maul n (-"er) mouth, jaws, muzzle (of animals); tongue |
Maulbeerbaum m (-"e) mulberry tree |
Maulbeere f (-n) mulberry |
Maulesel m (-) mule |
Maultier n (-e) mule |
Maulwurf m (-"e) mole |
Maurer m (-) mason, bricklayer, builder; (Frei)maurer - (Free)mason |
Maurerei f masonry, freemasonry |
maurerisch adj Masonic |
Maureske f (-n) arabesque |
maurisch adj Moorish |
Mauritius m Maurice |
Maxima f maxima, large |
maximal adj maximal |
Maxime f maxim; maxims based on or in reason (Kant) |
maximieren vr maximize |
Maximierung f maximization |
maya f illusion |
Mazdaismus m Mazdaism (Zoroaster) |
Mazedonien n Macedonia |
Mazedonier m (-) Macedonian |
mazedonisch adj Macedonian |
Mäzen m (-e) patron |
Mäzenatentum n patronage of the arts |
MBBG abbr
Missionsblatt der Brüdergemeinde. Herrnhut |
MBE abbr
Monumenta Biblica et Ecclesiastica. Roma |
MBGRV abbr
Materialien zur Bibelgeschichte und religiösen Volkskunde des Mittelalters. Potsdam |
MBTh abbr
Münsterische Beiträge zur Theologie. Münster |
MCDM abbr
Magazin für christliche Dogmatik und Moral. Tübingen |
md. abr mitteldeutsch |
mdal. abr mundartlich |
MDIäA abbr
Mitteilungen des deutschen Instituts für ägyptische Altertumskunde in Kairo. Berlin |
MdKI abbr
Materialdienst des konfessionskundlichen Instituts. Bensheim |
Mechanik f mechanics |
mechanisch adj mechanical |
Mechanisierung f mechanization |
Mechanismus m mechanism |
mechanistisch adj mechnistical |
Medaille f (-n) coin, medal |
Medaillon n (-s) medallion |
Meder m (-) Mede, Median |
Media f (-dien) media |
media iustificationis Lat: the means of justification |
Mediante f Mus: mediant; Hist: the third in a triad |
Mediatio f Mus: mediatio, mediation, medial cadence |
Mediation f mediation |
Mediator m (-en) Lat: mediator; Mediator or Reconciler (Christ as the God-man) |
mediatorisch adj mediatory |
Mediävist m (-en) medievalist |
Mediävistik f medieval studies |
Medici m Medici |
Medien (pl of) Medium - (occult or spiritualist) media, psychic |
Medieneinfluß m (-"sse) media influence |
Medienforschung f (-en) media research |
mediengesteuert adj media-steered |
Medienkunst f media art |
Medienöffentlichkeit f media public (Habermas) |
Mediokrität f (-en) mediocrity |
Meditation f meditation, contemplation |
Meditationsübung f (-en) meditation (exercise); contemplation |
meditativ adj meditative, contemplative |
meditieren vr to meditate |
Medium n (-dien) medium; spiritualits, occult; medium, psychic |
medium cognoscendi Lat: means of knowing |
Medizin f (-en) medicine; medical science |
medizinisch adj medical |
Meduse f (-n) Medusa |
Meer n (-e)
sea, ocean
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Meereswelle f (-n) wave of the sea, sea wave |
Meereswoge f (-n) billow |
Megalith m (-e) megalith |
Megalith-Keramik f pottery from neolithic period |
Megalithgrab n (-"er) megalithic tomb |
Megalithkultur f (-en) megalithic culture |
Mehl n (-e) flour, meal |
mehr comp, adv
more; nicht m. - no longer, no more; immer m. - more and more
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Mehr n (-e) majority; increase; surplus, excess |
mehrchörig adj polychoral, mulichoral; (with) multiple couses |
Mehrchörigkeit f polychoral music |
mehrdeutig adj ambiguous |
Mehrdeutigkeit f ambiguity |
Mehrdimensionalität f multidimensionality |
mehren vr to increase; to augment; to multiply; to grow; to propagate |
mehrere pron, adj
several, some, a few; divers; various
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mehrfach adj
multiple; repeated(ly); numerous; several times
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mehrfacher Schriftsinn m pluraliyt of (text) meanings |
mehrfarbig adj multi-colored; polychrome |
mehrgradig adj multigrade |
Mehrheit f (-en) majority; plurality |
Mehrheitsbeschluß m (-"sse) majority decision |
Mehrheitsentscheidung f (-en) majority decision or vote |
Mehrheitsprinzip n majority principle, principle of majority |
mehrj. abr mehrjährig |
mehrmals adv repeatedly, several times, more than once |
Mehrparteiensystem n multiparty system |
mehrsätzig adj consisting of several movements |
mehrschiffig adj multiple-aisled |
mehrsprachig adj multilingual, polyglot |
mehrstimmig adj polyphonic, concerted, for or in several parts or voices |
Mehrstimmigkeit f polyphony |
mehrtextig adj polytextual |
Mehrtextigkeit f polytextuality |
Mehrwert m (-e) added value, additional value |
mehrwertig f many-valued |
Mehrzahl f majority |
meiden vi
to avoid; to flee from; to shun
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Meile f (-n) mile |
mein adj, pron
my; mine; Mein und Dein (n)- mine and thine
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Meineid m perjury; einen Meineid leisten or schwören - to perjure oneself, to commit perjury |
meineidig adj perjured; meineidig werden - to commit perjury, perfure oneself; |
Meineidige f (-n) perjurer |
meinen vr
to mean, intend; to think, believe, be of the opinion; to suppose; to refer to
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meinesgleichen pron my equals, such as people like me |
meinetwegen adv for my sake, as far as I am concerned; for all I care, I don't mind, I don't care |
meinetwillen adv for my sake, as far as I am concerned; for all I care, I don't mind, I don't care |
Meinung f (-en)
opinion, view, belief, idea; meaning; intention; der M. sein - be of the opinion
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Meinungsänderung f change of opinion |
Meinungsaustausch m exchange of views, interchange of ideas; comparing notes |
Meinungsäußerung f (-en) expression of opinion |
Meinungsbefragung f opinion poll; survey |
meinungsbildend adj opinion-forming |
Meinungsbildner m (-) opinion maker, opinion leader |
Meinungsbildung f forming of one's own opinion, forming of public opinion, opinion formation |
Meinungsforscher m (-) opinion pollster, opinion researcher |
Meinungsforschung f opinion research, opinion polling |
Meinungsfreiheit f freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of opinion |
Meinungssache f matter of opinion (Kant) |
Meinungsumfrage f (-n) opinion poll |
Meinungsverscheidenheit f (-en) difference of opinion, disparity or disagreement of views; inhaltliche M. - substantial disagreement or difference of opinion |
Meinungsverschiedenheit f disagreement, disparity of views, substantial disagreement |
Meinungswechsel m (-) change of opinion or mind |
meist- supl of viel; 1. adj most; die meisten - most, the majority of; das meiste - the best or greater part of, most of; die meiste Zeit - most of the time; 2. adv generally, usually, mostly, as a rule, in most cases, for the most part; am meisten - most (of all), more than all; am meisten bekannt - best known |
meistens
almost always; for the most part; mostly
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Meister m (-)
master; leader; chief; Lord
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meisterhaft adj masterly |
Meisterin f (-nen) master's wife, mistress; woman champion |
meisterlich adj masterly |
meistern vr to master to rule, to control; to censure; to find fault with to correct; to put right |
Meistersänger m (-) mastersinger |
Meisterschaft f (-en) mastery, mastership, championship, title, crown |
Meisterstück n (-e) masterpiece |
Meisterwerk n (-e) masterwork, masterpiece |
Meisterzeichen n (-e) master's mark; maker's mark; stonemason's mark |
MEKGR abbr
Monatshefte für evangelische Kirchengeschichte des Rheinlandes. Düsseldorf |
Melancholie f melancholy, melancholia |
Melancholiker m (-) person of melancholy disposition |
melancholisch melancholy |
Melchisedek m Melchizedek |
melden vr to report, notify |
Meldung f (-en) information, advice, notification, notice, announcement, message, report, news, registration, application |
melismatisch adj melismatic |
Melodica f melodica |
Melodie f (-n) melody (attachment); tune |
Melodik f melody shape, melody |
Melodilehre f theory of melody; melodic analysis |
melodisch adj melodic, songful, tuneful |
meloditaub adj tune-deaf |
melodramatisch adj melodramatic |
Melone f (-n) melon |
melopoetisch adj melopoetic |
Mem. abr Menetekel |
Memento n (-s) memento |
memmenhaft adj cowardly, craven |
Memoiren pl memoirs |
Memorabilien memorabilia |
Memorial n (-e, -ien) memorial, ceremony |
Menagerie f (-n) menagerie |
Menchenskind n (-er) human being |
Menge f (-n)
crowd, multitude, mass; quantity; amount; number; set
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mengen vr to mix, mingle, blend, to meddle; to interfere in |
Mengenlehre f set theory |
mengl. abr mittelenglisch |
Mennonit m (-en) (male) Mennonite |
Mennonitin f (-nnen) (female) Mennonite |
mennonitisch adj Mennonite, (related to) Mennonites |
MennQR abbr
Mennonite Quarterly Review. Goshen, Indiana |
MennR abbr
Mennonitische Rundschau. Winnipeg, Man. |
Menologion n (-ien) menology (calendar or register of saints) |
mens Lat: mind; intellect |
Mensa f (-sen) mensa; table (slab); altar top |
Mensagrab n (-"er) tomb or relics set into the mensa |
Mensch n (-en), n-noun
person, human being, man or woman; mankind; M. als Ebenbild Gottes - man as image of God; M. als geschichtliches Wesen - man as historical being; M. als Selbstzweck - man as an end in himself; M. als Zweck der Geschichte - man as the end or goal of history
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Menschegewühl n throng, milling crowd |
Menschen n-noun see Mensch |
Menschenalter n (-) lifetime; generation, age |
Menschenansammlung f gathering (of people) |
menschenarm adj sparsely populated (country, etc.) |
Menschenart f kind or species of man; race of men |
Menschenauflauf m crowd of people |
Menschenauge n (-n) human eye; mortal eye |
Menschenbild n (-er) picture of a man; picture of people; image or concept of man; das Menschenbild der Bibel - the Bible's conception of man, representation of a human being |
Menschenblut n human blood |
Menschenermessen n nach M. - as far as is humanly possible to judge, as far as is humanly possible to tell |
Menschenfeind m (-e) misanthrope; misanthropist, hater of man or mankind |
Menschenfeindlichkeit f misanthropy |
menschenfeindschaft adj misanthropic(al) |
Menschenfeindschaft f misanthropy |
Menschenfischer f (pl) fishers of men |
Menschenfleisch n human flesh |
menschenfressend pr p, adj anthropophagous, man-eating, cannibal |
Menschenfresser m (-) anthropophagi; cannibal; ogre |
Menschenfresserei f anthroprophagy; cannibalism |
Menschenfreund m (-e) humanitarian, humanist; philanthropist |
menschenfreundlich adj humane, humanitarian; benevolent; philanthropic(al) |
Menschenfreundlichkeit f benevolence; philanthropy; charity; kindness |
Menschenführung f guidance of people; leadership |
Menschenfurcht f fear of man, fear of people, man's fear |
Menschengebein n (-e) human bone(s) |
Menschengebote (pl) rules taught by men, commandments of men |
Menschengedenken n only in: seit M. - within living memory, within the memory of man |
Menschengedränge n throng, milling crowd |
menschengerecht adj fit or suitable for humans, appropriate to humans |
Menschengeschlecht n human race, mankind |
Menschengesicht n (-er) the face of a man |
Menschengestalt f human shape or form; Bibl: (Christ) like unto (a) man; incarnate |
Menschenglück n human happiness |
Menschengruppe f (-n) group of people |
Menschenhand f (-"e) human hand; hand of man; von M. gemacht - man-made; nicht in M. - beyond man's control |
Menschenhändler m (-) slave trader or trafficker |
Menschenhasser m (-) misanthropist, man-hater |
Menschenhaß m misanthropy, hatred of mankind |
Menschenherz n (-en) human heart |
Menschenhilfe f the help of man |
Menschenhüter m watcher of men, preserver of men |
Menschenkenner m (-) judge of human nature or character |
Menschenkenntnis f (-se) knowledge of human nature or character |
Menschenkind n (-er) human being, man or creature; die Menschenkinder - the sons of men, the children of men |
Menschenknochen m (-) human bone |
Menschenkraft f manpower |
Menschenkult m anthropolatry; worship of a human being or of human beings; cult of a human being or of human beings |
Menschenkunde f anthropology |
menschenkundig adj person who is a good judge of human nature or character |
Menschenleben n (-) (human) life, man's life |
menschenleer adj empty, deserted |
Menschenlehre f anthropology |
Menschenliebe f philanthropy, charity, love of one's fellow man |
Menschenlos n destiny of man; fate of man |
Menschenmasse f (-n) crowd, throng; multitude |
Menschenmaß n (-e) man's measurement |
Menschenmenge f (-n) crowd, throng, multitude |
menschenmöglich adj humanly possible, within human power |
Menschenmord m murder |
Menschenopfer n (-) human sacrifice |
Menschenpaar n (-e) couple |
Menschenpotential n human potential(s); manpower potential or reserves |
Menschenrasse f race |
Menschenraub m kidnapping; abduction |
Menschenräuber m (-) kidnapper; abductor |
Menschenrecht n (-e) natural law; human law; rights of man, human rights |
Menschenrechtskommission f the Human Rights Commission |
Menschenrechtsverletzung f (-en) violation of human rights |
menschenreich adj populous |
Menschenreste (pl) human remains |
Menschenrute f (-n) the rod of men |
Menschenschädel m (-) human skull |
menschenscheu adj shy, unsociable |
Menschenscheu f shyness, unsociableness |
Menschenschicksal n (-e) story of a person's life |
Menschenschinder m (-) torturer; oppressor; slave-driver |
Menschenschinderei f torture; slavery; slave |
Menschenschlag m race or breed (of people) |
Menschenschwarm m (-"e) crowd, swarm, mass |
Menschenseele f (-n) living soul; human soul |
Menschensohn m the Son of Man (Christ), the Son of God |
Menschenstimme f (-n) human voice or sound |
Menschenstrom m (-"e) flood, throng, or stream of people |
Menschentum n humanity, mankind |
Menschentyp m (-en) type or sort of person, types or sorts of people |
Menschentypus m
type or sort of person, types or sorts of people
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menschenunwürdig adj degrading; inhumane; beneath human dignity or the dignity of man, unfit for man, unworthy of man |
Menschenverächter m (-) misanthrope, cynic, dispiser of human being or mankind |
Menschenverachtung f misanthropy; cynicism |
Menschenvernunft f human reason |
| Menschenverstand No information yet. |
Menschenversuch m (-e) experimentation on human beings |
Menschenweisheit f human wisdom; the wisdom of man or men; wisdom |
Menschenwelt f the human world, the world of man; the mortal world |
Menschenwerk n (-e) works of man (in a negative, fugitive, or transitory) |
Menschenwesen n (-) human being |
Menschenwort n (-e) the word of man or men |
Menschenwürde f human dignity, dignity of man |
menschenwürdig worthy of a human being or beings |
Menschenzunge f (-n) (human) tongue |
Menschheit f
humanity, mankind; human race
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Menschheitsentwicklung f development of man(kind) |
Menschheitsgedenken n within living memory |
Menschheitsgeschichte f (-n) history of humankind or mankind, human history |
Menschheitsgeschlecht n human race |
Menschheitskultur f human culture |
Menschheitsreligion f religion of humanity |
menschlich adj
human; humane; m. Wesen - human being
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Menschlichkeit f
human nature, human; humaneness; human weakness/frailties
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Menschsein n humanity, humanness |
Menschwerdung f
incarnation, anthropogenesis; the brcoming of man; M. Gottes - incarnation of God
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Mensur f (-en) measure; duel (fighting); Mus: mensuration; bore; scale, scaling, diapason |
mensural adj mensural |
Mensuralmusik mensural music |
Mensuralnotation f (-en) mensural notation |
Mensuralnotenschrift f (-en) mensural notation |
Mensuration f (-en) mensuration; scale designing |
Mensurzeichen n mensural notation sign |
mental adj mental causation |
Mentale n the mental |
Mentalesisch n mentalese |
Mentalismus m mentalism |
Mentalität f (-en) mentality; way of thinking |
Mentalitätsgeschichte f history of mentalities |
Mentor m (-en) teacher, tutor; mentor |
Menuett n (-e, -s) minuet or menuet, menuetto or minuetto |
Mephistopheles m Mephistopheles, Mephistolian character |
mephistophelisch adj Mephistophelian |
Mereologie f mereology |
Meridian m meridian circle |
meridional adj meridional, meridian |
meritum Christi Lat: the merit of Christ |
merkantil adj mercantile |
merkantilisch mercantile, commercial |
Merkantilismus m mercantilism |
merkantilistisch adj mercantilistic |
Merkantilsystem n mercantile system |
merkbar adj distinct, clear, obvious; noticeable, perceivable, visible, perceptible; retainable; considerable, sizeable; appreciable; striking, marked |
Merkblatt n (-"er) leaflet; instruction(s) sheet or card; notice; slip or piece of paper |
merken vr to note, observe, note, observe, detect; to perceive; to bear in mind, to make a note of; to know, be aware of; to discover, to feel, sense |
merklich adj
perceptible; considerable; distinctly
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Merkmal n (-e)
characteristic sign, feature, attribute; (distinctive) mark, trait, property; M. Gottes - attribute(s) of Gott, divine attribute(s);
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Merkspruch m (-"e) mnemonic(al) verse, mnemonic phrase, mnemonic |
Merkur m Myth: Mercury |
Merkwort n (-"er) keyword, catchword, key, mnemonic |
merkwürdig adj
peculiar; noteworthy; curious: remarkable; strange, odd
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merkwürdigerweise adv oddly or strangely enough |
Merkwürdigkeit f (-en) noteworthiness; memorableness; peculiarity; strangeness, curiousness; comicality |
Merkzeichen n (-) sign, mark; bookmark |
Merowinger m (-) Merowingian |
merowingisch adj Merovingian |
Mesmer m (-) sacristan, sexton |
Mesmerismus m mesmerism |
Mesner m (-) sacristan, sexton |
Mesnerei f (-en) office and/or residure of sacristan or sexton |
Mesolithikum n Mesolithic period |
mesolithisch adj Mesolithic |
Mesopotamien n Mesopotamia |
Mesopotamier m (-) Mesopotamian |
mesopotamisch adj Mesopotamian |
Mesotes-Regel Lat: mesotes rule |
Messdiener m (-) altar boy; altar server; acolyte |
Messe f (-n) (holy) mass; trade fair (show) |
messen vi
to measure; to compare (an - with), to measure (an - against)
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Messer n (-) knife |
Messhemd n (-en) alb |
Messiade f (-n) epic poem on the Messiah or Christ, Messianic poem |
messianisch adj
messianic; m. Erwartung - messianic or messianist expectation
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messianische-Erwartung f messianist expectation |
Messianismus m messianism |
Messianist m (-en) messianist |
Messianität f messiahship |
Messias m
Messiah
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Messiasgeheimnis n the messianic secret |
Messiashoffnung f messianic hope |
Messing n brass |
Messung f (-en) measurement; testing |
Meßamt n (celebration of) mass |
meßbar adj measurable, magnitude |
Meßbarkeit f measurability, mensurability |
Meßbildverfahren n (-) photographic method of measuring architecture or dig sites |
Meßbuch n (-"er) missal |
Meßbuchmaler m (-) illuminator of missals |
Meßdiener m (-) acolyte, ministrant |
Meßfeier f (-n) mass |
Meßgerät n (-e) ornaments and utensils used in celebrating mass |
Meßgewand n (-"er) (liturgical) vestment, chasuble |
Meßinstrument n (-e) measuring instrument |
Meßkännchen m (-) chalice, cruet |
Meßkanon m the canon of the mass |
Meßkatalog m (-e) catalog of new publications |
Meßkelch m (-e) chalice |
Meßopfer n (-) (sacrifice of the) mass; host; missal sacrifice |
Meßrute f (-n) measuring rod |
Meßschnur f measuring line, measuring cord |
Meßstab m (-"e) measuring rod |
Meßtuch n (-"er) corporal, communion cloth |
Meßverfahren n (-) method of measurement; testing method |
Meßwein m consecrated wine |
Meßwert m (-e) test data; sitting; (measured) reading or value |
met. abr metaphorisch; metaphysisch |
Met. abr Metaphysik |
Meta-Ästhetik f meta-aesthetics |
Metabasis f metabasis |
metabolisch adj metabolic |
Metaerzählung f metanarrative |
Metaethik f metaethics |
Metakommunikation f metacommunication |
Metakritik f metacritique |
Metalinguistik f metalinguistics |
metalinguistisch adj metalinguistic |
Metalogik f metalogic |
Metametasprache f metametalanguage |
Metamodell n metamodel |
Metamorphose f (-n) metamorphosis |
Metaph. abr Metaphorik; Metaphysik |
Metapher f (-n)
metaphorical (expression)
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Metaphilosophie f metaphilosophy |
Metaphorik f use of metaphor; imagery |
metaphorisch adj metaphoric(al), figurative (expressiong, meaning, truth, etc.) |
Metaphrase f metaphrase |
metaphys. abr metaphysisch |
metaphysica Lat: metaphysic(s); beyound physics |
Metaphysik f metaphysics; M. der Sitten - metaphysics of ethisc |
Metaphysik der spekulativen Vernunft f metaphysics of speculative reason (Kant) |
Metaphysiker m (-) metaphysician |
metaphysisch adj
metaphysical; m. Grade - metaphysical degrees; m. Hinterwelt - metaphysical otherworldliness (Nietzsche); m. Wesen Gottes - metaphysical nature of God; m. Erörterung - metaphysical exposition (Kant)
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Metapsychik f parapsychology |
Metapsychologie f metapsychology |
Metaregel f meta-rule |
Metasprache f metalanguage |
Metath. abr Metathese |
Metempsychose f metempsychosis; reincarnation; transmigration (of the soul) |
meth. abr methodisch; methodistisch |
Meth. abr Methode; Methodik; Methodiker; Methodist(en) |
Methexis f methexis, participation |
MethH abbr
Methodist History. Lake Junaluska, N.C. |
METhK abbr
Magazin für evangelische Theologie und Kirche. St. Louis, Mo. |
method. abr methodistisch |
methodäutisch adj methodeutic |
Methode f (-n)
method; geschichtliche M. - historical method; hermeneutische M. - hermeneutical method; heuristische M. - heuristic method; M des Verstehen - interpretative method or verstehen
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Methodenbewußtsein n methodological awareness |
Methodendualismus m methodological dualism, dualism of methods |
Methodenlehre f methodology |
Methodenstreit m dispute or conflict about methodology |
Methodik f methodology |
Methodiker m (-) methodologist |
methodisch adj, adv
methodic(al); systematic(al); methodically; systematically
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Methodismus m Methodism |
Methodist m (-en) Methodist |
Methodistenkirche f (-n) Methodist church; die Bischöfliche M. kirche - the Methodist Episcopal Church |
Methodistenprediger m (-) Methodist preacher |
methodistisch adj Methodist |
Methodologie f (-n) method, methodology |
methodologisch adj methodological |
MethR abbr
Methodist Review. New York |
Methusalem m Methuselah |
Metonymie f metonymy |
Metope f (-n) metope |
Metrik f (-en) metrics |
metrisch metric(al) |
Metropolit m (-en) archbishop; metropolitan |
Metropolitankirche f (-n) metropolitan church; cathedral |
Metrum n (-tren, tra) Mus: metre, meter |
Mette f (-n) matin(s); midnight mass |
Meuchelmord m (-e) assassination |
Meuchelmörder m (-) assassin |
meuchelmörderisch adj assassinating, murderous, treacherous |
meucheln vr to assassinate, murder in cold blood |
Meuchelrotte f (-n) band of assassins |
meuchlerisch adj insidious, treacherous; assassinating, murderous |
meuchlings adv treacherously, insidiously |
Meute f (-n) pack of hounds; (fig) mob; pack, throng; gang; crowd |
Meuterei f (-en) mutiny |
meutern vr to mutiny, riot |
Mf abbr Musikforschung. Kassel |
MGB abbr
Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter. Karlsruhe |
MGG abbr
Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Kassel |
MGJV abbr
Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für jüdische Volkskunde. Berlin |
MGKK abbr
Monatszeitschrift für Gottesdienst und kirchliche Kunst. Göttingen |
Mgl. abr Mitglied |
M-Grammatik f Montague grammar |
mgriech. abr mittelgriechisch |
MGWJ abbr
Monatszeitschrift für Geschichte und Wissenschaft des Judentums. Breslau, u.a.
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Mh. abr Monatsheft(e) |
mhd. abr mittelhochdeutsch |
Mhe abr Monatshefte |
Mi abr
Micha, Michäas - Micah
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Mich. abr
Micha, Michäas - Micah
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Mich abr
Micha, Michäas - Micah
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Micha m (Prophet) Micah |
Michäas (Prophet) Micah |
Michael m Michael |
Michaeli n Michaelmas (day) |
Michaelis n Michaelmas (day) |
Michaelistag m Michaelmas (day), St. Michael's Day |
microcosmos Gr: microcosm; small or miniature world or universe |
Midaskomplex m Midas complex |
Midian n Midian |
midianit. abr Midianitisch |
Midianiter m (-) Midianite |
Midianiterin f (-nen) Midianite |
midianitisch adj Midianite |
Midr. abr Midrasch |
Miene f (-n) mine, expression, (face) features; countenance |
Mienenspiel n (-e) pantomime, mimicry; changing expression |
Mienensprache f mimicry; changing expression |
Miete f (-n) rent; tenancy, lease; hire; pit, clamp |
mieten vr to rent, lease; to engage; to hire |
Mietling m (-e) hireling; mercenary |
Mietpreis m (-e) (amount of) rent, rental |
Migrationstheorie f migration theory |
Mihrab m (-s) mihrab (prayer niche) |
Mikrokosmos m microcosm |
Mikrokosmus m microcosm |
Mikromacht f (-"e) micro-power |
Milch f milk |
Milchkuh f (-"e) dairy cow |
Milde f mildness, gentleness, kindness; leniency, clemency, mercy; liberalness; benevolence |
mildern to relieve, to alleviate, to ease, to sooth, to soften, to moderate, to mitigate; to become milder, soften, tone down |
mildernd pr p, adj extenuating, mitigating; euphemistic(a) |
Milderung f mitigation, softening, qualification, relaxation |
Mildtätigkeit f charity |
Mileidsmoral f morality of compassion/sympathy |
Milesische Schule f Milesian school |
milieubedingt adj environmental, due to the social background |
Milieueinfluß m (-"sse, -"e) influence of environment |
milieugeschädigt adj environmentally deprived |
Milieuschilderung f (-en) milieu portrayal; background description |
Milieutheorie f environmentalism |
militant adj militant |
Militär n military, army, armed forces, armed services |
Militärbischof m (-"e) Chief of Chaplains, Chaplain General to the Forces |
Militärbündnis n (-se) military alliance |
Militärdienst m military service |
Militärdienstverweigerer m (-) conscientious objector |
Militärdienstverweigerung f conscientious objection |
Militärdiktatur f (-en) military dictatorship |
Militärethik f military ethics |
Militärfriedhof m (-"e) military cemetery |
Militärgeistliche m (-n) army chaplain |
Militärgeneraldekan m (Protestant) Deputy Chaplain General |
Militärgeneralvikar m (Catholic) Deputy Chaplain General |
Militärgeschichte m military history |
Militärgottesdienst m (-e) service for the armed forces |
Militarismus m militarism |
Militarist m (-en) militarist |
Militärmacht f (-"e) military power |
Militärregime n military regime |
Militärseelsorge f chaplaincy (pastoral care of soldiers) |
Militärseelsorger m (-) chaplain |
Millenarismus m millenniarism, millenarianism, milleniannism, millenialism |
Milleniarismus m millenniarism, millenarianism, milleniannism, millenialism |
Millenium n millennium |
Milleniumsfeier f millennial, thousandth anniversary |
millennium Lat: a thousand years; the thousand-year reign of the redeemed or saints |
Million f (-en) million |
Millionär m (-e) millionaire |
MIM abbr
Monatsschrift für innere Mission mit Einfluß der Diakonie, Diasporapflege, Evangelisation, und gesamten Wohltätigkeit. Gütersloh |
Mimese f imitation, mimesis |
Mimesis f imitation, mimesis |
mimetisch adj mimetic (art, etc) |
Minar n (-en) minaret |
Minarett n (-e) minaret |
minder adj, adv inferior; less(er), smaller; minor |
Minderheit f (-en) minority |
Minderheitenfragen pl minority questions |
Minderheitenrechte pl minority rights |
Minderheitenschutz m protection of minorities |
mindern to lessen, reduce, decrease, diminish; to be reduced, diminish, decrease |
Minderung f (-en) reduction, depreciation |
minderwertig adj inferior; of inferior quality; poor |
Minderwertigkeit f inferior quality; inferiority |
Minderwertigkeitsgefühl n inferiority feeling or complex |
Minderwertigkeitskomplex m inferiority complex |
Mindestalter n minimum age |
Mindestanforderung f (-en) minimum requirements |
Mindesteinkommen n minimum income |
mindestens adv
at least
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Miniator m (-en) (artist who copied the text of illuminated manuscripts) |
Miniatur f (-en) miniature |
Miniaturausgabe f (-n) miniature edition; miniature version |
Miniaturmalerei f miniature painting |
Minima f minim; (half or one third of value not in mensual notation) |
minimal adj, adv minimal, trifling, insignificant; at least |
Minimal art f minimal art |
Minimalismus m minimalism |
Minimal music f minimal music |
Minimalrecht n minimal right |
Minimalstaat m minimal state |
Minister m (-) secretary; secretary of state; clergyman; cleric; ecclesiastic |
Ministeramt n ministerial office; ministerial department |
Ministerialbeamte m (-n) official in a ministry |
Ministerium n (-rien) ministry |
ministerium Lat: ministerium, body of ministers or pastors |
Ministerpräsident m (-en) premier, prime minister |
Ministrant m (-en) altar boy; acolyte |
ministrieren vr to minister; to officiate |
Minne f mine love |
Minnedienst m minneservice; homage to a lady |
Minnelied n (-er) minnesong; love song |
Minnesang m minnesong |
Minnesänger m (-) minstrel; troubador |
minoisch adj Minoan |
Minorit m (-en) Minorite |
minoritär n minority or marginal |
Minorität f (-en) minority |
MinSt abbr
Ministery Studies. Washington, D.C. |
minus adv, gen prep minus; less; deducting; Lat: minus malum - the lesser evil |
Minuskel f (-n) minuscule; smaller or lower case (letter) |
| minus malum No information yet. |
Minute f (-n) minute |
minuziös adj minute; painstaking |
Minze f mina |
MIOF abbr
Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung. Berlin |
miracula Lat: miracles, marvelous occurrences or things |
Mirakel (-) miracle |
Mirakelspiel n (-e) miracle day |
Misanthrop m (-en) misanthropist, misanthrope |
Misanthropie f misanthropy |
Mischehe f (-n) mixed marriage |
mischen vr to mix; to mingle; to blend; to combine; to adulterate; to interfere or meddle with; to join in blend; to combine; Mus: to blend (sounds) |
mischkategorisch adj mongrel-categorical |
Mischkrug m (-"e) mixing bowl |
Mischling m (-e) person of mixed blood; half-breed |
Mischlingskind n (-er) half-breed child |
Mischrasse f mixed race |
Mischtechnik f (-en) mixed technique |
Mischung f (-en)
combination; mixture
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Mischwesen n (-) composite being (a mythical being composed of various animals and humans) |
miserabel adj, adv miserable, wretched, poor; rotten; atrocious(ly) |
Misere f (-n) misery, wretchedness; desperate situation, desperate state of affairs; distress |
Miserere n Mus: Miserere |
Misericordias Domini Lat: Misericordias Domini (the second Sunday after Easter) |
Miserikordie f (-n) misericord; miserere |
Miserikordienbild n (-er) picture of Christ with a Crown of Thorns, as Man of Sorrows; mater dolorosa |
Misogynie f misogyny |
Misologie f misology (Kant) |
missa Lat: Mass; the Lord's Supper, Holy Communion |
Missal n (-e) missal |
Missale n (-lien) missal |
MissCath abbr
Missions Catholiques. Lyon |
missen vr to miss; to do without |
Missetat f (-en) sin; misdeed; crime |
Missetäter m (-) criminal; offender; evildoer, sinner |
MissGem abbr
Missionierende Gemeinde. Eine Schriftenreihe. Berlin, u.a. |
missio Lat: mission, sending out or forth |
Mission f (-en) mission; die Innere M. - home mission |
Missionar m (-e) missionary |
Missionarin f (-nen) missionary |
missionarisch adj missionary (work) |
missionieren vr to do missionary work; to missionize |
Missionologe m (-n) missiologist |
Missionsarbeit f missionary work |
Missionsarzt m (-"e) mission doctor, medical missionary |
Missionsauftrag m the Great Commission |
Missionsbefehl m the Great Commission |
Missionseifer m missionary zeal |
Missionsfeld n (-er) mission field or territory |
Missionsfest n (-e) missions day; missionary meeting |
Missionsgebiet n (-e) mission territory; mission field |
Missionsgemeinde f (-n) missionary community |
Missionsgesellschaft f (-en) missionary society |
Missionsgottesdienst m (-e) service on mission Sunday |
Missionshaus n mission (house); missionary training college |
Missionskonferenz f (-en) missionary conference |
Missionsprediger f (-en) missionary preacher |
Missionspredigt f (-en) sermon preached on mission Sunday |
Missionsrat m missionary council; der Internationale M. - the International Missionary Council |
Missionsreise f (-n) missionary journey |
Missionsschule f (-n) mission school, missionary training college |
Missionsschwester f (-n) missionary sister, missionary nun |
Missionssonntag m mission Sunday, missionary Sunday |
Missionsstation f (-en) mission, mission station |
Missionstätigkeit f (-en) missionary activity, missionary labours (of a church) |
Missionsverein m (-e) missionary society |
Missionswesen n missionary activity, missionary work, missions |
Missionswissenschaft f study of missions and missionary history |
missio Spiritus Sancti Lat: the sending forth of the Holy Spirit |
Mist m (-e) dung, manure; muck; haze |
Mistlache f (-n) dunghill, manure (pile) |
Misttor n the Dung Gate |
miß- prefix
dis-; mis-; bad; non; un-; in-
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Mißachtung f violation; disregard; disrespect; contempt; disdain |
mißbilligen vr to disapprove of, to frown on |
Mißbilligung f disapproval; rejection; censure |
Mißbrauch m abuse; misuse; misapplication |
mißbrauchen adj to misuse; to abuse; den Namen des Herrn m. - to take the Lord's name in vain |
mißdeuten vr to misinterpret; to misread; to misunderstand |
Mißdeutung f misinterpretation |
Mißerfolg m (-e) failure; fiasco; unsuccess; flop, washout
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Mißernte f (-n) bad crop; bad harvest |
mißfallen vi to displease (someone) |
Mißfallensäußerung f (-en) expression of one's displeasure |
Mißgeburt f (-en) monster; freak; monstrosity |
Mißgeschick n (-e) misfortune; bad luck |
mißglücken vr to fail; to be unsuccessful |
mißgönnen vr to begrudge (someone something) |
Mißgunst f jealousy; envy; ill will; displeasure, disfavor |
mißhandeln vr to maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat; to mishandle |
Mißhandlung f (-en) maltreatment, ill-treatment, bad treatment, mistreatment |
Mißjahr n (-e) bad year |
mißkalkulieren vr to miscalculate |
Mißklang m (-"e) discord, dissonance; cacophony |
mißlaunig adj moody; bad-tempered |
mißlungen adj failed |
Mißmut m bad mood |
Mißton m (-"e) discordant note, dissonance |
Mißtrauen n mistrust, distrust, suspicion |
Mißverhältnis n (-e) disproportion |
Mißverständlich f ambiguity |
Mißverständnis n (-se)
misunderstanding; misconception; dissension, difference
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| mit No information yet. |
Mitarbeit f
collaboration; co-operation
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mitarbeiten vr sep to collaborate; to cooperate; to assist in; to contribute to; to take part in |
Mitarbeiter m (-) co-worker, assistant; colleague; collaborator; contributor (to a journal) |
Mitautor m (-en) co-author |
mitbegründen vr sep to be one of the founders of, to contribute to |
Mitbegründer m (-) co-founder |
Mitbestimmung f co-determination, participation in the decision |
Mitbeteilung f co-partnership |
mitbeten vi sep to join in a prayer; to join in praying |
mitbetroffen vi sep implicated (as well); affected too |
mitbringen vi sep to bring along |
Mitbruder m (-") brother, fellowman |
Mitbürger m (-) fellow citizen |
Mitdasein n Dasein-with (Heidegger) |
Miteigentümer m (-) co-owener, joint owner |
miteinander adv
together; with each other, with one another, simultaneously, jointly, at the same time
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mitempfinden vi sep to sympathize with, feel with; to share |
miterbauen vr sep to build together |
Miterbe m (-n) co-heir, joint heir |
miterleben vr sep to live to see, witness; to experience something |
mitfeiern vr sep to celebrate something, to take part in celebrating something |
mitfühlen to feel or sympathized with someone |
mitfühlend pr p, adj sympathetic |
mitführen vr sep to carry or take along |
Mitgefangene m (-n) fellow prisoner |
Mitgefühl n sympathy; empathy |
Mitgenoß m (-ssen, -en) co-partner, consort, companion |
Mitgeschöpflichkeit f companionship |
Mitgl. abr Mitglied(er) |
Mitglied n (-er) member |
Mitgliederversammlung f (-en) general meeting, members's meeting |
Mitgliederverzeichnis n (-e) membership list |
Mitgliederzahl f membership, number of members |
Mitgliedsbeitrag m (-"e) membership fee, subscription, dues |
Mitgliedschaft f membership |
Mitgliedskarte f (-n) membership |
Mitgliedsstaat m (-en) member state |
mithelfen vi sep to assist (in), help (with), or lend a hand |
Mithelfer m (-) helper, assistant; accomplice; fellow worker |
Mitherausgeber m (-) co-editor, joint editor; associate editor; joint publisher |
Mitherrschaft f (-en) condominium |
Mithg. abr Mitherausgeber |
Mitkämpfer m (-) fellow warrior or combatant; comrade-in-arms |
mitklingend pr p sympathetic; resonant |
Mitknecht m (-e) fellow servant |
mitkommen vi sep to come along; to keep up (with) or be able to follow |
Mitläufer m (-) fellow traveller |
Mitläufereffekt m bandwagon effect |
mitleben vr sep to live with |
Mitleid n pity, compassion, sympathy; mercy |
mitleiden vi sep to suffer as well or at the same time; to feel for; to suffer with to sympathize |
Mitleiden n compassion, pity |
mitleidig adj, adv sympathetic(ally); compassionate(ly); pitying(ly); contemptuous(ly) |
Mitleidsethik f ethics of compassion; sympathy |
mitleidslos adj unfeeling(ly), merciless(ly), pitiless; ruthless(ly), hait |
Mitleidslosigkeit f lack of feeling, unfeeling behavior or nature; merciliness; pitilessness; ruthlessness |
mitleidsvoll adj compassionate(ly), sympathetic; pitying, contemptuous; with compassionate |
mitleidvoll adj compassionate(ly), sympathetic; pitying, contemptuous; with compassion |
mitlesen vi sep to read something with someone; to read something as well |
mitmachen vr sep to make or do something as well; to live through (a problem); to join in, participate, or take part in; to help, lend a hand; to follow suit; to take an active part (in) |
Mitmensch m (-en) fellowman; fellow (human) being |
mitnehmen vi sep to take or carry along; to pick up; to take someone along; to let someone go with one |
mitnichten adv not at all; in no way; by no means; not so |
mitreißen vi sep to sweep someone or something away; to drag someone or somehting along; (fig) to facinate, sweep away or off one's feet |
mitsamt dat prep (together or complete) with; plus |
Mitschuld f partial responsibility or guilt; joint guilt; complicity; implication (offense) |
mitschuldig adj to be partly responsible (for); to be partly blamed for or share in (something |
Mitschüler m (-) schoolmate, classmate |
Mitschülerin f (-nen) schoolmate, classmate |
mitschwingen vr sep to vibrate sympathetically or in sympathy |
Mitschwingen n sympathetic vibration; acoustic sympathy |
Mitsein n the being-with (Heidegger) |
mitsingen vi sep to sing along, join in the song |
Mitspracherecht n (right of) say; right to be heard |
mitsterben vi sep to die with |
Mitstreiter m (-) fellow soldier, comrade-in-arms |
Mitt. abr Mitteilung(en) |
Mitt.-Bl. abr Mitteilungsblatt; Mitteilungsblätter |
Mittag m (-e)
midday, noon
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mittags adv midday, noon |
Mittagsmahl n midday meal |
Mittagszeit f lunchtime; midday, noon time |
Mittäterschaft f complicity |
MittBl. abr Mitteilungsblatt; Mitteilungsblätter |
Mitte f (-n)
middle; center; medium; midst; mean
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Mitteilbarkeit f communicability |
mitteilen vr sep
to communicate, impart; to inform, tell; (refl) to share one's thoughts or ideas
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Mitteilung f (-en)
information; message; announcement; communication; notification; report; news
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Mitteilungsbedürfnis n urge, need, or desire to talk to someone or others |
Mitteilungszeichen n (-) communication-sign |
Mittel n (-) funds, resources; remedy; medicine; expedient, way, measure; means, average, medium; wealth; middle; M. und Zweck - means and ends; M. zum Zweck - means to an end; M. zum Leben - means of existence; M-Zweck-Analyse (f) - means-end(s) |
Mittelachse f (-n) middle axis |
Mittelalter n
Middle Ages
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mittelalterlich adj
medieval
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Mittelamerika n Central America |
mittelamerikanisch adj Central America |
mittelbar adj, adv
indirect; mediate
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Mittelbegriff m middle term |
Mittelbild n (-er) center picture; center panel (of an altar) |
Mittelcadenz f (-en) half cadence |
mitteld. abr mitteldeutsch |
mitteldt. abr mitteldeutsch |
mittelfristige adj medium-term planning |
Mittelgang m (-"e) center aisle |
Mittelglied n Phil: middle term |
Mittelklasse f middle class |
Mittellage f middle register (voice) |
mittellat. abr mittellateinisch |
Mittellinie f (-n) axis of drawing |
Mittelmäßigkeit f mediocrity |
Mittelmeer n Mediterranean Sea |
Mittelmeerraum m Mediterranean region |
Mittelpfeiler m (-) central pillar |
Mittelpfosten m (-) mullion; trumeau |
Mittelpunkt m (-e)
center; central point; focus
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Mittelraum m (-"e) central chamber, central room; central area |
mittels gen prep by means of, with (the help of), by way of |
Mittelsäule f (-n) central pillar |
Mittelschiff n (-e) nave, middle aisle |
Mittelschiffspfeiler m (-) nave pillar; nave pier |
Mittelschiffstonne f (-n) nave vault; barrel vault over the nave |
Mittelstand m the middle classes |
Mittelstellung f mid-position |
Mittelstufe f intermediate stage, intermediate grade |
Mitteltafel f (-n) centerpanel (of an altar) |
Mitteltor n the Middle Gate |
Mittelw. abr Mittelwort; Mittelwörter |
Mittelweg m central or middle path; der goldene M. - the golden mean, the happy medium |
Mittelwert m (-e) mean, average; value |
mitten adv in the middle, midst; in the middle; m. unter - amongst, amidst, in the midst of |
mittendrein adv into the center |
mittendrin adv right in the center |
mittendrunter adv in their midst; right underneath |
mittendurch adv through the middle |
Mitternacht f midnight; Poet: north |
mitternächtlich adj (at) midnight |
mitternachts adv at or about midnight |
Mitternachtsmesse f midnight mass |
Mitternachtsmission f the midnight rescue mission |
Mitternachtsstunde f midnight hour |
Mittfasten (pl) mid-Lent Sunday, Mid-Lent or Laetare (Sunday) |
Mittler m (-) mediator, intercessor; third party; unser M. - Christ |
mittler adj middle, central; Buddhism: mittlerer Weg - Central or Middle Way |
mittleres middle, central |
Mittlerstellung f position as mediator |
Mittlertum n mediatorship |
mittlerweile adv meanwhile; in the meantime; since then, by now |
Mittsommernacht f midsummer night; St. John's Eve |
Mittwoch m Wednesday |
mitverantwortlich adj jointly responsible; partly responsible |
Mitverantwortlichkeit f co-responsibility, joint responsibility |
Mitverantwortung f joint responsibility; partial responsibility |
Mitw. abr Mitwirkende(r); Mitwirkung; Mitwisser |
Mitwelt f common world; co-world |
Mitwirkung Gottes f participation of God |
mitzählen vr sep to take intoaccount; to include; to count with someone; to count, be of importance |
MJGL abbr
Magazin für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur. Berlin |
Mk abr Markus - Mark |
mlat. abr mittellateinisch |
Mld. abr Meldung |
MMQR abbr
Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review. New York |
MNDMG abbr
Monatsblatt der norddeutschen Missions-Gesellschaft. Bremen |
MNDPV abbr
Mitteilungen und Nachrichten des deutschen Palästina-Vereins. Leipzig |
MNGPM abbr
Magazin für die neueste Geschichte der protestantischen Missions- und Bibelgesellschaft. Basel |
moab. abr moabitisch |
Moab m Moab |
Moabiter m (-) Moabite, inhabitant of Moab |
Moabiterin f (-nen) Moabite |
moabitisch adj Moabite |
Mobilität f mobility |
Möchsgelübde n monastic vows |
Mod. abr Modell(e); Moderator; Modernismus; Modifikation; Modus; Modern |
modal adj modal; Modaladverb n (-en) - modal adverb |
Modalanalyse f modal analysis |
Modalbehauptung f modal proposition |
Modalist m (-en) modalist |
Modalität f (-en) modality, mode; procedure, arrangement |
Modalitätsschluß m modal syllogism or inference |
Modalkalkül m/n modal calculus |
Modallogik f modal logic |
modallogisch wahr adj true according to modal logic |
Modalnotation f (-s) modal notation |
Modaloperator m modal operator |
Modalrhythmus m modal rhythm |
Modalsatz m modal sentence/proposition |
Modalstruktur f modal structure |
Modalsystem n modal system |
Modalwert m modal value |
Mode (-n) fashion; fad, craze; style; vogue; custom, mode, way, use |
Modell n (-e) pattern; model; Mus: template; setter |
Modellbildung f (-en) model building |
modellieren to model; to shape; to form |
modelltheoretisch adj, adv model-theoretic(al) |
Modelltheorie f model theory |
Modephilosophie f popular or vogue or fashionable philosphy |
Moder m mold, moldering; dry rot; decay; rottenness; damp |
Moderator m (-en) moderator |
modern
modern; up-to-date; fashionable
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Moderne f modernity; Zeitalter der M. n - modern age |
modernisieren to modernize; to remodel |
Modernisierung f modernization |
Modernisierungsangst f fear of modernization; fear of change |
Modernisierungsprozeß m (-sse) modernization process |
Modernismus m modernism |
Modernist m (-en) modernist |
modernistisch modernist(ic) |
Modernität f modernity; up-to-dateness; modernness |
Modewort n (-e) in-word, vogue word, buzzword |
Modi des Absoluten pl modes of Absolute (Spinoza) M. des Seins - modes of being |
modi essendi Lat: modes or types of being |
Modul n/m modulus, module |
modular adj modulr |
Modularität f modularity |
Modus m mode |
modus Lat: method, mode, or pattern; ratio, rationale, or method |
modus agendi Lat: mode or manner of working |
modus ponens Lat: proposing method |
| modus significandi No information yet. |
modus tollens Lat: removing method |
mögen vi
to like (to), wish, desire; to care for; may, might
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mögl. abr möglich(st) |
möglich adj, adv
possible, likely; potential; feasible; practicable; eventual
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Mögliche n (the) possible or potential |
möglicherweise adv
possibly, maybe
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Möglichkeit f (-en)
possibility, chance; feasibility; opportunity; M. der Erfahrung - possibility of experience M. der Erkenntnis - possibility of cognition or knowldge; M. und Wirklichkeit - possibility and reality; potency and actuality
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Möglichkeitsbedingung f condition of possible knowledge, condition of the possibility of knowledge (Kant) |
Möglichkeitshorizont m horizon of possibilities |
Möglichsein n contingency |
moh. abr mohammedanisch |
mohammed. abr mohammedanisch |
Mohammed m Mohammed |
Mohammedaner m (-) Mohammedan; Muhammedan; Mahommedan |
Mohammedanerin f (-nnen) Mohammedan; Muhammedan; Mahommedan |
mohammedanisch Mohammedan |
Mohammedanismus m Mohammedanism |
Mohr m (-en) Moor; Ethiopian; Negro |
Mohrenland n Ethiopia |
molekular adj molecular |
Molekularbiologie f molecular biology |
Molekularsatz m molecular proposition |
Molekularsprache f molecular language |
Mollakkord m minor chord |
Moll dominante f minor dominant |
Moment m (-e)
moment (of time), instant
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Moment n (-e)
moment, aspect, element, part; momentum; motive force stage of development; factor
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mon. abr monumental |
Monade f (-n) monad |
Monadenlehre f (-n) theory of monads, monadism, monadology |
Monadologie f monadology (Leibniz) |
MonAeg abbr
Monumenta Aegyptiaca. Bruxelles |
Monarch m (-en) monarch, sovereign |
Monarchengeschlecht n (-er) dynasty of monarchs |
Monarchianer m (-) monarchian |
Monarchianismus m monarchianism; royalism |
Monarchie f (-n) monarchy; M. absolute - absolute monarcy; M. konstitutionelle - constitutional monarchy |
Monarchismus m monarchism |
Monarchist m (-en) monarchist |
monarchistisch monarchist; monarchic(al) |
Monasterium n (-ien) monastery |
Monastik f monastic |
monastisch monastic |
Monat m (-e) month |
monatlich monthly; every month; by the month |
Monatsh. abr Monatsheft(e) |
Mönch m (-e) monk, friar |
mönchisch adj monkish; monastic |
Mönchschor m (-"e) monks' choir, monks' chorus |
Mönchsgewand n (-"er) cowl; monk's habit |
Mönchskappe f (-n) monkshood |
Mönchskloster n (-) monastery |
Mönchskutte f (-n) cowl; capuche; monk's habit |
Mönchsorden m (-) monastic order |
Mönchsplatte f (-n) (monastic) tonsure |
Mönchstum n monasticism |
Mönchsweihe f consecration of a monk |
Mönchswesen n monarchism, monasticism, monastic life; monk hood |
Mönchszucht f monastic discipline |
Mönchtum n monasticism, monarchism |
Mond m (-e) moon; month; bald head |
Mondismus m monadism (Leibniz) |
Mondschein m moonlight |
Mondsichel f crescent moon |
mondsüchtig given to sleepwalking, somnambulistic; (fig) moonstruck; afflicted with insanity |
Mondsymbol n (-e) symbol of the moon; lunar symbol |
Monem n moneme |
Monetarisierung f monetarization |
Monetarismus m monetarism |
Monismus m monism; M. sprachphilosophischer - (philosophical) linguistic monism |
Monist m (-en) monist |
monistisch monistisch |
monochrom monochrome |
monochromatisch monochromatic |
Monodie f monody |
monodisch monodic(al) |
monodramatisch monodramatic |
monogam monogamous |
Monogamie f monogamy |
monogamisch monogamous |
Monogamist m (-en) monogamist |
Monogenese f monogenesis |
Monogenismus m monogenism |
Monogr. abr Monographie |
Monogramm n (-e) monogram |
Monographie f (-n) monograph |
monokausal adj mono-causal |
Monokratie f monocracy |
Monolith m (-en) monolith |
monolithisch adj monolithic |
Monomanie f monomania, obsession |
monomorph adj monomorphic, categorial |
Monomorphie f monomorphism |
monomythisch adj monomythical |
Monophysitismus m monophysitism |
Monopluralismus m monopluralism |
Monopol n monopoly |
Monopolismus m monopolism |
Monopolmacht f monopoly power |
Monopolstellung f monopoly (position) |
Monopsychismus m monopsychism |
Monotheismus m monotheism; M., pantheistischer - pantheistic monotheism |
Monotheist m (-en) monotheist |
monotheistisch monotheistic |
Monothelet m (-en) monothelite |
Monotheletismus m monotheletism |
Monothematik f monothematic structure or technique |
monothematisch adj monothematic |
monoton adj monotonous; monotonic |
MonSerr. abr Monograph Series |
Monsignore m (-ri) Monsignor(e) |
Monster n (-) monster; Monsterrede - marathon speech |
Monstr. abr Monstranz; Monstrum |
Monstranz f (-en) monstrance, pyx |
Montag m (-e) Monday |
Montage f (-n) cutting, montage |
Montague-Grammatik f Montague grammar |
Monument n (-e) monument |
monumental adj monumental |
Monumentalität f monumentality |
Moor n (-e) moor; swamp |
Moral f morality or moral code; M. der Pietät - morality of piety; M. der Zähmung - taming morality; M. der Züchtung - breeding morality; M. des Ressentiment - morality of resentment or revenge; Wandel der M. - transformation of morality; gewöhnliches M. - common moral sense or awareness |
Moralempfindung f moral sentiment |
Moralempirismus m moral empiricism |
Moralen pl moralities (Nietzche) |
Moralevolutionismus m moral evolutionism (Nietzsche) |
Moralgefühl n feeling of morality |
Moralgesetz n moral law or principle |
Moralin n hypocrisy, ostentatious morality (Nietzsche) |
moralinfreie Tugend f unpriggish (Nietzsche) |
moralisch adj moral(ly) or ethical(ly); das Moralisch-Schöne - moral beauty; m. verpflichtend - morally obligatory; m. Absicht - moral purpose; m. Begründung - moral justification; m. Beschränktheit - moral narrowness; m. Bestimmung des Willens - moral determination of the will; m. Billigung - moral approval or approbation; m. Doppelwirkung - moral double effect; m. Einheit - moral unity; m. Empfindungen - moral sensations or feelings; m. Entwicklung - moral development; m. Forderung - moral demand; m. Formen des Bösen - moral forms of evil; m. Gemeinschaft - moral community; m. Gesinnung - moral disposition; m. Pflicht - moral duty; m. Selbstgenügsamkeit - moral selfsufficiency |
moralisieren to moralize |
Moralismus m moralism |
Moralist m (-en) moralist; moral (philosopher); ethicist; moralizer |
Moralistik f ethics |
moralistisch moralistic |
Moralität f (sg) morality; Lit: morality play, (pl) moralties |
Moralitätskriterium n criterion of morality |
Moralitätsprinzip n principle of morality |
Moralkodex m moral code |
Morallehre f ethics, moral doctrine; ethical philosophy |
Moralpädagogig f moral education |
Moralphilosoph m (-er) moral philosopher |
Moralphilosophie f moral philosophy |
Moralpositivismus m moral positivism
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Moralprediger m (-) moralizer; sermonizer |
Moralpredigt f (-en) homily; moral sermon; moral lecture |
Moralprinzip n moral principle |
Moralpsychologie f psychology of moral conduct |
Moral-Sense-Theoretiker m moral sense theorist |
Moralstatistik f moral statistics |
Moraltheologe m (-n) moral theologian |
Moraltheologie f moral theology |
Moralunterricht m moral education |
Moralurteil n moral judgement |
Moralverbot n moral prohibition |
Moralverhalten n moral behaviour |
Moralwissenschaft f moral science |
Moralwort n moral word |
Mord m (-e) murder; assassination; homicide |
Mordabsicht f intent to murder or kill |
Mordanklage f murder charge |
Mordanschlag f (-"e) murder attempt |
Mordbube n (-n) murderer, assassin |
Morddrohung f (-en) threat of murder |
morden to murder; to slay |
Mörder f (-n) murderer, (fig) destroyer |
Mördergrube f (-n) den of thieves or cutthroats |
mörderisch murderous; bloody; cruel; deadly |
Mordgeschichte f (-n) murder story |
mordgierig bloodthirsty, with a list to kill |
Mordlust f desire to kill; lust for murder |
Mordverdacht m suspicion of murder |
Mordversuch m (-e) attempted murder; assassination attempt |
Mordwerkzeug n (-e) murder weapon |
Mores manners, mores, customs |
Moreske f (-n) arabesque |
Morgen m (-)
morning; dawn, daybreak; poet: morn, the east; (as a measurement of land): approximately one acre (depending on local variations, from 0.6 to 0.9)
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morgen adv
tomorrow; m. früh - tomorrow morning
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Morgen n (-) tomorrow (as future), future; Lit, poet: morrow; ein besseres M. - a better future |
Morgenandacht f (-en) morning devotion; morning service; morning prayers; matins |
Morgenland n East, Orient; die Drei Weisen aus dem M. - the Three Magi |
Morgenländer m (-) Oriental |
morgenländisch adj Oriental, Eastern |
Morgenrot n dawn; sunrise; aurora; (fig) youthful bloom; prime |
Morgenröte f dawn; sunrise; aurora; (fig) youthful bloom; prime |
Morgensonne f morning sun, morning sunshine |
Morgenstern m morning star |
Morgenstunde f (-n) early morning hour |
Morgentau m morning dew |
Morgenwache f morning watch |
Moritat f (-en) street ballad |
Mormone m (-n) Mormon |
Mormonentum n Mormonism |
morph. abr morphologisch |
Morph. abr Morphologie |
morphé f shape, form |
Morphem n morpheme |
Morphemik f morphemics |
Morphium n morphine, morphia |
morphiumsüchtig adj addicted to morphine |
Morphiumsüchtig m (-n) morphine addict |
Morphologie f morphology |
mors Lat: death |
morsch adj decayed, rotten; frail, brittle; old and decrepit, frail; disintegrated, decaying |
mors spiritualis Lat: spiritual death |
Mörtel m (-) mortar |
Mörtelfuge f (-n) mortar joint |
mörtellos f (-n) |
Mörtelmauer f (-n) mortar wall |
Mosaik n (-en) mosaic |
Mosaikreligion f patchwork religion; patchwork/ supermarket of belief |
mosaisch adj Mosaic (law, code, etc); mosaic-like |
Moschee f (-n) mosque, masjid |
Mose abr 1. Mose or 1 Mose or Gn - Genessis; 2. Mose or 2 Mose or Ex - Exodus; 3. Mose or 3 Mose or Lv - Leviticus; 4. Mose or 4 Mose or Nm- Numbers; 5. Mose or 5 Mose or Dt - Deutoronomy |
Mosesbücher (pl) the Pentateuch |
Mosessegen m the blessing of Moses |
mosl. abr moslemisch |
Moslem m (-s) Moslem, Muslim |
moslemisch adj Moslem, Muslim; Islamic, moslamic |
Moslime f (-n) Moslem, Muslim (woman or girl) |
Most m (-e) fruit juice; new wine; cider; must |
mot. abr motivieren; motiviert; motivisch |
motettenartig motet-like, in motet style |
motettisch motet-like, in motet style |
Motiv n (-e) motive, impulse; inducement, incentive, spure; drive; need; Lit, Art: motif, subject, motive; Mus: theme, motif, motive |
Motivation f (-en) motivation |
motivierend pr p, adj motivating (factor, etc.) |
motivisch motivic; motival |
Motte f (-n) moth |
mottenfräßig adj moth-eaten |
Movens n motive force, motive cause |
mozarabisch Mozarabic |
MPI abr Max-Planck-Institüt |
MRJ abbr
Mennonite Research Journal. Lancaster, Pa. |
MRP abbr
Magazin für Religionsphilosophie, Exegese und Kirchengeschichte. Helmstädt |
Mrz. abr März; Mehrzahl |
Ms. abr Monatsschrift; Manuskript(e) |
MS abr Manuskript(e) |
mschr. abr maschinenschriftlich |
M-Semantik f Montague semantics |
Ms.germ. abr Manuscriptum germanicum |
MSHTh abbr
Münchener Studien zur historischen Theologie. Kempten, u.a. |
Mskr. abr Manuskript |
MSÖRK abbr
Mitteilungen aus der Studienabteilung des ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen. Geneva |
MSRS abbr
Monatsschrift für die reformierte Schweiz. Zürich |
Mss. abr Manuskripte |
mst. abr meist(ens) |
MSt abbr
Mariologische Studien. Essen |
MSU abbr
Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens der Gesellschaft (Akademie) der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Göttingen |
Mt abr Matthäus - Matthew |
Mt. abr Berg; Mona |
MThS abbr
Münchener theologische Studien. München |
MThSt abbr
Marburger theologische Studien. Marburg |
MThZ abbr
Münchener theologische Zeitschrift. München |
MTK abbr
Monatsschrift für Theologie und Kirche. Göttingen |
mtl. abr monatlich |
Mts.-Beitr. abr Monatsbeitrag; Monatsbeiträge |
Mts.-Ber. abr Monatsbericht |
Mts.-Ztshr. abr Monatszeitschrift(en) |
Mttl. abr Mitteilung; Mittel |
Mua. abr Mundart |
Mücke f gnat, midge, fly |
mucken to utter a word; to grumble, to mutter; to budge, to move; to stir; to sulk, be sullen |
müde adj weary, tired, exhausted, fatigued, worn out |
Müdigkeit f tiredness, sleepiness; weariness, fatigue; exhaustion; lack of drive or motivation |
Muffel f (-n) muffle |
Muffelofen m (-") muffle-kiln |
Mühe f (-n) effort, trouble, pains, toil, labor |
mühen to take pains or trouble (about something) |
mühevoll adj difficult, hard; arduous; wearisome |
Mühle f (-n) mill; crusher; grinder |
Mühlstein m (-e) millstone; grindstone; quern stone |
Mühsal f (-e) toil, difficulty, trouble, hardship, affliction, distress |
mühsam adj, adv difficult, hard, tough; laborious, arduous, tiresome; laboriously, with an effort, with difficulty |
mühselig adj difficult, hard; laborious, toilsome; weary |
MuK abbr Musik und Kirche. Kassel |
Muldengewölbe n (-) (type of cloister vault which is longer than it is wide) |
Mullah m (-s) Mullah |
Müller m (-) miller |
Müllerin f (-nen) miller's wife; miller's daughter |
Multidimensionalität f multidimensionality
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multidisziplinär adj multidisciplinary |
multifaktoriell adj multifactorial |
Multifunktionalität f multifunctionality |
Multikulturalismus m multiculturality |
Multikulturalität f multiculturality |
multikulturell adj multicultural |
multilateral adj multilateral |
Multilateralismus m multilateralism |
Multilinearform f multi-linear form |
Multilingualismus m multilingualism |
Multilinguismus m multilingualism |
Multimedia multimedia |
multimedial adj multimedia |
multinational adj multinational; multiethnic |
Multiple n (-s) multiple |
multipolar adj multi-polar |
Multivalenz f multivalency |
Mumie f (-n) mummy; zu einer M. werden - to become or be mummified |
Mumienbandagen mummy wrappings |
Mumienbildnis n (-se) mummy portrait |
Mumienporträt n (-s) mummy portrait |
Mumiensarkophag m (-e) mummy sarcophagus |
Mumifikation f mummification |
mumifizieren to mummify; to embalm |
mumifiziert mummified |
Münchhausen-Trilemma n Münchhausen trilemma |
Mund m (-"er)
mouth; opening; aperture, orifice; nozzle; bell; mouth (of pot);
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munden to be delicious; to taste good; gulp down |
münden to lead to, end in; to flow into; to fall into; to run into |
Mundharmonika f (-s) mouth-organ, (mouth-)harmonica; guimbard(e); French or Jew's harp |
mündig adj politically mature; m. Bürger - citizen |
Mündigkeit f age of maturity or consent; self-determinacy/determinedness |
mündlich
oral; verbal; by word of mouth
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Mundschenk m (-e) cupbearer |
Mündung f (-en) mouth (of pot) |
mundus intelligibilis Lat: intelligible world |
mundus sensibilis Lat: sensible or material world |
Münster n (-) cathedral, minster |
munter adj lively, spirited, brisk |
Münzabdruck m (-e) impression of a coin |
Münzbild n (-er) picture on a coin |
Münze f (-n) coin |
münzen to stamp coins, to mint |
murmeln to murmur; to mutter |
murren to murmur; to grumble (über - at) |
mürrisch adj surly, sullen; disgruntled; bad-tempered |
mus. abr musikalisch; musisch |
Muse f (-n) muse |
Museologie f museology |
Museum n (-seen), abbr museum; abbr:
Museum. Leiden |
Musik f
music; band
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musikalisch adj musical, musically gifted |
Musikant m musician; fahrender M. - ministrel; vagrant musician |
Musikantiquariat n antiquarian music dealer |
Musikästhetik f musical aesthetics, aesthetics of music |
Musikbegleitung f musical accompaniment |
Musikbibliothek f (-en) music(al) library |
Musikbox-Theorie der Bedeutung f jukebox theory of meaning |
Musikdrama n (-men) music-drama |
Musiker m musician; ausübender M. - performing musician, performer |
Musikerziehung f musical education |
Musikethnologie f musical ethnology, ethnomusicology |
Musikfest n music festival |
Musikforschung f musical research |
Musikführer m musical guide |
Musikgeschichte f music(al) history, history of music |
Musikhistoriker m (-) musicologist, music historian |
Musikinstrument n (-e) musical instrument |
Musikkritik f (-en) music criticism, music critique |
Musikkritiker m (-) music critic |
Musikleben n musical life, musical activity |
Musikliteratur f musical literature |
Musiknote f (-n) musical note; music |
Musikpädagogik f music pedagogy |
Musiksoziologie f music sociology, sociology of music |
Musikstil m music(al) style |
Musikstück n (-e) piece of music, music-piece, composition, number |
Musiktheater n music theater |
Musiktheorie f theory of music, music theory |
Musikunterricht m instruction in music, music lessons; M. geben - to teach music |
Musikverein m (-e) musical society |
Musikwerk n (-e) musical work; composition |
Musikwissenschaft f musicology |
Musikwissenschaftler m (-) musicologist |
musikwissenschaftlich musicological |
musizieren vr to make music; to play music |
Muskel m (-n) muscle |
Muskelstück n (-e) tendon, sinew |
muslimisch adj Muslim |
müssen vi
must, have to; need to; ought to; should
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Muster n (-) model, example; ideal, sample; type, design, pattern |
Musterbeispiel n (-e) example; exemplar |
Muße f leisure |
müßig adj idle, lazy; (at) leisure |
Müßigang m idleness, sloth; indolence |
Müßiggang m idleness, laziness |
mut. abr mutual |
Mutation f (-en) mutation; change of voice; sound modification (with mufflers, etc.) |
mutieren vr to mutate; to change one's voice |
Mutierung f (-en)
mutation; change of voice; sound modification (with mufflers, etc.) |
mutig adj courageous, gallant, brave, valiant |
mutlos adj discouraged; disheartened; dejected, down cast; timid, fainthearted, faint |
Mutlosigkeit f discouragement; disheartenment; dejection; faintheartedness; timidity |
Mutmaßlichkeit f likelihood |
Mutmaßung f (-en) speculation |
Mutt m courage; pluck; fortitude, boldness, mettle, spirit; state of mind; mood |
Mutter f (-") mother |
Mutterbrust f mother's breast |
Mutterfürsorge f maternity welfare |
Muttergottes f Mother of God, also: Blessed Virgin, Virgin Mary, Holy Vergin, Our Blessed Lady, Madonna |
Muttergottesbild n madonna |
Muttergottesikone f (-n) icon of the Modonna (or Virgin) |
Mutterherz n mother's heart |
Mutterinstinkt m maternal instinct |
Mutterkirche f (-) the Mother Church, mater ecclesia |
Mutterkult m mother worship |
Mutterland n mother country |
Mutterleib m womb; uterus |
mütterlich adj motherly, maternal |
Mutterliebe f mother love |
mutterlos adj motherless |
Mutter Maria f Virgin Mary; Our Blessed Lady |
Muttermörder m (-) matricide, someone who kills one's mother |
Mutterrecht n right of mother(hood), mother right; matriarchy |
Mutterschaf n (-e) ewe |
Mutterschaft f motherhood |
Mutterschoß m womb; mother's lap |
Muttersprache f mother tongue, native tongue |
Muttertag m Mother's Day |
Muttertier n (-e) mother (animal); female lamb; female goat |
Mutulus m (-li) mutule |
Mutwille m wantonness; mischievousness |
mutwillig wanton; petulant; mischievous |
MVäG abbr
Mitteilungen der vorderasiatischen (vorderasiatisch-ägyptischen) Gesellschaft. Leipzig |
MVEL abbr
Monatsblatt der Vereinigung der Evangelisch-Lutherischen innerhalb der preussischen Landeskirche. Berlin |
MWAT abbr
Missionswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen und Texte. Münster |
MWF abbr
Missionswissenschaftliche Forschungen. Gütersloh |
MWG abbr
Mensch, Welt, Gott. Ein Aufbau der Philosophie in Einzeldarstellungen. Freiburg, Breisgau |
MWKA abbr
Mitteilungen der Wiener katholischen Akademie. Wien |
MWRW abbr
Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft. Münster |
MWSt abbr
Missionswissenschaftliche Studien. Gütersloh |
myk. abr mykenisch |
Mykene Mycenæa |
mykenisch Mycenæan |
Myrrhe f myrrh |
Myrrhenberg m the mountain of myrrh |
Myrte f (-n) myrtle |
Myrtenzweig m (-e) branch from a myrtle |
myst. abbr mysteriös; mystisch |
mysteria fidei Lat: mysteries of the faith |
Mysterienkult m mystery cult |
Mysterienreligion f (-en) mystery religion |
mysterifizieren vr to mystify |
Mysterium n (-rien)
mystery
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Mystifikation f mystification |
mystifizieren vr to mystify |
Mystik f
mysticism; mystic; Deutsche M. - German Mysticism
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Mystiker m (-)
mystic
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mystisch adj
mystic(al); m. Einheit - mystical union or unity; m. Unfaßbarkeit - mystical ineffability; m. Vereinigung - mystical union
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Mystizismus m mysticism |
myth. abbr mythisch; mythologisch |
Myth. abbr Mythologie; Mythos; Mythus |
MyTh abbr
Mystische Theologie. Jahrbuch. Klosterneuburg, u.a. |
MythBibl abbr
Mythologische Bibliothek. Leipzig |
Mythe f (-n)
myth; fable
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Mythenforschung f mythology |
mythenhaft adj mythical |
Mythenkunde f
mythology
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mythenschaffend adj mythopoeic, mythopoetic |
Mythentheorie f (-n) theory of myths, myth theory |
mythisch adj
mythical
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Mythologe m (-n) mythologist, mythicist |
Mythologie f (-n) mythology |
mythologisch adj mythologic(al) |
Mythos m (-then)
myth
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Mythus der (-then)
myth
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Mz. abr Mehrzahl |
Mzs. abr Monatszeitschrift |
Mzss. abr Monatszeitschriften |