- abnegation – verzicht, entsagung
- abundance – reichtum, überfluss
- accismus – akkismus, vortäuschen etw. nicht zu wollen obwohl das nicht der fall ist
- aeipathy – a continued passion; an unyielding disease
- aficionado - person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about a subject
- alacrity - eifer, bereitwilligkeit
- alexithymia – difficulty in experiencing, expressing, and describing emotional responses
- aliquot - portion of a larger whole
- aplomb – selbstbewusstsein, souveränität, gelassenheit
- apotheosis – perfektes beispiel; erhebung zu göttlichem status
- apprehension – ahnung, befürchtung
- aprosexia - inability to concentrate on anything
- arbitrage – kursunterschied; ausnutzung von preisunterschieden
- aspersion - an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something
- avarice - gier, geiz
- benevolence – gutmütigkeit
- bigot - Fanatiker, intoleranter Mensch (akzeptiert nur eigene Ansichten)
- buttress - stützpfeiler (auch figurativ)
- calumniator - verleumder
- carriwitchet - absurd question, quibble, conundrum, pun, piece of jocularity or facetiousness
- catharsis - the process of expressing strong feelings that have been affecting you so that they do not upset you any longer
- codswallop – quatsch, unsinn
- cohort - group of people with a shared characteristic
- collocation - a sequence of words or terms that co-occur often
- compound-word - zusammengesetztes wort
- concession - zugeständnis, entgegenkommen, genehmigung
- confluence – zusammenfließen, einmündung
- cryptomnesia - when a memory is perceived as an original idea
- denouement – ausgang (einer geschichte), lösung
- diatribe - hetzrede
- distaff - the stick onto which wool or flax is wound in spinning, also figurative for women's work
- drapetomania - an overwhelming urge to run away
- dysania - extreme difficulty getting out of bed
- eccedentesiast - a "professional smiler" (insincere and merely putting on a show)
- edifice - gebäude
- efflorescence – anflug, verwitterung
- endeavour - bestreben
- epiphyte - parasite minus the causing harm part
- epithet – substitute word for a character e.g. 'the writer', 'the taller man'
- epitome – inbegriff
- equilibrium – gleichgewicht, ausgleich
- euhemerism - mythologie = alteration/überzeichnung historischer events
- eunoia - state of perfect mental health
- facetiousness – scherzhaftigkeit
- frisson – schauer (der erregung/aufregung)
- frogging - unraveling stitches in knitting
- gaucherie – taktlosigkeit
- gimmick - trick intended to attract attention
- gimmickry - gimmicks collectively; the use of gimmicks
- glut – fülle, überfluss
- gobbledygook – geschwafel
- hendiadys - a figure of speech using two nouns/adjectives joined by "and" instead of a noun + modifier (nice and warm = nicely warm)
- hoisery - strumpfwaren
- holophrase - expressing a complex idea with a single word
- hovel - Bruchbude
- hubris – anmaßung, überheblichkeit, hybris
- hullabaloo – gedöns, tohuwabohu
- hypocorism - practice of using a pet name, spitzname
- idiom – ausdrucksweise
- idiosyncrasy - (persönliche) eigenart, besonderheit
- incertitude – unsicherheit
- irreverence – missachtung, geringschätzung
- isthmus (> tombolo) - a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas
- itinerary – route, reiseverlauf
- jaundice - ikterus, gelbsucht
- jocularity – witzigkeit, heiterkeit
- laceration – schnittwunde
- larceny – diebstahl
- lethe – a condition of forgetfulness; oblivion
- machismo – männlichkeitswahn
- metacognition - Auseinandersetzung mit eigenem Denken und Erkennen
- minutae – details, einzelheiten
- misanthropy – menschenhass
- molar - backenzahn
- morbidezza – delicacy or softness in the representation of flesh
- mundanity – alltägliches, normalität
- mutiny - meuterei
- narcohypnia – numbness when waking
- nemophilist – a haunter of the woods, one who loves the forest with ist beauty and solitude
- neoterist - erfinder neuer wörter
- nepotism – nepotismus, vetternwirtschaft
- nimrod - inept person
- nincompoop – einfaltspinsel, trottel
- oligarchy - society governed by a small group of people (determined my royalty, wealth, etc.)
- Ornithomancy - reading omens from the actions of birds (not like that's actually a thing anyone ever uses but still, good to know.)
- paganism - unterschiedliche formen des glaubens an mehrere götter
- panacea – wundermittel
- panache - elan, großtuerei, federbusch
- panegyric(al) - a speech/written piece praising something
- panopticon - special type of prison where one watchman can observe all inmates without their awareness
- paraphernalia - stuff, things
- petrichor – scent of rain on dry earth
- petulance – launenhaftigkeit, gereiztheit
- pigsty - dreckbude, schweinestall
- plethora – überfluss, fülle
- plutocracy/plutarchy - (a form of oligarchy) society governed by small group of wealthiest people
- populace - bevölkerung
- powwow - versammlung, besprechung, 'kriegsrat' to solve problem
- precedent - präzedensfall
- preeminence – überlegenheit, vormachtsstellung
- proclivity (for) - hang, neigung, schwäche (für)
- promontory - raised mass of land, declined abruptly from only one side
- propensity (of doing/to) - neigung (zu)
- quandary - a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
- quiddity – wesen (art und weise)
- ramifications - konsequenzen, auswirkungen
- rantipole – rücksichtslose, junge person
- rebuttal – widerlegung
- reification - verdinglichung, konkretion, reifikation
- remontant - blooming more than once a season
- resistentialism - theory that inanimate objects are hostile toward human beings
- sagacity - klugheit, scharfsinn
- samaritan – seelsorger
- saudade – nostalgic longing for sth. that was loved and then lost and might never return
- scintilla – a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
- sphallolalia – flitrtatious talk that leads nowhere
- sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia - ice cream headache
- stanchion - [barrieren bei z.b. rotem teppich]
- tacenda – things better left unsaid; matters to be passed over in silence
- taradiddle – blödsinn
- tchotchke - schnickschnack, decorative trinket
- tedium - the state or quality of being tedious/boring (tedium of a car trip)
- temerity – kühnheit, unbesonnenheit
- tombolo (> isthmus) - narrow strip of land connecting land to an island
- trepidation – erschütterung, beklemmung
- truncheon - schlagstock, knüppel
- uncanny valley – paradox erscheinender effekt in der akzeptanz von dargebotenen figuren
- vagrant - [tier außerhalb seines normalen lebensraums]
- vaticination – prophezeihung
- vendetta (against sth) - fehde, rachefeldzug
- verbiage - geschwätz, floskel
- verbosity – wortfülle
- vernalagnia - a romantic mood brought on by spring
- vigilante - ordnungshühter
- vinculum - unifying bond or link
- vocation - a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation
- xenophobia – fremdenhass
- xylography - holzschnitt
oct 2 2012 ∞
apr 30 2017 +