German - English dictionary of useful terms
generously supplied by Charles A. Stapleton of the University of South Alabama
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Balken | bean,rafter,joist | ||
ab | off,down,from | bandformigen | series of bands | |
Adreolenforamanen | areola foramen | bauchig | convex, "with a belly" | |
aggregat | aggregate | bedeutend | meaningful | |
ähnliche | similar,like,analogous | bedürfen |
be or stand in need of, require |
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ähnliche wie | just like,similar to | befinden | to find,think proper | |
allgemein | general,common,as a whole | begrenzt | restricted,limited | |
allmaklich | gradual,by degrees | bei | at,near,by,on,about | |
als | as,when,than | beide | both,either | |
andererseits | otherwise | beiderseitig | on both sides | |
anderseits | on the other hand | beim | at or with the | |
angedeutet (deuten) | to point at,indicate,interpet | Bereich | reach,range,field | |
angeheften | fasten,fix(to) | beschreibung | description | |
angeordnet | arrange | beshehen | consist of | |
anliegen | to lay next to,be connected to | besonders | separate,special | |
annaherend | nearly, approaching | Bestimmungsschlüssel |
key to determine the family |
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Apikal Porenfelde | apical pore field | betroffen (triffen?) | perplexed,puzzled | |
Apikalachse | apical axis | Binnengewässern | inland waters | |
Apikalebene | apical plane | Binnenlande | inland | |
areolenfreier | free of areola | bis | till,until,up,to | |
Art | species | bis an | up to | |
arten | species | bis um | up to approximately | |
artig (end of word) | resembling | bis zu | up to | |
auch | also,to,as well | bisweilen |
sometimes,at times, now and then |
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aufwuchs | the growth,growing up | biz | up to | |
Aufwuchspflanze | growth plant | blättert | leaf,thumb through | |
aufzulosen | dissolve | bleibt | to remain,stay | |
ausdehnung | expansion,extension,dimension | bogen, gebogt | curved, bowed | |
ausgetriebenen Seiten | pushed out | Borste | seta | |
ausnahmslos | without exception | brechen | to break,crush | |
aussenseite | outside | Breite | breadth | |
ausserdem | besides,moreover | breiter | broad | |
ausserhalb | outside,beyond | Buschel | tuft,cluster | |
auzergewohnlich | unusual,exceptional,remarkable | Buschelartig | tufted | |
Axialrippe | axial costa | Cingulum | girdle | |
bald | soon,shortly | da | here | |
Balkchen | struts,a little beam,trabecula | dach | ceiling | |
dafür | therefor,on the other hand,for that | entwickelt | developed | |
dagegen | contrary or against it | Epicingulum | epigirdle | |
damit | with it or with them,thereby | Erde | earth,soil | |
dann | then | Erhebungen | elevation | |
darauf | upon it,or them | erkälten | cool,chill,to have a cold | |
darüber | above it,over it | erkennbare | recognizable,discernable | |
Dauerspore | resting spore | erkennen |
to perceive, distinguish,discern |
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davon | of it | erscheinend | appearing | |
dazu | for it or them,for that purpose | Erscheinung |
manifestation, appearance |
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denn | for,because | ersichtlicht | obvious,clear | |
der Dunst | vapor,haze,mist | Erstlingzelle | initial cell | |
der Schatten | the shade,shadow | erweitert |
to enlarge,widen, expand,extent |
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derartig | such,of that kind | Eschenholz | oakwood | |
deutlich | distinct,clear,plain,evident | etwas | something,somewhat | |
deutlich | clearly | fadenformig | filiform,filamentos | |
Diatotepum | diatotepum- | Fadenraphe |
filiform raphe (filament shape) |
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distal | distant | falls | in case,provided | |
Dorn (der) | spine | Falte | fold,wrinkle,bend | |
Dornchen | spinule | Farbe(die) | color,tint,hue | |
dort | there,over there | fast | almost,nearly | |
dünn | thin,dilute,slender,rare | Federrippe | key costa | |
Dunst(der) | fog,vapor,haze,mist | fehlt | lacks | |
durch | through,by,owing to | Felsen | rock,cliff | |
durchdringen | to penetrate | Fenster | window | |
Durchmesser | diameter | feucht |
moise,humid, damp,wet |
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eindeutig | plain,clear | feuchte Erde | wet earth | |
einer | one of them | flach | flat | |
eingeschnurt | to shrink,tightly bound | fleissended | flowing?? | |
einige | some | Flugalkanal | alar canal | |
einzeln | single | Flugel | wing | |
Einzelreihe | a single row | fluvial standorte | fluvial habitat | |
einzige | only | Foramen |
foramen (a small opening or orifice) |
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Enden | the end,end | Fortsatz (der) |
projection,appendix, process |
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Endknoten | terminal nodule | fundortsangaben | habitat indication | |
Endspalte | terminal fissure | Furche (die) |
ridge,groove,sulcus, channel,wrinkle |
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eng | narrow,close,tight | gar nicht | not at all | |
entfernt | distant,removed | Gattungen |
genus,type,species, family,race?? |
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Gebiet-e | terrority,region e-terrorities | Intermissio | internal central fissure | |
geflecktes | spotted | Interspatium | interspace | |
gegenuberliegend | to lie opposite,face | Isolieter Punkt | isolated punctum | |
gegenwärtig | present,at present? | jedem | each,every | |
gekreuzt | crossed,decussate | jedoch |
however,yet nevertheless |
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gemein | common,general,ordinary | jemand | someone | |
genähert | brought near???? | Kanalraphe | canal raphe | |
geordnet | orderly,systematic | Kanalwand |
canal wall,partition, septum,side |
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gerade | straight | kaum | scarcely,hardly | |
geschlossen | closed | keil | crest of sternum | |
Gestalt (die) | form,figure,shape,aspect | keilformig | branchiform? | |
gestreift | strips | ketten | chain | |
Gewässe (die) | water | Keulenförmig |
clubshape,clavate, claviform |
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gewellt | wavy or corrugated | kielformig |
cuneate: triangular or wedge shape |
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gewohnlich | usual,customary,common,general | Kielpunkt | keel puncta | |
gewolleten | arched,vaulted,domed,convex | Knote(n) | nodule(s) | |
gezogen | drawn, pulled, extracted | Komplexraphe | complex raphe | |
gleichgültig | indifference,balanced | Konzentrisch | concentrically | |
Gleichmassig | symmetrical,regular,even,uniform | kopf |
head,top,crown, capitate |
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Gliederung(die) | classification | kopfig (at end of word) | headed | |
grob | approximate,rough,coarse,thick | kraftig | strong,powerful | |
Grösse | size,magnitude | kreisrund | circular or obicular | |
Gurtlansicht | girdle view | kreuzend | to hybridize,cross | |
halb kreis | semicircle | krum, gekrummt | bent | |
halbkreis | half circle | kurz | short,brief | |
halbkreisförmigen | semicircular | Kustengebiet | coastal area | |
halbseitig | relating to one side | lang | long | |
haufig | abundant | Länge(die) | the length | |
Häufiger | more often | Langsbander | longitudinal valve | |
heizung | heating,central heating | Längslinie | long line,lineage,descent | |
heraus | out,from within,forth | Längsrippen-längs |
längs-along; rippen-ribs, costa |
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hier nur wenige | here only a few,little,small, | lanzettlich | lanceolate, pennate | |
hierzu | here to,to this,moreover | leben | to live,exist | |
Höhe | height,altitude,elevation | leicht | light,slight,moderate | |
innen | within,in | liegen | lie,be positioned | |
innere Schale(n) | internal valve(s) | Lippenforstatz | labiate process | |
innerhalb | inside,within | Luft | air | |
Luft-wassergrenzbereich | air/water boundry | Pore | pore,pit,foramin | |
mal | time,occasion | Portula | portula | |
manchmal | sometimes | Punkt | puncta | |
Mantelrand | mantle border | punktierte | dotted | |
massenhaft | vast | punktierte gestreiftes | dotted strip | |
massig | massive,bulky,solid | Punktreihe | divided puncta??? | |
mässig | moderate,terperate,reasonable | Querbinde | facia (fascie:band) | |
Mässigkeit | moderation,termperance | Querwände |
transverse wall, partition,section |
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Medianraphe | central raphe | Rand (der) |
edge,border,rim, margin,boundry |
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Medianrippe | central sternum | Randzone (die) | peripheral zone,mantle? | |
mehr | more | Raphenaste | raphe branch | |
mehr als | more than | Raphenkanal | raphe canal | |
mehrs order wenigar | more or less | Raphenkiel | raphe keel | |
meisten | for the most part,usually | Raphenleiste | raphe ledge | |
meisten fällen | in most cases | Raphenrippe | raphe rib | |
Melden | report | Raphenschlitz | raphe slit | |
merkmal | indication,characteristic,mark | Raphenspalte | raphe fissure | |
mittelfeld | midfield | Raphenturchen | apical furrows | |
mittler | middle,central,average,mean | rechteckig | rectangle | |
Moose | moss | recteckig | right angled | |
Mulde (die) | basin,bowl,hollow | Regel (der) | rule,principal,standard | |
nach | after,following | regelmässig | regular,ordinary,normal | |
Namenverzeichnis | name index | Reihe | line,row | |
Nebenstigma | secondary stigma | reihen | to arrange in a row | |
nehenan | next door,close by | Rippe (die) | rib,costa | |
noch | still,yet | Rolle | role | |
num | number | rund |
round,about,approx., even of #'s |
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nun | now | salz | salt | |
nur je eine (je) | (je-each) only one each | Salzseen | salty lake | |
Nut und Federraphe | key and slot raphe | Schale | valve,shell,frustule | |
ob | whether,if | Schalenfläche (die) | shell surface or face | |
oberhalb | above | Schaleninnenseite | shell inner-side | |
ohne | without | Schalenmantel | valve mantle | |
Paare | pair,two,couple | Schatten (der) | shadow | |
Perizonium | perizonium | Schlüsselgruppe | key group | |
Pervalvarachse | pervalvar axis | schmal | narrow,thin | |
Polkappe | terminal cap | Schnabelartig (der) | beaklike or rostrate | |
Schnabelformig | beakshaped,rostrate | Stutzen (der) | connecting piece,connection,union | |
schnitt | cut,slit | Stutzenfortsatz (der) |
strutted or connecting process |
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schnuren | to tie up,string,constrict | sumpfureisen | swamp meadow | |
schräge | slanted | teil |
parts,layers or components |
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schwach | weak,feeble,delicate,faint | Teilen |
to divide,separate, sever,share |
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See | lake | Teilweise |
partly,fractional, partially |
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Seite | side,face,flank,page | Terminalrippe | terminal costa | |
seiten | side,face | Thekengurtel | girdle (cingulum) | |
seitig | lateral | tomaten farbig | tomato colored | |
seitlich | side,lateral | trammelförmig | drumshaped | |
seitlichgleich | equilateral,symmetrical | Transapikalachse | transapical axis | |
selten | seldom | Transapikalebene | transapical plane | |
seltener | rarer | Transapikalrippe | transapical rib | |
selter | rarely | Transapikalstreifen | transapical striae | |
sich | himself,herself,itself | Transapikalwand | wall (partition) | |
sichtbar | visible | trennen | to separate,divide,part | |
sickert | trickle,ooze | treten(v): vertreten |
to replace,strain, represent, sprain |
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Sieb | sieve,screen | Trinnlinie | seperation line | |
Siebmembran | hymen (velum) | Tritt (treton) | steps,slot,track | |
Silikatschicht | silica layer? | trocken | dry | |
Sippen (die) | relation,tribe,set (species) | Trog (der) | trough,cup | |
soweit | as far as | ubergang | passage,crossing | |
sowohl | as well | Ubergehen |
to cross over, pass over |
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spalten | cleave, split, crack, rend, fissure | Uberprufung (der) |
examine,investigate, study,review |
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spielen | plays | Überrieselte |
to irrigate i.e., (wet rock) |
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spitz | pointed or acute | ubersehen | overlooked | |
spitz, -ig | pointed | übrigen | others | |
spitze | point,peak,tapering | um ein | around | |
spitzer | sharpener, sharper? | umgehen |
surround,enclose, environ |
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standorten | habitats | Umriss | outline | |
stark | strong | unregelmazig |
not regular,orderly or normal |
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Stigmoid | isolated punctum | unsicher | uncertain | |
streifen | striate | unsichtbar | invisible | |
stumpf | blunt,obtuse,flush,dull | unterbrochen |
interrupted,broken ,intermittent |
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Stumpf (der) | stump,stub | Untergattung | subspecies,subgenus | |
Sturkturloses | structureless | unterhalb | below,beyond | |
Stutze (die) | support,stay | unzütreffend | incorrect,wrong | |
Valvarebene | valvar plane | wellig | wavy | |
Verbaltness | ration,relation,proportion | wenig | small,little | |
Verbindung | union,combination | wenige | a few | |
Verbindungsdorn | linking, spine | weniger | less | |
Verbindungsoffnung | passage pore | wer | who,which | |
verbreiten | to spread,disperse,distribute | werdend | to become | |
verbreitern | to widen out,broaden | wichtig |
essential,important, significant |
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verbreitet | widespread, distributed | wie | how | |
verbundenen | combine | z.B. | for example | |
vergezogen | projecting | zart (-lich) | delicate, fine (-ly) | |
Vergleich | comparison | zarten | soft | |
vergleichsweise | by way of comparison | zeichnung |
pattern,drawing, design |
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verhältnis | relation,proportion,ratio | zeitweilig (adj) | temporary | |
verkettet | interlinked | Zellgurtel | girdle | |
verkiesein | to salicity | Zelln, Zellen | cell,cells | |
verkieselung | salicification | Zellwand (Frustule) | frustule | |
verkurzen | to shorten,lessen,curtail,contract | Zentralknoten | central nodule | |
Verlauf (der) | course | Zentralspalte | central fissure | |
verlaufende (verlauf) (ende) | to end,terminate,conclude | zergröckelt | crumble to pieces | |
verläuft | proceed,occur,expire | ziemlich |
suitable,fairly, moderate |
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verschmalert | narrow,reduce | zueinander | to one another | |
verstärkter | to stengthen,enlarge,increase | zumeist |
in most cases, generally |
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Vertiefrengen | deepening,depression | zumuten | expect,ask | |
12"> Vertiefung | cavity,niche,hollow,depression | zur (zu der) | to the | |
Voigt-Diskordanz | Voigt fault | zuruckgebogen | bent back | |
von | of,from | zusammen | together,jointly | |
voneinender | from one to another | zusammenfassende | to summarize | |
vor | before,ahead of,in front of | zutreffend | agree,happen,take place | |
vor einem Jahr | a year ago | zuweilen | now and then | |
vordezogen | drawn out in front of? | Zwichenband | intercalary band | |
vorkommen | occur,happen,to be found | |||
vornehmen | (reflexive) always | |||
wahrscheinlich | probably,likely,plausible | |||
weit | wide,large,vast,far | |||
weiter | futher,wider | |||
weitverbreitet | very common | |||
Welle(n) | wave(s) |