Zusammengesetzte Wörter: white | whiting |
WordReference English-German Dictionary © 2026:
| black and white n | (grayscale) | Schwarzweiß Nn |
| | He asked the director why she had chosen to use black and white for her movie. |
| | Er fragte die Regisseurin, wieso sie sich entschieden hatte, ihren Film in Schwarzweiß zu machen. |
black and white, black-and-white adj | (in grayscale) | schwarzweiß Adj |
| Anmerkung: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Black-and-white photography relies on composition rather than color. |
| | Schwarzweiß Fotografie beruht sich mehr auf die Zusammensetzung, als auf die Farben. |
black and white, black-and-white adj | figurative (clear, defined) | klar Adj |
| | | eindeutig Adj |
| | The situation may seem very black and white to you, but actually it's more complicated. |
| | Die Situation erscheint dir vielleicht klar, aber es ist schon komplizierter. |
black and white, black & white n | US, informal (police car) (Slang, abwertend) | Bullenkarre Nf |
| | | Polizeiauto Nn |
| black-and-white photography n | (taking photos without colour) | Schwarzweißfotographie, Schwarzweisfotografie Nf |
| | He specialized in black-and-white photography. |
bleed [sb] dry, bleed [sb] white vtr + adj | figurative (spend all [sb]'s money) | die Haare vom Kopf fressen Rdw |
| | | ausnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | Between them, my six kids have bled me dry! |
butternut, white walnut n | US (type of edible nut) | Walnuss Nf |
| | | Butternuss Nf |
| | John prepared a side dish of butternuts. |
butternut, white walnut n | US (nut tree: North America) | Butternussbaum Nm |
| | | Graue Walnuss, Weiße Walnuss Adj + Nf |
| | | Graunussbaum Nm |
| | Marsha walked through a forest of butternuts. |
butternut, white walnut n | US (wood of butternut tree) | Butternussholz Nn |
| | | Walnussholz Nn |
| | Tim made a table out of butternut. |
calico (US), tortoiseshell-and-white (UK) n as adj | (cat: with colored markings) | weiß, braun und schwarz Rdw |
| | | mehrfarbig Adj |
| | The cat gave birth to one calico kitten and two white. |
| egg white n | (albumen: non-yolk part of an egg) | Eiweiß Nn |
| | (veraltet) | Eiklar Nn |
| | You can't make meringues without egg whites. |
| | Ohne Eiweiß kann man kein Schaumgebäck machen. |
| go white vi + adj | (face: become pale) | weiß im Gesicht werden Rdw |
| | | blass werden Adj + Vt |
kingfish, white croaker n | (zoology: California fish) | Cobia Nm |
| | | Königsfisch, Offiziersfisch Nm |
| lily-white adj | figurative (pure) | rein Adj |
| | | unberührt Adj |
| | | unbefleckt Adj |
| lily-white adj | (very pale) | blass Adj |
| | | sehr weiß Adv + Adj |
| milk-white adj | (cool shade of white) | milchweiß Adj |
nonwhite, non-white adj | (of ethnic origin other than white) | farbig Adj |
| | | nicht weiß Adv + Adj |
off white, off-white adj | (whitish: greyish or yellowish white in colour) | gebrochen weiß, schmutzig weiß Adj + Adj |
| | | cremefarben Adj |
| | | weißgrau, grauweiß Adj |
| Anmerkung: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
off white, off-white n | (greyish- or yellowish-white colour) | Eierschale Nf |
| | | Weißgrau, Grauweiß Nn |
| Snow White n | (female character in a fairy tale) | Schneewittchen En |
| | Snow White bit into the poisoned apple and fell fast asleep. |
| snow-white adj | (pure white in color) | schneeweiß Adj |
| | | so weiß wie Schnee Rdw |
| | When I get married, I want to wear a snow-white wedding dress and carry a big bouquet. |
| snow-white adj | figurative (pure, innocent) | unschuldig Adj |
| | (übertragen) | unberührt Adj |
| | (übertragen) | rein, sauber Adj |
| | Veronica's had a lot of boyfriends; she's not as snow-white as she seems. |
| white ash n | (tree) (ugs) | Esche Nf |
| | | Weißesche Nf |
| white blood cell n | (white corpuscle, leukocyte) | weißes Blutkörperchen Adj + Nn |
| | (Medizin) | Leukozyte Nf |
| | As she recovered, her white blood cell count dropped into the normal range. |
| white bread n | (bread baked with bleached flour) | Weißbrot Nn |
| | Wholewheat bread is more nutritious than white bread. |
| white chocolate n | (confection made with cocoa butter) | weiße Schokolade Adj + Nf |
coffee with milk (US), white coffee (UK) n | (coffee with milk added) | Milchkaffee Nm |
| | I don't like tea; I prefer white coffee with sugar. |
| white elephant n | figurative (unwanted item) | Ramsch Nm |
| | | Krempel Nm |
| | | Trödel Nm |
| white elephant sale n | (sale of unwanted items) | Flohmarkt Nm |
| | | Verkauf ungewollter Gegenstände Rdw |
| | They're having a white elephant sale at the village hall tomorrow. |
| white fish n | (term for many varieties of edible fish) | Speisefisch Nm |
| | | weißer Fisch Adj + Nm |
| white goods npl | (household appliances) | Haushaltsgerät Nn |
| | White goods often go on sale after Christmas. |
| white goods npl | US (bed sheets) | Bettlaken Nn |
| | | Weißwaren Npl |
| | The company manufactures white goods for hotel bedrooms. |
| white hair n | (hair with white color) | weiße Haare Adj + Npl |
| | Fred was a tall man with white hair. |
| the White House n | (official residence of US President) | Das Weiße Haus En |
| | President Obama and family were the residents of the White House from January 2009 to January 2017. |
white lie, little white lie n | (fib) | Lüge Nf |
| | | Schwindel Nm |
| | | falsche Aussage Adj + Nf |
| | His baby was ugly, but I told a little white lie and said it was cute. |
white noise, white sound n | (steady background noise) | weißes Rauschen Adj + Nn |
| white paper n | (official document) (vage) | Dokument Nn |
| | | Weißbuch Nn |
| | White papers are issued by governments, companies, or other important organizations. |
| white privilege n | (racial injustice) | Bevorzugung Weißer Nn + Npl |
| | | privilegierte Weiße Adj + Npl |
| | | Privilegien der Weißen Rdw |
white pudding, oatmeal pudding n | UK (type of sausage) | Blutwurst Nf |
| | White pudding is made of pork meat and fat, together with oatmeal, bread, and suet. |
| white space n | (radio frequency) | Leerraum Nm |
| | | Weißraum Nm |
| white space n | (page layout: blank space) | Weißraum Nm |
white space, whitespace n | slang (business: untapped opportunity) | ungenutzte Möglichkeit, ungenutzte Chance Adj + Nf |
| white tie n | (men's formal dress) | Anzug Nm |
| | | Frack Nm |
| | I'll be wearing white tie to the mayor's ball. |
| white tie n | (men's bow tie) | weiße Krawatte Adj + Nf |
| | | weißer Schlips Adj + Nm |
| | Ron was wearing a white tie with his tux. |
white trash, poor white trash n | pejorative, offensive, informal, US (poor white people) (beleidigend!!) | weiße Pack Adj + Nn |
| white water n | (fast-moving foamy water) | Wildwasser Nn |
| | White water rafting is a very adventurous sport. |
| white water rafting n | (kayaking on fast-flowing river) | Wildwasserfahrt Nf |
| | My friends and I went white water rafting on the New River last summer. |
| white wine n | (pale alcoholic drink made from grapes) | Weißwein Nm |
| | She sat at the bar drinking a glass of white wine. |
| | Sie saß an der Bar und trank ein Glas Weißwein. |
| white woman n | (adult Caucasian female) | weiße Frau Adj + Nf |
| | | Weiße Nf |
| white-collar adj | figurative (professional, middle class) | mittelständisch Adj |
| | | professionell Adj |
| | | fachkundig Adj |
| | This is a white-collar area. |
white-collar crime, US: white-collar offense, UK: white-collar offence n | (law: nonviolent crime) | Wirtschaftskriminalität Nf |
| white-collar worker n | (office employee, clerical worker) | Büroangestellter Nm |
| | | Büroarbeiter Nm |
| | | jemand, der in einem Büro arbeitet Rdw |
| | The Labor Party seeks to represent both white-collar and blue-collar workers. |
| white-faced adj | (having pale face) | blass im Gesicht Rdw |
| white-faced adj | (horse: white on head) | mit einem weißen Gesicht Rdw |
| white-faced adj | (having white front) | mit weißer Fassade Rdw |
| | A row of white-faced houses stood a few feet back from the shoreline. |
| white-haired adj | (with white hair) | mit weißen Haaren Rdw |
| | | weißhaarig Adj |
| white-knuckle adj | (frightening) | angsteinjagend, angstmachend V Part Präs |
| | | erschreckend V Part Präs |
white-out, whiteout n | US, uncountable (corrective fluid) (®) | Tipp-Ex Nm |
| | | Korrekturflüssigkeit Nf |
| | I use white-out to cover my errors before making a copy of the report. |
white-out [sth], whiteout [sth], white [sth] out⇒ vtr | US, informal (erase using corrective fluid) (®) | mit Tipp-Ex ausbessern VP |
| | (informell: ®) | [etw] tipp-exen Vt |
whiteout, white-out n | mainly US (weather conditions: poor visibility) (Meteorologie, Anglizismus) | Whiteout Nm |
| | The whiteout led to thousands of flights being canceled. |
whiteout, white-out n | (vision: loss of color) | Whiteout Nm |
| | Jane tends to have a white-out if she stands up too quickly. |
whitewater, white-water n | (river: rapids) | Wildwasser Nn |
| | | Stromschnellen Npl |