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- FELDSPATHICContaining feldspar.
- FELSTONEFelsite.
- FESTSCHRIFTA collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person (often on their birthday).
- FIFEA small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
- FLAKGround-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- FLAMINGOA wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
- FLEHMENAlternative form of flehm.
- FLINDERSfragments, splinters
- FLIPPANTShowing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
- FLOUNCETo move in a bouncy, exaggerated manner.
- FLUGELAlternative form of flugelhorn.
- FLUGELHORNA brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply c
- FLUKEA lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- FLYSCHA series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.
- FOGGYObscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
- FOGLEA handkerchief.
- FOLDEROLNonsense or foolishness.
- FOOSBALLtable soccer (US), table football (UK)
- FRASSThe droppings or excrement of insect larvae.
- FRAUA woman, especially a German woman.
- FRAULEINA young German woman.
- FRIGHTSOMEMarked by fright or frightfulness; frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- FRITZThe state of being defective.
- FUCHSINEA dye (rosaniline hydrochloride, C20H19N3·HCl) usually a deep red or magenta colour.
- FUCHSITEA green variety of muscovite
- FUGLEMANThe member of a military group who leads the way or demonstrates drill; hence, someone who keeps the beat or timing, and/or demonstrates motions in other contexts.
- FUNKIAAny of the plants of the genus Funkia (now Hosta).
- FUTUROLOGYThe scientific forecasting of future trends in science, technology or society
- FUTZAn objectionable woman.
- GAINEROne who gains a profit or advantage.
- GAUFFERTo plait, crimp, or flute
- GAULEITERAn official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions).
- GEISTA ghost, an apparition.
- GELANDEterrain, area.
- GEMEINSCHAFTAn association or group of individuals sharing common beliefs, attitudes, and tastes; a fellowship.
- GEMSHORNAn instrument of the ocarina family, historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other animal.
- GEMUTLICHAlternative spelling of gemütlich.
- GENOMDated form of genome.
- GENOMEThe complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.
- GEOIDThe shape, extending through landmasses (continents, etc.), that the surface of the oceans of the Earth would take under the influence of the Earth's gravity and rotation alone, di
- GERMANERelated to a topic of discussion or consideration.
- GERMANELYIn a manner that is germane, relevantly.
- GERMANICOf or containing germanium.
- GESTALTA collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts due to the relati
- GIBELPrussian carp (Carassius gibelio).
- GLITCHA problem affecting function.
- GLUHWEINA type of mulled wine from German-speaking countries made from red wine with cinnamon and other herbs and spices.
- GOETHITEAn iron oxyhydroxide that is the main constituent of rust and in mineral form is an ore.
- GRABENAn elongated block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has dropped relative to the surrounding area.
- GUERILLAObsolete spelling of guerrilla, now a misspelling.
- GUNSELSynonym of catamite: a young man kept by an elder as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- HAMSTERAny of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- HAUSENEuropean sturgeon (Huso huso)
- HEINIEThe buttocks.
- HELLERA German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
- HERTZIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second.
- HETMANA Cossack headman or general.
- HOCKA Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- HOMOSEXUALITYThe state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
- HOODLUMA gangster; a hired thug.
- HOOEYSilly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- HOOVERA vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
- HOPEFULLYIn a hopeful manner.
- HOPINGpresent participle and gerund of hope
- HORNFELSAny of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exc
- HORSTA block of the Earth's crust, bounded by faults, that has been raised relative to the surrounding area.
- HUFFA heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
- HUMBUGA hoax, jest, or prank.
- HUMORESQUEA composition that is playful in attitude and tone.
- HUSOA large European sturgeon (Huso huso), inhabiting the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; the beluga.
- HYDRAZINEA corrosive, fuming liquid, NH2-NH2, used as a rocket fuel.
- HYPERGOLAny hypergolic propellant.
- HYPOMANIAA mild form of mania, especially the phase of several mood disorders characterized by euphoria or hyperactivity.
- INFORMATICSSynonym of computer science.
- INSELBERGA monadnock (isolated mountain).
- INTERSEXOf an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and femal
- ISOTONEAny of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.
- JAEGERAny of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
- JOKERA person who makes jokes.
- JOSKINA yokel, country bumpkin.
- JUNKERA young German noble or squire, especially a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia, stereotyped with narrow-minded militaristic and authoritarian attitudes.
- KAINITEAn evaporite, consisting of magnesium sulphate and potassium chloride with the chemical formula MgSO4·KCl·3H2O, found in German salt mines.
- KAMERADTo surrender, as a German in World War II.
- KEGLERA ten-pin bowling player or enthusiast.
- KEISTERThe anus or buttocks.
- KETONEA homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
- KIBITZTo make small talk or idle chatter.
- KIESELGUHRDiatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
- KIRSCHA clear brandy made from black cherries: kirschwasser.
- KITSCHArt, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
- KITSCHYHaving the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
- KLANGAny periodic sound, especially one composed of a fundamental and harmonics, as opposed to simple periodic sounds (sine tones).
- KLATCHAn informal social gathering, especially one held over coffee for the purpose of conversation.
- KLUTZA clumsy or stupid person.
- KNAIDELA type of dumpling made of matzo eaten by Ashkenazi Jews during Passover.
- KNAWELA low, spreading weed of the genus Scleranthus, especially Scleranthus annuus, common in sandy soil. Scleranthus biflorus
- KNOSPAlternative form of knop (“a knob”).
- KOBOLDAn ambivalent, sometimes vindictive, spirit that is capable of materialising as an object or human, often a child; a sprite.
- KOHLRABIBrassica oleracea var. gongylodes, a variety of the cabbage, having a turnip-shaped edible stem.
- KORUNAThe currency of the former Czechoslovakia, divided into 100 hellers.