erstechen, a[l], o; i, _tr._ kill by stabbing, stab _or_ run through with a knife _or_ sword ersteigen, ie, ie, _tr._ climb ersticken, _tr. and intr_. smother, choke, suffocate erwachen, _intr._ awaken erwählen, _tr._ choose erwarten, _tr._ await, wait for erweisen, ie, ie, _tr._ prove; render, bestow upon erweiten, _tr. and refl_. widen, expand, grow Erz, _n._ -e ore, metal, bronze erzählen, _tr._ tell, relate essen, aß, gegessen; ißt, _tr._ eat ewig, eternal Ewigkeit, _f._ -en eternity F fachen, _tr._ fan, kindle Fackel, _f._ -n torch Fahne, _f._ -n flag fahren, u, a; ä, _intr._ move, journey, go fallen, ie, a; ä, _intr._ fall, drop; _etwas fällt jemandem in die Augen_ something strikes one's gaze falten, _tr._ fold Falter, _m._ -- butterfly fangen, i, a; ä, _tr._ catch, capture Farbe, _f._ -n color fassen, _tr._ grasp, take hold of, seize, understand fast, almost Faust, _f._ -"e fist Fehl, _m._ -e wrong, guilt, blemish Feier, _f._ -n festal celebration feierlich, festal, solemn feiern, _intr._ rest (_from one's labor_) feig, cowardly fein, fine, delicate, fair Feind, _m._ -e enemy Feld, _n._ -er field Fels, _m._ -ens, -en rock, cliff Felsenbank, _f._ *e bench of rock Felsenriff, _n._ -e reef Felsenschlucht, _f._ -en rocky ravine felsig, rocky Felswand, _f._ -"e wall of rock, precipice Fenster, _n._ -- window Ferge, _m._ -n ferryman fern, far, distant; (_with dat._) far from Ferne, _f._ -n distance fernher, from afar fernhin, far off Fest, _n._ -e festival, celebration fest(e), firm, fast fest-halten, ie, a; ä, _tr._ hold (firmly) feucht, moist, wet Feuer, _n._ -- fire Feuerleiter, _f._ -n fire ladder feurig, fiery, ardent Fichte, _f._ -n pine Fieber, _n._ -- fever fieberwild, wild _or_ raging with fever finden, a, u, _tr._ find finster, dark, gloomy Finsternis, _f._ -isse darkness Firn, _m._ -e last year's snow; mountains topped with perpetual snow Firneschein, _m._ -- glow of the snow-capped mountains Fisch, _m._ -e fish fischen, _tr._ fish Fischer, _m._ -- fisherman flach, flat, level flämisch, Flemish Flamme, _f._ -n flame flattern, _intr._ flutter flechten, o, o; i, _tr._ braid, plait, intertwine flehen, _intr._ beseech, implore, pray (um etwas for something) fleißig, industrious, busy fliegen, o, o, _intr._ fly fliehen, o, o, _intr._ flee; _tr._ flee from fließen, o[l], o[l], _intr._ flow flimmern, _intr._ glitter, glimmer Flinte, _f._ -n gun, rifle flirren, _intr._ vibrate Flitter, _m._ -- spangle, tinsel; empty pomp Flor, _m._ veil Flötist, _m._ -en flute player Fluch, _m._ -"e curse flüchtig, fleeting, fleeing Flug, _m._ -"e flight Flügel, _m._ -- wing, pinion Flügelschlag, _m._ -"e flap _or beat_ of the wings Flügelwehn, _n._ wafting of wings Flur, _f._ -en field, plain Fluß, _m._ -"e river flußüberwärts, across the river flüstern, _intr._ whisper Flüsterwort, _n._ -e whispered word Flut, _f._ -en flood fluten, _intr._ stream, surge