Languages › German An English-German Glossary of Weather Words Boost your vocabulary of Das Wetter Share Flipboard Email Print Massimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel / Getty Images German Vocabulary History & Culture Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar By Hyde Flippo Hyde Flippo German Expert Hyde Flippo taught the German language for 28 years at high school and college levels and published several books on the German language and culture. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on February 04, 2019 Whether you plan to travel to Germany or simply want to better understand the language, learning the German words for weather conditions can be helpful. Discussing the weather is a way to make small talk with strangers. Learning German weather words can also help planning your travels easier. You'll know to avoid rainy days and other bad weather conditions. This English-German glossary of weather terms can get you started. Once you've reviewed the terms, consider making flashcards featuring the words (and their English counterparts) to better retain them. A air e Luft air pressure r LuftdruckNote: In Europe and most of the world outside the U.S., barometric pressure is measured in hectopascals (hPa), formerly millibars, not in inches of mercury. In the International System (SI) of measurements, the unit of pressure is the Pascal, named after Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), the French scientist and philosopher who made important discoveries about air pressure. Normal air pressure at sea level (MSL, NN) is 1013.25 hPa or 29.92 inches of mercury. To convert between inches of mercury and hectopascals/millibars, one millibar (hPa) is equal to 0.02953 inches of mercury. aloft hoch droben anemometer r Windmesser atmosphere e Atmosphäre aurora borealis s Nordlicht, (nördliches) Polarlicht autumn, fall r Herbst B balmy sanft, lindbalmy breezes sanfte Brisen, linde Lüfte barometer r Barometer barometric pressure r Luftdruck black ice s Glatteis breeze e Brise (-n) breezy windig, luftig bright heiter C ceiling e Wolkenhöhe Celsius changeable, variable veränderlich, wechselhaft chilly kühl, frostigI feel chilly. Mir ist kühl. chinook wind r Föhn (-e) der Föhn: This warm, dry, alpine wind issimilar to a "chinook wind." The wordFöhn can also refer to an electricblow-dryer for hair.More wind: See tradewind/r Passatand sirocco/r Scirocco. clear heiter, klar, wolkenlos climatology e Klimatologie cloud e Wolke (-n)cumulus cloud e Kumuluswolke cloudburst r Platzregen (-)sudden downpour r Platzregen cloudy bewölkt, wolkig cold adj. kaltvery cold sehr kaltcold, coldness n. e Kälte cool(er) kühl (-er)somewhat cooler etwas kühler cumulonimbus (cloud) r Kumulonimbus cumulus (cloud) r Kumulus cyclone r Zyklon (-en) D damp feucht (-n) degree r Grad10 degrees Celsius 10 Grad Celsius (50F) dew point r Taupunkt (-e) downpour r Platzregen (-)cloudburst r Platzregen drizzle n. r Nieselregen, r Sprühregendrizzle v. nieseln (-se) drizzly Niesel-drizzly weather s Nieselwetter drought e Dürre, e Dürrekatastrophe (-n) dry adj. trocken dryness e Trockenheit dry spell e Trockenperiode dull, gloomy düster, trüb dust r Staub dust devil kleiner Wirbelsturm (-stürme) dusty staubig E east r Ost(en)in the east im Osten easterly adj. Ost-, östlichan easterly wind ein Ostwind easterly n. r Ostwindeasterlies die Ostwinde eye n. s Auge (-n)eye of the hurricane s Auge des Orkans F Fahrenheit fair adj. heiter, schön fall, autumn r Herbst flood n. e Flut, s Hochwasser, e Überschwemmungflood v. überschwemmen flooding e Überschwemmung fog r Nebel foggy neblig, nebelig forecast n. e Voraussage (-n), e Vorhersage (-n), e Prognose (-n)a short-range forecast eine Kurzfristvorhersage forecast v. voraussagen, vorhersagen forecaster r Meteorloge (-n), e Meteorlogin (-nen) freeze v. frieren freezing unter null freezing point r Gefrierpunkt freezing rain r gefrorene Regen, r Graupel (sleet) fresh frisch front r Frontcold front e Kaltfront frost (hoarfrost), rime r Reif, r Raureif, r Frost frosty frostigcovered with frost von Raureif bedeckt G gale r Sturm (wind)gale force winds orkanartige Windegale warnings e Sturmwarnung gloomy, dull düster, trüb gradual(ly) allmählich greenhouse effect r Treibhausekkekt gust, squall e Böe (-n)gusts up to 40 mph Böen bis zu 60 h/km (Stundenkilometer) H hail n. r Hagel, r Graupel (soft hail)hail v. hageln, graupelnIt's hailing. Es hagelt.hail damage r Hagelschadenhailstone r Hagelkorn (-körner)hailstorm r Hagelsturm (-stürme) halo (around moon/sun) r Halo, r Hof haze n. r Dunsthazy dunstig hectopascal (hPa) s Hektopascal (-)Unit of measure for barometric pressure. See note under air pressure above and the Wetterlexikon. high (pressure) s Hoch, r Hochdruckbarometric pressure over 1015 hPa Luftdruck von mehr als 1015 hPa high (temperature) e Höchsttemperatur (-en)daytime highs die Tagestemperaturen hot heiß humid feucht, schwül (muggy) humidity e Luftfeuchte, e Luftfeuchtigkeit hurricane r Hurrikan (-e), r Orkan (-e) I ice n. s Eisblack ice s Glatteis ice-cold adj. eiskalt icy adj. eisig, frostig inversion e Inversion, e Temperaturumkehr isobar e Isobare J jet stream der Jetstream K kilobar (kb) s Kilobar (metric unit of pressure) knot r Knoten (wind speed) L lingering adj. zurückbleibend lightning r Blitz There's lightning. Es blitzt. low (pressure) s Tief, r Tiefdruck barometric pressure under 1015 hPa Luftdruck von weniger als 1015 hPa low-temperature e Tiefsttemperatur (-en) M mercury s Quecksilber meteorologist r Meteorloge, e Meteorlogin meteorology e Meteorlogie, e Wetterkunde mild mild, leicht, sanft millibar s Millibar milliliter r Milliliter millimeter r Millimetter (precipitation) Berlin: Niederschlagsmengen - die Jahressumme beträgt 590 mm. (Berlin: Precipitation - the annual total amounts to 590 mm.) In Hamburg fallen im Jahresdurchschnitt 715 mm Niederschlag. (About 715 mm of average annual precipitation falls in Hamburg.) - 100 mm = 3.97 in. monsoon r Monsun monsoon rains r Monsunregen moon r Mond N nice schön north r Nord(en) in the north im Norden northerly Nord-, nördlich northerly wind r Nordwind O occasional (showers, etc.) gelegentlich, ab und zu oppressive (heat) drückend, schwül ozone s Ozon ozone layer e Ozonschicht P parched (land) verdorrt, ausgetrocknet partly cloudy teilweise bewölkt, wolkig patchy fog stellenweise Nebel permafrost r Dauerfrostboden pour v. giessen, schütten downpour r Platzregen (-) It's pouring down rain. Es regnet in Strömen. precipitation r Niederschlag 20 inches of precipitation a year = 508 mm Niederschlag pro Jahr probability e Wahrscheinlichkeit (-en) probability of rain e Niederschlagswahrscheinlichkeit prognosis, forecast e Voraussage (-n), e Vorhersage (-n), e Prognose (-n) R radar s Radar radar image s Radarbild radiation e Strahlung radiant energy e Strahlungsenergie rain n. r Regenrain v. regnen It's raining cats and dogs. Es regnet in Strömen. rainbow r Regenbogen raindrop r Regentropfen rainfall r Niederschlag rain gauge r Regenmesser (measured in millimeters) rainy regnerisch rainy season e Regenzeit S satellite view s Satellitenbild (-er) scorching adj. sehr heiß sea level s Normalnull (NN), r Meeresspiegel above sea level über dem Meeresspiegel, über NN severe (winds, storms) rau, schwer, stark sheet lightning s Wetterleuchten lightning r Blitz shine scheinen shower r Schauer (-) showery regnerisch sirocco r Scirocco/r Schirokko (a warm, gusty Mediterranean wind) sky r Himmel sleet r Graupel smog r Smog snow r Schnee snowfall r Schneefall snowflake e Scgneeflocke (-n) snowy verschneit sprinkle nieseln squall, gust e Böe (-n), r Schwall sticky (humid) schwül storm s Unwetterstorm r Sturm (high winds) stormy stürmisch sun e Sonne sunny sonnig sunshine r Sonnenschein T terrible adj. furchtbar terrible weather furchtbares Wetter thunder n. r Donner thunderstorm s Gewitter tide(s) e Gezeiten pl. tornado r Wirbelsturm, r Tornado trade wind r Passat travel weather, travel forecast s Reisewetter trough (low pressure) r Trog, pl. Tröge typhoon r Taifun U UV index r UV-Index V variable (winds light and variable) wechselhaft visibility e Sichtweite W warm warm weather s Wetter, e Wetterlageweather balloon r Wetterballon (-e)weather forecast/report r Wetterbericht (-e)weather map e Wetterkarte (-n)weather vane e Wetterfahne (-n), r Wetterhahn wet nass wind r Wind windchill temperature e Windchill-Temperatur wind current e Luftströmung (-en) windy windig Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Flippo, Hyde. "An English-German Glossary of Weather Words." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/english-german-glossary-weather-words-4085512. Flippo, Hyde. (2023, April 5). An English-German Glossary of Weather Words. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/english-german-glossary-weather-words-4085512 Flippo, Hyde. "An English-German Glossary of Weather Words." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/english-german-glossary-weather-words-4085512 (accessed June 10, 2023). copy citation