Grimm Wiki:Dictionary

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A

• Abartige Aasfresser - a hyena-like Wesen
• Abath - a unicorn-like Wesen
• Albträume für Wesen Kinder - a collection of Wesen fairy-tales
• "Alles hat ein Ende; nur die Wurst hat zwei." - an adage about mourning; literally "Everything has an end; only the sausage has two."
• Ammit - a chimera-like Wesen
• Anubis - a dog-like Wesen
• APB or All-points bulletin - a broadcast issued from one American law enforcement agency to another. It typically contains information about a wanted suspect who is to be arrested or a person of interest, for whom law enforcement officers are to look.
• Aseveración - a Coyotl rite of passage for young females
• Aswang - a ghoul-like Wesen
• Auflösen - the process by which a Wechselbalg dissolves its victim into a puddle of basic proteins
• Augapfel-Aushacken - a bird-like Wesen

B

• Balam - a jaguar-like Wesen
• Bastet - a feliform-like Wesen
• Bauerschwein - a pig-like Wesen
• Bear Claw - a traditional Jägerbar weapon, used in the Roh-hatz
• Beati Paoli - a somewhat radical Wesen organization dedicated to preserving Wesen culture
• Bienenwesen - German term for Mellifer
• Bierwürze Milchzucker - a milk-like substance that is consumed by Waschbars
• "Birds and the Bienenwesen" - Wesen expression that means the same thing as "birds and the bees" - the private conversation parents have with their children about reproduction
• Blutbad - a wolf-like Wesen
• Blutbaden - plural form of Blutbad
• Blutbad-Bauerschwein Feud - a long standing feud between Blutbaden and Bauerschwein that goes back many centuries
• BOLO - Be On the Look Out

C

• Caccia Morta  - another name for Wildesheers
• CC - carbon-copy

• to keep a third party in the loop

• COD - Cause Of Death
• Coins of Zakynthos - three golden coins tainted with dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic, giving the possessor a rush of power and a charismatic influence over others
• Contaminatio Ritualis - an event that a pregnant Hexenbiest must complete in order to regain her powers
• Coyotl - a coyote-like Wesen
• Cracher-Mortel - a puffer fish-like Wesen

D

• D.A. - Department Authority or District Attorney
• Daemonfeuer - alternate spelling of Dämonfeuer
• Daemoni adspicio - a type of protist which causes Grausen in humans
• Dämonfeuer - a dragon-like Wesen
• Dead Faint Potion - a potion that induces a death-like state
• Dēcapitāre - another name for Grimms
• Dickfellig - a rhinoceros-like Wesen
• DOA - dead on arrival (indicating the person was found dead upon the arrival of the responders)
• Doppelarmbrust - a crossbow used by Grimms to kill Blutbaden
• Doppelgänger Potion - a potion that grants the drinker the appearance of another person
• Dragon's Tongue - a secret Wesen organization that seeks to acquire the Coins of Zakynthos
• Drang-Zorn - a badger-like Wesen

E

• Eisbiber - a beaver-like Wesen
• El Cucuy - a vigilante Wesen
• Endezeichen Grimm - a Grimm who sees any and all Wesen as abominations to be destroyed
• Exsanguinate
  1. to die of blood loss
  2. to kill someone by causing them to exsanguinate

F

• Faeteo fatalis - a skunk-like Wesen
• Fétide Taillader - an unknown Wesen that has only been mentioned
• Flail - a medieval spiked ball chained to a wooden pole
• Flesh hunt - English name for Menschenjagd
• Fluvus Pestilentia - a deadly infectious disease caused by Fluvia pestilis
• Frosch Schleimig - a frog-like Wesen
• Fuchsbau - a fox-like Wesen
• Fuchsteufelwild - a goblin-like Wesen

G

• Gallenblase - a substance made from human gallbladders
• Gedächtnis Esser - an octopus-like Wesen
• Gefrierengeber - an unknown Wesen that has only been mentioned
• Gegengewicht - a movement of Wesen that seek to oppose the Royal Families
• Geier - a vulture-like Wesen
• Gelumcaedus - an alligator-like Wesen
• Genio innocuo - a tortoise-like Wesen
• Geölterblitz - another name for Murciélagos
• Geruck gland - a small gland found exclusively in Ziegevolk brains, regulates Ziegevolk's production of pheromones
• Geruck Gland Neutralizing Potion - a potion used to neutralize a Ziegevolk's pheromone effects and production
• Gesetzbuch Ehrencodex - highest Wesen law of honor, forbidding Wesen from showing their true form to humans
• Gift - German word for poison
• Glock - A gun model. Nick carries one of these.
• Glühenvolk - an alien-like Wesen
• Golem - a spirit in the form of a clay (or other single material, like stone or sand) man
• GPR - Ground Penetrating Radar, a forensics method
• GQR Industries - a company in Rotterdam that is owned by the Royals
• Grausen:

1. a disease caused by Daemoni adspicio
2. (obsolete) a person affected by Grausen
3. a horrific monstrosity

• Grimm
  1. A person who can see Wesen for who they really are. Not usually considered a "normal" human, and not a Wesen.
  2. A really good cop (Made-up definition given to Juliette Silverton by Bud Wurstner)
• Grimm Diaries - a series of books recording Wesen species and encounters by Grimms
• Grimmster - a fan of Grimm
• Grimmy Awards - an annual Grimm Wiki event in which voting determines the most popular subjects in various categories

H

• Haarlos - a parasitic infection in Blutbaden caused by mites
• Hadosheru - a rhinoceros beetle-like Wesen
• Haesslich - alternate spelling of Hässlich
• Hässlich - a troll-like Wesen
• Heart Purification Potion - a potion used to chemically purify one's heart
• Heftigauroch - a bull-like Wesen
• Hexenbiest:

1. a witch-like Wesen
2. a Hexenbiest able to perform witchcraft
3. a female Hexenbiest

• Hippos athanatos - a pureblood, horse-like Wesen
• Hoellentier - alternate spelling of Höllentier
• Höllentier - a hellhound-like Wesen
• Hundjaeger - alternate spelling of Hundjäger
• Hundjäger - a hound dog-like Wesen
• Hybrid - a being that is the product of a union between two or more different species (Wesen, human, etc.)

I

• Ichor-thanatos - a pureblood, hydra-like Wesen
• Icy Touch - a secret mafia-like Wesen organization

J

• Jaegerbar - alternate spelling of Jägerbar
• Jägerbar - a bear-like Wesen
• Jay - an addictive drug from jacine mold, fatal to humans
• Jinnamuru Xunte - a fly-like Wesen

K

• Kanabo - a spiked club used by Grimms
• Kasipepo - a cheetah-like Wesen
• Kehrseite - Wesen term for a human
• Kehrseite-Schlich-Kennen - a human who is aware of Wesen
• Khepri - a beetle-like Wesen
• Klaustreich - an alley cat-like Wesen
• Koenigschlange - alternate spelling of Königschlange
• Königschlange - a cobra-like Wesen
• Koschie - a radioactive skeleton-like Wesen
• Krampus - an anti-Santa Wesen

L

• La Llorona - a ghost
• Laufer - a Wesen resistance group against the Verrat
• Lausenschlange - a snake-like Wesen
• L'esprit ailleurs - a substance used to induce memory loss and a comatose state
• Le mort pour l'amour - a substance used to induce in one person an obsessive state for another
• Lebensauger - a leech-like Wesen
• Leeren Stuhl - the last three days of the feasting ritual performed by the Silver Plate Society
• Lob Hombre - a wolf=like Wesen
• Loewen - alternate spelling of Löwen
• Löwen - a lion-like Wesen
• Löwen Games:

1. gladiator matches run by Löwen
2. an annual Grimm Wiki event to coincide with March Madness

• Luisant-Pêcheur - an otter-like Wesen
• Luisant-Pescheur - (obsolete) alternate spelling of Luisant-Pêcheur
• Luison - a wolf-like Wesen

M

• Maahes - a pureblood, lion-like Wesen
• Malin Fatal - a boar-like Wesen
• Manticore - a half lion, half scorpion-like Wesen
• Maul - a medieval weapon that resembles a hammer
• Mauvais Dentes - a saber-toothed tiger-like Wesen
• Mauzhertz - a mouse-like Wesen
• M.E. - Medical Examiner (e.g. Dr. Harper)
• Mellifer - a bee-like Wesen
• Mellifer Stinger - an injection tool used by Mellifers
• Menschenjagd - a hunt with people serving as prey
• Minotaur - a bull-headed man Wesen
• M.O. - Mode of Operation, the manner in which a crime is committed
• Mordstier - a bull-like Wesen
• Murciélago - a bat-like Wesen
• Murciélago Matraca - a weapon used to combat Murciélagos
• Musai - a muse-like Wesen

N

• Naiad - a mermaid-like Wesen
• Nilpferd - a hippopotamus-like Wesen
• Nuckelavee - a horse-like Wesen

P

• P.D. - Police Department
• Pflichttreue - a white panther-like Wesen
• PFNB - Portland First National Bank
• Phansigar - a Komodo dragon-like Wesen
• P.P.D. - Portland Police Department
• Precinct:

1. an administrative division of a city
2. the police station designated for a precinct

• Prior - a crime that has already been investigated
• Post-Traumatic Zombification Disorder (PTZD) - a condition developed by Grimms who have been treated after being infected with Cracher-Mortel toxin and recovered.
• Pure World Order - English name for the Purewelt Orden
• Pureblood - an ancient race of Wesen, often one that was at one time worshiped as a deity
• Purewelt Orden - an organization dedicated to keeping the world pure of impure lifestyles or blood
• P.W.O. - Purewelt Orden

R

• Raub-Kondor - a condor-like Wesen
• Reaper - a Wesen bounty hunter dedicated to killing and beheading Grimms
• Reinheitsgebot - an ancient Wesen purity law which declares the interspecies marriage as taboo
• Reinigen - a rat-like Wesen
• Rissfleisch - alternative spelling of Rißfleisch
• Rißfleisch - a tiger-like Wesen
• Roh-hatz - rite of passage for young Jägerbars
• Rotznasig Carcaju - a wolverine-like Wesen
• Run a plate - to check to see if a vehicle's license plate has had any traffic violations or been linked to a crime

S

• Sangrienta Manos - a Wesen that has only been mentioned that eats human intestines after killing its victims
• Sauver Sa Peau - a preservation fluid used to sustain a Wesen specimen's Woge after death
• Schakal - a jackal-like Wesen
• Scharfblicke - an owl-like Wesen
• Schinderdiv - a warthog-like Wesen
• Schlaftrunk - a substance that puts Wesen to sleep
• Schneetmacher - an unknown Wesen that has only been mentioned
• Scythe - a farm tool, used by Reapers to decapitate Grimms
• Secundum Naturae Order Nam Wesen - an ancient organization founded during the middle ages to keep Wesen pure
• Seelengut - a sheep-like Wesen
• Seltenvogel - an extremely rare bird-like Wesen
• Serum Exomologesis - a truth serum made specifically for canine Wesen
• Seven Houses - the seven Royal families that had power over the whole Wesen world, until WWI
• Shnabeltiermoerder - alternate spelling of Shnabeltiermörder
• Shnabeltiermörder - a platypus-like Wesen
• Siegbarste - an ogre-like Wesen
• Siegbarste Gewehr - an elephant gun used by Grimms to kill Siegbarstes
• Siegbarste Gift - a poison that is used to kill Siegbarstes
• Silver Plate Society - a secret upper-class Wesen society
• Skalengeck - a lizard-like Wesen
• Skalenzahne - a crocodile-like Wesen
• Sorglosgoer - alternate spelling of Sorglosgör
• Sorglosgör - a Wesen which appears young when not woged, but its true age is shown in its Woge
• Spinnetod - a spider-like Wesen
• Stangebaer - alternate spelling of Stangebär
• Stangebär - a porcupine-like Wesen
• Steinadler - a hawk-like Wesen
• Straffe Kette Abendessen - the final evening meal where the food is served live and is performed by the Silver Plate Society

T

• Taureus-Armenta - a minotaur-like Wesen
• Tefnut - a lion-like Wesen
• Tik-tik - another name for Aswangs
• Trasque - a dragon-like Wesen

U

• Umkippen - the state of the Wesen side eclipsing and overtaking the human side due to constant forced Woge

V

• Vambrace - a leather arm protector that is used to fight against Gelumcaedus
• Verfallserscheinung - a medical condition with symptoms of dementia and rotting flesh
• Verfluchte Zwillingsschwester - a Hexenbiest curse that removes a Grimm's powers
• Verrat - a German peacekeeping force that aims to keep Wesen from becoming too powerful
• Vertrautheiten - use of smelling and rubbing against one another's faces, used between two different Wesen to bond an trust one another
• Volcanalis - a demon
• Volkodlak - a wolf-like Wesen
• Völlige Verzweiflung - German mushroom, fatal to Blutbaden when cooked

W

• Waage - an unknown Wesen only seen in a book
• Waschbar - a raccoon-like Wesen
• Wechselbalg
  1. A changeling
  2. A Doppelgänger
  3. The Wesen responsible for both of the above legends
• Wendigo - a cannibalistic Wesen
• Wesen
  1. A were-person. See the article on Wesen for more information.
  2. To exsanguinate (Made-up definition given to Wu by Trubel)
• Wesen Council - a group of Wesen that govern Wesen Law
• Wildermann - a bigfoot-like Wesen
• Wildersheer - a wolf-like Wesen
• Witch's hat - an object used by Hexenbiests to inhale the vapor of certain potions
• wog - alternate form of woge, pronounced the same but without the second syllable
• Woge - the transformed state of a Wesen
• woge - to enter or exit the Woge
• woged - alternate spelling of wogt, pronounced the same way
• woging - present tense of woge
• wogt - past tense of woge
• Wuetende Taube - alternate spelling of Wütende Taube
• Wütende Taube - a pigeon-like Wesen

Y

• Yaguaraté - a jaguar-like Wesen
• Yellow Plague - another name for Fluvus Pestilentia

Z

• Zauberbiest - a male Hexenbiest
• Zaubertrank - a substance, similar to potions, concocted by Hexenbiester for a certain task
• Ziegevolk - a goat-like Wesen