Referee

"Referee" in German

Befürworter

(person who writes a letter of reference)

Empfehlungsgeber

(person who writes a letter of reference)

Lektor

(expert who judges a manuscript)

Ombudsfrau

(person who settles a dispute)

Ombudsmann

(person who settles a dispute)

Protagonist

(person who writes a letter of reference)

Rezensent

(expert who judges a manuscript)

Schiedsmann

(person who settles a dispute)

Schiedsrichter

(sport: umpire, judge of a game)

Schiedsrichterin

(sport: umpire, judge of a game)

Schlichter

(person who settles a dispute)

befürworten

(to write a letter of reference)

beurteilen

(to write a letter of reference)

beurteilen

(to judge a manuscript)

empfehlen

(to write a letter of reference)

entscheiden

(to settle a dispute)

lektorieren

(to judge a manuscript)

pfeifen

(to act as a judge of a game or contest)

schiedsrichtern

(to act as a judge of a game or contest)

schlichten

(to settle a dispute)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.