German–English dictionary

Jurie

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

Jurisdiktion

The power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

Jurist

(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.

Juristin

(law) An expert of law or someone who researches jurisprudence.

juristisch

Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).

Juror

(law) A member of a jury.

Jurte

A large, round, semi-permanent tent with vertical walls and a conical roof, usually associated with Central Asia and Mongolia (where it is known as a ger).

Jury

(law) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

Jus

The juice of one or more fruits. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Just

A en given name.

Justage

(uncountable) The state of being in alignment.

justierbar

capable of being adjusted

justieren

(transitive) To modify.

Justierung

The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.

Justin

A en given name.

Justinus

A en given name.

justitiabel

(legal) Affording grounds for legal action.

Justiz

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

Justizgebäude

A public building housing courts of law.

justiziabel

(legal) Affording grounds for legal action.

Justizpalast

A public building housing courts of law.

Justizsystem

The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.

Justizwesen

The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.

Justus

A en given name.

Jütland

A cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany.

Juwel

A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.

Juwelier

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

Juwelierin

A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.

Juxtaposition

(mathematics) An absence of operators in an expression.

k.A.

not available

K.O.-Kriterium

Any impediment that prevents all further progress.

Ka

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.

Kaballah

(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.

Kabarett

Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.

Kabbala

(Judaism) A body of mystical Jewish teachings based on an esoteric reading of the Hebrew scriptures.

kabbeln

(intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument; to quarrel.

Kabel

A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.

kabelgebunden

Equipped with wires, so as to connect to a power source or to other electric or electronic equipment; connected by wires.

kabeln

(transitive) To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.

Kabelschuh

(electrical engineering) A device for terminating an electrical conductor to facilitate the mechanical connection; to the conductor it may be crimped to form a cold weld, soldered or have pressure from a screw.

Kabine

The passenger area of an airplane.

Kabinenhaube

In an airplane, the transparent cockpit cover.

Kabinett

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

Kabriolett

An automobile with a retractable top.

Kabuki

(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

Kabukitheater

(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

Kabul

The capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

Kachel

A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.

kacheln

(transitive) To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.

Kackbratze

(slang) An ugly person or thing.

Kacken

An act of defecation.

Kadaver

(literary, medicine) A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected. [from late 14th c.]

Kadenz

(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.

Kader

(cricket, soccer, rugby) A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.

Kadett

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

kaduk

Having undergone decay, rotted.

Kafeevollautomat

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

Käfer

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

Kaff

(idiomatic, usually, figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.

Kaffebohne

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

Kaffee

(uncountable) A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

Kaffeebar

A section of a hotel or restaurant.

kaffeebraun

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

Kaffeefarbe

A pale brown color, like that of milk coffee.

kaffeefarben

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

kaffeefarbig

Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

Kaffeefleck

A discolored spot; a stain.

Kaffeehaus

A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.

Kaffeelöffel

The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling.

Kaffeemaschine

Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee.

Kaffeepflanze

A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

Kaffeesahne

A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.

Kaffeespender

A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.

Kaffeestube

A section of a hotel or restaurant.

Kaffeeweißer

A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.

Käfig

An enclosure made of bars, normally to hold animals.

Kafir

(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.

kafkaesk

Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.

Kaftan

A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.

kahl

Having little or no hair, fur, or feathers.

Kahlköpfigkeit

The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

Kahlschlagsfläche

An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

Kai

A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.

Kaiaphas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Kaifas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Kaiman

(narrowly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.

Kain

(biblical character) The son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel.

Kaiphas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Kaiser

An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.

Kaiserin

An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.

kaiserlich

Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.

Kaiserreich

The German Empire from its consolidation in 1871 until the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1918.

Kaisertum

The rank or office of an emperor.

Kajafas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Kajak

A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.

Kajal

Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.

Kajaphas

A Jewish high priest in the first century CE who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus.

Kakadu

A bird of the family Cacatuidae with a curved beak and a zygodactyl foot. [from 1610s]

Kakao

The seed of this tree, the cocoa bean.

Kakaobaum

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

Kakaobohne

The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made.

kaki

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

kakifarben

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Kakistocratie

(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]

Kakistokratie

(political science) Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [from 1829.]

Kakodämon

An evil or malevolent spirit.

Kakofonie

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

Kakophemismus

(countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.

kakophon

Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

Kakophonie

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

kakophonisch

Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.

Kaktus

(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.

Kalabrien

A peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy.

Kalamität

An event resulting in great loss.

kalandrieren

(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.

Kalaschnikow

A particular model of Russian assault rifle.

Kalauer

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Kalb

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

Kalbe

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

Kalbfleisch

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

Kalbin

A young female cow, (particularly) one over one year old but which has not calved.

Kalbsmilch

The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

Kaldaunen

The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.

Kaleb

(Biblical) Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.

Kalebasse

A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.

Kalen

A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Kalesche

(historical, originally) A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.

kalfatern

To apply caulking to joints, cracks, or a juncture of different materials.

Kali

(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.

Kaliber

The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet, a projectile, or a column.

kalibrieren

(technology) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.

Kalibrierung

(technology) The act of calibrating something.

Kalif

The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.

Kalifat

Monarchical government based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad, ruled by a caliph.

Kalifin

The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.

Kalifornien

The most populous state of the United States. Capital: Sacramento. Largest city: Los Angeles.

Kalifornier

A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.

Kalifornierin

A native or resident of the state of California in the United States of America.

kalifornisch

Of or relating to California.

Kalifornische Chia

Salvia columbariae, a sage with similar seeds, native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Kaliko

(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.

Kalium

A soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature; an element (symbol K) with an atomic number of 19 and atomic weight of 39.0983. The symbol is derived from the Latin kalium.

Kalk

(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.

kalken

To coat with this substance.

Kalklicht

A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.

Kalkputz

(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.

Kalkspat

(mineral) A very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble.

Kalkstein

(inorganic compound) A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO3, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.

Kalktuff

Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring.

kalkulieren

(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.