German–English dictionary

Kanzleibeamter

The office or staff of a chancellor.

Kanzleibeamtin

The office or staff of a chancellor.

Kanzler

The rank or post of a chancellor.

Kanzleramt

The office or staff of a chancellor.

Kanzleramtsangestellte

The office or staff of a chancellor.

Kanzleramtspersonal

The office or staff of a chancellor.

Kanzlerin

The rank or post of a chancellor.

Kaolin

A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.

Kap

(geography) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.

Kapazität

(physics, uncountable) The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).

kapazitiv

Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.

Kapelle

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

Kaper

(nautical) A sailor attacking an enemy ship by boarding her, or one repelling such attempts by an enemy.

kapern

To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).

Kapernstrauch

A plant of the genus Capparis.

Kaperschiff

(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. [from 17th c.]

Kapholländer

A member of an ethnic group of northwestern European ancestry and associated with southern Africa and the Afrikaans language.

kapieren

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

kapiert?

(sometimes, offensive) Used by a speaker to confirm that the listener has understood something said to the latter: did you hear me?, get it?, understood?

Kapital

(uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.

Kapital-

(slang, dated) used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

Kapitalband

A strip of fabric attached to the top of the spine of a book; used as decoration and reinforcement.

kapitalisieren

(transitive, finance) To convert into capital, i.e., to get cash or similar immediately fungible resources for some less fungible property or source of future income.

Kapitalismus

(politics, economic liberalism) A socio-economic system based on private property rights, including the private ownership of resources or capital, with economic decisions made largely through the operation of a market unregulated by the state.

kapitalismusfeindlich

(politics) Against or opposed to capitalism; characterized by or involving such opposition.

kapitalistisch

Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

Kapitalstock

(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares; the total of shares held by an individual shareholder.

Kapitalverbrechen

(law, criminology, US, historical, _, in, _) A serious criminal offense, which, under United States federal law, is punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year or by the death penalty in the most serious offenses.

Kapitalverbrecher

(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

Kapitalverbrecherin

(criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.

Kapitän

The person lawfully in command of a ship or other vessel.

Kapitän zur See

A commissioned officer in the United States Navy, Coast Guard, NOAA Corps, or PHS Corps of a grade superior to a commander and junior to a rear admiral (lower half). A captain is equal in grade or rank to a United States Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force colonel.

Kapitänsbinde

(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.

Kapitel

A section of a work, a collection of works, or fragments of works, often manuscripts or transcriptions, created by scholars or advocates, not the original authors, to aid in finding portions of the texts.

Kapitell

(countable, architectural element) The uppermost part of a column.

Kapitelldeckplatte

(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. [from mid 16th c.]

Kapitol

The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.

Kapitulantentum

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

Kapitulation

The act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms; the act of ceasing to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand.

kapitulieren

(intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]

Kaplan

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

Kaplanin

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

Kappa

The tenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Kappe

(headwear) A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

kappen

(transitive, often, with down or back) To reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off.

Kappes

(informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.

Kapriole

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

Kaprize

A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.

Kapriziertheit

Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. [from 18th c.]

kapriziös

Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

Kapsel

(botany) A seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers); a seedpod.

kaputt

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

kaputtgehen

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

kaputtmachen

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Kaputtmacher

Something that breaks (something else).

Kapuze

A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.

Kapuzenpulli

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

Kapuzenpullover

A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.

Kapuzenträger

(British, slang, often, derogatory) A young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.

Kar

(geology) A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

Karabiner

A rifle with a short barrel.

Karaffe

A bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.

Karambolagen

(games, British) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

Karamell

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Karamellbonbon

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Karamelle

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Karamellzuckerl

(countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.

Karaoke

(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.

Karate

An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.

Karatschi

The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.

Karawane

A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

Karbon

(geology) the Carboniferous period

Karbonat

Any salt or ester of carbonic acid.

karbonisch

(geology) Of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down.

Karbunkel

(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.

kardätschen

(textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

Kardinal

Being of crucial importance; central, key.

kardinalrot

Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).

Kardinalzahl

(math) Ellipsis of cardinal number, a number indicating quantity, or the size of a set (e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3). (See Cardinal_number.)

Kardiologe

A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.

Kardiologie

(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.

Kardiologin

A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.

Kardiomyopathie

(pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium.

kardiovaskulär

Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels.

Kardone

Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.

Karfunkel

(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.

karg

(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.

Kargland

An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.

kärglich

Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

Karibik

A continental region centered on the Caribbean Sea, consisting of those countries located in the sea and in bordering areas of South America and Central America.

karibisch

Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).

Karibu

Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.

kariert

Divided into a grid of squares of alternating colours or shades, or into light and dark patches.

Karies

The progressive destruction of bone or tooth by decay.

Karikatur

A caricature.

Karikaturenzeichner

A person who draws caricatures.

Karikaturist

A person who draws caricatures.

karikieren

To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Karin

A en given name.

Karitébaum

The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.

Karl

A en given name.

Karl der Große

One of the kings of the Franks from 768 to 814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 until his death in 814.

Karlsburg

A county of Transylvania, Romania.

Karma

(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.

Karmesin

A deep, slightly bluish red.

karmesinrot

Having a deep red colour.

Karmin

A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.

karminrot

Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

karmisch

Of or pertaining to karma.

Karnataka

A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.

Karneval

The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Karnickel

A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail.

Karo

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Karomuster

(textiles, usually, pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.

Karotte

A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Karpfen

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae; specifically the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Karre

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

Karree

Any of several cuts of meat taken from this part of an animal.

Karren

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

Karriere

One’s calling in life; one's working occupation or profession, especially when pursued seriously and/or over a long period of time.

Karriere beenden

(intransitive, sports) To stop playing their sport and in competitions a sports player.

Kärrner

A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.

Karsee

(US, chiefly, Montana) One of many small mountain lakes or ponds.

Kart

A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

Kartätsche

(historical) A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.

Kartaune

A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

Karte

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic, etc.

Kartei

A collection of papers collated and archived together.

Kartell

(economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.

Kartenlegen

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.

Kartenprojektion

(cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.

Kartenschwarzhändler

(US, Canada) One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.

Kartenschwarzhändlerin

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Kartenspiel

(games) Any of the many games played with playing cards.

Kartenstapel

(cards) A pack or set of playing cards.

Karthager

A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

Karthagerin

A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

karthagisch

Of or pertaining to Carthage.

Karthago

(historical) An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. [16th cent.]

Kartoffel

A plant of species Solanum tuberosum or its edible starchy tuber.

Kartoffelschäler

A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.

Kartoffelschorf

Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.

Kartograf

One who makes maps or charts.

Kartografie

(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]

kartografieren

(transitive, followed by a "to" phrase) To create a direct relationship to; to create a correspondence with.

Kartografin

One who makes maps or charts.

Kartograph

One who makes maps or charts.

Kartographie

(uncountable) The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. [from 19th c.]

Kartographin

One who makes maps or charts.

Kartomantie

Fortune-telling using cards, as in tarot and Lenormand.