German–English dictionary

Karton

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

Kartusche

A component of canister-type protective masks containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.

Kartwelisch

The language of Georgia, a country in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Karussell

A carousel; a pleasure ride, typically found at fairs and amusement parks, consisting of a slowly revolving circular platform on which various seats are fixed, frequently shaped like horses or other animals.

Kasachstan

A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kasan

The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

Kaschemme

(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

kaschern

(Judaism, transitive) To render kosher.

kaschieren

(transitive, obsolete) To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

Kaschmir

A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.

Kaschrut

(Jewish law) The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat.

Kaschu

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

Kaschubaum

A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.

Käse

(uncountable, chiefly, US, slang) Nonsense.

Käseblatt

(slang, pejorative) A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.

Käsebruch

The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.

Käsekuchen

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

Kasel

(Christianity) The outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for celebrating Eucharist or Mass.

Kaserne

(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

kasernieren

(intransitive) To live in barracks.

Käsesahnetorte

(countable, and, uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).

käsig

Of or relating to cheese.

Kasimir

A en given name.

Kasino

A public building or room for gambling.

Kaskade

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

Kaskadeur

In films, someone who performs stunts that are deemed too dangerous or physically difficult for the main actors to attempt.

Kaspar

A en given name, more popular in the form Jasper.

Kaspel

(collective) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose.

Kasper

(British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.

Kasperei

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

Kasperl

(British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.

Kasperle

(British) A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show.

kaspern

(intransitive) To perform antics, to caper.

kaspisch

Of or pertaining to the Caspian Sea or the region around it.

Kasse

(countable, film, theater) A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.

Kassenbon

A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Kassenknüller

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

Kassenlade

A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

Kassenmagnet

That which draws: that which attracts e.g. a crowd.

Kassenschlager

(informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.

Kassenschublade

A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

Kassenüberschuss

A surplus of inventory or capacity or of cash that is greater than the amount in the record of an account.

Kassenwart

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

Kassenzettel

(US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.

Kasserolle

(countable) A dish of glass or earthenware, with a lid, in which food is baked and sometimes served.

Kassette

A cassette designed to hold recorded sound or music.

Kassetten

(architectural element) An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.

Kassier

The official entrusted with the funds and revenues of an organization such as a club.

Kassierer

A person who is employed to collect payments.

Kastagnette

(musical instruments, chiefly, in the plural) A single handheld percussion instrument consisting of a pair of concave shells or shell-shaped parts joined on one edge by string.

Kastanie

The fruit of this tree.

kastanienbraun

Of a reddish-brown colour.

Kästchen

A little box, e.g. for jewellery.

Kaste

Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

Kastellan

(chiefly, _, historical) The governor or caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle or keep for its lord.

Kasten

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

Kastenform

(countable) A metal pan used for baking, roasting, storing food, etc.

Kasterl

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Kastrat

A castrated human male.

kastrieren

(transitive) To remove the testicles of a person or animal.

kastriert

(dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered sterile (e.g. spayed, neutered, or castrated).

kastriertes Männchen

Any castrated male animal.

Kastrierung

(surgery) The act of removing the testicles.

Kasuar

Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.

Kat

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

Katakana

(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.

Kataklysmus

A sudden, violent event.

Katakombe

(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

Katalane

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

Katalanin

A native or inhabitant of Catalonia, Spain.

katalanisch

Of, from or relating to Catalonia, Spain.

Katalog

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

Katalysator

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

Katana

(weaponry) A type of Japanese longsword, having a single edge and slight curvature, historically used by samurai and ninja.

Kataplasma

A soft, moist mass, usually wrapped in cloth and warmed, that is applied topically to a sore, aching or lesioned part of the body to soothe it.

Katapult

A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.

katapultieren

(, usually, _, intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.

Katar

A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.

Katarakt

A (large) waterfall, specifically one flowing over the edge of a cliff.

katastrophal

Disastrous; ruinous.

katastrophales Ereignis

A sudden, violent event.

Katastrophe

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

Katastrophen-

Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.

katatonisch

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

Katechese

Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.

katechisieren

To give oral instruction, especially of religion; (specifically) by the formal question-and-answer method; in the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, to teach the catechism as preparation for confirmation.

Katechismus

A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.

Katechumene

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

Katechumenin

A convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism; a young or recent Christian preparing for confirmation.

Kategorie

(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.

kategorisch

In a definite manner; in a manner showing complete certainty.

kategorisieren

(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.

Kategorisierung

The process of sorting or arranging things into categories or classes.

Kater

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

Katharina

A en given name.

kathartisch

Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.

Kathedrale

The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.

Kathete

(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.

Katheter

(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

Kathmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

Kathode

(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage with respect to anode of the same polarized device (depending on whether the device is a load or a source, respectively).

Katholik

A member of a Catholic church.

Katholikentum

The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.

Katholikin

A member of a Catholic church.

katholisch

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

Katholizismus

The faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.

Katholizität

The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive.

Kathstrauch

A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.

Katja

A en given name, equivalent to English Kate.

Katschmarek

A pilot partner of another; a pilot who flies in the same wing or squadron.

Kattun

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

katzbuckeln

(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.

Kätzchen

(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.

Katze

(countable) An animal of the family Felidae.

katzenartig

catlike (resembling a cat); sleek, graceful, inscrutable, sensual, and/or cunning.

Katzenbaby

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

Katzenbaldrian

(uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.

katzenhaft

Resembling a cat; feline.

Katzenjammer

(South Africa, slang) A very bad hangover.

Katzenjunges

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

Katzenkopf

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

Katzenkopfpflasterstein

(countable) A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.

Katzenmännchen

The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.

Katzenminze

Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.

Katzenmusik

A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance.

Katzensitter

One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.

Katzensitterin

One who acts as babysitter for a cat in the owner's absence.

Katzenvieh

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A domestic cat, especially (depreciative, _, or, _, derogatory) a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

Katzenwelpe

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

Katzenwels

The meat of such a fish, popular in the Southern U.S. and Central Europe.

Katzenzunge

A small chocolate bar or (sometimes chocolate-covered) cookie/biscuit which is shaped somewhat like the tongue of a cat.

Kätzerich

The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.

Katzerl

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

Kätzin

A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet. [from 8th c.]

Kätzlein

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).

kaudern

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

Kauderwelsch

Incomprehensible language or speech.

kauderwelschen

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

kauen

To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

kauern

(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.

Kauf

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

kaufen

(transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

Käufer

A person who makes one or more purchases.

Käuferin

A person who makes one or more purchases.

Kauffrau

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

käuflich

That can be bought.

Käuflichkeit

The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.

Kaufmann

A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.

Kaufoption

(computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.

Kaugummi

A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.