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Kerze

A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

Kerzendocht

(countable) A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

Kerzenlicht

The light emitted by a candle.

Kerzenmacher

A person who makes or sells candles.

Kerzenmacherin

A person who makes or sells candles.

Kerzenschein

The light emitted by a candle.

Kerzenständer

A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.

Kerzenziehen

The art or trade of candlemaking.

Kerzenzieher

A person who makes or sells candles.

Kerzenzieherei

The art or trade of candlemaking.

Kerzenzieherin

A person who makes or sells candles.

kess

(figuratively) With a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner.

Kessel

A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.

Kesselblech

A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.

Kesselflicker

An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

Kesselflickerin

An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

Kesselhaken

A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.

Kesselpauke

(musical instruments) A large percussion instrument with a drumhead that is stretched over a hemispherical metal bowl.

Kesselpauken

(musical instruments) The set of precision kettledrums in an orchestra.

Kesselplatte

A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.

Kesselstein

A white, chalky deposit of calcium carbonate found in kettles, washing machines etc., especially in a hard water area.

Kessheit

The property of being saucy.

Ketamin

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic compound used as a dissociative anesthetic and analgesic drug and also recreationally as a hallucinogen.

Ketchup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

Ketisch

The Yeniseian language of the Ket people.

Ketschup

(uncountable, chiefly, US, Canada, UK) Ellipsis of tomato ketchup (“a tomato-vinegar-based sauce, sometimes containing spices, onion or garlic, and (especially in the US) sweeteners”).

Kette

(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.

ketten

(intransitive) To link multiple items together.

Kettengeflecht

(uncountable, history) Armour consisting of metal rings linked together.

Kettenglied

(surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.

Kettenhaube

(historical) A similar item of mail armour covering the head.

Kettenhemd

(historical) A defensive garment made of metal scales or interlinked metal rings.

Kettenpanzer

A flexible defensive armor, made of a mesh of interlinked metal rings.

Kettensäge

(forestry, machinery, DIY) A power saw that has a power-driven and fast-revolving chain of metal teeth, usually used to cut trees.

Kettfaden

(weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.

Ketzer

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

Ketzergericht

(historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.

Ketzerin

Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.

ketzerisch

Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.

Ketzerrichter

(historical) An official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition.

Keuchen

A short, sudden intake of breath.

Keule

Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

keulen

To select animals from a group and then kill them in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner.

Keulung

(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.

keusch

(chiefly religious) Not married. [from 1827]

Keuschheit

Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

Kevin

A en given name.

Keyboard

(music) An electronic device containing a keyboard (preceding sense), especially one that is capable of producing musical sounds when the keys are played.

KGB

(historical) The Committee for State Security of the Soviet Union (the Soviet security service).

khaki

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

khakifarben

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Khan

(historical) A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

Khartum

The capital city of Sudan.

Khmer

Of or pertaining to the Khmer people or their language.

Khmer-Sprache

A member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.

Ki

(philosophy, mysticism) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc, related (but not limited) to breath and circulation.

Kibbuz

A community, usually an agricultural one in Israel, based on a high level of social and economical sharing, equality, direct democracy and tight social relations.

Kiberer

(derogatory, slang) A police officer. [From ante 1785.]

Kichererbse

A seed of this plant, often used as a food.

Kichern

A quiet laugh.

Kickboxen

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

Kickboxing

(martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.

kicken

(transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

Kicker

(chiefly, _, US, Canada) table soccer (US), table football (UK)

Kiddie

(slang, often, attributive) A child.

kidnappen

(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

Kidnapping

(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

Kiebitz

Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.

Kiefer

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

Kiefernholz

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Kiefernnadel

An adult leaf of an adult pine tree.

Kiefernwald

(countable) A forest or grove of pine trees, either natural or as a plantation.

Kiefernzapfen

A seed-bearing conical fruit of a pine tree.

Kieferorthopäde

An orthodontic dentist.

Kieferorthopädin

An orthodontic dentist.

kieken

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

Kiel

The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

kielholen

(nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.

Kielkropf

(European folklore, also, figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.

Kielwasser

(nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.

Kieme

(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.

Kiemendeckel

(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

Kiemenspalte

(of a fish) A gill slit or gill cover.

Kienspan

(obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.

Kies

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) Money.

Kiesel

(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.

Kieselstein

A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.

Kiez

The residential area near one's home.

Kif

A kind of cannabis smoked in Morocco and Algeria, for narcotic or intoxicating effect.

Kiffer

(slang, derogatory) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, or to excess.

Kifferin

(slang, derogatory) A person who smokes cannabis frequently, or to excess.

Kilima-Ndscharo

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

Kilimandscharo

A volcano in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa at 5,895 meters (19,321 feet).

killen

(transitive) To use up or to waste.

Killer

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

Killerin

A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.

Kilo

(international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

kilo-

(computing, deprecated) .

Kilogramm

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg

Kilokalorie

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Kilometer

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km

Kilometergeld

An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

Kilometerpauschale

An allowance for travel expenses at a specified rate per mile.

Kilometerstein

A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Kim

A surname from Korean

Kimchi

A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.

Kimm

(nautical) A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.

Kimmerier

One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.

Kimmerierin

One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.

kimmerisch

Characteristic of Cimmeria; especially describing particularly dense darkness etc.

Kimono

A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.

kinästhetisch

Of or relating to kinesthesia.

Kind

(Scotland, and parts of, _, Northern England) A child or baby.

Kindchen

(slang, often, attributive) A child.

Kindel

A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.

Kinderarzt

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Kinderärztin

(American spelling) A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

Kinderbetreuer

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

Kinderbetreuerin

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

Kinderbetreuung

(countable) A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.

Kinderbett

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

Kinderei

(countable) Childish behaviour.

Kindererziehung

The process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood.

Kinderfrau

a governess or nanny.

Kindergarten

(North America, Australia, India) An educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6; nursery school. [from 1852]

Kindergartenkind