German–English dictionary

klauen

(transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.

klauen (coll.)

(intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

Klaus

A en given name.

Klausel

(legal) A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.

Klausner

One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.

Klaustrophobie

The fear of closed, tight places.

klaustrophobisch

(psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space.

Klausur

(figuratively) The monastic life.

Klausuraufsicht

(North America, Philippines) A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.

Klausurtagung

(by extension) A closed, private, or secret meeting, especially one of an ecclesiastical nature.

Klaviatur

(computing, etc.) A set of keys laid out in a grid-like pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer etc.

Klavier

(music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. [from 17th c.]

Klavierabend

A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

Klavierspieler

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

Klavierspielerin

(musician) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

Klavikel

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

Klavikula

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

Klebelösung

(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.

kleben

(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.

klebend

Adhesive, sticking to something.

Kleber

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

klebrig

Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.

klebriges Zeug

(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.

Klebrigkeit

(manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.

Klebstoff

a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion

kleckern

(transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.

Klecks

A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.

klecksen

(intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.

Kleckserei

A crude or amateurish painting.

Klee

A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.

Kleeblatt

(with plural cloverleaves) The leaf of a clover plant.

Kleid

(clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

kleiden

(transitive) To clothe or adorn.

Kleider

(plural only) Items of clothing; apparel.

Kleideraufbewahrung

(British, Irish, India) A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

Kleiderbügel

A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.

Kleidergröße

A specific set of dimensions for a manufactured article, especially clothing. [from 16th c.]

Kleiderhaken

A protrusion used to hang things on.

Kleiderkasten

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

Kleiderkoffer

A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.

Kleiderschrank

A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

Kleidung

(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.

Kleidungsstück

A single item of clothing.

Kleie

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

klein

Small in size.

klein und mies

(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

klein und schäbig

(informal, US) Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable.

Klein-

Written in minuscule handwriting style.

Klein-Ostertag

(Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

Kleinarbeit

Work, especially research or preparation, that involves significant walking, travel, or similar effort.

Kleinbauer

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

Kleinbäuerin

A member of the lowly social class that toils on the land, constituted by small farmers and tenants, sharecroppers, farmhands and other laborers on the land where they form the main labor force in agriculture and horticulture.

Kleinbrauerei

A small commercial brewery, often one serving a single pub at which it is physically located; in the United States, often used to indicate a brewery that produces fewer than 15,000 barrels of beer annually.

Kleinbritannien

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

Kleinbuchstabe

(countable) A lowercase letter.

Kleinbus

A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups.

Kleinchen

(slang, often, attributive) A child.

Kleine

(US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A child.

kleine Insel

A small island.

kleine Menge

A small number or amount of something.

kleine Ungeschicktheit

An accident, mistake, or problem.

kleine Welle

A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.

Kleiner

(US, Australia, NZ, Philippines) A child.

kleiner Rückschlag

(informal) A minor obstacle or setback.

kleiner Teil

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

kleiner Zeh

(informal, less commonly) A little toe, the toe furthest on a foot from the big toe.

kleines Neunauge

(zoology) The small European lamprey species Petromyzon branchialis.

kleines Problem

(informal) A minor obstacle or setback.

kleines Stück

A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.

kleines Tal

(geography) A small valley between mountains.

kleines Unglück

An accident, mistake, or problem.

kleinformatig

In the form of a tabloid (noun sense 2 and sense 2.3): compressed or compact in size.

Kleingarten

(British) A plot of land rented from the council for growing fruit and vegetables.

kleingehackt

Finely chopped.

Kleingeist

One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.

Kleingeld

(uncountable) Balance of money returned from the sum paid after deducting the price of a purchase.

kleingeschnitten

Finely chopped.

kleingeschrieben

In lower case.

kleinhacken

(transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

Kleinhirn

(neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the back of the cerebrum and is formed of two lateral lobes and a median lobe. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

Kleinholz

Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.

Kleinigkeit

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

Kleinigkeiten

Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information; froth.

kleinkariert

(by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.

Kleinkind

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

kleinlaut

Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive.

kleinlich

(psychology, also vulgar informal) Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

kleinliche Kritik

An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint. [from 17th c.]

kleinmachen

(transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Kleinmut

Lack of courage.

Kleinod

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

Kleinostern

(Christianity) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday.

Kleinpferd

A young or little horse; foal; pony.

kleinreden

(transitive) To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is, especially as a way of showing contempt or deprecation. [from 1782]

kleinschneiden

(transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.

kleinst

The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.

kleinteilig

Made or done in pieces or one stage at a time.

Kleinverkauf

(business) The sale of goods directly to the consumer, encompassing the storefronts, mail-order, websites, etc., and the corporate mechanisms, branding, advertising, etc. that support them.

Kleinwiesel

A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).

kleinwüchsig

Prevented from growing or developing fully and hence shorter and stockier that usual.

Kleister

One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.

Klementine

A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.

Klemmbaustein

Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

Klemmbrett

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

Klemme

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

klemmen

To fasten with a clip.

Klempner

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

Klempnerarbeit

The trade or occupation of a plumber.

Klempnerei

The trade or occupation of a plumber.

Klempnerin

One who furnishes, fits, and repairs pipes and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage.

Kleopatra

A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.

Klepper

An old jaded horse.

Kleptokratie

A corrupt and dishonest government or society characterised by theft and greed.

Kleptoman

One who steals compulsively.

Kleptomanin

One who steals compulsively.

klerikal

Of or relating to clerks or their work.

Kleriker

A male member of a clergy; especially, an ordained (male) Christian minister.

Klerikerin

A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister.

Klerus

Body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service.

Klettband

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

Klette

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

Kletterei

(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

Klettereisen

An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.

Kletterer

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

Klettergerüst

(US, Israel) A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920.

Kletterin

Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

klettern

(ambitransitive) To climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.

Kletterpflanze

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

Klettverschluss

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

Klick

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

Klicken

(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

Klient

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Klientel

The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.

Klientin

A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.

Klima

Of, relating to, or influenced by climate.

Klimaänderung

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

Klimaentwicklung

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

klimatisch

Of, relating to, or influenced by climate.

Klimaveränderung

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

Klimawandel

Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.

Klimax

A rush of sexual excitement; now specifically, the climax or peak of sexual pleasure, which occurs during sexual activity and which in males may include ejaculation and in females vaginal contractions. [from 18th c.]

klimpern

(intransitive) To make light metallic sounds, rather like a very small bell.

Klinge

(biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.

Klingel

(chiefly, British, informal) A telephone call.

Klingeln

The sounding of a bell as a signal.

Klingelton

The sound made by a telephone when ringing.

klingen

(intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.

Klingone

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

Klingonin

(countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

Klingonisch

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.