German–English dictionary

Komplettlösung

(video games) A thorough demonstration that explains or illustrates the steps involved in winning the game.

komplex

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

komplexifizieren

(transitive) To make more complex; to complicate.

Komplexität

(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

Komplianz

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

Komplikation

(countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.

Kompliment

An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

komplimentieren

(ambitransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

Komplize

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

Komplizenschaft

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

komplizieren

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

kompliziert

Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.

Kompliziertheit

(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

Komplizin

(legal) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.

Komplizität

The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.

Komplott

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]

Komponente

A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

komponieren

(transitive) To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.

Komponist

One who composes; an author.

Komponistin

Especially, one who composes music.

Kompositeur

Especially, one who composes music.

Komposition

The general makeup of a thing or person. [from 14th c.]

Kompositum

Anything made by combining several things.

Kompost

The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

kompostieren

To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

Kompott

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

Kompresse

(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.

Kompression

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

komprimieren

(transitive) To make more dense; to compress.

Komprimierung

An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.

Kompromat

Previously unknown facts or rumors about a person.

Kompromiss

(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.

kompromisslos

Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable.

kompromittieren

(transitive) To breach (a security system).

Komsomol

(historical) Young Communist League, the former youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Komturei

(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.

kon-

Unite: to unite into a collection indicated by the root word.

Kondemnation

A condemnation.

kondemnierend

Condemning.

Kondensat

(physics) A liquid that is the product of condensation of a gas, i.e. of steam.

Kondensator

(electronics) An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

kondensieren

(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.

Kondeszendenz

The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.

Kondiment

Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.

Kondition

The health status of a medical patient.

Konditional

(grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.

Konditionalis

(grammar) The conditional mood.

konditionieren

(transitive) To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.

Konditionierer

Anything that improves the condition of something.

Konditor

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

Konditorin

A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).

Kondolenz

(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

Kondom

(countable, North America, slang) A condom, especially an external condom.

Kondukteur

(rail transport) A person who takes tickets on public transportation and also helps passengers.

Konduktion

(physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.

Konfabulation

(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone suffering from dementia.

konfabulieren

(ambitransitive, psychology) To fabricate memories in order to fill gaps in one's memory.

Konfekt

(countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Konfektionsgröße

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

konferieren

(intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]

Konfession

(countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.

Konfetti

Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.

konfigurieren

(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking

Konfirmation

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

Konfiskation

The act or process of confiscating.

konfiszieren

(transitive) To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.

Konfiszierung

The act or process of confiscating.

Konfitüre

a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit

Konflikt

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

konfliktär

Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.

Konfliktpartei

A state or other armed participant in warfare

konfliktreich

Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed.

Konföderation

(historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.

Konföderierte

A member of a confederacy.

Konföderierter

A member of a confederacy.

konform

That conforms, especially to the shape of something.

Konformation

(physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.

Konformist

Someone who tries to conform to the mainstream.

konformistisch

Conforming to established customs, etc.

Konformität

(uncountable) The state of being compliant.

Konfrontation

The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

konfrontativ

Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.

konfrontieren

(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

Konfucius

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

konfundieren

(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand

konfus

(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand

konfus machend

Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.

Konfusion

A lack of clarity or order.

Konfutse

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

Konfuzius

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

kongenital

(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.

Konglomerat

(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.

Kongo

A Bantu language (or family of languages) of Central Africa.

Kongregation

A Roman Congregation, a main department of the Vatican administration of the Catholic Church.

Kongress

A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

kongruent

(mathematics) Having a difference divisible by a modulus.

kongruieren

(intransitive, grammar) To correspond to (another word) in a grammatical category, such as gender, number, case, or person.

Konifere

(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

König

Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person. [from 13th c.]

Könige

One of the various books called Kings in the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.

Königin

(chess) A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

königlich

(obsolete) Imperial or regal.

Königreich

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

Königreich Bayern

A historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria.

Königsbolzen

(informal) The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.

Königschaft

The dignity, rank, or office of a king; the state of being a king.

Königsenkel

A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]

Königsenkelin

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

Königslachs

The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

Königsmacher

(politics) Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader.

Königssohn

A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch. [from 14th c.]

Königstochter

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

Königstreue

Impassioned allegiance to or advocacy of the establishment, maintenance, and/or interests of a particular king, royal house, or kingly dynasty; sometimes extended to the same of a non-royal (i.e., grand ducal, imperial, or other) family or sovereign; often contrasted with monarchism.

Königstreuer

A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.

Königszapfen

(informal) The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.

Königtum

A realm having a king or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign.

konisch

(geometry) Of or relating to a cone or cones.

Konjektur

(formal) A supposition based upon incomplete evidence; a hypothesis.

konjugieren

(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.

Konjunktion

(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.

Konjunktur

A combination of events or circumstances; a conjunction; a union.

Konkatenation

(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.

konkav

Curved like the inner surface of a sphere or bowl.

konkludent

Pertaining to a conclusion.

konkludieren

(logic) to deduce, to infer (develop a causal relation)

Konklusion

(countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

konkomitant

Accompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent. [from early 17th c.]

Konkordanz

(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

Konkrement

(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

konkret

Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. [from 14th c.]

Konkretion

A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence.

konkretisieren

(usually, transitive) To solidify: to change from being abstract to being concrete (actual, real).

Konkubine

A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.

Konkurrent

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

Konkurrentin

A person or organization against whom one is competing.

Konkurrenz

(legal) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.

Konkurrenz-

Of or pertaining to competition.

konkurrenzfähig

(economics) Capable of competing successfully.

konkurrieren

(intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

Konkurs

(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.

Konkursverwalter

A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity. [from 18th c.]

Konkursverwaltung

(legal, business) A form trusteeship of bankruptcy administration in which a receiver is appointed to run the company for the benefit of the creditors.

Konkussion

(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.

können

(modal, _, auxiliary, _, verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.

Konnotation

(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.

konnotieren

(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

könnte

(auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.

könnten

(auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.

Konrad

A en given name.

Konsekration

(countable) The event, or the ceremony celebrating it, marking an official completion, opening, or beginning.