German–English dictionary

Konzentrat

A substance that is in a condensed form.

Konzentration

(uncountable) Concentration of attention.

konzentrieren

(intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).

konzentriert

Not dilute; having a high concentration.

Konzept

(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]

Konzeption

The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.

konzeptionell

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

Konzern

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

Konzert

(music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

Konzertierung

The process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.

Konzertina

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

Konzertsaal

A large building where concerts are performed.

Konzertzeichner

(countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.

Konzession

A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.

konzipieren

(transitive) To develop; to form in the mind; to imagine.

konzis

Brief, yet including all important information.

Kooperation

An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.

kooperativ

Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

Kooperative

A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

kooperieren

(intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.

kooperierend

(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.

Koordinate

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

Koordinatennetz

(cartography) A method of marking off maps into areas.

Koordination

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

Koordinator

One who, or that which, coordinates.

Koordinatorin

One who, or that which, coordinates.

koordinieren

(ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).

Koordinierung

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

Kopenhagen

The capital city of Denmark.

Köper

(weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.

Köperbindung

(weaving) A pattern, characterised by diagonal ridges, created by the regular interlacing of threads of the warp and weft during weaving.

Kopernikus

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Kopf

(plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.

Kopf im Nacken und Augen geradeaus

With head directly above the neck, eyes front.

Kopfauflage

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

Kopfball

(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.

Kopfband

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

Kopfbedeckung

(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.

Kopfbrett

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.

Köpfchen

(in the plural) Intellect.

köpfen

(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

Kopffreiheit

The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.

Kopfgeld

(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.

Kopfhaut

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

Kopfhörer

A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.

kopfig

Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.

Kopfjagd

cutting-off and preservation of the heads of one's enemies

Kopfjäger

(anthropology) A person who practises headhunting, the taking and preserving of a person's head after killing them.

Kopfkissen

A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

Kopfkissenbezug

A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows.

Kopfkohl

(by extension) Any of various cultivars of the species Brassica oleracea.

Kopflehne

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

kopflos

Hopelessly smitten; madly in love.

Kopfnicken

An instance of inclining the head up and down, as to indicate agreement, or as a cursory greeting.

Kopfnuss

A complex riddle or puzzle.

Kopfsalat

(uncountable, vegetable) The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc.

Kopfschlagader

(anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head.

Kopfschmerz

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

Kopfschmerzen

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

Kopfschuppen

scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis

Kopfschuss

A gunshot to the head.

Kopfsteinpflaster

(now, chiefly, North America) A paving (paved part) of a road or other thoroughfare; the roadway or road surface. [from 13th c.]

Kopfstoß

A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.

Kopfstütze

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

Kopfstütze des Dentalstuhls

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

Kopfstütze mit Backen

The part of a seat designed to support the sitter's head.

Kopfteil

A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.

Kopftuch

A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.

kopfüber

Tumbling upside down; somersaulting.

Köpfung

Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.

Kopfweh

(pain) A pain or ache in the head.

Kopfzeile

The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

Kopfzerbrecher

A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.

Kopie

(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).

kopieren

(transitive) To imitate.

kopierend

Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.

Kopierer

A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.

Kopiergerät

A machine that copies graphical material; a duplicator.

Kopierschutzstecker

(computer hardware) A hardware device used by a specific application for purposes of copy protection.

Kopilot

A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft.

Kopist

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

Kopistin

A person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.

Koppel

(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

koppeln

(Internet, transitive) To connect (a smartphone) to a personal computer in order to give the computer access to the phone's Internet connection.

Koppelstange

(kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.

Koppernick

Nicolaus Copernicus, a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

Koppler

A device that couples two things together.

Kopplung

A mechanical device that connects things.

Kopsibolter

Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.

Kopulation

(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.

kopulieren

(somewhat, _, formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

koralle

(countable) A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.

Korb

(botany) calathidium.

Korb-Weide

(countable, uncountable) Long, pliable twigs of this plant, or of other similar plants.

Körbchen

One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

Kordel

A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.

Kordelzug

A string or cord, encased in a fabric tube, with one or more small openings into the tube, on a bag or garment, allowing the item to be closed (as with a bag) or tightened (as with sweatpants or a bathing suit).

Kore

(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

Korea

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

Koreaner

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

Koreanerin

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

koreanisch

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

Koriander

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Korianderkraut

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Koriandersamen

(UK, Irish) The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.

Korinth

A port city in Greece.

Korinthe

A small, sweet, seedless black grape with an intense flavour when dried, from a cultivar of Vitis vinifera the grape vine.

korinthisch

Of or relating to Corinth.

Kork

The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.

Korken

(obsolete, slang) A sharper or pickpocket.

Korkenzieher

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

Kormoran

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

Korn

A river in Europe that flows for about 130 km (81 mi) through Luxembourg, Belgium and France; it joins the Meuse near Sedan.

Körnchen

(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

Kornelia

A en given name in quiet use since the 18th century.

Kornett

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

Kornfeld

A field of corn (maize).

Kornhaus

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

körnig

Having a grain or grains.

kornisch

Of or pertaining to the Cornish language.

kornische Sprache

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

Kornkammer

The region that produces the food for a particular population.

Kornspeicher

(agriculture) A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Körnung

A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.

Korolla

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

Korollar

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

Korona

The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.

koronal

(phonetics) Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.

Körper

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]

Körperbau

The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

körperbetont

Involving bodily force or contact; vigorous, aggressive. [from 20th c.]

Körpergewichtsübungen

(in the plural) Physical exercises with the participation of a multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises); strength training aspects and cardio aspects are both involved, and stamina is often a focus.

Körperglied

An external body part that projects from the body.

Körpergröße

A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

körperlich

Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.

Körperlichkeit

(uncountable) The quality or fact of having a physical or material body.

körperlos

Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.

Körperpflege

Care for one's personal appearance, hygiene, and clothing.

Körpersaft

(archaic, or, historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body.

Körperschaft

An organisation, company or other authoritative group. [from 17th c.]

Körperstamm

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

Körperverletzung

(legal) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.

Korporal

(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.

Korporale

(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

Korporation

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Korps

(military) A battlefield formation composed of two or more divisions.

korpulent

Large in body; fat; overweight.

Korpus

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]

Korpuskel

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

korrekt

In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. [First attested in the late 16th century.]