German–English dictionary

Korrektheit

Freedom from error.

Korrektur

The act of correcting.

Korrelation

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

Korrespondent

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Korrespondentin

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

Korrespondenz

(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.

korrespondieren

(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.

korrespondierend

that have a similar relationship

Korridor

A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

korrigieren

(transitive, rare) To revise or make corrections to a publication.

korrodieren

(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

korrosiv

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

korrumpieren

(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).

korrumpiert

In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

korrupt

In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

Korruptel

(metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)

Korruptele

(metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)

Korruption

Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.

Korsar

A privateer or pirate in general.

Korse

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

Korselett

A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.

Korsett

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

Korsika

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

Korsin

A native or inhabitant of Corsica, France.

korsisch

Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

Kortex

(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.

Kortison

(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.

Korund

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

koscher machen

(Judaism, transitive) To render kosher.

Kosel

(countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

kosen

(transitive) To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.

Kosename

(uncountable) The formation of terms of endearment or pet names.

Kosinus

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos

Kosmetik

Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.

Kosmetika

The study of such products.

Kosmetiker

A person skilled at applying cosmetics.

Kosmetikerin

A person skilled at applying cosmetics.

Kosmetikum

Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.

kosmetisch

External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something.

kosmisch

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

kosmischer Staub

Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.

kosmo-

universe, world

Kosmodrom

A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.

Kosmogonie

The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.

kosmogonisch

Of or pertaining to cosmogony.

Kosmologe

A person who studies cosmology.

Kosmologin

A person who studies cosmology.

kosmologisch

Of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe.

Kosmonaut

A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

Kosmonautin

An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

Kosmopolit

One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.

kosmopolitisch

(of a place, or, institution) Composed of people from all over the world.

Kosmopolitismus

The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community.

Kosmos

(by extension) A harmonious, ordered whole.

Kost

(by extension) Any habitual intake or consumption.

kostbar

Of high value or worth.

Kosten

Amount of money, time, etc. that is required or used.

kosteneffizient

Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical.

kostenlos

Without paying; free.

kostenpflichtig

(rare) Not free, not free of charge, that costs money, that must be paid for, that must be purchased; paid (as in paid service); pay (as in pay channel); cash (as in cash bar); paywalled (as in paywalled content).

Kostenvoranschlag

(specifically, _, in, business, and, construction) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job is likely to cost.

Kostgänger

Someone who pays for meals and lodging in a house rather than a hotel.

köstlich

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.

Köstlichkeit

Something that is delectable.

Kostprobe

(cooking) A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

kostspielig

Of high cost; expensive.

Kostüm

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

kostümieren

To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

Kot

(usually, in the plural) A piece of animal excrement; dung. [late 16th C.]

Kotartigkeit

The state or quality of being feculent.

Kotau

The act of kowtowing.

Kotau machen

(historical) To kneel and bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground.

Kotbeutel

(countable, medicine) A bag containing soiled items.

Kotelett

A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.

Koteletten

Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin.

Köter

A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.

Kotflügel

(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

Kothurn

(historical) A type of soft calf- or knee-high boot that laces up the front, sometimes featuring open toes or thick soles, worn in the Greco-Roman world by hunters and horsemen, as well as by actors in Athenian tragedy.

Kotillon

(dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. [from 1766]

Koto

(musical instrument) A Japanese stringed instrument having numerous strings, usually seven or thirteen, that are stretched over a convex wooden sounding board and are plucked with three plectra, worn on the thumb, index finger, and middle finger of one hand.

Kotten

A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.

kotz

(slang) An imitation of the sound of gagging, used to express disgust or disdain.

Kotze

(colloquial, uncountable) vomit.

kotzen

(colloquial, ambitransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

KPCh

Initialism of w:Chinese Communist Party (Communist Party of China)

Kr.Gef.

(military) Initialism of prisoner of war.

Krabbe

(uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

krabbeln

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

Krabbeltier

(gambling, slang) A metal clip attached to the underside of a table, etc. to hold hidden cards, as a form of cheating.

Krach

Any loud and continued noise.

Krachen

(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.

Kracher

A small explosive device, typically containing a small amount of gunpowder in a tightly-wound roll of paper, primarily designed to produce a large bang.

Krächzen

The harsh cry of a crow.

Kräcker

A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).

Kraft

(uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.

kraft Amtes

By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.

Kraft geben

To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.

kraft- und saftlos

Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.

Kraftaufwand

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

Kräfte

(countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).

kräftezehrend

Causing a loss of energy or strength.

Kraftfahrstraße

(UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Kraftfahrzeug

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

kräftig

(usually, of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

kräftigen

(transitive) To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to.

kräftigend

Restorative, curative or invigorating.

kräftiger Tritt

A deliberate heavy footfall; a stamp.

kräftiger Zug

A large gulp of drink.

Kräftigungsmittel

A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

kraftlos

(by extension) Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. [from 20th c.]

Kraftmeier

(sports) In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.

Kraftmeierei

Pompous, officious talk.

Kraftmensch

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Kraftpaket

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Kraftprotz

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Kraftstoff

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

Kraftstoß

(physics) The integral of force over time.

kraftstrotzend

Rapid of growth.

kraftvoll

With either physical or coercive force; in a forceful manner; vigorously; powerfully.

Kraftwagen

(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

Kragen

(mechanics) A protrusion; frequently a cylinder of material that extends beyond a hole.

Kragstein

(architectural element) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.

Kragstück

(architectural element) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

Krähe

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

Krähen

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

Krähenfuß

(weaponry) A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).

Krähenscharbe

Gulosus aristotelis (syn. Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a member of the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorant) family of seabirds.

Krähenvogel

Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

Krakau

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

Krake

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.

Krakeeler

One who brawls, engages in noisy, unseemly fights.

krakeelig

Disorderly and boisterous.

Krakelei

Careless, hasty writing, doodle or drawing

krakeln

(transitive) To write something hastily or illegibly.

Kralle

A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.

krallen

To use the claws to seize, to grip.

Kram

(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.

Krämer

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

Krampe

A U-shaped wire fastener, made of thick wire, used to attach fence wire or other material to posts or structures.

Krampf

(medicine) An intense, paroxysmal, involuntary muscular contraction.

Krampfanfall

A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.

krampfen

(intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.

Kran

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

Kranbaum

A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.

Kranbeere

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.

krängen

(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.

Krängung

(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power. [from early 17th c.]

kranial

(anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.

Kranich

(constellation) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a crane. It contains the star Alnair and lies south of the constellation Piscis Austrinus.

Kranichbeere

(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.