German–English dictionary

Kranium

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

krank

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

krank sein

(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

Krankatze

A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.

Kranke

A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

kränkeln

(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

kränkelnd

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

kränken

(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict

Krankenhaus

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

Krankenhausapotheke

A place or room where something is dispensed, particularly:

Krankenhausarzt

(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.

Krankenhausärztin

(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.

Krankenhausaufenthalt

The hospitalizing of a patient, the condition of being hospitalized, or the period a patient stays in hospital.

Krankenhausseelsorger

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

Krankenhausseelsorgerin

A member of a religious body who is (often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.

Krankenpfleger

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

Krankenschwester

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

Krankenstation

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

Krankenwagen

An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital. [1854]

Kranker

A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

krankhaft

(by extension) Taking an interest in, or fixating on, unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease. [from 1770s]

Krankheit

(obsolete) An ailment; trouble; illness.

Krankheitseinsicht

(psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

krankheitserregend

(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.

Krankheitserreger

(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.

Krankheitsverständnis

(psychiatry) An individual's awareness of the nature and severity of one's mental illness.

kränklich

Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.

kränklich sein

(intransitive) To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.

krankmachend

Causing sickness or disgust.

Kränkung

(countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.

Kranmast

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

Kranz

(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.

kranzförmig

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.

Krapfen

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape filled with jelly/jam, custard, or cream.

Krapp

A dye made from the plant.

Krappe

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.

Krappfarbstoff

A dye made from the plant.

krapprot

Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.

Krappwurzel

The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.

krass

Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.

Krattel

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

kratzbürstig

(figurative) Easily irritated.

Krätze

Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.

Kratzen

The act of grazing; a scratching or injuring lightly on passing.

Kratzer

A light abrasion; a slight scratch.

krätzig

Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.

Kraul

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

Kraulen

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

kraus

(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.

Krause

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

Kräuseln

The act of making such grooves.

kräuslig

Formed of a mass of small, tight, wiry curls; unruly or extending in all directions.

Kraut

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Krautfresser

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Krautfresserin

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Krauthobel

A kitchen tool for julienning vegetables.

Krautsalat

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

Krawall

A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

Krawallnudel

A woman who is rough, loud, and aggressive.

Krawatte

A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.

kraxeln

(transitive) To fasten, as with a grapple; (by extension) to fix; to join indissolubly.

Kreation

(countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.

kreationär

With regard to creation.

kreationistisch

Of or relating to creationism.

kreativ

Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.

Kreativität

The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product.

Kreatur

A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

Krebs

(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

krebsartig

(oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.

Krebsschere

The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

Krebstier

Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.

Kredenz

(countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.

Kredit

(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

Kredithai

Someone who lends money at exorbitant rates of interest, especially illegally. [1900]

kreditieren

(transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

Kreditnehmer

One who borrows.

Kreditor

(finance) A person to whom a debt is owed.

Kreditseite

(accounting, often, attributive) An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).

kreditwürdig

(finance) Having an acceptable credit rating.

Kreditwürdigkeit

(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

Kredo

A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.

Kreide

(geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 66 million years ago.

Kreis

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

kreisartig

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

Kreisbogen

(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. [from 16th c.]

kreischen

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

kreischen wie ein Esel

(intransitive, by extension) To make a harsh, discordant sound like a donkey's bray.

Kreisel

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

Kreiselinstrument

An apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.

kreisen

(intransitive) To travel in circles.

kreisend

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

Kreisfläche

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

kreisförmig

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

Kreislauf

The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

Kreisring

(botany) A structure surrounding a sporangium (or part of it) which shrinks and causes it to rupture for spore dispersal; specifically, in a fern: a structure around about two-thirds of the sporangium consisting of differentially thick-walled cells which dry and distort the sporangium; and in a moss: a complete ring of cells around the tip of the sporangium which dissolves to cause the tip to detach.

Kreissäge

(headwear) A straw hat, very stiff, with a flat brim and crown.

Kreisscheibe

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

Kreisverkehr

(chiefly, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and) A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.

Kreiszahl

(mathematics) An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.

Kremation

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

Krematorium

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.

Kreme

The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.

kremieren

(transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Kremierung

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

Krempe

(graph theory) A connected component of the induced subgraph formed by deleting a set of vertices.

Krempel

(slang) Anything that is old or of inferior quality.

krempeln

(textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.

Kreol

(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

Kreole

A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country. [from 17th c.]

Kreolin

A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country. [from 17th c.]

Kreolsprache

(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.

Krepp

A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface.

Kreta

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.

Kreter

An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

Kreterin

An inhabitant or a resident of Crete.

kretisch

Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

Kreuz

(Christianity) The cross on which Christ was crucified, particularly considered as a relic.

kreuz und quer

(US) Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.

Kreuzabnahme

(Christianity) The removal of Jesus from the cross.

Kreuzbein

(anatomy) Of the sacrum.

Kreuzchen

(US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.

kreuzen

(intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.

Kreuzfahrer

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

Kreuzfahrt

A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.

Kreuzfeuer

(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.

kreuzförmig

(archaic) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.

Kreuzgang

A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:

Kreuzigen

An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.

Kreuzigung

(Christianity, often, capitalized) The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.

Kreuzkümmel

The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.

Kreuzotter

A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia

Kreuzritter

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

Kreuzstück

A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.

Kreuzung

(biology) An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.

Kreuzungsherzstück

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

Kreuzverstrebung

A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.

kreuzweise

transversely; so as to lie across

Kreuzworträtsel

(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.

Kreuzzeichen

(Christianity) A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the cross.

Kreuzzug

Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

Kreuzzügler

(historical) A fighter or participant in the medieval Crusades.

Kri

An aboriginal nation of North America.

Kri-Indianer

An aboriginal nation of North America.

Kri-Sprache

The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.

Kribbe

An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

kribbelig

(slang) Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.

kribbeln

(transitive) To cause to feel a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.

Krickente

Anas crecca, a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Palearctic and migrates south in winter.

Kricket

A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).

Kricket­spie­le­rin

A person who plays cricket.