German–English dictionary

Kugelhantel

A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.

kugelig

(geometry) Shaped as a sphere; being a sphere.

Kugelschreiber

A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).

kugelsicher

(of a material) Capable of withstanding a direct shot by a bullet fired from a gun.

kugelstoßen

(obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

Kuh

(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

Kuhantilope

A type of grassland antelope, Alcelaphus buselaphus, native to parts of Africa.

Kuhblume

(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).

Kühe

(pejorative, figuratively) People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

Kuhfänger

(chiefly, Australia, NZ) A welded framework of metal bars at a vehicle's front, designed to protect it during collisions with animals, but often purchased as a fashion accessory.

Kuhfladen

A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.

Kuhfuß

(US, _, carpentry) A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.

Kuhhirt

One who herds cattle; a cowboy.

Kuhhirte

A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Kuhhirtin

A woman who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West.

Kuhkalb

A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.

kühl

Emotionally fragile, easily offended.

Kühlbox

An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.

Kühle

A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

kühlen

Moderately cold or chilly.

kühler

Moderately cold or chilly.

Kühlflüssigkeit

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

Kühlgerät

a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.

Kühlmittel

A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.

Kühlraum

A cool room in a domestic house where food is stored, but larger than a pantry.

Kühlschrank

a machine that produces cold air, either for air conditioning, to prepare chilled foods etc.

Kühlung

(uncountable) Refrigeration.

kühn

Showing willingness to take bold risks; recklessly daring.

kühn wehen

(intransitive, archaic) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

Kühnheit

Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.

Kuhstall

(chiefly, British) A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.

kujonieren

(transitive) To intimidate (someone) as a bully.

Küken

A young bird.

Küklein

A young chicken.

Kukuruz

Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

Kulanz

(uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.

Kuli

A pen, similar in size and shape to a pencil, having an internal chamber filled with a viscous, quick-drying ink that is dispensed at the tip during use by the rolling action of a metal sphere (around 0.7 mm to 1 mm in diameter).

kulinarisch

Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

Kulisse

Stage backdrops, property and other items on a stage that give the impression of the location of the scene.

kulminieren

(intransitive) To be in a period of greatest influence.

Kult

(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.

Kult-

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

kultig

Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.

Kultivator

Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.

kultivieren

To grow plants, notably crops.

kultiviert

(of a person) cultured, refined, educated

Kultiviertheit

Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.

Kultivierung

The art or act of cultivating (improvement of land for or by agriculture), as:

Kultur

An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political, or technical development.

Kulturbanause

(countable) Someone or something of low education or culture.

Kulturbrache

(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.

kulturell

Pertaining to culture.

kulturlos

(sciences) Not cultured or artificially developed.

Kultus

(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.

Kumin

Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.

Kümmel

The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.

Kummer

A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

Kümmerer

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

kümmerlich

Of an amount or number: very small.

Kümmerling

Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.

kümmern

(transitive, obsolete) To give consideration to (someone or something); to heed, to pay attention, to regard.

Kümmernis

(countable) Something which causes grief.

kummervoll

Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.

Kumpan

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

Kumpel

(informal, North America) Buddy, friend.

kumulativ

Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.

kunde

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject.

Kundendienst

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

Kundenservice

The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.

Kundenverständnis

(marketing) Knowledge (usually derived from consumer understanding) that a company applies in order to make a product or brand perform better and be more appealing to customers

Kundgebung

A public display of group opinion, such as a protest march.

kundig

Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.

kündigen

(US, euphemistic, transitive) To fire or dismiss an employee.

Kündigung

The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

Kündigungsfrist

(chiefly, uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.

Kundin

(mostly, archaic) A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.

Kundschaft

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.

kundtun

(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]

künftig

Having to do with or occurring in the future.

Kunst

(uncountable) Artwork.

Kunsteisbahn

A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

Kunstfehler

The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss.

Kunstfertigkeit

Significant artistic skill.

Kunstglied

(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.

Kunstgriff

A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.

Kunsthandwerk

Arts and crafts concerned with making beautiful but functional objects. Includes carpentry, metalworking and interior design.

Kunstharz

Any synthetic compound of similar properties.

Kunstköder

(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

Künstler

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.

Künstlerin

(often, in combination) A person who is skilled at some activity.

künstlerisch

Having or revealing creative skill.

Künstlermodell

Someone who, or something which, poses; a person who sets their body in a fixed position, such as for photography or painting.

künstlich

Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

Kunstmaler

An artist who paints pictures.

Kunstmalerin

An artist who paints pictures.

Kunstschiefer

An artificial material resembling slate and used for the same purposes.

Kunststoff

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]

Kunststoff-

Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]

Kunststück

Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]

kunstvoll

Aesthetically pleasing.

Kunstwerk

(uncountable) Artwork.

kunterbunt

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

kunterbunte Mischung

(figuratively) An abundant and diverse collection of things.

Küpe

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

Kupee

A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe)

Kupfer

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

kupferfarben

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

kupferfarbig

Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper.

kupfern

Made of copper.

Kupferschiefer

(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.

kupieren

(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).

Kupon

(finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

Kuppel

(architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

Kuppelei

An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.

kuppeln

(transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

Kuppler

Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people.

Kupplerin

A middlewoman: a woman who performs as a go-between, an intermediary.

Kupplung

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]

Kupplungspedal

A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]

Kurator

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

Kuratorin

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

Kurbel

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

Kurbeln

(rare) A twist or turn in speech; word play consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Kurbelzapfen

(engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.

Kürbis

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

Kürbisfarbe

(uncountable) The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

Kürbisfarben

(uncountable) The typical color of the ripe fruit of the pumpkin plant.

Kürbisfrucht

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

Kürbispflanze

The round yellow or orange fruit of this plant.

Kurde

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

Kurdin

A member of the linguistically and culturally distinct people who speak Kurdish and mainly inhabit those parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria sometimes known as Kurdistan.

kurdisch

Of, from, or pertaining to Kurdistan, the Kurdish people or the Kurdish language family.

Kurdistan

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Kurfürst

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

Kurfürstentum

(historical) The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector; an electorship.

Kurfürstin

(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.

Kurie

The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

Kurier

A person who delivers messages.

Kurierdienst

A company that delivers messages.

kurieren

(transitive) To restore to health.

kurios

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

Kuriosität

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

Kuriosum

A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

Kurort

A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.

Kurpfuscher

(pejorative) A fraudulent healer, especially a bombastic peddler in worthless treatments, a doctor who makes false diagnoses for monetary benefit, or an untrained or poorly trained doctor who uses fraudulent credentials to attract patients [from c. 1630]

Kurs

(education) A learning programme

kursiv

(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.

Kursivbuchstabe

(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.

kursive Schrift

(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

Kursivschrift

(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.