K abr

K

K.-Nr. abr

Kabbala f

kab(b)ala, cab(b)ala

Kabbalistik f

cab(b)alism

Kadavergehorsam m (sg)

blind obedience

Kadenz f (-en)

Lit, Mus: cadence; cadenca

kadenzieren  vr

to cadence

Kadmos abbr

Kadmos. Zeitschrift für vor- und frühgriechische Epigraphic. Berlin

KAF abbr

Kleinasiaische Forschungen. Weimar

Käfig m (-e)

cage

kafkaesk adj

Kafkaesque

KAH abbr

Keilschrifttexte aus Assur historischen Inhalts. Vol. 1: L. Messerschmidt, ed., Vol. 2: O. Schroeder, ed. Leipzig

kahl adj

bald; bare, empty; naked, plain

kahlfressen vi, sep

to strip (bare) (by insects, etc)

Kahlkopf m

bald head

KAI abbr

Kanaanäische und aramäische Inschriften. Herbert Donner, Wolfgang Rölling, eds. Wiesbaden

Kain m

Cain

Kainsmal  n

mark of Cain

Kainszeichen n

mark of Cain

Kaiphas m

Caiaphas

Kairos abbr, m

Kairos. Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft und Theologie. Salzburg; Gr: Kairos (a significant, decisive, or important period or time)

Kairos(St) abbr

Kairos. Religionswissenschaftliche Studien. Salzburg

kairotisch adj

Gr: kairotic

Kaiser m (-)

emperor

Kaiseradler m

imperial eagle

Kaiserhaus n (-"er)

imperial house or family

Kaiserkrone f (-n)

imperial crown

Kaiserkrönung f (-en)

imperial coronation

kaiserlich adj, adv

imperial; k. (gesinnt) sein - (be) imperialistic, monarchistic or be loyal to the emperor

Kaiserreich n (-e)

empire

Kaisertum n (sg)

empire

KAJ abbr

Keilschrifttexte aus Assur juristischen Inhalts. Leipzig

kakia

Gr: depravity, wickedness

Kakophonie f

cacophony

kal. abr

Kalamargument n

the kalam argument (concerning the existence of God)

Kalb n (-"er)

calf; das Goldene K. anbeten - to worship the golden calf

Kalefaktorium n (-rien)

calefactory (a heated room in a moastery)

Kaleidoskop n (-en)

kaleidoscope

kaleidoskopisch adj, adv

kaleidoscopic(al); kaleidoscopically

kalend. abr

kalendarisch adj

according to the calendar

Kalendarium n  (-ien)

calendar or kalendar

Kalender m (-)

calendar; almanac or almanack

Kalenderblatt n (-"er)

calendar sheet (of a daily devotional morning watch reading calendar)

Kalendergeschichte f (-n)

calendar story or fable (an edifying moral story or fable published on a calendar)

Kalif m (-en)

caliph

Kalifat n (-e)

caliphate

Kalk m (-e)

lime; burnt lime; quicklime; limestone; lime-wash, whitewash; calcium

Kalkboden m (-")

lime soil; limy soil

kalkhaltig adj

calcareous (rock, soil); limy (soil); containing calcium carbonate (water); sehr k. - high in calcium carbonate

Kalkmörtel m

limestone mortar

Kalkstein m

limestone

Kalkül m, n

strategy; calculus

kalkülartig adj

computational

Kalkulation f (-en)

estimate, calculation, computation

kalkulatorisch adj

calculatory (reason, etc)

kalkulieren vr

to calculate, compute, figure (cost, task, etc); (fig) to figure, think; to reckon, assume; to estimate, calculate

Kalle f (-n)

sweetheart, bride; neg: tart; prostitute; Yiddish: fiancée, bride-to-be

Kalligraph n (-en)

calligrapher

Kalligraphie f (-n)

calligraphy

kalligraphisch  adj

calligraphic

kalt  adj

cold; cool, chill, chilly; frigid; indifferent: Kalter Krieg - the Cold War

kaltblütig  adj

cold-blooded; calm; composed

Kälte f

cold, coldness; chill, chilliness; coolness; frigidity; indifference

Kaltmeißel m (-)

calotte, skull cap; upper half of a horizontally bisected sphere

Kaltnadel f (-n)

drypoint

Kalvarienberg m

Mount Calvary; Golgatha

Kalvin m

Calvin

Kalvinismus m

Calvinism

Kalvinist m (-en)

Calvinist

kalvinistisch adj

Calvinist(ic)

Kama n

Hlindu: love, desire; Kama (Hindu God of erotic love)

Kamelhaar n

camel's hair

Kamerad m (-en)

comrade, mate, companion; colleague; fellow (worker)

Kamm m (-"e)

comb

kämmen  vr

to comb

Kämmen n

combing

Kammer f (-n)

chamber, small room

Kämmerer m (-)

chamberlain; (city) treasurer

Kammergrab n (-"er)

chamber tomb

Kammerkantate f (-en)

chamber cantata

Kämmerlein n (-)

cozy little room; closet

Kammermusik f

chamber music

Kammerorgel f (-n)

chamber organ

Kammstrichverzierung f (-en)

pattern combing

Kammverzierung f (-en)

combed decoration

Kampf m (-"e)

fight; controversy; struggle, strife; contest; battle; combat; K. als Grenzsituation - struggle as limit or ultimate situation (Jaspers); K. als Urprinzip - strife as basic principle; K. ums Dasein - struggle for being or existence

kämpfen vr

to fight; to contend/cope (with); to battle, struggle (um -- for); to strive (for)

Kämpfer m (-)

fighter, combatant; warrior; champion

Kampfgemeinschaft f (-en)

Kampfwagen m (-)

war chariot

kan. abr

Kan. abr

Kana n

Cana

Kanaan n

Canaan

kanaan. abr

Kanaaniter m (-)

Canaanite

Kanaaniterin f (-nen)

Canaanite

kanaanitisch  adj

Canaanite

Kanal m (-"e)

canal;  channel

Kandidat m (-en)

candidate, applicant

Kandidatur f (-en)

candidature; application

Kaninchenohr n (-)

rabbit ear; (pl) (used as a symbolic for the trinity)

Kännchen n (-)

juglet

Kanne f (-n)

can; mug, jug; pot, canister; strainer

Kannensieb n (-e)

jug strainer

Kannibale m (-n)

cannibal

Kannibalimus m

cannibalism

Kanon m (sg)

Lit, Mus, Theol: canon

Kanon. abr

Kanonbild n (-er)

depiction of Christ crucified

Kanonik f

canonic

Kanonikat n (-e)

prebend, canonry

Kanoniker m (-)

prebendary, canon

Kanonisation f

canonization

kanonisch adj

canonic, canonical; k. Recht - canon law; canonical law

kanonisieren vr

to canonize

Kanonissin f (-nen)

canoness

Kanossa n

Canossa (castle); fig: (great) humiliation; self abasement; nach Canossa/Kanossa gehen - to go to Canossa, get humbled, walk of penance

Kant m

Kant

Kantate f (-n)

cantata; geistliche A. - sacred cantata; weltliche K. - secular cantata; Chor K. - choral cantata

Kante f (-n)

edge

Kantianer m (-)

Kantian

Kantianismus m

Kantianism

Kantilene f (-n)

cantilena

Kantillation f (-en)

cantillation

Kantisch adj

Kantian

Kantor m (-en)

presenter; choirmaster-organist; director of music; cantor (of a synagogue)

Kantorat n (-e)

cantorate, precentorship; (house of a) cantor, presenter, or organist

Kantorei f

choir and instrumental ensemble at secular and ecclesiastical courts and at churches

KantSt abbr

Kant-Studien. Philosophische Zeitschrift der Kant-Gesellschaft. Berlin

Kanzel f (-n)

pulpit; chair (university)

Kanzelrede f (-n)

sermon; homily

Kanzelredner m (-)

preacher; homilist; pulpit orator

Kanzlei f (-en)

chancellery, government office

Kanzleideutsch n

language of the German chancery, official language

Kanzleispr. abr

Kanzleisprache f

chancery language, official language, legal language

Kanzler m (-)

chancellor

Kanzone f

canzone

Kapelle f (-en)

chapel (place of worship); orchestra; chapel; choir, musical, ensemble

Kapellknabe m (-n)

choir boy; chorister

Kapernaum n

Capernaum

Kapital n

capital, fund

Kapitalismus m

capitalism

kapitalistisch adj

capitalistic

Kapitalverbrechen n (-)

capital crime

Kapitel n (-)

chapter; topic

Kaplan m (-e)

vicar; chaplain; assistant priest

kapriziös adj

capricious, caprice

Kapsel f (-n)

sagger

Kapuze f (-n)

cowl, capuche; cape; hood

Kapuziner m (-)

Capuchin monk

KAR abbr

Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts. Leipzig

Karäer m (-)

Jud: Karaite

Karaffe f (-n)

decanter

Karaim m (-)

Jud: Karaite

Karait m (-en)

Jud: Karaite

Karawane f (-n)

caravan

Kardinal m (-"e)

cardinal

kardinal adj

cardinal

Kardinalat n

cardinalate

Kardinalbischof m (-"e)

cardinal bishop

Kardinaldekan m (-e)

cardinal dean

Kardinaldiakon m (-e)

cardinal deacon

Kardinalfehler m (-)

(fig) principal or cardinal mistake; great blunder

Kardinalfrage f (-n)

(fig) crucial, cardinal, main, or central question

Kardinalshut m

cardinal's hat

Kardinalskollegium n

college of cardinals

Kardinalskongregation f

congregation of cardinals, Roman Congregation

Kardinalskreuz n (-e)

patriarchal cross

Kardinalstaatssekretär m (-e)

Papal Secretary of State

Kardinalstugend f

cardinal virtue

Kardinalswürde f

cardinalship; cardinalate, dignity of a cardinal

Karfreitag m

Good Friday

Karfreitagwoche f 

Holy Week, Passion Week

karg adj

scanty, poor, meager; stingy; miserly

kargen  vr

to be very economical; to be stingy

Kargheit f

frugality, sparingness; meagerness; poorness

kärglich adj

scanty, poor; paltry; wretched

Karma n

Hindu: karma or Karma (actions determining one´s fate according to the law of cauce and effect)

Karman n

Hindu: karma or Karma (actions determining one´s fate according to the law of cause and effect)

Karmel m

(Mount) Carmel

Karmeliter m (-)

resident of Carmel, person from Carmel, Carmelite, Carmelites, White Friar

Karmeliterorden m

Carmelite Order

Karneval m (-e)

carnival; Shrovetide festivities

Karnevalslied n (-er)

carnival song

Karolinger m (-)

Carolingian

karolingisch  adj

Carolingian; Caroline

Karriere f (-n)

career

Karsamstag  

Holy Saturday

Kart. abr

Kartause f (-n)

Carthusian friar

Kartäuser m (-)

Carthusian

Kartäusermönch m (-e)

Carthusian monk

Karte f (-n)

map; card; postcard; playing card; ticket of admission, menu

kartesisch adj

cartesisch, kartesisch

Karwoche f (-n)

Passion Week, Holy Week

Käse  m

cheese

KASP abbr

Kleine allgemeine Schriften zur Philosophie, Theologie und Geschichte. Bamberg

KASP.P abbr

Kleine allgemeine Schriften zur Philosophie, Theologie und Geschichte. – Philosophische Reihe. Bamberg

KASP.T abbr

Kleine allgemeine Schriften zur Philosophie, Theologie und Geschichte. - Theologische Reihe. Bamberg

Kassandra f

Gr Myth: Cassandra

Kassandraruf m

prophecy of doom; (fig) gloomy prediction

Kästchen n (-) dim

box; pyxis

Kaste f (-n)

caste

kasteien  vr

to castigate or mortify (oneself)

Kastell n (-e)

citadel; castle; stronghold

Kasten m (-)

box; pyxis

Kastenaltar m (-"e)

box-shaped altar

Kastenbalg m

box-bellows (organ)

Kastengeist m

caste mentality

Kastenleier f

box lyre

Kastensitz m (-e)

(Romanesque) box-shaped chair

Kastensystem n

caste system

Kästlein n (-)

little box or chest

Kastrat m (-en)

castrate, castrato

Kasualie f (-n)

official (pastoral) act

Kasualismus m

casualism

Kasuist m (-en)

casuist

Kasuistik f

casuistry

kat. abr

Kat. abr

KäT abrb

Kleine ägyptische Texte. Wiesbaden

KAT abbr

Kommentar zum Alten Testament. Leipzig

Kat.-Nr. abr

kata charin

Gr: by grace; according to grace

Katakombe f (-n)

catacomb

katalektisch  adj

catalectic

Katalog m (-e)

catalogue

Katalogisieren n

cataloguing

katalogisieren vr

to catalog; to list; to make a catalog or list (of)

katastrophal adj

catastrophic

Katastrophe f (-n)

catastrophe, disaster

KatBl abbr

Katechetische Blätter. München

Katechese f

catechesis

Katechet m (-en)

catechist; religious instructor

Katechetik f

catechetics

katechetisch  adj

catechetic(al); Socratic

katechisieren  vr

to catechize

Katechismus m

catechism

Katechumenat n

catechumenate

Katechumene m (-n)

catechumen; neophyte; confirmation candidate (first year)

Kategorem n (-e)

Phil: categorem

kategorematisch adj

contextual categorematic

kategorial adj

Phil: categorial (intuition, ontology, system, etc); conferring of logical form

Kategorialgrammatik f

categorial grammer

Kategorie f (-n)

category; K. der Allheit - category of totality; K. der Vielheit - category of plurality; K.der Zufälligkeit - category of contingency (Kant)

Kategorienanalyse f (-n)

category analysis

Kategorieneigenschaft f (-en)

categorical property

Kategorienfehler m (-)

category mistake

Kategorienlehre f

category theory, theory of categories

kategorisch  adj

categorical(ly); unequivocal(ly); positive, unconditional; der K. Imperativ - the categorical imperative (Kant); k. Schluß - categorical syllogism; k. Vernunftsschluß - categorical inference of reason (Kant)

Kategorisierung f (-en)

categorization, classification in categories

Katene f (-n)

catena

kath. abr

katholisch - catholic

Kath. abr

Kath(L) abbr

De Katholiek. Leiden

Katharsis f

catharsis; purging, purification

Katharsislehre f

doctrine of cartharsis

kathartisch  adj

cathartic; purgative, cleansing; purifying

KathDig abbr

Katholischer Digest. München

Katheder n, m

rostrum, podium; desk (for lectures), (fig) chair (university)

Kathederphilosophie f

arm chair philosophy

Kathedersozialismus m

academic or professorial socialism, socialism of the chair

Kathederweisheit f

theoretical, armchair or academic knowledge, unpractical views

Kathedrale f (-n)

cathedral; mother church

Kathedralentscheidung f (-en)

ex cathedra decree, infallible papal decree

Kathedralkirche f (-n)

cathedral church

KathGed abbr

Katholischer Gedanke. Regensburg

KathJb abbr

Das katholische Jahrbuch. Heidelberg

Katholik m (-en)

Catholic; Roman Catholic

Katholikentag m

(biennial) assembly of German Catholics

Katholikin f (-nnen)

Catholic; Roman Catholic

Katholikos m

Catholicos (patriarch of the Armenian Church)

katholisch adj

catholic, (Roman) Catholic; Katholische Soziallehre - Roman Catholic social doctrine

katholisieren  vr

to catholicize

Katholizismus m

Catholicism

Katholizität f

Catholicism

KatMschr abbr

De Katholiek. Leiden

Katolognummer f (-n)

catalog or list number

Katze f (-n)

cat

KatZs abbr

Katechetische Zeitschrift. Stuttgart

Kauderwelch n

gibberish, jargon

Kauf m (-"e)

purchase; buying

Kaufbrief m (-e)

bill of sale

kaufen vr

to buy; to purchase

Käufer m (-)

buyer, purchaser

Kaufgeld n

purchase money; purchase price

Kaufhaus n (-"er)

warehouse, stores

Kaufmann m (-leute)

merchant; shopkeeper

Kaufpreis m

purchase price

kauistisch  adj

casuistic(al)

kaum adv

scarcely; hardly, with difficulty; barely, just; no sooner ... than; with difficulty

kaus. abr

Kaus. abr

kausal adj

causal, causative; k. Nötigung - causal necessitiation; k. Verknüpfung - causal link; k. Trugschluß - causal fallacy

Kausalbegriff m

causal concept or notion, concept of cause or causality

Kausalbeziehung f

causal relation(ship), causal nexus

Kausalerklärung f (-en)

causal explanation

Kausalgesetz n

causal law

Kausalismus m

causalism

Kausalität f

causality

Kausalitätsgesetz n

law of causality

Kausalitätsprinzip n

principle of causation or causality, causal principle

Kausalkette f (-n)

causal chain, chain of causation, chain of cause and effect

Kausallogik f

causal logic

Kausalprinzip n

causal principle

Kausalreihe f

causal series; chain of couse and effect

Kausalsatz m (-"e)

causal clause

Kausalverhältnis n (-e)

causal relation or nexus

Kausalzusammenhang m

causal relationships

Käuzchen n (-)

little owl; tawny owl, hoot owl

KAV abbr

Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts. Leipzig

KB abbr

Keilschriftliche Bibliothek. E. Schrader, ed. Berlin

KBANT abbr

  Kommentar und Beiträge zum Alten und Neuen Testament.

KBE abbr

KBL abbr

Lexicon in Veteris Testamenti Libros. Ludwig Köhler, Walter Baumgartner, eds. Leiden

KBRS abbr

Kirchenblatt für die Reformierte Schweiz. Basel.u.a.

KD abbr

Die kirchliche Dogmatik. Karl Barth. Zürich - English ed. Church Dogmatics. Edingburg; Kerygma und Dogma. Göttingen

KDW abbr

Kirche und Dritte Welt. Mannheim

KDZ abbr

Kirche in dieser Zeit. Berlin

Kebsweib n (-er)

concubine

keck adv

boldly

kegelförmig adj

conical

KEH abbr

Kurzgefaßtes exegetisches Handbuch zum Alten Testament. Leipzig

kehlig  adj

throaty, guttural

Kehre f (-n)

(sharp) turn, corner, curve; the turning

kehren  vr

to turn; (refl) to regard; to heed, mind, pay attention to; to follow; sich zur Buße k. - to become penitent

Kehricht m

refuse, rubbish, garbage, trash

Kehrreim m (-e)

refrain; chorus; burden

Keich m (-)

challce

Keil m (-e)

wedge

keilförmig  adj

wedge-shaped; keilförmiger Stein - voussoir

Keilschrift f (-en)

cuneiform

Keilschrifttafel f (-n)

cuneiform tablet

Keilstein m (-e)

voussoir

Keilverzierung f (-en)

cuneate decoration

Keim m (-e)

germ; bud; sprout; spore; shoot; nucleus; embryo; origin

kein adj

no; none, no one; not a, not any

keiner m

no one, not anyone, none

keineswegs adv

not at all, in no way, by no means; not in the least; not by any means

keinmal  adv

not once, not a single time

Keiselstein m (-e)

pebble; flint

KEK abbr

Kritische-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament (Meyer-Kommentar). Göttingen

Kelch m (-e)

chalice; (communion) cup

Kelchdeckel m (-)

paten

kelchförmig  adj

goblet-shaped,  calyx-shaped

Kelchweihe f

consecration of the communion cup

Keller m (-)

cellar, basement

Kelte m (-n)

Celt

Kelter f (-n)

winepress

Kelterer m (-)

wine presser, press operator

keltern  vr

to tread or press (grapes)

Keltertreter m (-)

treader of grapes

keltisch  adj

Celtic

Kemenate f (-n)

heatable room in a castle

kennen vi

to know, be acquainted with; to recognize, remember

kennenlernen vi sep

to meet someone; to become acquainted with someone or something; to get to know something; sich k. - to become acquainted, to get to know each other

Kenner m (-)

expert, specialist; judge; connoisseur

Kenntnis f (-se)

knowledge, acquaintance; information; observation; K. nehmen von - to take not(ice) of; von etwas K. haben - to have knowledge of or to be informed of s th

kennz. abr

Kennz. abr

Kennzeichen n (-)

characteristic; feature; mark; sign; label; badge

kennzeichnen vr

to mark, characterize; to typify; to identify, label; kennzeichnend - typical, characteristic (für - of)

kennzeichnend pr p, adj

distinctive, distinguishing, typical, characterizing, characteristic (für -- of)

Kennzeichnung f

identification; denotation; description; characterization

Kenotaph n (-e)

centaur

ker. abr

Ker. abr

Keramik f (-en)

pottery

Keramiker m (-)

ceramist

Keramikfliese f (-n)

ceramic tile

Keramikfund m (-e)

ceramic find

Keramikgefäß n (-e)

ceramic vessel

Kerbung f (-en)

notching; indentation

Kerker m (-)

prison, dungeon

Kerkermeister m (-)

jailer

Kerl m (-e)

neg: fellow

Kernform f

mo(u)ld (of a bell)

Kernproblem n (-e)

focal or crucial problem

Kernstein m (-e)

core

Kernwert m (-e)

core value

Kerub m (-inen, -im)

cherub

Kerze f (-n)

candle; taper

Kessel m (-)

kettle, cauldron; copper, boiler; valley; depression

Kette f (-n)

chain, necklace; series; chain; range (of mountains); (pl) bondage, slavery; K. des Seins - chain of being; Ketten von logischen Schlüssen - chains of inference

Kettenfeier f

Petri K. - Peter's chains

Kettenreaktion f (-en)

chain reaction

Ketzer m (-)

heretic

Ketzerei f (-en)

heresy; heterodoxy

Ketzergericht n (-)

(court of) inquisition

ketzerisch adj

heretical, heterodox, miscreant

Ketzermacherei f

intolerance of dissenters

Ketzermeister m (-)

grand inquisitor

Ketzerrichter m (-)

inquisitor

Ketzertaufe f (-n)

heretical baptism

Ketzerverbrennung f (-en)

burning of heretics, auto-da-fé (literally - act of faith)

Ketzerverfolgung f (-en)

persecution or burning of heretics; auto-da-fé

Keule f (-n)

club; hindquarter, hunch, rump, leg (of veal, etc.)

keusch  adj

chaste, pure, virgin, maidenly

Keuschheit f

chastity; virginity, purity, continence

Keuschheitsehe f

see Josephehe -

Keuschheitsgelübde m

vow of chastity

Keuschheitsgürtel m (-)

chastity belt

KfW abbr

Kirche für die Welt. Stuttgart

Kg abr

KG abbr

Kirchengeschichte. Johann Peter Kirsch, ed. Freiburg, Breisgau

KGA abbr

Kirchengeschichtliche Abhandlungen. Breslau

Kge abr

Könige - Kings; 1. Könige - 1 Kings; 2.   Könige - 2 Kings

KGE abbr

Kirchengeschichte in Einzeldarstellung. Regen

KGF abbr

Kulturgeschichtliche Forschungen. Braunschweig

kgl. abr

KGMG abbr

Kirchengeschichte als Missionsgeschichte. München

KgPt abr

KGQ abbr

Kirchengeschichtliche Quellenhefte. Gladbach

KGQS abbr

Kirchengeschichtliche Quellen und Studien. St Ottilien

KGW abbr

Katholische Glaubenswelt. Basel

KGw abbr

Kirche der Gegenwart. Zürich

KGWÖ abbr

Katholischer Glaube und Wissenschaft in Österreich. Wien

KH abbr

Kirchliches Handbuch (für das katholische Deutschland). Freiburg, Breisgau

KHC abbr

Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testament. Tübingen

KHL abbr

Kirchliches Handlexikon. Michael Buchberger, ed. Freiburg, Breisgau

KI abbr

Kanaanitische Inschriften. M. Lidzbarski. Gießen

Ki.-Gesch. abr

KiA abbr

Kirche im Angriff. Leipzig

Kibbutz-Bewegung f

Kibbutz-movement

Kiblah f

Arab: qibla (direction of prayer position toward Meca)

Kiddusch m

Heb: keddush (beginning or opening prayer)

Kidduschin f

Hebr: kiddushin (Jewish marriage ceremonial and state of matrimony; literally: sanctification)

kiebrig  adj

sticky

Kiel m (-e)

quill

Kielbogen (-, -")

ogee arch

kielen  vr

to carinate

Kielfeder f (-n)

quill pen

Kies m

gravel

Kieselerde f

silca

Kieselstein m (-e)

gravel, pebble

KIG abbr

Kirche in ihrer Geschichte. Göttingen

KiKan abbr

Kirche und Kanzel. Paderborn

KiKonf abbr

Kirche und Konfession. Göttingen

KiLe abbr

Kirche und Leben. Einsiedeln

Kimber m (-n)

Cimbrian; (pl) Cimbri

Kimbrer m (-)

Cimbrian; (pl) Cimbri

kimbrisch adj

Cimbric, Cimbrian

Kimmerier f, pl

Myth: Cimmerian or Kimmerians

kimmerisch adj

Cimmerian or Kimmerian

Kind n (-er)

child; infant; baby; K.  Gottes - son or child of God

Kinderarbeit f (-en)

child labour

Kinderbischof m

boy-bishop, child-bishop (in the festival of the Holy Innocent´s Day)

Kinderchor m (-"e)

children's choir; children's chorus

Kinderdorf n (-"er)

children's village

Kinderehe f (-n)

child marriage

Kinderfürsorge f

child welfare

Kinderglaube m

faith or belief of a child, child´s faith; simple or childish faith or belief; childlike or simple faith

Kindergottesdienst m (-e)

children's (church) service; Sabbath or Sunday school

Kinderjahre

(pl) childhood;  infancy

Kinderkreuzzug m (-"e)

children´s crusade (especially of 1212)

Kinderlehre f

instruction in the catechism; Sunday-school (teaching)

Kinderlied n (-er)

nursery rhyme with a traditional melody

Kindermesse f

children's mass

Kindermord m

infanticide

Kinderopfer n (-)

child-sacrifice; child victim

Kinderrechte pl

child or children´s rights

kinderreich adj

with many children, large (family)

Kinderreichtum m

large number of children

Kinderschwester f (-n)

children's nurse, pediatric nurse

Kinderseelsorge f

care of infants' souls

Kindersegen  m

 the blessing of  having many children; blessed with many children

Kindersterblichkeit f

infant mortality

Kinderstube f

nursery; early education

Kindertaufe f (-n)

infant baptism

Kinderzucht f

bringing up children

Kindesbeine  

(used only in phrases); von K. an or auf - from childhood, from a very early age

Kindeskind n (-er)

grandchild

Kindesliebe f (-)

affection, filial love

Kindesmord m (-e)

murder of a child

Kindesnot f (-"e)

labor; (pl) in K. sein - to be in labor

Kindespflicht f

filial duty

Kindestötung f

killing of a child or children; infanticide, filicide

kindhaft adj

childlike; childish

Kindheit f

childhood; infancy

Kindheitsevangelien  

(pl) (apocryphal) gospels of the boyhood of Jesus

kindisch adj, adv

childish(ly); childishness; foolish or silly (behavior, question, etc)

Kindlein n (-)

little child

kindlich adj, adv

childlike; innocent, naive; filial; childlike way or manner

Kindschaft f

relation of a child to its parents; filiation, adoption; die K. Gottes - sonship of God

Kindtaufe f

christening or baptism (of a child)

Kinesis f

Gr: movement, motion; progress, development

Kinetik f

Gr: kinetics

Kinnbacke m (-n)

jaw(bone)

Kippa  

kippah; yarmulka; yamulka; yarmulke

Kirch.-ält. abr

Kirche f (-n)

church (building, service); chapel (building, service); denomination; die K. Christi - the Church of Christ

Kirchenaberglaube m

church superstition

Kirchenablaß m (-"e)

indulgence

Kirchenälteste m (-n)

elder; churchwarden; vestryman; presbyter; trustee, church officer

Kirchenamt n (-"er)

church or ecclesiastical function or office; church appointment

Kirchenausschuß m (-"sse)

church committee

Kirchenaustritt m (-e)

secession from a church, withdrawal form church membership

Kirchenbank f (-"e)

(church) pew

Kirchenbann m

excommunication, ban, anathema, interdict; in den K. tun or lagen - to excommunicate; to interdict

Kirchenbau m (-ten)

church architecture; church building

Kirchenbaukunst f

church architecture

Kirchenbeamte m (-n)

church official; church officer

Kirchenbehörde f (-n)

church or ecclesiastical authorities

Kirchenbekleidung f

pulpit hangings

Kirchenbesuch m (-e)

attendance (at church); going to church

Kirchenbesucher m (-)

churchgoer

Kirchenblatt  n (-"er)

church periodical or newspaper; parish magazine or paper

Kirchenbuch n (-"er)

church or parish register

Kirchenbund m (-"e)

federation of churches; Deutscher Evangeliscger K. - Federation of the German Evangelical Churches

Kirchenburg f (-en)

fortified church (church equipped with a defensive wall and storage vaults, and fortified church tower)

Kirchenbuße f

penance (imposed by the church)

Kirchenchor m (-"e)

church choir

Kirchendiener m (-)

church officer; sexton; sacristan; verger

kirchendienstlich  adj

pertaining to the church service

Kirchendisziplin f

church or ecclesiastical discipline

Kirchendoktrin f (-en)

church doctrine

Kircheneigentum n (-"er)

church property

Kircheneinkunft f (-"e)

(sgl, pl) church revenue

Kircheneintritt m (-e)

entering of a church, joining of a church

Kirchenfahne f (-n)

vexillum; church banner (used in church ceremonies)

Kirchenfarben

(pl) liturgical colors

Kirchenfeind m (-e)

opponent of the church, hostile to the church

kirchenfeindlich  adj

anticlerical; anti-church; hostile to the church

Kirchenfenster n (-)

church window; bunte K. - stained glass windows

Kirchenfest n (-e)

church festival, religious festival of the church

Kirchenfluch m

anathema

Kirchenfreiheit f

ecclesiastical immunity

Kirchenfrevel m (-)

sacrilege

Kirchenfriede m

union of the members of the church, security of church property

Kirchenfunk m

religious broadcast

Kirchenfürst m (-en)

prelate, high dignitary of the church; prince of the church; high ecclesiastical dignitary (bishop, cardinal, etc.)

Kirchengebet n (-e)

common prayer; collect

Kirchengebetbuch n (-"er)

book of common prayer, prayer book

Kirchengebiet n (-e)

diocese

Kirchengebot n (-e)

commandment(s) of the church

Kirchengebrauch m (-"e)

church rite or observance

Kirchengegner m (-)

opponent of the church

Kirchengeld n (-er)

annual financial contribution to the church (aside from church tax); church fund; (pl) church property

Kirchengemeinde f (-n)

parish, congregation

Kirchengemeinderat m (-"e)

parish council

Kirchengemeinschaft  f (-en)

church membership; religious community

Kirchengenosse m (-n)

hist: parishioner

Kirchengerät n (-e)

sacred vessels or garments

Kirchengericht n (-e)

ecclesiastical court; consistory

Kirchengesang m (-"e)

hymn, church song; plain-song; hymn singing, congregational singing; chorale; chant; liturgischer K. - psalmody; gregorianischer K. - Gregorian chant

Kirchengesangbuch n (-"er)

hymnal, hymnbook

Kirchengeschichte f

church or ecclesiastical history

Kirchengeschichtler m (-)

church historian

kirchengeschichtlich adj

ecclesiastical; of church or ecclesias­tical history

Kirchengeschichtsforschung f (-en)

church historical research; church histo­rical school

Kirchengesetz n (-e)

canon law; ecclesias­tical law

kirchengesetzlich  adj

canonical

kirchengesetzmäßig  adj

canonical

Kirchengestühl n

(church) pew

Kirchengewalt f

ecclesiastical authority

Kirchengewand n (-"er)

(ecclesiastical or liturgical) vestment

Kirchengfäß n (-e)

church vessel, (pl) church plate; sacred vessel

Kirchenglaube m

ecclesiastical or church faith; creed, dogma

Kirchengrund m

glebe

Kirchengut n (-"er)

patrimony; church property

Kirchenhoheit f

supremacy over the church (by the state)

Kirchenjahr n (-e)

church year; Christian year; ecclesiastical year

Kirchenjurisdiktion f

ecclesiastical jurisdiction

Kirchenkalender m (-)

ecclesiastical calendar

Kirchenkampf m

strife or struggle between church and state

Kirchenkantate f (-n)

church cantata

Kirchenkasse f (-n)

church funds

Kirchenkastell n (-e)

see Kirchenburg

Kirchenkasten m (-")

offertory box; poor or alms box

Kirchenkollekte f (-n)

church collection; (prayer) collect

Kirchenkomponist m (-en)

church composer; church musician

Kirchenkonferenz f (-en)

church conference; convocation

Kirchenkonvent m (-e)

convocation

Kirchenkonzert n (-e)

church concert or concerto; recital of sacred music

Kirchenkreis m (-e)

district under the supervision of a superintendent

Kirchenkunde f

study of the history and development of the church or of the churches

Kirchenland n (-ereien)

church land or estate

Kirchenländereien  

(pl) church lands or estates

Kirchenlast f (-en)

church expenditure or expence(s); church-debt(s); Hist: payment(s) to be made to the Church (as tithes, stole fees, gifts, etc)

kirchenlat. abr

Kirchenlatein n

church or ecclesiastical Latin

Kirchenlehen n (-e)

ecclesiastical fief or fee

Kirchenlehre n (-n)

church doctrine

Kirchenleitung f

governing body of a church, ecclesiastical government

Kirchenlied n (-er)

hymn; choral(e); sacred song

Kirchenliederdichter m (-)

hymn writer or composer

Kirchenmaus f (-"e)

church mouse; (fig) arme K. - poor (person)

Kirchenmitglied n (-er)

church member

Kirchenmusik f

church music; sacred music

Kirchenmusikdirektor m (-en)

(title of a leading church musician of the Evangelisched Landeskirche)

Kirchenmusiker m (-)

church musician; composer of church music

Kirchenoberhaupt n (-"er)

head of the church

Kirchenordnung f (-en)

liturgy, ritual; rule or decrees for governing church belief, life and worship

Kirchenorgel f (-n)

church organ

Kirchenornat  

canonicals; ecclesiastical or liturgical vestments

Kirchenpatron m (-e)

patron saint (of a church)

Kirchenpatronat n (-e)

patronage

Kirchenpatronin f (-nnen)

(female) patron saint, patroness; advowee

Kirchenpfleger m (-)

administrator of church property, church warden

Kirchenpolitik f

church policy

Kirchenportal n (-)

(church) portal (main entrance door to the church)

Kirchenprovinz f (-en)

regional district or province of a church or an archbishop

Kirchenrat m (-"e)

consistory, church committee or council; ecclesiastical court

Kirchenraub m

church robbery or theft

Kirchenräuber m (-)

church-robber

Kirchenrecht n (-e)

canon (law); church, canonical or ecclisiastical law

Kirchenreform f (-en)

church or ecclesiastical reform

Kirchenregierung f (-en)

church government; church hierarchy; treasury of merits, treasury of the church or the saints, of satisfaction

Kirchenregiment f

church government; church hierarchy; treasury of merits, treasury of the church or the saints, of satisfaction

Kirchenschändung f (-en)

profanation (of a church); sacrilege

Kirchenschatz m (-"e)

church treasure

Kirchenschiff n (-e)

nave

Kirchenschluß m

Mus: church cadence

Kirchenschriftsteller m (-)

ecclesiastical writer

Kirchensitz m (-e)

pew

Kirchenslawisch n

church Slavonic

Kirchensonate f (-n)

church sonata; sonata da chiesa

Kirchenspaltung f (-en)

schism

Kirchensperre f (-n)

interdict

Kirchensprache f

liturgical or church language

Kirchensprengel n (-)

parish

Kirchenstaat m

papal state; papal territory; pontifical state

Kirchensteuer f (-n)

church tax or rate

Kirchenstille f

complete silence

Kirchenstrafe f (-n)

ecclesiastical or church discipline, censure, or penalty

Kirchenstreit m (-e)

religious controversy; dissension in the church

Kirchenstreitigkeit f (-en)

religious controversy; dissension in the church

Kirchenstuhl m (-"e)

pew

Kirchentag m (-e)

church congress; Deutscher Evangelischer K. - Congress or Convention o the German Evangelical/ Lutheran Church; Hist: meeting or congress of the regional German Evangelical/ Lutheran Churches

Kirchenton m

Music: ecclesiastical or church mode

Kirchentonart f

Music: ecclesiastical or church mode

Kirchentrennung f (-en)

schism

Kirchentür f (-en)

church door

Kirchenvater m (-")

Church Father, Father of the Church; (pl): the Early Fathers

Kirchenverfassung f (-en)

church constitution or polity

Kirchenverfolgung f (-en)

persecution of the church

Kirchenvermögen n

church-wealth or assets

Kirchenversammlung f (-en)

church meeting or assembly; synod; convocation; vestry, ecclesiastical council

Kirchenvertrag m (-"e)

agreement between a church and a state

Kirchenvisitation f (-en)

visitation

Kirchenvogt m (-e)

MA: (ecclesiastical or church) advocate; patron

Kirchenvorschrift f (-en)

church or archaic law; ordinance of the church; liturgy

Kirchenvorstand m

church or vestry board; parochial church council

Kirchenvorsteher m (-)

churchwarden; elder; councilor of parish of a church; Versammlung der K. - vestry meeting, elder's meeting

Kirchenwesen n

church matters (according to function and position)

Kirchenwissenschaftler m (-)

 scholar or teacher of canon law; canonist; canon lawyer;

Kirchenzehnte m

tithe

Kirchenzeitung f (-en)

church or parish newspaper, magazine, or journal

Kirchenzucht f

church or ecclesiastical discipline

Kirchgänger m (-)

churchgoer

Kirchgeld n (-er)

annual financial contribution to the church (aside from church tax)

Kirchgemeinde f (-n)

parish

Kirchhalle f (-n)

church porch

Kirchhof m (-"e)

churchyard, cemetery, graveyard

kirchl. abr

Kirchlein n (-)

small or little church

kirchlich adj, adv

church (institution, architecture, etc); ecclesias­tical; clerical; spiritual, sacred, religious (music, etc); Christian (burial, etc); pertaining to the church; (von -by) the church

Kirchlichkeit f

eclesiasticism; religiosity

Kirchner m (-)

sexton

Kirchspiel n (-e)

parish

Kirchsprengel m (-)

diocese

Kirchturm m (-"e)

church tower or steeple

Kirchturmspitze f (-n)

steeple, spire

Kirchturmspolitik f

parochialism; local-parish politics

Kirchweih f (-en)

(church) fair (on the anniversary of the consecration of the local church)

Kirchweihe f (-n)

consecration or dedication of a church; church festival or fair

Kirmes f (-ssen)

(county) fair (originally in commemorating the anniversary of the consecration of the local church)

Kissen n (-)

cushion, pillow, bolster, pad, padding

Kiste f (-n)

box; case; chest; cist

Kitsch m

kitsch; distasteful art; trash

kitschig  adj

kitschy, shoddy, trashy, garish, gaudy

Kitt m

putty; cement (for tiles, pottery, etc); filler

kitten vr

to cement (together); to mend; (fig) to patch up (broken relationships, etc)

KiV abbr

Kirche im Volk. Stuttgart

KiW abbr

Kirche in der Welt. Münster

KiZ abbr

Kirche in der Zeit. Berlin

Kj. abr

KJ abbr

Kirchliches Jahrbuch für die evangelischen Landeskirchen Deutschlands.

KJNTL abbr

Kritisches Journal der neuesten theological Literature. Nürnberg, u.a.

K.K. abr

KK abbr

Kurzgefaßter Kommentar zu den heiligen Schriften Alten und Neuen Testamentes. H. Strack, Otto Zöckter, eds. München

KKS abbr

Konfessionskundliche Schriftenreihe. Zürich

KKTS abbr

Konfessionskundliche und kontroverstheologische Studien. Paderborn

KKWZ abbr

Katholische Kirche in Wandel der Zeiten und Völker. Bonn

KKZ abbr

Katholische Kirchenzeitung. Salzburg

kl. abr

Klafter f (-n)

fathom; (deep) cord (of wood); span (with outstretched arms)

Klage f (-n)

complaint; accusation; lament(ation); grievance; charge; action; suit

Klagegedicht n (-e)

mournful poem

Klagegesang m (-"e)

lamenting, lament

Klagegeschrei n

wailing, lamentation

Klagehaus n (-"er)

the house of mourning

Klageleute f

(pl) mourners

Klagelied n (-er)

lament; lamentation; dirge, elegy; jeremiad

Klagemauer f

Wailing Wall

klagen vr

to complain (about); to lament (über, um - for); to bewail, bemoan; to to the law, sue

Kläger m (-)

plaintiff, complainant, accuser; prosecuting party; petitioner

Klagesache f

action, lawsuit

Klageschrift f (-en)

writ, list of changes, written complaint; petition; statement of claim

Klagestimme f (-en)

plaintive voice

Klageweib n (-er)

(hired) mourner

Klagl. abr

Klagelieder (Jeremia's) - Lamentations

kläglich  

lamentable; deplorable; pitiable; pitiful; miserable, wretched

Klang m (-"e)

sound, tone, ringing, clang, ring

Klanganalyse f (-n)

sound analysis

Klangaufbau m

sound structure

Klangausdruck m (-"e)

tonal expression

Klangbild n (-er)

sound image or pattern, tonal image

Klangcharakter m 

tone (quality); tonal characteristic; timbre

Klangeffekt m (-e)

sound effect

Klangfarbe f (-n)

tone (color); harmonic color; instrumental color; timbre

Klangfolge f (-n)

succession of chords; succession of harmonies

Klangfülle f

volume (of sound); sonority

Klanggebung f

intonation

Klanggemisch n

sound mixture

Klanggüte f

tone quality

Klanghöhe f

pitch; notierte K. - actual pitch

Klanglichkeit f

sonority, harmony

klanglos  adj

soundless, toneless

Klangnotation f (-en)

pitch notation, concert notation

Klangreinheit f

purity of sound, tonal purity

Klangstruktur f (-en)

sound structure

Klangverbindung f

tonal blend, sound combination, degree of consonance

Klangverschmelzung f

tonal blend, sound combination, degree of consonance

klangverwandt  adj

harmonically related

klangvoll  adj

sonorous, full sounding, melodious, tuneful, harmonious

Klangwechsel m

harmonic rhythm

Klangwirkung f

sound effect or tonal effect

Klappaltar m (-"e)

winged altarpiece

Klappaltärchen n (-)

folding altarpiece for a portable altar

klar adj

clear; plain; distinct; bright; pure; ready; evident; transparent sich darüber k./im  klaren sein - to be aware of; to realize

klären vr, vrf

to clarify; to settle, resolve; to (make) clear; to clear up; to purify; sich k. werden - become clear (issue, etc)

Klarheit f

clarity, clearness; lucidity; clarity; brightness; transparency; purity; fineness

klass. abr

Klass. abr

Klasse f (-n)

class; form; grade; natürliche K. - natural kind

Klassenbewußtsein n

class consciousness

Klassenbeziehung f (-en)

class relation

Klassenbildung f (-en)

class formation; class culture

Klassendiktatur f

class dictatorship

Klassenfeind m (-e)

enemy of the working class

Klassengeist m

class feeling; team spirit

Klassengesellschaft f (-en)

class society

Klassenkampf m (-"e)

class warfare, class conflict, or struggle

Klassenlehrer m (-)

class teacher

klassenlos  adj

classless

Klassenmoral f

class morality

Klassensystem n (-e)

system of classes, class system

Klassifikation f (-en)

classification

Klassik f

classical period or age; classicism

Klassiker m (-)

classical composer; classical writer; (pl) the classics

klassisch  adj

classic(al); k. Altertumswissenschaften - classical studies

Klassische n

(the) classical

Klassizismus m

classicism

Klassizist m (-en)

classicist

Klaue f (-n)

claw, talon, fang, hoof, paw, clutch

Klause f (-n)

hermitage; cell; den; defile, gorge

Klausel f (-n)

clausula; clause; stipulation, condition; proviso; Mus: cadence, clausula

Klausner m (-)

hermit, recluse, anchoret or anchorite

Klausnerzelle f (-n)

cell of a hermit or recluse

Klaviatur f (-en)

keyboard

Klaviaturglockenspiel n (-e)

keyed glockenspiel, keyboard glockenspiel

Klavier n (-e)

piano(forte); (upright) piano, upright; keyboard instrument; Hist: clavier

Klavierauszug m (-"e)

piano score; piano reduction; piano arrangement; vocal score

Klavierkonzert n (-e)

piano(forte) concert(o), concerto for piano(forte)

Klavierpartitur f (-en)

piano score; conductor

Klaviersonate f (-n)

piano(forte) sonata, sonata for piano(forte)

Kleben n

luting, sticking

kleben  vr

to past, glue; to stick  to adhere

Klebrigkeit f

stickiness

Kleeblattkreuz n (-e)

trefled cross

Kleeblattmündung f

trefoil mouth

Kleid n (-er)

dress; gown; garb; frock; clothes, garments

kleiden  vr

to clothe, dress; to deck, adorn; to cover; to fit, to suit; to become; (refl) to get dressed, dress oneself

Kleiderkammer f

vestry

Kleidung f

clothing; garments

Kleidungsstück n (-e)

garment; piece of clothing

klein adj

small, little; minute; diminutive; insignificant; narrow-minded; trivial, petty; (compa) kleinere - lesser, lesser of two (evils, etc); (supl) kleinste - least, smallest, etc of  

Kleinasien n

Asia Minor

kleinbürgerlich adj

petty-bourgeois

Kleinbürgertum n

petty bourgeoisie

Kleindenker m (-)

small-minded person

kleinfigurig  adj

small-figured; small scale

kleingeistig  adj

small or narrow minded

Kleinglaube m

little faith, weakness of faith; unbelief

kleingläubig  adj

of little faith; fainthearted

Kleingläubigkeit f

weakness of faith

kleinherzig  adj

faint-hearted, narrow-minded

Kleinlichkeit f

pettiness, paltriness; meanness

Kleinmut m

faint-heartedness, weak-heartedness; despondency; pusillanimity

kleinmütig  adj

faint-hearted, dejected, despondent

Kleinmütigkeit f

faint-heartedness; despondency

Kleinod n (-e, -ien)

precious object, treasure; gem, jewel; insignia

Kleinplastik f (-en)

small-scale sculpture

kleinst adj, supl

see klein

Klem abr

Kleriesei f

clergy; priesthood

klerikal  adj

clerical

Klerikalismus m

clericalism

Kleriker m (-)

cleric; priest; clergyman

Klerikerorden m (-)

religious order

Klerokratie f

hierocracy, government by clerics

Klerus m

clergy; priesthood

klf. abr

Klgl abr

Klagelieder (Jeremia's) - Lamentations

Klgl. abr

Kline f (-n)

couch; furniture for reclining

Klinge f (-n)

sword; blade

klingen vi

to sound; to ring; to resound

Klinik f (-en)

clinic, hospital

Kliometrie f

cliometrics

klirren  vr

to rattle, clank, jingle; clash

Klischee n (-s)

cliché

KLK abbr

Katholisches Leben und Kämpfen (Kirchenreform im Zeitalter der Glaubensspaltung). Münster

Klonen n

cloning

klopfen  vr

to beat; to pound; to break (stones); to knock, tap, rap; to pulsate, throb

Klost. abr

Kloster n (-")

monastery, nunnery, convent, cloister; ins Klostergehen - to take the veil (of women); to turn monk

Klosterbau m (-ten)

building of a monastery or monasteries

Klosterbibliothek f (-en)

monastic or monastery library; library of a convent

Klosterbogen m (-")

Gothic arch

Klosterbruder m (-"er)

friar, monk

Klosterfrau f (-en)

nun

Klosterfräulein n (-)

(young) nun

Klostergang m (-"e)

cloister(s)

Klostergarten m (-")

monastery or convent garden

Klostergebäude n (-)

monastic, monastery, or convent building

Klostergehorsam m

monastic obedience

Klostergeistliche m (-n)

priest belonging to a monastery, regular priest

Klostergelübde n (-)

monastic vow or profession

Klostergemeinde f (-n)

fraternity, sisterhood

Klostergemeinschaft f (-en)

monastic community; community of nuns

Klostergewölbe n (-)

domical vault; cloister vault

Klostergut n (-"er)

estate belonging to a monastery or a convent

Klosterkeller m (-)

cellar of a monastery

Klosterkellerei f (-en)

wine cellars of a monastery

Klosterkirche f (-n)

monastery church, minster

Klosterleben n

monastic life; cloister

Klosterleute f

(pl) conventuals, monks, nuns

klösterlich  

monastic, cloistered; conventual; k. Seinschalf - brotherhood; sisterhood

Klostermauer f (-n)

monastery or convent wall

Klosterordnung f (-en)

monastic discipline

Klosterreform f (-en)

monastic reform, reform of a monastery or convent

Klosterregel f

monastic rule

Klosterschule f (-n)

monastery or convent school

Klosterschwester f (-n)

lay sister; nun

Klosterstand m

monastic state

Klostervorsteher m (-)

superior of a monastery

Klosterwesen n

monasticism, monastic affairs

Klosterzelle f (-n)

cell in a monastery

Klosterzucht f

monastic discipline

Klotho f

Myth: Clotho (one of the three Fates or Moirai spinning the thread of life)

Kluft f (-"e)

cleft, fissure, gap, cleavage, chasm, gulf, ravine, abyss, gorge, log of wood

klug  adj

intelligent, clever, smart, cunning, shrewd, clear-sighted, wise, sensible, prudent

Klugheit f

prudence, discretion, good sense; sagacity; shrewdness

Kluniazenser m (-)

boy, lad, youngster

kluniazensisch  adj

Cluniac

KM abbr

Die katholischen Missionen. Freiburg, Braunau

KMB abbr

Kleine marianische Bücherei. Paderborn

Knabe m (-n)

boy, lad, youngster

Knabenalter n

boyhood

Knabenchor m (-"e)

boys' choir; boys' chorus

Knabenschänder m (-)

homosexual offender, homosexual

Knabenschule f (-n)

boys' school

Knäblein n (-)

(male) child, little boy, small boy

knapp adj

scarce; short; only just; just concise

Knecht m (-e)

servant; farmhand

knechtisch  adj

menial, slavish, servile, crawling

Knechtschaft f

servitude, slavery

Knechtsgestalt f

und nahm K. an - and took upon him the form of a servant

kneten vr

to knead, blunge, wedge

Kneten n

kneading; molding

knicken  

to carinate

Knie n (-, -e)

knee; bend; angle

Kniebänkchen n (-)

kneeler

knien  vr

to be on one's knees; to be kneeling, kneel, kneel down on one's knees

knirschen  

to crunch, grind; to gnash (teeth)

Knittelvers m (-e)

knittervers; doggerel (verse or line)

Knöchel m (-)

knuckle, ankle(bone), (pl) dice, bones

Knochen m (-)

bone

Knochenasche f

bone ash

knochig  adj

bony, rawboned

Knopfgriff m (-e)

knob handle; button handle

Knoten m (-)

knot; knob; hitch; node

KNT abbr

Kommentar zum Neuen Testament. Theodor Zahn, ed. Leipzig

knüpfen vr

to tie; to make

KO abbr

Kirche im Osten. Stuttgart, u.a.

Kobold m (-e)

goblin, hobgoblin, elf, sprite

Köchel-Verzeichnis n

Koechel Catalogue

kochen  vr

to cook, to boil, to stew; cooking, boiling

Köcher m (-)

quiver

Kochtopf m (-"e)

cooking-pot

Kod. abr

Kodex m (-dizes or -dices)

codex, old manuscript; code (of law)

kodieren vr

to code

Kodierung f

coding

Kodifikation f (-en)

condification

kodifizieren  vr

to codify, code, systematize

Kodifizierung f (-en)

codification

Kodizill n (-e)

codicil

Koeducation f

coeducation

Koedukation f

co-education

Koevolution f

co(-)evolution

Koexistenz f

coexistence; friedliche K. - peaceful coexistence

Kognat m (-en)

cognate (blood relatives from the male or fimale lineage of a ruling house)

Kognitionswissenschaft f

cognitive science

Kognitivismus m

cognitivism

kognitivistisch adj

cognitivistic

Koh abr

Prediger (Salomo), Kohelet - Ecclesiastes

Koh. abr

Kohärentismus m

coherentism

Kohärenz f

coherence

Kohärenztheorie f

coherence theory

Kohelet  

Ecclesiastes (a book of the Bible)

Kohl m

cabbage; (fig) worthless, rubbish; nonsense

Kohle f (-n)

charcoal, coal; carbon; feurige K. auf jemandes Haupt sammeln - to heap coals of fire on someone's head

Kohlenbecken m (-)

brazier

Kohlenfeuer n (-)

a fire of coals

Köhlerglaube m

blind or simple faith

Koinzidenztheorem n

coincidence theorem

Koitus m

coitus, copulation

Kol. abr

Kolosserbrief - Colossians

Kol abr

Kolosserbrief - Colossians

Kol.-Br. abr

Kollege m (-n), n-noun

colleague; co-worker, work mate

Kollegen n-noun

Kollegialität f

loyalty to colleagues

Kollegiat m (-en)

member of a collegiate church; canon

Kollegiatkirche f (-n)

collegiate church

Kollegium n (-ien)

faculty; college, board, council

Kollekte f (-n)

collection

kollektiv  adj

collective

Kollektiv n (-e)

collective body, collective; composite page

Kollektivbewußtsein n

collective consciousness

Kollektivismus m

collectivism

Kollektivpsyche f

group or collective mind

Kollektivschuld f

collective guilt or culpability

Kollektivseele f

collective mind

Kollektivstrafe f

collective punishment

Kollektivsuffix n (-e)

collective (noun) suffix

Kollektivverantwortung f

collective responsibility

Kollektivverhalten n

collective behaviour

Kolonat n, m (-e)

hist: colonate; estate or fee farm

Kolonie f (-n)

colony; settlement; community, colony

kolonizieren vr

to colonize; to settle; to develop

Koloratur f

coloratura

Koloraturarie f

coloratura aria

kolorieren  vr

to color

Kolorierung f

coloration; ornamentation, diminution

Kolorit n (-e)

colouring, coloration; Mus: tone, color, timbre; (fig) color, atmosphere

kolossal  adj

colossal, immense, enormous

Kolosser  

(pl) the Colossians

KO.M abbr

Kirche im Osten. - Monographienreihe. Stuttgart, u.a.

Kombination f (-en)

combination

Kombinatorik f

theory of combinations, combinatorics

kombinatorisch adj

combinatorial, combinative

Komische n

the comic

kommen vi

to come; to arrive; to approach; to arise, result; to proceed from; to happen; in den Himmel k. - to go to heaven

Kommentar m (-e)

commentary; comment

kommentieren vr

to comment (on), make a comment; to give a commentary; to annotate (text, etc); eine kommentierte Ausgabe - an annotated edition

kommerziell adj

commercial

kommissiv adj

commissive

kommunal  adj

communal, municipal

Kommunikant m (-en)

communicant

Kommunikation f (-en)

communication; die Ebene der K. - the level or horizon of communication

Kommunikationsbarriere f (-n)

communication barrier

Kommunikationsebene f (-n)

level or horizon of communication

Kommunikationsforschung f

communication research

Kommunikationsmittel n (-)

means of communication

Kommunikationsmodell n (-e)

communication model

Kommunikationsprozeß m (-sse)

communication process

Kommunikationstheorie f (-n)

theory of communication, communication theory

Kommunikationszusammenbruch m

communicative breakdown

kommunikativ adj

communicative

Kommunion f (-en)

(Holy) Communion; Eucharist; Lord´s Supper

Kommunismus m

communism

Kommunist m (-en)

communist

kommunistisch  adj

communist(ic)

kommunizieren adj

to communicate

Kommutation f (-en)

commutation

kommutativ adj

commutative

komödiantenhaft adj

theatrical, histrionic; (play-)acting, hypocritical

komödiantisch adj

theatrical, histrionic; (play-)acting, hypocritical

Komödie f (-n)

comedy

Komp. abr

Kompaktheitssatz m

principle of compactness

Komparatistik f

comparative literature

komparativ adj

comparative

kompatibel adj

compatible

Kompendium n (-dien)

compendium

kompensieren vr

to counterbalance or offset; to compensate; to balance

kompensierend pr p, adj

compensative

kompetent adj

competent

Kompetenz f (-en)

competence, knowledge, proficiency; jurisdiction; responsibility (of authority, etc); power, authority (of a person, office, etc); Ch Hist: compensation (for priests, etc)

Kompetenzfrage f (-n)

question of authority, competence, or responsibility

Kompetenzstufe f (-n)

level or stage of competence, authority, or responsibility

Kompilation f (-en)

compilation; paste-job

Kompilator m (-en)

compiler, compilator

kompilatorisch adj

compilatory

Kompitenz f (-en)

competence, knowledge; authority, power; responsibility; jurisdiction

Kompitenzbereich m (-e)

(area or bounderies of) competence, competency

kompl. abr

Komplement n (-e)

complement; counterpart

komplementär adj

complementary

Komplex m (-e)

complex; syndrom

komplex adj

complex

Komplexität f (-en)

complexity

kompliziert p p, adj

difficult, complicated, tricky; intricate; involved, complex (problem, structure, etc)

Komplott m (-e)

conspiricy, plot

komplottieren vr

to conspire (against someone or something), plot

Komponente f (-n)

part, component, element, factor

Komponentenanalyse f

component or componential analysis

Komponentialanalyse f

componential analysis

komponieren  vr

to compose

Kompos. abr

Komposition f (-en)

composition, creation (of scenes or motifs in art, music, etc); make-up, layout (printing)

Kompositionsgeschichte f (sg)

redaction criticism, (also referred to as Redaktionsgeschichte)

Kompositionslehre f

theory of composition; (teaching of) compositition

kompositorisch  adj

compositional; (pl) kompositorische Einzelheiten - compositional details

Kompositum n (-ta, -ten)

compound (words)

kompossibel adj

compossible

Kompossibilität f

compossibility

Komprehension f

comprehension

komprimieren vr

to condense, compress (idea, article, etc)

Kompromiß m (-sse)

compromise

kompromißbereit adj

willing to compromise

Kompromißbereitschaft f

willingness or readiness to compromise

kompromißfreudig adj

willing to compromise

kompromißlos adj

uncompromising

kompromitieren vr

to compromise someone; (refl) to compromise oneself

Komturkreuz n

commander`s cross (in heraldic, see Komtur)

Kön abr

Kön. abr

Könige - Kings; 1. Könige - 1 Kings; 2.  Könige - 2 Kings

Kondeszendenz f

condescendence

Konditional m, n

conditional (clause, mood, etc); conditional (agreement, etc); im K. - in the conditional

Konditionalsatz m (-"e)

conditional clause, statement, or sentence; irrealer K. - counterfactual (conditional) clause, statement, or sentence; kontrafaktischer or kontrafaktualer K. - counterfactual (conditional) claus, statement, or sentence

Konditionalschluß m

conditional or hypothetical syllogism

Konditionalurteil n (-e)

conditional judgment

konditionell adj

conditional; concerning or relating to the condition

konditioniert adj

conditioned

Konditionierung f

conditioning, conditionalization

Kondolenz f (-en)

condolence, sympathy

Kondolenzbesuch m (-e)

visit of condolence

Kondolenzbrief m (-e)

letter of condolence or sympathy

kondolieren vr

to condole (with), express one's sympathy (with)

Kondordanz f (-en)

concordance; agreement

Kondukt m (-e)

cortege, (funeral) procession

konf. abr

Konf. abr

Konferenz f (-en)

conference

konferieren  vr

to confer together; to meet for or go into conference, to discuss

Konfession f (-en)

confession; confession (of faith); creed; denomina­tion; religion

Konfessionalismus m

denominationalism, confessionalism; sectarianism

konfessionell  adj

confessional; denominational

konfessionsgebunden adj

denominational; belonging to a denomination or church

Konfessionskunde f

comparative study of creeds, denominations

konfessionslos adj

unchurched, without church affiliation, not belonging to a denomination or church, non-denominational, undenominational; atheistic; free-thinking

Konfessionsschule f (-n)

denominational or parochial school or church

Konfessionsstatistik f

religious statistics, statistics of the various denominations

Konfessionswechsel m (-)

change of faith, denomination, as church

Konfessor m (-en)

confessor

Konfiguration f (-en)

configuration

Konfirmand m (-en)

candidate for confirmation, confirmand; confirmee

Konfirmandenkatechese f

confirmation catechesis (Protestant)