Common German Words A to Z

German Verbage A to Z
German Words That Begin With "K"

German - English

K.K. = kaiserlich königlich - royal imperial
Kaluppe - Kaluppner
Bohemian and Polish - Chalupa
Polish: chalupnik - A dilapidated house. By extension, a resident of such a house.
Kammerfrau - lady-in-waiting
Kantor - choirmaster, organist
Karpe - carpenter
Karte - map
Karrer - carter
Kartei - card index
Kathenmann, Katenmann - cottager
Käthner, Kätner - cottager
katholisch - Catholic
kaufen - to buy
Kaufmann - merchant
kein no - not any, none
Keller - wine steward; cellar, basement
Kellner - waiter, receiver of revenues; steward
Kessler - kettlemaker
Keuchhusten - whooping cough
Kiefer - cooper, barrel maker
Kind - baby
Kindbetterin - woman in or shortly after childbirth
Kindbettfieber - childbed fever
Kinder - children
Kirche - church
Kirchenältester - churchwarden, church elder, vestryman
Kirchenbuch - parish register
Kirchengemeinde - parish
Kirchenpfleger - churchwarden
Kirchenrodel - parish register
Kirchensprengel - parish
Kirchenvorsteher - churchwarden
Kirchhöre - church parish
kirchlich - pertaining to church
Kirchrat - member of a church council
Kirchspiel - parish
Kläger(in), Klr. - plaintiff
klein - little
Knabe - boy
Knecht - servant
Köbler (used in Franken and Oberpfalz, Bayern) - cottager
Kolonist - settler, colonist, farmer
Kommunikant - communicant
Kommunion - communion
Konfirmation - confirmation
Konfitenten - confessants
König - king
königlich - royal
Königreich - kingdom
Kooperator - non-governing clergyman (like a chaplain) assigned to a parish/pastor
Kopulation - marriage
kopulieren - to marry
Kossat, Kossät, Kossath - cottager
Kossattin - female cottager
Kötter, Kötner, Köthner - small farmer, cottager
Krämer - grocer, small retailer
Krämpfe - cramps,, convulsions
Krankheit - disease, sickness
Krebs - cancer
Kreis - county
Krieg - war
Kröger, Krogmann - innkeeper
Küfer - cooper, barrel maker
Kuhhirte - cowherd
Kupferschmied - coppersmith
Kurort - spa
Kusine - female cousin
Kutscher - coachman