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