English words from German
- Königsberger KlopseAn East Prussian dish of meatballs in a white sauce with capers.
- KönigswarthaA municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
- KöppenA surname.
- korrigA korrigan.
- kortholta low-pitched capped double reed instrument of the European Renaissance
- KoschierA surname.
- kosmische musikWest German experimental space rock from the 1970s.
- KottwitzA surname from German.
- KowalkeA surname from German.
- KowitzA surname from German.
- KoziA German communist.
- KrackeA surname from German.
- KrampusA beast in the folklore of Alpine countries, said to punish misbehaving children during the Christmas season.
- krapfenA Berliner (doughnut with sweet filling).
- kräusenTo condition (beer) by adding fermenting wort, so as to restart fermentation and introduce fresh carbon dioxide.
- KreifelsA surname from German.
- KreimendahlA surname from German.
- KreiterA surname from German.
- KrenzerA surname from German.
- KressinA surname from German.
- KreuserA surname from German.
- KrienkeA surname from German.
- KrieteA surname from German.
- KrobA surname.
- KromfohrlanderA breed of dog that originated in Germany, most commonly used as a companion breed.
- KronenbergerA surname from German.
- KrotzerA surname from German.
- KruchtenA surname.
- krummholzDense low matted bushes at the tree-line.
- krummhornA mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument.
- KubitzA surname from German.
- KucherA surname.
- KuckelmannA surname from German.
- KueckerA surname from German.
- KuehlerA surname from German.
- KuekerA surname from German.
- KuennenA surname from German.
- KuenssbergEkkehard von Kuenssberg CBE (1913–2000), Heidelberg-born physician who made his career in Scotland, co-founder and president of the Royal College of General Practitioners; paternal grandfather of Joanna Kate Kuenssberg and Laura Juliet Kuenssberg
- KuetherA surname from German.
- KuffelA surname from German.
- kugel fountainA water feature or sculpture having a sphere that sits in a fitted hollow in a pedestal, supported by aquaplaning on a thin film of water, so that despite its weight it can be turned by hand.
- kulturkampfA conflict between secular and religious authorities, especially the struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the German government under Bismarck.
- KulturträgerSomeone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next.
- kulturwortA word borrowed among many languages denoting a cross-cultural concept.
- KunathA surname from German.
- kunstkammerAn early form of museum in which strange or rare objects were exhibited.
- KünstlerromanA novel whose central character is an artist of any kind, and which shows his or her development from childhood to maturity.
- kupfernickelcupronickel
- kurortA health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
- KutschA surname from German.
- LaatschA surname from German.
- LabiauThe former name of Polessk, a formerly German city in historical East Prussia, now the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
- labimeterA labidometer.
- LafrenzA surname from German.
- lagenlookA layered clothing style.
- lagerstätteA sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossil richness or completeness.
- LahlA surname from German
- LaicheA surname from German.
- LallwortSynonym of babble word.
- LamkeA surname from German.
- lammergeierA long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
- lampenfloraThe growth of light-dependent organisms, especially plants, in naturally unlit cave systems due to artificially installed electric lighting.
- LandeshauptmannThe gubernatorial title of the head of government of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino, corresponding to the title of minister-president or premier.
- landgravineThe wife of a landgrave, or a woman who rules over a landgraviate.
- LandgrebeA surname from German.
- LandtagA representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries, with some legislative authority.
- landvogtA reeve in the Holy Roman Empire with responsibility for a particular territory.
- LangenbeckA surname from German.
- LangenessA German island in the North Sea
- LangenfeldeA neighbourhood in Eimsbüttel borough, Hamburg, Germany.
- LangrehrA surname from German.
- LanzendorferA surname from German.
- latschenSynonym of krummholz (“dense low matted bushes at the tree-line”).
- LaumanA surname from German.
- LaurichA surname from German.
- LauschA surname from German.
- lauwineAn avalanche.
- LavaterA surname from German.
- LebeckA surname from German.
- LechtenbergA surname from German.
- LeffertA surname.
- LehnenA surname from German.
- lehrjahreAn apprenticeship
- LehrkeA surname from German.
- LeibfriedA surname from German.
- LeichenhausA heated space with an attendant, where dead bodies were kept until they showed signs of decomposition, ensuring that a live person would not be buried; a waiting mortuary.
- LeidigA surname from German.
- LeisingA surname from German.
- LemlerA surname from German.
- LennéA surname from German
- LentschA surname from German.
- leuchtenbergiteA variety of clinochlore that contains little or no iron.
- leucolquinoline, an organic base obtained by the distillation of coal tar
- LeugersA surname from German.
- LevenhagenA surname from German.
- LeyenA commune of Moselle department, Lorraine, Grand Est, France.
- LiebelA surname from German.
- LiebeltA surname from German.
- LiebestodAn aria or duet performed in opera marking the suicide of lovers; a suicide.
- liebfraumilchA semi-sweet German white wine.