English words from German
- HuesmanA surname from German.
- HuffstutlerA surname from German.
- husoA large European sturgeon (Huso huso), inhabiting the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; the beluga.
- HusteadA surname from German.
- hypergolAny hypergolic propellant.
- hypothetical imperativeA formula that tells one how to act in order to achieve a specific goal, without reflecting on the value of the goal itself. Such an imperative is conditional, i.e., it would only motivate one who already shares the end goal in question.
- ice burnTissue damage caused by direct skin contact with a cold surface.
- ideal numberAn algebraic integer that represents an ideal in the ring of integers of a number field.
- IknerA surname from German.
- instrumentariumA set of instruments, a toolset.
- IpockA surname from German.
- IsleibA surname from German.
- itaconic acidOne of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH₂=C(CO₂H)-CH₂CO₂H.
- JanishA surname from German.
- jostaberryA fruit made by crossing several members of the Ribes genus, including blackcurrant and gooseberry.
- KackleyA surname from German.
- KaiglerA surname from German.
- KalfusA surname from German.
- KalkfeldA settlement in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia.
- K and KImperial and royal, with reference to the Habsburg monarchy, especially as rulers of Austria-Hungary.
- KanodeA surname from German.
- KanouseA surname from German.
- Karl-Marx-StadtFormer name of Chemnitz, between 1953 and 1990 when it was in East Germany.
- KaukA surname from German.
- KeagyA surname from German.
- KeatorA surname from German.
- KeehnerA surname from German.
- KempaA surname from Polish.
- KenoyerA surname from German.
- kernmantelA kind of rope having its interior core protected by a woven exterior sheath for extra strength and flexibility.
- KeskeA surname from German.
- KightlingerA surname from German.
- KilkerA surname from German.
- KimblerA surname from German.
- kinchinA child.
- kirmessAn outdoor festival and fair, originally in a German or Dutch-speaking country
- KisamoreA surname from German.
- KliethermesA surname from German.
- KlingermanA surname from German.
- KlusmanA surname from German.
- KneeceA surname from German.
- KnippleA surname from German.
- komenic acidAn acid, C₆H₄O₅, derived from heating meconic acid.
- K-pointSynonym of construction point.
- KriegieA prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War
- kriegspielA board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
- KroenigA surname from German.
- KrughA surname from German.
- KrutsingerA surname from German.
- K-selectionA theory involving natural selection based on quality.
- K-theoryThe study of rings R generated by the set of vector bundles over some topological space or scheme;
- kugelblitzA concentration of light so intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, forming a black hole.
- kummelweckA bread roll (typically a Kaiser roll) sprinkled with koshering salt and caraway seeds, often served with thinly sliced roast beef, popular in western New York.
- KunsA surname from German.
- KunsmanA surname from German.
- KuntzmanA surname from German.
- LaminackA surname from German.
- LändchenThe German name given to several Ice Age plateaux in the Havelland region, which climb to over 70 meters above the formerly marshy urstromtal levels (old glacial meltwater valleys) of the Havelland Luch and the Rhinluch.
- ländlerAn Austrian folk dance in the form of a slow waltz.
- LandsgemeindeA type of cantonal assembly in Switzerland, where regional voting takes place.
- LangenderferA surname from German.
- LangstrasseA street and quarter (neighbourhood) in Zurich, Switzerland.
- LarshA surname from German.
- LauderbackA surname from German.
- LauenburgA city in Schleswig-Holstein which served as a waypoint on the Old Salt Route and is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal; its surrounding lands.
- lebensweckerA medical device used in Baunscheidtism to pierce the skin with many fine needles, and used on skin treated with toxic oil, the resulting inflammation claimed to draw the body's attention away from various illnesses in other parts of the body.
- LebensweltThe sum total of all immediate phenomena which constitute the world of an individual or of a corporate life; life-world.
- LechmanA surname from German.
- LeichliterA surname from German.
- LeichtyA surname from German.
- leimtypeA collotype process in which the printing surface is a sheet of gelatin fixed upon a zinc plate.
- LeiphartA surname from German.
- LeithaA river in Austria.
- LetsingerA surname from German.
- libetheniteA rare copper phosphate hydroxide mineral that forms striking dark green orthorhombic crystals.
- lichtdruckA historical photomechanical printing process that was widely used for high-quality reproductions of photographs, artworks, and documents.
- limit situationAny of certain situations in which a human being is said to have differing experiences from those arising from ordinary situations.
- LiskeyA surname from German.
- LitakerA surname from German.
- LoadholtA surname from German.
- lonasA surname from German.
- LongbrakeA surname from German.
- LothringianOf or pertaining to Lothringia (Lorraine), especially when it is considered a German rather than a French area.
- LoughmillerA surname from German.
- LoughnerA surname from German.
- LoutzenhiserA surname from German.
- lucernA lamp.
- LuckenbaughA surname from German.
- LudolphA male given name from German.
- LuikartA surname from German.
- LurveyA surname from German.
- magnetophoneA tape recorder (device using magnetic tape as a storage medium).
- MaierformA design of hull for a ship.
- mandelicOf or pertaining to mandelic acid.
- MarohlA surname from German.
- mast cellA resident cell of connective tissue that contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin.
- mastocytemast cell
- maulstickA short stick with a pad on one end, used by a painter to steady their hand, and to prevent it from accidentally touching the painting.
- MayhornA surname from German.
- mealy-mouthedProne to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright.