English words from German
- KressinA surname from German.
- KreuserA surname from German.
- KriegieA prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War
- kriegspielA board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
- KrienkeA surname from German.
- KrieteA surname from German.
- Kris Kringle MartSynonym of Christkindlmarkt (“a Christmas market”).
- KrobA surname.
- KroenigA surname from German.
- 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.
- KrughA surname from German.
- krummholzDense low matted bushes at the tree-line.
- krummhornA mediaeval and Renaissance wind instrument.
- 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;
- 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.
- kugelblitzA concentration of light so intense that it forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, forming a black hole.
- 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.
- 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.
- KunathA surname from German.
- KunsA surname from German.
- KunsmanA 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.
- KuntzmanA surname from German.
- 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.
- labour powerThe capacity to do work (as opposed to labour, the physical act of working) which becomes a commodity under capitalism.
- LafrenzA surname from German.
- lagenlookA layered clothing style.
- lager-beerlager
- lagerstätteA sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossil richness or completeness.
- LahlA surname from German
- LaicheA surname from German.
- LallwortSynonym of babble word.
- LaminackA surname from German.
- 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.
- lamp floraSynonym of lampenflora.
- 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.
- 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.
- ländlerAn Austrian folk dance in the form of a slow waltz.
- LandsgemeindeA type of cantonal assembly in Switzerland, where regional voting takes place.
- LandtagA representative assembly or parliament in German-speaking countries, with some legislative authority.
- land underComplete flooding of a North Sea Hallig during a storm tide.
- landvogtA reeve in the Holy Roman Empire with responsibility for a particular territory.
- LangenbeckA surname from German.
- LangenderferA surname from German.
- LangenessA German island in the North Sea
- LangenfeldeA neighbourhood in Eimsbüttel borough, Hamburg, Germany.
- LangrehrA surname from German.
- LangstrasseA street and quarter (neighbourhood) in Zurich, Switzerland.
- language areaA geographical area where some language is commonly spoken.
- language gameA set of rules governing how participants respond to utterings.
- language islandAn enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.
- LanzendorferA surname from German.
- LarshA surname from German.
- late antiquityThe period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries CE, marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.
- late capitalismThe most recent or current form of capitalism, especially as characterized by monopoly, globalization, exploitation, and excess.
- latschenSynonym of krummholz (“dense low matted bushes at the tree-line”).
- 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.
- LaumanA surname from German.
- LaurichA surname from German.
- LauschA surname from German.
- lauwineAn avalanche.
- LavaterA surname from German.
- LebeckA surname from German.
- 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.
- LechtenbergA surname from German.
- LeffertA surname.
- LehnenA surname from German.
- lehrjahreAn apprenticeship
- LehrkeA surname from German.
- LeibfriedA surname from German.