English German Dictionary by Joseph D. Lesser

Author:Joseph D. Lesser [Lesser, Joseph D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

knave (deceitful fellow) -- Gauner , Schurke , Bösewicht , Übeltäter , Unhold , Strolch

knave (playing card) -- Bube

knavery (the (mis)behaviour of a knave) -- Gaunerei , Streich

knead (to work and press into a mass) -- kneten

knee (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it) -- Knie

knee (part of a garment) -- Knie

knee (act of kneeling) -- Kniefall

knee high (knee sock) -- SEE: knee sock

knee pit (shallow depression located at the back of the knee joint) -- SEE: poplit

knee slapper (thigh-slapper) -- SEE: thigh-slapper

knee sock (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee) -- Kniestrumpf

kneecap (bone) -- Kniescheibe

knee-deep (reaching up to the knees) -- knietief

knee-high to a grasshopper (short) -- drei Käse hoch

knee-jerk (reacting unthinkingly or spontaneously in an expected manner) -- reflexartig, vorhersehbar, automatisch

knee-jerk (reflex extension of the lower leg due to tap below knee) -- Kniereflex , Kniesehnenreflex , Patellarreflex , Patellarsehnenreflex , Kniephänomen

kneel (to stoop down and rest on the knee) -- knien

kneel down (to kneel) -- niederknien, hinknien

kneeling chair (type of chair) -- Kniestuhl , Kniehocker

kneepan (kneecap) -- SEE: kneecap

knickerbockers (knickerbockers) -- Knickerbocker

knickers (panties) -- SEE: panties

knife (utensil or tool designed for cutting) -- Messer

knife (weapon) -- Messer

knife (any blade-like part designed for cutting) -- Messer

knife pleat (a type of sharply pressed pleating) -- Messerfalte , Quetschfalte

knifer (someone who sells knives) -- Messerhändler , Messerhändlerin

knifer (someone who stabs another with a knife) -- Messerstecher , Messerstecherin

knight (warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) -- Ritter

knight (person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) -- Ritter

knight (chess piece) -- Springer

knight (to confer a knighthood upon) -- zum Ritter schlagen

knighthood (an honour whereby one is made into a knight) -- Rittertum , Ritterlichkeit , Ritterschaft

knighthood (quality of being a knight) -- Rittertum , Ritterlichkeit , Ritterschaft

knighthood (body of knights) -- Rittertum , Ritterlichkeit , Ritterschaft

knightly (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly) -- ritterlich

knit (to make fabric from thread or yarn) -- stricken

knit -- stricken

knit cap (soft cap) -- SEE: beanie

knit one's brows (to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement) -- die Stirn runzeln

knitter (one who knits) -- Stricker , Strickerin

knitting (activity and process of knitting) -- Stricken

knitting needle (thin rod used to knit yarn) -- Stricknadel

knitwear (knitted garments) -- Strickwaren

knob (rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch) -- Knopf , Knauf

knock (abrupt rapping sound) -- Klopfen

knock (impact) -- Schlag

knock (to rap one's knuckles against something) -- klopfen

knock (to bump or impact) -- schlagen

knock back (reject) -- SEE: reject

knock down (hit or knock (something) so that it falls) -- umwerfen

knock down (demolish) -- SEE: demolish

knock on wood (to take a customary action to ward off misfortune) -- auf Holz klopfen (to knock on wood)

knock on wood (hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action) -- dreimal auf Holz geklopft (knocked three times on wood)

knocker (device for knocking on a door) -- SEE: doorknocker

knock-knock (verbal knocking sound) -- klopf klopf

knoll (small mound) -- Hügel

knot (looping) -- Knoten

knot (tangled clump) -- Knoten

knot (mathematics closed curve) -- Knoten

knot (whorl in wood left by branch) -- Ast

knot (firm

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