German C1 — Advanced Vocabulary
Formal, academic and specialized words — the hard-to-find advanced vocabulary. · 2,114 words.
2,114 C1 words
| German word | English meaning |
|---|---|
| der Kohlenstoffkreislauf | carbon cycle |
| die Kohortenstudie | cohort study |
| Kokolores | balderdash |
| der Kolbenmotor | a piston engine |
| die Kollokation | collocation |
| das Kolloquium | colloquium / research presentation |
| die Kolonialisierung | colonization / colonial settlement |
| die Kolportage | pulp fiction/serialized fiction |
| kolportieren | to spread / peddle / circulate (wenig benutzt) |
| die Kombüse | a caboose |
| die Kommilitone | a fellow student |
| die Komorbidität | comorbidity/concurrent disease |
| die Komparse | extra / supernumerary = present in excess of the normal or requisite number |
| der Kompetenzerwerb | competency acquisition |
| die Komprimierung | compression |
| das Konfidenzintervall | confidence interval |
| konfiszieren | to confiscate |
| die Konfliktforschung | conflict research / study of disputes |
| die Konformität | conformity |
| die Konfundierung | confounding |
| die Kongruenz | congruence / alignment |
| das Königtum | monarchy |
| der Konkurs | bankruptcy / insolvency |
| die Konnotation | connotation |
| konnotieren | to connote |
| die Konsistenz | consistency |
| die Konsolidierung | consolidation |
| die Konsonanz | consonance |
| die Konstellation | constellation/configuration |
| konsterniert | dismayed |
| die Konstituierung | constitution / formation |
| die Kontamination | contamination/blending |
| die Kontemplation | contemplation / deep reflection |
| das Kontingent | a contingent / quota (group of people) |
| die Kontingenz | contingency / possible but not necessary |
| die Kontinuität | continuity |
| die Kontraindikation | contraindication |
| das Kontrollelement | control element |
| die Kontrollgruppe | control group |
| die Konvergenz | convergence |
| konvergieren | to converge |
| der Konvertit | a convert |
| die Konzeptionalisierung | conceptualization/framing |
| konzessioniert | licensed (wenig benutzt) |
| der Kopffüßer | cephalopod |
| der Korporatismus | corporatism |
| die Korrelation | correlation |
| korrelieren | to correlate |
| die Kragstütze | corbel/cantilever support |
| krankhaft | diseased / morbid / sickly |
| die Kräuterkunde | herbology |
| die Kreditvergabe | credit extension / lending |
| die Kreditwürdigkeit | creditworthiness |
| kreidebleich | white as chalk |
| kreieren | to create (less common) |
| der Kriegspfad | warpath |
| kritteln | to find fault / quibble quibble = a slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter |
| die Kryptographie | cryptography / code-writing |
| das Kühlmittel | coolant |
| die Kümmernis | troubles / worries |
| das Kummet | a horse collar |
| die Kumulation | accumulation / build-up |
| der Kundschafter | a scout / spy |
| die Kunstfertigkeit | skillfullness / craftsmanship |
| die Kurbelwelle | a crankshaft |
| küren | to choose / elect |
| kurzerhand | on the spot / without further ado |
| laben | to feast |
| die Labilität | instability / lability |
| der Laderaum | a load room / hold / stowage |
| lädieren | to damage (wenig benutzt) |
| die Laibungstiefe | jamb depth |
| laichen | to spawn |
| lallen | to babble / mumble |
| die Lamelle | slat / gill |
| die Ländereien | lands / estates |
| das Langhaus | nave |
| langmütig | long-suffering |
| lapidar | succinct |
| lasch | lax / feeble / limp (wenig benutzt) |
| die Läsion | lesion/injury |
| der Lastkahn | a barge |
| die Latenz | latency |
| die Lautmalerei | onomatopoeia |
| das Lazarett | a sickbay / hospital |
| lebensbedrohlich | life threatening |
| die Lebensführung | a way of life / lifestyle (wenig benutzt) |
| ledrig | leathery |
| die Lefze | lip / chap (of an dog / animal) |
| die Legierung | an alloy |
| die Legislatur | legislative period |
| die Legitimation | legitimation / authorization |
| legitimieren | to legitimize |
| die Legitimität | legitimacy |
| das Lehnswesen | feudal system / fief system |
| der Lehrbeauftragter | contract lecturer |
| die Leibeskraft | physical strength |
| der Leichensack | a body bag |
| das Leichenschauhaus | a morgue |
| leiern | to drone / rattle / grind |
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