German verbs — K

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• kacken to shit (vulgar)
• kaduzieren to declare forfeit (law)
• kalibrieren to calibrate
• kämmen to comb
• kämpfen to battle, struggle
• kanten to edge, border
• kapitalisieren to capitalize (finance)
• kaputt gehen to get broken
• karikieren to caricature
• kaskadieren to cascade (technical)
• kassieren to collect
• kauen to chew
• kauern to crouch, to cower
• kaufen to buy, to purchase
• kegeln to bowl
• kehren to turn (change the direction of movement)
• keifen to scold, chide
• kennen to know (be familiar with)
• kennenlernen to get to know, become acquainted with
• keppeln to nag, to bicker (Austrian colloquial)
• kerben to indent, notch
• ketten to chain
• keuchen to gasp
• kichern to giggle
• kiebitzen to kibitz, to look on (at cards) (colloquial)
• kieken to look, to peek (Berlin and Northern German)
• kiffen to smoke weed (slang)
• kippen to tilt
• kirren to lure, to bait (hunting); to make compliant
• kitzeln to tickle
• klaffen to gape
• kläffen to bark, yelp
• klagen to complain
• klappen to clap
• klären to clarify
• klarkommen to get along
• klatschen to clap
• klauben to pick, to glean (Southern German, Austrian)
• klauen to steal, pilfer
• kleben to glue
• klecksen to make a stain
• kleiden to clothe
• kleinschreiben to lowercase (first letters of words)
• klemmen to jam
• klettern to climb
• klicken to click (with a mouse)
• klieben to split, to cleave (wood) (Southern German, Austrian)
• klimpern to jingle, clink
• klingeln to tinkle, ring
• klingen to ring; to clink
• klirren to clink
• klittern to piece together
• klonen to clone
• klönen to chat
• klopfen to knock, to rap
• klötern to rattle, to clatter (Northern German)
• knabbern to nibble, gnaw
• knacken to make a cracking sound
• knallen to bang, to pop
• knattern to rattle, chatter
• knechten to enslave (to make a person an indentured Knecht)
• kneifen to pinch, to squeeze
• kneten to knead
• knetschen to squash; to whine (regional)
• knicken to crease
• knirschen to scrunch
• knistern to crackle
• knuddeln to cuddle, to hug (colloquial)
• knuffen to nudge, to poke playfully
• knüpfen to tie
• knuscheln to snuggle, to cuddle (regional)
• kochen to cook
• ködern to bait, lure
• kodifizieren to codify
• koitieren to have intercourse, to copulate (formal)
• kollidieren to collide, to clash
• kolportieren to spread (rumours), to peddle
• kombinieren to combine
• kommandieren to command
• kommen to come
• kommissionieren to pick and pack (logistics), to commission
• kompilieren to compile or assemble information
• komponieren to compose
• kompromittieren to compromise (someone's reputation)
• kondizieren to reclaim on grounds of unjust enrichment (law)
• kondolieren to offer condolences
• konfligieren to conflict
• konfundieren to confound, to confuse (dated)
• konkatenieren to concatenate
• konkurrieren to compete
• können to be able to
• konservieren to preserve, to conserve
• konsolidieren to consolidate
• konstituieren to constitute (sich konstituieren: to be established)
• konterkarieren to counteract, to thwart
• kontrollieren to control
• konturieren to contour, to outline
• konzedieren to concede
• konzentrieren to concentrate, to focus (one's mind or attention)
• kooptieren to co-opt (to elect as a fellow member of a group)
• köpfen to behead (kill by cutting off the head)
• kopieren to copy
• koppeln to connect
• kopulieren to copulate; to graft (horticulture)
• korrelieren to correlate (to be related by a correlation)
• korrigieren to correct
• korrumpieren to corrupt
• kosten to cost
• kotieren to list, to quote (stock exchange)
• kotzen to vomit (colloquial)
• krachen to crash
• krächzen to croak, caw
• krakeelen to brawl noisily, to make a racket (colloquial)
• krallen to hold
• krampfen to cramp, to seize, to have a seizure, to have convulsions
• kränkeln to be sickly
• kränken to insult
• krankschreiben to take sick leave
• kratzen to scratch
• kräuseln to crimp, to curl
• kreditieren to credit (an account)
• kreischen to squeal
• kreisen to circle, to wheel
• kremieren to cremate
• krepieren to die miserably (vulgar); to burst (of shells)
• kreuzen to cross
• kreuzigen to crucify
• kriechen to creep, crawl
• kriegen to get
• kritisieren to criticize
• kritteln to nitpick, to carp
• kritzeln to scribble
• krökeln to play table football (regional)
• krönen to crown
• krümeln to crumble
• krümmen to bend, curve
• kucken to look (Northern German; = gucken)
• kühlen to cool, chill
• kujonieren to bully, to harass (dated)
• kultivieren to cultivate
• kümmern to take care
• kümmern (sich) to take care of
• kundgeben to make known, announce
• kündigen to cancel, to terminate
• kupieren to dock (a tail); to cut short
• kuppeln to couple
• kurven to curve
• kürzen to shorten
• kuscheln to snuggle up
• kuschen to lie down
• küssen to kiss