German verbs — K
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- kacken to shit (vulgar)
- kaduzieren to expire
- kalibrieren to calibrate
- kämmen to comb
- kämpfen to fight
- kanten
- kapitalisieren to capitalise
- kaputtgehen to break down
- karikieren to caricature
- kaskadieren to cascade
- kassieren to cash (to collect money)
- kauen to chew
- kauern to crouch
- kaufen to buy, to purchase
- kegeln to bowl
- kehren to sweep
- keifen to shout
- kennen to know (be familiar with)
- kennenlernen to get to know
- keppeln to fight
- kerben to carve
- ketten to chain
- keuchen to pant
- kichern to giggle
- kiebitzen to watch (a game)
- kieken to look
- kiffen to smoke weed (slang)
- kippen to tilt
- kirren to call
- kitzeln to tickle
- klaffen to bark
- kläffen bark
- klagen to complain
- klappen to work out, to succeed
- klären to clarify
- klarkommen to cope (with)
- klatschen to clap
- klauben to gather
- klauen to steal (to take something unlawfully)
- kleben to stick
- klecksen splash
- kleiden to dress
- kleinschreiben write in lowercase
- klemmen jam
- klettern to climb
- klicken to click (with a mouse)
- klieben stick
- klimpern play softly
- klingeln to ring
- klingen to sound
- klirren clink
- klittern ring
- klonen clone
- klönen chat
- klopfen to knock
- klötern to clatter
- knabbern to nibble
- knacken to crack
- knallen to bang, to pop
- knattern to rattle
- knechten to enslave (to make a person an indentured Knecht)
- kneifen to pinch, to squeeze
- kneten knead
- knetschen rub
- knicken fold
- knirschen grind
- knistern crackle
- knuddeln to cuddle
- knuffen to shove
- knüpfen to tie
- knuscheln to snuggle
- kochen to cook
- ködern to bait
- kodifizieren to codify
- koitieren to have intercourse, to copulate (formal)
- kollidieren to collide
- kolportieren to peddle
- kombinieren to combine
- kommandieren to command
- kommen to come
- kommissionieren to commission
- kompilieren to compile
- komponieren to compose
- kompromittieren to compromise
- kondizieren to condition
- kondolieren to condole
- konfligieren to conflict
- konfundieren to confuse
- konkatenieren to concatenate
- konkurrieren to compete
- können to be able to
- konservieren to preserve
- konsolidieren to consolidate
- konstituieren to constitute
- konterkarieren to counter
- kontrollieren to check
- konturieren to outline
- konzedieren to concede
- konzentrieren to concentrate
- 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 couple.
- 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 quote
- kotzen to vomit (colloquial)
- krachen to crash
- krächzen to croak
- krakeelen to shout
- krallen (sich) to claw; to pilfer
- krampfen (sich) to cramp (oneself)
- kränkeln to be ill
- kränken to offend
- krankschreiben to write a sick note
- kratzen to scratch
- kräuseln to curl
- kreditieren to credit
- kreischen to scream
- kreisen to circle, to wheel
- kremieren to cremate
- krepieren to die
- kreuzen to cross.
- kreuzigen to crucify
- kriechen to crawl
- kriegen to get
- kritisieren to criticise
- kritteln to criticise
- kritzeln to doodle
- krökeln to scribble
- krönen to crown
- krümeln to crumble
- krümmen to bend
- kucken to look
- kühlen to cool
- kujonieren to cower
- kultivieren to cultivate
- kümmern to care
- kümmern (sich) to take care of
- kundgeben to announce
- kündigen to terminate
- kupieren to cut
- kuppeln to couple
- kurven to curve
- kürzen to shorten
- kuscheln to cuddle
- kuschen to curl up
- küssen to kiss