The German word for jaw is
Kiefer
Gender
The gender of Kiefer is feminine. E.g. die Kiefer.Plural
The plural of Kiefer is Kiefern.German Definition
| jaw | |
| Substantiv: | |
| [1] Anatomie: der Kiefer | |
| [2] im Plural: der Schlund, das Maul, der Rachen | |
| [3] Technik: die Klemmbacke, die Backe | |
| [4] umgangssprachlich: Internet: der Schwatz | |
| [1] "The lower jaw consists of the curved piece of bone, in which the sixteen teeth are set, and of a process or branch on either side, which rises nearly at a right angle to be articulated by means of its condyle with the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone." | |
| Verb: | |
| [1] (intransitiv) umgangssprachlich: quasseln, quatschen |
Translations for jaw and their definitions
| Kiefer |  | ||
| n-f. pine (tree of genus Pinus) | |||
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