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The German word for jaw is
Kiefer





jaw

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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