Can

"Can" in German

Arschbacken

(buttocks)

Blechdose

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Blechdose

(a tin-plate canister)

Gießkanne

(a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Kanister

(a more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids)

Kanne

(a container used to carry and dispense water for plants)

Klo

(non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)

Konservendose

(a tin-plate canister)

Pobacken

(buttocks)

WC

(non-offensive slang for toilet — see also toilet)

abbrechen

(to discard)

chöne

(to be able to; to know how to)

den Mund halten

(to shut up)

die Klappe halten

(to shut up)

dürfen

(may)

einmachen

(to preserve)

feuern

(to fire or dismiss an employee)

können

(to be able to; to know how to)

können

(may)

kündigen

(to fire or dismiss an employee)

rausschmeißen

(to fire or dismiss an employee)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.