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grau; angegraut {adj} | grizzle; grizzled | |||
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grau {adj} | grey [Br.]; gray [Am.] | |||
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1. | grauer | 1. | greyer; grayer | |
2. | am grauesten | 2. | greyest; grayest | |
trübe; trüb; grau {adj} [meteo.] | dull ~overcast | |||
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1. | Heute ist ein trüber Tag. | 1. | It's a dull day today. | |
Haare {pl}; Haar {n} [geh.] | hair | |||
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1. | glatte Haare; glattes Haar [poet.] | 1. | straight hair | |
2. | gewellte Haare | 2. | wavy hair | |
3. | halblange Haare | 3. | mid-length hair | |
4. | hochstehende Haare | 4. | spiky hair; spikey hair | |
5. | langes Haar; lange Haare | 5. | long hair | |
6. | blondes Haar; blonde Haare | 6. | blond hair | |
7. | grau melierte Haare | 7. | greying hair; grizzled hair | |
8. | schwarzes Haar; schwarze Haare | 8. | black hair | |
9. | rotbraunes Haar; rotbraune Haare | 9. | auburn hair | |
10. | graue Haare bekommen | 10. | to go grey [Br.] / gray [Am.] | |
11. | die Haare durchkneten/massieren | 11. | to scrunch (your) hair | |
12. | das Haar hochgesteckt tragen | 12. | to have one's hair up | |
13. | die Haare zurückgelen; die Haare zurückgegelt tragen/haben | 13. | to have one's hair slicked back with gel | |
14. | Deswegen/Darüber/Da lasse ich mir keine grauen Haare wachsen. [übtr.] | 14. | I won't loose any sleep over it.; I'm not losing any sleep over it. | |
15. | An deiner Stelle würde ich mir da keine grauen Haare wachsen lassen. | 15. | I wouldn't lose sleep over it if I were you. | |
16. | Lange Haare, kurzer Verstand. [Sprw.] | 16. | Long hair, stunted mind. [prov.] | |
grau meliert {adj} [textil.] | mottled grey [Br.]; mottled gray [Am.] | |||
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Trostlosigkeit {f}; Grau in Grau {n}; Tristheit {f} [geh.]; Tristesse {f} [geh.] | cheerlessness; dreariness; forlornness | |||
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1. | die Trostlosigkeit des ehemaligen Tanzlokals | 1. | the forlornness of the former dancing hall | |
2. | die triste Anmutung des Raumes | 2. | the forlornness of the room | |
Bei Nacht sind alle Katzen grau. [Sprw.] | All cats are grey by night. | |||
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Der Abend rot, der Morgen grau bringt das schönste Tagesblau. [Sprw.] | An evening red and a morning grey will set the traveller on his way. [prov.] | |||
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Nachts sind alle Katzen grau. [Sprw.] | All colors will agree in the dark.; All cats are grey at night. | |||
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Grau-Distelschwanzschlüpfer {m} [ornith.] | mouse-coloured thistletail | |||
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