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DeutschEnglisch
knappmeager [Am.]
knapp brief
knappby a close shave
knapp in short supply
knapp marginal
knapp narrow
knapp pressed
knapp stingy
knappstrait
knappterse
knapptight
knapp crisply [write, speak]
knappjust
knappsuccinct
knapptelegraphically [concisely]
knapp ... [fast] [Anzahl] just under ... [a quantity]
knapp [im Sinne von kurz und bündig] taut
knapp [in nur sehr geringer, kaum ausreichender Menge vorhanden]short [pred.] [in insufficient supply]
knapp [z. B. knapp ein Jahr] almost [e.g. almost a year]
knapp [Zeiteinheit: zwei Stunden usw.]short of [time period : two hours etc.]
knapp / fast hundertalmost a hundred
knapp / kurz über dem Bodenshort of the ground
knapp an Arbeitskraft understaffed
knapp an Arbeitskraftshorthanded
knapp an Arbeitskräften short of labour [Br.]
knapp an Arbeitskräftenshort of staff
knapp an Arbeitskräftenshort of hands
knapp an Arbeitskräften underhanded [Am.] [not enough workers] [rare]
knapp an Aufträgenshort of orders
knapp an Boden short of land
knapp an Devisen sein to be short of foreign exchange
knapp an flüssigen Mittelnshort of liquidity
knapp an Geld in need of money
knapp an Geldscant of money
knapp an Geldscanty of money
knapp an Geld short of money
knapp an Geld straitened for money
knapp an Geldhard-up
knapp an Geld seinto be pinched for money
knapp an Geld sein to be short of money
knapp an Geld sein to be hard up for money
knapp an Kapital short of capital
knapp an Lebensmittelnshort of food
knapp an Leutenshort of men
knapp an Leuten short of people
knapp an Materialshort of material
knapp an Mitteln deficient in means
knapp an Mittelnpressed for funds
knapp an Mitteln short of funds
knapp an Mitteln sein to be short of funds
knapp an Nahrungsmittelnpinched for food
knapp an Personal short of enough personnel
knapp an Personalshort-staffed
knapp an Personal sein to be short-handed
knapp an Vorräten short of supplies
knapp an Vorräten seinto be short in supply
knapp an Ware short of stock
knapp an Waren short of goods
knapp an Wasser short of water
knapp an Wohnungenshort of housing
knapp an Zeitpressed for time
knapp an Zeit short in time
knapp an Zeit straitened for time
knapp an Zeit sein to be pinched for time
knapp bei Kasselow on funds
knapp bei Kasse pinched for money
knapp bei Kasse short of money
knapp bei Kasseshy of money
knapp bei Kasse sein to be a bit hard up
knapp bei Kasse sein to be short of cash
knapp bei Kasse seinto be strapped for cash [coll.]
knapp bei Kasse sein to be badly off
knapp bei Kasse sein [ugs.]to be poorly off [Br.]
knapp bei Kasse sein [ugs.] to be tight on cash [coll.]
knapp bemessene Mittel {pl} narrow funds
Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. A miss is as good as a mile.
Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. Near enough is not good enough.
Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei!Close, but no cigar! [coll.]
Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei!Close, but no banana! [coll.]
knapp die Hälfte barely half (of)
knapp dran sein to be badly off
knapp dran seinto be in straitened circumstances
knapp (drei Jahre) just under (three years)
knapp durchkommen to barely squeak through [coll.]
knapp entkommen to narrowly escape
knapp gehaltenskimped
knapp gewinnen to win by a nose
knapp haltend skimping
knapp hindurchkommento scrape through
knapp kalkulieren to budgetize
knapp seinto be tight
knapp sein [Arbeitskräfte, Geld etc.] to be in short supply [labour, money, etc.]
knapp über just over
knapp über just above
knapp und klarcrisp [wording]
knapp unter 1%just under 1%
knapp verfehlt [z. B. ein Ergebnis] just failed [e.g. a result]
knapp verlierento lose narrowly
knapp vor einer Mehrheit sein / stehen to be short of a majority
knapp vor jdm. gewinnen to shade sb.'s win
« klug — Klug — Klun — Knäc — knal — knap — knap — Knar — Knäu — Kneb — Knei »
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