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 | dead {adj} [tree, branch, skin cells, etc.; also: numb (foot, fingers, etc)] | 392 abgestorben [tot (Baum, Ast, Hautzellen etc.); auch: ohne Empfindung (Fuß, Finger etc.)] | |
| gnarled {adj} [hands, fingers] | 43 knotig | |
| fingering {adj} {pres-p} [touching or feeling with the fingers] | betastend | |
| sth. tingles [e.g. fingers after throwing snowballs] | etw. pitzelt [z. B. unterkühlte Finger, wenn sie wieder warm werden] [ugs.] [bayer.] | |
| Verbs |
| to interlace [fingers] | 142 verschränken [Finger] | |
| to snap [fingers] | 134 schnipsen | |
| med. to insert | 35 einbringen [z. B. eines Fingers in den Darm] | |
| to finger sth. [to palpate or touch with the fingers] | 17 etw. betasten [befühlen] | |
| to finger sth. [to palpate or touch with the fingers] | 8 etw. befühlen [betasten] | |
| [to press one's thumbs / thumb (for sb.)] [literally] [hand gesture in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, etc., meaning to keep one's fingers crossed (for sb.)] | (jdm.) die / den Daumen halten [ugs.] [Redensart] | |
| to clench sth. [the fingers / hands are clenching sth.] | sich um etw.Akk. krampfen [Finger, Hände] | |
| to clench sth. [to clench one's fingers / hands around sth.] | die Finger / Hände um etw.Akk. krampfen | |
| Nouns |
| pinch [with fingers] | 214 Kneifen {n} | |
| pinch [with fingers] | 69 Zwicken {n} | |
| med. percussion <P> [a method of tapping body parts with fingers, hands, or small instruments] | 10 Perkussion {f} <P> [Untersuchung von Körperregionen durch Abklopfen der Körperoberfläche] | |
| [one of a physician's fingers as an issue of insurance; literally: goldfinger] | Goldfinger {m} [ugs.] [hum.] [Arztfinger in Versicherungsfällen] | |
| med. dactylalgia [pain in the fingers] | Daktylalgie {f} | |
| gastr. unit finger [measure of liquid ingredients in alcoholic drinks, e.g. 2 fingers of brandy] | Fingerbreit {m} [auch: Finger breit] | |
| anat. zool. opposability [of thumbs, fingers, or toes] | Opponierbarkeit {f} [des Daumens, der Finger od. Zehen] | |
| med. polydactylia [having more than the normal number of toes or fingers] | Polydaktylie {f} | |
| med. syndactyly [webbing or fusion of the fingers or toes] | Syndaktylie {f} | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to pick sth. up [ take up with the fingers or beak] | etw.Akk. aufnehmen | |
| to pick up sth. [take up with the fingers or beak] | etw,Akk. aufnehmen | |
| to splay out [fingers, toes] | abspreizen | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| clasped hands [e.g. fingers interlaced or palm in palm] | ineinandergelegte Hände {pl} [z. B. gefaltet oder Handfläche in Handfläche] | |
| med. digital clubbing {sg} [Digiti hippocratici] [clubbed fingers] | Trommelschlägelfinger {pl} <TSF> | |
| MedTech. finger cap [to be slipped onto a finger or fingers] | Fingerhaube {f} [Fingerschutzhaube] | |
| MedTech. finger cap [to be slipped onto a finger or fingers] | Fingerkappe {f} [über den Finger / die Finger zu ziehen] | |
| MedTech. finger cap [to be slipped onto a finger or fingers] | Fingerschutzhaube {f} [über den Finger / die Finger zu ziehen] | |
| med. Hippocratic fingers [Digiti hippocratici] [clubbed fingers] | Trommelschlägelfinger {pl} <TSF> | |
| med. Hippocratic fingers [Digiti hippocratici] [clubbed fingers] | Trommelschlegelfinger {pl} <TSF> [alt] | |
| med. Hippocratic fingers [Digiti hippocratici] [clubbed fingers] | hippokratische Finger {pl} [veraltet bzw. selten] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to close (tightly) around sth. [of fingers etc.] | sich (fest) um etw. schließen [Hand etc.] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| MedTech. (Velcro®) buddy strap [fingers or toes are strapped together by hook and loop material] | Haken- und Flauschband {n} [als Finger- bzw. Zehenschiene] | |
| cloth. hort. jobs polka dot gloves [with PVC dots over palm, fingers and thumb] | Noppenhandschuhe {pl} [mit PVC-Noppen] | |
| med. traumatic vasospastic disease <TVD> [vibration-induced white fingers] | Vibrationssyndrom {n} [auch: Vibrations-Syndrom] [vibrationsbedingtes vasospastisches Syndrom] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to pinch a piece off [break off with the fingers] | ein Stück abzwacken [ugs.] | |
| to poke sb. in the eyes [typically with the fingers forked to jab both eyes or held together] | jdm. mit den Fingern in die Augen stechen [auch: mit dem Finger ins Auge stechen] | |
| to use a bushman's hanky [Aus.] [sl.] | sichDat. ohne ein Taschentuch die Nase schnäuzen [unter Zuhilfenahme eines Fingers] | |
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