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Dictionary English ← German: Geige

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NOUN	die Geige \| die Geigen	edit
SYNO	Fiedel [ugs.] \| Geige \| Violine
Fiedel [ugs.] \| Geige \| Violine © OpenThesaurus.de

mus. fiddle [coll.]

853

Geige {f}

640

Geige {f}

2 Words

mus. to (play the) fiddle [coll.]

Geige spielen

mus. to play the violin

Geige spielen

mus. to practice the violin [Am.]

Geige üben

mus. to practise the violin [esp. Br.]

Geige üben

mus. electric violin

E-Geige {f}

mus. lead violin

erste Geige {f}

mus. half-sized violin <1⁄2-sized violin>

halbe Geige {f} <1/2-Geige>

hist. neck violin [shrew's fiddle] [medieval instrument of torture]

spanische Geige {f} [mittelalterliche Schandgeige, Halsgeige]

3 Words

mus. to tune a violin

eine Geige stimmen

educ. mus. to learn (to play) the violin

Geige (spielen) lernen

4 Words

mus. to scrape the fiddle

auf der Geige kratzen

mus. to practise on the violin [Br.]

auf der Geige üben

mus. to rasp on a fiddle

auf einer Geige kratzen

to play the first fiddle [idiom]

die erste Geige spielen [fig.] [Redewendung]

to call the tune [coll.] [idiom]

die erste Geige spielen [ugs.] [Redewendung]

to take a back seat [idiom]

die zweite Geige spielen [fig.] [Redewendung]

to play second fiddle [idiom] [be less important or in a weaker position]

die zweite Geige spielen [Redewendung] [eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen]

to play second string [idiom] [to be in second position]

die zweite Geige spielen [Redewendung] [eine untergeordnete Rolle spielen]

mus. to play sth. on the violin

etw. auf der Geige spielen

mus. to make one's violin sing

seine Geige singen lassen

5+ Words

mus. He plays first violin.

Er spielt (die) erste Geige.

He refuses to play second fiddle. [fig.]

Er will immer die erste Geige spielen. [fig.]

to take second billing to sb. [idiom]

neben jdm. die zweite Geige spielen [fig.] [Redewendung]

Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)

entom. T

Indian rose mantis [Gongylus gongylodes]

Wandelnde Geige {f} [Fangschrecke]

entom. T

ornate mantis [Gongylus gongylodes]

Wandelnde Geige {f} [Fangschrecke]

entom. T

wandering violin mantis [Gongylus gongylodes]

Wandelnde Geige {f} [Fangschrecke]

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