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English-German translation for: brains
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Dictionary English → German: brains

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NOUN   a brain | brains
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VERB  to brain | brained | brained
braining | brains
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brains {pl} [intelligence]
266
Verstand {m} [Intelligenz]
brains {pl} [coll.]
136
Grips {m} [ugs.]
brains {pl} [coll.]
128
Köpfchen {n} [ugs.]
anat. brains
68
Gehirne {pl}
brains {pl} [intelligence]
39
Intelligenz {f}
brains
7
Hirne {pl}
brains [of the gang]
5
Kopf {m} [der Bande]
gastr. brains {pl}Hirn {n}
brains {pl} [intelligence]Hirn {n} [ugs.] [Verstand, Kopf (als Sitz des Verstandes)]
2 Words: Verbs
to have brainsintelligent sein
to have brainsKöpfchen haben
to pick sb.'s brains [coll.]jdn. ausfragen
to pick sb.'s brains [coll.]jdm. Informationen abverlangen
2 Words: Nouns
brains trustBeratergruppe {f}
3 Words: Others
He has brains.Er hat Köpfchen.
He has brains.Er hat Verstand.
3 Words: Verbs
to blow sb.'s brains outjdm. eine Kugel durch den Kopf jagen
to cudgel one's brains [esp. Br.] [idiom]sichDat. den Kopf zerbrechen [Redewendung]
to knock out sb.'s brainsjdm. den Schädel einschlagen
idiom to pick sb.'s brains / brain [coll.]sichDat. bei jdm. Ideen holen [durch Ausfragen]
idiom to rack one's brainssichDat. das Hirn zermartern
idiom to rack one's brainssichDat. den Kopf zergrübeln [selten]
to rack one's brains [idiom]sichDat. das Gehirn zergrübeln [selten] [veraltet] [poet.] [Redewendung]
to rack one's brains [idiom]sichDat. den Kopf zerbrechen [Redewendung]
to smash sb.'s brains injdm. den Schädel einschlagen
3 Words: Nouns
shit for brains [vulg.] [sl.] [pej.] [esp. Am.]Idiot {m}
4 Words: Others
It only takes brains! [fig.]Köpfchen, Köpfchen! [ugs.] [hum.] [Redewendung] [Ideen muss man haben!]
4 Words: Verbs
Unverified to blow one's brains out [coll.]sichDat. das Hirn rauspusten [ugs.]
to blow one's brains out [coll.] [idiom]sichDat. die Kugel geben [ugs.] [Redewendung] [sich erschießen]
to have shit for brains [vulg.]Scheiße im Hirn haben [vulg.]
idiom to rack one's brains about sth.an etw.Dat. herumknobeln [ugs.]
to ransack one's brains (over) [Am.]sich das Hirn zermartern (wegen)
to wrack one's brain / brains [idiom]sichDat. den Kopf zerbrechen [Redewendung]
4 Words: Nouns
racking of one's brains [coll.]Herumknobeln {n} [ugs.] [Zermartern des Gehirns]
5+ Words: Others
He's all brawn and no brains.(Er hat) Muskeln, aber kein Gehirn.
I prefer brawn to brains.Für mich sind Muskeln wichtiger als Hirn.
pissed out of one's brains {adj} [Br.] [vulg.] [idiom] [very drunk]hackendicht [ugs.] [regional] [selten] [hackedicht]
Who's the brain / brains behind it? [coll.]Wessen Idee ist das?
5+ Words: Verbs
to be all brawn and no brains [coll.]viel Muskelmasse, aber wenig Hirn haben
to be bored out of one's brainszu Tode gelangweilt sein
to be bored out of one's brains [coll.]schrecklich gelangweilt sein
to be bored out of one's brains [idiom]sichAkk. fürchterlich langweilen
to be bored out of one's brains [idiom]sichAkk. zu Tode langweilen [Redewendung]
to have fucked one's brains out [vulg.] [idiom]sichDat. das Gehirn rausgevögelt haben [vulg.] [Redewendung]
to have fucked sb.'s brains out [vulg.] [idiom]jdm. das Gehirn rausgevögelt haben [vulg.] [Redewendung]
to have more luck than brains [idiom]mehr Glück als Verstand haben [Redewendung]
to leave one's brains in the cloakroom [coll.] [idiom]seinen Verstand an der Garderobe abgeben [ugs.] [Redewendung]
to screw each other's brains out [vulg.]sich gegenseitig das Hirn rausficken [vulg.]
5+ Words: Nouns
waste of money, brains, and time <WOMBAT> [coll.]Verschwendung {f} von Geld, Grips und Zeit
Fiction (Literature and Film)
film F The Man with Two Brains [Carl Reiner]Der Mann mit zwei Gehirnen
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A 2018-09-26: Or: We racked our brains over whether the man ... was indeed our former cl...
Q 2017-07-09: 1. Frage: thick brains
A 2016-08-02: In a way this process is 'insulated' in our brains
Q 2015-08-30: don't knock your brains out
Q 2015-08-30: don't knock your brains
A 2013-08-28: "Athlet" refers to the physical aspect, to the muscle mass ("all brawn and...
A 2013-05-16: Walnut-sized is commonly used (particularly when talking about dinosaurs' ...
A 2013-03-06: Brains wouldn't be enough - he'd also have to learn how to use them.
A 2012-08-28: @ ddr: whose brains?
Q 2011-08-29: screw one's brains out.
A 2011-05-26: Yes, *Brägen* is what some cooks would call the brains of an animal.
A 2011-02-06: Looks like different brains work in different ways
A 2010-08-05: your brains backdates information to fit the results
A 2009-11-02: luck had nothing to do with. it's brains, mate. pure ingenuity!
A 2009-09-30: see http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=puke+brains+out
A 2009-08-19: I think it's 'racking' our brains. Or is it 'wracking'? Now I'm not so sur...
A 2009-08-19: If unique would be so kind as to tell us if our wrecking our brains was to...
A 2008-06-10: thanks for that...again, no b/w to back up, just the brains here:-)
A 2008-06-04: For verily I tell you: this is the place where all that will come is spun ...
A 2008-05-24: Ah ja, ein Anglizimus. "to fry your brains"

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