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Dictionary English → German: brink

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edit	NOUN	a brink \| brinks
	SYNO	brink \| verge \| threshold
	brink \| verge brink \| threshold \| verge © Princeton University

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brink [of war, ruin, the grave etc.]

1359

Rand {m} [eines Abgrunds, des Krieges, Ruins etc.]

527

Schwelle {f} [fig.]

158

Kante {f}

153

Ufer {n}

3 Words: Others

on the brink {adv}

on the brink {adv}

on the brink {adv} [of a cliff, etc; also fig.]

am Abgrund [einer Klippe etc.; auch fig]

on the brink {adv} [of a cliff, etc; also fig.]

am Rande des Abgrunds [einer Klippe etc.; auch fig]

on the brink {adv} [of doing sth.]

kurz davor [etw. zu tun]

4 Words: Others

on the brink of {prep}

kurz vor [+Dat.]

on the brink of {prep}

ganz nahe bei [+Dat.] / an [+Dat.]

on the brink of sth. {adj} [also fig.]

am Rand etw.^Gen. [auch fig.]

sth. teeters on the brink [fig.]

etw. steht auf der Kippe [fig.]

4 Words: Nouns

brink of the grave

Grabesrand {m}

5+ Words: Others

at the brink of death {adv}

am Rande des Todes

on the brink of death {adv}

on the brink of death {adv}

am Rande des Todes

bot. ecol. zool. on the brink of extinction {adj} [postpos.]

vom Aussterben bedroht

on the brink of war {adv}

am Rande eines / des Krieges

sth. is on the brink of a precipice [fig.]

etw. steht auf der Kippe [Redewendung]

They were on the brink of starvation.

Sie waren dem Verhungern nahe.

They were on the brink of starvation.

Sie waren kurz vor dem Verhungern.

5+ Words: Verbs

to be on the brink (of disaster)

am Rande des Abgrunds stehen

to be on the brink of destruction

am Rande der Zerstörung sein

to be on the brink of doing sth.

nahe daran sein, etw. zu tun

to be on the brink of ruin

am Rand des Ruins sein / stehen

idiom to be on the brink of success

dicht vor dem Erfolg stehen

to be on the brink of tears

den Tränen nah sein

econ. to be teetering on the brink of bankruptcy

konkursreif sein

to bring to the brink of the abyss

an den Rand des Abgrunds bringen

idiom to teeter on the brink of the abyss [fig.]

sich am Rande des Abgrunds bewegen [fig.]

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F Brink of Life [US title] [Ingmar Bergman]

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