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English-German translation for: cave-in
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NOUN   a cave-in | cave-ins
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VERB  to cave in | caved in | caved in ... 
 
SYNO   to break | to cave in | to collapse ... 
to cave ineinbrechen [einstürzen]
to cave ineinsinken
to cave inin die Erde einsinken
to cave in [belated collapse]nachstürzen [herunterbrechen]
idiom to cave in [coll.]klein beigeben
to cave in [collapse]einstürzen [in sich zusammenbrechen]
to cave in [fig.]aufgeben
to cave in [fig.] [coll.] [yield completely, surrender]nachgeben [Druck, Drängen]
to cave in [subside]nachgeben [Boden etc.]
cave-inEinbruch {m} [Einsturz]
mining cave-inNiederbruch {m}
mining cave-inVerbruch {m}
to cave in (to sb./sth.) [fig.] [make concessions, yield to pressure](vor jdm./etw.) einknicken [fig.] [pej.] [nachgeben, einlenken]
to cave in to sb./sth.jdm./etw. nachgeben
to live in a cave [coll.] [idiom]in der Steinzeit leben [ugs.] [Redewendung]
a long way into the cave {adv}tief in die Höhle
quote Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. [American Beauty]Es gibt manchmal so viel Schönheit auf der Welt, dass ich sie fast nicht ertragen kann. Und mein Herz droht dann daran zu zerbrechen.
to seek shelter in a cavein einer Höhle Schutz suchen
 
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A 2014-09-06: Danke, MichaelK. EN "to cave in" entspricht konkret DE "einknicken"'
A 2011-02-18: to cave in - einstürzen, hier: zusammenbrechen
A 2008-07-29: bristles +bend, flex, give way+ - but only very rarely +cave in+
A 2006-07-22: cave in
Q 2006-07-22: to cave in on sth.
A 2005-03-22: einknicken - to cave in
A 2004-11-29: 5. einknicken - to cave in

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