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Dictionary English → German: gets

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English

German

edit	NOUN	a get \| gets
edit	VERB	to get \| got \| got/gotten [Am.] getting \| gets

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jd. kriegt [ugs.]

2 Words: Others

sb. gets bored

jdm. wird es langweilig

sb. gets drunk

jd. besäuft sich [ugs.]

sb. gets excited

jd. ereifert sich

sb. gets muddled

jd. verhaspelt sich

sb. gets over [recovers]

jd. verschmerzt

sb. gets winded

jdm. geht die Puste aus [ugs.]

sb./sth. gets entangled

jd./etw. verheddert sich

sb./sth. gets sb. down

jd./etw. kriegt jdn. unter [ugs.]

sb./sth. gets through

jd./etw. dringt

sth. gets dirty

sth. gets dusty

sth. gets mouldy [Br.]

etw. verschimmelt

sth. gets worse

etw. verschärft sich

3 Words: Others

sb. gets hold of

jd. ergattert [ugs.]

sb. gets owned by sb./sth. [Am.] [idiom]

jd. wird von jdm./etw. blamiert [lächerlich gemacht]

sb. gets scared shitless [coll.] [idiom]

jdm. geht der Arsch auf Grundeis [ugs., leicht vulg.] [Redewendung]

sb. gets used to

jd. gewöhnt sich an

sth. gets sb.'s goat [coll.] [idiom]

etw. geht jdm. (gewaltig) auf den Zeiger [ugs.] [Redewendung]

sth. gets soaked through

etw. saugt sich voll

idiom Word gets around.

Es spricht sich herum.

3 Words: Verbs

to make sure sb. gets sth.

jdm. etw. zuschanzen [ugs.]

to make sure sb. gets sth.

jdm. etw. zuschustern [ugs.]

4 Words: Others

as one gets closer

wenn man näher kommt

idiom as one gets older {adv}

as one gets older {adv}

mit zunehmendem Alter

as one gets older

wenn man älter wird

Coffee gets you going.

Kaffee weckt dich auf.

Unverified It gets even worse.

Es kommt noch dicker. [Redewendung]

idiom Nothing gets past you!

Dir entgeht auch gar nichts!

Now he gets ambitious.

Jetzt wird der Kerl auf einmal ehrgeizig. [ugs.]

once he gets going

wenn er erst einmal in Schwung ist

sb. gets in touch with

jd. kontaktiert

idiom sb. gets quite a fright

jdm. geht ganz schön die Düse [ugs.]

idiom That gets my goat.

Das regt mich auf.

That gets my goat.

Das bringt mich in Zorn.

5+ Words: Others

All this noise gets on my nerves.

Der ganze Lärm geht mir auf die Nerven.

as good as (it) gets {adv} [coll.] [Am.]

besser geht (es) nicht

as good as (it) gets {adv} [coll.] [Am.]

besser geht's / gehts nicht [ugs.]

as good as it gets {adv}

besser wird's nicht mehr

He always gets the short end of the stick.

Er zieht immer den Kürzeren.

He gets about a lot.

Er kommt viel herum. [ugs.]

He gets around a lot.

Er kommt viel herum. [ugs.]

idiom He gets away with everything.

Er kann sich alles erlauben.

He gets by on very little.

Er ist sehr genügsam [lebt genügsam].

He gets carried away and rambles on.

Er kommt vom Hundertsten ins Tausendste. [Redewendung]

He only gets two weeks' paid sick leave.

Im Krankheitsfall wird sein Gehalt nur zwei Wochen (lang) weitergezahlt.

He really gets on my nerves! [coll.]

Der nervt mich vielleicht! [ugs.]

His gaiety gets up my nose.

Sein Frohsinn geht mir auf den Wecker.

idiom sb. gets a charge out of sth.

etw. bereitet jdm. Freude

Sb. gets a noseful of sth.. [Br.] [idiom]

Der Geruch von etw. steigt jdm. in die Nase.

sb. gets tired enough to sleep

jd. bekommt die nötige Bettschwere [ugs.]

She gets in a huff.

Sie spielt die beleidigte Leberwurst.

idiom Squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Ein Rädchen, das nicht quietscht, wird (auch) nicht geschmiert.

That gets on my nerves. [idiom]

Das geht mir auf die Nerven. [Redewendung]

That kind of thing always gets his hackles up. [coll.]

Bei so was sieht er immer rot. [ugs.]

That kind of thing always gets his hackles up. [coll.]

So etwas bringt ihn immer in Harnisch. [ugs.]

idiom The antics that woman gets up to!

Die mit ihrer Theatralik!

proverb The early bird gets the worm.

Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.

proverb The early bird gets the worm.

Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund.

proverb The early bird gets the worm.

Wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst.

The only amusement he gets ...

Seine einzige Unterhaltung ...

This country gets very little rain.

In diesem Land regnet es sehr wenig.

This is as good as it gets.

Besser geht's nicht.

This is as good as it gets.

Besser wird's nicht.

when Nelson gets his eye back {adv} [Br.] [hum.] [dated] [idiom]

am Sankt-Nimmerleins-Tag [hum.] [ugs.] [Redewendung]

idiom when the going gets rough

wenn es hart auf hart kommt

when the going gets tough [fig.]

wenn es hart auf hart kommt [Redewendung]

5+ Words: Verbs

to give sb. as good as one gets

jdm. Paroli bieten [geh.] [Redewendung]

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F As Good as It Gets [James L. Brooks]

Besser geht's nicht

film F Garfield Gets Real [Mark A.Z. Dippé]

Garfield – Fett im Leben

lit. F The Little Vampire Gets a Surprise

Der kleine Vampir und der rätselhafte Sarg [Angela Sommer-Bodenburg]

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Q 2022-08-11: How about the winner gets the forfeit of choice from the loser.
A 2019-01-10: Unless the late bird gets the late worm. .... The late worm IS the one tha...
A 2018-11-15: No, but as soon as one of them gets re-opened, the mess begins.
Q 2018-11-04: gets on
A 2018-11-03: "The early bird gets the worm"
Q 2018-03-13: as good as it gets
A 2017-11-12: The wind gets stronger as it gets later (and the evening comes to an end).
A 2017-08-01: It gets confused with e.g. "John and I"
A 2017-03-19: Merriam Webster gets the etymology right https://www.merriam-webster.com/...
A 2016-09-14: Sigh. So I guess it gets deleted. Such a twisty insult in English.
Q 2016-08-27: as poor as it gets
A 2016-07-25: The meeting/We will start as soon as X arrives / gets here.
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A 2016-01-27: I don't think +erfüllt die Mindestanforderungen+ quite gets it.
A 2015-09-16: @ Jim: I got a boa myself. When she was a kid, I fed her small mice. She's...
A 2015-06-16: often gets translated literally
A 2015-05-31: I'm going to ... before it gets here.
Q 2015-03-13: a buck gets ten
A 2015-01-09: 'Push' with 'from below' gets the point across nicely.
A 2014-12-08: "gets opened" sounds awful

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