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Dictionary English → German: shoulders

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English

German

edit	NOUN	a shoulder \| shoulders
edit	VERB	to shoulder \| shouldered \| shouldered shouldering \| shoulders

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188

Schultern {pl}

anat. shoulders

35

Achseln {pl}

2 Words: Verbs

to rub shoulders [literally]

einander / sich mit den Schultern berühren

2 Words: Nouns

broad shoulders

breite Schultern {pl}

drooping shoulders

Hängeschultern {pl}

hunched shoulders

hochgezogene Schultern {pl}

sagging shoulders

hängende Schultern {pl}

sloping shoulders

hängende Schultern {pl}

TrVocab. soft shoulders

Straßenbankett {n} nicht befestigt

square shoulders

breite Schultern {pl}

3 Words: Verbs

to hike one's shoulders

mit den Schultern zucken

to hunch one's shoulders

die Schultern hochziehen

to press on sb.'s shoulders

auf jds. Schultern lasten

to rub shoulders with sb. [coll.] [idiom]

mit jdm. zusammenkommen [jdn. treffen]

to shrug (one's shoulders)

die Schultern zucken

to shrug (one's shoulders)

mit den Schultern zucken

to shrug one's shoulders

die Achseln zucken

to shrug one's shoulders

mit den Achseln zucken

to slouch one's shoulders

die Schultern hängen lassen

to take sth. off sb.'s shoulders [fig.]

jdm. etw. abnehmen [fig.]

4 Words: Others

He shrugged his shoulders.

Er zuckte die Achseln.

head and shoulders better {adj} {adv} [idiom]

um Längen besser [Redewendung]

4 Words: Verbs

to take sth. on one's shoulders

etw.^Akk. auf die Schultern nehmen

4 Words: Nouns

breadth across the shoulders

Schulterbreite {f}

shrug of the shoulders

Achselzucken {n}

5+ Words: Others

All hopes rest on the shoulders of sb.

Alle Hoffnungen ruhen auf den Schultern von jdm.

She stood head and shoulders above him.

Sie überragte ihn um gut zwei Köpfe.

5+ Words: Verbs

idiom to be head and shoulders above sb.

meilenweit vor jdm. liegen

to drag sth. in by the head and shoulders [fig.]

etw.^Akk. bei / an den Haaren herbeiziehen [fig.]

idiom to let sth. roll off one's shoulders

etw. von sich abperlen lassen

idiom to lift a burden from sb.'s shoulders [fig.]

eine Last von jds. Schultern nehmen [fig.]

to put a coat round one's shoulders

sich^Dat. einen Mantel überhängen

to reject sth. with a shrug (of the shoulders)

etw. achselzuckend abtun

to reject sth. with a shrug (of the shoulders)

etw. mit einem Achselzucken abtun

to spread a risk on many shoulders

ein Risiko auf viele Schultern verteilen

idiom to stand / be head and shoulders above sb.

jdn. um Haupteslänge überragen

to stand / be head and shoulders above sb. [idiom]

jdm. haushoch überlegen sein

idiom to stand head and shoulders above sb.

jdm. turmhoch überlegen sein

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A 2018-07-09: his shoulders back
A 2017-10-26: Perhaps in the sense of standing o...
A 2015-09-26: shrugged shoulders
A 2014-11-30: ... shoulders, drove a piton into ...
A 2014-09-01: Chips on shoulders
A 2014-03-03: thanks - it must be "rub shoulders"
A 2014-02-26: I agree with Barloup - rub shoulde...
A 2014-02-26: to rub shoulders with him
Q 2013-06-01: Übersetzung von Technik-Text (Abga...
A 2013-03-23: It's ...carrying a bag / resemblin...
A 2011-08-05: "to set one's shoulders" deutet "e...
A 2011-06-21: How was that for taking the weight...
Q 2011-06-21: How was that for taking the weight...
A 2010-11-09: In English, you only look over som...
A 2010-11-09: +Viribus unitis:+ ... delicate ma...
A 2010-11-09: @ufriend: No, he doesn't look at h...
A 2010-10-04: stand square is like: with squared...
A 2010-01-28: largely dropped shoulders ?
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