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Dictionary English → German: shy

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English

German

edit	ADJ	shy \| shier/shyer \| shiest/shyest
edit	NOUN	a shy \| shies
edit	VERB	to shy \| shied \| shied ... shying \| shies
	SYNO	diffident \| shy \| timid \| unsure
	diffident \| shy \| timid \| unsure © Princeton University

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shy {adj}

3570

schüchtern

shy {adj}

656

scheu

shy {adj}

571

verlegen [scheu]

shy {adj}

131

zurückhaltend

shy {adj}

zaghaft

shy {adj}

gehemmt

shy {adj}

befangen [schüchtern]

shy {adj} [easily frightened, timid]

ängstlich

shy {adj}

reserviert

shy {adj}

zag [geh.]

shy {adj}

verschüchtert

shy {adj} [timid]

verdruckst [ugs.]

shy {adj}

genierlich [ugs.] [schüchtern]

shy {adj}

zage [geh.]

shy {adj}

blöd [veraltet] [schüchtern]

shy {adj}

blöde [veraltet] [schüchtern]

Verbs

to shy [recoil] [from dread, distaste]

118

scheuen

equest. to shy

scheu werden [Pferd]

to shy sth. [throw with a swift movement]

etw. (schnell) werfen

Nouns

shy [dated] [quick throw, fling]

Wurf {m}

shy [sudden movement, as from fear]

Zurückzucken {n}

shy [throw]

schneller Wurf {m}

2 Words: Others

camera-shy {adj}

fotoscheu

camera-shy {adj}

kamerascheu

conflict-shy {adj}

konfliktscheu

hunting gun-shy {adj}

schussscheu

gun-shy {adj} [fig.]

vorsichtig [argwöhnisch]

zool. hand shy {adj}

handscheu

head-shy {adj}

kopfscheu

media-shy {adj}

medienscheu

public shy {adj} [publicity shy]

öffentlichkeitsscheu

publicity-shy {adj}

öffentlichkeitsscheu

risk-shy {adj}

risikoscheu

fin. shy of

im / in Rückstand mit [z. B. Zahlung]

shy of {prep} [coll.] [a short distance from sth.]

(kurz) vor [räumlich]

shy of [coll.] [short of]

weniger als [unterhalb von]

shy of {prep} [slightly earlier than] [coll.]

kurz vor [+Dat.] [zeitl.]

shy with sb.

scheu gegenüber jdm.

water-shy {adj}

wasserscheu

work-shy {adj}

arbeitsscheu

work-shy {adj} [disinclined to work]

faul [arbeitsscheu]

2 Words: Verbs

to be shy

scheu sein

to be shy

schüchtern sein

games to be shy [poker etc.]

den Einsatz schuldig sein [Poker usw.]

to shy (at sb./sth.)

(vor jdm./etw.) scheuen

2 Words: Nouns

games coconut shy [game, found esp. at funfairs]

[Wurfspiel auf Kokosnüsse, ähnlich der Jahrmarktsattraktion 'Dosenwerfen']

coconut shy [stall]

Wurfbude {f} [in der auf Kokosnüsse geworfen wird]

med. shy bladder

Paruresis {f} [soziale Phobie]

shy dove

scheue Taube {f}

shy girl

schüchternes Mädchen {n}

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A 2017-11-28: Your English is fine. Maybe you're just a little too shy?
A 2015-02-27: Don't know, Dracs. Always been painfully shy.
Q 2013-12-10: "Scheue Neugier" "Shy curiosity"?
A 2013-10-01: Why so shy, nigilmaadhust - this is the perfect match! Thank you!!!
A 2011-06-13: Once bitten, twice shy; twice bitten, let fly?
A 2011-06-13: Once bitten, twice shy.
Q 2011-05-08: timid, shy
A 2011-04-07: make them / the youths shy away from ... / keep them (away) from ...
A 2010-01-07: In German, too, +green+ evokes ecologists - +die Grünen+ ... So if the aut...
A 2009-06-28: OMG, he was cute and shy - I'd have fallen for him immediately
Q 2009-06-24: ....acting class and a week shy of becoming a groom....
A 2009-01-20: 'don't shy away from danger' ist richtig
A 2008-07-22: theater shy
A 2008-07-22: you could try "theater shy" or "disinterested"
A 2007-11-30: I think it's a shy way of saying "I love you".
A 2007-10-05: not shy of new / outlandish ... experiences?
A 2007-09-15: Once bitten, twice shy.
A 2007-06-14: Virginia, " letter-shy" ist noch das Beste, das gefällt mir gut.
A 2007-06-14: Dear letter-shy Karlheinz
A 2006-09-15: last shy try: WWF

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