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| insular {adj} [narrow-minded] | engstirnig [pej.] | |
Teilweise Übereinstimmung |
| stuffy {adj} [pej.] [conventional and narrow-minded] | spießig [ugs.] [pej.] [Person] | |
| suburban {adj} [pej.] [narrow-minded] | spießig [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| petit bourgeois {adj} [Br.] [in a pej. sense: stuffy, prissy, narrow-minded] | spießerhaft [pej.] | |
| distrait {adj} [absent-minded] | geistesabwesend | |
| petty {adj} [small-minded] | engherzig | |
| shrewd {adj} [business-minded] | geschäftstüchtig | |
| petty {adj} [small-minded] | kleinkariert [ugs.] | |
| sheepish {adj} [simple-minded] | dümmlich [beschränkt] | |
| weak-minded {adj} [feeble-minded] | schwachsinnig | |
| Pooterish {adj} [Br.] [small-minded] | kleinkariert [fig.] [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| absent {adj} [absent-minded, e.g. manner] | zerstreut [geistesabwesend, z. B. Art] | |
| hard-nosed {adj} [person] [tough-minded] [literally: hard boiled] | hartgesotten [fig.] [ugs.] | |
| to be very particular about sth. [pedantic, petty-minded] | bei etw.Dat. sehr kleinlich sein | |
| Unverified barmpot [Scot.] [coll.] [pej.] [feeble-minded person] | Schwachkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| contracted {adj} [fig.] [pej.] [small-minded] | kleingeistig [pej.] | |
| bampot [also: barmpot] [Scot.] [coll.] [pej.] [feeble-minded person] | Schwachkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| saphead [a weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop] | Saftkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [selten] | |
| bare {adj} [narrow, small] | knapp | |
| ribbon [narrow strip] | Streifen {m} | |
| strait {adj} [archaic] [narrow] | schmal [eng] | |
| pokey {adj} [spv.] [poky] [small, narrow] | eng | |
| tight {adj} [narrow, close] | eng [Kleidung, Beziehung] | |
| to stint sth. [narrow, restrict] | etw. einengen | |
| furn. carpet [long and narrow] | Läufer {m} [Teppich] | |
| gully [narrow channel] | Senkloch {n} [selten] [Kanalisationsschacht] | |
| shell [narrow, light racing boat] | Rennruderboot {n} | |
| stuffiness [narrow-mindedness] | Steifheit {f} [geistige Unbeweglichkeit] | |
| to become narrower [also: to narrow] | sich verschmälern | |
| tight space [narrow space] | enger Raum {m} | |
| traffic bottleneck [narrow section of road] | Nadelöhr {n} [fig.] [Engpass] | |
| furn. textil. rug [small and narrow carpet] | Brücke {f} [kleiner, länglicher Teppich] | |
| warren [of narrow alleys and side streets] | enges Straßengewirr {n} | |
| [North German] [in names of narrow streets, between hedges] | Redder {m} | |
| street [esp. a narrow one] | Gasse {f} [österr.] [schweiz.] [südd.] [Straße] | |
| chin puff [narrow version of a goatee] | Kinnbärtchen {n} [schmaler Kinnbart] | |
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| agr. for. rail field railway [narrow gauge railway for transporting goods] | Feldbahn {f} [auch: Lorenbahn] | |
| fish cod end [narrow end of a tapered trawl net] | Steert {m} [Ende eines Fischfangnetzes] | |
| strait {adj} [archaic] [narrow; also: affording little space; fitting tightly (clothes)] | eng [auch: beengt; eng anliegend (Kleidung)] | |
| to cheat the hangman [idiom] [have a narrow escape] | dem Tod / Totengräber von der Schaufel springen [Redewendung] | |
| lametta [long narrow strips for Christmas decoration] | Lametta {n} | |
| hutong [narrow alley in a Chinese city] | Hutong {m} [enge chinesische Gasse] | |
| tech. Unverified trench conduit [a pipe set in a relatively narrow trench] | Grabenleitung {f} | |
| agr. [the narrow strip of land between two furrows in a field] | Bifang {m} [regional] [Raum zwischen zwei Ackerfurchen] | |
| rail [train of narrow-gauge wagon carrier trucks hauling standard-gauge wagons] | Rollbockzug {m} | |
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| demijohn [a bulbous narrow-necked bottle, typ. capacity of 20 to 60 litres (5 to 16 US gal)] | Demijohn {m} [rheinhessisch] [Glasballon / Gärballon in Größen bis zu 54 Litern] | |
| to ease sth. into sth. [e.g. a car into a narrow space] | etw. vorsichtig in etw. hineinbewegen | |
| to ease sth. out of sth. [e.g. a car out of a narrow space] | etw.Akk. vorsichtig aus etw.Dat. hinausbewegen | |
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