English-German translation for "despise"

"despise" German translation

despise
[diˈspaiz]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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examples
  • not to be despised
    nicht zu verachten
    not to be despised
Warum verachten Sie die Menschen?
Why do you despise people?
Source: Tatoeba
Folglich hatte Wronski ein Recht, ihn, Ljewin, gering zu achten, und sie waren also Feinde.
Consequently Vronsky had a right to despise him and was therefore his enemy.
Source: Books
Tom verachtet Menschen, die lügen.
Tom despises people who lie.
Source: Tatoeba
Wer keinen großen Besitz hat und mit Brotkrumen abgespeist werden kann, wird von ihnen verachtet.
They despise those who lack serious money and can be seduced by breadcrumbs.
Source: News-Commentary
Da werden die hohen Grundsätze der Meinungsfreiheit oder der Gleichheit vollkommen missachtet.
In this area, the great principles of freedom of expression and equality are utterly despised.
Source: Europarl
Sie verachteten sich selbst, da sie sich durch einen listigen Betrüger hatten anführen lassen.
These despised themselves, as being the dupes of a wily fraud, a guileful snake in the grass.
Source: Books
Der wird bei seinem Vater, den ich verlassen habe, aufwachsen und wird mich verachten lernen.
He will grow up despising me, in the house of his father whom I have left.
Source: Books
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