English-German translation for "ashen"

"ashen" German translation

Ich wartete, und als er kam, was sein Gesicht aschgrau.
I was waiting, and when he did emerge, he was ashen-faced.
Source: TED
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ashen
[ˈæʃn]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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wie Asche, aus Asche bestehend, Aschen… aschfarben, aschig aschfahl, -grau
  • wie Asche, aus Asche bestehend, Aschen…
    ashen made of or relating to ashes
    ashen made of or relating to ashes
  • aschfahl, -grau
    ashen deathly pale figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    ashen deathly pale figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
Ich wartete, und als er kam, was sein Gesicht aschgrau.
I was waiting, and when he did emerge, he was ashen-faced.
Source: TED
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