English-German translation for "backwater"

"backwater" German translation

backwater
noun | Substantiv s

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zurückgeworfenes Wasser Stauwasser totes Wasser, Haffwasser Leere, Öde, Ort Zustand der Rückständigkeit und Stagnation
  • zurückgeworfenes Wasser
    backwater from wheel
    backwater from wheel
  • Stauwasserneuter | Neutrum n
    backwater behind dam
    backwater behind dam
  • totes Wasser, Haffwasserneuter | Neutrum n
    backwater stagnant water
    backwater stagnant water
  • Ortmasculine | Maskulinum mor | oder od Zustandmasculine | Maskulinum m der Rückständigkeit und Stagnation, Leerefeminine | Femininum f
    backwater figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Ödefeminine | Femininum f
    backwater figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    backwater figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Aber in einer Krise ist das Land ein diplomatisches Fliegengewicht.
But in a crisis, China's diplomatic influence usually resembles that of some peripheral backwater.
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