English-German translation for "buttress"

"buttress" German translation

buttress
[ˈbʌtris]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Strebepfeilermasculine | Maskulinum m
    buttress architecture | ArchitekturARCH
    Widerlagerneuter | Neutrum n
    buttress architecture | ArchitekturARCH
    buttress architecture | ArchitekturARCH
  • Stützefeminine | Femininum f
    buttress figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    buttress figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • vorspringender Teil (Haus, Berg)
    buttress projecting part
    buttress projecting part
  • Trachtfeminine | Femininum f
    buttress zoology | ZoologieZOOL of horse’s hoof
    buttress zoology | ZoologieZOOL of horse’s hoof
  • Gegenverschanzungfeminine | Femininum f
    buttress fortification
    buttress fortification
buttress
[ˈbʌtris]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • also | aucha. buttress up
    (durch Strebepfeiler) stützen
    also | aucha. buttress up
  • (unter)stützen, stärken, untermauern
    buttress figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    buttress figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Diese Wiederholung ist ein riesiger Strebebogen, der aus dem Baum selbst herauskommt.
This reiteration is a huge flying buttress that comes out the tree itself.
Source: TED
Die letzte ZEW-Studie zum Optimismus der Unternehmen in der Eurozone stützt diese Befürchtungen.
The latest ZEW survey of euro-zone business confidence buttresses these fears.
Source: News-Commentary
So bleiben nur zwei Optionen, um die Ziele des Sperrvertrags zu stützen.
This leaves only two options to buttress the NPT s objectives ’.
Source: News-Commentary
Für die Staaten, deren vorbeugende Rechtsvorschriften mangelhaft sind, wäre sie eine Unterstützung.
For those whose precautionary legislation is defective it would be a boost and a buttress.
Source: Europarl
Und die neuen Öl- und Gasabkommen werden beide Volkswirtschaften stützen.
And those new oil and gas deals will buttress both economies.
Source: News-Commentary
Dieser Bogen ist nicht mal auf halber Höhe.
This buttress is less than halfway up the tree.
Source: TED
Die Ziffern, die diese wildwuchernde Gefängnislandschaft untermauern, sind erschreckend.
The numbers buttressing this sprawling prison system are extraordinary.
Source: News-Commentary
Stattdessen haben viele Banken die Liquidität genutzt, um ihre eigene Position zu stärken.
Instead, many banks have used the liquidity to buttress their own position.
Source: Europarl
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