English-German translation for "cower"

"cower" German translation

„cower“: intransitive verb

cower

[ˈkauə(r)]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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kauern, zusammengekauert hocken sich ducken sich verkriechen

kauern, (zusammengekauert) hocken
cower crouch

cower crouch

examples

to cower over a fire

bei einem Feuer hocken

to cower over a fire
cowering plunge sports | SportSPORT

Paketsprung

cowering plunge sports | SportSPORT

sich ducken (aus Angstet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc)
cower cringe

cower cringe

sich verkriechen
cower creep away obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

cower creep away obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
cower syn vgl. → see „fawn“

cower syn vgl. → see „fawn“

Example sentences from external sources for "cower"
(not checked by the Langenscheidt editorial team)

Aber um mich herum waren andere, die sich nicht mal hinkauerten.

But there were others around me who weren't even cowering.

Source: TED

Source

TED
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: WIT³
- Original text source: TED
- Original database: TED Talk Parallel Corpus

Synonyms for "cower"

grovel, creep, cringe, crawl, fawn
huddle

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