English-German translation for "gnaw"

"gnaw" German translation

gnaw
[nɔː]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprät gnawed; past participle | Partizip Perfektpperf gnawedor | oder od gnawn [nɔːn]>

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nagen an, abnagen, zernagen zerfressen quälen, aufreiben, zermürben, zerfressen nagenden Schmerz hervorrufen in
  • zerfressen
    gnaw of acidet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    gnaw of acidet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
  • nagenden Schmerz hervorrufen in (dem Magenet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc)
    gnaw cause gnawing pain in
    gnaw cause gnawing pain in
gnaw
[nɔː]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprät gnawed; past participle | Partizip Perfektpperf gnawedor | oder od gnawn [nɔːn]>

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nagen sich einfressen nagen, zermürben
  • nagen (at, on andative (case) | Dativ dat)
    gnaw chew
    gnaw chew
  • sich einfressen (into inaccusative (case) | Akkusativ akk)
    gnaw eat into
    gnaw eat into
  • nagen, zermürben
    gnaw torment figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    gnaw torment figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Im Laufe meiner Karriere nagte aber immer etwas in mir.
As I pursued my career, something was always gnawing away inside me.
Source: TED
Doch manchmal nagen solche Vergleiche an uns.
But sometimes such comparisons gnaw at us.
Source: News-Commentary
Ein solches Vorgehen untergräbt im Kern die Glaubwürdigkeit Europas.
Such an approach gnaws at the very core of Europe's credibility.
Source: Europarl
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