English-German translation for "lackey"

"lackey" German translation

lackey
[ˈlæki]noun | Substantiv s <lackeys; lackies>

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Lakai, Kriecher, Schmarotzer, Schmeichler, Speichellecker Lakai, livrierter Bedienter Nassauer
  • Lakaimasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Kriechermasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Schmeichlermasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Speichelleckermasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Schmarotzermasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Nassauermasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    lackey figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Lakaimasculine | Maskulinum m
    lackey servant obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    (livrierter) Bedienter
    lackey servant obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    lackey servant obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
lackey
[ˈlæki]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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aufwarten, bedienen unterwürfig folgen
  • (jemandem) aufwarten
    lackey serve as lackey
    lackey serve as lackey
  • (jemanden) bedienen
    lackey
    lackey
lackey
[ˈlæki]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

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unterwürfig dienen, kriechen
Die Tories waren schon immer die größten Lakaien der Großbauern.
The Tories have always been the large landowners' lackeys.
Source: Europarl
und ihr seid die Lakaien der Troika
And you all are lackeys of the troika.
Source: GlobalVoices
Wir sind ihre Freunde; doch wir möchten nicht ihre Vasallen und noch weniger ihre Lakaien sein.
We are their friends, but we do not wish to be their vassals and still less their lackeys.
Source: Europarl
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