English-German translation for "nobility"

"nobility" German translation

nobility
[noˈbiliti; -əti]noun | Substantiv s

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Adel, Hoheit, Größe, Würde, Erhabenheit, Vornehmheit Adelsstand, hoher Adel, Adligen Adel, adlige Geburt Abstammung
  • Adelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Hoheitfeminine | Femininum f
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Größefeminine | Femininum f
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Würdefeminine | Femininum f
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Erhabenheitfeminine | Femininum f
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Vornehmheitfeminine | Femininum f
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    nobility figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • Adel(sstand)masculine | Maskulinum m
    nobility nobles
    (die) Adligenplural | Plural pl
    nobility nobles
    nobility nobles
  • hoher Adel umfassend die Stufen ‚duke, marquis, earl, viscountand | und u. baron‘
    nobility especially | besondersbesonders in England
    nobility especially | besondersbesonders in England
examples
  • the nobility and gentry
    der hoheand | und u. niedere Adel
    the nobility and gentry
  • Adelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    nobility noble birth or descent
    adlige Geburtor | oder od Abstammung
    nobility noble birth or descent
    nobility noble birth or descent
title of nobility
Adelstitel, -prädikat
title of nobility
a sprig of nobility
ein Adelsspross
a sprig of nobility
to elevatesomebody | jemand sb to the nobility
jemanden in den Adelsstand erheben
to elevatesomebody | jemand sb to the nobility
Adel schützt vor Torheit nicht.
Nobility is no guarantee of wisdom.
Source: Tatoeba
Der Dienstadel war eine Säule des preußischen Staates.
The service nobility was a pillar of the Prussian state.
Source: Tatoeba
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