English-German translation for "penance"

"penance" German translation

penance
[ˈpenəns]noun | Substantiv s

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Buße, Reue Kasteiung Strafe, Leiden
  • Bußefeminine | Femininum f
    penance religion | ReligionREL
    Reuefeminine | Femininum f
    penance religion | ReligionREL
    penance religion | ReligionREL
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  • to do penance
    Buße tun
    to do penance
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  • often | oftoft Penance religion | ReligionREL sacrament
    (Sakramentneuter | Neutrum n der) Bußefeminine | Femininum for | oder od Beichtefeminine | Femininum f
    often | oftoft Penance religion | ReligionREL sacrament
  • Kasteiungfeminine | Femininum f
    penance religion | ReligionREL castigation
    penance religion | ReligionREL castigation
  • Strafefeminine | Femininum f
    penance punishment, suffering figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Leidenneuter | Neutrum n
    penance punishment, suffering figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    penance punishment, suffering figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
penance
[ˈpenəns]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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eine Buße auferlegen, bestrafen
  • eine Buße auferlegen
    penance rare | seltenselten (jemandem)
    penance rare | seltenselten (jemandem)
  • (jemanden) bestrafen
    penance
    penance
to do penance
to do penance
to do penance (or | oderod to mourn) in sackcloth and ashes
in Sack und Asche Buße tun
to do penance (or | oderod to mourn) in sackcloth and ashes
Freude, ich möchte Butter und Salz und sexy Dinge die Zutaten weniger nach Buße schmecken lassen.
For joy, I'm looking for butter and salt and sexy things that make things taste less like penance.
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