English-German translation for "ruminate"

"ruminate" German translation

ruminate
[ˈruːmineit; -mə-]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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wiederkäuen grübeln, nachsinnen
  • grübeln, nachsinnen (on, over überaccusative (case) | Akkusativ akk)
    ruminate ponder figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    ruminate ponder figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
ruminate
[ˈruːmineit; -mə-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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wiederkäuen überlegen, immer wieder denken an
  • (especially | besondersbesonders gründlich) überlegen, immer wieder denken an (accusative (case) | Akkusativakk)
    ruminate ponder figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    ruminate ponder figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • ruminate syn vgl. → see „ponder“
    ruminate syn vgl. → see „ponder“
Ich habe darüber ein paar Tage nachgegrübelt.
And I kind of ruminated on that for a couple of days.
Source: TED
Wir haben jahrelang über dieses Thema gegrübelt.
We have ruminated on this issue for years.
Source: Europarl
Source
ruminate
[ˈruːminit; -mə-; -neit]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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zerklüftet
  • zerklüftet
    ruminate botany | BotanikBOT endosperm
    ruminate botany | BotanikBOT endosperm
Ich habe darüber ein paar Tage nachgegrübelt.
And I kind of ruminated on that for a couple of days.
Source: TED
Wir haben jahrelang über dieses Thema gegrübelt.
We have ruminated on this issue for years.
Source: Europarl
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