English-German translation for "sackcloth"

"sackcloth" German translation

sackcloth
noun | Substantiv s

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Sackleinen
  • Sackleinenneuter | Neutrum n, -leinwandfeminine | Femininum f
    sackcloth
    sackcloth
examples
  • to mourn (repent) in sackcloth and ashes usually | meistmeist figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    in Sackand | und u. Asche trauern (büßen)
    to mourn (repent) in sackcloth and ashes usually | meistmeist figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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

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