English-German translation for "scrabble"

"scrabble" German translation

scrabble
[ˈskræbl]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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kratzen, scharren krabbeln kritzeln sich abmühen, sich plagen
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  • usually | meistmeist meist scrabble about especially | besondersbesonders figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    (herum)scharren, (herum)suchenor | oder od -suchen (for nach)
    usually | meistmeist meist scrabble about especially | besondersbesonders figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • sich (ab)mühen, sich (ab)plagen (for für, um)
    scrabble struggle figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    scrabble struggle figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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  • krabbeln
    scrabble crawl
    scrabble crawl
  • kritzeln
    scrabble scribble
    scrabble scribble
scrabble
[ˈskræbl]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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scharren, kratzen bekritzeln
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  • she scrabbled the pennies together (or | oderod up)
    sie kratzte die Pfennige zusammen
    she scrabbled the pennies together (or | oderod up)
scrabble
[ˈskræbl]noun | Substantiv s

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Kratzen, Scharren Gekritzel More examples...
  • Kratzenneuter | Neutrum n
    scrabble
    Scharrenneuter | Neutrum n
    scrabble
    scrabble
  • Gekritzelneuter | Neutrum n
    scrabble scribble
    scrabble scribble
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  • Scrabble
    Scrabble(spiel)neuter | Neutrum n (mit 2-4 Mitspielern, bei dem aus Spielmarken Wörter zusammengesetzt werden müssen)
    Scrabble
Er musste irgendwie dem harten Farmleben entfliehen, in das er hineingeboren wurde.
He somehow had to escape that hard-scrabble farm from which he was born.
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