English-German translation for "shack"

"shack" German translation

shack
[ʃæk]noun | Substantiv s

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GrenzerHütte, Baracke elende Behausung, Bruchbude
  • (Grenzer)Hüttefeminine | Femininum f
    shack familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    Barackefeminine | Femininum f
    shack familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    shack familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
  • elende Behausung, Bruchbudefeminine | Femininum f
    shack figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    shack figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Es sind Hunderte von Baracken in verschiedenen Größen rund um Kapstadt.
It is one of hundreds of shack settlements of different sizes throughout Cape Town.
Source: GlobalVoices
Die Toiletten dort sind wörtlich Löcher im Boden, bedeckt von einer Bretterbude.
The toilets there are literally holes in the ground covered with a wooden shack.
Source: TED
Er hat seine Frau verlassen und ist mit einer halb so alten Frau zusammengezogen.
He left his wife and shacked up with a woman half her age.
Source: Tatoeba
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shack
[ʃæk]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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nachlaufen
  • (dative (case) | Dativdat) nachlaufen
    shack ball American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    shack ball American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
shack
[ʃæk]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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ohne Trauschein zusammenleben
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  • shack up familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    (ohne Trauschein) zusammenleben (with mit)
    shack up familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
Es sind Hunderte von Baracken in verschiedenen Größen rund um Kapstadt.
It is one of hundreds of shack settlements of different sizes throughout Cape Town.
Source: GlobalVoices
Die Toiletten dort sind wörtlich Löcher im Boden, bedeckt von einer Bretterbude.
The toilets there are literally holes in the ground covered with a wooden shack.
Source: TED
Er hat seine Frau verlassen und ist mit einer halb so alten Frau zusammengezogen.
He left his wife and shacked up with a woman half her age.
Source: Tatoeba
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