English-German translation for "starvation"

"starvation" German translation

starvation
[stɑː(r)ˈveiʃən]noun | Substantiv s

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Hungern, Hungerleiden Hungertod, Verhungern
  • Hungernneuter | Neutrum n
    starvation state of suffering from hunger
    Hungerleidenneuter | Neutrum n
    starvation state of suffering from hunger
    starvation state of suffering from hunger
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  • Hungertodmasculine | Maskulinum m
    starvation death by starvation
    Verhungernneuter | Neutrum n
    starvation death by starvation
    starvation death by starvation
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starvation
[stɑː(r)ˈveiʃən]adverb | Adverb adv dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial

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sehr, schrecklich
Weshalb sterben dann heute Millionen von Menschen den Hungertod?
Why then are millions of people dying of starvation today?
Source: Europarl
In den von uns besichtigten Lagern haben wir niemanden gesehen, der an Hunger gestorben wäre.
In the camps we visited we did not see anyone dying of starvation.
Source: Europarl
Anstatt massenhaft zu hungern, scheinen wir in Nahrungsmitteln unterzugehen.
Instead of mass starvation, we seem to be awash in food.
Source: News-Commentary
In den 50er Jahren verband man mit Asien Bilder der Armut und des Hungerns.
In the 1950 s ’, Asia conjured up images of poverty and starvation.
Source: News-Commentary
Wenn Sie bei zehn angelangt sind, werden weltweit 80 Menschen verhungert sein.
When you end that count, 80 people in the world will have died of starvation.
Source: Europarl
Tatsächlich, Hungersnot und Hungerstod werden im Sudan massiv als Kriegswaffen eingesetzt.
Indeed, famine and death from starvation on a huge scale are being used as weapons of war in Sudan.
Source: Europarl
Harte Reformen folgten dieser Hungerdiät.
Harsh reforms have followed this starvation diet.
Source: News-Commentary
Es wird einen Anstieg des Meeresspiegels geben, mehr Malaria, Hunger und Armut.
There will be a rise in sea levels, more malaria, starvation, and poverty.
Source: News-Commentary
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