English-German translation for "wail"

"wail" German translation

wail
[weil]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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klagen, jammern, schreien wimmern, klagen, weinen heulen
examples
examples
  • heulen
    wail siren
    wail siren
wail
[weil]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t poetic, poetically | poetisch, dichterischpoet

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beklagen, bejammern, beweinen
examples
  • to wail the dead
    die Toten beklagen
    to wail the dead
wail
[weil]noun | Substantiv s

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WehKlagen, Jammern, Schreien WehKlage Klage, Klagen, Wimmern, Weinen Heulen
  • (Weh)Klagenneuter | Neutrum n
    wail lamenting
    Jammernneuter | Neutrum n
    wail lamenting
    Schreienneuter | Neutrum n
    wail lamenting
    wail lamenting
  • (Weh)Klagefeminine | Femininum f, (-)Geschreineuter | Neutrum n
    wail cry of woe
    wail cry of woe
  • Klagefeminine | Femininum f
    wail whimpering, cryingalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Klagenneuter | Neutrum n
    wail whimpering, cryingalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Wimmernneuter | Neutrum n
    wail whimpering, cryingalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Weinenneuter | Neutrum n
    wail whimpering, cryingalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    wail whimpering, cryingalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • the wail of a child
    das Wimmernor | oder od Weinen eines Kindes
    the wail of a child
  • the wail of an old tune
    die klagenden Töne einer alten Melodie
    the wail of an old tune
  • Heulenneuter | Neutrum n
    wail of siren
    wail of siren

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