English-German translation for "whet"

"whet" German translation

whet
[(h)wet]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprätand | und u.past participle | Partizip Perfekt pperf whetted>

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  • anregen
    whet appetite figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whet appetite figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • reizen, anspornen
    whet curiosityet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whet curiosityet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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  • to whet on (or | oderod forward) obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    anspornen, anstacheln, vorantreiben
    to whet on (or | oderod forward) obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
whet
[(h)wet]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Wetzenneuter | Neutrum n
    whet
    Schärfenneuter | Neutrum n
    whet
    Schleifenneuter | Neutrum n
    whet
    whet
  • rare | seltenselten (thing for whetting)something | etwas etwas zum Wetzenor | oder od Schärfenor | oder od Schleifen
    whet
    whet
  • Anspornmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whet stimulus figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Anreizmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whet stimulus figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whet stimulus figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • (Appetit)Anregermasculine | Maskulinum m
    whet appetiser
    especially | besondersbesonders Schnäpschenneuter | Neutrum n
    whet appetiser
    Schluckmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whet appetiser
    whet appetiser
  • Versuchmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whet occasion dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    Gelegenheitfeminine | Femininum f
    whet occasion dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    Malneuter | Neutrum n
    whet occasion dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    whet occasion dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
examples
Er blickte nach dem Himmel hinauf, während seine Sense gewetzt wurde.
He glanced up at the sky whilst whetting his scythe.
Source: Books
Vielen Dank, Frau Roth, für Ihren appetitanregenden Beitrag.
Thank you for having whet our appetite in this way, Mrs Roth.
Source: Europarl
Die armseligen Krümel erweckten nur das Verlangen nach mehr.
The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.
Source: Books
Beschwichtigung regt nur den Appetit an- den unersättlichen Appetit der Terroristen.
Appeasement only whets the appetite- the insatiable appetite- of terrorists.
Source: Europarl
Im Gegenteil: Die Verhaftung Chodorkowskis hat den Appetit der Ankläger nur noch vergrößert.
On the contrary, the arrest of Khodorkovsky has only whetted the prosecutors' appetite.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Brüsseler Geldtöpfe haben den Appetit geweckt.
The Brussels coffers have whetted their appetite.
Source: Europarl
Tit wetzte seine eigene Sense und die Sense Ljewins, und dann gingen sie weiter.
Titus whetted his own and Levin's, and they began mowing again.
Source: Books
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