German-English translation for "behäbig"

"behäbig" English translation

behäbig
[bəˈhɛːbɪç]Adjektiv | adjective adj

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easy-going, placid, comfort-loving corpulent, portly, stout ample well-off, well-to-do, wealthy, prosperous
  • easy-going
    behäbig Art, Wesen
    placid
    behäbig Art, Wesen
    comfort-loving
    behäbig Art, Wesen
    behäbig Art, Wesen
examples
  • ample
    behäbig Stuhl, Schrank etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    behäbig Stuhl, Schrank etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
  • well-off
    behäbig wohlhabend schweizerische Variante | Swiss usageschweiz obsolet, begrifflich veraltet | obsoleteobs
    well-to-do
    behäbig wohlhabend schweizerische Variante | Swiss usageschweiz obsolet, begrifflich veraltet | obsoleteobs
    wealthy
    behäbig wohlhabend schweizerische Variante | Swiss usageschweiz obsolet, begrifflich veraltet | obsoleteobs
    prosperous
    behäbig wohlhabend schweizerische Variante | Swiss usageschweiz obsolet, begrifflich veraltet | obsoleteobs
    behäbig wohlhabend schweizerische Variante | Swiss usageschweiz obsolet, begrifflich veraltet | obsoleteobs
behäbig
[bəˈhɛːbɪç]Adverb | adverb adv

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he sat there at his ease
examples
The Commission likewise is a bit too complacent and cautious in several areas.
Auch die Kommission ist in einigen Punkten ein bißchen zu behäbig und zu vorsichtig.
Source: Europarl
Thus stood before these radiant bourgeois this half-century of servitude.
Sie stand vor diesen behäbigen Bürgern als ein verkörpertes halbes Säkulum der Knechtschaft.
Source: Books
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