German-English translation for "karg"

"karg" English translation

karg
[kark]Adjektiv | adjective adj <karger; auch | alsoa. kärger; kargst; auch | alsoa. kärgst>

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scanty, meager, meagre, frugal, poor poor, barren, sterile sparing scant, faint, very little parsimonious, frugal
  • scanty
    karg Mahl, Lohn etc
    karg Mahl, Lohn etc
  • meager amerikanisches Englisch | American EnglishUS
    karg
    meagre britisches Englisch | British EnglishBr
    karg
    frugal
    karg
    poor
    karg
    karg
examples
  • die kargen Reste seines Essens
    the scraps of his meal
    die kargen Reste seines Essens
  • poor
    karg Boden etc
    barren
    karg Boden etc
    karg Boden etc
  • sterile
    karg stärker
    karg stärker
  • sparing
    karg Dank etc
    karg Dank etc
  • scant, faint, very little (attributiv, beifügend | attributive useattr)
    karg Beifall, Lob etc
    karg Beifall, Lob etc
karg
[kark]Adverb | adverb adv

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to be strictly limited... to be very scanty... to be very meagre...
examples
There are few buyers because Polish land is too poor.
Aufgrund des kargen Bodens, gibt es nur wenige Kaufinteressenten.
Source: News-Commentary
Meanwhile, in the stark North Korean countryside, the regime has invested almost nothing.
Unterdessen hat das Regime auf dem kargen Land in Nordkorea fast nichts investiert.
Source: News-Commentary
These are places where water is so scarce year after year that crop production is marginal at best.
Dort ist das Wasser Jahr für Jahr so knapp, dass die Ernten bestenfalls karg ausfallen.
Source: News-Commentary
Whether this fare is too much or too little, I think it takes us forward an inch or two.
Mit dieser üppigen oder etwas zu kargen Kost denke ich noch einen Millimeter oder zwei weiter.
Source: Europarl
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