German-English translation for "kindlich"

"kindlich" English translation

kindlich
[ˈkɪntlɪç]Adjektiv | adjective adj

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childish, childlike childlike, innocent, naïve, naive infantile
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  • childlike
    kindlich naiv, unverdorben
    innocent
    kindlich naiv, unverdorben
    naïve
    kindlich naiv, unverdorben
    auch | alsoa. naive
    kindlich naiv, unverdorben
    kindlich naiv, unverdorben
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  • infantile
    kindlich Medizin | medicineMED
    kindlich Medizin | medicineMED
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kindlich
[ˈkɪntlɪç]Adverb | adverb adv

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like a child, childishly
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  • sie denkt noch ganz kindlich
    she still thinks like a child
    sie denkt noch ganz kindlich
It still is my childish refuge, my place of survival.
Sie ist noch immer mein kindliches Refugium, der Ort meines Überlebens.
Source: News-Commentary
Writing is a childish profession, even when it becomes excessively serious, as children often are.
Schreiben ist ein kindlicher Beruf, auch wenn es sehr ernst wird, so wie Kinder eben oft sind.
Source: News-Commentary
It is naive, in fact, it is childishly naive.
Es ist naiv, es ist tatsächlich auf kindliche Weise naiv.
Source: Europarl
She was as pleased as a child to push with her finger the large tapestried door.
Es gewährte ihr ein kindliches Vergnügen, die breiten vergoldeten Türen mit der Hand aufzustoßen.
Source: Books
Imports will make up the shortfall; it is a childishly simple proposition.
Durch Importe werden Defizite ausgeglichen, das ist ein kindlich einfacher Vorschlag.
Source: Europarl
I can grasp- even at my age- my childish enduring self.
Ich kann- sogar noch in meinem Alter- mein beständiges kindliches Selbst erfassen.
Source: News-Commentary
I have always had the childish ambition to have us finish at midnight.
Ich habe immer den kindlichen Ehrgeiz, dass wir um Mitternacht fertig sind.
Source: Europarl
Abbot, I think, gave me credit for being a sort of infantine Guy Fawkes.
Ich glaube wahrhaftig, daß Abbot mich für eine Art kindlichen Guy Fawkes1 hielt.
Source: Books
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