German-English translation for "kribbeln"

"kribbeln" English translation

kribbeln
[ˈkrɪbəln]intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i &unpersönliches Verb | impersonal verb v/unpers <h>

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  • itch
    kribbeln jucken
    tickle
    kribbeln jucken
    kribbeln jucken
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  • es kribbelt mir (oder | orod mich) in der Nase
    my nose tickles, I’ve got a tickle in my nose
    es kribbelt mir (oder | orod mich) in der Nase
  • diese Wolle kribbelt (auf der Haut)
    this wool itches
    diese Wolle kribbelt (auf der Haut)
  • es kribbelt mir in den Fingerspitzen (oder | orod Fingern) figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg , ihm eine runterzuhauen
    I’m just itching (oder | orod aching) to give him a clip round the ears
    es kribbelt mir in den Fingerspitzen (oder | orod Fingern) figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg , ihm eine runterzuhauen
  • tingle
    kribbeln prickeln
    prickle
    kribbeln prickeln
    kribbeln prickeln
examples
  • crawl
    kribbeln wimmeln
    swarm
    kribbeln wimmeln
    teem
    kribbeln wimmeln
    kribbeln wimmeln
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kribbeln
[ˈkrɪbəln]transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <h>

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  • tickle
    kribbeln jucken
    kribbeln jucken
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kribbeln
Neutrum | neuter n <Kribbelns>

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  • tickling (sensation), tickle, itch
    kribbeln Kitzeln
    kribbeln Kitzeln
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  • tingle, prickle, pins and needlesPlural | plural pl
    kribbeln Prickelgefühl
    kribbeln Prickelgefühl
You do that, you get lightheaded, you get tingling.
Man macht das, einem wird schwindlig und es kribbelt.
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