German-English translation for "Quere"

"Quere" English translation

Quere
Femininum | feminine f <Quere; keinPlural | plural pl>

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examples
  • der Quere nach, in die Quere
    der Quere nach, in die Quere
  • in die Kreuz und (in die) Quer(e) laufen
    to run in all directions
    in die Kreuz und (in die) Quer(e) laufen
  • es ist ihm etwas in die Quere gekommen figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
    things have gone wrong for him
    es ist ihm etwas in die Quere gekommen figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg
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Good resolutions are useless attempts if they interfere with sovereign nations.
Gute Entschließungen sind nutzlose Versuche, wenn sie souveränen Nationen in die Quere kommen.
Source: Europarl
We have not dared to cross America.
Wir haben uns nicht getraut, Amerika in die Quere zu kommen.
Source: News-Commentary
You're better off not getting in his way!
Du solltest ihm besser nicht in die Quere kommen!
Source: Tatoeba
Domestic politics in the US is also getting in the way of Obama s foreign-policy goals ’.
Die Innenpolitik in den USA kommt Obamas außenpolitischen Zielen ebenfalls in die Quere.
Source: News-Commentary
No one can stand in OLAF chief Heinz-Hermann Brüner s way ’.
Der Chef von OLAF, Franz-Hermann Brüner, hat niemanden, der ihm in die Quere kommen kann.
Source: Europarl
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