German-English translation for "rosten"

"rosten" English translation

rosten
[ˈrɔstən]intransitives Verb | intransitive verb v/i <sein; auch | alsoa. h>

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  • rast’ ich, so rost’ ich sprichwörtlich | proverb(ial)sprichw
    if I rest, I rust
    rast’ ich, so rost’ ich sprichwörtlich | proverb(ial)sprichw
  • rast’ ich, so rost’ ich
    etwa idleness turns the edge of wit
    rast’ ich, so rost’ ich
rosten
Neutrum | neuter n <Rostens>

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And when you speak as much as I do, three or four times a day, you get rusty.
Und wenn man nur so wenig wie ich spricht, drei-, viermal am Tag, dann rostet man ein.
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