German-English translation for "schwank"

"schwank" English translation

schwank
Adjektiv | adjective adj <attributiv, beifügend | attributive useattr> poetisch, dichterisch | poetic, poeticallypoet literarisch | literaryliter

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flexible, pliable, supple frail, slender loose, slack wavering, faltering, shaky, unsteady
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  • ein schwankes Rohr im Wind auch | alsoa. figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    a reed bent by the wind
    ein schwankes Rohr im Wind auch | alsoa. figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
  • frail
    schwank dünn, schwach
    slender
    schwank dünn, schwach
    schwank dünn, schwach
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  • loose
    schwank Seil
    slack
    schwank Seil
    schwank Seil
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"Schwank" English translation

Schwank
[ʃvaŋk]Maskulinum | masculine m <Schwank(e)s; Schwänke>

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lark, prank, practical joke merry tale, farcical story farce, farcical comedy
  • lark
    Schwank lustiger Streich
    prank
    Schwank lustiger Streich
    practical joke
    Schwank lustiger Streich
    Schwank lustiger Streich
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  • merry tale
    Schwank derb-komische Erzählung
    farcical story
    Schwank derb-komische Erzählung
    Schwank derb-komische Erzählung
  • farce, farcical (oder | orod slapstick) comedy
    Schwank Theater | theatre, theaterTHEAT
    Schwank Theater | theatre, theaterTHEAT
I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.
Ich geb dem Teufel Speis und Trank; und zum Dank erzählt der mir einen Schwank.
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