figurativ

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• Brink

  Brink refers to an edge, a border, or the outermost point of something, often in a figurative sense.

• Beinstellen

  To deliberately trip someone to make them fall; figuratively: to hinder or sabotage someone.

• Kuckucksei

  A cuckoo's egg is, figuratively, something that is slipped into someone's possession unnoticed, often with negative consequences.

• aufflammen

  To suddenly and intensely start burning; figuratively: to become strong again or break out.

• ausbluten

  To bleed out means that someone or something dies or becomes severely weakened due to blood loss; figuratively, it can also mean that resources are being depleted.

• abmelken

  To milk means to extract milk from an animal, usually a cow, or figuratively, to exploit someone.

• figürlich

  Figurative

• sinnbildlich

  Symbolic means that something stands as a symbol or as a figurative representation for something else.

• zähe

  Tough means difficult to tear, break, or chew; also figuratively for persistent or tenacious.

• astronomisch

  Astronomical means extremely large, immense, or unimaginably high, often in a figurative sense.

• unreif

  Unripe means not yet mature or developed, often used figuratively for people who behave childishly or immaturely.

• aasfressig

  Carrion-eating; figuratively: greedy, voracious None

• bodenlos

  Bottomless means without a bottom or very deep, so that the bottom cannot be reached; figuratively, also outrageous or immeasurable.

• dichterisch

  Poetic

• kaudinisch

  "Caudine" refers to the humiliating defeat of the Romans by the Samnites in 321 BC at the Caudine Forks. It is often used figuratively to describe a disgraceful surrender or submission.

• nachgiebig

  Accommodating

• umnachtet

  Umnachtet means to be mentally confused or dazed, often in a figurative sense.

• durchbrochen

  Perforated, with holes allowing light or air to pass through; also, figuratively, something that has been overcome.

• Überlagerung

  Superposition means the layering or covering of something, whether physically or figuratively.

• Flut

  A flood is a large amount of water covering normally dry land; also used figuratively for a large amount of something.

• Kamikaze

  A Japanese pilot who made a suicidal crash attack in World War II; figuratively: a person who is willing to sacrifice themselves for a cause.

• Kamikaze

  A Japanese pilot who made a suicidal crash attack in World War II; figuratively: a person who is willing to sacrifice themselves for a cause.

• Lotterbett

  A Lotterbett is a derogatory term for a bed that is messy or dirty, often used figuratively to describe a life of laziness and indulgence.

• Vergrösserung

  Magnification refers to the process or result of making something appear larger than it actually is, either optically through a device or in a figurative sense.

• schweren

  To burden means to make something heavy or to weigh it down, also in a figurative sense.

• zerrinnen

  To slip away means to disappear or dissolve slowly and relentlessly, often figuratively for time or hope.

• abschmettern

  To rebuff means to reject or repel something energetically, often in a sporting context (e.g., in volleyball) or figuratively.

• verweben

  To weave means to interlace threads to create a fabric or pattern, or figuratively, to connect different elements.

• zäh

  Tough means that something is difficult to chew, cut, or tear; also used figuratively for persistent or tenacious.

• schmalbrüstig

  Having a narrow chest; figuratively: weak, powerless, unconvincing.

• bepelzt

  "Bepelzt" means covered or clothed with fur; also used figuratively for something that is dense and soft.

• konfluent

  Confluent means flowing together or merging, often in a figurative sense for ideas or currents.

• uneigentlich

  Figurative

• verpestet

  Infested, plagued, contaminated; figuratively: spoiled, made unbearable.

• wegschieben

  To push away means to physically move something away from oneself or, figuratively, to avoid or ignore something.

• Antiphrasis

  Antiphrasis is a rhetorical figure in which a word or statement is used figuratively to express the opposite of what is actually meant.

• Schlachtplan

  Battle plan, a detailed plan for a military engagement or, figuratively, for a difficult task.

• Feigenblatt

  A fig leaf is a covering used to conceal or gloss over something, often figuratively.

• verschlacken

  To slag, to become clogged with slag; figuratively: to deteriorate

• thronen

  To throne means to sit on a throne, especially as a king or ruler, or figuratively, to occupy a lofty position.

• silberne Löffel klauen

  "To steal silver spoons" means to steal something of value, often in the figurative sense of theft in high society.

• verflachen

  To flatten means to become flatter or less deep; also in a figurative sense: to become less intense or interesting.

• entsprießen

  To sprout means to begin to grow; to spring up or develop, often in a figurative sense.

• hamburgern

  To hamburger means to prepare or treat something in the manner of a hamburger, often figuratively.

• emporheben

  To uplift means to lift something or someone upwards or to raise them to a higher position, often in a figurative sense.

• abkehlen

  to cut someone's throat; figuratively: to dismiss someone

• dahinschmelzen

  To melt away means to slowly and gradually melt or disappear, often figuratively for feelings or states.

• bildlich

  Figurative means to represent something in the form of an image or metaphor, not literally.

• verknöchert

  Ossified means that something has become hard and inflexible, often figuratively for rigid opinions or structures.

Example sentences with “figurativ”

1. Das ist eine figurative Darstellung. (This is a figurative representation.)

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