knapp

Related words

• Knappschaft

  sickness fund

• Knappheit

  Scarcity

• Knappe

  Knappe means scarce, limited, or in short supply.

• Knappschaft

  Miners' association

• Knappschaftskrankenhaus

  A Knappschaftskrankenhaus is a hospital originally established for miners and their families, but now often accessible to the general population.

• Schildknappe

  A squire was a young man of noble birth who attended and served a knight, especially in battle, during the Middle Ages.

• Verknappung

  Shortage

• Rohstoffknappheit

  A shortage of essential raw materials needed for production.

• Übervölkerung

  Overpopulation refers to a situation where the number of people in an area exceeds the resources and carrying capacity of the environment.

• Hungersnot

  Famine

• Ration

  Ration

• Rationierung

  Rationing

• Seltenheit

  rarity

• Schieber

  profiteer, black marketeer

• Hungerharke

  Gleaning rake

• Heimmannschaft

  Home team

• Zusammenzählung

  Tallying

• Schieberin

  profiteer (female), black marketeer

• hamstern

  To hoard

• Fotofinish

  photo finish

• zurückgreifen

  To resort to

• kurz

  short

• wenig

  little, few

• malthusisch

  Malthusian

• einzeilig

  Single-line

• Schlagmann

  The batter is the player in baseball who stands at home plate and tries to hit the ball.

• Hochrechnung

  Projection, extrapolation

• Schacher

  profiteering

• Hungerwinter

  Famine winter

• Mangelware

  Scarce commodity

• Hamsterkauf

  Panic buying

• von der Hand in den Mund leben

  To live from hand to mouth

• lapidar

  terse, concise

• seitlich

  Sideways means that something is on the side or moves sideways.

• Kürze

  Brevity

• rationieren

  To ration

• verfehlen

  To miss

• grenzwertig

  Borderline

• Mangel

  lack, shortage

• Mangel

  lack, shortage

• Haaresbreite

  A very small distance or difference.

• Engpass

  Bottleneck

• Geldmangel

  Lack of money, shortage of funds

• Entsalzung

  Desalination

Example sentences with “knapp”

1. Die Zeit ist knapp. (Time is tight/scarce.)

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