Gespan
derNounWord details
- German meaning
- Eine Darbietung, bei der eine Person auf einem gespannten Seil balanciert und Kunststücke vorführt; im übertragenen Sinne eine riskante oder schwierige Situation.
- English meaning
- Tightrope walk
- Synonym
- Hochseilakt
- German example
- Die Verhandlungen waren ein riskanter Seiltanz.
- English example
- The negotiations were a risky tightrope walk.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Seiltanz
- Plural Form
- die Seiltänze
Related words
- Kutscher
A coachman is a person who drives a horse-drawn carriage, typically a coach or wagon.
- Arbeitsmarkt
Job market
- Seiltänzerin
Tightrope walker
- Fliegengitter
Fly screen
- Froschkönig
The Frog Prince is a fairy tale character, best known from the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale of the same name, in which an enchanted prince in frog form is redeemed by the help of a princess.
- Kettfaden
Warp
- aufatmen
To breathe a sigh of relief means to be relieved after a difficult or tense situation is over.
- einspannen
to harness
- obwalten
To prevail, to exist
- anspannen
To tense
- konjunkturell
cyclical
- begierig
Eager
- neurotisch
Neurotic
- aufgeregt
Excited
- nervlich
Nervous
- ungespannt
Ungespant describes a state of relaxation, both physically and mentally, or refers to something that has no tension.
- aussenpolitisch
Foreign policy
- verkniffen
Verkniffen means tense, restrained, or sullen, often in facial expression.
- Zelt
A tent is a portable shelter made of cloth or other material that is stretched over a frame of poles or ropes.
- Joch
yoke
- Trampolin
trampoline
- Gespann
Team, pair (of animals)
- Gespann
Team, pair (of animals)
- Erbobergespan
Erbobergespan is an obsolete title for a high official or nobleman, especially in Hungary.
- Sonnensegel
Sun sail
- Wurfarm
A limb is the part of a bow that bends when the bow is drawn and stores the energy to launch the arrow.
- Quadriga
Quadriga
- Sägespan
Sawdust
- Kurzvokal
A short vowel is a vowel that is pronounced briefly.
- Zimbal
A cimbalom is a musical instrument belonging to the family of percussion instruments, consisting of a trapezoidal body with stretched strings that are struck with mallets.
- spannen
to tighten
- entschärfen
To defuse, to de-escalate
- lockern
To loosen
- auflockern
To loosen up
- zuspitzen
To exacerbate
- vorspannen
to prepare, to preface
- verkrampfen
to tense up
- verspannen
Tense
- das Eis brechen
To 'break the ice' means to ease a tense or formal situation or to start a conversation.
- auf die Folter spannen
To keep someone in suspense
- geopolitisch
geopolitical
- Verhältnis
relationship, relation
- gespannt
excited, curious, tense
- gestresst
stressed
- erwartend
expectant, anticipating
- erwartungsvoll
Expectant
- Troika
troika
- Saite
String
- Regenschirm
Umbrella