Verhandlungen
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
- Einvernehmen
Agreement means agreement or consensus between two or more parties.
- Bundesaußenminister
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
- fortführen
Continue
- Schlusspunkt
Final point
- Unterhändlerin
Negotiator (female)
- Unterhändler
Negotiator
- Konduite
Conduct
- torpedieren
To torpedo
- anbahnen
to initiate, to pave the way
- alle Trümpfe in der Hand halten
To hold all the cards
- ins Stocken geraten
To stall
- auf der Stelle treten
To mark time; to make no progress.
- handelseinig
To reach an agreement
- vorvertraglich
Pre-contractual
- Gerichtsverhandlung
Trial
- Kommuniqué
Communiqué
- flutschen
To go smoothly
- Communiqué
A communiqué is an official announcement or statement, often from governments or organizations.
- Schöffe
Lay judge
- Gerichtsschöffe
Lay judge, juror
- Timeout
Timeout
- Waffenstillstandsabkommen
A ceasefire agreement is an agreement between warring parties to cease hostilities without formally ending the state of war.
- Nervenkrieg
War of nerves
- Kriegspartei
Belligerent
- Aussetzung
suspension
- fortschreiten
Progress
- schiefliegen
to go awry
- hinziehen
To drag out
- Verhandlung
negotiation
- langdauernd
Long-lasting
- dilatorisch
dilatory
- 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.
- hinziehend
"Protracted" describes something that extends over a long period of time or progresses slowly.
- unional
Union-related
- obstruktiv
obstructive
- Waffenstillstand
Ceasefire
- Diplomatie
Diplomacy
- Waffenruhe
ceasefire
- Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
Cat and mouse game
- Kriegserklärung
Declaration of war
- Hinterzimmer
back room
- Tarifverhandlung
Collective bargaining
- Gerichtssaal
Courtroom
- Friedensabkommen
peace agreement
- Teilsieg
Partial victory, limited success
- Koalitionsregierung
Coalition government
- Koalitionsvertrag
Coalition agreement
- Hin und Her
Back and forth
- Mauschel
Schemer, conniver