serious

Related words

• ernst

  serious

• schwerwiegend

  serious

• ernsthaft

  serious

• Autounfall

  Car accident

• Ulk

  Joke, prank

• Mätzchen

  Shenanigans

• Kabbelei

  Bickering refers to a light, playful quarrel or squabble, often without serious intent.

• Schlendrian

  carelessness, sloppiness

• Gebietshoheit

  Territorial sovereignty

• Kindermord

  Infanticide

• Selbstverletzung

  Self-harm refers to the deliberate infliction of injuries on one's own body, usually as an expression of psychological suffering.

• Geldwäscherei

  Money laundering

• Schiffskatastrophe

  A maritime disaster is a serious accident involving a ship, often endangering human lives.

• Drogensucht

  Drug addiction

• Drogenabhängigkeit

  Drug addiction

• Schwerstverbrechen

  A serious crime is a very serious crime that is punishable by a long prison sentence or life imprisonment.

• Transphobie

  Transphobia

• Verniedlichung

  Diminution

• Lachlosigkeit

  lack of mirth, seriousness, joylessness

• Leichtsinnigkeit

  Recklessness describes the behavior of a person who acts without enough thought or caution, often with negative consequences.

• befallen

  To befall

• verüben

  Commit

• amputieren

  To amputate

• exekutieren

  To execute means to put someone to death by state order, usually as punishment for a serious crime.

• untertreiben

  To understate means to present something as less important, bad, or significant than it actually is.

• kleinreden

  to downplay, to belittle

• auf die leichte Schulter nehmen

  To take something lightly means not to take something seriously enough, to underestimate it, or to downplay it.

• ernst

  Serious

• gewichtig

  Weighty

• bierernst

  Deadly serious

• handlungsunfähig

  Incapacitated

• verschnupft

  Sniffly, having a cold

• Verbrechen

  Crime

• Krankheit

  Disease

• Mißbrauch

  Abuse refers to the unlawful or improper use of something, especially power, trust, or a person.

• Diskontinuität

  Discontinuity

• Ernst

  Serious

• Drogenmissbrauch

  Drug abuse

• Hochverrat

  High treason is a serious crime against the security and existence of the state.

• Aids

  AIDS is a disease of the immune system caused by HIV.

• Alzheimer

  Alzheimer's

• Pyromanie

  Pyromania

• Verfehlung

  lapse

• Kriminalpolizei

  Criminal police

• Kindersoldat

  Child soldier

• Republikflucht

  Republikflucht refers to the unauthorized departure from the German Democratic Republic (GDR).

• Verkehrsunfall

  Traffic accident

• Azidose

  Acidosis

• Kreislaufversagen

  Circulatory failure

• Verfolgung

  Persecution

• Menschenhandel

  human trafficking

• Meningitis

  Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

Example sentences with “serious”

1. It is a serious problem. (Es ist ein ernstes Problem.)

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