Dictionary English German: [narrow minded]

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insular {adj} [narrow-minded]engstirnig [pej.]
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stuffy {adj} [pej.] [conventional and narrow-minded]spießig [ugs.] [pej.] [Person]
suburban {adj} [pej.] [narrow-minded]spießig [ugs.] [pej.]
petit bourgeois {adj} [Br.] [in a pej. sense: stuffy, prissy, narrow-minded]spießerhaft [pej.]
distrait {adj} [absent-minded]geistesabwesend
petty {adj} [small-minded]engherzig
shrewd {adj} [business-minded]geschäftstüchtig
petty {adj} [small-minded]kleinkariert [ugs.]
sheepish {adj} [simple-minded]dümmlich [beschränkt]
weak-minded {adj} [feeble-minded]schwachsinnig
Pooterish {adj} [Br.] [small-minded]kleinkariert [fig.] [ugs.] [pej.]
absent {adj} [absent-minded, e.g. manner]zerstreut [geistesabwesend, z. B. Art]
hard-nosed {adj} [person] [tough-minded] [literally: hard boiled]hartgesotten [fig.] [ugs.]
to be very particular about sth. [pedantic, petty-minded]bei etw.Dat. sehr kleinlich sein
barmpot [Scot.] [coll.] [pej.] [feeble-minded person]Schwachkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.]
contracted {adj} [fig.] [pej.] [small-minded]kleingeistig [pej.]
bampot [also: barmpot] [Scot.] [coll.] [pej.] [feeble-minded person]Schwachkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.]
saphead [a weak-minded, stupid fellow; a milksop]Saftkopf {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [selten]
bare {adj} [narrow, small]knapp
ribbon [narrow strip]Streifen {m}
strait {adj} [archaic] [narrow]schmal [eng]
pokey {adj} [spv.] [poky] [small, narrow]eng
tight {adj} [narrow, close]eng [Kleidung, Beziehung]
to stint sth. [narrow, restrict]etw. einengen
furn. carpet [long and narrow]Läufer {m} [Teppich]
gully [narrow channel]Senkloch {n} [selten] [Kanalisationsschacht]
shell [narrow, light racing boat]Rennruderboot {n}
stuffiness [narrow-mindedness]Steifheit {f} [geistige Unbeweglichkeit]
to become narrower [also: to narrow]sich verschmälern
tight space [narrow space]enger Raum {m}
traffic bottleneck [narrow section of road]Nadelöhr {n} [fig.] [Engpass]
furn. textil. rug [small and narrow carpet]Brücke {f} [kleiner, länglicher Teppich]
warren [of narrow alleys and side streets]enges Straßengewirr {n}
[North German] [in names of narrow streets, between hedges]Redder {m}
street [esp. a narrow one]Gasse {f} [österr.] [schweiz.] [südd.] [Straße]
chin puff [narrow version of a goatee]Kinnbärtchen {n} [schmaler Kinnbart]
bot. T
bot. T
agr. for. rail field railway [narrow gauge railway for transporting goods]Feldbahn {f} [auch: Lorenbahn]
fish cod end [narrow end of a tapered trawl net]Steert {m} [Ende eines Fischfangnetzes]
strait {adj} [archaic] [narrow; also: affording little space; fitting tightly (clothes)]eng [auch: beengt; eng anliegend (Kleidung)]
to cheat the hangman [idiom] [have a narrow escape]dem Tod / Totengräber von der Schaufel springen [Redewendung]
lametta [long narrow strips for Christmas decoration]Lametta {n}
hutong [narrow alley in a Chinese city]Hutong {m} [enge chinesische Gasse]
tech. trench conduit [a pipe set in a relatively narrow trench]Grabenleitung {f}
agr. [the narrow strip of land between two furrows in a field]Bifang {m} [regional] [Raum zwischen zwei Ackerfurchen]
rail [train of narrow-gauge wagon carrier trucks hauling standard-gauge wagons]Rollbockzug {m}
bot. T
bot. T
demijohn [a bulbous narrow-necked bottle, typ. capacity of 20 to 60 litres (5 to 16 US gal)]Demijohn {m} [rheinhessisch] [Glasballon / Gärballon in Größen bis zu 54 Litern]
to ease sth. into sth. [e.g. a car into a narrow space]etw. vorsichtig in etw. hineinbewegen
to ease sth. out of sth. [e.g. a car out of a narrow space]etw.Akk. vorsichtig aus etw.Dat. hinausbewegen
 
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