 | English | German  | |
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 | zool. T | 1545 | |
| zool. T | 352 | |
| zool. jackass [male donkey] | 314 Esel {m} | |
| zool. T | 266 | |
| zool. T | 241 | |
| dope [coll.] [stupid person] | 58 Esel {m} [fig.] [ugs.] [Dummkopf] | |
| fool | 37 Esel {m} [ugs.] [Dummkopf] | |
| zool. T | 35 | |
| ass [Br.] [fig.] | 27 Esel {m} [fig.] | |
| moke [Br.] [coll.] | 19 Esel {m} [auch fig.] | |
| zool. T | 15 | |
| zool. T | 9 | |
| zool. T | 8 | |
| zool. T | 5 | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| old fool | alter Esel {m} [fig.] [hum.] [manchmal pej.] | |
| consummate ass [Br.] [coll.] | ausgemachter Esel {m} [ugs.] | |
| jackass [stupid person] | blöder Esel {m} [ugs.] | |
| philos. Buridan's ass | Buridans Esel {m} | |
| obstinate donkey | störrischer Esel {m} | |
| dead donkey | toter Esel {m} | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| ass-like {adj} | wie ein Esel | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| stubborn as a mule {adj} [idiom] | stur wie ein Esel [ugs.] [pej.] [Redewendung] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to bray [like a donkey] | schreien wie ein Esel | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| (as) stubborn as a mule {adj} [idiom] | (so) störrisch wie ein Esel [Redewendung] | |
| bibl. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. [2nd part, tenth commandment, King James Version] | Du sollst nicht begehren deines Nächsten Weib, Knecht, Magd, Rind, Esel, noch alles, was dein Nächster hat. [das zehnte Gebot nach Luther] | |
| proverb It takes one to know one. | Ein Esel schilt den anderen Langohr. | |
| proverb The pot calling the kettle black. | Ein Esel schilt den anderen Langohr. | |
| idiom proverb The pot calling the kettle black. | Ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr. | |
| pot, kettle, black <PKB> [sl.] [idiom] | Ein Esel schimpft den anderen Langohr. [Redewendung] | |
| games We play monkey / pickle in the middle. [children's game] | Wir spielen Esel in der Mitte. [Kinderspiel] | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to be at a complete loss (as to what to do) | dastehen / stehen wie der Esel am Berg [schweiz.] [Redewendung] | |
| to fall on hard times [idiom] | vom Pferd auf den Esel kommen [ugs.] [Redewenung] [veraltend, selten] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| lit. F The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack | Tischlein deck' dich, Esel streck' dich und Knüppel aus dem Sack [Brüder Grimm] | |
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