Dictionary English → German: albatross

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NOUN   an albatross | albatross/albatrosses
 
SYNO   albatross | mollymawk | millstone
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albatross [fig.] [burden or handicap]
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Bürde {f}
sports albatross [Br.] [Golf: three strokes under par]
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Albatros {m} [Golf: drei Schläge unter Par]
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2 Words: Nouns
orn. albatross chickAlbatrosküken {n} [auch: Albatros-Küken]
orn. albatross colonyAlbatroskolonie {f}
orn. albatross colonyAlbatros-Kolonie {f}
orn. albatross eggsAlbatroseier {pl} [auch: Albatros-Eier]
orn. albatross parentsAlbatroseltern {pl} [auch: Albatros-Eltern]
orn. albatross skullAlbatrosschädel {m} [auch: Albatros-Schädel]
orn. female albatrossAlbatrosweibchen {n} [auch: Albatros-Weibchen]
orn. male albatrossAlbatrosmännchen {n} [auch: Albatros-Männchen]
3 Words: Nouns
orn. pair of albatrossAlbatrospaar {n} [auch: Albatros-Paar]
orn. pair of albatrossAlbatrospärchen {n} [auch: Albatros-Pärchen]
5+ Words: Others
sb./sth. is an albatross around sb.'s neck [idiom]jd./etw. ist ein Mühlstein an jds. Hals [Redewendung]
5+ Words: Verbs
idiom to be an albatross around sb.'s neckjdm. eine Last sein
to wear a dead albatross around one's neck [chiefly Br.] [idiom]eine Bürde tragen [fig.] [seeliche Last, schweres Schicksal etc. tragen]
5+ Words: Nouns
a dead albatross around one's neck [chiefly Br.] [idiom]eine Bürde {f} [fig.] [seelische Last, schweres Schicksal etc.]
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