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puny:
- dünn; mager; schmächtig; gebrechlich; nichtig; dürftig; hager; karg; kärglich; kränklich
Wiktionary:
- puny → mickrig
- puny → unscheinbar

English

Detailed Translations for puny from English to German

puny:

puny adj

puny (skinny; thin; meagre; meager)
dünn; mager; schmächtig; gebrechlich; nichtig; dürftig; hager; karg; kärglich; kränklich
- dünn adj
- mager adj
- schmächtig adj
- gebrechlich adj
- nichtig adj
- dürftig adj
- hager adj
- karg adj
- kärglich adj
- kränklich adj

Translation Matrix for puny:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	runty; shrimpy
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
dünn	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; clumsy; delicate; diluted; doltish; fine; gawky; liquid; not very good; owlish; petite; poor; rare; rarefied; skinny; slender; slim; small-boned; stiff; subtle; teneous; thin; uneasy; unhandy; watery; wooden
dürftig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	banal; below the belt; coarse; come off badly; few; flimsy; gross; immature; inferior; lean; low; mean; miserable; nasty; not high; pedestrian; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; rotten; shabby; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vile; vulgar; wobbly; wonky; worst
gebrechlich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; clumsy; delicate; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; inferior; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; stiff; tender; uneasy; unhandy; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
hager	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	bony; emaciated; flimsy; lank; lanky; lean; miserable; poor; rare; rarefied; shabby; skinny; slender; slim; spidery; spiky; teneous; thin; weedy
karg	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	barren; dry; few; flimsy; immature; inferior; lean; miserable; parced; parched; poor; scorched; shabby; thin; unfruitful; withered
kränklich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; ailing; clumsy; delicate; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; having one's period; in bad health; maladroit; menstruating; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; sickly; stiff; tender; uneasy; unhandy; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
kärglich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	barren; few; immature; inferior; parched; poor; unfruitful
mager	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	few; low-fat; parched; poor
nichtig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	facetiously; fresh; invalid; minimal; natural; null; poor; relaxed; slight; unbroached; unconstrained; unopened; untouched; unused; void
schmächtig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	delicate; emaciated; flimsy; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; lank; lanky; lean; miserable; petite; poor; rare; rarefied; rickety; shabby; slender; slender of figure; small-boned; spidery; spiky; staggering; starved; sunken; teneous; thin; toddling; tottering; unsettled; unstable; waddling; weedy

Related Words for "puny":

puniness, punier, puniest

Synonyms for "puny":

weak
runty; shrimpy; small; little

Related Definitions for "puny":

(used especially of persons) of inferior size¹
inferior in strength or significance¹
- a puny physique¹
- puny excuses¹

Wiktionary Translations for puny:

puny

adjective

außergewöhnlich klein und schmächtig
- mickrig → puny

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• puny	→ unscheinbar	↔ nietig — verwaarloosbaar klein

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