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Detailed Translations for lean from English to German

lean:

to lean verb (leans, leant, leaning)

  1. to lean
    stützen; sich lehnen; sich stützen
    • stützen verb (stütze, stützt, stützte, stütztet, gestützt)
    • sich lehnen verb (lehne mich, lehnst dich, lehnt sich, lehnte sich, lehntet euch, sich gelehnt)
    • sich stützen verb (stütze mich, stützst dich, stützt sich, stützte sich, stütztet euch, sich gestützt)
  2. to lean (tip; angle; slant; tilt)
    – to incline or bend from a vertical position 1
    kippen
    • kippen verb (kippe, kippst, kippt, kippte, kipptet, gekippt)

Conjugations for lean:

present
  1. lean
  2. lean
  3. leans
  4. lean
  5. lean
  6. lean
simple past
  1. leant
  2. leant
  3. leant
  4. leant
  5. leant
  6. leant
present perfect
  1. have leant
  2. have leant
  3. has leant
  4. have leant
  5. have leant
  6. have leant
past continuous
  1. was leaning
  2. were leaning
  3. was leaning
  4. were leaning
  5. were leaning
  6. were leaning
future
  1. shall lean
  2. will lean
  3. will lean
  4. shall lean
  5. will lean
  6. will lean
continuous present
  1. am leaning
  2. are leaning
  3. is leaning
  4. are leaning
  5. are leaning
  6. are leaning
subjunctive
  1. be leant
  2. be leant
  3. be leant
  4. be leant
  5. be leant
  6. be leant
diverse
  1. lean!
  2. let's lean!
  3. leant
  4. leaning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for lean:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- inclination; leaning; list; tilt
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
kippen angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip drop; fall; flip; overturn; somersault; tip over; trip up; tumble; turn over
sich lehnen lean
sich stützen lean
stützen lean aid; assist; attend; back; back up; base; base oneself; be attentive; be charitable to; be helpful; carry; carry along; do good; extend the hand; help; make oneself useful; prop; prop up; second; shore; support; underpin
- be given; incline; list; run; tend
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- skimpy; thin
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
armselig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin abominable; few; immature; inferior; lousy; meager; meagre; miserable; paltry; poor; poverty stricken; ragged; seedy; shabby; shady; terrible; unsightly
dürftig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin banal; below the belt; coarse; come off badly; few; gross; immature; inferior; low; meager; meagre; mean; nasty; not high; pedestrian; poor; puny; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; rotten; shabby; skinny; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vile; vulgar; wobbly; wonky; worst
empfindlich flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin cross-grained; delicate; diplomatic; dire; discreet; easily hurt; fragile; frail; frightened of pain; grim; grinding; gruff; grumpy; huffy; piercing; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sensitive; squeamish about pain; stern; sullen; surly; susceptible; tactful; tender; tender hearted; thin-skinned; touchy; vulnerable; weak; wobbly; wonky
eng flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin bashfull; close; close by; close to; conscientious; cramped; diffident; exact; narrow; narrow minded; narrowly; near; nearby; petty; poor; precise; small; tight
gering flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin barely; bashfull; diffident; hardly; infinitesimal; insignificant; light; little; low; marginal; mean; minimal; minor; narrow minded; not high; pedestrian; petty; poor; scant; scanty; scarcely; shabby; slight; small; to a limited extent; to a small extent; vile
geringfügig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin facetiously; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; minimal; minor; poor; scant; slight; small; succinct; terse; very little; very small
hager flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin bony; emaciated; lank; lanky; meager; meagre; poor; puny; rare; rarefied; skinny; slender; slim; spidery; spiky; teneous; thin; weedy
hinfällig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin abstemious; clumsy; delicate; dilapidated; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; inferior; languishing; lingering; long in the tooth; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; ruinous; seedy; shabby; sick; sickly; stiff; tender; uneasy; unhandy; unsightly; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
karg flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin barren; dry; few; immature; inferior; meager; meagre; parced; parched; poor; puny; scorched; skinny; thin; unfruitful; withered
knapp flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin bashfull; close; close by; close to; concise; cramped; diffident; diminutive; exact; filmy; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; minutely; narrow; narrow minded; narrowly; near; nearby; parched; petty; poor; precise; scanty; short; short of cash; short of money; shortish; small; succinct; terse; tight; tiny; undersized
schmächtig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin delicate; emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; lank; lanky; meager; meagre; petite; poor; puny; rare; rarefied; rickety; skinny; slender; slender of figure; small-boned; spidery; spiky; staggering; starved; sunken; teneous; thin; toddling; tottering; unsettled; unstable; waddling; weedy
schäbig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin banal; barren; base; below the belt; bogus; coarse; crude; despicable; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; gross; immature; in gutter; inferior; low; mean; miserable; nasty; niggardly; not genuine; not high; paltry; poky; poor; ragged; rotten; scornful; shabby; shady; sham; stingy; trite; trivial; unfruitful; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; unsightly; vapid; villainous; vulgar
winzig flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin base; diminutive; doll-like; facetiously; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; mean; middling; minimal; minor; minuscule; nasty; pedestrian; poor; pretty-pretty; scant; short; shortish; slight; small; succinct; terse; tiny; to a limited extent; to a small extent; undersized; very little; very small; vile; villainous
ärmlich flimsy; lean; miserable; poor; shabby; thin austere; come off badly; few; frugal; immature; inferior; miserable; paltry; poor; ragged; scanty; shabby; shady; sober; unsightly; worst

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Related Definitions for "lean":

  1. lacking excess flesh1
    • Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look1
  2. not profitable or prosperous1
    • a lean year1
  3. lacking in mineral content or combustible material1
    • lean ore1
    • lean fuel1
  4. containing little excess1
    • a lean budget1
  5. the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical1
  6. rely on for support1
    • We can lean on this man1
  7. cause to lean or incline1
    • He leaned his rifle against the wall1
  8. to incline or bend from a vertical position1
    • She leaned over the banister1
  9. cause to lean to the side1
  10. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined1

Wiktionary Translations for lean:

lean
adjective
  1. having more air than necessary to burn all the fuel
  2. having little extra or little to spare
  3. of meat, having little fat
  4. being slim and muscular
verb
  1. to press against
  2. to hang outwards
lean
adjective
  1. dünn, dürr
  2. heute nur noch zur Beschreibung des menschlichen Körpers oder einzelner Körperteile, früher auch bei Tieren: dürr, mager, sehnig, knochig (und häufig groß gewachsen)
  3. dünn, mager
verb
  1. (reflexiv) den Körper schräg stellen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
lean mager mager — zeer dun met weinig vet
lean anlehnen; lehnen leunen — steunen, het evenwicht bewaren door het eigen gewicht deels door iets anders te laten steunen
lean anlegen; lehnen; anlehnen; stemmen; stützen; unterstützen; aufstützen accoterappuyer d’un côté pour soutenir.
lean mager maigre — Qui contient peu de graisse
lean dünn; schmal; hager maigre — Qui a un manque de chair
lean neigen; beugen; bücken; lehnen; ausgießen; ausschütten pencher — Incliner (sens général)

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