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Translate parasites from English to German

Summary

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parasites:
- Schmarotzer
parasite:
- Schmarotzer; Parasit; Profiteur
Wiktionary:
- parasite → Schmarotzer, Parasit
- parasite → Parasit

English

Detailed Translations for parasites from English to German

parasites:

parasites [the ~] noun

the parasites (spongers; cadgers)
die Schmarotzer
- Schmarotzer [die ~] noun

Translation Matrix for parasites:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Schmarotzer	cadgers; parasites; spongers	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger

Related Words for "parasites":

parasite

parasites form of parasite:

parasite [the ~] noun

the parasite (scrounger; leach; sponger; sponge)
der Schmarotzer; der Parasit; der Profiteur
- Schmarotzer [der ~] noun
- Parasit [der ~] noun
- Profiteur [der ~] noun

Translation Matrix for parasite:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Parasit	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger
Profiteur	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger
Schmarotzer	leach; parasite; scrounger; sponge; sponger	cadgers; parasites; spongers
-	leech; sponge; sponger
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	parasitic animal; parasitic plant

Related Words for "parasite":

parasites

Synonyms for "parasite":

organism; being
leech; sponge; sponger; follower

Antonyms for "parasite":

host

Related Definitions for "parasite":

an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host¹
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage¹

Wiktionary Translations for parasite:

parasite

noun

(generally undesirable) living organism that exists by stealing resources from another living organism
- parasite → Schmarotzer; Parasit

parasite

noun

Biologie: Organismus, der seine Nahrung (zum einseitigen Nutzen) auf Kosten anderer Pflanzen oder Tiere gewinnt, indem er auf oder in ihnen lebt
- Schmarotzer → parasite
schmarotzendes Lebewesen
- Parasit → parasite
bildlich, abwertend: schmarotzender Zeitgenosse
- Parasit → parasite

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• parasite	→ Parasit	↔ parasiet — klaploper, iemand die ten koste van een ander leeft, een profiteur

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University