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Incautious as always, Louis reached out with a gentle fingertip to brush the alien's twisted forelimb, and a portion of the gray-brown body armor crumbled into powder.
Louis war so unvorsichtig wie immer und berührte mit der Fingerkuppe das verdrehte Vorderbein des fremden Wesens -ein Teil des graubraunen Körperpanzers zerfiel zu Staub.
Anderson, Kevin / Hidden EmpireAnderson, Kevin / Das Imperium
Das Imperium
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire Inc.
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG
Hidden Empire
Anderson, Kevin
© 2002 by WordFire, Inc.
When the crystalline bubble came to a gentle rest before him on the high platform, he saw his young daughter inside.
Als sich die kleine Kugel näherte und dicht vor ihm auf der Plattform verharrte, sah er seine junge Tochter in ihrem Innern.
Anderson, Kevin / Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin / Gefallene Sonnen
Gefallene Sonnen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Scattered Suns
Anderson, Kevin
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Marie had slipped away softly, too, for she was tired of the promenading and dancing of the puppets in the castle, though, kind and gentle as she was, she did not like to show it as her brother did.
Auch Marie hatte sich sachte fortgeschlichen, denn auch sie wurde des Herumgehens und Tanzens der Püppchen im Schlosse bald überdrüssig, und mochte es, da sie sehr artig und gut war, nur nicht so merken lassen, wie Bruder Fritz.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Then he felt himself enfolded in the warm, comforting embrace of the kind, gentle stockbroker with whom he shared his life.
Dann fühlte er sich in der warmen, tröstlichen Umarmung der freundlichen, sanften Börsenmaklerin geborgen, die sein Leben teilte.
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
It was just a box that squirted back and forth, emitting gentle little farts of glittering crystals.
Es war nur ein Kasten, der sich vor und zurück bewegte und dabei kleine Wolken glitzernder Kristalle ausstieß.
Baxter, Stephen / TimeBaxter, Stephen / Zeit
Zeit
Baxter, Stephen
© 1999 by Stephen Baxter
© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München
Time
Baxter, Stephen
© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
Serapion answered with a gentle smile, ' My friend, I thought you would be eager to get away from this wilderness, so little adapted to your mode of life.
Serapion erwiderte mit mildem Lächeln: - Ei, mein Freund! ich dachte, du würdest hinauseilen aus dieser wilden Wüste, die deiner Lebensweise gar nicht zuzusagen scheint.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
He continued, in a soft and gentle singing voice, while he took mo by the hand, bending his head with much courtesy.
- Und gleich fuhr er fort, sehr leise singend, und in höflich gebeugter Stellung meine Hand ergreifend:
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Pour off the destaining solution and fill the dish with 250 ml staining solution (4.11.3); allow to stain for 45 minutes with gentle shaking.
Spüllösung abgießen, 250 ml Färbelösung (4.11.3) in die Schale fuellen und 45 Minuten unter gelegentlichem Schütteln färben.
' I won't sing any more. I want to live for you,' she would often say to her father with a gentle smile, when people asked her to sing, and she was obliged to refuse.
Ich will nicht mehr singen, aber für dich leben, sprach sie oft sanft lächelnd zum Vater, wenn jemand sie zum Gesänge aufgefordert und sie es abgeschlagen hatte.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
It enables gentle acceleration and deceleration of the axes despite its dynamic response and therefore prolongs the life of the machine.
Sie ermöglicht ein bei aller Dynamik sanftes Beschleunigen und Abbremsen der Achsen und verlängert so die Lebensdauer der Maschine.
© Siemens AG 1996-2012
© 2010 by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft München und Berlin
© Siemens AG 1996-2012
© 2010 by Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Munich and Berlin
The bank is especially committed to environmentally sound or gentle projects.
Für umweltverträgliche oder umweltschonende Vorhaben zeigt die Bank besonderes Engagement.
I felt myself at peace; and a gentle beneficent warmth went spreading through my frame.
Ich fühlte mich ruhig, eine sanfte wohltuende Wärme glitt durch mein Inneres.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
The rain came down in a gentle fall, invigorating and alive.
Der Regen fiel sanft, erfrischend, stärkend und lebendig.
Anderson, Kevin / Scattered SunsAnderson, Kevin / Gefallene Sonnen
Gefallene Sonnen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2006 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Scattered Suns
Anderson, Kevin
© 2005 by WordFire, Inc.
Annunziata is a girl of nineteen, beautiful as the sun, modest, gentle, inexperienced in love, for she has scarcely seen a man.
Annunziata ist ein Mädchen von 19 Jahren, schön wie die Sonne, sittsam, demütig, in der Liebe unerfahren, denn sie sah kaum einen Mann.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
It is a gentle crowd that one desires, not a dangerous animal which has to be captured, or an obnoxious enemy who has to be fought.
Es ist eine milde Masse, die man sich wünscht, kein gefährliches Tier, das man erlegen, kein gehässiger Feind, den man bekämpfen muß.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd

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Collocations

gentle breeze
Lufthauch
gentle sex
zartes Geschlecht
gentle breeze
Luftzug
as gentle as a dove
so sanft wie eine Taube
gentle breeze
schwache Brise

Word forms

gentle

verb
Basic forms
Pastgentled
Imperativegentle
Present Participle (Participle I)gentling
Past Participle (Participle II)gentled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I gentlewe gentle
you gentleyou gentle
he/she/it gentlesthey gentle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am gentlingwe are gentling
you are gentlingyou are gentling
he/she/it is gentlingthey are gentling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have gentledwe have gentled
you have gentledyou have gentled
he/she/it has gentledthey have gentled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been gentlingwe have been gentling
you have been gentlingyou have been gentling
he/she/it has been gentlingthey have been gentling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I gentledwe gentled
you gentledyou gentled
he/she/it gentledthey gentled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was gentlingwe were gentling
you were gentlingyou were gentling
he/she/it was gentlingthey were gentling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had gentledwe had gentled
you had gentledyou had gentled
he/she/it had gentledthey had gentled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been gentlingwe had been gentling
you had been gentlingyou had been gentling
he/she/it had been gentlingthey had been gentling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will gentlewe shall/will gentle
you will gentleyou will gentle
he/she/it will gentlethey will gentle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be gentlingwe shall/will be gentling
you will be gentlingyou will be gentling
he/she/it will be gentlingthey will be gentling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have gentledwe shall/will have gentled
you will have gentledyou will have gentled
he/she/it will have gentledthey will have gentled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been gentlingwe shall/will have been gentling
you will have been gentlingyou will have been gentling
he/she/it will have been gentlingthey will have been gentling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would gentlewe should/would gentle
you would gentleyou would gentle
he/she/it would gentlethey would gentle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be gentlingwe should/would be gentling
you would be gentlingyou would be gentling
he/she/it would be gentlingthey would be gentling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have gentledwe should/would have gentled
you would have gentledyou would have gentled
he/she/it would have gentledthey would have gentled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been gentlingwe should/would have been gentling
you would have been gentlingyou would have been gentling
he/she/it would have been gentlingthey would have been gentling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am gentledwe are gentled
you are gentledyou are gentled
he/she/it is gentledthey are gentled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being gentledwe are being gentled
you are being gentledyou are being gentled
he/she/it is being gentledthey are being gentled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been gentledwe have been gentled
you have been gentledyou have been gentled
he/she/it has been gentledthey have been gentled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was gentledwe were gentled
you were gentledyou were gentled
he/she/it was gentledthey were gentled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being gentledwe were being gentled
you were being gentledyou were being gentled
he/she/it was being gentledthey were being gentled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been gentledwe had been gentled
you had been gentledyou had been gentled
he/she/it had been gentledthey had been gentled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be gentledwe shall/will be gentled
you will be gentledyou will be gentled
he/she/it will be gentledthey will be gentled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been gentledwe shall/will have been gentled
you will have been gentledyou will have been gentled
he/she/it will have been gentledthey will have been gentled

gentle

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegentlegentles
Possessive casegentle'sgentles'

gentle

adjective
Positive degreegentle
Comparative degreegentler
Superlative degreegentlest