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The planet was Pym, a world with termite-mound ruins built by the lost insectoid race.Der betreffende Planet hieß Pym, eine Welt mit termitenhügelartigen Ruinen der verschwundenen insektoiden Klikiss.Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / SonnenstürmeSonnenstürmeAnderson, Kevin© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, MünchenHorizon StormsAnderson, Kevin© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
The hab dome was a drab mound of regolith over orange fabric, and it was surrounded by ground that was scarred by firefly tracks.Sie sah die orangefarbene Habitat-Kuppel mit der Rego-lith-Haube und das umliegende Gelände, das die Feuerkäfer eingeebnet hatten.Baxter, Stephen / TimeBaxter, Stephen / ZeitZeitBaxter, Stephen© 1999 by Stephen Baxter© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenTimeBaxter, Stephen© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
I've just spent a cheerful hour of my time writing a program on my computer that will tell me instantly what the volume of the mound was.Ich habe gerade eine gute Stunde damit zugebracht, an meinem Computer ein Programm zu schreiben, das mir unverzüglich das Volumen des Walls mitteilt.Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Last Chance to SeeAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Die letzten ihrer ArtDie letzten ihrer ArtAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark© Serious Productions Limited and Mark Carwardine, 1990© der deutschen Ausgabe 1991 by Rogner & Bernhard, HamburgLast Chance to SeeAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark© 1990 Serious Productions Ltd. and Mark Carwardine
The night was not dark enough to hide what lay on the lawn outside: a shapeless mound of ashes, pale gray in the moonlight, gray as moth wings, gray as burnt paper.Die Nacht war nicht dunkel genug, um zu verbergen, was da draußen auf dem Rasen lag: ein formloser Aschehügel, weißlich grau im Mondlicht, grau wie Mottenflügel, grau wie verbranntes Papier.Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / TintenherzTintenherzFunke, Cornelia© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003InkheartFunke, Cornelia© 2003 by Dressler Verlag© 2003 by The Chicken House
It was about fifty feet square and filled with flat mounds of stone and shell fragments, plus a complicated interplay of shadows from the display lights and the intervening arches.Er war gut fünfzehn Meter lang und breit. Überall waren flache Steinhügel und Muschelsplitter zu sehen, unterbrochen von komplizierten Schattenmustern, die durch die Scheinwerfer und die dazwischen liegenden Bogengänge hervorgerufen wurden.Cook, Robin / SeizureCook, Robin / Die OperationDie OperationCook, Robin© der Originalausgabe 2003 by Robin Cook© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbHSeizureCook, Robin© 2003 by Robin Cook
In the morning, when it was time to move on, they would just drop their hand-axes in the dirt and walk away, sometimes leaving the tools in the mounds of spill they had made during their creation.Wenn es dann am nächsten Morgen Zeit zum Weiterziehen wurde, warfen sie die Faustkeile einfach weg und ließen die Werkzeuge in dem Abfallhaufen liegen, den sie bei ihrer Fertigung erzeugt hatten.Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / UrsprungUrsprungBaxter, Stephen© 2001 by Stephen Baxter© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, MünchenOriginBaxter, Stephen© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
Here, the Labrador stops abruptly, and then scampers lightly over the mounds of rubble, planks and wire ends.Hier stoppt die Labradorhündin abrupt, trippelt leichtfüßig weiter über Bruchsteine, Bretter und Drahtenden.©2007 Gruppe Deutsche Börsehttp://deutsche-boerse.com 29.05.2011©2007 Deutsche Börse AGhttp://deutsche-boerse.com 29.05.2011
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burial mound
Grabhügel
burial mound
Hügelgrab
mound of Venus
Venushügel
termite mound
Termitenhügel
Word forms
mound
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | mound | mounds |
Possessive case | mound's | mounds' |
mound
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | mounded |
Imperative | mound |
Present Participle (Participle I) | mounding |
Past Participle (Participle II) | mounded |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mound | we mound |
you mound | you mound |
he/she/it mounds | they mound |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am mounding | we are mounding |
you are mounding | you are mounding |
he/she/it is mounding | they are mounding |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have mounded | we have mounded |
you have mounded | you have mounded |
he/she/it has mounded | they have mounded |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been mounding | we have been mounding |
you have been mounding | you have been mounding |
he/she/it has been mounding | they have been mounding |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I mounded | we mounded |
you mounded | you mounded |
he/she/it mounded | they mounded |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was mounding | we were mounding |
you were mounding | you were mounding |
he/she/it was mounding | they were mounding |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had mounded | we had mounded |
you had mounded | you had mounded |
he/she/it had mounded | they had mounded |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been mounding | we had been mounding |
you had been mounding | you had been mounding |
he/she/it had been mounding | they had been mounding |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will mound | we shall/will mound |
you will mound | you will mound |
he/she/it will mound | they will mound |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be mounding | we shall/will be mounding |
you will be mounding | you will be mounding |
he/she/it will be mounding | they will be mounding |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have mounded | we shall/will have mounded |
you will have mounded | you will have mounded |
he/she/it will have mounded | they will have mounded |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mounding | we shall/will have been mounding |
you will have been mounding | you will have been mounding |
he/she/it will have been mounding | they will have been mounding |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would mound | we should/would mound |
you would mound | you would mound |
he/she/it would mound | they would mound |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be mounding | we should/would be mounding |
you would be mounding | you would be mounding |
he/she/it would be mounding | they would be mounding |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have mounded | we should/would have mounded |
you would have mounded | you would have mounded |
he/she/it would have mounded | they would have mounded |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been mounding | we should/would have been mounding |
you would have been mounding | you would have been mounding |
he/she/it would have been mounding | they would have been mounding |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am mounded | we are mounded |
you are mounded | you are mounded |
he/she/it is mounded | they are mounded |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being mounded | we are being mounded |
you are being mounded | you are being mounded |
he/she/it is being mounded | they are being mounded |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been mounded | we have been mounded |
you have been mounded | you have been mounded |
he/she/it has been mounded | they have been mounded |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was mounded | we were mounded |
you were mounded | you were mounded |
he/she/it was mounded | they were mounded |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being mounded | we were being mounded |
you were being mounded | you were being mounded |
he/she/it was being mounded | they were being mounded |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been mounded | we had been mounded |
you had been mounded | you had been mounded |
he/she/it had been mounded | they had been mounded |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be mounded | we shall/will be mounded |
you will be mounded | you will be mounded |
he/she/it will be mounded | they will be mounded |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been mounded | we shall/will have been mounded |
you will have been mounded | you will have been mounded |
he/she/it will have been mounded | they will have been mounded |