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And, crouching on the top step just a few paces away from the chair, his sandy hair ruffled as usual, was Dustfinger, apparently lost in thought as he let Gwin run up and down his outstretched arm.Ein schwarzer Teppich bedeckte sie – und auf der obersten Stufe, nur wenige Schritte von dem Stuhl entfernt, hockte Staubfinger, das rotblonde Haar zerzaust wie immer, und ließ Gwin gedankenverloren an seinem ausgestreckten Arm hinauflaufen.Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / TintenherzTintenherzFunke, Cornelia© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003InkheartFunke, Cornelia© 2003 by Dressler Verlag© 2003 by The Chicken House
Shirt, coat, trousers for him, with a hat laid on the pew; ruffled blouse, ankle-length gown, and lacy bonnet for her; but-Hemd, Jackett und Hose für ihn, auf dem Kirchenstuhl lag ein Hut; Rüschenbluse, knöchellanges Kleid und Spitzenhaube für sie; aber .Anderson, Poul / GenesisAnderson, Poul / GenesisGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch GladbachGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
"What about the White Book?" Mortola preened her ruffled feathers.»Was ist mit dem Leeren Buch?« Mortola strich sich mit dem Schnabel über die zerrupften Federn.Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / TintentodTintentodFunke, Cornelia© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, HamburgInkdeathFunke, Cornelia©2007 by Dressler Verlag©2008 by Anthea Bell
It does this so that the text may be, so to speak, more easily 'consumed' - so that the path is made straight for the reader, who will not be ruffled by any unexplained irregularities.Dies tut sie, damit der Text sozusagen leichter »konsumierbar« wird - um dem Leser den Weg geradeaus zu bahnen, der dann nicht mehr durch irgendwelche unerklärten Unregelmäßigkeiten aus der Ruhe gebracht wird.Eagleton, Terry / Literary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry / Einführung in die LiteraturtheorieEinführung in die LiteraturtheorieEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996© 1997 J.В. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH in StuttgartLiterary Theory, An IntroductionEagleton, Terry© Terry Eagleton 1983, 1996
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ruffle the dog's fur
einem Hund das Fell kraulen
ruffle the cat's fur
Katze kraulen
ruffled up
gesträubt
ruffling up
sträubend
ruffled ego
angeschlagenes Selbstwertgefühl
Word forms
ruffle
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | ruffled |
| Imperative | ruffle |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | ruffling |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | ruffled |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I ruffle | we ruffle |
| you ruffle | you ruffle |
| he/she/it ruffles | they ruffle |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am ruffling | we are ruffling |
| you are ruffling | you are ruffling |
| he/she/it is ruffling | they are ruffling |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have ruffled | we have ruffled |
| you have ruffled | you have ruffled |
| he/she/it has ruffled | they have ruffled |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been ruffling | we have been ruffling |
| you have been ruffling | you have been ruffling |
| he/she/it has been ruffling | they have been ruffling |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I ruffled | we ruffled |
| you ruffled | you ruffled |
| he/she/it ruffled | they ruffled |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was ruffling | we were ruffling |
| you were ruffling | you were ruffling |
| he/she/it was ruffling | they were ruffling |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had ruffled | we had ruffled |
| you had ruffled | you had ruffled |
| he/she/it had ruffled | they had ruffled |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been ruffling | we had been ruffling |
| you had been ruffling | you had been ruffling |
| he/she/it had been ruffling | they had been ruffling |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will ruffle | we shall/will ruffle |
| you will ruffle | you will ruffle |
| he/she/it will ruffle | they will ruffle |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be ruffling | we shall/will be ruffling |
| you will be ruffling | you will be ruffling |
| he/she/it will be ruffling | they will be ruffling |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have ruffled | we shall/will have ruffled |
| you will have ruffled | you will have ruffled |
| he/she/it will have ruffled | they will have ruffled |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been ruffling | we shall/will have been ruffling |
| you will have been ruffling | you will have been ruffling |
| he/she/it will have been ruffling | they will have been ruffling |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would ruffle | we should/would ruffle |
| you would ruffle | you would ruffle |
| he/she/it would ruffle | they would ruffle |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be ruffling | we should/would be ruffling |
| you would be ruffling | you would be ruffling |
| he/she/it would be ruffling | they would be ruffling |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have ruffled | we should/would have ruffled |
| you would have ruffled | you would have ruffled |
| he/she/it would have ruffled | they would have ruffled |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been ruffling | we should/would have been ruffling |
| you would have been ruffling | you would have been ruffling |
| he/she/it would have been ruffling | they would have been ruffling |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am ruffled | we are ruffled |
| you are ruffled | you are ruffled |
| he/she/it is ruffled | they are ruffled |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being ruffled | we are being ruffled |
| you are being ruffled | you are being ruffled |
| he/she/it is being ruffled | they are being ruffled |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been ruffled | we have been ruffled |
| you have been ruffled | you have been ruffled |
| he/she/it has been ruffled | they have been ruffled |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was ruffled | we were ruffled |
| you were ruffled | you were ruffled |
| he/she/it was ruffled | they were ruffled |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being ruffled | we were being ruffled |
| you were being ruffled | you were being ruffled |
| he/she/it was being ruffled | they were being ruffled |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been ruffled | we had been ruffled |
| you had been ruffled | you had been ruffled |
| he/she/it had been ruffled | they had been ruffled |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be ruffled | we shall/will be ruffled |
| you will be ruffled | you will be ruffled |
| he/she/it will be ruffled | they will be ruffled |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been ruffled | we shall/will have been ruffled |
| you will have been ruffled | you will have been ruffled |
| he/she/it will have been ruffled | they will have been ruffled |
ruffle
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | ruffle | ruffles |
| Possessive case | ruffle's | ruffles' |