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At the metal scaffolding that leaned against the sheer walls, allowing them easy access to the cliff city, Margaret urged Louis to ascend first.
Sie erreichten das Gerüst an der Schluchtwand, das den Aufstieg nach oben erleichterte, und Margaret überließ Louis den Vortritt.
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.
It is not a question of fighting, but of sheer annihilation.
Es kommt hier nicht auf Kampf, sondern auf absolute Vernichtung an.
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
He had little doubt that Bigwig, by sheer chance, had led the fox onto a Wide Patrol which had been following their trail.
Er hatte wenig Zweifel daran, daß Bigwig rein zufällig den Fuchs zu einer Weiten Patrouille geführt hatte, die ihrer Spur gefolgt war.
Adams, Richard / Watership DownAdams, Richard / Watership Down
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
© 2000 für die deutsche Ausgabe by Econ Ullstein List Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, München
© 1975 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
© 1972 by Rex Collings Ltd.
© 2000 by Richard George Adams
If it weren't for the sheer size of the place, it would be a pigpen.
Wäre der Ort nicht so groß gewesen, hätte man ihn für einen Schweinestall halten können.
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
TC Electronic Classic450 - pure tone meets sheer power...
TC Electronic Classic450 - purer Sound trifft auf maximale Leistung ...
That this provision of the law was sheer nonsense made no difference.
Daß diese gesetzliche Bestimmung vollkommen unsinnig war, änderte daran nichts.
Gay, Peter / My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter / Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999
My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
For sheer love of whiskey, he began to cry.
Er fand das von dem Whiskey so lieb, daß ihm die Tränen kamen.
Algren, Nelson / A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson / Wildnis des Lebens
Wildnis des Lebens
Algren, Nelson
© 1956 by Nelson Algren
© 1988 by Zweitausendeins, Postfach, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 61
A Walk on the Wild Side
Algren, Nelson
© 1956 by Nelson Algren
© renewed 1984 by the Estate of Nelson Algren
Kissinger, as always, was superb in the part of the knowing world statesman, weary of the sheer responsibility of keeping disaster at bay.
Kissinger brillierte wie immer in der Rollendes welterfahrenen Staatsmannes, der es müde ist, dem Unheil als einziger die Stirn zu bieten.
Postman, Neil / Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil / Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Postman, Neil
© by Neil Postman, 1985
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1985
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Postman, Neil
© Neil Postman, 1985
When Hertha scored a goal, or sometimes from sheer exuberance, its supporters would intone a chorus, "Ha!
Wenn Hertha ein Tor schoß oder wenn es einfach mit ihnen durchging, riefen die Anhänger im Chor: „Ha!
Gay, Peter / My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter / Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999
My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
The rest of the sheer cliff rose above her, and the lumps of alum crystal now seemed tiny and unstable.
Die Wand ragte weiterhin steil auf, und die Kristallbrocken erschienen ihr plötzlich kleiner und brüchiger.
Anderson, Kevin / Horizon StormsAnderson, Kevin / Sonnenstürme
Sonnenstürme
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
© 2005 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
Horizon Storms
Anderson, Kevin
© 2004 by WordFire, Inc.
In general anti-Semitism may well have been outweighed by sheer indifference, but not to the point of forgoing tangible advantages.
Es mag durchaus sein, daß im allgemeinen die pure Gleichgültigkeit schwerer wog als der Antisemitismus, aber das ging nicht so weit, daß man auf greifbare Vorteile verzichtete.
Friedlander, Saul / The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945,Friedlander, Saul / Die Jahre der Vernichtung. Das dritte reich und die juden 1939–1945
Die Jahre der Vernichtung. Das dritte reich und die juden 1939–1945
Friedlander, Saul
© 2006 Saul Friedlander
© Verlag C.H.Beck oHG, Munchen 2006
The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945,
Friedlander, Saul
© Saul Friedlander 2007
Looking out of his window, he saw the extremely attractive and intriguing client he had just rudely turned away out of sheer grumpiness.
Als er aus seinem Fenster sah, erblickte er die äußerst attraktive und faszinierende Klientin, die er eben aus schierer Verdrießlichkeit so unhöflich abgewiesen hatte.
Adams, Douglas / The Salmon of DoubtAdams, Douglas / Lachs im Zweifel
Lachs im Zweifel
Adams, Douglas
© Completely Unexpected Productions, LTD. 2002 Introduction
© Stephen Fry 2002
© 2003 der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe by Rogner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlags KG, Hamburg
© 2003 dieser Ausgabe by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG
The Salmon of Doubt
Adams, Douglas
© Completely Unexpected Productions, LTD. 2002 Introduction
© Stephen Fry 2002
© 1998, 2002 by Matt Newsome
© 1995 by Serious Productions Ltd.
He sits like a cuddly old curmudgeon hunched over his joystick and chews gum slowly and continuously as he flies his helicopter directly at sheer cliff faces to see if you'll scream.
Er klemmt wie ein knuddliger alter Brummbär hinter dem Steuerknüppel und kaut langsam und gleichmäßig Kaugummi, während er mit seinem Hubschrauber geradeaus auf nackte Steilwände zufliegt, um zu testen, ob jemand schreit.
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Last Chance to SeeAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Die letzten ihrer Art
Die letzten ihrer Art
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© Serious Productions Limited and Mark Carwardine, 1990
© der deutschen Ausgabe 1991 by Rogner & Bernhard, Hamburg
Last Chance to See
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© 1990 Serious Productions Ltd. and Mark Carwardine
The sheer immensity of the volumes of rock and space that turn easily around us continually overwhelms the spatial processors of the brain.
Schon die Unermeßlichkeit dieser Massen von Bergen und Raum, die uns lässig umkreisen, überwältigt die räumlichen Prozessoren des Gehirns.
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Last Chance to SeeAdams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark / Die letzten ihrer Art
Die letzten ihrer Art
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© Serious Productions Limited and Mark Carwardine, 1990
© der deutschen Ausgabe 1991 by Rogner & Bernhard, Hamburg
Last Chance to See
Adams, Douglas,Carwardine, Mark
© 1990 Serious Productions Ltd. and Mark Carwardine
They died of the camps: of malnutrition, typhus, beatings, mortal indifference to their human dignity, loss of the sheer will to live.
Sie starben durch die Lager: Unterernährung, Typhus, Mißhandlungen, tödliche Indifferenz ihrer Würde als Mensch gegenüber, Verlust des bloßen Willens zum Leben.
Gay, Peter / My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi BerlinGay, Peter / Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Meine deutsche Frage. Jugend in Berlin 1933 - 1939
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay
© С. Н. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Oscar Bеcк), Munchen 1999
My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin
Gay, Peter
© 1998 by Peter Gay

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sheer draught
Aufriss
sheer strake
Schergang
out of sheer spite
aus reiner Gehässigkeit
sheer skirt
durchscheinender Rock
sheer briefs
durchsichtiger Slip
sheer fabric
hauchdünner Stoff
sheer bra
Transparent-BH
sheer dress
Transparent-Kleid
lost sheer negligence
verschlampt
sheer away
vom Kurs abweichen
deck sheer
Deckssprung
sheer rock walls
steile Felswände

Word forms

sheer

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesheersheers
Possessive casesheer'ssheers'

sheer

adjective
Positive degreesheer
Comparative degreesheerer
Superlative degreesheerest

sheer

verb
Basic forms
Pastsheered
Imperativesheer
Present Participle (Participle I)sheering
Past Participle (Participle II)sheered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sheerwe sheer
you sheeryou sheer
he/she/it sheersthey sheer
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sheeringwe are sheering
you are sheeringyou are sheering
he/she/it is sheeringthey are sheering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sheeredwe have sheered
you have sheeredyou have sheered
he/she/it has sheeredthey have sheered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sheeringwe have been sheering
you have been sheeringyou have been sheering
he/she/it has been sheeringthey have been sheering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sheeredwe sheered
you sheeredyou sheered
he/she/it sheeredthey sheered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sheeringwe were sheering
you were sheeringyou were sheering
he/she/it was sheeringthey were sheering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sheeredwe had sheered
you had sheeredyou had sheered
he/she/it had sheeredthey had sheered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sheeringwe had been sheering
you had been sheeringyou had been sheering
he/she/it had been sheeringthey had been sheering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sheerwe shall/will sheer
you will sheeryou will sheer
he/she/it will sheerthey will sheer
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sheeringwe shall/will be sheering
you will be sheeringyou will be sheering
he/she/it will be sheeringthey will be sheering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sheeredwe shall/will have sheered
you will have sheeredyou will have sheered
he/she/it will have sheeredthey will have sheered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sheeringwe shall/will have been sheering
you will have been sheeringyou will have been sheering
he/she/it will have been sheeringthey will have been sheering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sheerwe should/would sheer
you would sheeryou would sheer
he/she/it would sheerthey would sheer
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sheeringwe should/would be sheering
you would be sheeringyou would be sheering
he/she/it would be sheeringthey would be sheering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sheeredwe should/would have sheered
you would have sheeredyou would have sheered
he/she/it would have sheeredthey would have sheered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sheeringwe should/would have been sheering
you would have been sheeringyou would have been sheering
he/she/it would have been sheeringthey would have been sheering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sheeredwe are sheered
you are sheeredyou are sheered
he/she/it is sheeredthey are sheered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sheeredwe are being sheered
you are being sheeredyou are being sheered
he/she/it is being sheeredthey are being sheered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sheeredwe have been sheered
you have been sheeredyou have been sheered
he/she/it has been sheeredthey have been sheered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sheeredwe were sheered
you were sheeredyou were sheered
he/she/it was sheeredthey were sheered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sheeredwe were being sheered
you were being sheeredyou were being sheered
he/she/it was being sheeredthey were being sheered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sheeredwe had been sheered
you had been sheeredyou had been sheered
he/she/it had been sheeredthey had been sheered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sheeredwe shall/will be sheered
you will be sheeredyou will be sheered
he/she/it will be sheeredthey will be sheered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sheeredwe shall/will have been sheered
you will have been sheeredyou will have been sheered
he/she/it will have been sheeredthey will have been sheered