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The other masters knew this well, but they felt that Wolfframb's good fortune and happiness irradiated them all with a sunny shimmer, and gave even to their songs a peculiar sweetness and power.
Die anderen Meister gewahrten das wohl, aber es war ihnen als umstrahle Wolfframbs Liebesglück sie alle wie ein lieblicher Sonnenschimmer, und gäbe auch ihren Liedern besondere Stärke und Anmut.
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.
Rose-coloured curtains were carefully drawn over the windows, so that the rays of the evening sun, passing through them, tinted everything with a magic roseate shimmer.
Die Fenster waren mit rosaseidnen Gardinen dicht verzogen, so daß die durchfallenden Strahlen der Abendsonne alles in rötlichem Schimmer magisch beleuchteten.
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.
Friedrich could not quite explain to himself why it was that Master Martin's words pained his heart—why some strange, anxious dread arose in him, darkening every shimmer of hope.
Selbst wußte Friedrich nicht, wie es kam, daß Martins Worte seine Brust zerschnitten, daß eine seltsame Angst in ihm aufstieg und jeden Hoffnungsschimmer verdüsterte.
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 dancing shimmer—the gleaming herald of Love—sank down into the dark depths, pregnant with hollow thunders.
Der tanzende Schimmer, der fröhliche Liebesbote sank herab in die schwarze Tiefe voll dumpfer Donner.
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 apparition's face suddenly seemed to shimmer.
Das Gesicht der Erscheinung schien plötzlich zu schimmern.
King, Stephen / The Dark Tower 6: The Song of SusannahKing, Stephen / Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
Der dunkle Turm 6: Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2003 by Stephen King
© 2003 der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München
The Dark Tower 6: The Song of Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King
Beside her husband Maybelle Walker gazed excitedly at the ochre-brown desert shimmering under the midday sun.
Maybelle Walker blickte aufgeregt in die unter der Mittagssonne flimmernde ockerbraune Wüste hinaus.
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
His face and hands had a translucent, almost shimmering quality, as if his flesh had taken on the eerie phosphorescence of deep-sea creatures.
Gesicht und Hände wirkten wie durchsichtig; der ganze Körper schien die gespenstische Phosphoreszenz von Tiefseegeschöpfen gewonnen zu haben.
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.
Instead the membrane was all around her, closed on itself, shimmering in great slow waves that curled around the sphere's belly.
Vielmehr spannte diese Membran sich um sie, krümmte sich in sich selbst und flimmerte im Rhythmus der großen, langsamen Wellen, die über die Hülle der Sphäre wanderten.
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
On one side it was dark, constellations lifting over its airless horizon as the ship moved. On the other side it shimmered wanly bluish white.
Der einsame Wanderer tauchte auf, eine Seite vollkommen dunkel, die andere von einem schwachen bläulichweißen Schimmer erhellt.
Anderson, Poul / Satan's WorldAnderson, Poul / Die Satanswelt
Die Satanswelt
Anderson, Poul
© 1969 by Poul Anderson
Satan's World
Anderson, Poul
© 1968 by Conde Nast Publications Inc.
© 1969 by Poul Anderson
Her silk dress fluttered in shimmering folds, and the white plumes in her hat nodded and quivered, like airy sprites, in time to the music.
Ihr helles seidenes Kleid flatterte, im schimmernden Faltenwurf spielend, und wie in den Tönen kosende Luftgeister, nickten und wehten die weißen Federn auf ihrem Hute.
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 hairless women were painted and decorated with colorful swirling designs. Many wore shimmering electrostatic hoods projected from their collars, tuned to colors that matched their gowns and cloaks.
In den Gesichtern der haarlosen Frauen zeigten sich bunte, geschwungene Linien und viele von ihnen trugen vom Kragen projizierte schimmernde elektrostatische Kapuzen, deren Farben zu ihren Gewändern und Umhängen passten.
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.
The intense light of seven suns pounded down, activating the shimmering metallic paste that covered the dead leader's skin.
Das Licht von sieben Sonnen fiel auf ihn und aktivierte die schimmernde metallische Paste auf der Haut des Toten.
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.
All passions contend together, shimmering in bright armour, and then merge and sink into an ineffable longing which fills our being.
Alle Leidenschaften kämpfen schimmernd und glanzvoll gerüstet miteinander, und gehen unter in einer unaussprechlichen Sehnsucht, die unsere Brust erfüllt.
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.
But it gave way under him, and he seemed to be floating in shimmering ether.
Aber der wich unter ihm, und er schwebte wie in schimmerndem Äther.
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 was a fabric palace, the dark lengths of cloth embroidered with silver snakes shimmering in the moonlight as if thousands of slugs had been crawling over the material.
Es war ein Palast aus Stoff, die schwarzen Bahnen bestickt mit Silberschlangen, die im Mondlicht schimmerten, als wären Tausende von Schnecken über den Stoff gekrochen.
Funke, Cornelia / InkdeathFunke, Cornelia / Tintentod
Tintentod
Funke, Cornelia
© 2007 Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg
Inkdeath
Funke, Cornelia
©2007 by Dressler Verlag
©2008 by Anthea Bell

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shimmer

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseshimmershimmers
Possessive caseshimmer'sshimmers'

shimmer

verb
Basic forms
Pastshimmered
Imperativeshimmer
Present Participle (Participle I)shimmering
Past Participle (Participle II)shimmered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I shimmerwe shimmer
you shimmeryou shimmer
he/she/it shimmersthey shimmer
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am shimmeringwe are shimmering
you are shimmeringyou are shimmering
he/she/it is shimmeringthey are shimmering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have shimmeredwe have shimmered
you have shimmeredyou have shimmered
he/she/it has shimmeredthey have shimmered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been shimmeringwe have been shimmering
you have been shimmeringyou have been shimmering
he/she/it has been shimmeringthey have been shimmering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I shimmeredwe shimmered
you shimmeredyou shimmered
he/she/it shimmeredthey shimmered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was shimmeringwe were shimmering
you were shimmeringyou were shimmering
he/she/it was shimmeringthey were shimmering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had shimmeredwe had shimmered
you had shimmeredyou had shimmered
he/she/it had shimmeredthey had shimmered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been shimmeringwe had been shimmering
you had been shimmeringyou had been shimmering
he/she/it had been shimmeringthey had been shimmering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will shimmerwe shall/will shimmer
you will shimmeryou will shimmer
he/she/it will shimmerthey will shimmer
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be shimmeringwe shall/will be shimmering
you will be shimmeringyou will be shimmering
he/she/it will be shimmeringthey will be shimmering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have shimmeredwe shall/will have shimmered
you will have shimmeredyou will have shimmered
he/she/it will have shimmeredthey will have shimmered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been shimmeringwe shall/will have been shimmering
you will have been shimmeringyou will have been shimmering
he/she/it will have been shimmeringthey will have been shimmering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would shimmerwe should/would shimmer
you would shimmeryou would shimmer
he/she/it would shimmerthey would shimmer
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be shimmeringwe should/would be shimmering
you would be shimmeringyou would be shimmering
he/she/it would be shimmeringthey would be shimmering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have shimmeredwe should/would have shimmered
you would have shimmeredyou would have shimmered
he/she/it would have shimmeredthey would have shimmered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been shimmeringwe should/would have been shimmering
you would have been shimmeringyou would have been shimmering
he/she/it would have been shimmeringthey would have been shimmering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am shimmeredwe are shimmered
you are shimmeredyou are shimmered
he/she/it is shimmeredthey are shimmered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being shimmeredwe are being shimmered
you are being shimmeredyou are being shimmered
he/she/it is being shimmeredthey are being shimmered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been shimmeredwe have been shimmered
you have been shimmeredyou have been shimmered
he/she/it has been shimmeredthey have been shimmered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was shimmeredwe were shimmered
you were shimmeredyou were shimmered
he/she/it was shimmeredthey were shimmered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being shimmeredwe were being shimmered
you were being shimmeredyou were being shimmered
he/she/it was being shimmeredthey were being shimmered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been shimmeredwe had been shimmered
you had been shimmeredyou had been shimmered
he/she/it had been shimmeredthey had been shimmered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be shimmeredwe shall/will be shimmered
you will be shimmeredyou will be shimmered
he/she/it will be shimmeredthey will be shimmered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been shimmeredwe shall/will have been shimmered
you will have been shimmeredyou will have been shimmered
he/she/it will have been shimmeredthey will have been shimmered