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On top of everything else, these people are snake-oil charlatans."
Diese Kerle sind zu allem Überfluss auch noch aalglatte Scharlatane!«
Cook, Robin / SeizureCook, Robin / Die Operation
Die Operation
Cook, Robin
© der Originalausgabe 2003 by Robin Cook
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Seizure
Cook, Robin
© 2003 by Robin Cook
Close to my breast I saw a small black snake, with its head shattered. The girl had killed it with the branch of a nut tree just as it was going to strike at me.
Dicht neben meiner Brust erblickte ich eine kleine schwarze Schlange mit geborstenem Haupt, das Kind hatte das giftige Tier mit dem Zweige eines Nußbaums erschlagen, in dem Augenblick, als es zu meinem Verderben sich heranringeln wollte.
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 prepared starch to offer to the snake as food and called the creature which had swallowed his daughter and said to it 'Swallow me!'
Er bereitete Stärke, um sie der Schlange als Futter zu reichen, rief sie, die seine Tochter verschlungen hatte, und sagte ihr: »Verschlinge mich!«
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
The net structure stirred, like a sleeping snake.
Die Netz-Struktur regte sich wie eine schlafende Schlange.
Baxter, Stephen / SpaceBaxter, Stephen / Raum
Raum
Baxter, Stephen
© 2000 by Stephen Baxter
© 2002 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Verlag UllsteinHeyneList GmbH & Co. KG, München
Space
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
There was suddenly a slithering noise on the roof of the terrace, and a large snake fell past us to the ground.
Vom Dach der Terrasse war plötzlich ein Glitschen zu hören, und eine große Schlange fiel neben uns zu Boden.
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
How did it go exactly – didn't she finally put the snake outside your door, Basta?"
Wie war das noch mal? Hat sie sie dir nicht vor die Tür gelegt, Basta?«
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
Fifi and Carmencita watched while Mundin unwrapped the snake from around his neck and poked one end at his little sister Carmencita screamed and fled indoors.
Fifi und Carmencita sahen zu, wie Mundin die Schlange von seinem Hals abwickelte und mit dem einen Ende nach seiner kleinen Schwester schlug Carmencita schrie und flüchtete ins Haus.
Alvarez, Julia / How The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia / Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
© ECON Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Dusseldorf und Wien
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
The concentration of this myth, where everything really important is enacted within the body of the snake, is completely authoritative; it is truth itself.
Die Dichte dieses Mythus, wo sich alles wirklich Wichtige im Leib der Schlange abspielt, ist unabweisbar, er ist die Wahrheit selbst.
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 could feel it, a high-pitched sizzle of neuronic dread so intense that he was sure the soldiers could sense it as easily as the snake sensed his blood.
Er spürte dieses schrille Zischen nackter, purer Angst, und er war überzeugt, dass die Soldaten es auch spüren mussten, so wie die Schlange sein Blut roch.
Case, John / The Eighth DayCase, John / Der achte Tag
Der achte Tag
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, 2004
The Eighth Day
Case, John
© 2002 by John Case
Here a single snake-like liana wound around a trunk; here a rough-barked tree was covered by mosses and lichens; a third tree was a not of ferns, orchids and other plants.
Hier wand sich eine einzelne Liane schlangengleich um einen Baumstamm; dort war ein Baum mit schorfiger Rinde von Moosen und Flechten überzogen, und an einem dritten wucherten Farne, Blumen und andere Pflanzen.
Baxter, Stephen / OriginBaxter, Stephen / Ursprung
Ursprung
Baxter, Stephen
© 2001 by Stephen Baxter
© 2003 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
Origin
Baxter, Stephen
© 2002 by Stephen Baxter
The snake came at his call and seized the bowl of starch which he held out.
Auf seinen Ruf kam die Schlange hervor und faßte die Schale mit Stärke, die er empor hielt.
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
"Be still, you little snake," muttered Las Bombas.
»Seid still, Ihr erbärmliche Schlange«, brummte Las Bombas.
Alexander, Lloyd / WestmarkAlexander, Lloyd / Aufruhr in Westmark
Aufruhr in Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© 1981 by Lloyd Alexander
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe bei Arena-Verlag Georg Popp, Würzburg
Westmark
Alexander, Lloyd
© Lloyd Alexander, 1981
Snake necklaces!
"Schlangenhalsbänder!
Asprin, Robert / Little Myth MarkerAsprin, Robert / Ein Dämon mit beschränkter Haftung
Ein Dämon mit beschränkter Haftung
Asprin, Robert
© Copyright 1985 by Robert L. Asprin
© 1988 Bastei-Verlag Gustav H. Lübbe GmbH & Co., Bergisch Gladbach
Little Myth Marker
Asprin, Robert
© 2002 by Donning Company
© 1985 by Robert L. Asprin.
I felt we had opened a Pandora's box, or disclosed a nest of ontological snakes.
Ich fühlte, daß wir eine <Büchse der Pandora> geöffnet oder ein Nest onto-logischer Schlangen freigelegt hatten.
Sacks, Oliver / AwakeningsSacks, Oliver / Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Sacks, Oliver
© 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, Oliver Sacks
© 1989 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Weinheim
Awakenings
Sacks, Oliver
© Oliver Sacks 1973, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1990
Volume 1 (Campbell, McDiamid and Touré, 1997), published under the auspices of the Herpetologists' League, for the nomenclature of snakes, except for the following cases:
Volume 1 (Campbell, McDiamid und Touré, 1997), veröffentlicht unter der Schirmherrschaft der Herpetologists' League, für die Nomenklatur von Schlangen, außer folgenden Fällen:

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Collocations

snake in the grass
geheimer Feind
poisonous snake
Giftschlange
snake fly
Kamelhalsfliege
snake venom
Schlangengift
snake dress
Schlangenkleid
snake skirt
Schlangenrock
sea snake
Seeschlange
snake in the grass
verborgene Gefahr
four-lined snake
Vierstreifennatter
viperine snake
Vipernatter
water snake
Wasserschlange
ringed snake
Ringelnatter
dice snake
Würfelnatter
venomous snake
Giftschlange
constrictor snake
Würgeschlange

Word forms

snake

verb
Basic forms
Pastsnaked
Imperativesnake
Present Participle (Participle I)snaking
Past Participle (Participle II)snaked
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I snakewe snake
you snakeyou snake
he/she/it snakesthey snake
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am snakingwe are snaking
you are snakingyou are snaking
he/she/it is snakingthey are snaking
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have snakedwe have snaked
you have snakedyou have snaked
he/she/it has snakedthey have snaked
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been snakingwe have been snaking
you have been snakingyou have been snaking
he/she/it has been snakingthey have been snaking
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I snakedwe snaked
you snakedyou snaked
he/she/it snakedthey snaked
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was snakingwe were snaking
you were snakingyou were snaking
he/she/it was snakingthey were snaking
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had snakedwe had snaked
you had snakedyou had snaked
he/she/it had snakedthey had snaked
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been snakingwe had been snaking
you had been snakingyou had been snaking
he/she/it had been snakingthey had been snaking
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will snakewe shall/will snake
you will snakeyou will snake
he/she/it will snakethey will snake
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be snakingwe shall/will be snaking
you will be snakingyou will be snaking
he/she/it will be snakingthey will be snaking
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have snakedwe shall/will have snaked
you will have snakedyou will have snaked
he/she/it will have snakedthey will have snaked
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been snakingwe shall/will have been snaking
you will have been snakingyou will have been snaking
he/she/it will have been snakingthey will have been snaking
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would snakewe should/would snake
you would snakeyou would snake
he/she/it would snakethey would snake
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be snakingwe should/would be snaking
you would be snakingyou would be snaking
he/she/it would be snakingthey would be snaking
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have snakedwe should/would have snaked
you would have snakedyou would have snaked
he/she/it would have snakedthey would have snaked
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been snakingwe should/would have been snaking
you would have been snakingyou would have been snaking
he/she/it would have been snakingthey would have been snaking
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am snakedwe are snaked
you are snakedyou are snaked
he/she/it is snakedthey are snaked
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being snakedwe are being snaked
you are being snakedyou are being snaked
he/she/it is being snakedthey are being snaked
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been snakedwe have been snaked
you have been snakedyou have been snaked
he/she/it has been snakedthey have been snaked
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was snakedwe were snaked
you were snakedyou were snaked
he/she/it was snakedthey were snaked
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being snakedwe were being snaked
you were being snakedyou were being snaked
he/she/it was being snakedthey were being snaked
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been snakedwe had been snaked
you had been snakedyou had been snaked
he/she/it had been snakedthey had been snaked
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be snakedwe shall/will be snaked
you will be snakedyou will be snaked
he/she/it will be snakedthey will be snaked
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been snakedwe shall/will have been snaked
you will have been snakedyou will have been snaked
he/she/it will have been snakedthey will have been snaked

snake

noun
SingularPlural
Common casesnakesnakes
Possessive casesnake'ssnakes'