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The last two months had been the happiest in Kaye's life, and the most tense and awkward.
Die letzten beiden Monate waren die glücklichsten in Kayes Leben gewesen und gleichzeitig die angespanntesten und schwierigsten.
Bear, Greg / Darwin's ChildrenBear, Greg / Die Darwin-Kinder
Die Darwin-Kinder
Bear, Greg
© 2003 Greg Bear
© Elsevier GmbH, München
Darwin's Children
Bear, Greg
© 2003 by Greg Bear
It was a long day, even with the hourly drive-bys Carter made of the store and the arrival of several customers at different times, which always proved to be tense moments until they were identified as real customers, not Gladden.
Es war ein langer Tag, auch wenn Carter jede Stunde an dem Laden vorbeifuhr, und zu unterschiedlichen Zeiten mehrere Leute das Geschäft betraten. Immer stellte sich jedoch heraus, daß es sich um normale Kunden handelte, nicht um Gladden.
Connelly, Michael / The poetConnelly, Michael / Der Poet
Der Poet
Connelly, Michael
© 1996 by Michael Connelly
© 1998 der deutschen Ausgabe by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.KG, Munchen
© dieser Ausgabe 2005 by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munchen, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
The poet
Connelly, Michael
© 1996 by Hieronymous, Inc.
Given the overall political and economic climate, the coming months will remain tense and subject to risk.
Wegen der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Rahmenbedingungen bleiben die kommenden Monate angespannt und risikobehaftet.
'Don't tense up like that.'
»Nicht so verkrampft.«
Nooteboom, Cees / Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees / Paradies verloren
Paradies verloren
Nooteboom, Cees
© Cees Nooteboom 2004
© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2005
Lost Paradise
Nooteboom, Cees
© Cees Nooteboom 2004
© Susan Massotty 2007
As tense as she was, the sudden, reverberating noise startled her enough to cause the car to momentarily swerve.
Angespannt wie sie war, reagierte sie auf den plötzlichen, ohrenbetäubenden Lärm so heftig, dass der Wagen kurz bedenklich ins Schwanken geriet.
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
His red suit made his pupils look even more washed out, and his body seemed tense, like a dog scenting its prey.
Der rote Anzug ließ Capricorns Pupillen noch farbloser aussehen. Sein Körper schien gespannt wie der eines Hundes, der die Beute schon wittert.
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
The tense risk situation in the emerging markets since 1997 continued in 1998.
Die seit 1997 bestehende Anspannung der Risikolage in den sogenannten Emerging Markets-Ländern hat sich in 1998 fortgesetzt.
© WestLB AG
© WestLB AG
The tense and exhausted engineers and mechanics looked at the captain and at Patel.
Die müden Techniker und Mechaniker sahen den Kapitän und Patel an - alle warteten gespannt.
Anderson, Kevin / League of Extraordinary GentlemenAnderson, Kevin / Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Die Liga der aussergewöhnlichen Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Ullstein Heyne List GmbH & Co. KG, München
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Anderson, Kevin
© 2003 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Bigwig grew tense.
Bigwig spannte sich.
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
This technology explosion will continue despite the tense economic situation.
Diese Technologieoffensive soll trotz der angespannten Wirtschaftslage fortgesetzt werden.
© Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA) 2009
© Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V. (VDA) 2009
“It means you tense up instead of relaxing the way you do when you're working your rings.
"Du verkrampfst dich, anstatt dich so zu entspannen, wie du es tust, wenn du mit deinen Ringen arbeitest.
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.
The liquidity situation remained tense at IKB as of 30 September 2009, partially because the money and capital markets are highly limited in the way they are operating.
Die Liquiditätslage der IKB zum 30. September 2009 war unverändert angespannt, auch weil die Geld- und Kapitalmärkte nur sehr eingeschränkt funktionieren.
© IKB 2004-2012
© IKB 2004-2012
I then became rather tense myself as the plane started to taxi out to the runway, because the pre-flight talk from our pilot included a description of our route, an explanation of the safety features of the aircraft, and also a short prayer.
Als das Flugzeug dann über die Piste zu rollen begann, nahm auch meine eigene Anspannung zu, da die Begrüßung des Piloten aus einer Beschreibung unserer Reiseroute, einer Erklärung der Sicherheitsvorkehrungen und einem kurzen Gebet zusammensetzte.
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 price situation in facultative reinsurance, i.e. the underwriting of individual risks, remains tense, at this point in time it is our expectation that rates will for the most part decline.
Die Preissituation in der fakultativen Rückversicherung, also der Zeichnung von Einzelrisiken, ist im laufenden Geschäftsjahr angespannt. Derzeit erwarten wir überwiegend rückläufige Raten.
© Talanx 2012
© Talanx 2012
Ready for the tense meeting that could well decide their survival, Sullivan Gold stood on the deck of his cloud harvester, wearing his best clothes.
Sullivan Gold stand auf dem Deck der Himmelsfabrik, bereit für das Treffen, das über sein überleben entscheiden mochte.
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.

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Collocations

tense situation
gespannte Lage
present tense
Präsens
future tense
Zukunft
past tense
erste Vergangenheit
tense situation
angespannte Lage

Word forms

tense

verb
Basic forms
Pasttensed
Imperativetense
Present Participle (Participle I)tensing
Past Participle (Participle II)tensed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tensewe tense
you tenseyou tense
he/she/it tensesthey tense
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tensingwe are tensing
you are tensingyou are tensing
he/she/it is tensingthey are tensing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tensedwe have tensed
you have tensedyou have tensed
he/she/it has tensedthey have tensed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tensingwe have been tensing
you have been tensingyou have been tensing
he/she/it has been tensingthey have been tensing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tensedwe tensed
you tensedyou tensed
he/she/it tensedthey tensed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tensingwe were tensing
you were tensingyou were tensing
he/she/it was tensingthey were tensing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tensedwe had tensed
you had tensedyou had tensed
he/she/it had tensedthey had tensed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tensingwe had been tensing
you had been tensingyou had been tensing
he/she/it had been tensingthey had been tensing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tensewe shall/will tense
you will tenseyou will tense
he/she/it will tensethey will tense
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tensingwe shall/will be tensing
you will be tensingyou will be tensing
he/she/it will be tensingthey will be tensing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tensedwe shall/will have tensed
you will have tensedyou will have tensed
he/she/it will have tensedthey will have tensed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tensingwe shall/will have been tensing
you will have been tensingyou will have been tensing
he/she/it will have been tensingthey will have been tensing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tensewe should/would tense
you would tenseyou would tense
he/she/it would tensethey would tense
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tensingwe should/would be tensing
you would be tensingyou would be tensing
he/she/it would be tensingthey would be tensing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tensedwe should/would have tensed
you would have tensedyou would have tensed
he/she/it would have tensedthey would have tensed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tensingwe should/would have been tensing
you would have been tensingyou would have been tensing
he/she/it would have been tensingthey would have been tensing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tensedwe are tensed
you are tensedyou are tensed
he/she/it is tensedthey are tensed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tensedwe are being tensed
you are being tensedyou are being tensed
he/she/it is being tensedthey are being tensed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tensedwe have been tensed
you have been tensedyou have been tensed
he/she/it has been tensedthey have been tensed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tensedwe were tensed
you were tensedyou were tensed
he/she/it was tensedthey were tensed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tensedwe were being tensed
you were being tensedyou were being tensed
he/she/it was being tensedthey were being tensed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tensedwe had been tensed
you had been tensedyou had been tensed
he/she/it had been tensedthey had been tensed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tensedwe shall/will be tensed
you will be tensedyou will be tensed
he/she/it will be tensedthey will be tensed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tensedwe shall/will have been tensed
you will have been tensedyou will have been tensed
he/she/it will have been tensedthey will have been tensed

tense

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetensetenses
Possessive casetense'stenses'

tense

adjective
Positive degreetense
Comparative degreetenser
Superlative degreetensest