Sentence examples of "shake" in English with translation "schütteln"

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Translations: all38 schütteln10 zittern6 beben3 sich beben3 erschüttern3 sich erschüttern3 wanken1 schlottern1 sich schlottern1 other translations7

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They shook hands with each other. Sie schüttelten sich die Hände.

I shook my head a few times. Ich schüttelte ein paar Mal den Kopf.

I entered the room and shook hands with him. Ich betrat den Raum und schüttelte seine Hand.

He reached across the table and shook my hand. Er griff über den Tisch und schüttelte meine Hand.

For some reason or other she shook her head. Aus irgendeinem Grund schüttelte sie den Kopf.

The principal shook hands with each of the graduates. Der Rektor schüttelte jedem Schulabgänger die Hand.

The queen shook hands with each player after the game. Die Königin schüttelte jedem Spieler nach dem Spiel die Hand.

She was proud that she had shaken hands with the President of the U.S. Sie war stolz darauf, die Hand des US-Präsidenten geschüttelt zu haben.

For example in Bulgaria, shaking one’s head means yes while nodding one’s head means no. Wenn man zum Beispiel in Bulgarien den Kopf schüttelt, bedeutet das ja, wenn man mit dem Kopf nickt, bedeutet das nein.

He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out. Er drehte die Flasche auf den Kopf und schüttelte sie, aber der Honig wollte trotzdem nicht herauskommen.

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