Translation of "feder" to English
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Dictionary translations for "feder"
pl.
Federn
Phrases with "feder" (41)
- Federführung - leadership
- Sprungfeder - spring
- Triebfeder - mainspring
- Federstrich - stroke of the pen
- Federzeichnung - pen-and-ink drawing
- Bettfedernhändler - feather mattress trader
- Blattfeder - leaf spring
- Drahtfeder - wire spring
- Druckfeder - compression spring
- Feder führen - wield pen
Contexts with "feder"
Diese eine Feder trägt das ganze Gewicht des Autos.
That one spring carries the whole weight of the car.
Ich muss meine Ideen sammeln, bevor ich zur Feder greife.
I must put my ideas together before I take up my pen.
Als Plato einen Menschen als zweibeiniges Tier ohne Federn definiert hatte, rupfte Diogenes einen Hahn, brachte ihn in die Akademie und sagte „Das ist Platos Mensch,“, weswegen dieser Zusatz zur Definition hinzugefügt wurde: „Mit breiten, flachen Nägeln.“
Plato having defined man to be a two-legged animal without feathers, Diogenes plucked a cock and brought it into the Academy, and said, "This is Plato’s man." On which account this addition was made to the definition,—"With broad flat nails."
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