Translation for "abwinkeln" to english

Abwinkeln

• bend
• to angle

Translation examples

bend

Er mußte die Knie abwinkeln und den Kopf einziehen, um einzutreten.
It was quite low—he had to bend his knees and duck his head as he went up it.

Thorn, der das Gelenk seiner Beinstütze nicht abwinkeln konnte, hinkte beschwerlich, Stufe für Stufe, hinter ihm her.
Thorn followed him laboriously, one step at a time, unable to bend his brace at the knee.

to angle

aus dem Abwinkeln seines Ellbogens beim Kaffeetrinken, aus dem raschen, fachmännischen Zupfen am Knie seiner Hose beim Hinsetzen.
from the angle of his elbow as he drank his coffee, from the swift, expert pluck at the knee of his trouser leg as he sat down.