Translation for "freiheitsdrang" to english
- urge for freedom
- freedom penetrated
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Translation examples
Die Drachen Varangias waren fast ebenso berühmt für ihren Freiheitsdrang gewesen wie die Zhongguas.
Varangia’s Dragons had been famous for their strong urge for freedom—as much as those in Zhonghua.
Der Parfumeur begegnet diesem fatalen Umstand, indem er die allzu flüchtigen Düfte durch haftende bindet, ihnen also gleichsam Fesseln anlegt, die ihren Freiheitsdrang zügeln, wobei die Kunst darin besteht, die Fesseln so locker zu lassen, dass der gebundene Geruch seine Freiheit scheinbar behält, und sie doch so eng zu schnüren, dass er nicht fliehen kann.
The perfumer counteracts this fatal circumstance by binding scents that are too volatile by putting them in chains, so to speak, taming their urge for freedom – though his art consists of leaving enough slack in the chains for the odour seemingly to preserve its freedom, even when it is tied so deftly that it cannot flee.
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