Translation for "struppig sein" to english
Struppig sein
Translation examples
Er war struppig, ungepflegt, blass.
He was bristly, scruffy, pale.
Ich mußte immerzu denken: >Der struppige Mann, der struppige Mann, wir sind alle hergekommen, um den struppigen Mann zu hören.< Eingängig, wie ein Lied, das man im Radio hört.
I kept thinking, `The scruffy man, the scruffy man, we all came to listen to the scruffy man.' It had a beat, like a song you might hear on the radio.
Beide hatten struppige Barte und langes Haar.
They both had scruffy beards and long hair.
Selbst so ein struppiger, kleiner Hund war besser als nichts.
Even a scruffy stray dog was better than no company at all.
Es war stumpf und struppig und hatte kahle Stellen.
in fact, his fur was scruffy and ragged and he even had bald patches.
Struppige Hunde schlichen umher und schnupperten an Tonscherben.
Here and there, scruffy dogs ambled about, sniffing at bits of broken pottery.
Sie zog sie an und strich ihm dann tröstend über den struppigen Kopf.
She pulled them on, cat spit and all, then stroked his scruffy head in consolation.
»Sehet!« sagte der struppige Mann und stellte den Schalter des Ventilators auf LANGSAM.
"Lo!" said the scruffy man, and rotated the fan's control to LO.
Struppige Bärte, fettige Haare, schmierige Zähne – das entsprach schon eher den Erwartungen.
Scruffy beards and greasy hair and teeth clotted with grime: this was more like it.
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