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Kuh {f} [zool.] [agr.] [listen] cow [listen]

Kühe {pl} cows

Milchkuh {f} dairy cow; milk cow; milker

blöder Kerl {m}; blöde Kuh {f}; Biest {n}; Saukerl {m} [slang] wretch; blankety-blank [coll.] [pej.] [listen]

Hör auf, an meinen Haaren zu ziehen, du blöde Kuh! Stop pulling my hair, you wretch!

Das waren die kleinen Biester von nebenan. It was those little wretches who live next door.

Blinde Kuh {f}; Blindekuh {f} (Kinderspiel) blind man's buff; blindman's buff [listen]

Klarabella Kuh (Walt Disney-Figur) [lit.] Clarabelle Cow (Walt Disney character)

Muh {f} ([Kindersprache] für Kuh) moo [Br.] ([children's speech] for cow)

dastehen wie die Kuh vorm Scheunentor/neuen Tor; dastehen wie die Piksieben [Dt.] {vi} to stand there looking stupid; to stand there looking nonplussed; to (just) stand completely nonplussed

etw. mit einer Glocke versehen; mit Glöckchen bestücken {vt} to bell sth.

einer Kuh eine Glocke um den Hals binden to bell a cow

gießen; schütten {vi} [meteo.] [listen] to pour; to team down; to teem with rain [listen]

gießend; schüttend pouring; teaming down; teeming with rain [listen]

gegossen; geschüttet poured; teamed down; teemed with rain [listen]

Draußen schüttet es/gießt es in Strömen. It's pouring/teeming (with rain) outside.; The rain is pouring/teeming down outside.

Es hat nur so geschüttet. It pelted with rain.

Es regnet/gießt in Strömen.; Es schüttet.; Es schauert. [Nordwestdt.]; Es hudelt. [Schw.]; Es gießt/schüttet wie aus Eimern [Dt.]/aus Kübeln [Dt.] [Schw.]/aus Schaffeln [Bayr.] [Ös.]; Es regnet Bindfäden. [Dt.] [Schw.]; Es regnet Schusterjungen. [Berlin]; Es regnet Schusterbuben. [Bayr.] [Ös.]; Es pladdert wie wenn eine Kuh das Wasser lässt. [Norddt.]; Es plästert, was das Zeug hält. [Mittelwestdt.] It's raining cats and dogs.; It's pouring (with rain [Br.]).; It's bucketing down (with rain [Br.]).; It's bucketing it down. [Br.]; It's chucking it down (with rain). [Br.]; It's tipping down (with rain). [Br.]; It's tipping it down. [Br.]; It's pelting down with rain. [Br.]; It's raining stair rods. [Br.]; The rain is coming down in sheets / in stair rods. [Br.]; It's pissing down with rain [Br.] [vulg.]; It's pouring rain. [Am.]; It's raining buckets. [Am.]; It's hosing down. [NZ] [coll.]

heilig {adj} [relig.] holy; sacred [listen] [listen]

heiliger holier

am heiligsten holiest

unheilig unsacred

heilige Kuh sacred cow

heilige Handlungen vornehmen to perform holy / sacred acts

lila; lilane/r/s [ugs.] {adj} (ugs. Bezeichnung für einen ungefähren Farbton im Purpurbereich) [listen] purple (colloquial term for an approximate shade in the purple family) [listen]

die lila Milka-Kuh the purple Milka cow

(durch die Luft) schwingen {vi} to swish

schwingend swishing

geschwungen swished

Der Schwanz der Kuh schwang hin und her. The cow's tail swished back and forth.