BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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toll; spitze; spitzenmäßig; super; genial; prima; klasse [Dt.]; klass [Ös.]; dufte [Norddt.]; pfundig [Süddt.]; leiwand [Wien]; knorke [Nordostdt.] [veraltend]; schnafte [Berlin] [veraltend] [ugs.] {adj} [listen] great /gr8/; super [coll.]; super-duper [coll.] [humor.]; ace [Br.] [coll.]; boss [slang]; bodacious [Am.]; grouse [Austr.] [NZ] [slang]; sweet as [Austr.] [NZ] [slang] [listen] [listen]

spitze aussehen to look super-duper

Spitze!; Das ist großartig! Ace!; It's really ace!

Prima! Goody! [children's speech] [becoming dated]

erste/allererste Sahne sein; das Größte/Schönste sein {v} to be the cat's whiskers [Br.] / the cat's meow/pyjamas [Am.] [coll.] [dated]

Dieses Auto ist allererste Sahne. This car is the cat's whiskers/pyjamas.

Er hält sich für den Größten. He thinks he's the cat's whiskers/meow.

Sie sah in dem Kleid spitzenmäßig aus. She looked the cat's whiskers in that dress. [Br.]

Ins Kino zu gehen war in meiner Kindheit das Schönste. Going to the movies was the cat's pajamas when I was a kid. [Am.]