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 German |
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| penurious [formal] (of a thing) | karg; kärglich; kümmerlich; dürftig {adj} (Sache) | |
| poverty-stricken; destitute; penurious [formal]; in penury; desperately poor | verarmt; bitterarm; bettelarm; mit Armut geschlagen [poet.]; verelendet [selten] {adj} | |
| poverty-striken regions | Armutsgebiete {pl} | |
| to live in reduced circumstances | in verarmten Verhältnissen leben | |
miserly; niggardly; penny-pinching; tight-fisted; close-fisted; hard-fisted; stingy; mingy [Br.]; mean [Br.]; chintzy [Am.] [coll.]; penurious [formal]; screwy [dated] [coll.] (of a person) ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "niggardly"){kind=small} |
geizig; knausrig; knauserig; kniepig [Norddt.]; netig [Norddt.]; knorzig [Schw.] {adj} (Person) |