Nicklichkeiten
English translation: snide remarks
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| 08:30 Mar 13, 2002 |
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| 4 +1 | foibles |
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| 4 +1 | (minor) nastiness |
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| 4 | faults, spleens |
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| 4 | excentricities |
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| 4 | never heard that word before - Niedlichkeiten maybe? |
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| 4 | snide remarks |
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14 mins confidence: 
faults, spleens Explanation: Nicklichkeiten bedeuted ein paar Schrullen, Besonderheiten, Spleens, eben Fehler aber sehr sehr sanft ausgedrückt |
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20 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1foibles Explanation: I think this is the idiomatic equivalent in English. Even if it looks like French! :-) |
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22 mins confidence:
excentricities Explanation: particularly where a British person is concerned. Assuming Kathi's explanation of the term - never heard of it! |
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38 mins confidence:
never heard that word before - Niedlichkeiten maybe? Explanation: Nichtigkeiten exists in Germany, like someone said before, it would be somehting along the lines of "small nothings" But when you are referring to presents given to someone, just small things, it could also be Niedlichkeiten - small sweet little gifts that don't cost much and usually aren't well-chosen... In any case, it's small gifts - the difference between the German words being in the amount of "sweetness/cuteness" in the presents :-). HTH Sibyl |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1(minor) nastiness Explanation: "Nicklichkeit" in my opinion is "nastiness", although that may be too strong, so my suggestion is "minor nastiness". Like a "mild" version of foul-play in sport. HTH |
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2 hrs confidence:
snide remarks Explanation: may be nickelig - frech, mutwillig Nickeligkeit - 1) nickelige Art 2) nickelige Handlung: Kleine -en im Team vergrätzten den ehemaligen dt. Militarymeister zusätzlich, ... |
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