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Detailed Translations for delicate from English to German

delicate:

delicate adj

  1. delicate (precarious; critical; perilous; touchy)
  2. delicate (fragile; vulnerable; tender; frail)
  3. delicate (fragile; tender; frail)
  4. delicate (slender; thin; small-boned; petite)
  5. delicate (fragile)
  6. delicate (fine; slim)
  7. delicate (inconvenient; annoying; unsuitable; )
  8. delicate (sensitive; susceptible; subtle; )
    – easily broken or damaged or destroyed 1
  9. delicate (precarious)
  10. delicate (lightly built; slight)

Translation Matrix for delicate:

AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
schwer at large extent; big; enormous; great; tall; vast
- finespun; fragile; frail; soft; ticklish; touchy
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- moving; tricky
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
angenehm delicate; fine; slim agreeable; alluring; appealing; attractive; beautiful; benevolent; charming; comfortable; conciliatory; congenial; cosy; cozy; cute; easy going; endearing; engaging; enjoyable; entrancing; favoured; fine; genial; good; good looking; good-looking; good-natured; gratifying; great; handsome; happy; joyful; kind; likable; lovely; memorable; mild; most wanted; nice; personable; pleasant; pleasing; pleasurable; pretty; salutary; snap; snug; sweet; sympathetic; winsome
aufdringlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy insistent; intrusive; obtrusive; penetrating; pushy
bedrohlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy alarming; antagonistic; creepy; enemy; frightening; frightful; grisly; hateful; hostile; imminent; impending; invidious; malicious; scary; snide; spiteful; spooky; terrifying; threatening
beschwerlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy aggravating; annoying; boring; dreadful; dull; exasperating; incriminating; irritating; tiresome; tough; tricky
brechbar delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable ragged; ramshackle; rickety; wobbly; wonky
brenzlig critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy alarming; creepy; dangerous; deceptive; frightening; frightful; grisly; hazardous; imminent; impending; perilous; risky; scary; spooky; terrifying; threatening; unsafe
bröcklig delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable brittle; crisp; crumbling; crumbly
brüchig delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable ragged; ramshackle; rickety; wobbly; wonky
delikat critical; delicate; fragile; frail; perilous; precarious; tender; touchy
drohend critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy alarming; antagonistic; creepy; enemy; frightening; frightful; grisly; hateful; hostile; imminent; impending; invidious; malicious; scary; snide; spiteful; spooky; terrifying; threatening
dünn delicate; petite; slender; small-boned; thin abstemious; clumsy; diluted; doltish; fine; gawky; liquid; meager; meagre; not very good; owlish; poor; puny; rare; rarefied; skinny; slender; slim; stiff; subtle; teneous; thin; uneasy; unhandy; watery; wooden
empfindlich delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable cross-grained; diplomatic; dire; discreet; easily hurt; flimsy; fragile; frightened of pain; grim; grinding; gruff; grumpy; huffy; lean; miserable; piercing; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sensitive; shabby; squeamish about pain; stern; sullen; surly; susceptible; tactful; tender hearted; thin; thin-skinned; touchy; weak; wobbly; wonky
empfindsam delicate; fragile; frail; tender ragged; ramshackle; rickety; susceptible; wobbly; wonky
erfreulich delicate; fine; slim agreeable; appealing; benevolent; congenial; easy going; endearing; engaging; fine; genial; good; good-natured; gratifying; great; happy; heartwarming; joyful; kind; likable; lovely; memorable; mild; nice; pleasant; sympathetic; uplifting; winsome
fein delicate; fine; fragile; frail; petite; slender; slim; small-boned; tender; thin aesthetic; appealing; blunt; classical; classy; congenial; crude; dainty; decorative; distinguished; easy going; elegant; endearing; engaging; enjoyable; esthetic; explicit; fair; fine; fragile; frank; glamorous; glamourous; good; graceful; handsome; honest; in good style; in good taste; likable; lovely; nice; open; openly; ornamental; outspoken; overt; personable; petite; plain; pleasant; poor; pretty; ragged; ramshackle; rare; rarefied; refined; rickety; salutary; sincere; slight; smart; snap; sophisticated; square; straight; straightforward; stylish; subtle; sympathetic; tasteful; tastefully; teneous; true; upright; weak; winsome; with class; wobbly; wonky
feindlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy alarming; antagonistic; creepy; enemy; frightening; frightful; grisly; hateful; hostile; imminent; impending; invidious; malicious; scary; snide; spiteful; spooky; terrifying; threatening
feiner Geschmack delicate; precarious
feinfühlig delicate; easily hurt; oversensitive; sensitive; subtle; susceptible; tender diplomatic; discreet; tactful
flau delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable abject; abstemious; bland; blurred; clumsy; cowardly; craven; cringing; dawdling; dim; doltish; drab; dragging; drooping; dull; faint; flat; gawky; grey; hazy; inactive; indolent; inert; languid; lazy; limp; lingering; listless; mat; misty; not very good; owlish; passive; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; saltless; shuffling; slow; slow of understanding; sluggish; stiff; tardy; tasteless; unclear; undefinable; uneasy; unhandy; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; wobbly; wonky; wooden
furchtbar critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy abhorrent; abominable; alarming; appalling; awful; barbaric; blast; brutal; creepy; cruel; crying shame; crying to heaven; damn it; darned; dash it; disgraceful; disgusting; dreadful; enormously; exceedingly; exceptionally; extraordinarily; extremely; frightening; frightful; grisly; gruesome; hateful; heinous; horrible; horribly; immensely; imminent; impending; inhuman; inhumane; invidious; malicious; obnoxious; outrageous; rank; repelling; repugnant; repulsive; revolting; scandalous; scary; shocking; snide; spiteful; spooky; terrible; terribly; terrifying; threatening
gebrechlich delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable abstemious; clumsy; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; inferior; meager; meagre; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; puny; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; skinny; stiff; thin; uneasy; unhandy; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
gefährlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy alarming; antagonistic; creepy; dangerous; deceptive; enemy; frightening; frightful; grisly; hateful; hazardous; hostile; imminent; impending; invidious; malicious; perilous; risky; scary; snide; spiteful; spooky; terrifying; threatening; unsafe
gläsern delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable as clear as plain day-light; as plain as day; bright; clarifying; clear; clear as daylight; clear-cut; cooked; diaphanous; distinct; done; evident; flagrant; glass; glass-like; glassiness; glasslike; glassy; glazed; luminous; manifest; obvious; pellucid; ragged; ramshackle; rare; rarefied; rickety; see-through; teneous; translucent; transparent; vitreous; wobbly; wonky
grazil delicate; lightly built; petite; slender; slight; small-boned; thin aesthetic; charming; classical; classy; dainty; elegant; esthetic; glamorous; glamourous; graceful; handsome; in good style; in good taste; lovely; nice; personable; petite; pretty; refined; slight; smart; snap; sophisticated; stylish; tasteful; with class
heikel critical; delicate; fragile; frail; perilous; precarious; tender; touchy dangerous; deceptive; hazardous; perilous; risky; unsafe
herrlich delicate; fine; slim blessed; blinding; brilliant; ceremonious; cherubic; cool; dazzling; delicious; delightful; distinguished; divine; easy going; exquisite; famous; fantastic; glittering; glorious; good; gorgeous; heavenly; high ranking; illustrious; lovely; magnificent; nice; noteworthy; outrageous; paradisiacal; pleasant; ravishing; renowned; solemn; splendid; stately; super; very tasteful; weighty; wonderful
hilflos delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable abstemious; awkward; clumsy; defenceless; defenseless; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; fumbling; gawky; helpless; impotent; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; powerless; sick; stiff; uneasy; unhandy; wan; weak; wooden
hinderlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy aggravating; annoying; boring; bothersome; dreadful; dull; hindrance-causing; inconvenient; troublesome
hinfällig delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable abstemious; clumsy; dilapidated; doltish; faint; feeble; flimsy; frail; gawky; inferior; languishing; lean; lingering; long in the tooth; miserable; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; ruinous; seedy; shabby; sick; sickly; stiff; thin; uneasy; unhandy; unsightly; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
kränklich delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable abstemious; ailing; clumsy; doltish; faint; feeble; frail; gawky; having one's period; in bad health; maladroit; meager; meagre; menstruating; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; puny; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; sickly; skinny; stiff; thin; uneasy; unhandy; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
leichtgebaut delicate; petite; slender; small-boned; thin
liebend delicate; fragile; frail; tender affectionate; fond; loving
lästig annoying; critical; delicate; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; perilous; precarious; touchy; unfit; unsuitable abstemious; aggravating; annoying; awkward; boring; bothersome; clumsy; disagreeable; doltish; dreadful; dull; embarrassed; gawky; hindrance-causing; ill-at-ease; inconvenient; incriminating; not very good; owlish; poor; stiff; tough; tricky; troublesome; uncomfortable; uneasy; unhandy; unpleasant; unwelcome; wooden
mißlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy abstemious; awkward; clumsy; dangerous; deceptive; doltish; gawky; hazardous; ill-at-ease; not very good; owlish; perilous; poor; risky; stiff; uncomfortable; uneasy; unhandy; unsafe; wooden
mäkelig critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy carping; fault-finding; nitpicking
mürbe delicate; fragile; frail; tender; vulnerable brittle; crisp; crumbly; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; rotten; soft; spongy; succulent; tender; wobbly; wonky; woolly; wooly
nicht im richtigen Moment annoying; delicate; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; unfit; unsuitable ill-timed; inconvenient; not at the right time; premature; untimely
peinlich critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy awkward; embarrassing; painful
prekär critical; delicate; perilous; precarious; touchy dangerous; hazardous; risky
quetschbar delicate; fragile

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Related Definitions for "delicate":

  1. exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury1
    • a delicate violin passage1
    • delicate china1
    • a delicate flavor1
    • the delicate wing of a butterfly1
  2. easily broken or damaged or destroyed1
    • a kite too delicate to fly safely1
  3. difficult to handle; requiring great tact1
    • delicate negotiations with the big powers1
  4. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety1
  5. of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely1
    • almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments1
  6. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique1
    • a surgeon's delicate touch1
  7. easily hurt1
    • a baby's delicate skin1

Wiktionary Translations for delicate:

delicate
adjective
  1. easily damaged or requiring careful handling
delicate
adjective
  1. mit Schwierigkeiten verbunden
  2. zart gebaut, zierlich
  3. Einfühlsamkeit, Taktgefühl besitzend
  4. physisch: dünn, zart, feinkörnig
  5. schwierig, kompliziert, heikel, auch schwer verständlich (im zwischenmenschlichen oder gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhang verwendet)
  6. mit Zurückhaltung/Feingefühl zu behandeln, behandelt

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
delicate delikat; fein; gelinde; zart; köstlich; lecker; wohlschmeckend; zartfühlend; feinfühlend; feinfühlig; empfindlich; taktvoll; behutsam; heikel; kitzlig; wählerisch; subtil délicat — Qui est d’une très grande finesse, très délié.
delicate grell; herb; scharf; beißend; heftig; hart; rau; streng; spitzfindig; subtil; geistreich; sinnreich; witzig findélié, menu, mince ou étroit.