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Detailed Translations for sheer from English to German

sheer:


Translation Matrix for sheer:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- curve; cut; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- absolute; bluff; bold; downright; out-and-out; plain; rank; right-down; unmingled; unmixed
AdverbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- perpendicularly
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- downright; pure
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
ehrlich blatant; downright; plain; sheer actual; contemplative; direct; effectively; fair; frank; frontal; genuine; heartfelt; honest; in fact; in truth; indeed; it's true; moderate; open; real; really; reasonable; right; serious; sincere; sporting; straight; sure; sure enough; to be sure; true; truly; upright
einfach blatant; downright; plain; sheer absolute; actual; austere; comfortable; common; commonly; considerate; customary; demure; discreet; downright; easily; easy; effortless; free; freely; frugal; genuine; grave; habitual; humble; in truth; indeed; it's true; just; just like that; light; mean; meek; modest; not difficult; not hard; of simple origin; ordinarily; ordinary; pedestrian; quite common; real; really; scanty; sedate; simple; simply; sober; straight; thoughtlessly; to be sure; truly; unaffected; uncomplicated; unobtrusive; unpretentious; usual; vile; without any warning; without pretentions
geradeweg blatant; downright; plain; sheer
lauter blatant; downright; plain; sheer pure; straight
pur blatant; downright; plain; sheer absolute; blunt; cleaned; cleansed; crude; cut; downright; edited; explicit; expurgated; fair; frank; genuine; honest; maidenly; open; openly; outspoken; overt; plain; pure; real; sincere; square; straight; straightforward; tidied; true; unadulterated; unmixed; unspoiled; untainted; untouched; upright; virginal
rein blatant; downright; plain; sheer absolute; blunt; chaste; clean; cleaned; cleansed; crude; cut; downright; edited; explicit; expurgated; frank; fresh; hygienic; immaculate; impeccable; maidenly; mere; natural; neat; openly; outspoken; overt; plain; pure; sanitary; spotless; square; stainless; straight; straightforward; tidied; tidy; unadulterated; unbroached; unimpaired; unmixed; unopened; unspoiled; untainted; untouched; unused; unweakened; virgin; virginal
rundheraus blatant; downright; plain; sheer blunt; bluntly; certain; certainly; contemplative; direct; flatly; forthright; frank; frankly; frontal; genially; honest; of course; openly; outright; outspoken; plain; plain-spoken; positive; positively; straight; sure; sure and certain; unconcealed; undoubted
unverfälscht blatant; downright; plain; sheer absolute; actual; blunt; crude; downright; explicit; frank; genuine; in truth; indeed; it's true; maidenly; openly; outspoken; overt; plain; pure; real; really; square; straight; straightforward; to be sure; truly; unadulterated; unmixed; unspoiled; untainted; untouched; virginal

Related Words for "sheer":

  • sheerness, sheerer, sheerest

Synonyms for "sheer":


Related Definitions for "sheer":

  1. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers1
    • got the job through sheer persistence1
    • sheer stupidity1
  2. very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front1
    • a sheer descent of rock1
  3. not mixed with extraneous elements1
    • sheer wine1
  4. directly1
    • he fell sheer into the water1
  5. straight up or down without a break1
  6. cause to sheer1
    • She sheered her car around the obstacle1
  7. turn sharply; change direction abruptly1

Wiktionary Translations for sheer:

sheer
adjective
  1. very thin or transparent
  2. pure; unmixed
  3. straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular
  4. (used to emphasize)
sheer
adjective
  1. rein, von gleichmäßiger Beschaffenheit, ohne Beimengung
  2. ausschließlich, voll und ganz
  1. seemännisch: vom eigentlichen Kurs abtreiben, ausscheren

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