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Translate beggarly from English to German

Summary

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beggar:
- Bettler
Wiktionary:
- beggar → Bettler, Bettlerin, Mokkum-Geier
- beggar → Bettler

English

Detailed Translations for beggarly from English to German

beggarly:

Translation Matrix for beggarly:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mean

Synonyms for "beggarly":

mean; poor
stingy; ungenerous

Related Definitions for "beggarly":

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt¹
marked by poverty befitting a beggar¹
- a beggarly existence in the slums¹

beggarly form of beggar:

beggar [the ~] noun

the beggar (rascal; vagrants)
der Bettler
- Bettler [der ~] noun

Translation Matrix for beggar:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Bettler	beggar; rascal; vagrants	bourgeois; common folk; populace
-	mendicant
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	pauperise; pauperize

Related Words for "beggar":

beggars, beggarly

Synonyms for "beggar":

Related Definitions for "beggar":

a pauper who lives by begging¹
reduce to beggary¹
be beyond the resources of¹
- This beggars description!¹

Wiktionary Translations for beggar:

beggar

noun

person who begs
- beggar → Bettler; Bettlerin

beggar

noun

(umgangssprachlich) städtischer Müßiggänger; Bettler, Hausierer
- Mokkum-Geier → hawker; beggar; urban idler
bedürftiger Mensch, der von Almosen lebt
- Bettler → beggar

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• beggar	→ Bettler	↔ gueux — (vieilli) ou ironique\|fr Celui qui fait métier de demander l’aumône, mendiant.
• beggar	→ Bettler	↔ mendiant — Celui, celle qui fait profession de mendier.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University