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German Translation of “shy”

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shy (ʃaɪ Pronunciation for shy ) 

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adjective

  1. schüchtern, gschamig (Austria)
    1. animal scheu
     ⇒ don't be shy nur keine Hemmungen! (informal) ⇒ to be shy of/with sb Hemmungen vor/gegenüber jdm haben ⇒ to feel shy schüchtern sein
  2. (especially US, informal) we're 3 dollars shy wir haben 3 Dollar zu wenig

intransitive verb

  1. [horse] scheuen (at vor + dative)

'shy' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: خَجُولPronunciation for خَجُول
  • Brazilian Portuguese: tímidoPronunciation for tímido tímida
  • Chinese: 腼腆的Pronunciation for 腼腆的
  • Croatian: stidljivPronunciation for stidljiv stidljiva
  • Czech: ostýchavýPronunciation for ostýchavý
  • Danish: genertPronunciation for genert
  • Dutch: verlegenPronunciation for verlegen
  • European Spanish: tímidoPronunciation for tímido tímida
  • Finnish: ujoPronunciation for ujo
  • French: timidePronunciation for timide
  • German: schüchternPronunciation for schüchtern
  • Greek: ντροπαλόςPronunciation for ντροπαλός ντροπαλή
  • Italian: timidoPronunciation for timido timida
  • Japanese: 内気なPronunciation for 内気な
  • Korean: 부끄럼 타는Pronunciation for 부끄럼 타는
  • Norwegian: skyPronunciation for sky
  • Polish: nieśmiałyPronunciation for nieśmiały nieśmiała
  • Portuguese: tímidoPronunciation for tímido tímida
  • Romanian: timid timid, timidă, timizi, timide
  • Russian: робкийPronunciation for робкий робкая
  • Spanish: tímidoPronunciation for tímido tímida
  • Swedish: blygPronunciation for blyg blygt
  • Thai: ขี้อายPronunciation for ขี้อาย
  • Turkish: utangaçPronunciation for utangaç
  • Ukrainian: сором'язливий
  • Vietnamese: bẽn lẽnPronunciation for bẽn lẽn

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