English-German Dictionary
German Translation of “twist”
twist (twɪst
)
Translations
noun
- (= action) to give sth a twist
etw (herum)drehen
⇒to do the twist
(= dance)Twist tanzen
- (= bend)
Kurve feminine noun
- (figurative)
- (in story etc)
Wendung feminine noun
- (in story etc)
by or in a cruel twist of fate
durch eine grausame Laune des Schicksals
- (figurative)
- (= coiled shape) salt in little twists of paper
in kleine Papierstückchen eingewickeltes Salz
- (British, informal) to go round the twist
verrückt werden
⇒she's driving me round the twist!
sie macht mich wahnsinnig!
transitive verb
-
- (= wind, turn)
drehen
- (= coil)
wickeln (into zu + dative)
to twist the top off a jar
den Deckel von einem Glas abdrehen
⇒to twist sth (a)round sth
etw um etw accusative wickeln
- (= wind, turn)
- (= bend, distort)
- rod, key
verbiegen
- part of body, meaning, words
verdrehen
to twist sth out of shape
etw verbiegen
⇒she had to twist my arm to get me to do it
(figurative)sie musste mich sehr überreden, bis ich es tat
⇒to twist one's ankle
sich dative den Fuß vertreten
⇒his face was twisted with pain
sein Gesicht war verzerrt vor Schmerz
- rod, key
intransitive verb
- (= wind)
sich drehen
- [plant]
sich ranken
- [road, river]
sich schlängeln
the kite strings have twisted (a)round the pole
die Drachenschnüre haben sich um den Pfahl verwickelt
- [plant]
- See twist about
- See twist off
- See twist round
- See twist up
Similar Words
= trait, fault, defect, peculiarity, bent, characteristic, flaw, deviation, quirk, eccentricity, oddity, aberration, imperfection, kink, foible, idiosyncrasy, proclivity, crotchet
'twist' in Other Languages
- Arabic: يَلْوي
- Brazilian Portuguese: torcer
- Chinese: 扭曲
- Croatian: uvrnuti
- Czech: kroutit zakroutit
- Danish: sno
- Dutch: samendraaien
- European Spanish: retorcer
- Finnish: kieputtaa
- French: vriller
- German: drehen
- Greek: συστρέφω
- Italian: torcere
- Japanese: ねじる
- Korean: ...을 비틀다
- Norwegian: vri
- Polish: przekręcić przekręcać
- Portuguese: torcer
- Romanian: a împleti
- Russian: крутить
- Spanish: retorcer
- Swedish: vrida
- Thai: บิดเป็นเกลียว
- Turkish: bükmek
- Ukrainian: крутити
- Vietnamese: xoắn
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