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wild

Pronunciation: /waɪld/

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German translation of wild

A. adj.

  • 1 wild lebend [Tier]; wild wachsend [Pflanze]
  • 3 (unrestrained) wild [Erregung] run wild [Pferd, Hund] = frei herumlaufen; [Kind] = herumtoben send or drive sb. wild = jmdn. rasend vor Erregung machen
  • 4 (coll.) (very keen) be wild about sb./sth. = wild auf jmdn./etw. sein

B. n.

  • the wild[s] = die Wildnis see an animal in the wild = ein Tier in freier Wildbahn sehen

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