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The German word for sharp is
scharf





sharp

German Definition


sharp
     Adjektiv:
     [1] so, dass es gut schneidet (zum Beispiel ein Messer oder eine Axt)
     [2] intelligent
     [3a] Musik: um einen halben Ton erhöht, mit #
     [3b] Musik: (Ton) nicht ganz rein, sondern ein bisschen zu hoch
          [1] I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
            Ich halte meine Messer scharf, so dass sie beim Schnitzen nicht unerwartet abrutschen.
          [2] You may think she is a bit of a nerd, but she is extremely sharp.
          [3a] At the recital, he played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor.
          [3a] The last note is not a C natural - it's a C sharp.
          [3b] In measure #26, your F was a bit sharp. Can you please sing it again?



Translations for sharp and their definitions

scharf ©
     adj. sharp; able to cut (knife, edge)
     adj. sharp (criticism, perception, intellect)
     adj. sharp; in focus (picture, script)
     adj. hot; spicy; pungent (taste)
     adj. hot; sexy; attractive
     adj. hot; aroused; horny
     adj. live (bomb or ammunition)


Spitz
     n-m. spitz
     adj. pointed, pointy
     adj. sharp
     adj. spiky
     adj. (colloquial) horny
     v. singular imperative of spitzen
     v. colloquial of



Hoch ©
     n. high, anticyclone
     adj. high, tall
     adj. high, great, immense
     adj. grand, important
     adv. up, upwards
     adv. (colloquial figurative) northwards
          Wir fahren hoch an die Küste. - We'll drive up to the coast.
     adv. (mathematics) to the power of
          fünf hoch vier - five to the power of four, (5⁴)


stechend
     Participle. present participle of stechen
     adj. piercing, biting, penetrating
     adj. pungent
     adj. (pain) stabbing



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