Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| scarce adj. | knapp | ||||||
| tight adj. | knapp | ||||||
| narrow adj. | knapp | ||||||
| short adj. | knapp | ||||||
| scanty adj. | knapp | ||||||
| curt adj. | knapp | ||||||
| curtly adv. | knapp | ||||||
| scant adj. | knapp | ||||||
| scarcely adv. | knapp | ||||||
| skimpy adj. | knapp | ||||||
| terse adj. | knapp | ||||||
| concise adj. | knapp | ||||||
| scrimpy adj. | knapp | ||||||
| skimpily adj. | knapp | ||||||
Verbs | |||||||
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| to run short | knapp werden | ||||||
| to be in short supply | knapp sein | ||||||
| to shorten sth. | shortened, shortened | | etw.acc. knapp machen | ||||||
| to be hard up for sth. | knapp sein an etw.dat. | ||||||
| to be strapped for sth. | knapp an etw.acc. sein | ||||||
| to keep so. short of sth. | jmdn. mit etw.dat. knapphalten or: knapp halten | hielt knapp, knappgehalten | | ||||||
| to pip so. | pipped, pipped | [coll.] (Brit.) | jmdn. knapp besiegen | ||||||
| to pip so. | pipped, pipped | [coll.] (Brit.) | jmdn. knapp schlagen | ||||||
| to edge so. ⇔ out [coll.] [SPORT.] | jmdn. knapp besiegen | ||||||
| to be short of sth. | an etw.acc. knapp sein | ||||||
| to be short of money | knapp bei Kasse sein | ||||||
| to be hard-pressed for money | knapp bei Kasse sein | ||||||
| to be pinched for money | knapp bei Kasse sein | ||||||
| to be short of foreign exchange | knapp an Devisen sein | ||||||
Nouns | |||||||
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| tight piece rate | knapper Akkordsatz | ||||||
| tight rate | knapper Akkordsatz | ||||||
| slim majority | knappe Mehrheit | ||||||
| scarce goods | knappe Waren | ||||||
| tight time schedule | knapper Zeitplan | ||||||
| close-run thing | knappe Sache | ||||||
| short supply | knapper Vorrat | ||||||
| close run | knappes Ergebnis | ||||||
| scarce good [ECON.] | knappes Gut | ||||||
| tight money [FINAN.] | knappe Geldmenge | ||||||
| scarce resources [ECON.] | knappe Ressourcen | ||||||
| close time [TECH.] | knappe Vorgabezeit | ||||||
| tight money [FINAN.] | knappes Geld | ||||||
| tight rates [INSUR.] | knappe Raten | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| leaving someone with a narrow margin for something [INSUR.] | knapp kalkuliert | ||||||
| our prices are very competitive | unsere Preise sind knapp kalkuliert | ||||||
| always short of money | immer knapp bei Kasse | ||||||
| He just escaped being killed. | Er entging knapp dem Tode. | ||||||
| He barely escaped being killed. | Er entging knapp dem Tode. | ||||||
| money is tight | das Geld ist knapp | ||||||
| supplies continue to be rather short | die Lieferungen sind weiterhin knapp | ||||||
| in times of shortage | in Zeiten, in denen die Ware knapp ist | ||||||
| when you are in short supply | wenn Sie knapp an Ware sind | ||||||
| He won by a close vote. | Er gewann mit knapper Mehrheit. | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| That was a near thing. chiefly (Brit.) | Das war knapp. | ||||||
| That was a close thing. | Das war knapp. | ||||||
| that was a close call | das war knapp | ||||||
| Close, but no cigar. | Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. | ||||||
| A miss is as good as a mile. | Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. | ||||||
| Close, but no cigar. | Knapp vorbei ist auch daneben. | ||||||
| A miss is as good as a mile. | Knapp vorbei ist auch daneben. | ||||||
| to be short of cash | knapp bei Kasse sein | ||||||
| strapped adj. [coll.] | knapp bei Kasse | ||||||
| That was a close call. | Das war aber knapp. | ||||||
| That was a close shave. [coll.] | Das war aber knapp. | ||||||
| by the skin of one's teeth | mit knapper Not | ||||||
| in a nutshell | in knappster Form | ||||||
