Adjectives / Adverbs | |||||||
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| deserving adj. | verdienend | ||||||
| meritorious adj. | Anerkennung verdienend | ||||||
| well-to-do adj. | besser verdienend | ||||||
| hard-earned adj. | redlich verdient | ||||||
| hard-earned adj. | sauer verdient | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| verdienend | |||||||
| verdienen (Verb) | |||||||
| sich verdienen (Dativ-sich) (Verb) | |||||||
Prepositions / Pronouns | |||||||
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| earned adj. | Verdienst... | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to bring home the bacon [coll.] [fig.] | die Brötchen verdienen [coll.] | ||||||
| to be coining money | Geld wie Heu verdienen | ||||||
| to make a mint | sichdat. eine goldene Nase verdienen [fig.] | ||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| She earns lots of money, most of which she spends on new clothes. | Sie verdient einen Haufen Geld, von dem sie das Meiste (or: meiste) für neue Klamotten ausgibt. | ||||||
| You deserve to be promoted. | Du verdienst es, befördert zu werden. | ||||||
| What does he do for a living? | Womit verdient er sein Brot? | ||||||
| What does he do for a living? | Womit verdient er seinen Lebensunterhalt? | ||||||
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