| Zusätzliche Übersetzungen |
| straight adj | (hair: not curly) (Haar) | glatt Adj |
| | She has straight, shoulder-length hair. |
| straight adj | (honest) | ehrlich Adj |
| | | aufrichtig Adj |
| | I don't try to tell you what I think you want to hear, just the straight answers. |
| straight adj | informal, figurative (conventional) | spießig Adj |
| | | spießerhaft, spießbürgerlich Adj |
| | My parents are so straight - they'd be horrified if I got a tattoo! |
| straight adj | (even) | gerade Adj |
| | Is this painting on the wall straight or is it leaning to the left? |
| straight adj | (consecutive) | in Folge Präp + Nf |
| | The team celebrated their tenth straight win. |
| straight adj | (consistent) | gleichbleibend Adj |
| | | stimmig Adj |
| | We called him in to testify three times, and he always kept his story straight. |
| straight adj | (unmixed, undiluted) | pur Adj |
| | I drink my whisky straight, without any mixers. |
| straight adj | (not using alcohol or drugs) (Alkohol) | trocken Adj |
| | (ugs: Drogen) | clean Adj |
| | I used to have a problem with drugs, but I have now been straight for five years. |
| straight adj | (face, man: not comic) | ernst Adj |
| | He said it with a straight face, so I don't think he was joking. |
| straight adv | (at first hand) | direkt Adj |
| | | aus erster Hand Rdw |
| | Did you hear that straight from the source, or was it through somebody else? |
| straight adv | (directly) | direkt Adj |
| | | geradewegs Adv |
| | He went straight to the shop, having heard that the jeans were on sale. |
| straight adv | (in the same direction) | geradeaus Adv |
| | After we were told that we were going in the right direction, we continued straight. |
| straight adv | figurative (correctly) | korrekt Adj als Adv |
| | | richtig Adj als Adv |
| | Do I have the story straight? Is that the way it goes? |
| straight adv | (on target) (zielgerichtet) | direkt Adj |
| | | geradewegs Adj |
| | The missile flew straight to its target. |
| straight adv | (right, immediately) | direkt Adj |
| | | sofort Adv |
| | After hearing the decision, he went straight to his boss to talk about it. |
| straight adv | informal (consecutively) | in Folge Präp + Nf |
| | I haven't eaten for three days straight. |
| straight adv | (not slouching) | gerade Adv |
| | | aufrecht Adv |
| | Sit up straight! |
| straight n | US (straight line) | Gerade Nf |
| | | Linie Nf |
| | You need to draw a curved line here, and then two straights. |
| straight n | (part of a racecourse) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | The horses finished the curve and headed into the final straight. |
| straight n | (sports: series) (Sport) | Serie Nf |
| | The home team is in the middle of a seven-game straight. |
| straight n | (poker hand) (Poker) | Straße Nf |
| | He won the poker hand with a 2-3-4-5-6 straight. |
| straight n | slang, dated (conservative person) | Spießer Nm |
| | My mother will not approve of my new piercing - she is such a straight! |
| straight n | informal (heterosexual) (formell) | Heterosexueller Nm |
| | (umgangssprachlich) | Hetero Nm |
| | My gay friend prefers to hang out with straights. |
Zusammengesetzte Wörter:
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| back straight n | (part of a racecourse, track) | Gegengerade Nf |
dead right,
dead straight adj | slang (totally correct) (Slang) | einen drauf lassen können Rdw |
| | | völlig recht Adj + Adj |
| | | absolut richtig Adj + Adj |
| | How did you know that answer? You are dead right! You were dead right about that guy; he is a total creep! |
| go straight vi + adj | slang (stop committing crimes) | keine krummen Dinger mehr drehen Rdw |
| | | sauber sein Adj + Vi |
| | After coming out of prison, Alan was determined to go straight. |
| go straight on v expr | (continue ahead) | geradeaus gehen Adv + Vi |
| | | weiter geradeaus gehen Rdw |
| | Go straight on till you reach the next lights, then turn left. |
| go straight on doing [sth] v expr | informal (continue to do [sth]) | weitermachen Vi, sepa |
| | Jill decided to go straight on doing what she loved to do. |
go to [sb]'s head,
go straight to [sb]'s head v expr | (make drunk) | betrunken machen Adj + Vt |
| | That glass of wine has gone straight to my head! |
| | Dieses Glas Wein hat mich sofort betrunken gemacht! |
| head straight for [sth] v expr | (person: go directly) | direkt zu etwas gehen Rdw |
| | (informell) | schnurstracks auf etwas zusteuern Rdw |
| | Bianca grabbed her coat and headed straight for the exit. |
| head straight for [sth/sb] v expr | (vehicle: move towards) | direkt auf jemanden zukommen Rdw |
| | | genau in die Richtung von jemandem steuern Rdw |
| | When Colin looked up, he realized the truck was heading straight for him. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | (end section of a race track) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | | Endspurt Nm |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | (final stages of race or journey) | letzter Meter Adj + Nm |
| | (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | As they approached the home stretch, the two runners engaged in a thrilling race to the finish line. |
homestretch,
also UK: home stretch,
home straight n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) (übertragen) | Endpsurt Nm |
| | (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | (übertragen) | letzten Meter Pron + Npl |
the homestretch (US),
the home stretch,
the home straight (UK) n | figurative (final stages of [sth]) (übertragen) | Zielgerade Nf |
| | | letzter Abschnitt Adj + Nm |
| | This project has taken almost two years of hard work by the team, but we are now in the home stretch. |
| keep a straight face v expr | informal (look serious, avoid smiling) | sich das Lachen verkneifen Rdw |
| | | ernst gucken Adv + Vi |
| | | keine Miene verziehen Rdw |
| | It was difficult to keep a straight face when I played that prank on my coworkers. |
| on the straight and narrow expr | figurative (in a respectable way) | nach Recht und Gesetz Rdw |
| | | auf dem rechten Weg Rdw |
| | Matt has always lived his life on the straight and narrow; he's never even gotten a parking ticket! |
set the record straight,
put the record straight v expr | (correct false account) | richtigstellen Vt, sepa |
| | | berichtigen Vt |
| | | korrigieren Vt |
| straight ahead adv | (directly in front) | geradeaus Adv |
| | | direkt davor Adj + Adv |
| | | genau davor Adj + Adv |
| | She looked straight ahead in order to avoid eye contact with him. |
| the straight and narrow n | figurative (virtuous conduct) | der Pfad der Tugend Rdw |
| straight away adv | (immediately) | sofort Adv |
| | | gleich Adv |
| | (formell) | umgehend, unmittelbar Adv |
| | Uh-oh - the boss wants to see you straight away. |
| | Oh, oh, der Chef will dich sofort sprechen. |
| straight face n | (unsmiling expression) | ernst gucken Adj + Vi |
| | | ernster Gesichtsausdruck Adj + Nm |
| | (übertragen) | keine Miene verziehen Rdw |
| | I don't think Alice was joking about her plan; she said it with a straight face. |
| straight hair n | (hair which has no curl) | glatte Haare Npl |
| | | glattes Haar Nn |
| | Most Amerindians have dark straight hair. |
| | Die meisten Indianer haben dunkle glatte Haare. |
| straight line n | (long mark with no curves) | gerade Linie Adj + Nf |
| | I can't draw a straight line without using a guide. |
| | The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. |
| straight off adv | informal (immediately) | sofort Adv |
| | | jetzt gleich Adv |
| | | unmittelbar Adv |
| | I'll mail that package straight off to make sure it gets there on time. |
| straight on adv | (directly ahead) | geradeaus Adv |
| | | nach vorne Präp + Adv |
| | | direkt davor Adj + Adv |
| | Just go straight on - the church is on the left. |
| straight out adv | informal (without hesitating) | direkt Adv |
| | | ohne Umschweife Präp + Npl |
| | The minute we met, the guy asked me straight out if I had a boyfriend. |
| straight out adv | (in plain speaking) | direkt Adv |
| | | klipp und klar Rdw |
| | My boss told me straight out that I wasn't suited to the job. |
| straight through adv | (directly, without stopping) | durch Adv |
| | | weiter Adv |
| | I wanted to stop and see the sights, but he insisted on driving straight through. |
| straight through adv + prep | (directly through the middle of) | direkt durch Adv + Präp |
| | | in mitten durch Rdw |
| | He drove straight through our town and didn't even stop to visit. |
| straight up adv | (directly upwards) | nach oben Präp + Adv |
| | If you look straight up in the August night sky, you should see the constellation Orion. |
| | The firework shot straight up in the air and exploded in a blaze of sparks. |
| | Wenn man in einer Augustnacht nach oben in den Himmel blickt, sollte man Orion sehen können. |
straight up,
straight-up adj | slang (alcohol: no ice or water) | ohne Eis Präp + Nn |
| Anmerkung: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | This is a straight-up drink made with tequila. |
| | Dies ist ein Getränk mit Tequila ohne Eis. |
| straight up adv | slang (alcohol: without ice or water) | ohne Eis Präp + Nn |
| | This cocktail is served straight up. |
| | Dieser Cocktail wird ohne Eis serviert. |
| straight up adj | slang (honest, trustworthy) | direkt Adj |
| | | ehrlich Adj |
| | | geradeheraus Adj |
| | That preacher's as straight up as they come. |
| | Dieser Priester ist sehr direkt. |
| straight up adv | slang (honestly) (Slang, vulgär) | ohne Scheiß Präp + Nm |
| | | ganz ehrlich Adj + Adj |
| | Tell me straight up, does this dress make me look fat? |
| | Sag mir ohne Scheiß, macht mich das Kleid dick? |
| straight-faced adj | (showing no emotion) | mit einem neutralen Gesichtsausdruck Rdw |
| | | ohne eine Miene zu verziehen Rdw |
straightaway,
straight away adv | (immediately) (umgangssprachlich) | gleich Adv |
| | | sofort Adv |
| | | umgehend Adv |
| | Come home straightaway after work and we'll eat early. |
| | Komme gleich nach der Arbeit nach Hause und wir werden früher essen. |
straitlaced (US),
straightlaced (US),
strait-laced,
straight-laced adj | (prim, proper) | überkorrekt Adj |
| | | ordentlich Adj |
| | | prüde Adj |