English-Dutch translations for groan

  • kreun
  • kreunen
    Onze grote steden kreunen nu al onder het probleem van de massale en ongecontroleerde immigratie. Our cities are already groaning under the problems of mass, uncontrolled immigration. Wij in het Westen zullen kreunen, een gezicht trekken en ons erbij neerleggen; in ontwikkelingslanden is het een zaak van leven en dood. We in the West will groan, grin and bear it; in the developing world, it is a matter of life or death. Ze horen hun vader schreeuwen, ze horen hoe hij hun moeder trapt en slaat en ze horen het kreunen van hun moeder. They hear their father shouting, they hear him kicking and striking their mother and they hear their mother's groans.
  • steunen
  • zucht
  • zuchten

Definition of groan

  • A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief
  • of an object) A low creaking sound from applied pressure or weight
  • To make a groan
  • To strive after earnestly, as if with groans

Examples

  • We groaned at his awful jokes
  • The wooden table groaned under the weight of the banquet

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