English-German translations for chaff

• Spreu die
  Doch in schwierigen Zeiten trennt sich auch die Spreu vom Weizen. Difficult times separate the wheat from the chaff.
  Deshalb gilt es, die Spreu vom Weizen zu trennen. We must therefore separate the wheat from the chaff.
  Es ist uns keineswegs gelungen, den Weizen von der Spreu zu sondern. I think we have managed to separate the wheat from the chaff.
• Düppel monikko
• Kaff das
• Spelze die

Definition of chaff

• The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant
• Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle
• Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless
• Light jesting talk; banter; raillery
• To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter

Examples

• To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff

Related words

• chaffinch
• chiffchaff
• Schaffhausen
• chaffer
• chaffweed
• Aschaffenburg
• chaffy
• Chaffcombe
• awnchaff