English-German translations for floating

  • fließend
  • Flößerei
  • schwimmendWir haben hier ein schwimmendes schrottreifes Schiff, eine gefährliche Ladung, ein undurchsichtiges Netz von Interessen gewissenloser Unternehmer, das bloßgelegt und angeprangert werden muss. We are dealing with a floating dump, with dangerous goods, with an opaque network of the interests of soulless businessmen that we should untangle and condemn. Warum muss beispielsweise ein französisches Unternehmen einen ausländischen Schiffseigner mit zweifelhafter Flagge anheuern, dessen Mannschaft ein wahrhaftes schwimmendes "Babel " darstellt? Why, for example, is a French company forced to go to a foreign ship owner, flying a dubious flag, with a crew that can only be described as a floating 'Babel' ?

Definition of floating

  • That floats or float
  • Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift
  • that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme
  • The motion of something that floats
  • The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls

Examples

  • floating buoys
  • The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
  • In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
  • You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.

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