English-German translations for limbo

  • LimbusderSeither befinden wir uns in einer Art Limbus und wiederholen immer wieder, wie wichtig die Beziehungen mit Russland sind. In the mean time, we are left in a sort of limbo, repeating again and again how important relations with Russia are.
  • Vorhölledie
  • Fegefeuerdas
  • Limbo
  • Purgatoriumdas
  • SchwebezustandderHerr Präsident! Ich möchte die Aufmerksamkeit auf die erbärmliche Lage von Wanderarbeitnehmern in der Union sowie auf den juristischen Schwebezustand lenken, in dem sich viele von ihnen befinden. Mr President, I should like to draw attention to the deplorable situation of migrant workers in the Union and the legal limbo they often find themselves in.
  • VergessenheitdieVon mehreren Regierungen wurde die Regierung von Sambia aufgefordert, ihn freizulassen oder vor Gericht zu stellen, und jetzt scheint er in einen Zustand der Vergessenheit geraten zu sein. Several governments have asked the Zambian Government to release him or charge him and, at present, he seems to be in a state of limbo.

Definition of limbo

  • The place where innocent souls exist temporarily until they can enter heaven, notably those of the saints who died before the advent of Christ and those of unbaptized but innocent children (''limbus infantum''
  • A dance played by taking turns crossing under a horizontal bar or stick. The stick is lowered with each round, and the game is won by the player who passes under the bar in the lowest position
  • To dance in this way

Examples

  • My application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.

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