English-German translations for sigh

  • seufzen
    Bei Begegnungen mit Menschenrechtsaktivisten seufzen die Vertreter Brüssels traurig: "Was können wir denn tun?", und schweigen. In meetings with human rights defenders, the representatives of Brussels sigh sadly: 'What can we do?' - and remain silent.
  • Seufzerder
    Herr Präsident, ich mag diesen Seufzer der Erleichterung, der ausgestoßen wird, wenn ich mich hier zu Wort melde. Mr President, I do like the sigh of relief when I rise in this place. Dennoch sollte der Präsident die Seufzer der vor Erleichterung aufatmenden Menschen nicht für Zeichen der Bewunderung halten. But I would say to the President-in-Office that he should not mistake the sighs of relief for gasps of admiration. "Religion ist der Seufzer der bedrängten Kreatur, das Gemüt einer herzlosen Welt wie sie der Geist geistloser Zustände ist. "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions.
  • aufseufzen
  • Seufzendas
    Bei Begegnungen mit Menschenrechtsaktivisten seufzen die Vertreter Brüssels traurig: "Was können wir denn tun?", und schweigen. In meetings with human rights defenders, the representatives of Brussels sigh sadly: 'What can we do?' - and remain silent.
  • Siegder
  • wispern

Definition of sigh

  • To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like
  • To lament; to grieve
  • To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over
  • To experience an emotion associated with sighing
  • To make a sound like sighing
  • To exhale in sighs
  • To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs
  • A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing
  • Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lament
  • An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts

Examples

  • When she saw it wasnt damaged, she sighed with relief
  • He sighed. It was going to be a long night
  • He sighed over the lost opportunity
  • He silently sighed for his lost youth
  • She sighed a sigh that was nearly a groan
  • sigh a note and sing a note
  • I guess I have no choice," she sighed
  • She sighed her frustrations
  • Sigh, Im so bored at work today.

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