English-German translations for splinter

• Splitter der
  Es ist stets schwerer, den Balken im eigenen Auge zu bemerken, als den Splitter im Auge eines anderen zu sehen. It is always more difficult to see the beam in our own eye than the splinter in someone else's eye.
  Schlimm ist dabei insbesondere, dass die Splitter der Streubomben, die im Körper eines Menschen zurückbleiben, fast nie wieder zu entfernen sind. The particularly dreadful thing about it is that the splinters from the cluster bombs that remain in the human body are almost never capable of being removed.
• Spreißel der
• zersplittern
• Scherbe die
• Schiefer der
• Span der
• Speil
• Splittergruppe die
• splittern

Definition of splinter

• A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood
• A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit
• To come apart into long sharp fragments
• To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments
• To break, or cause to break, into factions
• To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb

Examples

• The tall tree splintered during the storm.
• His third kick splintered the door.
• The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
• The unpopular new policies splintered the company.

Related words

• splintering
• shellsplinter
• splinter party
• splinter group
• splinter bar
• splinter protection