English-German translations for tongue

• Zunge die
  Das geht einem nicht so ganz einfach über die Zunge, oder? It does not exactly trip off the tongue, does it?
  . – Am frühen Morgen ist die Zunge noch ein bisschen langsam. My tongue is a bit slow this early in the morning.
  Auch im Parlament sprechen wir heute mit gespaltener Zunge. We are talking with forked tongues today in Parliament too.
• Sprache die
  Ich meine Katalanisch, meine Muttersprache und die Sprache von neun Millionen Europäern. I am referring to Catalan, my mother tongue and that of nine million Europeans.
  Heute verwende ich die italienische Sprache, die Sprache des Staates, nicht meine Muttersprache. Today I am using the Italian language, which is the language of the State and not my mother tongue.
  Neben seiner Muttersprache noch eine andere Sprache zu sprechen, ist die Gewähr für eine unbestreitbare geistige Offenheit. Speaking a language other than one' s mother tongue undoubtedly broadens the mind.
• Lasche die
• Feder die
• Klöppel der
• schnalzen
• züngeln

Definition of tongue

• The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is used to move food around, for tasting and that is moved into various positions to modify the flow of air from the lungs in order to produce different sounds in speech
• A language
• Speakers of a language, collectively
• Voice ; accent
• Manner of speaking, often habitually
• A person speaking in a specified manner (''most often plural''
• The power of articulate utterance; speech generally
• Discourse; fluency of speech or expression
• Honourable discourse; eulogy
• Glossolalia
• In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (''so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth''
• Any large or long physical protrusion on an automotive or machine part or any other part that fits into a long groove on another part
• A long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or lake
• The pole of a vehicle; especially, the pole of an ox cart, to the end of which the oxen are yoked
• The clapper of a bell
• An individual point of flame from a fire
• A small sole (type of fish
• A reed
• On a wind instrument, to articulate a note by starting the air with a tap of the tongue, as though by speaking a 'dor 'tsound (alveolar plosive
• To manipulate with the tongue, as in kissing or oral sex
• To join by means of a tongue and groove
• To talk; to prate
• To speak; to utter
• To chide; to scold

Examples

• cold tongue with mustard
• He was speaking in his native tongue.
• the tongue of a buckle, or of a balance
• Playing wind instruments involves tonguing on the reed or mouthpiece.
• a soil horizon that tongues into clay
• to tongue boards together