English-German translations for waver

schwanken
Unser Parlament, Herr Präsident, darf angesichts der Komplexität dieser Zeiten nicht schwanken. Mr President, Parliament must not waver in the face of the complex nature of these times. Dies bedeutet, dass, wenn nationale Regierungen aufgrund interner Fragen schwanken, wir kein Instrument haben, das wir zur Realisierung einer möglichen Lösung unserer Probleme aktivieren können. That means that, when national governments are wavering due to internal issues, we do not have an instrument that we can activate in order to implement what might be a solution to our problems.
wackeln

wanken
Meine Damen und Herren in Europa, geraten Sie beim nächsten Krieg nicht wieder derartig ins Wanken. Ladies and gentlemen in Europe, do not waver around the next war in this way. Das Fundament der Weltordnung ist durch den internationalen Terrorismus ins Wanken geraten. The very principles of international order are wavering because of international terrorism. Bisherige Überzeugungen geraten ins Wanken, und zwar selbst in den Staaten, die an der Todesstrafe festhalten, wie etwa in den USA, und in den islamischen Ländern bilden sich Koalitionen. People are wavering, even in States that still maintain the death penalty, such as the US, and coalitions are forming in Muslim countries.
torkeln

To sway back and forth; to totter or reel
To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light
To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice
To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way
To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate
An act of wavering, vacillating, etc
Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood

Flowers wavered in the breeze.
His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.
I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers.
Johnny is such a little waver; everyone who passes by receives his preferred greeting.

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