German-English translations for wirbel

• fuss
  However, the fuss stirred up in Romania a few days ago can only be explained by the lack of this reciprocity. Der Wirbel, der vor ein paar Tagen in Rumänien entstanden ist, lässt sich nur dadurch erklären, dass es an dieser Gegenseitigkeit mangelt.
  I am, for example, quite shocked by the fact that there has not been more of a fuss made about the rules on liquids in aircraft. Ich bin beispielsweise recht erstaunt, dass nicht mehr Wirbel um die Vorschriften für Flüssigkeiten in Flugzeugen veranstaltet worden ist.
  We do not fear nuclear weapons, because when Israel acquired nuclear weapons a few years ago by the same method, we did not kick up such a fuss. Wir fürchten uns nicht vor Kernwaffen, denn als sich Israel vor einigen Jahren auf gleiche Weise Kernwaffen beschafft hat, haben wir nicht so einen Wirbel veranstaltet.
• vertebra
• cowlick
• eddy
• gyre
• hullaballoo
• hullabaloo
  They made such a hullabaloo about the change that the authorities were forced to change it back
• kerfuffle
• peg
  Hang your coat on the peg and come in.
  a peg to hang a claim upon
  Lets peg the rug to the floor.
• pin
  Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy
  Im not so good on my pins these days
  The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins
• roll
  To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel
  The child will roll on the floor
  To roll a sheet of paper; to roll clay or putty into a ball
• swirl
  I swirled my brush around in the paint.
• swivel
  Bob aint got no swivel.
• turbulence
• vortex
• wave
  The flag waved in the gentle breeze
  I waved goodbye from across the room
  Jones waves at strike one
• whirl
  The dancer whirled across the stage, stopped, and whirled around to face the audience
  My head is whirling after all that drink
  The dancer whirled his partner round on her toes
• whirlpool
  A whirlpool is an instance of a vortex produced by ocean tides, or by a hole underneath where the water would drain out, such as in a bathtub.
• whorl

Related words

• wirbeln
• Wirbelsturm
• Halswirbel
• Brustwirbel
• Lenderwirbel
• Bauchwirbel
• Wirbelknochen
• Wirbeltier
• zwirbeln