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gooseberries

/ˈɡuːzbɛriz/ /ˈɡuːsbɛriz/

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noun

Stachelbeeren

A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.

Examples :

"We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year."

Wir hatten dieses Jahr eine gute Ernte an Stachelbeeren von unseren Büschen.

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Stachelbeeren

Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.

Examples :

"My grandmother's garden had both currants and gooseberries, but I had to be careful picking the gooseberries because the bushes had prickly spines. "

Der Garten meiner Großmutter hatte sowohl Johannisbeeren als auch Stachelbeeren, aber ich musste beim Pflücken der Stachelbeeren vorsichtig sein, weil die Büsche stachelige Dornen hatten.

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Stachelbeeren

Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:

Examples :

"Even though they're called "gooseberries," Cape gooseberries are actually in the nightshade family, making them distant cousins of tomatoes rather than true gooseberries. "

Obwohl sie als „Stachelbeeren“ bezeichnet werden, gehören Kapstachelbeeren tatsächlich zur Nachtschattengewächsfamilie, was sie eher zu entfernten Verwandten der Tomaten als zu echten Stachelbeeren macht.

fruit plant food

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Aufsichtsperson, Begleiter

(British slang) A chaperone.

Examples :

""We couldn't hold hands at the dance because Aunt Mildred was playing gooseberries the whole time." "

Wir konnten uns beim Tanz nicht an den Händen halten, weil Tante Mildred die ganze Zeit die Aufsichtsperson spielte.

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Störenfried, unnötige Person

An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.

Examples :

"Robert and Susan were so in love with each other that nobody could go near them without feeling like a gooseberry."

Robert und Susan waren so verliebt, dass sich jeder, der in ihrer Nähe war, wie ein Störenfried vorkam.

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Dummkopf, Narr

(British slang) A fool.

Examples :

""Don't be such a gooseberries; you can't actually believe everything you read online." "

Sei doch kein Dummkopf; du kannst doch nicht wirklich alles glauben, was du online liest.

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Märchen, Seemannsgarn

(British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.

Examples :

""He told me he won the lottery twice, but I think that's just a load of gooseberries." "

„Er hat mir erzählt, er hätte zweimal im Lotto gewonnen, aber ich glaube, das ist nur Seemannsgarn.“

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Hoden

(British slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.

Examples :

"He took a sharp intake of breath and clutched at his trousers, muttering about having kicked himself in the gooseberries. "

Er holte tief Luft und krallte sich an seiner Hose fest, murmelnd, er hätte sich selbst in die Hoden getreten.

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