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noun

Tippen, Klopfen

The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep

Examples :

"The little girl's light pat on the door announced her arrival. "

Das leichte Klopfen des kleinen Mädchens an der Tür kündigte ihre Ankunft an.

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noun

Tätscheln, Klaps

A light tap or slap, especially with the hands

Examples :

"The little girl gave her doll a gentle pat on the head. "

Das kleine Mädchen gab ihrer Puppe ein sanftes Tätscheln auf den Kopf.

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noun

Klumpen, Batzen

A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully scraped the pat of cow dung off the side of the barn. "

Der Bauer kratzte vorsichtig den Klumpen Kuhdung von der Seite der Scheune ab.

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verb

Klopfen, tätscheln

To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.

Examples :

"To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head."

Um Zuneigung zu zeigen, beschloss er, dem Jungen den Kopf zu tätscheln.

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verb

Tätscheln, leicht schlagen

To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat

Examples :

"I patted the cookie dough into shape."

Ich tätschelte den Keksteig in Form.

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verb

Streicheln

To stroke or fondle (an animal).

Examples :

"Do you want to pat the cat?"

Möchtest du die Katze streicheln?

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verb

Leicht regnen, tröpfeln

To gently rain.

Examples :

"The sky began to pat gently, giving us a welcome break from the heat. "

Der Himmel begann leicht zu tröpfeln und bescherte uns eine willkommene Abkühlung von der Hitze.

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adjective

Passend, gelegen, treffend

Timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken.

Examples :

"a pat expression"

Ein passender Ausdruck.

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adjective

Abgedroschen, ausgelutscht

Trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality.

Examples :

"The teacher's presentation was pat, covering all the required points but lacking any insightful ideas. "

Die Präsentation des Lehrers war abgedroschen, sie deckte alle erforderlichen Punkte ab, aber es fehlten jegliche aufschlussreichen Ideen.

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adverb

Gelegentlich, passend

Opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.

Examples :

"The teacher announced the test results pat, just as the students were finishing their last assignment. "

Der Lehrer gab die Testergebnisse gelegentlich bekannt, gerade als die Schüler ihre letzte Aufgabe beendeten.

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adverb

Genau, passend

Examples :

"He has the routine down pat."

Er hat die Routine genau drauf.

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noun

Patent

Examples :

"My uncle received a patent for his new invention. "

Mein Onkel erhielt ein Patent für seine neue Erfindung.

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noun

Muster, Vorlage

Examples :

"The wallpaper has a beautiful pat of flowers. "

Die Tapete hat ein wunderschönes Blumenmuster.

style appearance