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thorns

/θɔːrnz/

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noun

Dornen

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush had many thorns, so I wore gloves to protect my hands while pruning it. "

Der Rosenbusch hatte viele Dornen, also trug ich Handschuhe, um meine Hände beim Beschneiden zu schützen.

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noun

Dornen

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

die Hahnenfuß-Dornen

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noun

Dornen, Stacheln

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"Dealing with rude customers can be one of the many thorns of working in retail. "

Der Umgang mit unhöflichen Kunden kann eine der vielen Dornen der Arbeit im Einzelhandel sein.

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Buchstabe Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The history textbook explained that the letter "thorns" (þ) was used in Old English to represent sounds we now write as "th." "

Das Geschichtsbuch erklärte, dass der Buchstabe „Þ“ im Altenglischen verwendet wurde, um Laute darzustellen, die wir heute als „th“ schreiben.

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verb

Durchstechen, stechen

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The rose bush thorns thorned her finger when she reached for a bloom. "

Die Dornen des Rosenbusches stachen in ihren Finger, als sie nach einer Blüte griff.