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meager:
- dünn; mager; schmächtig; gebrechlich; nichtig; dürftig; hager; karg; kärglich; kränklich; armselig
Wiktionary:
- meager → mager, schmal, karg
- meager → mager, miserabel, elendig, geizig, habgierig, knauserig, knickerig, dürftig, elend, erbärmlich, jämmerlich

English

Detailed Translations for meager from English to German

meager:

meager adj, American

meager (skinny; thin; meagre; puny)
dünn; mager; schmächtig; gebrechlich; nichtig; dürftig; hager; karg; kärglich; kränklich
- dünn adj
- mager adj
- schmächtig adj
- gebrechlich adj
- nichtig adj
- dürftig adj
- hager adj
- karg adj
- kärglich adj
- kränklich adj
meager (paltry; terrible; miserable; abominable; poor; meagre)
armselig
- armselig adj

Translation Matrix for meager:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	meagerly; meagre; meagrely; scrimpy; stingy
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	meagre; scanty
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
armselig	abominable; meager; meagre; miserable; paltry; poor; terrible	few; flimsy; immature; inferior; lean; lousy; miserable; paltry; poor; poverty stricken; ragged; seedy; shabby; shady; thin; unsightly
dünn	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; clumsy; delicate; diluted; doltish; fine; gawky; liquid; not very good; owlish; petite; poor; rare; rarefied; skinny; slender; slim; small-boned; stiff; subtle; teneous; thin; uneasy; unhandy; watery; wooden
dürftig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	banal; below the belt; coarse; come off badly; few; flimsy; gross; immature; inferior; lean; low; mean; miserable; nasty; not high; pedestrian; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; rotten; shabby; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vile; vulgar; wobbly; wonky; worst
gebrechlich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; clumsy; delicate; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; inferior; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; stiff; tender; uneasy; unhandy; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
hager	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	bony; emaciated; flimsy; lank; lanky; lean; miserable; poor; rare; rarefied; shabby; skinny; slender; slim; spidery; spiky; teneous; thin; weedy
karg	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	barren; dry; few; flimsy; immature; inferior; lean; miserable; parced; parched; poor; scorched; shabby; thin; unfruitful; withered
kränklich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	abstemious; ailing; clumsy; delicate; doltish; faint; feeble; fragile; frail; gawky; having one's period; in bad health; maladroit; menstruating; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; sick; sickly; stiff; tender; uneasy; unhandy; vulnerable; wan; weak; wobbly; wonky; wooden
kärglich	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	barren; few; immature; inferior; parched; poor; unfruitful
mager	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	few; low-fat; parched; poor
nichtig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	facetiously; fresh; invalid; minimal; natural; null; poor; relaxed; slight; unbroached; unconstrained; unopened; untouched; unused; void
schmächtig	meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin	delicate; emaciated; flimsy; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; lank; lanky; lean; miserable; petite; poor; rare; rarefied; rickety; shabby; slender; slender of figure; small-boned; spidery; spiky; staggering; starved; sunken; teneous; thin; toddling; tottering; unsettled; unstable; waddling; weedy

Synonyms for "meager":

meagre; meagerly; stingy; scrimpy; bare; scanty; spare; exiguous; hand-to-mouth; hardscrabble; marginal; measly; miserable; paltry; insufficient; deficient; scarce

Antonyms for "meager":

ample

Related Definitions for "meager":

deficient in amount or quality or extent¹
- meager resources¹
- meager fare¹

Wiktionary Translations for meager:

meager

adjective

poor, deficient or inferior
- meager → mager
lean
- meager → mager

meager

adjective

wenig, knapp, unzureichend
- schmal → meager; meagre
Landwirtschaft: ertragsarm
- karg → meager; meagre

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• meager	→ mager	↔ mager — zeer dun met weinig vet
• meager	→ miserabel; elendig	↔ ellendig — erg onaangenaam
• meager	→ geizig; habgierig; knauserig; knickerig	↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• meager	→ dürftig	↔ mesquin — Qui témoigne d’avarice
• meager	→ elend; erbärmlich; jämmerlich	↔ misérable — Qui réduire à la misère ; qui inspirer la pitié.
• meager	→ mager	↔ pauvre — Qui dénote la pauvreté.

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