breaking point

ˈbreɪkɪŋ pɔɪnt
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Translation of breaking point from English into German

Noun

1.

crisis

point where a situation becomes critical
  • The negotiations hit a breaking point last night.Die Verhandlungen erreichten gestern Abend einen Kipppunkt.
2.

psychology

moment when a person succumbs to stress
  • She reached her breaking point after months of pressure.Sie erreichte ihren Belastungsgrenze nach Monaten des Drucks.
3.

mechanics

TECH.
point where material breaks under stress
TECH.
Bruchpunkt mBruchstelle fBruchgrenze f
  • The beam reached its breaking point and snapped.Der Balken erreichte seinen Bruchpunkt und brach.
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Synonyms and analogies of breaking point in English

Examples of breaking point in a sentence

  • Her patience was at a breaking point after the delays.
  • The stress of the job pushed him to his breaking point.
  • After the argument, she felt she was at her breaking point.
  • The material's breaking point was tested in the lab.
  • Engineers calculated the breaking point of the structure.

Translations of "breaking point" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
dieSollbruchstellenf.

This will reduce the wall thickness and there is a breaking point.

Dadurch verringert sich die Wandstärke und es entsteht eine Sollbruchstelle.

Belastungsgrenzen.

The constant bickering with his roommate brought him to his breaking point.

Der ständige Streit mit seinem Mitbewohner brachte ihn an seine Belastungsgrenze.

Bruchstellen.

I guess under pressure everyone has a breaking point.

Ich schätze, dass unter Druck jeder eine Bruchstelle hat.

derWendepunktnm.

The breaking point came when they could no longer communicate effectively.

Der Wendepunkt kam, als sie nicht mehr effektiv kommunizieren konnten.

derBruchpunktnm.

Normally the load at breaking point is not measured with a measurement device.

Im Normalfall wird die Last am Bruchpunkt nicht mit einem Messgerät gemessen.

dasZerreißennn.

We stand still, all tense to the breaking point.

Wir bleiben stehen, alle bis zum Zerreißen gespannt.

derZusammenbruchnm.

Her mind was at the breaking point, and her physical health deteriorated rapidly.

Sie stand vor einem geistigen Zusammenbruch und ihre körperliche Gesundheit verfiel rasch.

Bruchgrenzen.

But in our lives, the breaking point is a sign of weakness.

Aber in unserem Leben ist die Bruchgrenze ein Zeichen für Schwäche.

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Other translations for breaking point:

  • Schnittpunktnm.
  • Knackpunktnm.
  • Zerreißprobenf.
  • Festigkeitsgrenzenf.
  • kritischer Punktn.

breaking point: Examples and translations in context

For us, that is a breaking point in this text.

Das ist für uns eine Sollbruchstelle in diesem Text.

For emergencies, they have a breaking point.

Für den Notfall haben sie eine Sollbruchstelle.

Due to the temperature difference, the glass easily breaks apart at the breaking point.

Durch den Temperaturunterschied bricht das Glas nun an der Sollbruchstelle auseincander.

At the same time the air holes in the train manipulations serve as a breaking point.

Gleichzeitig dienen die Luftlöcher bei Zugmanipulationen als Sollbruchstelle.

The battery is obviously the weak point, if not the breaking point, for smartphones.

Der Akku ist die offensichtliche Schwach-, wenn nicht sogar Sollbruchstelle in Smartphones.

The existence and breaking point of this loose bond has been determined sensitively.

Das Vorhandensein und die "Sollbruchstelle" dieser losen Verbindung ist ganz genau festgelegt und fein abgestimmt.

Another question, why should it be a breaking point?

Gegenfrage, warum soll das eine Sollbruchstelle sein?

The never-ending chores at home finally led her to her breaking point.

Die niemals endenden Hausarbeiten führten sie schließlich an ihre Belastungsgrenze.

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