poor devil

pɔːr ˈdɛvəl
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Translation of poor devil into German

Noun

sympathy

individual you feel sorry for due to misfortune
  • The poor devil was caught in the rain without an umbrella.Der arme Kerl wurde im Regen ohne Regenschirm erwischt.
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Examples of poor devil in a sentence

  • She pitied the poor devil who missed the bus.

Translations of "poor devil" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
armer Teufeln.

Some poor devil has to clean this whole stadium after every game.

Irgendein armer Teufel muss nach jedem Spiel das ganze Stadion putzen.

Some poor devil forgot his suitcase on the train and lost his documents.

Irgendein armer Teufel vergaß seinen Koffer im Zug und verlor seine Papiere.

armer Schluckern.

She did not really believe my notice that Mozart was not so poor, and some Internet searches later, she was visibly shaken, that was not a poor devil.

Meinem Hinweis, dass Mozart so arm nicht war, wollte sie nicht wirklich glauben, und einige gemeinsame Internetrecherchen später war sie sichtlich erschüttert, dass ihr Held, gar kein armer Schlucker war.

arme Teufel

That poor devil lost his job and his apartment in the same week.

Dieser arme Teufel verlor in derselben Woche seinen Job und seine Wohnung.

The poor devil didn't know his girlfriend was leaving him that evening.

Der arme Teufel wusste nicht, dass seine Freundin ihn an diesem Abend verließ.

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Other translations for poor devil:

  • armen Teufel

poor devil: Examples and translations in context

You know, my mother was somehow a really poor devil.

Wissen Sie, meine Mutter war irgendwie ein ganz ein armer Teufel.

Yet I'm actually a poor devil.

Dabei bin ich ein armer Teufel.

They'll be there in a moment; then over the frontier, poor devil.

Zuerst dorthin, dann über die Grenze, armer Teufel.

I saw one poor devil, his breeches dark with blood, flung out of his stretcher and gasping in agony.

Ich sah, wie ein armer Teufel, seine Hose dunkel vom Blut, von der Tragbahre hinabgeworfen wurde und in Agonie keuchte.

Captain, I'm a poor devil!

Herr Hauptmann, ich bin ein armer Teufel!

Vansen. I'm a poor devil, and could live a whole year round on what he

Vansen. Ich bin ein armer Teufel und könnte ein ganzes Jahr leben von

The poor devil has been waiting for hours, and nobody even explains anything.

Der arme Teufel wartet seit Stunden, und niemand erklärt ihm auch nur irgendwas.

That poor devil went bankrupt after trusting the wrong business partner.

Dieser arme Teufel ging bankrott, weil er dem falschen Geschäftspartner vertraute.

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