sapping

ˈsæp.ɪŋ
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Translation of sapping into German,

Adjective

1.

exhausting

causing exhaustion or fatigue
  • The sapping heat made it hard to work.Die erschöpfende Hitze machte es schwer zu arbeiten.
2.

weakening

gradually weakening or draining strength
  • The sapping workload left him exhausted.Die zermürbende Arbeitsbelastung ließ ihn erschöpft zurück.

Noun

1.

general

the process of gradually weakening or draining strength
  • The constant stress led to the sapping of his energy.Der ständige Stress führte zu einer Schwächung seiner Energie.
2.

violence

DatedUS
the act of being hit with a short club
DatedUS
Totschlägerangriff Schlagstockangriff Schlagstockhieb
  • He suffered sapping during the street fight.Er erlitt einen Schlag mit einem Totschläger während der Straßenschlägerei.
3.

military

Dated
the act of digging trenches to approach a target
Dated
Sappenbau Sappen Stollenbau Annäherungsgraben
  • Sapping was used to get closer to the enemy walls.Sappenbau wurde genutzt, um näher an die feindlichen Mauern heranzukommen.
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Synonyms and analogies of sapping in English

Examples of sapping in a sentence

  • His sapping efforts were finally rewarded.
  • The sapping heat of the desert was unbearable.
  • Her sapping illness left her bedridden for weeks.
  • The long commute and late meetings caused a steady sapping of morale.
  • By midday, the desert heat brought a sapping of the hikers’ stamina.
  • The report described sapping with a blackjack behind the bar.
sap
sæp
sapped
Noun
1.

plant fluid

watery liquid in plants carrying nutrients
  • The maple tree's sap is collected for syrup.Der Ahornbaumsaft wird zur Herstellung von Sirup gesammelt.
2.

insult

DatedUS
naive or foolish person
DatedUS
  • Don't be such a sap, believe in yourself.Sei nicht so ein Trottel, glaub an dich selbst.
3.

energy

vitality or energy in a person
  • He was full of sap and ready to work.Er war voller Lebenskraft und bereit zu arbeiten.
Verb
tr.
1.

psychology

gradually weaken someone's strength or confidence
  • The long hours sapped his energy.Die langen Stunden zehrten an seiner Energie.
2.

plants

drain liquid from a plant or tree
anzapfen abzapfen
  • They sap the tree to collect its syrup.Sie zapfen den Baum an, um seinen Sirup zu sammeln.
3.

weapons

DatedUS
hit someone with a small heavy blunt stick
DatedUS
  • The guard was sapped from behind.Der Wachmann wurde von hinten niedergeschlagen.

Expressions with sap: examples in English and translations in German

Kräfte aufzehren
jemanden schwächen
The long illness sapped his strength.
die Stimmung steigt
With the festival approaching, the sap is rising among the villagers.
die Frühlingsgefühle erwachen
When the sap rises, everyone seems happier and more lively.
Baumharz
Baumsaft
Tree sap is used to make natural adhesives.
Kokosblütensaft
Coconut sap is collected to make syrup or wine.
Ahornsaft
We collected maple sap in buckets from the trees this morning.

Translations of "sapping" in Context ordered by category and frequency

untergräbt

The leftist malaise of fragmentation is still sapping its strength.

Das linke Unbehagen der Zersplitterung untergräbt ihre Stärke.

zehrt

We have a very tight programme right now, and it is sapping my energy.

Wir haben momentan ein sehr straffes Programm, das zehrt an den Kräften.

zehrenden

The preservation of these traditions allows us to adhering to solve emotional energies to rid ourselves of "sapping companions".

Die Erhaltung dieser Traditionen erlaubt uns, anhaftende, emotionale Energien zu lösen, uns von „zehrenden Begleitern" zu befreien.

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sapping: Examples and translations in context

I think this place is sapping my life force.

Ich denke, dieser Ort untergräbt meine Lebenskraft.

Price premiums for immediate supply spiked, sapping margins for refiners worldwide.

Preis-Prämien für die sofortige Lieferung versetzt, untergräbt die Margen für die Raffinerien weltweit.

Like a parasitic worm, growing fat at the expense of the rest of the host organism, the financial sector has grown too large relative to the economy, sapping its strength and threatening to undermine it entirely.

Wie ein parasitärer Wurm, der sich in einem Wirtsorganismus eingenistet hat und auf dessen Kosten fett wird, ist der Finanzsektor im Vergleich zur Wirtschaft insgesamt zu groß geworden und zehrt an ihrer Stärke und droht sie völlig zu untergraben.

sapping strength and supplies.

was an Stärke und Vorräten zehrt.

This is especially important for sapping plants or bushes.

Besonders wichtig ist dies bei stark zehrenden Pflanzen oder Sträuchern.

More so as you get a good idea of what it means in reality, by leaving behind the drudgery, harshness and strength sapping energies of the lower dimension.

Und das umso mehr, als ihr eine gute Vorstellung davon gewinnt, was das in der Realität bedeutet: nämlich, dass ihr die Schinderei, Härte und Kräfte zehrenden Energien der niederen Dimension hinter euch lasst.

European business is bound up in rules and regulations, many of which originate from unelected officials in Brussels, whose laudable intention to harmonize business conditions across the EU is instead sapping the continent's commercial creativity and dynamism.

Die europäische Wirtschaft ist an Regeln und Regulierungen gekoppelt, die vielfach auf nicht gewählte Funktionäre in Brüssel zurückgehen. Deren an sich lobenswerte Absicht, die wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen in der gesamten EU zu vereinheitlichen, untergräbt jedoch Kreativität und Dynamik des Geschäftslebens.

Unemployment is sapping the confidence of Europe's citizens.

Die Arbeitslosigkeit untergräbt das Vertrauen der europäischen Bürger.

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