Translation of siccing from English into German
Adjective
prompting violence
- The siccing owner shouted at his dog near the fence.Der hetzende Besitzer rief seinem Hund am Zaun etwas zu.
Synonyms and analogies of siccing in English
Examples of siccing in a sentence
A siccing coach urged fans to confront the referee.
Verb
tr.
command attack
- He sicced his dog on the intruder.Er hetzte seinen Hund auf den Eindringling.
Adverb
language
used to show quoted text is exact- He wrote, 'I can haz cheezburger [sic].'Er schrieb: 'I can haz cheezburger [sic].'
Expressions with sic: examples in English and translations in German
fass
angreifen
He shouted 'sic 'em' and the dog ran after the intruder.
jemanden auf jemanden hetzen
jemanden auf jemanden ansetzen
He sicced his dog on the intruder.
sic transit gloria mundi
He sighed, 'Sic transit gloria mundi,' as the empire fell.
auf jemanden hetzen
auf jemanden ansetzen
He threatened to sic a dog on the intruder.
Translations of "siccing" in Context ordered by category and frequency
gehetzt
According to reports, she locked him in a shed, didn't feed him for days, siccing bees on him when she was mad.
Laut den Berichten hat sie ihn in einen Schuppen gesperrt, ihm tagelang nichts zu essen gegeben, Bienen auf ihn gehetzt, wenn sie wütend war.