"by a hair" in German by a hair um Haaresbreite um ein Haar ganz knapp beinahe Detailed translations for "by a hair" by a hair by a hair(also: by a whisker, by a hairbreadth, by a hair's breadth) um Haaresbreite by a hair(also: by a whisker, by a fraction of an inch, within an inch of) um ein Haar by a hair(also: by a whisker) ganz knapp by a hair(also: by a fraction of an inch, within an inch of, by a whisker, close on) beinahe{adverb}