Detailed translations for "sinews"

sinews

1. general

sinews(also: chords, strings, tendons)
Sehnen{masculine plural}
His muscles and sinews will be replaced with the strongest, lightest, high-tensile steel known to
Seine Muskeln und Sehnen werden durch den leichtesten, stärksten Stahl der Welt ersetzt.
"All that most maddens and torments, "all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain."
"Alles, was verrückt macht und quält, alles, was die Sehnen und das Hirn verkrustet."

2. figurative, of a matter

sinews(also: comfort, linchpin, rest, support)
die Stütze{feminine}
sinews(also: spine)
das Rückgrat{neuter}
sinews
der Lebensnerv{masculine}

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