scharf — EN↔DE

scharf /ʃarf/

schärfer /ˈʃɛrfɐ/ schärfst… /ˈʃɛrfst…/

adjective

1 sharp

2 (stark gewürzt, brennend, stechend) hot; strong ‹drink, vinegar, etc.›; caustic ‹chemical›; pungent, acrid ‹smell›

3 (durchdringend) shrill; (hell) harsh; (kalt) biting ‹cold, wind, air, etc.›; sharp ‹frost›

4 (deutlich wahrnehmend) keen; sharp

5 (stark) strong ‹spectacles›; powerful ‹lens, microscope, telescope, etc.›

6 (deutlich hervortretend) sharp ‹contours, features, nose, photograph›

7 (schonungslos) tough, fierce ‹resistance, competition, etc.›; sharp ‹criticism, remark, words, etc.›; strong, fierce ‹opponent, protest, etc.›; severe, harsh ‹sentence, law, measure, etc.›; strict, tough ‹examiner, teacher›; tough, rigorous ‹inquiry, interrogation›; bitter, fierce ‹fighting, argument, etc.›; fierce ‹dog›;

eine scharfe Zunge haben have a sharp tongue;

jmdn./etw. in scharfer Form kritisieren criticize sb/sth in strong terms

8 (schnell) fast; hard ‹ride, gallop, etc.›;

ein scharfes Tempo fahren drive at quite a speed

9 (explosiv) live; (Sport) powerful ‹shot›;

scharfe Schüsse abgeben fire live bullets

10 (Linguistics) pronounced; clear;

das scharfe S (mainly Austrian) the German letter ‘ß’

11 (informal) (großartig) great (informal)

12 (informal) (empörend) outrageous

13 (informal) (geil) sexy ‹girl, clothes, pictures, etc.›; randy ‹fellow, thoughts, etc.›

scharf auf jmdn. sein (informal) really fancy sb;

scharf auf etw. sein be really keen on sth

adverb

scharf würzen/abschmecken season/flavour highly;

scharf riechen smell pungent or strong

2 (durchdringend) shrilly; (hell) harshly; (kalt) bitingly

3 (deutlich wahrnehmend) ‹listen, watch, etc.› closely, intently; ‹think, consider, etc.› hard;

scharf aufpassen pay close attention

4 (deutlich hervortretend) sharply;

einen Sender scharf einstellen tune in a radio station properly;

etw. scharf umreißen (figurative) outline sth clearly or precisely

5 (schonungslos) ‹attack, criticize, etc.› sharply, strongly; ‹contradict, oppose, etc.› strongly, fiercely; ‹examine, investigate, etc.› rigorously; ‹watch, observe, etc.› closely; ‹fight, quarrel, etc.› fiercely, bitterly;

scharf durchgreifen take vigorous or strong action

6 (schnell) fast;

scharf bremsen brake hard or sharply;

das Auto fuhr scharf rechts heran the car pulled up well over to the right

das Gewehr ist scharf geladen the rifle is loaded with live ammunition;

scharf schießen shoot with live ammunition;

den Ball scharf ins Netz schießen hammer the ball into the net (informal)

8 (akzentuiert) clearly

9 (informal) (großartig) splendidly