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The German word for sharp is
scharf





sharp

German Definition


sharp
     Adjektiv:
     [1] so, dass es gut schneidet (zum Beispiel ein Messer oder eine Axt)
     [2] intelligent
     [3a] Musik: um einen halben Ton erhöht, mit #
     [3b] Musik: (Ton) nicht ganz rein, sondern ein bisschen zu hoch
          [1] I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
            Ich halte meine Messer scharf, so dass sie beim Schnitzen nicht unerwartet abrutschen.
          [2] You may think she is a bit of a nerd, but she is extremely sharp.
          [3a] At the recital, he played Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor.
          [3a] The last note is not a C natural - it's a C sharp.
          [3b] In measure #26, your F was a bit sharp. Can you please sing it again?



Translations for sharp and their definitions

scharf
     adj. sharp; able to cut (knife, edge)
     adj. sharp (criticism, perception, intellect)
     adj. sharp; in focus (picture, script)
     adj. hot; spicy; pungent (taste)
     adj. hot; sexy; attractive
     adj. hot; aroused; horny
     adj. live (bomb or ammunition)


stechend
     Participle. present participle of stechen
     adj. piercing, biting, penetrating
     adj. pungent
     adj. (pain) stabbing



Spitz
     n-m. spitz
     adj. pointed, pointy
     adj. sharp
     adj. spiky
     adj. (colloquial) horny
     v. singular imperative of spitzen
     v. colloquial of



Hoch
     n. high, anticyclone
     adj. high, tall
     adj. high, great, immense
     adj. grand, important
     adv. up, upwards
     adv. (colloquial figurative) northwards
          Wir fahren hoch an die Küste. - We'll drive up to the coast.
     adv. (mathematics) to the power of
          fünf hoch vier - five to the power of four, (5⁴)


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