Usage examples of "dry" in English with translation to German

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The river is running dry. Der Fluss trocknet aus.
Are my socks dry already? Sind meine Socken schon trocken?
Tom used old towels to dry the dog. Tom benutzte alte Handtücher, um den Hund abzutrocknen.
The natives were tormented by a long spell of dry weather. Die Einwohner waren von einer langanhaltenden Dürre geplagt.
I have to dry my hair. Ich muss mein Haar trocknen.
These clothes are finally dry. Diese Kleider sind endlich trocken.
This pond doesn't run dry even in summer. Dieser Teich trocknet sogar im Sommer nicht aus.
My shirt isn't dry yet. Mein Hemd ist noch nicht trocken.
He wrung out the dish towel and hung it up to dry. Er wrang das Handtuch aus und hängte es zum Trocknen auf.
The hot sun baked the ground dry. Die heisse Sonne brannte den Boden trocken.
They wanted to dry snow behind the oven and then sell it as salt. Sie wollten Schnee hinter dem Ofen trocknen und dann als Salz verkaufen.
He has a very dry sense of humor. Er hat einen sehr trockenen Humor.
I hung the laundry out to dry last night and by morning it had frozen hard as a rock. Ich hatte die Wäsche gestern Abend zum Trocknen aufgehängt und am Morgen war sie dann steinhart gefroren.
Cold and dry, splendid sunshine, what beautiful winter weather! Kalt und trocken, herrlicher Sonnenschein, ein schönes Winterwetter!
It was a dry year, and many animals starved. Es war ein trockenes Jahr, und viele Tiere verhungerten.
In winter, the dry leaves fly around in the air. Im Winter fliegen die trockenen Blätter in der Luft herum.
I cannot plant trees here. This land is too dry. Ich kann hier keine Bäume pflanzen. Das Land ist zu trocken.
It rained yesterday after it had been dry for a long time. Gestern regnete es, nachdem es lange Zeit trocken geblieben war.
Many European kitchens have scales because dry ingredients are measured by weight there, unlike in America, where they are measured by volume. In vielen europäischen Küchen gibt es Waagen, weil trockene Zutaten dort nach Gewicht abgemessen werden, anders als in Amerika, wo sie nach Volumen abgemessen werden.
Tom's shirt is drying. Toms Hemd trocknet.
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