Sentence examples of "Faden" in German

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Es gibt keinen roten Faden. There's no red thread.
Haben Sie Nadel und Faden? Do you have a needle and thread?
Welcher ist besser, weißer oder roter Faden? Which is best, white thread or red thread?
Ich habe den roten Faden in seiner Argumentation verloren. I lost the thread of his argument.
Es gibt in den Vereinigten Staaten von jeher einen Kult der Unwissenheit. Anti-Intellektualismus zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch unser politisches und kulturelles Leben, genährt von der irrigen Vorstellung, Demokratie bedeute, dass "meine Unwissenheit ebenso viel wert ist wie dein Wissen." There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
Sie hat den Faden verloren. She's lost the plot.
Er hat meine Tochter nach Strich und Faden eingewickelt. He did a real snow job on my daughter.
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