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

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Translations: all8 seemann5 matrose3

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Many sailors can't swim. Viele Seeleute können nicht schwimmen.

The sailors abandoned the burning ship. Die Matrosen verließen das brennende Schiff.

Forty-eight sailors are aboard. An Deck sind 48 Seeleute.

The drunken sailors wrecked havoc inside the bar. Die betrunkenen Matrosen verwüsteten die Kneipe.

Forty-eight sailors are on board. An Deck sind 48 Seeleute.

Christopher Columbus once discovered an entire ship of deceased sailors... and politely ignored it. Christoph Kolumbus hatte einst ein ganzes Schiff verstorbener Seeleute entdeckt ... und es höflich ignoriert.

Shanghaiing is a practice from the mid-19th Northwest United States that consisted of conscripting men as sailors by coercive techniques. Schanghaien ist eine Praktik, die aus den nordwestlichen Vereinigten Staaten der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts stammt und darin bestand, Seeleute unter Gewaltandrohung zwangszurekrutieren.

Tom acted the part of a sailor. Tom spielte die Rolle eines Matrosen.

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