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

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Mein Schwert mag stumpf sein, aber für jemanden wie dich reicht es allemal. My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.
Das Messer war so stumpf, so dass ich mit ihm das Fleisch nicht schneiden konnte, und daher musste ich mein Taschenmesser benutzen. The knife was so blunt that I could not cut the meat with it and I resorted to my pocket knife.
Er wurde mit einer stumpfen Waffe umgebracht. He was killed by a blunt weapon.
Er wurde mit einer stumpfen Waffe getötet. He was killed by a blunt weapon.
Es gehört zu den Klischees jedes Krimis, dass das Opfer natürlich "mit einem stumpfen Gegenstand" erschlagen wurde. One of the clichés of each detective story is that the victim has obviously been hit "with a blunt object".
Mein Messer ist stumpf geworden. My knife has lost its edge.
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