schlaffer meaning and definition in german
Adjective
Frequency: 
- inflected form of schlaff
Example
Gewöhnlich pflegte er sich bei Tische so vollzupfropfen, daß er gallig wurde; das machte seine Augen trübe und seine Wangen schlaff.He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.OP1486
Seine Züge waren regelmäßig, aber zu schlaff; sein Auge war groß und schön geschnitten, aber man las darin, daß er ein nutzloses, leeres, unbedeutendes Leben geführt, wenigstens erschien es mir so.His features were regular, but too relaxed: his eye was large and well cut, but the life looking out of it was a tame, vacant life--at least so I thought. The sound of the dressing-bell dispersed the party.OP98910
Die schlaffen Zügel tanzten auf der Kruppe des Gaules.Charles, on the extreme edge of the seat, held the reins with his two arms wide apart, and the little horse ambled along in the shafts that were too big for him.OP298971
Er hatte einen blauen Rock an, der schlaff an seinem mageren Körper herunterhing.He wore a blue frock-coat falling in a straight line round his thin body, and his leather cap, with its lappets knotted over the top of his head with string, showed under the turned-up peak a bald forehead, flattened by the constant wearing of a helmet.OP306917
Lang ausgestreckt lag sie da, mit offnem Munde, die Lider geschlossen, die Hände schlaff herabhängend, regungslos und blaß wie ein Wachsbild.She lay there stretched at full length, her lips apart, her eyelids closed, her hands open, motionless, and white as a waxen image.OP359989
Er drückte ihr die Hand, die schlaff in der seinen lag.He pressed her hand, but it felt quite lifeless.OP394616
Mit den Orsini hatte er es ganz recht errathen: wie sich bewies, als er nach der Eroberung von Faenza Anstalt machte, Bologna zu belagern, und sie dabei so schlaff zu Werke gingen.Of the Orsini he had a warning when, after taking Faenza and attacking Bologna, he saw them go very unwillingly to that attack. And as to the king, he learned his mind when he himself, after taking the Duchy of Urbino, attacked Tuscany, and the king made him desist from that undertaking; hence the duke decided to depend no more upon the arms and the luck of others.OP532800
Und auch diese ist es rathsam, mit der Zeit und bei guter Gelegenheit schlaff und weichlich zu machen, und die Sachen so einzurichten, daß alle Soldaten aus dem alten Lande seien.But when a prince acquires a new state, which he adds as a province to his old one, then it is necessary to disarm the men of that state, except those who have been his adherents in acquiring it; and these again, with time and opportunity, should be rendered soft and effeminate; and matters should be managed in such a way that all the armed men in the state shall be your own soldiers who in your old state were living near you.OP550592
Annuschka ging hinaus; Anna aber kleidete sich nicht an, sondern blieb in derselben Haltung, mit gesenktem Kopfe und schlaff herabhängenden Armen, sitzen; ab und zu zuckte sie mit dem ganzen Körper zusammen, als ob sie eine Handbewegung machen, etwas sagen wollte; aber sofort versank sie auch wieder in denselben Zustand der Starrheit.She remained in the same position with head and arms drooping. Every now and then her whole body shuddered as she tried to make some movement or to say something and then became rigid again.OP726359