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1 Quäntchen
n; -s, -, Pl. selten; tiny bit (of); ein Quäntchen Salz auch a pinch of salt; ein Quäntchen Furcht / Ehre a trace of fear / hono(u)r; ein Quäntchen Vernunft a modicum of sense; ein Quäntchen Mut / Wahrheit an ounce of courage / a grain of truth; da ist kein Quäntchen Wahrheit dran there isn’t a grain of truth in it; es fehlte das Quäntchen Glück that little bit of luck was missing* * *das Quäntchenmodicum* * *Quänt|chen ['kvɛntçən]nt -s, - (old)tiny bit, spotein Quäntchen Salz — a speck or dash of salt
kein Quäntchen — not a jot, not an iota
das letzte Quäntchen Glück/Hoffnung — the last little bit of luck/hope
* * *Quänt·chenRR<-s, ->[ˈkvɛntçən]nt scrapein \Quäntchen Glück a little bit of luckein \Quäntchen Hoffnung a glimmer of hopekein \Quäntchen not a scrap [or jot], not one iota* * *das; Quäntchens, Quäntchen (veralt.) scrapein Quäntchen Glück — (fig. geh.) a little bit of luck
* * *ein Quäntchen Salz auch a pinch of salt;ein Quäntchen Furcht/Ehre a trace of fear/hono(u)r;ein Quäntchen Vernunft a modicum of sense;ein Quäntchen Mut/Wahrheit an ounce of courage/a grain of truth;es fehlte das Quäntchen Glück that little bit of luck was missing* * *das; Quäntchens, Quäntchen (veralt.) scrapein Quäntchen Glück — (fig. geh.) a little bit of luck
* * *n.dram n.grain n.
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