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1 dressed up to the nines.
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2 all dressed up to the nines
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3 nine
1. adjective2. nouna nine days' wonder — nur eine Eintagsfliege (ugs.); see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.
Neun, diework from nine to five — die übliche Arbeitszeit [von 9 bis 17 Uhr] haben
dressed [up] to the nines — sehr festlich gekleidet
nine-nine-nine, 999 — (Brit.): (emergency number) ≈ eins, eins, null; see also eight 2. 1), 3), 4)
* * *1. noun1) (the number or figure 9.) Neun2) (the age of 9.) die Neun2. adjective1) (9 in number.) neun2) (aged 9.) neun•- nine-- ninth
- nine-year-old 3. adjective((of a person, animal or thing) that is nine years old.) neujährig* * *[naɪn]I. adj1. (number) neun3. (time) neun\nine am/pm neun Uhr morgens/abends [o einundzwanzig Uhr]at \nine thirty um halb zehn, um neun [o einundzwanzig] Uhr dreißigat \nine forty-five um Viertel vor zehn [o drei viertel zehn]to work from \nine to five reguläre Arbeitszeiten haben, von neun bis fünf arbeiten4.II. n4. (public transport)▪ the \nine die Neun, der Neuner5.▶ to be dressed [ BRIT up] to the \nines ( fam) in Schale [geworfen] sein fam, aufgedonnert [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR aufgemotzt] sein fam* * *[naɪn]1. adjneunnine times out of ten — in neun Zehntel der Fälle, so gut wie immer
2. nNeun fSee:→ also six* * *nine [naın]A adj neunB s1. Neun f (Zahl, Spielkarte etc):the nine of hearts die Herzneun;by nines immer neun auf einmal3. SPORT US (Baseball)Mannschaft fBesondere Redewendungen: nine times out of ten umg in neun von zehn Fällen, fast immer;be dressed (up) to the nines umg piekfein angezogen sein, sich in Schale geworfen haben (beide umg); → cloud A 1, wonder A 1, yard1 1* * *1. adjectivenine times out of ten — (fig.): (nearly always) in den weitaus meisten Fällen
2. nouna nine days' wonder — nur eine Eintagsfliege (ugs.); see also eight 1.
Neun, diework from nine to five — die übliche Arbeitszeit [von 9 bis 17 Uhr] haben
dressed [up] to the nines — sehr festlich gekleidet
nine-nine-nine, 999 — (Brit.): (emergency number) ≈ eins, eins, null; see also eight 2. 1), 3), 4)
* * *adj.neun adj. -
4 nine
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