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1 Gänsehaut
f fig. goose pimples Pl.; ich bekam eine Gänsehaut it sent shivers down my spine, it gave me the creeps umg.; das verursacht mir keine Gänsehaut it leaves me cold* * *die Gänsehautgooseflesh; goose pimples* * *Gạ̈n|se|hautf (fig)goose pimples pl (Brit), goose flesh (Brit), goose bumps pleine Gänsehaut bekommen or kriegen (inf) — to get goose pimples (Brit) or goose flesh (Brit) or goose bumps, to go all goose-pimply (Brit inf)
* * *(, goosepimples, (American) goosebumps noun plural small bumps on the skin caused by cold or fear.) goose-flesh* * *Gän·se·hauteine \Gänsehaut bekommen [o (fam) kriegen] to go all goose-pimply, to get goose-pimples [ or esp AM bumps]* * *die (fig.) goose-flesh; goose pimples pl.* * *ich bekam eine Gänsehaut it sent shivers down my spine, it gave me the creeps umg;das verursacht mir keine Gänsehaut it leaves me cold* * *die (fig.) goose-flesh; goose pimples pl.* * *f.goose bumps (US) n.goose flesh (UK) n.
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