child

child
<pl -dren> [tʃaɪld, pl tʃɪldrən] n
1) (young human) Kind nt;
illegitimate \child uneheliches Kind;
unborn \child ungeborenes Kind, Fötus m;
young \child Kleinkind nt;
from a \child von Kindesbeinen an;
one's/sb's inner \child das Kind in mir/jdm psych
the inner \child das innere Kind
2) (offspring) Kind nt, Nachkomme m; (male) Sohn m; (female) Tochter f;
you are your father's/mother's \child du bist [genau] wie dein Vater/deine Mutter;
an only \child ein Einzelkind nt;
3) (pej: immature person) Kind nt, unreife [o unerfahrene] Person
4) (product)
she's a real \child of the sixties sie ist ein typisches Kind der Sechzigerjahre
PHRASES:
the sins of the fathers [are visited upon the \children] ([are visited upon the \children]) die Sünden der Väter [suchen die Kinder heim];
every man, woman and \child alle ohne Ausnahme;
spare the rod and spoil the \child (and spoil the \child) ein Schlag zur rechten Zeit hat noch niemandem geschadet;
\children should be seen and not heard (and not heard) Kinder sollte man sehen, aber nicht hören, Kinder sollten sich benehmen;
to be [great] with \child (old) [hoch]schwanger sein, [kurz] vor der Niederkunft stehen veraltend (geh) n
modifier
\child prostitution Kinderprostitution f

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