overweight

overweight
adjective
1) übergewichtig [Person]

be [12 pounds] overweight — [12 Pfund] Übergewicht haben

2)

be overweight — [Gegenstand:] zu schwer sein

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[əuvə'weit]
adjective
(too heavy; too fat: If I eat too much I soon get overweight.) übergewichtig
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over·weight
I. n
[AM ˈoʊvɚweɪt]
no pl AM Übergewicht nt
II. adj
[ˌəʊvəˈweɪt, AM ˌoʊvɚˈ-]
zu schwer; person also übergewichtig
you're about 20 pounds \overweight for your age and height du bist für dein Alter und deine Größe 10 Kilo zu schwer
to be \overweight by a few kilos ein paar Kilo Übergewicht haben
\overweight luggage [or baggage] Übergepäck nt
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['əʊvə'weɪt]
1. adj
thing zu schwer; person also übergewichtig

to be five kilos overweight (person, box etc) — fünf Kilo Übergewicht haben

overweight luggage — Übergepäck nt

you're overweight — Sie haben Übergewicht

2. n
Übergewicht nt
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overweight
A s [ˈ-weıt] Übergewicht n (auch fig)
B adj [ˌ-ˈweıt] übergewichtig (Mensch), mit Über- oder Mehrgewicht:
be overweight Übergewicht haben, (Gegenstand etc auch) zu schwer sein;
be overweight by five pounds, be five pounds overweight fünf Pfund Übergewicht haben;
overweight luggage (US oder FLUG baggage) Übergepäck n
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adjective
1) übergewichtig [Person]

be [12 pounds] overweight — [12 Pfund] Übergewicht haben

2)

be overweight — [Gegenstand:] zu schwer sein

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n.
Übergewicht n.

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