pickle

pickle
1. noun
1) (brine) Salzlake, die; (vinegar solution) Marinade, die
2) usu. in pl. (food) [Mixed] Pickles Pl.
3) (coll.): (predicament)

be in a pickle — in der Klemme sitzen (ugs.)

get into a pickle — in die Klemme geraten (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
[in Essig od. sauer] einlegen [Gurken, Zwiebeln, Eier]; marinieren [Hering]
* * *
['pikl] 1. noun
1) (a vegetable or vegetables preserved in vinegar, salt water etc: Do you want some pickle(s) on your hamburger?) die Gewürzgurke
2) (trouble; an unpleasant situation: She got herself into a real pickle.) die Patsche
2. verb
(to preserve in vinegar, salt water etc: I think I will pickle these cucumbers.) einlegen
* * *
pick·le
[ˈpɪkl̩]
I. n
1. no pl [Mixed] Pickles pl; (sauce) Relish nt
sour/sweet \pickle pikantes/süßes Relish
2. AM (conserved gherkin) saure Gurke
3. (brine) Salzlake f
4. (solution with vinegar) Essigbrühe f, Essigmarinade f ÖSTERR
5.
to be in a [pretty [or right]] \pickle (fam) sich akk in etw akk reingeritten haben fam, ganz schön in der Scheiße stecken derb
II. vt
to \pickle sth etw einlegen [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR a. einmachen]
* * *
['pɪkl]
1. n
1) (= food) Pickles pl
2) (= solution) (= brine) Salzlake f, Pökel m; (= vinegar) Essigsoße f; (for leather, wood) Beize f; (MED, SCI) Nasspräparat nt
3) (inf: predicament) Klemme f (inf)

he was in a bit of a pickle — er steckte in einer Klemme (inf), er saß in der Tinte (inf)

to get (oneself) into a pickle — in ein Kuddelmuddel geraten (inf)

what a pickle! — so eine verzwickte Lage!

2. vt
einlegen; (MED, SCI) konservieren
* * *
pickle [ˈpıkl]
A s
1. Essig-, Gewürzgurke f, saure Gurke
2. meist pl Pickles pl, Eingepökelte(s) n; academic.ru/47420/mixed_pickles">mixed pickles
3. Essigsoße f (zum Einlegen), saure Würztunke, Essigbrühe f
4. (Salz)Lake f, Pökel m
5. METALL Beize f
6. umg Patsche f:
I was in a nice pickle ich saß ganz schön in der Patsche
7. umg Balg m/n, Früchtchen n, Gör n (freches Kind)
B v/t
1. in Essig einlegen, marinieren:
pickled cucumber A 1
2. einlegen, (ein)pökeln
3. TECH Metall (ab)beizen, Bleche dekapieren:
pickling agent Abbeizmittel n
4. AGR Saatgut beizen
* * *
1. noun
1) (brine) Salzlake, die; (vinegar solution) Marinade, die
2) usu. in pl. (food) [Mixed] Pickles Pl.
3) (coll.): (predicament)

be in a pickle — in der Klemme sitzen (ugs.)

get into a pickle — in die Klemme geraten (ugs.)

2. transitive verb
[in Essig od. sauer] einlegen [Gurken, Zwiebeln, Eier]; marinieren [Hering]

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