craze

craze
1. noun
Begeisterung, die; Fimmel, der (ugs. abwertend)

there's a craze for doing something — es ist gerade große Mode, etwas zu tun

2. transitive verb

be [half] crazed with pain/grief — etc. [halb] wahnsinnig vor Schmerz/Kummer usw. sein

a crazed look/expression [on somebody's face] — ein vom Wahnsinn verzerrtes Gesicht

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[kreiz]
noun
(a (usually temporary) fashion; great (but temporary) enthusiasm: the current craze for cutting one's hair extremely short.) die Manie
- academic.ru/17069/crazy">crazy
- crazily
- craziness
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craze
[kreɪz]
n Mode[erscheinung] f, Fimmel m pej fam
\craze for sth Begeisterung f für etw akk
that's the latest \craze das ist der letzte Schrei
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[kreɪz]
1. n
Fimmel m (inf)

it's all the craze (inf) — das ist große Mode

there's a craze for collecting old things just now — es ist zurzeit große Mode, alte Sachen zu sammeln

2. vt
1)

(= make insane) a crazed gunman — ein Amokschütze m

to be half crazed with grief — vor Schmerz halb wahnsinnig sein

he had a crazed look on his face — er hatte den Gesichtsausdruck eines Wahnsinnigen

2) pottery, glazing rissig machen
3. vi
(pottery) rissig werden
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craze [kreız]
A v/t
1. zum Wahnsinn treiben
2. Töpferei: krakelieren
3. obs zerschmettern
B s
1. a) Manie f
b) Fimmel m, Spleen m, fixe Idee:
it is the craze now es ist gerade große Mode;
the latest craze der letzte (Mode)Schrei
2. Wahn(sinn) m
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1. noun
Begeisterung, die; Fimmel, der (ugs. abwertend)

there's a craze for doing something — es ist gerade große Mode, etwas zu tun

2. transitive verb

be [half] crazed with pain/grief — etc. [halb] wahnsinnig vor Schmerz/Kummer usw. sein

a crazed look/expression [on somebody's face] — ein vom Wahnsinn verzerrtes Gesicht

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n.
Fimmel* - m.
Haarriss -e m.
feiner Riss (in Glasur) m. v.
verrückt machen ausdr.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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