grouch

grouch
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb schimpfen; mosern (ugs.)
2. noun
1) (person) Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
2) (cause) Ärger, der

have a grouch against somebody — auf jemanden sauer sein (salopp)

* * *
1. verb
(to complain: He's quite happy in his job although he's always grouching (about it).) nörgeln
2. noun
1) (a person who complains.) der Griesgram
2) (a complaint.) die Nörgelei
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grouch
[graʊtʃ]
I. n
<pl -es>
1. (grudge) Groll m kein pl; (complaint) Beschwerde f
2. (person) Nörgler(in) m(f) pej, Miesepeter m pej fam, Grantler m ÖSTERR pej
II. vi [herum]nörgeln
to \grouch about sth/sb über etw/jdn schimpfen [o fam meckern]
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[graʊtʃ]
1. n
1) (= complaint) Klage f;
2) (inf: person) Miesepeter m (inf), Muffel m (inf)
2. vi
schimpfen, meckern (inf)
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grouch [ɡraʊtʃ] umg
A v/i (about) nörgeln (an dat, über akk), meckern (über akk, gegen)
B s
1. a) miese Laune
b) have a grouch A
2. a) Nörgler(in) m, Meckerfritze m umg
b) Miesepeter m umg
* * *
1.
(coll.)intransitive verb schimpfen; mosern (ugs.)
2. noun
1) (person) Miesepeter, der (ugs. abwertend)
2) (cause) Ärger, der

have a grouch against somebody — auf jemanden sauer sein (salopp)

* * *
v.
nörgeln v.
quengeln v.

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