lightweight

lightweight
1. adjective
1) leicht
2) (fig.): (of little consequence) unmaßgeblich
2. noun
(Boxing etc.) Leichtgewicht, das; (person also) Leichtgewichtler, der; (fig.) Leichtgewicht, das (fig.)
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adjective (light in weight: a lightweight raincoat.) leicht
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ˈlight·weight
I. n
1. no pl SPORT Leichtgewicht nt
2. (boxer) Leichtgewichtler(in) m(f)
3. (lightly build person) Leichtgewicht nt fam; (pej: lacking endurance) Schwächling m fam, Schlappschwanz m fam; (pej: lightly built thing) Klappergestell nt fam o pej
4. (pej fig: unimportant person) Leichtgewicht nt fig
in literary circles he has been dismissed as a \lightweight in literarischen Kreisen nimmt man ihn nicht für voll
II. n modifier SPORT Leichtgewichts-, im Leichtgewicht nach n
\lightweight boxer Leichtgewichtler(in) m(f)
\lightweight champion Meister(in) m(f) im Leichtgewicht
III. adj
1. (weighing little) leicht
2. (trivial) trivial
3. (pej fig: unimportant) bedeutungslos
a \lightweight politician [nur] ein kleiner Politiker/eine kleine Politikerin
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lightweight
A adj
1. leicht(gewichtig):
be lightweight leicht sein, nicht viel wiegen;
lightweight pickup Leichttonarm m
2. SPORT Leichtgewichts…:
lightweight oarsman SPORT Leichtgewichtsruderer m
3. fig
a) leicht:
lightweight reading auch Unterhaltungslektüre f
b) unbedeutend (Person):
lightweight artist künstlerisches Leichtgewicht
B s
1. a) Leichtgewicht n (Person) (auch fig)
b) etwas Leichtes
2. SPORT Leichtgewicht(ler) n(m):
at lightweight im Leichtgewicht
3. fig unbedeutender Mensch
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1. adjective
1) leicht
2) (fig.): (of little consequence) unmaßgeblich
2. noun
(Boxing etc.) Leichtgewicht, das; (person also) Leichtgewichtler, der; (fig.) Leichtgewicht, das (fig.)
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adj.
leicht adj. n.
Leichtgewicht n.

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