shakiness

shakiness
noun die Wackeligkeit
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shaki·ness
[ˈʃeɪkɪnəs]
n no pl
1. (unsteadiness) Wack[e]ligkeit f; voice, hands Zittrigkeit f
2. (precariousness) Instabilität f, Unsicherheit f
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['ʃeIkInɪs]
n
(of chair) Wackeligkeit f; (of evidence) Fragwürdigkeit f, Unsicherheit f; (of voice, hands, writing) Zitterigkeit f; (of knowledge) Unsicherheit f; (of sb's French) Holprigkeit f

the shakiness of their position — ihre wackelige Position

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shakiness [ˈʃeıkınıs] s
1. Wack(e)ligkeit f (auch fig)
2. fig Unsicherheit f, Zweifelhaftigkeit f
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n.
Unsicherheit f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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