wildness

wildness
noun, no pl.
1) (bleakness) Wildheit, die
2) (lack of restraint) Wildheit, die

after the wildness of his youth — nach seiner wilden od. stürmischen Jugend

the wildness of the weather/sea — das stürmische Wetter/die stürmische See

4) (of promise, words) Unbedachtheit, die; (of scheme, attempt, idea, hope, quest) Irrwitzigkeit, die
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noun die Wildheit
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wild·ness
[ˈwaɪldnəs]
n no pl
1. (natural state) Wildheit f
2. (tempestuousness) Wildheit f, Heftigkeit f
the \wildness of the weather was frightening das stürmische Wetter war Angst einflößend
3. (behaviour) Wildheit f; (lack of control) Unkontrolliertheit f
4. (excitement) Unbändigkeit f, Zügellosigkeit f
5. (haphazardness) Ungezieltheit f; (rashness) Unüberlegtheit f, Unbesonnenheit f; (lacking principle) Wahllosigkeit f
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['waIldnɪs]
n
1) (= rough, uncivilized state) Wildheit f
2) (of storm etc) Wildheit f, Stärke f, Heftigkeit f

the wildness of the weather — das rauhe or stürmische Wetter

3) (= frenzy, unruliness) Wildheit f
4) (= extravagance) (of promise) Unüberlegtheit f; (of exaggeration) Maßlosigkeit f; (of fluctuations) Stärke f; (of expectations, imagination) Kühnheit f
5) (= lack of aim) Unkontrolliertheit f; (= erratic nature of spelling) Unsicherheit f
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wildness [ˈwaıldnıs] s allg Wildheit f
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noun, no pl.
1) (bleakness) Wildheit, die
2) (lack of restraint) Wildheit, die

after the wildness of his youth — nach seiner wilden od. stürmischen Jugend

3) (storminess)

the wildness of the weather/sea — das stürmische Wetter/die stürmische See

4) (of promise, words) Unbedachtheit, die; (of scheme, attempt, idea, hope, quest) Irrwitzigkeit, die

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