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Detailed Translations for scantiness from English to German

scantiness:

scantiness [the ~] noun

  1. the scantiness (scarcity; shortage; tightness; )
    die Bedürftigkeit; der Mangel; die Knappheit; Defizit; die Armut; die Spärlichkeit; die Ärmlichkeit; die Ermangelung; die Kargheit
  2. the scantiness (frugality; sobriety; simplicity; simpleness; plainness)
    die Einfalt; die Einfachheit; die Schlichtheit; die Bescheidenheit; die Anspruchslosigkeit
  3. the scantiness (parsimony; slenderness; meagreness; meagerness)
    die Kargheit; die Spärlichkeit; die Ärmlichkeit

Translation Matrix for scantiness:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Anspruchslosigkeit frugality; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety complaisance; compliance; courtesy; demureness; having no pretentions; kindness; modesty; simplicity; subservience
Armut famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; crisis; dearth; destitution; disaster; emergency situation; hardship; lack; necessity; need; paucity; penury; poverty; state of emergency; want
Bedürftigkeit famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness adversity; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; disaster; harbourless; indigentness; necessity; need; neediness; of limited means; poorness; seediness; shabbiness
Bescheidenheit frugality; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety complaisance; compliance; courtesy; demureness; having no pretentions; humility; kindness; modestness; modesty; simpleness; simplicity; submissiveness; subservience; unpretentiousness
Defizit famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; loss; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall
Einfachheit frugality; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety cushiness; folly; foolishness; idiocy; inanity; innocence; lunacy; naïvete; naïvety; silliness; simpleness; simplicity
Einfalt frugality; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety demureness; folly; foolishness; having no pretentions; idiocy; inanity; innocence; lunacy; modesty; naïvete; naïvety; silliness; simplicity; unaffectedness
Ermangelung famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness deficiency; disability; flaw; gap; handicap; lack; physical defect; want
Kargheit famine; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; parsimony; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; slenderness; tightness leanness; meagerness; meagreness; skinnyness; thinness
Knappheit famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness brevity; conciseness; terseness
Mangel famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness blank; blunder; deficiency; flaw; gap; hiatus; imperfection; lack; lacuna; shortage; shortcoming; void; want; wringer; wringing machine
Schlichtheit frugality; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; sobriety demureness; foolishness; having no pretentions; inanity; innocence; modesty; naïvete; naïvety; silliness; simplicity
Spärlichkeit famine; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; parsimony; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; slenderness; tightness being economical
Ärmlichkeit famine; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; parsimony; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; slenderness; tightness adversity; depravedness; deprivedness; destituteness; destitution; disaster; fumblingness; harbourless; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; necessity; need; poorness; seediness; shabbiness; skinnyness; thinness
- exiguity; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; poorness; scantness

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Synonyms for "scantiness":


Related Definitions for "scantiness":

  1. the quality of being meager1

scanty:


Translation Matrix for scanty:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- pantie; panty; step-in
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- bare; spare
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- meager; meagre
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
einfach austere; frugal; scanty; sober absolute; actual; austere; blatant; comfortable; common; commonly; considerate; customary; demure; discreet; downright; easily; easy; effortless; free; freely; genuine; grave; habitual; humble; in truth; indeed; it's true; just; just like that; light; mean; meek; modest; not difficult; not hard; of simple origin; ordinarily; ordinary; pedestrian; plain; quite common; real; really; sedate; sheer; simple; simply; sober; straight; thoughtlessly; to be sure; truly; unaffected; uncomplicated; unobtrusive; unpretentious; usual; vile; without any warning; without pretentions
gering scanty barely; bashfull; diffident; flimsy; hardly; infinitesimal; insignificant; lean; light; little; low; marginal; mean; minimal; minor; miserable; narrow minded; not high; pedestrian; petty; poor; scant; scarcely; shabby; slight; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; vile
knapp scanty bashfull; close; close by; close to; concise; cramped; diffident; diminutive; exact; filmy; flimsy; inadequate; inferior; lean; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; minutely; miserable; narrow; narrow minded; narrowly; near; nearby; parched; petty; poor; precise; shabby; short; short of cash; short of money; shortish; small; succinct; terse; thin; tight; tiny; undersized
mäßig austere; frugal; scanty; sober average; feeble; mediocre; middling; not bad; not very good; poor; so-so
nicht im überfluss scanty
nüchtern austere; frugal; scanty; sober businesslike; chilli; chilly; coldly; cool; coolly; impartial; neutral; objective; sober; unbiased
sachlich austere; frugal; scanty; sober actual; actually; as a matter of fact; as regards content; businesslike; concerning content; cool; impartial; in fact; neutral; objective; real; really; sober; true; unbiased; with respect to content
schlicht austere; frugal; scanty; sober austere; considerate; demure; discreet; easily; easy; effortless; free; freely; grave; lank; modest; not difficult; not hard; sedate; simple; sober; unaffected; uncomplicated; unpretentious; without pretentions
sparsam austere; frugal; scanty; sober avaricious; economic; economical; economically; few; frugal; miserly; niggardly; poor; sparing; stingy; thrifty
ärmlich austere; frugal; scanty; sober come off badly; few; flimsy; immature; inferior; lean; miserable; paltry; poor; ragged; shabby; shady; thin; unsightly; worst

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Synonyms for "scanty":


Related Definitions for "scanty":

  1. lacking in amplitude or quantity1
    • a scanty harvest1
  2. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)1

Wiktionary Translations for scanty:

scanty
adjective
  1. somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent
scanty
adjective
  1. in geringen Mengen, wenig

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
scanty karg; schmal; dürftig; kärglich insuffisant — Qui ne suffire pas.
scanty knapp; selten; rar; karg; dürftig; kärglich; spärlich rare — Qui est en petit nombre, qui se trouve difficilement.