plage

f; -, -n; (Ärgernis) (real) nuisance; (Arbeit) (real) grind umg.; BIBL. plague; die Mücken sind eine echte Plage the mosquitoes are an absolute pest (oder a pestilential nuisance); es macht ihr das Leben zur Plage it makes life unbearable (oder a misery) for her; es ist ihr zur Plage geworden it’s become a real problem for her

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die Plage

botheration; infliction; nuisance; worriment; handful; pest; scourge; toil; trouble; trial

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Pla|ge ['plaːgə]

f -, -n

1) plague

2) (fig = Mühe) nuisance; (= Plackerei) (hard) grind (inf)

sie hat ihre Pláge mit ihm — he's a trial for her

man hat schon seine Pláge mit dir — you do make life difficult, you are a nuisance

zu einer Pláge werden — to become a nuisance

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die

1) (a person etc difficult to control: Her three children are a (bit of a) handful.) handful

2) (something or someone that causes bother: What a bother all this is!) bother

3) infestation

4) (a person or thing that is annoying or troublesome: That child is a terrible nuisance.) nuisance

5) (a creature that is harmful or destructive, eg a mosquito, a rat etc.) pest

6) (a large and annoying quantity: a plague of flies.) plague

7) (a troublesome person, especially a child: That child is a real terror!) terror

8) (something that causes this.) torment

9) (a cause of annoyance or trouble: minor worries and vexations.) vexation

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Pla·ge

<-, -n>

[ˈpla:gə]

f plague, nuisance

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die; Plage, Plagen

1) [cursed or (coll.) pestilential] nuisance

2) (ugs.): (Mühe) bother; trouble

seine Plage mit jemandem/etwas haben — find somebody/something a real handful

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…plage f im subst:

Kartoffelkäferplage plague of Colorado (US potato) beetles;

Mäuseplage plague of mice

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die; Plage, Plagen

1) [cursed or (coll.) pestilential] nuisance

2) (ugs.): (Mühe) bother; trouble

seine Plage mit jemandem/etwas haben — find somebody/something a real handful

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-n f.

bother n.

nuisance n.

plague n.

scourge n.

trouble n.