Also means
pins and needles
Usage Note
Kribbeln as a noun (das Kribbeln) describes a tingling or prickling sensation in the skin, often caused by nerve compression (Kribbeln in den Fingern) or as 'butterflies in the stomach' in emotional contexts.
Examples
"Das Kribbeln in ihrer Hand hörte nach einigen Minuten auf."
Natural Translation
The tingling in her hand stopped after a few minutes.
Literal Translation
The tingling in her hand stopped after some minutes.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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