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Schulter

shoulder

noun SHOOL-ter Less Common
Body & Health Body Parts

Usage Note

Schulter is the shoulder. The idiom etwas auf die leichte Schulter nehmen means to take something too lightly. Schulter an Schulter means side by side.

Examples

"Sie legte ihm die Hand auf die Schulter."

Natural Translation

She laid her hand on his shoulder.

Literal Translation

She laid him the hand on the shoulder.

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