Also means
tear gland
Usage Note
Tränendrüse is the gland that produces tears. The figurative phrase an die Tränendrüsen gehen (to go to the tear glands) means to pull at the heartstrings, and is used colloquially for films or stories that make people cry.
Examples
"Dieser Film geht an die Tränendrüsen."
Natural Translation
This film really pulls at the heartstrings.
Literal Translation
This film goes at the tear glands.
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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