English » German

Translations for „dead letter“ in the English » German Dictionary (Go to German » English)

dead ˈlet·ter N

1. dead letter (undeliverable letter):

dead letter

unzustellbarer Brief

2. dead letter LAW:

dead letter

toter Buchstabe (noch bestehendes, aber nicht mehr angewandtes Gesetz)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Let us not, if we can avoid it, fall victim to the dead letter of the law. en.wikipedia.org

To the contrary, it is not a dead letter. en.wikipedia.org

Other former names include dead letter branch and dead parcel branch. en.wikipedia.org

Apparently this enactment remained a dead letter. en.wikipedia.org

Dead letter queues can be created for looking at messages which timed out or failed for other reasons. en.wikipedia.org

He's a dead letter himself, pale, purposeless, able to convey only his former impulse toward a purpose. bigthink.com

I retired in 2000 and the new commission had limited interest in the subject, so the report became a dead letter. www.thehindu.com

In practice the socialist objective was a dead letter. en.wikipedia.org

Henceforth, the proclaimed neutrality was a dead letter. en.wikipedia.org

Being internal departments within postal administrations, little information about the dead letter office function has ever been made public. en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "dead letter" in other languages

Choose your language Deutsch | български | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski | Türkçe | 中文