Translations for „jetsam“ in the English » German Dictionary

jet·sam [ˈʤetsəm] N no pl

jetsam → flotsam

See also flotsam

flot·sam [ˈflɒtsəm, Am ˈflɑ:t-] N no pl

1. flotsam:

flotsam (wreckage)

Treibgut nt

flotsam (ashore)

Strandgut nt

flotsam and jetsam

Strandgut nt

2. flotsam (useless items):

flotsam

Krimskrams m inf

flotsam

Krempel m inf

flotsam and jetsam

unnütze Sachen

3. flotsam + sing/pl vb fig pej (vagrants):

[human] flotsam

[menschliches] Treibgut

[human] flotsam

gestrandete Existenzen pl pej

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

flotsam and jetsam

Strandgut nt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's a heady, atmospheric plunge through the underclass of the '50s and all of its attendant flotsam and jetsam.

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One solution is to create a subfolder directly off the desktop for all this digital flotsam and jetsam.

www.gizmodo.com.au

It's the flotsam and jetsam of democracy and free speech.

www.macleans.ca

Bought after the wreckage of a shoaled first marriage, the becalmed, calming painting survived a bachelor's anchorage, flotsam and jetsam, to find love.

www.eurekastreet.com.au

Dales assemblage artwork has been described as joy in jetsam, philosophy in flotsam.

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Inland, the bodies are piling up - the flotsam and jetsam of a new drug boom.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Not the dull baskets filled with inedible flotsam and jetsam, but presents to thrill and inspire.

www.dailymail.co.uk

All of that flotsam and jetsam rolling around in the boomers---gadzooks!

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Together they created sculpted vessels made from flotsam and jetsam using traditional techniques to tell the story of the seafaring culture of the islands.

www.abc.net.au

The house museum exhibits archival materials including an 18-minute long movie, war photographs, military equipment, flags, military uniforms, flotsam and jetsam.

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