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  1. sleepers:
  2. sleeper:
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Detailed Translations for sleepers from English to German

sleepers:

sleepers [the ~] nomen

  1. the sleepers (sleeping-cars; sleeping-carriage)
    der Schlafwagen
  2. the sleepers (overnight guests)
    die Logiergäste

Translation Matrix for sleepers:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Logiergäste overnight guests; sleepers overnight guests
Schlafwagen sleepers; sleeping-carriage; sleeping-cars berth; berth carriage; sleeper; sleeping car; sleeping-car

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Wiktionary Translations for sleepers:

sleepers
noun
  1. (umgangssprachlich): verkrustete Tränenflüssigkeit, die sich oftmals am Morgen auf den carunculis lacrimalis, den Tränenwärzchen, findet
  2. zähflüssiges, weißgelbliches Sekret der Drüsen am Auge, das ein Überlaufen der Tränenflüssigkeit über die Lidkante verhindert

sleeper:

sleeper [the ~] nomen

  1. the sleeper (railway sleeper)
    die Eisenbahnschwelle; die Schwelle
  2. the sleeper (berth carriage; berth; sleeping car)
    der Schlafwagen

Translation Matrix for sleeper:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Eisenbahnschwelle railway sleeper; sleeper
Schlafwagen berth; berth carriage; sleeper; sleeping car sleepers; sleeping-car; sleeping-carriage; sleeping-cars
Schwelle railway sleeper; sleeper doorstep; platform; threshold; threshold value
- crosstie; railroad tie; sleeper goby; sleeping car; slumberer; tie; wagon-lit
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- railway sleeper

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Synonyms for "sleeper":


Related Definitions for "sleeper":

  1. an unexpected hit1
    • that movie was the sleeper of the summer1
  2. tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water1
  3. a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed1
  4. pajamas with feet; worn by children1
  5. a passenger car that has berths for sleeping1
  6. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track1
    • the British call a railroad tie a sleeper1
  7. a rester who is sleeping1
  8. an unexpected achiever of success1
    • the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it1
  9. a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal1

Wiktionary Translations for sleeper:

sleeper
noun
  1. someone who sleeps
  2. saboteur or terrorist
  3. horizontal wooden or concrete structural member supporting railway lines
sleeper
noun
  1. Gleisbau: einer der Balken, auf denen die Gleise ruhen
  2. Person, die schlafen, die sich im Schlafzustand befindet