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Sonderling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anorak noun A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
  • crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  • misfit noun A person who doesn't fit in with the people or group around them.
  • nerd noun Someone who is highly intelligent or studious but socially awkward or introverted.
  • oddball noun A person who behaves in a strange or eccentric way.
  • recluse adj Living apart from others; withdrawn from society.

Senses

Sonderling is used for these senses in English:

  • anorak A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
  • anorak (UK, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains.
  • misfit A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
  • nerd (slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
  • oddball An eccentric or unusual person.
  • recluse A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.

anorak — full definition

  1. noun A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
  2. noun A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject, especially trains.

crank — full definition

  1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
  3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
  4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

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