Translation of mysterious – English–German dictionary

mysterious

 
adjective
 
geheimnisvoll
mysterious happenings
He’s being very mysterious (= refuses to explain fully) about what his work is

(Translation of mysterious from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of mysterious

mysterious
For despite the vast accumulation of scientific knowledge in medical libraries, the body does, indeed, work in mysterious ways.
Mysterious voices and mysterious meanings of lost contexts and circumstances!
I liked the artefacts added by the time-stretching; they helped create new sounds resembling a sort of mysterious mechanised beast.
It differed in spirit from the methods pursued in the rest of the book, and looked a bit mysterious and ad hoc.
In occupying and exploiting the mysterious space of the sacred in our contemporary 'secular' world, the nation revitalises the profane.
This opening passage stages a most curious scene, indeed, foregrounding the physician's own curiosity and initial inability to explain the mysterious silence of his friend.
This is reminiscent of the extraordinary relationship which amputees develop with their artificial replacements, revealing a whole inner mysterious world of feeling and imagination.
The costume is mysterious in its poverty as well as in its flair for incoherent details.
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Translations of mysterious

in Chinese (Traditional)
神秘的事物,難以理解的事物,謎…
in Chinese (Simplified)
神秘的事物,难以理解的事物,谜…
in Spanish
misterioso, misterioso/osa [masculine-feminine, singular]…
in Portuguese
misterioso, misterioso/-osa…
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रहस्यमय…
不思議な, 不可解な, 謎(なぞ)の…
esrarengiz, tuhaf, acayip…
mystérieux/-euse, mystérieux…
misteriós…
mysterieus…
விசித்திரமானது, அறிந்திராத, அல்லது புரிந்து கொள்ளப்படாத…
रहस्यमय / गुप्त…
રહસ્યમય…
mystisk, gådefuld…
mystisk, hemlighetsfull…
menjadi persoalan…
mystisk, gåtefull…
پراسرار, مخفی, پوشیدہ…
таємничий, незбагненний…
таинственный, загадочный, скрытный…
రహస్యమైన, అనుమానాస్పద, వింతైన…
غامِض…
রহস্যজনক…
tajemný, záhadný…
penuh rahasia…
ลี้ลับ…
bí ẩn, khó hiểu…
tajemniczy…
기이한…
misterioso…
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