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Translate vengeance from English to German

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vengeance:
- Vergeltung
Wiktionary:
- vengeance → Rache, Vergeltung
- vengeance → Rache, Vergeltung, Revanche

English

Detailed Translations for vengeance from English to German

vengeance:

vengeance [the ~] nom

the vengeance (act of revenge; revenge; retaliation)
die Vergeltung
- Vergeltung [die ~] nom

Translation Matrix for vengeance:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Vergeltung	act of revenge; retaliation; revenge; vengeance	requital; retaliation; retribution; revenge
-	payback; retribution

Synonyms for "vengeance":

retribution; payback; retaliation; revenge

Related Definitions for "vengeance":

the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life¹
- For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge¹
- he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him¹

Wiktionary Translations for vengeance:

vengeance

noun

revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong
- vengeance → Rache; Vergeltung

vengeance

noun

Handlung gegen eine oder mehrere Person mit beabsichtigen negativen Auswirkungen als Reaktion auf ein erlittenes (manchmal auch nur vermeintliches) Unrecht
- Rache → vengeance; revenge

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• vengeance	→ Rache	↔ wraak — het vergelden van doorgemaakt lijden
• vengeance	→ Rache; Vergeltung; Revanche	↔ revanche — Action par laquelle on reprend sur quelqu’un l’avantage qu’il avait pris sur vous

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