Summary
modest {noun}
Modist · Modistin
modest {adjective}
genügsam · dezent · anständig · züchtig · sittsam · bescheiden · mäßig · uneitel · mäßig · maßvoll · zurückhaltend · bescheiden · anspruchslos · einfach · schlicht
Mode {noun}
trend · fashion · vogue
English-German translation for "modest"
"modest" German translation
modest {noun}
modest {adjective}
And they featured role models like Abraham Lincoln who was praised for being modest and unassuming.
modest (fairly small) {adj.} (also: unassuming, self-effacing, modest)
I regard that as modest enough, and we have to set down clear markers here.
Bilateral relations today are good, but trade between the two countries is modest.
While the proposals contained in the plan of action are measured, they are not modest.
Economic exchange between Switzerland and the Kingdom is modest in scope.
The programme's budget is quite modest and the objective very ambitious.
The economic impact is seen to be modest, and the numbers started slowing towards the end of last year.
While the proposals contained in the plan of action are measured, they are not modest.
The Treaty of Amsterdam is very modest and for that we can be glad.
It is moderate because we have to be modest.
modest (not boastful) {adj.} (also: reserved)
When it comes to chocolate, this Parliament is suddenly very modest.
I think that you are being unduly modest.
It is time the Turkish Government tried to find interlocutors who are modest and want peace.
In this multi-million euro budget, Miss Gill has sought to frustrate this modest and comparatively inexpensive scheme at every opportunity.
modest (not boastful) {adj.} (also: unassuming, modest, self-effacing)
modest (not elaborate) {adj.}
to lead a modest life
We are modest enough to realise that Switzerland as a federalist model cannot simply be exported worldwide.
Mode {noun}
In reality, this directive is riding the waves of fashion and easy virtue.
Fashion, whether you like it or not, helps you project who you are to the world.
Fashion -- now, I'm sort of anti-fashion because I don't show the surface, I show what's within.
The fashion may possibly catch on in Europe before long.
Recently it has become very much in fashion to call women "the emerging market of the emerging market."
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "modest":
© Princeton Universityminor · small · small-scale · pocket-size · pocket-sized · meek · mild · humble · low · lowly
Synonyms (German) for "Mode":
Usage examples
Usage examples for "modest" in German
Similar words
modernism · modernistic · modernity · modernization · modernized · modernizes · modernizing · modernly · modernness · modes · modest · modestly · modesty · modicum · modifiable · modification · modifications · modified · modifier · modifies · modify
More translations in the German-English dictionary.