No. 15,711 in German
zurückgestutzt
"Trimmed back" or "pruned."
In a sentence
Der Baum wurde gestern auf die Hälfte seiner ursprünglichen Größe zurückgestutzt.
The tree was trimmed back to half of its original size yesterday.
Used to describe a physical action involving trimming back a tree to control its size.
Nachdem die Straße breiter gemacht wurde, mussten auch die Hecken entlang der Straße zurückgestutzt werden.
After the street was widened, the hedges along the street also had to be trimmed back.
Refers to the act of pruning hedges to maintain or adjust their shape due to contextual changes.
Sein Ehrgeiz wurde durch eine Reihe von Fehlschlägen stark zurückgestutzt.
His ambition was strongly curbed by a series of failures.
Used metaphorically to describe reducing or curbing one's ambitions or desires due to external circumstances.
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