English–German dictionary

German translation of the English word rack one’s brains

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EnglishGerman (translated indirectly)Esperanto
rack one’s brains
(puzzle over; rack one’s brain)
grübeln
;
angestrengt nachdenken
Gehirn
;
Hirn
;
🔗 Rand shifted uneasily, wishing she would not look at him like that, as if her eyes could pierce his brain and read what lay in every corner of it.
brains
Gehirn
(cabinet)
Regal
(grating; grid; grille; grating; lattice; wicket);
Rost
(stretch; strain; stress; tense)
aufziehen
;
spannen
;
anspannen
;
ausspannen
;
straffen
;
anziehen

EnglishGerman
rack one’s brains sich den Kopf zerbrechen
brain Gehirn; Hirn; Intelligenz; Verstand; kluger Kopf
brains Hirn; Verstand
rack Folter; Gestell; Netz; Regal; Ständer; plagen