meager in German can be: karg (adjective), mager (adjective) or karge (adjective).
- meager, sparse, barren
- Arm an etwas, wenig vorhanden
- Nicht ausreichend, spärlich
- Unfruchtbar, wenig ertragreich (oft bezogen auf Boden)
Example:
- Eine karge Mahlzeit.
- Die karge Landschaft der Wüste.
- Er lebte von einem kargen Lohn.
- lean, meager
- dünn und wenig Fett
- unfruchtbar oder karg (Boden)
Example:
- mageres Fleisch
- magerer Boden
- barren, meager, scanty
- wenig ertragreich, spärlich
- arm an etwas, dürftig
- knapp bemessen
Example:
- karge Mahlzeit
- karge Landschaft
- karge Ausstattung
- karge Ernte
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