Nerven-

Nẹr|ven-:

Ne#r|ven|an|span|nung

f → nervous tension

Ne#r|ven|arzt

m, Nẹr|ven|ärz|tin

f → neurologist

ne#r|ven|auf|rei|bend

adj → nerve-racking

adv die Klasse ist Nerven- laut → the noise of the class plays on the nerves

Ne#r|ven|bahn

f → nerve

Ne#r|ven|be|las|tung

f → strain on the nerves

ne#r|ven|be|ru|hi|gend

adj → sedative

Ne#r|ven|be|ru|hi|gungs|mit|tel

nt → sedative, tranquillizer

Ne#r|ven|bün|del

nt → fascicle; (fig inf) → bag or bundle of nerves (inf)

Ne#r|ven|chi|rur|gie

f → neurosurgery

Ne#r|ven|ent|zün|dung

f → neuritis

Ne#r|ven|fa|ser

f → nerve fibre (Brit) → or fiber (US)

Ne#r|ven|gas

nt (Mil) → nerve gas

Ne#r|ven|gift

nt → neurotoxin

Ne#r|ven|heil|an|stalt

f → psychiatric or mental hospital

Ne#r|ven|heil|kun|de

f → neurology

Ne#r|ven|kit|zel

m (fig) → thrill; etw als einen äußersten Nerven- empfinden → to get a big thrill or kick (inf) → out of sth, to find sth really thrilling; er liebt/sucht den Nerven- → he gets a kick out of it (inf)

N#er|ven|kli|nik

f → psychiatric clinic

Ne#r|ven|kos|tüm

nt (hum) ein starkes/schwaches Nerven- haben → to have strong/weak nerves

Ne#r|ven|kraft

f → strong nerves pl; es erforderte einige Nerven- → it took strong nerves; meine Nerven- ist erschöpft → my nerves can’t take any more

ne#r|ven|krank

adj (geistig) → mentally ill or disturbed; (körperlich) → suffering from a nervous disease

Ne#r|ven|krank|heit

f (geistig) → mental illness or disorder; (körperlich) → nervous disease or disorder

Ne#r|ven|krieg

m (fig) → war of nerves

Ne#r|ven|läh|mung

f → neuroparalysis

Ne#r|ven|lei|den

nt → nervous complaint or condition

Ne#r|ven|mit|tel

nt → sedative, tranquillizer (Brit), → tranquilizer (US)

Ne#r|ven|nah|rung

f (fig) das ist Nerven- → it’s good for my etc nerves

Ne#r|ven|pro|be

f → trial

Ne#r|ven|sa|che

f (inf) → question of nerves; reine Nerven-! → it’s all a question of nerves

Ne#r|ven|sä|ge

f (inf) → pain (in the neck) (inf)

ne#r|ven|schä|di|gend

adj → damaging to the nerves

Ne#r|ven|schmerz

m → neuralgia no pl

Ne#r|ven|schock

m → nervous shock

ne#r|ven|schwach

adj → with weak nerves, neurasthenic (spec); er ist Nerven- → he has weak nerves

Ne#r|ven|schwä|che

f → weak nerves pl, → neurasthenia (spec)

ne#r|ven|stark

adj Mensch → with strong nerves; Leistung → determined; er ist Nerven- → he has strong nerves

Ne#r|ven|stär|ke

f → strong nerves pl; es erforderte meine ganze Nerven- → I needed nerves of steel to do it

ne#r|ven|stär|kend

adj → nerve-strengthening, tonic

Ne#r|ven|strang

m → nerve fibre (Brit) → or fiber (US)

Ne#r|ven|sys|tem

nt → nervous system

Ne#r|ven|zel|le

f → nerve cell

Ne#r|ven|zent|rum

nt (Physiol, fig) → nerve centre (Brit) → or center (US)

Ne#r|ven|zu|sam|men|bruch

m → nervous breakdown, crackup (inf)