mettle

Meanings of "mettle" in German English Dictionary : 9 result(s)

	Category	English	German
General

1	General	mettle someone is made of (old use)	jemandes emütsart [f]
2	General	mettle someone is made of (old use)	jemandes Wesensart [f]
3	General	mettle someone is made of (old use)	jemandes Wesen [n]
4	General	mettle someone is made of (old use)	jemandes Naturell [n]
5	General	be on one's mettle	sein Bestes geben [v]
6	General	see what mettle he is made of	um zu sehen, aus welchem Holz er geschnitzt ist [v]
7	General	show/prove one's mettle	zeigen, was in einem steckt [v]
8	General	a horse of mettle	ein feuriges Pferd
9	General	someone's mettle	sein Bestes
10	General	the mettle we are made of	unser innerstes Wesen
Idioms

11	Idioms	be on one's mettle	auf dem Posten sein

Colloquial

12	Colloquial	to have plenty of mettle	Rasse haben [v]
13	Colloquial	someone's mettle	das, was in einem steckt/was man drauf hat
Sports

14	Sports	Olympic mettle	Olympiaambitionen [pl]