sheet1 | BrE ʃiːt, AmE ʃit | A noun 1 Laken (Neutr.); (for covering mattress) Betttuch (Neutr.); Laken (Neutr.) ▸ put clean sheets on the bed das Bett frisch beziehen ▸ between the sheets (in bed) im Bett see also white A2 2 (of thin metal, plastic) Folie (Fem.); (of iron, tin) Blech (Neutr.); (of glass, of thicker metal, plastic) Platte (Fem.); (of stamps) Bogen (Mask.); (of paper) Bogen (Mask.), Blatt (Neutr.) ▸ a sheet of iron/plastic ein Eisenblech/eine Plastikfolie ▸ a sheet of paper ein Papierbogen ein Bogen or Blatt Papier ▸ five sheets of wrapping paper 5 Bögen Einwickelpapier ▸ a 250-sheet roll of toilet paper eine 250-Blatt-Rolle Toilettenpapier ▸ sheet of music Notenblatt (Neutr.) attrib. ▸ sheet glass/metal/iron Flachglas (Neutr.), Blech (Neutr.), Eisenblech (Neutr.) see also clean A2 3 (wide expanse) ‹Eis-, Lava-, Nebel› decke (Fem.) ▸ a sheet of water covered the lawn der Rasen stand unter Wasser ▸ a huge sheet of flame ein Flammenmeer ▸ the rain was coming down in sheets es regnete in Strömen 4 (Printing) Druckbogen (Mask.) ▸ a book in sheets ein Rohexemplar B intransitive verb ▸ the rain was sheeting down es regnete in Strömen sheet2 noun 1 (of sail) Schot (Fem.) 2 be three sheets in or to the wind (informal) voll wie eine Strandhaubitze sein (informal)