Questions tagged [english-to-german]
Übersetzung Englisch nach Deutsch - Questions on translations from English to German.
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Can “niemand” be used alone to mean nobody as in “I am a nobody” in German
I have to make a design for someone and he wants me to have the word "niemand" repeated to mean "nobody" as in "I am a nobody". He doesn't speak German but needs German in the design. I just want to ...
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Equivalent of the English “use to” structure in German
I'd like to know how to translate English sentences like "I used to do it" to German proper; for instance:
I used to read those books.
He used to go the theatre often.
For example, are ...
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How do you phrase “due to strong winds” in German
I’ve seen different forms written in articles:
Wegen starken Winden
Wegen starken Windes
Wegen starke Winde
Wegen zu starken
I’m confused honestly. I haven’t fully grasped the concept of ...
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How to say “What does it have to do with you” in German? [closed]
How do native German speakers say sentences such as:
"What does it have to do with you?"
"It has nothing to do with you."
"It's none of your business."
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Proposing “training" as a new Tag [migrated]
I am a just newcomer to the site. When I tried to tag my first question as “training”, it came out that such a Tag does not exist. I think training, while learning, is very much needed and therefore ...
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Sites for sentence translation training
I can understand most of the text when it is in German, but I feel totally weak to write or speak in German. I need training.
Is there a site that offers sentences in English - of a kind of complexity ...
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How to say I love something in german? [closed]
I've noticed that people use ''ich liebe...(jmd)'' for people, a lot, but not for things.
How should I say ''I love Medicine'' or ''I love Africa'' or ''I love New York'', for example?
Like, I ...
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prallen aufeinander, or X prallt auf Y?
I had a quick question about "aufeinander prallen". I know we can say things like,
Diese Ideen prallen aufeinander.
Die zwei Kulturen prallten aufeinander.
In both instances, this reflects things "...
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Do you say “Ich lerne gerne neue sache?”
How do you say "I like to learn new things?" in german. Do you say "Ich lerne gern neue sache" or "ich lerne gern neue dinge? Or something else?
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When would you use “er” or “sie” instead of “es”, specifically with the meaning of “it”? [closed]
I answered the translation of "Is it not your jacket", as "Sie ist nicht deine Jacke".
Duolingo marked this wrong. Am I indeed wrong, or is this an error in the accepted answer?
I know that I have ...
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“Is there anything we could have done better?” auf Deutsch
Eine typische "follow-up" Frage an eine Kunde nach einer Bestellung: "Is there anything we could have done better?"
Der Google Übersetzer empfehlt:
Gibt es etwas, das wir besser hätten machen ...
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Translating “revisited” in a title
How would you translate e.g. "Geometry Revisited" in the context of a book title? Or more generally, "X Revisited" where X is any topic, for example "Penguins Revisited".
Google Translate suggests "...
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Translating American time zones to German
Three parts to my question:
In Germany, would our American time zones still be referred to as things like Mountain Daylight Time or do other countries have different names for regions but keep ...
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Word for “assigning” someone to a group
What would be the most natural way to translate the following to German:
I have assigned you to group 1. / I have placed you in group 1.
Basically there are several groups of people and someone ...
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How to use articles with multiple nouns
For example:
Case 1:
treat "a dog" and "a cat" as two single object
Der Hund und die Katze sind nicht zu Hause.
or
Treat "a dog und a cat" as a combined plural object
Die Hund und Katze sind ...
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Scream vs. Shout
When I see someone doing mischief, I will shout at the person so that he/she will notice that I see him/her doing something not right, to stop him/her from doing whatever he/she is doing.
When I see ...
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German equivalent for the verb “trigger” meaning to cause something to happen?
The phrase I am trying to translate is for a project with an internet powered device to do its programmed purpose. For example, A pressing the button will cause a light source to illuminate or a ...
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German language equivalent for “beta” software?
What are the most common terms used by the software industry in German to list software as "beta" as in an early release. And how would they translate literally to American English?
Beta software ...
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Deadlift as a verb
The deadlift exercise in German is called Kreuzheben. However, in English there's also the verb "to deadlift". Ex:
I can deadlift 100 kilograms.
How would you say the same thing in German?
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UTC - German equivalent
What would be the equivalent acronym for Coordinated Universal Time?
https://www.timeanddate.com/time/aboututc.html
The second part of my question is that if a German user was to see "UTC" on a ...
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Why is “our daily lives” “unser tägliches Leben”, but “in our daily lives” is “in unserem täglichen Leben”?
I don't understand why "unser" changes to "unserem" and why "tägliches" changes to "täglichen".
Why do those two words get suffixes because of "in"?
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Translations for “Site” in the context of a location?
Site can have many variations of a location in English but I am looking for the word in the context of a site like a work site, construction site, etc. But not looking for the translation of "location....
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das Wort “autodidaktisch” und “I have taught myself.”
Meine Frage hat mit der Übersetzung von einem typischen Ausdruck auf Englisch zu tun. Ich würde gerne auf Deutsch sagen "I have taught myself German". Eine deutsche Freundin hat mir seit langem ...
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Does the German language accept the use of shortened phrases in CVs/Résumés?
Here is an example. Imagine I have an entry in a CV with the following (silly) text explaining my duties and accomplishments:
I have implemented an application with various features. I have ...
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long nominal group [closed]
I am trying to translate this sentence:
The public ASCAD database, which provides power consumption traces of a masked 128-bit AES implementation,...
like this:
ASCAD öffentliche Datenbank, die ...
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Whats equivalent for “performance machines” in German?
I'm trying to figure the equivalent for performance machine/device/system in German.
So far I have got the followings but I am not sure if it is correct or not:
Leistungssyteme
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Best words to notify that something is being sent in a web form [duplicate]
For users that have submitted information on a form, there would be a message that notifies them that the information that they submitted is being sent.
I was told by an interpreter that it could be ...
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Variations of “equals” and “does not equal” in programming context
For programming an interface where you can set conditions like
"The temperature equals more than 38 celsius"
or
"The amount of moisture does not equal 30%"
What would be the best fitting ...
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German translation of “wash my hands of something”
There is an english expression that goes "wash my hands of something". A definition of that can be found in the Cambridge dictionary and if I am not mistaken comes from the Pontius Pilate story.
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German equivalents for “logs” in context to software or record keeping
I found a word "Protokolle" which seems to be related to records. But it seems to also be used for protocol. So might not be a good fit?
I found "Protokoll" which seems to be related more to records ...
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To slog through something
I am having a difficult time expressing "to slog through" something in German.
In dict.cc, I see "sich durchschlagen" as a possible translation. I also see "sich abplagen". Therefore, let me provide ...
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(Um- Zu) benutzen [closed]
Wann kann man (um zu) benutzen?
Ich weiß nicht wie und wann. Bitte erläutern Sie mir das.
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NSFW - German Equivalent
I am looking for, if it even exists, the German equivalent of the English NSFW (not safe for work) abbreviation.
Edit: The NSFW abbreviation pertains to resources on the web you better not visit ...
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How to say 'test out of' as in skip a level in German?
When trying to talk about 'testing out of' a university course or a level in DuoLingo, for example, I cannot find a suitable dictionary translation. All the dictionaries I'm familiar with only ...
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German words suitable for “Submit” on buttons for web forms?
On buttons for English websites it is common to see the word "submit" which has the meaning of send. However the English word "submit" also has other connotations which might cause the word to be ...
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German equivalents to the prefix “re”?
I was working with a translator and asked her to translate "Resend code", she gave me the translation of
Code erneut senden
I thought that was really long. I typed in "resend" into google translate ...
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“rotating equipment” auf Deutsch
Equipment Engineering
Data sheets of the rotating equipment and aggregates, first issue
Bei ProZ, LEO und linguee habe ich nichts gefunden. Vielleicht "Drehgeräte"?
Branche "Anlagenbau"
Es geht ...
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“Why? - ”No reason" auf Deutsch
Wenn man jemanden etwas fragt, und danach zurück gefragt wird mit
"Warum (hast du das gefragt)?"
wie soll man dann mit der Bedeutung des englischen "No reason" antworten?
Die direkte Übersetzung ...
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Was für eine Entsprechung hat “pharma salt” im Deutschen?
Kontext:
The NaCl slurry for the pharma salt production is discharged from the Salt Leg SL1 and pumped into the controlled pharma salt production area, where it is dewatered by the Centrifuge CE2 ...
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Bindestrich bei einer Kombination von Adjektiv und Substantiv: “Hyperbolic and optimal control problems” auf Deutsch
Ich wurde vorhin gefragt, wie man "hyperbolic and optimal control problems" ins Deutsche übersetzt. Es gibt "hyperbolische Probleme" und "optimale Steuerungsprobleme". Es ist wichtig, dass sich "...
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How to say “Will that be a problem” [closed]
I was wondering how to say "Will that be a problem ?". I just started speaking german.
For example i want to say "I am not German. Will that be a problem ?"
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What does “male” mean in an answer? [closed]
What's the meaning of male in this expression?
Antwort: "Nein, heute nachmittag male ich. Danke."
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“Married since” in Bavarian
My Bayrisch friend is getting married and I want to get him and his wife an FC Bayern jersey set that when they are next to each other will say “Married Since 2018.”
I think the translation is: “...
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Meaning of “leb dich aus”
I wanted to say something like “live out loud”, to express the idea of living fast and wild.
A German woman told me the sentence “leb dich aus”.
Is it correct? What does “dich aus” mean?
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How to ask someone in German about their health?
Wie geht's or Wie geht es Ihnen is more of a general How are you doing according to my understanding.
But if I know someone who was not keeping well, then how could I ask about their health? ...
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Answer to ''how many are you''
How do I answer "I'm alone" in German to the question: "How many are you?" For example at a restaurant.
Ich bin allein hier/eins/ein?
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what is the difference between “mit jemandem sprechen” and “jemanden ansprechen”? [closed]
what is the difference between "mit jemandem sprechen" and "jemanden ansprechen"?
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How to say “when it comes to…” in German [closed]
" when it comes to love even the smartest people become stupid"
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A box in packaging
We're currently revising translations for packaging machines. Box goes in, product goes in, box filled with product goes out. Confusion has risen whether to use Karton, Kiste, Schachtel, Kasten or ...
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How to “grow closer/get close to” somebody in German
I'm trying to figure out the correct ways to express both, "to grow closer to somebody" and "to get closer to somebody". Let me offer some examples:
We grew closer over the years. It was difficult, ...
