Questions tagged [english-to-german]
Übersetzung Englisch nach Deutsch - Questions on translations from English to German.
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That forbidden salute
Why is it Sieg Heil, with the word for victory coming before the word for hail? Why isn't it Hail Victory?
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Termin vorschlagen: "...außer 12 Uhr bis 13 Uhr"
I got an interview invitation . In email they ask what time is suitable for me.
1. How to politely response to this invitation and give time slots I am
free?
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Answering Wo wohnst du?
If the answer I want to give is
I live near X metro station.
I would answer by saying
Ich wohne neben dem U-Bahn Station X.
I have only learned a few accusative, dative and two-way prepositions so ...
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Why does "toys" (plural) translate as Spielzeug (toy, singular) when used with liegen? [duplicate]
These two English sentences use a plural nominative noun with the intransitive verb 'to lie'
There are broken toys in many children's rooms.
Broken toys lie on the floor.
But when translated to ...
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Translating programming language terms: Talking about python libraries should I really translate them as "Bibliotheken"?
Using my searchengine, I can find several pages that refer to "Python libraries" as "Python Bibliotheken".
I am however afraid that my hits are just auto-translated homepages. Can ...
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Why is there an introductory paragraph in a book translated into German?
I am reading a German translation of the American novel "The Pastures of Heaven" by John Steinbeck, and I noticed that on the first page there is a short summary paragraph that does not ...
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"Not if but when ..." and "Not when but if ..."
In English, there are sometimes exchanges like the following:
Person A: If Bob finishes his thesis, ...
Person B: When Bob finishes his thesis ...
The effect of B's response to A, and their use of ...
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What is the correct translation for "Get ideas to create objectives" in German? [closed]
What's the correct translation for "Get ideas to create objectives"?
Hole dir Ideen um Ziele zu entwickeln.
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Hole dir Ideen zum Formulieren von Zielen.
And what's the difference in ...
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Vielen Dank allen oder euch allen?
From what I understood Vielen Dank is the somewhat more formal version of thank you. I've seen Vielen Dank euch allen a couple of times before, but I don't understand what the euch is adding, instead ...
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What is the meaning of "informieren" in this context?
I am working on a software development project where I am using IPERKA as a method to implement my project, which I found only in German language. But I feel inform is not a suitable word for ...
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riskieren + gesundheit : Can use this verb?
Does anyone say in Germany like this:
My friend wrote he has positiv test. I have met him...I can come ...
*** Bei mir ist alles gut, aber für ihre Sicherheit, weil sie kurz OP hatten, möchte ich ...
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Difference between "seit langem" and "schon lange nicht mehr"
This is a related question to German for 'in a while'. I would like to say "this is my first time climbing in a long time." My first instinct without a translator would be "das ...
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Why are foot and feet both "Fuss" in German? [closed]
Foot is singular, feet is plural. Why does Google translator fail to distinguish the difference and return "Fuss" for both?
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Why is "in" missing in "Alles Geld der Welt"?
The film title translation of "All the Money in the World" is "Alles Geld der Welt", which seems to translate back to English as "All Money The World". Why are the German ...
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entschuldigung für meine Abwesenheit : do you use this in your email?
I can't attend my class today and want to write about ym teacher:
Leider ist es mir aus gesundheitlichen Gründen heute nicht möglich, am Kurs teilzunehmen. Ich bitte Sie, meine Abwesenheit zu ...
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How and when to use this dienen verb?
As I checked the dictionary there are different meanings for it which are unrelatable with each other.
I came across this sentence in book:
Neue Zeiten brechen an, denn in Zukunft können etwa zum ...
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Send my congratulation to mr
Today is international women day and I want to send my congratulations to wife of my colleague
Did I write correctly?
Überbringen Frau Schneider Glückwünsche von mir
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How would you translate “driving off the spleen”?
The old-fashioned and poetic sounding expression “driving off the spleen” means to ward off or reduce feelings of melancholy, dysphoria, depression, dysthymia, or general malaise.
How might you ...
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Word order in German. Shouldn't Duolingo accept this answer?
So I learn German on Duolingo.
I came across this sentence: I sleep in the car during break
I enter as translation: Ich schlafe im Auto in meiner Pause, but Duo flags it as a wrong statement.
Duo ...
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Is "Mutters Name" correct or should it be "Name der Mutter"
I am a bit unsure about the accusative dative nominative cases.
In the English version of my form - I am asking the user to make an entry for "Mother's Name".
In the German version of my ...
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prayer spelling and meaning ?? 🙏
What's the short table prayer "Abba "Leiber"oder" Lieper" Father/Vater Amen mean ? Is this somewhat correct ? Can someone spell it for me please ?
My great Opa came ...
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How do you say "Availability to travel to workplace" in German?
I am creating a resume for working remotely and I want to mention that I am available to travel to the workplace, but we need to talk about this availability before signing the contract.
I am thinking ...
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What’s a good translation of “loomings”?
Moby Dick Chapter 1 is titled
CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
probably an unconventional nominalisation of the verb “loom / looming”, indicating certain prospects appearing on the horizon, or foreboding ...
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German Confusion: Sie Versteht [closed]
So I use Duolingo for learning german, well I ran into a small learning curve I constantly have bumped into:
Sie versteht.
If I am correct, versteht is both understand and understands, while Sie is ...
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How to say "to lend or give voice to"?
I want to translate the following sentence from I. Asimov's, I, Robot:
Gloria gasped and panted, and gave voice to intermittent whispered exclamations of “That was nice!”
Does this work?
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Englische Wendung "food for thought" hat auf Deutsch verschiedene Möglichkeiten. Können alle synonym verwendet werden? Gibt es leichte Unterschiede?
Im Englischen haben wir den Ausdruck "food for thought" verwendet, um ernsthaft über etwas nachzudenken.
Ich habe die englische Wendung "food for thought" im Wörterbuch dict.cc ...
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What's the German Word for "Wet Lube" (Bicycle Chain)
What is the word for "wet lube" in the German Language?
I don't speak German, but I found myself in Germany when I last ran out of bicycle lube. I went to maybe 6 bicycle shops in Berlin (...
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How to pronounce "=" in mathematics or in related disciplines?
In English mathematical sign = is typically pronounced as equals
For example A = B is pronounced: A is equal to B or in programming A != B is pronounced A is not equal to B
How do you pronounce it in ...
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Translating "abuse" into German
Generally, if I want to translate the word "abuse" I'd use "Missbrauch". For example:
"The carpenter abuses his tools, which causes extra expenses."
"Der Zimmermann ...
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Where should 'da' as an adverb go in a sentence?
"The large kids' room is only there for toys."
Das große Kinderzimmer ist nur für Spielzeuge da.
By what grammar rule can we justify "da"'s position here in the sentence? Generall ...
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German idioms like "Draining the swamp"
Are there any (incriminating) idioms in German similar to "Draining the swamp", which is American for "weed out all the bad guys"?
Besides similar phrases, is this idiom itself ...
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Is there a way to pick up on the philosophical differences between German and English?
Once one understands word order and actual meanings of words in German, a difficulty which still keeps them from being able to use their knowledge to full potential is the different philosophical ...
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'Must have' Constructions? E.g., 'They must have cheated!'
Does German have a way of expressing this?
If for example, someone said they were playing a card game and lost and you wanted to reply--jokingly--oh, they must have cheated!....how would you say that ...
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Dative pronoun when translating repeating personal pronoun sentence in English [duplicate]
I was always cold, I didn't swim in the lake often.
Translation (acc. duolingo): Mir war immer kalt, Ich bin nicht oft im See geschwommen.
Doubt: Why does first clause start with mir rather than ich?
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Christmas greetings in German for business contacts [closed]
Could someone help me to correct the following email?
Ich wünsche Ihnen von Herzen ein frohes Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihren Familie Gesundheit, ...
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No fitting translations to say "I fell for you"
I'm trying to write a letter to someone I'm very close with and I drafted it in English. In English I would say "the truth is, I fell for you a while ago." This seems to convey strong ...
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How to say "butterfly" and "bat" in Pennsylvania Dutch
Looking at the translations of the English word "butterfly" (insect) on Wiktionary I was surprised to see it translated as Fleddermaus in Pennsylvania Dutch1. I would have expected ...
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What is the German equivalent of "Check ✓" when dealing with a list of things?
Let's say you're packing your bags for a camping trip with friends, and once you're finished you take a quick look at your packing list, in American English one might say:
Sleeping bag? Check.
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Kann man ein fernes Objekt durch Infinitvkonstruktion mit zu beherrschen?
Beim Übersetzen aus dem Altgriechischen ist mir wieder eine syntaktische Struktur aufgestoßen, die auf English leicht parallel nachzubilden ist, die mir aber auf Deutsch immer Probleme bereitet:
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capability of + adj +adv
I am doubting how to translate the following sentence correct:
It has the capability of democratizing space technologies, making them accessible for the first time to a wide variety of users, ranging ...
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Technisches Deutsch: translation for "current-gain bandwidth product"
I don’t understand how I can translate “current-gain bandwidth product”
I have found the following translation:
gain bandwidth product - Verstärkungsbandbreitenprodukt
current-gain bandwidth – ...
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Bei or von: difference and how to use
Could someone explain what is a difference "Bei den Fachleuten werden gennant" oder "von den Fachleuten werden gennant"? Which one is correct?
original my sentence: Bei den ...
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Table vs bullet style in German
I am writing an essay and using a lot of tables to compare data I use.
I would like to rewrite some of them by using bullet style, but I don’t know how to start such sentence in German.
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Deer in Headlights Punchline
When somebody is caught by the element of surprise she or he looks strange Sometimes like a Deer in Headlights.
Is there a way to say that in german in a way that flows verbaly aka not using a ...
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Should I use Präsens or Präteritum?
Er erzählte mir, was die Menschen in Afrika brauchen.
Oder
Er erzählte mir, was die Menschen in Afrika brauchten.
Which form is right if I want to use "needed"? Should I use the present form ...
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Which Konjunktiv form can be used?
Wenn ich ein Kätzchen bekäme, würde ich mich sehr gut um es kümmern.
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Wenn ich ein Kätzchen bekommen würde, würde ich mich sehr gut um es kümmern.
Which sentence is right? I have read somewhere ...
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How to know which conjugation wird, when used for different examples that coincide with ist?
I am combining my previous posts to this question. My comments were not notified with right tags to the people who answered my questions, so I deleted comments and I am creating new question here.
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arrange a meeting + conformation [closed]
Date and time were discussed last week but I would like to know if they have any changes (conformation). I am not sure if I can directly translate … if it works
Eng version:
Please let me know If ...
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What's the best way to translate "ausfeilen" in English?
I came across the term "ausfeilen" in a book I'm reading, in the context of an "ausgefeilte Rede", and the most online dictionaries translate this as "to polish" as in ...
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geborgen vs sicher
To say that the place is safe and secure which verb will be used : geborgen or sicher?
I have generally seen sicher adjectiv while reading.
I tried using geborgen adjective as in this sentence:
It's a ...
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