Questions tagged [german-to-english]
Übersetzung Deutsch nach Englisch - Questions on translations of a single word or phrase from German to English.
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Kann mir jemand unten genannten Text korrekt ins Englische übersetzen? Vielen Dank! [on hold]
wie geht's? Ich brauche eine Reithose für's Turnier. Was trägst du für Reithosen, welche Marke?
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What does “noch stets” mean?
What does "noch stets" mean? and is it the same as "immer noch"?
Example:
Der Adler hat noch stets seine Zeit verschwendet, wenn er vom Raben
lernen wollte.
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Does “wie” mean “as” in German or does it mean “how”? [closed]
When I write "wie" by itself on google translator, it comes up as "as" but when I used it in a sentence, it comes up as "how". Are both right? And if so, could you give me an example when I could use "...
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What is the difference between ein Monat, einen Monat, and einem Monat? [closed]
I am confused as to when to use each of the three phrases from the title, especially the “einem Monat”
Would saying “in less than one month” be “Weniger als ein Monat noch“ ?
Thank you!
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Deciphering old handwriting from a 1850 church record
Is there anyone that can please decipher the following old german handwriting? It's from an old Silesian church record written in 1850. Any help with this is very much appreciated!
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Meaning of 'uneingeleiteter Ergänzungssatz'
What is the meaning of uneingeleiteter Ergänzungssatz? Does it refer to the use of dass in the sentence as a connector of two phrases and positioning the verb at the end?
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“Von hinten durch die Brust ins Auge” [closed]
Dieser Ausdruck bezieht sich wohl ursprünglich auf den Weg eines Pfeils (oder einer Pistolenkugel) und beschreibt eine überaus umständliche und umwegige Vorgehensweise. Gibt es etwas adäquates auf ...
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Translation phrases for email from english [closed]
1. "...write Bachelor thesis under your supervision..."
*I would like to translate it as: unter Betreuung der Bachelorarbeit schreiben
2. Coould you please check the folowing sentense?
...
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Max Planck quote translation request [closed]
Which,
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is ...
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Deciphering an handwritten sentence
I'm trying to decipher the following handwritten text.
My best guess is:
man wird mir immer die Deutung als Automorphismen der formel(?) entstehenden(?) Links(oder Rechts-)Ideale als Richtschnur ...
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Deciphering old handwriting
Is there anyone that can please decipher the following handwriting and give a brief summary in English?
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Meaning of 'es hat mir sehr gut gefallen.' [closed]
What should be the meaning of the sentence: "es hat mir sehr gut gefallen."
As per the translator, it means 'I liked it very well'
But i think it should mean 'it suits me very well'
Why am I wrong?
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What kind of word is `im` in the below sentence [closed]
What kind of word is im in the below sentence?
Arbeiten Sie zu zweit. Sehen sie das Bildlexikon an und schreiben Sie fünf Sätze wie im Beispiel.
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Purpose and meaning of “dabei” in the sentence “sehen Sie dabei nicht ins Bildlexikon”?
What "dabei" is for in the "sehen Sie dabei nicht ins Bildlexikon" sentence?
And what is its meaning here?
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What does “Ich wusste, dass aus dir mal was wird” mean?
I was watching a German Netflix show and I cannot understand this phrase. I searched the internet and this is not an idiom. Can someone explain why the phrase, specifically the "dass aus dir mal was ...
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Expressing “To give something an X spin/bias” in German
I am looking for a good way to express sentences such as,
This newspaper gives the news a conservative spin/bias.
We need to put a positive spin on the bad news.
I see in some dictionaries an almost ...
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Nominativ or Akkusativ
I was reading a story book where I found this
... und natürlich viele Münchner, die wie er den Samstagnachmittag
hier genießen.
that translates in English to:
... and, of course, many people ...
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Tips for translating participial constructions
Participial constructions are among the most difficult constructions for foreign language learners and beginners. In English almost all sentences will end at a noun. This is rarely the case in German. ...
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Translating “beschränkt” in a mathematical/physical context
Wolfgang Paul (not Wolfgang Pauli, another Nobel Prize winner) wrote a three-page article which got him a Nobel prize in 1989: Ein neues Massenspektrometer ohne Magnetfeld. It contains the following ...
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“welche” translated as “some”? [closed]
Wenn die mit Abschüssen ist kein Problem "aber" es gibt welche mit Kanonen und dann hast du ein Problem.
Can "welche" here be translated as "some"?
Also, is "aber" used correctly? In case my ...
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What is the English equivalent of “im Hundert rechnen”? [closed]
"im Hundert rechnen" describes a way of calculating multiplications and divisions as opposed to "vom Hundert rechnen".
For a mathematical clarification: https://mediencommunity.de/system/files/wbts/...
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Unable to distinguish the meaning of two sentences which have words placed in different positions
What is the difference between the following two sentences.
Google translate is showing different meaning for them.
Sent 1: Sie ist letzten Monat schon drei geworden
Sent 2: Sie ist letzten schon ...
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Why is the article “die” used before “neben”. Are there instances where other articles are used?
In the explanation:
Es gibt aber auch einige Verben, die neben dem Subjekt (im Nominativ) auch ein Dativobjekt verlangen.
I am not sure why die is used.
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German single syllable words with multisyllabic English Translation [closed]
Might there be someone who knows of additional monosyllabic German words which translate to a multi-syllabic English word?
My Turn:
Der Stau == The trafficjam
And my favorite
um == around
I ...
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'Ihr lernt deutsch' or 'sie lernt deutsch'
I know that some parts of the sentence can change but what I mean is: ihr is es, and I had seen that ich gehe es gut is wrong and the right is mir geht es gut, so in that situation is the same logic?
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Wie würdet ihr „das Hamburger Sie“ ins Englische übersetzen?
Wenn sowas in einem auf Deutsch geschrieben Buch erschiene, und ihr den Begriff ins Englische übersetzen müsstet, was würdet ihr tun? Eine leichte Übersetzung geht nicht. Und wie wäre es ...
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Understanding “es sich gut gehen lassen”
I've seen various translations for the phrase es sich gut gehen lassen, including:
to take care of oneself
to have a good time
Can someone provide a definition (or definitions?) of this phrase, and, ...
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What is the difference between “um”, “über”, “von” on the sense of “About”
I already asked about the translation of the word "about", but I am still having a question which I also do not find the answer on the god "Google", but I really want to know what is the difference ...
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How to say “that is about you” in German
I have seen a lot of explanations about the translation of the word 'about' but I cannot understand it very well, so I'd like to know in some of these cases (including the one of the title) what is ...
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Does “Klettern” and “Wandern” have different meaning? [closed]
I'm writing a thesis about German linguistic along with my 5 other friends. I need some help for some words and sometimes, I don't really know the differences.
"Klettern" means "to climb" and "...
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Meaning of the verb from old scientific text “colirt”
I am comparing machine translations of a paragraph from 1890s Beilstein Handbook for an educational paper. There is a word which I cannot find in a dictionary: The topic is on the occurrence of ...
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Old scientific German
This sentence is from a 19th century Handbuch (famously called Beilstein Handbuch der Organischen Chemie):
Die Glykoside werden durch Ausziehen der Pflanzenstoffe u.s.w. mit Wasser oder Alkohol ...
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Meaning “versd'ber.”
In the manufacturing and production sense what does the second item listed below mean in German and what is its translation to English ?
gefertigt
versd'ber.
abgesandt
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Is “ich mag zu esse” right?
I had seen an almost native-speaker of german saying that, I would like to know if that is grammar right.
The original sentence is "Ich mag meinen Arsch zu rasieren"
Ich mag zu esse -> I like to ...
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What is the difference between “tue”,“macht”, and “schaffen”?
What is the difference between "tue", "macht", and "schaffen"?
I have seen those words as "do", for example, in
Ich tue es. → I do it.
Ich mache es selber. → I do it myself.
Ich ...
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Usage of “schon mal” in the context
I know that "schon mal" means "yet, already, ever" and such things but when i try to insert one of those meanings in this sentence, it does not sound right:
Können sie es schon mal verpacken, bitte?...
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How to translate “o.B.” to English from German in relation to dismissal state from hospital
I have the following block of text from my discharge notes from an Austrian hospital:
Entlassungszustand
Blande OP-Wunde, liegende Hautklammern, periphere Durchblutung, Sensibilität, Motorik o....
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Woher stammt die Redensart: Da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer?
a) Woher stammt die Redensart: Da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer?
b) was ist damit gemeint?
c) was wäre sinngemäss die Übersetzung auf Englisch?
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The difference between “auf” and “an” when talking about a specific location
Die Touristen gehen an den Strand.
Die Touristen gehen auf den Strand.
Is the general meanning the same in both of the questions?
If not, what is the difference between them ?
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Meaning of a quote on “Umgebung” and “Unterricht”
I saw the following quote somewhere:
Den besten Unterricht zieht man aus vollständiger Umgebung.
I understand every word in this sentence, but I don't get the main idea of the whole sentence.
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Es soll dein Schaden nicht sein (translate from story)
In Leserabe "Die Schatzinsel", the boy is describing the Captain, who says to the boy:
Junge, wenn dir irgendwo ein einbeiniger Seemann begegnet, so lass es mich wissen! Es soll dein Schaden nicht ...
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Translation of indirect speech in English
Direct speech:
Kurt hat mir am Telefon gesagt: »Wir unternehmen einen Ausflug.«
Indirect speech:
Kurt hat mir am Telefon gesagt, er unternehme einen Ausflug.
Kurt hat mir am Telefon gesagt, ...
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“Es waren … darunter”
This question also has an answer here (in German):
"Es" in "Es ist gutes Wetter"
However, that answer is in German, and clearly, my grasp of German is not sufficient to ...
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Verwendung von der Präposition „zu“
Ich habe den nächsten Satz in einer Geschichte gelesen:
Vielen Dank an (jemanden) für die wunderschöne Art zur (zu der) Geschichte.
Warum benutzt der Autor or die Autorin „zu“? Was bedeutet das an ...
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Meaning of “wünsch dir was”
There is a song called Wünsch dir was. Online translation says it means make a wish.
I am not yet sure how to interpret it. Is it something like "I wish you something"? Why is "dir" there?
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How does 'müssen' work here?
A recent Spiegel headline reads the following:
Die USA und China stehen am Anfang einer gefährlichen Konfrontation. Ihre wirtschaftlichen, militärischen und politischen Interessen sind in dieser ...
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Help on the grammar with this usage of “zu”
Here is the example sentence:
Nach einer betrieblichen Störung in Hegermühle kommt es leider zu Verspätungen und eventuellen Ausfällen.
It was an announcement taken from S-Bahn Berlin's website.
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What does this mean „Wärme, wo wir in Liebe Abschied nehmen"? [closed]
„Wärme, wo wir in Liebe Abschied nehmen"
I found this sentence on a card at this website.
Besides the sentence in question, there is only a gras with spikelets shown.
The website is headed with:
"...
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Was bedeutet Thée auf Deutsch?
What is the meaning of the word Thée in the attached picture? Is it German?
Here is whole photo and in context of book.
Here is the cover of the book from where the above photos were taken:
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Translation difficulties of “Finden Sie?”, “denn” and usage of “aber”
Can't grasp the meaning of Finden Sie and denn in the following conversation.
Brauchen Sie Hilfe?
Ja, bitte. Wie viel kostet denn der Tisch?
Der Tisch kostet 1478 Euro.
Das ist aber sehr ...
