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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What is the default meaning of a German Präsens tense setence in the absence of time indicators
Background
German language textbooks teach that the German language does not have a tense with a progressive or continuous aspect which would indicate that an action is happening right now and will ...
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What is the difference between “ausführen”, “duchführen” and “einführen” in context? [closed]
What is the difference between "ausführen", "duchführen" and "einführen". I understant the translation but I can't understand the usage of them in context.
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How do you translate the “n-deklination” in tn English? [closed]
I just got familiar with n-deklination.
However, I do not understand how do you translate the "n-deklination" when you are translating a sentence from German to English?
For example, how do ...
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To “give something a boost” in German
I was wondering if you could help me properly express "to give something a boost" in German, where this generally means to "improve" or "re-energize". I was always under ...
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To play with resilience/persistence
I was wondering if somebody could help me out here. I've done numerous google searches, but can't seem to find anything concrete. In English, we would say, "A team played with resilience" or ...
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Structure of weird sentence
Wofür so ein Sturm nicht alles gut ist!
It's about a story in which a storm happened and it wrecked the balcony of the neighbors who didn't know each other before. Because of the chaos created by the ...
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Why EN and Not S? [closed]
I'm really confused. I cannot understand when I should use the (S) and the (EN). Here is an example :
Nasenloch
Arbeitslos
Hoffnungslos
Why in the first word We Use EN (Nachenloch) and not S (...
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Why “eine Kind” and not “ein Kind”?
Jede Familie hat dieses eine Kind
Why in this sentence, we use eine and not ein, despite the fact that Kind is neutral (das Kind)?
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What is “Grassicher”? or what could it have been a muddling of?
In William Tarrant's 1862 Ningpo to Shanghai, he displays a highly Victorian aversion to calling rape (the plant) by its actual name. Instead of just using Latin, though, he opts for the bizarre ...
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Why Viel and Not Vieles
Why it's
ich habe viel Geld
and not
ich habe vieles Geld
Knowing that : Das Geld ( Neutral )
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Aus dem Kirschfestlied, “ein Lehrer (…) verful auf die Kinder” — verful wohl ein Scherz für verfiel, aber was heißt “verfallen auf die Kinder”?
Aus dem Kirschfestlied (Seyferth, 1823):
"und ein Lehrer von der Schul´ sann auf Rettung und verful endlich auf die Kinder"
Das Wort verful ist scheinbar ein Scherz und der Autor meint verfiel, ...
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“wenn ich ihn mitnähme” translation
"wenn ich deinen Namen mitnähme, er würde fortsein wie zuvor"
Context is the following : 'ich' will die before 'du', 'ich' know 'du''s name, and nobody else does. When 'ich' will die the ...
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“Werden” or “werden sein”
I'm so confused, which is the correct sentence (I will become a doctor):
Ich werde ein Arzt
Ich werde ein Arzt sein
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Translation of “unerreichbar entfernt”
I want to translate the following phrase from German to English/ French:
aber unerreichbar entfernt durch eine zehn Fuß starke Mauer
(Günther Anders: Die molussische Katakombe, p. 17)
I infer ...
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Translating “jmd. anführen”
Er aber fuhr mich an, auch er und alle dächten an uns.
I see two possibilities:
But he raised, that also him and all were thinking about us
But he tried to fool me saying that also him and all were ...
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The meaning of “Konsequenz aus etwas ziehen”
The academic book I`m using has translated this part of a sentence
Konsequenz aus etwas ziehen
as
draw the consequences from something
and I can't really relate what does it mean ?
I have ...
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How would you translate “übersichtlich”? [closed]
I often get that word when people describe layouts of digital programs being "übersichtlicher" than others. How would you translate it?
clear
lucid
manageable
These don't really sound right to me.
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What is the reason for the dative pronoun in this sentence? [duplicate]
What is the reason for the dative pronoun mir in this sentence?
Bevor ich schlafen gehe, stelle ich mir meine Schuhe und meine Hose so vor das Bett, wie es richtige Feuerwehrleute tun.
From ...
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What does “sich machen” mean?
Thus far I have seen the following translations of this phrase:
to do with yourself
Chrome translations of this phrase as found somewhat intermittently in various German newspapers
(reflexive) to ...
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Possessive pronoun: Why “mein Auto”, not “meinen Auto”? [closed]
Ich wasche mein Auto
Ich sehe meine Kinder
I get that meine is used for plural accusative form
But why is mein correct for first sentence? Shouldn't it be meinen instead?
I am learning using table ...
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Was ist das englische Äquivalent zu “lebensphasenorientierter Personalpolitik”? [closed]
Ich möchte einen Fragebogen bezüglich lebensphasenorientierter Personalpolitik erstellen, sowohl auf englisch als auch auf deutsch. Meine Frage ist nun, ob es im englischen einen Fachbegriff dafür ...
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compound nouns, meaning
I am trying to figure out the meaning of the compound nouns in the German language. I don't know what is expressed by combining words that way. I don't understand it. Here are few examples and ...
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Expressing “an accusation hangs over somebody” vs. “an accusation sticks to somebody” in German
I am trying to figure out how to express the small difference between something (crime/accusation) "hanging over somebody", and "sticking to somebody", in German. By "hanging over", I mean, the person ...
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Unterschied zwischen Acht und Achtung?
Gibt es vielleicht einen feinen Unterschied zwischen diesen Sätzen:
Bei der medizinischen Versorgung wird kaum (Acht/Achtung) auf die Verschiedenheit zwischen Männer und Frauen gegeben.
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Not-Aus versus Not-Halt
Whenever we deliver machinery to Germany, most emergency buttons (and especially Schlagtaste/Schlagschalter) are labelled 'NOT-AUS'. However, every once in a while I encounter items (like this one) ...
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Clarification about “Gebietsstatus” on tax form
I want to open a bank account and there is a form about my tax status. Please take a look at the following picture.
I want to fill in this form but I don't know which option is for me. I am from Iran ...
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I'm looking for the translation of the expression “freies Sprechen” in English [closed]
I'm posting this here because I already tried many other platforms and found no good translation. Speaking freely means "offen Sprechen" and not exactly the meaning I'm looking for. I will also be ok ...
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How come that “stimmt so” means “keep the change”?
I would like to know how do those 2 words, stimmt and so, when used together, mean keep the change?
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What does lieber/liebe mean when used in a greeting?
Guten Morgen liebe Marie.
Is it affectionate, flirtatious, or just a greeting you would send to any friend? The example is coming from a guy.
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Need help to read Fraktur from a 18th century book
I am reading Euler's German translation of his work on differential calculus entitled Vollständige Anleitung zur Differentialrechnung (Complete instruction on Differential Calculus). I am struggling ...
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Meanings of Reichaft?
I was reviewing a photo taken sometime around the late 1800's, trying to figure out where it may have been taken. It's of a copper / ironware / tinware store. There's some German on the sign, saying ...
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How to properly express “to dwell on something” in German
Quick question: What is the best way to express, "to dwell on something" in German, in the sense of, to worry/think too much about something. Let's consider the following sentences:
You should not ...
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Übersetzung von „unmöglich am Ziel angekommen sein können“
Neulich habe ich einen Artikel über die Geschichte des Fortschritts in einem Buch gelesen. In diesem Artikel gibt es eine Aussage, die ich nicht komplett verstehen kann, oder nicht korrekt ins ...
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To “have something in mind”, in German
Recently I was having a conversation which made me question how one expresses, "to have something in mind", as in, "to think something would be a good suggestion". I was always under the assumption ...
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Unterschied zwischen “erlangen” und “erringen”?
Kann jemand mir bitte erklären, ob beide Worte die gleiche Bedeutung haben?
Einen Sieg erlangen oder erringen?
Die Freiheit erlangen oder erringen?
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German translation of “public accounting”
All dictionaries I have consulted so far (among them dict.cc and linguee) translate "public accounting" as "öffentliche Rechnungslegung", which however does refer to the accounting standards of ...
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Use of the common English abbreviation for German term
In my text I have a German term "Entscheidungsbaum" for which there is no common abbreviation. Much better known is the English term "Decision Tree" and its abbreviation "DT&...
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Unterschied zwischen sorgen , kümmern , betreuen , pflegen [closed]
Was ist der unterschied zwischen sorgen , kümmern , betreuen , pflegen??
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Verschwenden und Verschwinden [closed]
Haben diese beiden Verben die gleiche Bedeutung? Oder gibt es vielleicht einen feinen Unterschied? Kann jemand mir bitte erklären?
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Koppeln und Verbinden
Mir ist der Unterschied nicht klar zwischen:
ich verband den Laptop mit dem Bluetooth
und
ich koppelte den Laptop mit dem Bluetooth.
Kann mir das bitte jemand erklären!
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Translate “als wären seitdem Ewigkeiten vergangen”
Es kommt mir vor, als wären seitdem Ewigkeiten vergangen, so viel ist inzwischen passiert.
I have some trouble to understand this. I think it means:
"It feels to me as if eternities have passed ...
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Kann jemand mir bitte erklären, wo der Unterschied zwischen „Steigen“ und „Ansteigen“ liegt? [closed]
Kann jemand mir bitte erklären, wo der Unterschied zwischen „Steigen“ und „Ansteigen“ liegt ?
z.B : die Preise steigen / die Preise steigen an
Meiner Meinung nach bedeuten beide das Gleiche z.B ...
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Doubts about translation from Nosferatu 1922
Hello fellow German speakers. I was looking for a nice and joyful discussion about the translation of the great great 1922 movie Nosferatu. I find really interest the many meanings of the subtitles ...
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What is the translation of “Farnvordringlichkeit”?
This Spiegel Online article from Dirk Kurbjuweit has a paragraph about Peter Handke's book "Sommerlicher Nachtrag zu einer winterlichen Reise":
In dem Buch las ich Schmähungen gegen Journalisten, ...
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Lach- und Machtgeschichten zur Lage der Nation
I find it quite difficult to find a good translation for:
Lach- und Machtgeschichten zur Lage der Nation
Though I understand all the words, I still don't get the meaning of the complete sentence.
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Was ist der Unterschied zwischen “stehe zu” und “stehe hinter”?
I would like to inquire about the difference in meaning if I want to translate these two sentence into English:
Ich stehe zu dir
Ich stehe hinter dir
Could both sentences mean "I'm standing ...
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“Du hast es gut”, small talk meaning?
A colleague of mine at work is from time to time saying me just "Du hast es gut" and laughing...
I asked him a couple of times what does it mean as I am not native and couldn't find any info regarding ...
