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I was born in England

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1 born

1.
be born — geboren werden

I was born in England — ich bin od. wurde in England geboren

I wasn't born yesterday — (fig.) ich bin nicht von gestern (ugs.)

be born blind/lucky — blind von Geburt sein/ein Glückskind sein

be born a poet — zum Dichter geboren sein
2. adjective
1) geboren

born again — (fig.) wieder geboren

in all my born days — (fig. coll.) in meinem ganzen Leben; see also academic.ru/8897/breed">breed 1. 3)

2) (destined to be)

be a born orator — der geborene Redner sein

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III see bear I
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born

[bɔ:n, AM bɔ:rn]

adj inv

1. (brought into life) geboren; ( form)

she's a Dubliner \born and bred sie ist eine waschechte Dublinerin; ( fig) concept, idea entstanden, hervorgegangen

English-\born in England geboren

to be \born into a poor/wealthy family in eine arme/reiche Familie geboren werden

still-\born tot geboren

2. (with natural ability) geboren

a \born leader eine geborene Führerpersönlichkeit

▪ to be \born to do sth dazu bestimmt sein, etw zu tun

3.

▶ to be \born with a silver spoon in one's mouth mit einem silbernen Löffel im Mund geboren werden

▶ I wasn't \born yesterday ich bin schließlich nicht von gestern

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[bɔːn] ptp of bear I to be born ( person, fig : idea ) — geboren werden; ( fig : organization ) entstehen (person fig idea) geboren werden (fig organization) entstehen
I was born in 1948 — ich bin or wurde 1948 geboren

when were you born? — wann sind Sie geboren?
he was born Harry Webb — er wurde als Harry Webb geboren

to be born again — wiedergeboren werden
every baby born into the world — jedes Kind, das auf die Welt kommt

he was born to a life of hardship/into a rich family — er wurde in ein schweres Leben/eine reiche Familie hineingeboren
to be born deaf — von Geburt an taub sein

the baby was born dead —
he was just born to be Prime Minister — er war zum Premierminister geboren
I wasn't born yesterday (inf) — ich bin nicht von gestern (inf)
there's one born every minute! (fig inf) — die Dummen werden nicht alle!

the characteristics which are born in us he was born of poor parents — die uns angeborenen Eigenschaften er war das Kind armer Eltern
with that confidence born of experience — mit dem aus Erfahrung hervorgegangenen Selbstvertrauen

1. adj suf
(= native of)
he is Chicago- born — er ist ein gebürtiger or geborener Chicagoer

his foreign-/French-born wife — seine Frau, die Ausländerin/gebürtige Französin ist

2. adj
geboren
he is a born poet/teacher — er ist der geborene Dichter/Lehrer

an Englishman born and bred — ein echter or waschechter (inf)

in all my born days (inf) — mein Lebtag (dated), in meinem ganzen Leben

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born [bɔː(r)n]

A pperf von bear¹ A 4

B adj

1. geboren:

born of geboren von, Kind des oder der;

an Englishman born and bread ein (wasch)echter Engländer;

never in all my born days umg noch nie in meinem Leben

2. geboren:

a born poet;

be born (to be) a poet zum Dichter geboren oder bestimmt sein

b. abk

1. bachelor

2. bill

3. book

4. born

5. breadth

6. billion

n. abk

1. natus, born geb.

2. neuter

3. LING nominative Nom.

4. noon

5. north N

6. northern nördl.

7. note

8. noun Subst.

9. number Nr.

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1.
be born — geboren werden

I was born in England — ich bin od. wurde in England geboren

I wasn't born yesterday — (fig.) ich bin nicht von gestern (ugs.)

be born blind/lucky — blind von Geburt sein/ein Glückskind sein

be born a poet — zum Dichter geboren sein
2. adjective
1) geboren

born again — (fig.) wieder geboren

in all my born days — (fig. coll.) in meinem ganzen Leben; see also breed 1. 3)

2) (destined to be)

be a born orator — der geborene Redner sein

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adj.

ertragen adj.

geboren adj.

English-german dictionary > born
2 Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England

(1638-1706)

The daughter of King João IV and Queen Luisa de Gusmão and born at Vila Viçosa. In 1659, Catherine was a prospective bride of King Louis XIV of France, the "Sun King," but the marriage negotiations failed. In 1661, marriage negotiations began in London under the auspices of Portugal's ambassador, Dom Francisco de Melo, and it was arranged that Catherine would marry King Charles II of England. The marriage arrangements were confirmed in the famous Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 23 June 1661, one of the keystones of the ancient Anglo- Portuguese Alliance, and Catherine's dowry was established. As a result, England received from Portugal some two million cruzados (about £350,000 in English money at the time) and the cession of Tangier, Morocco, and Bombay, India.

In May 1662, Catherine arrived in England at Portsmouth harbor and began a residence of some 30 years. While Catherine contributed a mighty dowry and introduced the custom of tea-drinking to her husband's country, she failed to adjust either to the climate or the culture and remained a melancholy exile. Her staunch Catholic faith made her suspect among the English Anglican majority, and Charles II's unfaithfulness marred their relationship. Charles died in 1685, but Catherine remained in England until 1692. When she returned to Portugal, she lived in Bemposta Palace and supported the controversial Methuen Treaty (1703) and maintenance of the Anglo-Portuguese connection. Before her death in 1706, she was named regent twice, in 1704 and 1705.

Historical dictionary of Portugal > Catherine of Braganza, Queen of England
3 bear

1. I
abs

1) the ice bears лед держит, по льду можно ходить, лед крепкий

2) usually with can; it was more than she could bear Этого она [уже] вынести /выдержать/ не могла. Это было выше ее сил

3) she is unable to bear она не может иметь детей; these peach-trees are not going to bear Эти персиковые деревья не будут плодоносить
2. II
1) bear at some time the tree bears every year (every other year, once in seven years, etc.) Это дерево плодоносит каждый год и т. д.

2) bear in some direction naut. bear north (south, east, etc.) лежать /быть расположенным/ к северу и т. д.; the land bore due north земля лежала прямо /точно/ к северу

3) bear in some manner bear hard нажимать, надавливать
3. III
1) bear smth., smb. bear a heavy load (a suitcase, the baggage, a large parcel, a banner, a sleeping child, etc.) нести тяжелый груз и т. д.

2) bear smth., smb. bear the weight of a large trunk (an elephant, a heavy man, etc.) выдерживать вес большого сундука и т. д.; this plank /board/ will not bear your weight эта доска не выдержит вашей тяжести; the ice is too thin to bear the weight of the horse лед слишком тонок, чтобы выдержать лошадь; this bridge does not bear more than 10 tons Этот мост рассчитан не больше, чем /только/ на десять тонн

3) bear smb., smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear this man (the sight of him, this noise, such scenes, the odour, that perfume, etc.) [я] не выношу /терпеть не могу/ Этого человека и т. д; she couldn't bear his condescending manner она не выносила его манеру говорить или обращаться с ней свысока; how could he bear the idea /the thought/ of it? как он мог даже подумать об этом?;

4) bear smth. bear responsibility нести ответственность; bear the cost (the expense) оплачивать стоимость (расходы); I am willing to bear all the expenses я согласен (поднести любые расходы; bear losses нести потери, терпеть ущерб; bear the burden взвалить на себя [всю] тяжесть; bear the brunt принять на себя /выдержать/ главный удар (неприятеля)

5) bear smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative will he bear the strain (the test)? выдержит ли он это напряжение (испытание)?; he couldn't bear the humiliation он не мог вынести /пережить/ Этого унижения

6) bear smth. bear the marks /the signs, the traces/ of blows (of wounds, of punishment, of ill-treatment, of tears, etc.) носить следы побоев и т. д.; this document bears your signature на этом документе стоит ваша подпись; this note bears your name Эта записка адресована вам; this letter bears no date на этом письме нет даты; the envelope bears traces of having been tampered with на конверте имеются /видны/ следы того, что его вскрывали; а monument bearing an inscription памятник с надписью

7) bear smth. bear a sword (a revolver, etc.) носить шпагу и т. д.; bear the sceptre (the marshal's staff) носить скипетр (маршальский жезл); all men who can bear arms все мужчины, способные носить оружие; а ship bearing the American colours корабль под американским флагом

8) bear smth. often offic. bear the name of John (a noble name, the title of earl, etc.) иметь /носить/ имя Джон и т. д; remember that you bear my name (за)помни, ты носишь мое имя

9) bear smth. bear interpretation (explanation, etc.) допускать толкование и т.д.; his words bear only one interpretation его слова можно интерпретировать только в одном смысле; this statement doesn't bear close examination это заявление /утверждение/ не выдерживает пристального анализа; bear comparison выдерживать сравнение

10) || bear tales Ябедничать; bear the news передавать новости

11) bear smth., smb. bear fruit (good peaches, fine apples, sweet grapes, etc.) давать плоды и т. д.; this tree bears no fruit Это дерево не плодоносит; bear children рожать детей; cats usually bear more than two young ones кошка обычно приносит более двух котят; bear interest (profit) приносить /давать/ проценты (прибыль); at last his efforts bore fruit наконец его усилия принесли плоды /увенчались успехом/

12) bear smth. bear the upper storey (the' whole building, the bridge etc.) поддерживать /нести/ верхний этаж и т.д. the four pillars bear the arch Эти четыре колонны несут арку /служат опорой для арки/; Atlas had to bear the weight of the heavens on his shoulders Атлант должен был держать на своих плечах небесный свод
4. IV
1) bear smb., smth. somewhere bear the wounded home относить или отвозить раненых домой; bear the girl across перенести девушку на другую сторону (улицы, реки и т. п.); bear the cases downstairs снести чемоданы [вниз]

2) bear smth. in same manner bear one's head high (proudly etc.) высоко и т. д. держать голову

3) bear smth. in some manner bear pain (one's loss, hardships, etc.) patiently (well, manfully, stoically, heroically, philosophically, etc.) переносить боль и т. д. терпеливо и т. д.; bear an operation satisfactorily удовлетворительно перенести операцию; bear one's sorrow in silence молча переносить [свое] горе
5. V
1) bear smb. smth. bear smb. love (affection, malice, ill-will, etc.) питать /испытывать/ любовь и т.д. к кому-л.; she bore him no love whatever никакой любви к нему она не испытывала; the hatred he bore me ненависть, которую он ко мне питал; I bear you no grudge и не таю обиды против вас, я зла на вас не держу

2) bear smb. smb. bear smb. a child (a son, a daughter) родить кому-л. ребенка; she has borne him three sons она родила ему трех сыновей
6. VII
bear smb. to do smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear him to be away (them to listen, her to laugh at me, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда он уезжает и т. д.; I couldn't bear him to think that about me я очень не хотел, чтобы он так подумал обо мне; how could he bear her to know the truth? как мог он допустить мысль о том, что она узнает всю правду?
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1) be born a man is born человек родился; be born at some time be born in 1920 (in January, on the first of May. etc.) родиться в тысяча девятьсот двадцатом году и т. д; born in 1945 тысяча девятьсот сорок пятого года рождения; be born in some place he was born in England он родился в Англии: the idea was born in the minds of the people Эта мысль зародилась в умах людей; be born of smb. he was born of fairly well-to-do parents он родился в довольно зажиточной семье; be born smb. be born a poet родиться поэтом; be born to do smth. he was not born to become a poet fly не суждено было стать поэтом; he was born to be hanged ему на роду написано окончить жизнь на виселице; be born to smb. offic. a son and a daughter were born to them у них родились сын и дочь; be born with smth. be born with a good memory (with a talent for smth., etc.) быть наделенным хорошей памятью и т. д. от рождения; be born of smth. his confidence is born of knowledge его уверенность порождена знаниями / результат знаний/ || be born out of wedlock быть незаконнорожденным /внебрачным ребенком/

2) book, be borne to some place he was borne to prison его отвела в тюрьму; be borne somewhere by smb. the crowd was borne back by the police полиция оттеснила толпу; the boat was borne backward by the wind ветер отнес лодку назад; be bone upon smth. her voice (the music, the song, the fragrance, etc.) was borne upon the wind ветер доносил или уносил звук ее голоса и т. д.

3) be borne upon smb. book. it was gradually borne upon me that... до меня постепенно начало доходить, что... || it has to be borne in mind that... следует помнить /не следует забывать/, что...
8. XIII
bear to do (to be) smth. usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear to be laughed at (to be disturbed, to be asked so many questions, to see animals treated cruelly, etc.) я не выношу /терпеть не могу/, когда надо мной смеются и т. д.; I can't bear to hear him moan [я] не могу слышать, как он стонет
9. XIV
bear doing smth.

1) this cloth will bear washing Этот материал стирается; some passages in this book will bear skipping некоторые места /абзацы/ в этой книге вполне можно пропустить; your joke (his language, the story, etc.) does not bear repeating я не рискну повторить вашу шутку и т. д.

2) usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative I can't bear living alone [я] терпеть не могу жить одна; how can you bear to travel by sea? как это ты выносишь морские путешествия?
10. XVI
1) bear with smb., smth. bear with her (with her whims, with his uneven temper, etc.) относиться к ней и т. д. терпеливо; bear with his bad memory мириться с тем, что у него плохая память; you will have to bear with her inexperience вам придется примириться с ее неопытностью; bear with me a little longer Be сердитесь на меня, потерпите еще немного (я сейчас уйду или доскажу и т. п.)

2) bear (up)on smth. bear on the subject (on the question, upon tile situation, etc.) иметь отношение к [данному] предмету и т. д.; your arguments do not bear on the problem ваши доводы не имеют отношения и этой проблеме; it bears directly on our topic Это непосредственно связано с нашей темой

3) bear (up)on smth. bear hard on a surface (on a stick, etc.) нажимать /надавливать/ на поверхность и т. д.; if you bear too hard (up)on the point of your pencil it may break если ты будешь слишком сильно нажимать на карандаш, грифель сломается

4) bear (up)on smb. bear hard (up)on the people (on the natives, on the settlers, etc.) a) угнетать народ и т. д.; б) ложиться тяжелым бременем на народ и т. д.

5) bear in some direction naut. bear to the north (to the east, to the right, etc.) двигаться, идти или поворачивать на север а т. д.; when you reach the top of the hill bear to the left когда дойдете до вершины холма, сверните налево

6) bear on smth. bear on the columns (on the pillars. on.the walls, etc.) опираться на колонны и т.д.; the whole building bears on the columns колонны держат все здание; bear heavily on a stick тяжело опираться на палку

7) bear in smth. bear in spring (in this climate, in the north, in this soil, etc.) плодоносить весной и т. д.
11. XVIII
bear oneself in some manner book. bear oneself well (nobly, gracefully, etc.) держаться хорошо и т. д.; bear oneself like smb. bear oneself like a man (like a soldier, like a queen, etc.) держаться или вести себя как мужчина и т. д.
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1) bear smb., smth. to some place bear the wounded man to the hospital (the thief to prison, the letter to the president, etc.) отвезти, отнести или доставить раненого в больницу и т. д.; the ship bore him to a distant country корабль увез его в дальние края; bear smb., smth. across smth. the bridge bore us across the river по мосту мы попали на другой берег [реки]; bear smth., smb. on (in, over, etc.) smith. bear smth., smb. on (over) one's shoulders (in one's arms, in one's hands, etc.) нести что-л., кого-л. на плечах и т. д.

2) bear smth. on /by/ smth. bear a badge on the lapel of one's coat (a sword by one's side, etc.) носить значок /эмблему/ на отвороте пиджака и т. д.

3) bear smth. for smth., smb. I don't want to bear the blame for your mistakes я не хочу принимать на себя /нести/ вину да ваши ошибки; you will have to bear the penalty for your misdeeds вам придется понести наказание за свой проступки; who will bear the responsibility for the children? кто будет отвечать /нести ответственность/ за датой?; bear smth. against smb. bear a grudge (malice, ill-will, etc.) against slab. испытывать к кому-л. чувство злобы и т.д., испытывать злобу и т. д. против кого-л. =bear иметь зуб против кого-л.

4) bear smth. to smb., smth. bear no relation to smb., smth. не иметь никакого отношения к кому-л., чему-л., bear (no) resemblance to smb., smth. (не) быть похожим да кого-л., что-л. || bear smth. in mind помнить о чем-л.; you must bear his warning in mind вы не должны забывать о его предупреждении

5) bear smth. in smth. bear fruit in autumn (in the spring, in this climate, etc.) плодоносить осенью и т.д.;
13. XXV
bear that... usually with can, especially in the negative or interrogative she couldn't bear that he should forget her она не могла вынести мысля, что он забудет ее

English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > bear
4 bear

I [beə] n
медведь

- polar bear
- grizzly bear
- mountain bear
- bear's skin
- bear baiting
- claws of a bear
- lead a bear on a chain
- train a bear
- muzzle a bear
- go bear baiting
- bait the bear
- set a bear on a chain
- bear feeds on flesh
- bear attacks
- catch the bear before you sell his skin
- be cross like a bear with a sore head II [beə] v
(bore, borne, born) носить, нести, перевозить, переносить, выносить

The servants were bearing food to the guests. — Слуги разносили еду гостям.

The ship bore him to a distant country. — Корабль унес его далеко от родины.

The ice is too thin to bear the weight of the horse. — Лед слишком тонок, чтобы выдержать лошадь

- bear a banner
- bear a heavy load
- bear the cases downstairs
- come bearing rich gigts
- bear smb, smth III [beə] v
(bore, born) рождать, производить на свет, плодоносить

A child was born to them (the family). — У них родился ребенок. (В семье родился ребенок.)

He is a born actor. — Он прирожденный актер.

She has born sons. — Она родила ему троих детей.

He was born in England. — Он родился в Англии.

He was born of family well-to-do parents. — Он родился в довольно зажиточной семье

- born in 1945
- bear children
- bear smb a child
- be born
- be born a poet
- be born in the family of a doctor
- be born in 1962
- bear in the spring
- be born out of wedlock
- tree bears every year
- man is born

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > bear
5 Les nationalités

Les adjectifs ethniques comme anglais peuvent aussi qualifier des langues (par ex. un mot anglais ⇒ Les langues) et des choses (par ex. la cuisine anglaise ⇒ Les États, les pays et les continents).

En anglais, les noms et les adjectifs ethniques se forment de plusieurs manières. On peut distinguer cinq groupes. Noter que l’anglais emploie la majuscule dans tous les cas, pour l’adjectif et pour le nom.

1er groupe: le nom et l’adjectif ont la même forme.

Le nom pluriel prend un s.

un Allemand

= a German ou (s’il est nécessaire de distinguer) a German man

une Allemande

= a German ou a German woman

les Allemands (en général)

= the Germans ou Germans ou German people

c’est un Allemand

= he’s German ou he’s a German

il est allemand

= he’s German

Dans ce groupe: American, Angolan, Belgian, Brazilian, Chilean, Cypriot, Czech, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Iranian, Italian, Jamaican, Mexican, Moroccan, Norwegian, Pakistani, Russian, Thai etc.

2e groupe: le nom s’obtient en ajoutant le mot man ou woman à l’adjectif.

un Japonais

= a Japanese man

une Japonaise

= a Japanese woman

les Japonais (en général)

= the Japanese* ou Japanese people

c’est un Japonais

= he’s Japanese

il est japonais

= he’s Japanese

* Japanese est un adjectif utilisé comme nom: il prend toujours l’article défini et ne prend jamais de s.

Dans ce groupe: Burmese, Chinese, Congolese, Lebanese, Portuguese, Sudanese, Vietnamese etc.

3e groupe: le nom s’obtient en ajoutant le suffixe -man ou -woman à l’adjectif.

un Anglais

= an Englishman

une Anglaise

= an Englishwoman

les Anglais (en général)

= the English† ou English people

c’est un Anglais

= he’s English ou he’s an Englishman

il est anglais

= he’s English

† English est un adjectif utilisé comme nom: il prend toujours l’article défini et ne prend jamais de s.

Dans ce groupe: French, Dutch, Irish, Welsh etc.

4e groupe: le nom et l’adjectif sont des mots différents.

Le nom pluriel prend un s.

un Danois

= a Dane ou a Danish man

une Danoise

= a Dane ou a Danish woman

les Danois (en général)

= Danes ou the Danes ou Danish people

c’est un Danois

= he’s Danish ou he’s a Dane

il est danois

= he’s Danish

Dans ce groupe: Finn ( nom): Finnish ( adjectif); Icelander: Icelandic; Pole: Polish; Scot: Scottish; Spaniard: Spanish; Swede: Swedish; Turk: Turkish etc.

5e groupe: quelques cas particuliers, qui n’ont pas d’adjectif, par ex. la Nouvelle-Zélande:

un Néo-Zélandais

= a New Zealander

une Néo-Zélandaise

= a New Zealander

les Néo-Zélandais (en général)

= New Zealanders

c’est un Néo-Zélandais

= he’s a New Zealander

il est néo-zélandais

= he’s a New Zealander

Quelques autres expressions permettant de parler de la nationalité de quelqu’un en anglais:

il est né en Angleterre

= he was born in England

il vient d’Angleterre

= he comes from England

il est d’origine anglaise

= he’s of English extraction

il est citoyen britannique

= he’s a British citizen

il est citoyen néo-zélandais

= he’s a New Zealand citizen

c’est un ressortissant britannique

= he’s a British national

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Les nationalités
6 nacimiento

m.

1 birth.

de nacimiento from birth

2 source.

3 origin, beginning (origen).

4 Nativity scene.

5 top part of river, head.

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nacimiento

► nombre masculino

1 birth

2 (de río) source

■ vamos a visitar el nacimiento del río Segura we're going to see the source of the river Segura

3 figurado origin, beginning

4 (pesebre) crib, Nativity scene

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de nacimiento from birth

■ es ciega de nacimiento she was born blind

■ es una mancha de nacimiento it's a birthmark

■ éste es tonto de nacimiento what a stupid idiot!

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noun m.

1) birth

2) source

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SM

1) [gen] birth; (Orn etc) hatching

de nacimiento: ciego de nacimiento — blind from birth, born blind

un tonto de nacimiento — a born fool

este defecto lo tiene de nacimiento — he has had this defect since birth, he was born with this defect

nacimiento sin violencia — painless childbirth

2) (=estirpe) birth, family

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth, of noble family

3) (=manantial) spring, source

4) [del pelo] roots pl

5) (=origen) [de nación] birth; [de amistad] beginning, start

el partido tuvo su nacimiento en... — the party had its origins in...

dar nacimiento a — to give rise to

6) (Arte, Rel) nativity (scene)

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masculino

1)

a) (de niño, animal) birth

es argentino de nacimiento — he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

b) ( de aves) hatching

2)

a) ( origen) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una amistad duradera — that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

b) (liter) (iniciación, despertar)

nacimiento a algo — awakening to something

c) ( cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth o origins

3)

a) ( de río) source

b) ( del pelo) hairline

4) ( belén) crib

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= birth, rise, spring, nativity, hatching.

Nota: Referido a animales.

Ex. Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.

Ex. The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.

Ex. They bought a book which is an 1875 edition of the travel guide Faxon's illustrated hand-book of summer travel to the lakes, springs and mountains of New England.

Ex. Pilgrims journeyed to the cathedral to view the Veil of the Virgin, a strip of cloth believed to have been worn by the Virgin Mary at the Nativity of Christ.

Ex. In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.

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* acta de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* certificado de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* con el nacimiento de = at the dawn of.

* contribuir al nacimiento de = lead to + the birth of.

* defecto de nacimiento = birth defect.

* de nacimiento = from birth, innately, inborn, native-born.

* derecho de nacimiento = birthright.

* fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.

* lugar de nacimiento = birthplace, place of birth.

* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.

* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* nacimiento de polluelos = chick hatching.

* nacimiento precoz = prematurity.

* nombre de nacimiento = née.

* padre de nacimiento = birth father.

* peso de nacimiento = birthweight.

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masculino

1)

a) (de niño, animal) birth

es argentino de nacimiento — he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento — she was born deaf

b) ( de aves) hatching

2)

a) ( origen) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una amistad duradera — that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

b) (liter) (iniciación, despertar)

nacimiento a algo — awakening to something

c) ( cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble — of noble birth o origins

3)

a) ( de río) source

b) ( del pelo) hairline

4) ( belén) crib

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= birth, rise, spring, nativity, hatching.

Nota: Referido a animales.

Ex: Typically, the additions to the name will fall within the following categories: title of nobility, title of honour, address, date of birth, and date of death.

Ex: The rise of documentation in this country takes a rather different turn, due largely to the development of fine grain photographic emulsions and the miniature camera using a film with an acetate, non-explosive, base.

Ex: They bought a book which is an 1875 edition of the travel guide Faxon's illustrated hand-book of summer travel to the lakes, springs and mountains of New England.

Ex: Pilgrims journeyed to the cathedral to view the Veil of the Virgin, a strip of cloth believed to have been worn by the Virgin Mary at the Nativity of Christ.

Ex: In the first two days after hatching, chicks coming from eggs incubated in the light prevalently slept with their right eye open.

* acta de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* certificado de nacimiento = birth certificate.

* con el nacimiento de = at the dawn of.

* contribuir al nacimiento de = lead to + the birth of.

* defecto de nacimiento = birth defect.

* de nacimiento = from birth, innately, inborn, native-born.

* derecho de nacimiento = birthright.

* fecha de nacimiento = birth date, date of birth.

* lugar de nacimiento = birthplace, place of birth.

* madre de nacimiento = birth mother.

* madre o padre de nacimiento = birth parent.

* nacimiento del pelo = hairline.

* nacimiento de polluelos = chick hatching.

* nacimiento precoz = prematurity.

* nombre de nacimiento = née.

* padre de nacimiento = birth father.

* peso de nacimiento = birthweight.

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nacimiento

masculine

A

1 (de un niño) birth; (de mamíferos) birth

los niños presenciaron el nacimiento de los gatitos the children watched the kittens being born

es argentino de nacimiento he's Argentinian by birth

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf, she's been deaf since birth

2 (de aves) hatching

B

1 (origen, principio) birth

aquél fue el nacimiento de una duradera amistad that was the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

2 ( liter) (iniciación, despertar) nacimiento A algo:

su nacimiento al amor his first experience of love, his awakening to love

su nacimiento a la vida de adulto her initiation into adult life

mi nacimiento a las artes my introduction to the arts

3 (cuna) birth

de nacimiento noble/humilde of noble/humble birth o origins

C

1 (de un río) source

2 (del pelo) hairline

D (belén) crib

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nacimiento sustantivo masculino
1 (de niño, animal) birth;
◊ es argentino de nacimiento he's Argentinian by birth;

es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf
2 (de idea, movimiento) birth;
◊ el nacimiento de una amistad duradera the start o beginning of a lasting friendship

3 ( belén) crib
nacimiento sustantivo masculino
1 birth: es mudo de nacimiento, he's been mute since birth
fecha de nacimiento, date of birth
2 (inicio, origen) origin, beginning
3 (de un río, manantial) source
4 (belén) Nativity scene, crib
' nacimiento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
antojo
- capricho
- ciega
- ciego
- espectáculo
- partida
- registrar
- acta
- cuna
- inscripción
- lugar
- mudo
- natividad
- ser
- sordo
English:
birth
- birth certificate
- birthmark
- birthplace
- date
- ford
- hairline
- homeland
- mean
- place
- register
- rise
- rising
- source
- crib
- hair
- shower

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nacimiento nm

1. [de niño, animal] birth;

de nacimiento from birth;

ser ciego de nacimiento to be born blind;

por nacimiento by birth

2. [de ave, reptil] hatching

3. [de planta] sprouting

4. [de pelo] hairline

5. [de río] source

6. [origen] [de amistad] start, beginning;
[de costumbre] origin
7. [belén] Nativity scene

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nacimiento

m

1 birth;

de nacimiento defecto físico etc congenital, that he/she etc is born with;

es ciego de nacimiento he was born blind

2 de Navidad crèche, nativity scene

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nacimiento nm

1) : birth

2) : source (of a river)

3) : beginning, origin

4) belén: Nativity scene, crêche

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nacimiento n birth

fecha de nacimiento date of birth

de nacimiento from birth

es sordo de nacimiento he has been deaf from birth

Spanish-English dictionary > nacimiento
7 kommen

v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen

1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get ( bis to); durch eine Stadt / Gegend kommen pass through a town / area; nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home; wie komme ich zum Bahnhof / nach Linz? how do I get to the (Am. train) station / to Linz?; ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work; komm schon! come on!, hurry up!; ich komme schon! I’m coming; na, komm schon! umg. come on (, now)!; er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long; da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming; es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (Am. mail) for you; spät kommen come ( oder be) late; zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late; jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn; zuerst oder als Erster / zuletzt oder als Letzter kommen come first / last; wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst Sprichw. first come, first served; wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses; angelaufen etc. kommen come running etc. along ( oder up); der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come; jemanden kommen lassen send for s.o.; etw. kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) s.th.; wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?; es kam mir ( der Gedanke), dass... it occurred to me that...; es kommt mir oder mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do; mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iro. don’t make me weep; das wird teuer kommen / dich teuer kommen umg. it’ll come expensive / it’ll cost you; ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; siehe auch Reihe, spät II etc.

2. (herannahen) be coming; es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up); der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light; die Flut kommt the tide is coming in; da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (Am. intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (Am. intersection)

3. (geschehen) auch happen; etw. kommen sehen (voraussehen) see s.th. coming; das kommt mir gelegen / ungelegen it’s a good / bad time ( oder the right / wrong moment) for me; wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?; wie oder woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg.; das kommt daher, dass it’s because; das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg. (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that; was auch ( immer) kommen mag... whatever happens,...; komme, was da wolle come what may; es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet); das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen; es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened; es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where; es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days

4. umg. wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that; komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, Am. don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek; komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses; damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?; komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business; er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas

5. umg. (einen Orgasmus haben) come; ich komme I’m coming; es kommt ihr she’s coming

6. umg. (sich entwickeln) develop; wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?

7. kommen an (+ Akk)

a) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to; an jemandes Stelle kommen take s.o.’s place;

b) (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of; wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?

8. kommen auf (+ Akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember; auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount; auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (Am. auch tab); das kommt (steht) auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12; auf etw. zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of s.th.; wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?; darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me; ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it; darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that; auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants; ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him

9. hinter etw. (+ Akk) kommen find s.th. out

10. das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal / ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf / belongs in the study; in Gefahr / Not / Verlegenheit kommen get into danger / difficulties Pl. / an embarrassing situation; ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)

11. über einen Zaun etc. kommen get over a fence etc.; über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc.: come over s.o.; Fluch: come upon s.o.

12. um etw. kommen lose s.th.; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of s.th.; ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed

13. kommen unter (+ Akk) eine Überschrift etc.: go under; ein Auto etc.: be run over by

14. kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to); das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?; das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much

15. kommen vor (+ Akk) come ( oder go) before; vors Gericht kommen Sache: come up before the court

16. zu etw. kommen come ( oder get) to s.th.; (bekommen) come by s.th., get hold of s.th.; zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money; zur Ansicht kommen, dass... come to the conclusion that..., decide that...; zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion); ( wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness; wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?; es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed; es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen... fighting broke out between...; zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill; ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything; ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow; wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; siehe auch Kraft 1, Sache etc.

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to arrive; to emerge; to come

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Kọm|men
nt -s, no pl
coming
ein einziges Kommen und Gehen — a constant coming and going

etw ist im Kommen — sth is coming in, sth is on the way in

jd ist im Kommen — sb is on his/her way up

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das

1) (coming or arrival: the advent of space travel.) advent

2) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) get

3) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) come

4) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) come

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kom·men

[ˈkɔmən]

I. INTRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (eintreffen) to come, to arrive

ich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here]

ich komme schon! I'm coming!

sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrow

der Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Paris

da kommt Anne/der Bus there's Anne/the bus

der Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minute

ich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at four

der Wind kommt von Osten/von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the sea

sie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husband

ich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to help

du kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!

wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?

das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 May

zurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the moment

seine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantly

jede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too late

angefahren/angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a run

sie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterday

angereist \kommen to arrive

mit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycle

als Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/last

früh/pünktlich/rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually]/in time/late

zu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk

2.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (gelangen)

▪ irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewhere

kommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?

wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?

zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walk

sie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these days

nach Hause \kommen to come [or get] home

unter's Messer \kommen (hum) to have an operation

[sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bank

ans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or AM finish] line

3.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich begeben) to come

kommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?

meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediately

nach draußen/oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairs

nach London/England \kommen to come to London/England

4.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (passieren)

▪ durch etw akk/über etw akk/einen Ort \kommen to pass [or come] through sth/a place

5.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (teilnehmen)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen Kongress, Party, Training to come to [or form attend] sth

6.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (besuchen)

▪ zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sb

ich komme gern[e] einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometime

komm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!

7.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (herstammen)

▪ irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewhere

sie kommt aus New York/Australien she's [or she comes] [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian

8.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to come

wer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?

▪ nach etw dat \kommen to come after [or follow] sth

die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads

▪ nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sb

an die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go]

ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] first

noch \kommen to be still [or yet] to come

da wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yet

das Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to come

zuerst [o als Erster] /als Nächster/zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last

9.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (untergebracht werden)

ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospital

vor Gericht \kommen Fall to come to court; Mensch to come [or appear] before the court

in die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship

10.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (erlangen)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to achieve sth

wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?

zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...

zu Geld \kommen to come into money

zu Kräften \kommen to gain strength

zu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame

[wieder] zu sich dat selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again

zu sich dat \kommen to come to, to regain consciousness

▪ an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sth

wie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s.a. Besinnung, Ruhe

11.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (verlieren)

▪ um etw akk \kommen to lose sth

ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die

12.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (erreichen) to reach

auf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd

13.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (gebracht werden) to come

kam Post für mich? was there any post for me?

14.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)

den Arzt/den Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/the plumber/a taxi

15.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (hingehören) to go, to belong

die Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there

16.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (herannahen) to approach; (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happen

heute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm today

der Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approaching

der Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient time

das habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time ago

das kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expected

es kam eins zum anderen one thing led to another

und so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...

wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?

es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happen

es hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worse

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to happen

zum Prozess \kommen to come to trial

es zu etw dat \kommen lassen zum Streit to let it come to sth

so weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...

so weit kommt es noch! (iron fam) that'll be the day! fam

komme, was da wolle come what may

was auch immer \kommen mag whatever happens

wie's kommt so kommt's whatever will be, will be

[wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again

17.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along]

die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing

18.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (jdn erfassen)

▪ über jdn \kommen Gefühl to come over sb

eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadness

es kam einfach so über mich it just came over me

19.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich bei jdm zeigen)

jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry

jdm \kommen Zweifel, ob... sb is beset [or overcome] by doubts [or sb doubts] whether...

20.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (in einen Zustand geraten)

▪ in etw akk \kommen to get into sth

wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skid

in Fahrt [o Schwung] \kommen to get going

in Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficulty

in Sicherheit \kommen to get to safety

in Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s.a. Stillstand

21.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich verhalten) to be

so lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!

so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!

jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb

22.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: jdn belästigen)

▪ jdm mit etw dat \kommen to start telling sb about sth

komm mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!

da kann [o könnte] ja jeder \kommen (fam) anyone could say that

der soll nur \kommen! (fam) just let him try!

23.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (seinen Grund haben) to come from

daher kommt es, dass... that's why...

das kommt davon! (fam) it's your own fault!

das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...

das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...

wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...

24.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich an etw erinnern)

▪ auf etw akk \kommen to remember sth, to recall sth

ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it

25.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (einfallen)

▪ jdm \kommen to think of, to occur

jdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...

na, das kommt dir aber früh! (iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?

26.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich verschaffen)

▪ an etw akk \kommen to get hold of sth

wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?

27.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (etw herausfinden)

▪ hinter etw akk \kommen Pläne to find out sth sep, to get to the bottom of sth

hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret

wie kommst du darauf? what gives you that idea?, what makes you think that?; s.a. Schlich, Spur

28.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein FILM, RADIO, TV (gesendet werden) to be on

was kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?

als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next

29.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (Zeit für etw finden)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to get around to doing sth

ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!

30.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (entfallen)

▪ auf jdn/etw \kommen to be allotted to sb/sth

auf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:1

31.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (ähnlich sein)

▪ nach jdm \kommen to take after sb

32.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: kosten) to cost

die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money]

▪ auf etw akk \kommen to come to sth

33.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (überfahren werden)

unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or AM truck]

unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over

34.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (ansprechen)

auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matter

auf etw akk zu sprechen \kommen to get [a]round to [talking about] sth

jetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of pay rises...

ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment

35.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (reichen)

▪ an etw akk \kommen to reach sth

36.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sl: Orgasmus haben) to come fam

37.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: eine Aufforderung verstärkend)

komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointed

komm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!

komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!

ach komm! (fam) come on!

38.

▶ erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt (prov) things never turn out the way you expect

▶ komm ich heut nicht, komm ich morgen (prov) you'll see me when you see me

▶ zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal

▶ auf jdn/etw nichts \kommen lassen (fam) to not hear a [bad] word said against sb

▶ wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (prov) first come, first served; s.a. achtzig, halten, nahe, Zeit

II. UNPERSÖNLICHES INTRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich einfinden)

▪ es kommt jd sb is coming

es kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!

es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming

2.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (beginnen)

▪ es kommt etw sth is coming

es kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again

3.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sl: Orgasmus haben)

▪ es kommt jdm (veraltet) sb comes

III. TRANSITIVES VERB

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: kosten)

▪ jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sth

die Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) come; (eintreffen) come; arrive

ich komme schon! — I'm coming!

der Kellner kommt sofort — the waiter will be with you directly

angelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up

angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up

zu spät kommen — be late

durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region

nach Hause kommen — come or get home

zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody

ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?

etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something

jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody

da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.

komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!

[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]

2) (gelangen) get

ans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line

wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)

auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something

jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks

wie kommst du darauf? — what gives you that idea?

dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something

zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing

3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come through

zur Welt kommen — be born

ihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her

jemandem kommen die Tränen — tears come to somebody's eyes

4) (aufgenommen werden)

zur Schule kommen — go to or start school

ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison

in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell

5) (gehören) go; belong

in die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf

6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go

in den Müll kommen — be thrown out

7) (geraten) get

in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed

unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed

ins Schleudern kommen — go into a skid

neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung

8) (nahen)

ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in

der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling

dieses Unglück habe ich schon lange kommen sehen — I saw this disaster coming a long time ago

im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up

9) (sich ereignen) come about; happen

was auch immer kommen mag — come what may

das durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now

gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient

überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]

daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...

das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...

vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency

wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)

das kommt davon! — see what happens!

10) unpers

es kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight

es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently

so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!

11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)

wann kommt der nächste Bahnhof? — when do we get to the next station? (coll.)

jetzt kommt gleich Mannheim — we'll be at Mannheim any moment

da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)

12)

zu Geld kommen — become wealthy

zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.

nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere

wieder zu Kräften kommen — regain one's strength

[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round

um etwas kommen — lose something

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)

zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...

als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last

jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now

14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)

jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody

so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!

15)

ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.

über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody

16) (entfallen)

auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed

17)

woher kommen diese Sachen? — where do these things come from?

seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony

18) (ugs.): (kosten)

auf 100 Euro kommen — cost 100 euros

alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...

wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?

etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]

19) (ugs.): (anspringen) < engine> start

20) (salopp): (Orgasmus haben) come (sl.)

21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)

komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now

komm, komm — oh, come on

22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)

[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well

23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall

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kommen v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen

1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get (

bis to);

durch eine Stadt/Gegend kommen pass through a town/area;

nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home;

wie komme ich zum Bahnhof/nach Linz? how do I get to the (US train) station/to Linz?;

ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work;

komm schon! come on!, hurry up!;

ich komme schon! I’m coming;

na, komm schon! umg come on(, now)!;

er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long;

da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming;

es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (US mail) for you;

spät kommen come ( oder be) late;

zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late;

jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn;

zuerst oder

als Erster/zuletzt oder

als Letzter kommen come first/last;

wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst sprichw first come, first served;

wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses;

angelaufen etc

kommen come running etc along ( oder up);

der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come;

jemanden kommen lassen send for sb;

etwas kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) sth;

wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?;

es kam mir (der Gedanke), dass … it occurred to me that …;

es kommt mir oder

mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do;

mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iron don’t make me weep;

das wird teuer kommen/dich teuer kommen umg it’ll come expensive/it’ll cost you;

ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; → auch Reihe, spät B etc

2. (herannahen) be coming;

es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up);

der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light;

die Flut kommt the tide is coming in;

da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (US intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (US intersection)

3. (geschehen) auch happen;

etwas kommen sehen (voraussehen) see sth coming;

das kommt mir gelegen/ungelegen it’s a good/bad time ( oder the right/wrong moment) for me;

wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?;

wie oder

woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg;

das kommt daher, dass it’s because;

das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that;

was auch (immer) kommen mag … whatever happens, …;

komme, was da wolle come what may;

es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet);

das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen;

es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened;

es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where;

es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days

4. umg

wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that;

komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, US don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek;

komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses;

damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?;

komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business;

er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas

5. umg (einen Orgasmus haben) come;

ich komme I’m coming;

es kommt ihr she’s coming

6. umg (sich entwickeln) develop;

wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?

7.

kommen an (+akk) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to;

an jemandes Stelle kommen take sb’s place; (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of;

wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?

8.

kommen auf (+akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember;

auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount;

auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (US auch tab);

das kommt (steht)

auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12;

auf etwas zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of sth;

wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?;

darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me;

ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it;

darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that;

auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants;

ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him

9.

hinter etwas (+akk)

kommen find sth out

10.

das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal/ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf/belongs in the study;

in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen get into danger/difficulties pl/an embarrassing situation;

ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)

11.

über einen Zaun etc

kommen get over a fence etc;

über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc: come over sb; Fluch: come upon sb

12.

um etwas kommen lose sth; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of sth;

ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed

13.

kommen unter (+akk) eine Überschrift etc: go under; ein Auto etc: be run over by

14.

kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to);

das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?;

das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much

15.

kommen vor (+akk) come ( oder go) before;

vors Gericht kommen Sache: come up before the court

16.

zu etwas kommen come ( oder get) to sth; (bekommen) come by sth, get hold of sth;

zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money;

zur Ansicht kommen, dass … come to the conclusion that …, decide that …;

zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion);

(wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness;

wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?;

es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed;

es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen … fighting broke out between …;

zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill;

ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything;

ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow;

wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; → auch Kraft 1, Sache etc

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) come; (eintreffen) come; arrive

ich komme schon! — I'm coming!

der Kellner kommt sofort — the waiter will be with you directly

angelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up

angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up

zu spät kommen — be late

durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region

nach Hause kommen — come or get home

zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody

ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?

etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something

jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody

da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.

komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!

[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]

2) (gelangen) get

ans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line

wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)

auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something

jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks

wie kommst du darauf? — what gives you that idea?

dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something

zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing

3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come through

zur Welt kommen — be born

ihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her

jemandem kommen die Tränen — tears come to somebody's eyes

4) (aufgenommen werden)

zur Schule kommen — go to or start school

ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison

in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell

5) (gehören) go; belong

in die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf

6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go

in den Müll kommen — be thrown out

7) (geraten) get

in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed

unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed

ins Schleudern kommen — go into a skid

neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung

8) (nahen)

ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in

der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling

dieses Unglück habe ich schon lange kommen sehen — I saw this disaster coming a long time ago

im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up

9) (sich ereignen) come about; happen

was auch immer kommen mag — come what may

das durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now

gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient

überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]

daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...

das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...

vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency

wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)

das kommt davon! — see what happens!

10) unpers

es kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight

es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently

so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!

11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)

wann kommt der nächste Bahnhof? — when do we get to the next station? (coll.)

jetzt kommt gleich Mannheim — we'll be at Mannheim any moment

da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)

12)

zu Geld kommen — become wealthy

zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.

nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere

wieder zu Kräften kommen — regain one's strength

[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round

um etwas kommen — lose something

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)

zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...

als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last

jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now

14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)

jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody

so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!

15)

ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.

über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody

16) (entfallen)

auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed

17)

woher kommen diese Sachen? — where do these things come from?

seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony

18) (ugs.): (kosten)

auf 100 Euro kommen — cost 100 euros

alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...

wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?

etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]

19) (ugs.): (anspringen) < engine> start

20) (salopp): (Orgasmus haben) come (sl.)

21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)

komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now

komm, komm — oh, come on

22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)

[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well

23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall

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interj.

come interj. v.

(§ p.,pp.: kam, ist gekommen)

= to come v.

(§ p.,p.p.: came, come)

to cum v.

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8 Kommen

v/i; kommt, kam, ist gekommen

1. come; (ankommen) auch arrive; (gelangen) get ( bis to); durch eine Stadt / Gegend kommen pass through a town / area; nach Hause kommen come ( oder get) home; wie komme ich zum Bahnhof / nach Linz? how do I get to the (Am. train) station / to Linz?; ich komme gerade von der Arbeit I’ve just got back from work; komm schon! come on!, hurry up!; ich komme schon! I’m coming; na, komm schon! umg. come on (, now)!; er wird bald kommen he’ll be here ( oder with you) soon, he won’t be long; da kommt jemand there’s somebody coming; es ist Post für dich gekommen there’s some post (Am. mail) for you; spät kommen come ( oder be) late; zu spät kommen be late; und etwas versäumen: be too late; jetzt komme ich an die Reihe now it’s my turn; zuerst oder als Erster / zuletzt oder als Letzter kommen come first / last; wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst Sprichw. first come, first served; wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben etwa: he who lags behind, loses; angelaufen etc. kommen come running etc. along ( oder up); der soll mir nur kommen!, er soll nur kommen! drohend: (just) let him come; jemanden kommen lassen send for s.o.; etw. kommen lassen (bestellen) send for ( oder order) s.th.; wie weit bist du gekommen? how far did you get?; es kam mir ( der Gedanke), dass... it occurred to me that...; es kommt mir oder mir kommt eine Idee I’ve got an idea, I know what we can do; mir kommen die Tränen tears come to my eyes, my eyes fill with tears; iro. don’t make me weep; das wird teuer kommen / dich teuer kommen umg. it’ll come expensive / it’ll cost you; ihr Aufschlag kommt gut Tennis: her serve is coming on well; siehe auch Reihe, spät II etc.

2. (herannahen) be coming; es kommt ein Gewitter there’s a storm coming (up); der Morgen kommt it’s nearly morning, it’s starting to get light; die Flut kommt the tide is coming in; da vorn kommt gleich eine Kreuzung there’s a junction (Am. intersection) coming up, we’re just coming to a junction (Am. intersection)

3. (geschehen) auch happen; etw. kommen sehen (voraussehen) see s.th. coming; das kommt mir gelegen / ungelegen it’s a good / bad time ( oder the right / wrong moment) for me; wie kommt das? how does that come about?, how is that possible?; wie oder woher kommt es, dass how is it that, how come umg.; das kommt daher, dass it’s because; das durfte jetzt nicht kommen it shouldn’t happen (now), it shouldn’t be possible; umg. (das hättest du nicht sagen sollen) you shouldn’t have said that; was auch ( immer) kommen mag... whatever happens,...; komme, was da wolle come what may; es wird noch ganz anders kommen there’s worse to come (yet); das musste ja so kommen it had to ( oder was bound to) happen; es kam, wie es kommen musste the inevitable happened; es ist so weit gekommen, dass things have got to the stage where; es wird noch so weit kommen, dass er rausgeschmissen wird he’ll be thrown out one of these days

4. umg. wenn Sie mir so kommen if you talk to me like that; komm mir ja nicht so frech! don’t be so cheeky, Am. don’t be such a smart aleck, I don’t want any of your cheek; komm mir nur nicht mit diesen Ausreden spare me your excuses; damit kannst du mir nicht kommen you don’t expect me to believe that, do you?; komm mir nicht dauernd mit der Geschichte I wish you wouldn’t keep going on ( oder I wish you’d stop pestering me) about that business; er kommt einfach mit diesen Ideen he just trots out these ideas

5. umg. (einen Orgasmus haben) come; ich komme I’m coming; es kommt ihr she’s coming

6. umg. (sich entwickeln) develop; wie kommt dein neues Projekt? how is your new project coming on?

7. kommen an (+ Akk)

a) (gelangen zu) come ( oder get) to, arrive at; (jemandem zukommen) go ( oder fall) to; an jemandes Stelle kommen take s.o.’s place;

b) (sich verschaffen, bekommen) get hold of; wie bist du an die Daten gekommen? how did you come by these data?

8. kommen auf (+ Akk) (herausfinden) think of, hit upon; (sich erinnern an) think of, remember; auf eine Summe kommen come to ( oder total) an amount; auf die Rechnung kommen go ( oder be put) on the bill (Am. auch tab); das kommt (steht) auf Seite 12 that comes ( oder is) on page 12; auf etw. zu sprechen kommen get onto the subject of s.th.; wie kommst du darauf? what makes you say that?, what gives you that idea?; darauf wäre ich nie gekommen it would never have occurred to me; ich komme nicht darauf! I just can’t think of it; darauf komme ich gleich I’ll be coming to that; auf 100 Einwohner kommt ein Arzt there’s a ( oder one) doctor for every 100 inhabitants; ich lasse nichts auf ihn kommen I won’t have anything said against him

9. hinter etw. (+ Akk) kommen find s.th. out

10. das Buch kommt ins oberste Regal / ins Arbeitszimmer the book goes on the top shelf / belongs in the study; in Gefahr / Not / Verlegenheit kommen get into danger / difficulties Pl. / an embarrassing situation; ins Rutschen kommen get into a slide ( oder skid)

11. über einen Zaun etc. kommen get over a fence etc.; über jemanden kommen Gefühl etc.: come over s.o.; Fluch: come upon s.o.

12. um etw. kommen lose s.th.; durch fremdes Mitwirken: be done out of s.th.; ums Leben kommen lose one’s life, die, (getötet werden) auch be killed

13. kommen unter (+ Akk) eine Überschrift etc.: go under; ein Auto etc.: be run over by

14. kommen von Ergebnis: be a result of ( oder due to); das kommt davon! see what happens?, what did I tell you?; das kommt davon, wenn du so viel trinkst that’s what happens when you drink so much

15. kommen vor (+ Akk) come ( oder go) before; vors Gericht kommen Sache: come up before the court

16. zu etw. kommen come ( oder get) to s.th.; (bekommen) come by s.th., get hold of s.th.; zu Geld kommen (erben) come into money; zur Ansicht kommen, dass... come to the conclusion that..., decide that...; zur Sprache kommen come up (for discussion); ( wieder) zu sich kommen come to ( oder [a]round), regain consciousness; wie kamst du bloß dazu(, das zu tun)? what on earth made you do that?; es kam zum Streit a quarrel developed; es kam zu Kämpfen zwischen... fighting broke out between...; zum Stehen kommen come to a standstill; ich komme einfach nicht zum Lesen I just don’t get ( oder find) the time to read anything; ich komme aber erst morgen dazu I won’t get (a)round to it ( oder manage it) before tomorrow; wie kommen Sie dazu? how dare you?; siehe auch Kraft 1, Sache etc.

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to arrive; to emerge; to come

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Kọm|men
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coming
ein einziges Kommen und Gehen — a constant coming and going

etw ist im Kommen — sth is coming in, sth is on the way in

jd ist im Kommen — sb is on his/her way up

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das

1) (coming or arrival: the advent of space travel.) advent

2) (to (manage to) move, go, take, put etc: He couldn't get across the river; I got the book down from the shelf.) get

3) (to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him: Come here!; Are you coming to the dance?; John has come to see me; Have any letters come for me?) come

4) (to become near or close to something in time or space: Christmas is coming soon.) come

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kom·men

[ˈkɔmən]

I. INTRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (eintreffen) to come, to arrive

ich bin gerade ge\kommen I just arrived [or got here]

ich komme schon! I'm coming!

sie \kommen morgen aus Berlin they're arriving [or coming] from Berlin tomorrow

der Zug kommt aus Paris the train is coming from Paris

da kommt Anne/der Bus there's Anne/the bus

der Bus müsste jeden Augenblick \kommen the bus is due any minute

ich komme um vier und hole Sie ab I'll come and fetch you at four

der Wind kommt von Osten/von der See the wind is blowing [or coming] from the East/off the sea

sie kam in Begleitung ihres Mannes she was accompanied by her husband

ich bin ge\kommen, um zu helfen I've come [or I'm here] to help

du kommst wie gerufen! you've come just at the right moment!

wann soll das Baby \kommen? when's the baby due?

das Baby kam am 1. Mai the baby arrived [or was born] on the 1 May

zurzeit \kommen laufend Anfragen zur neuen Software we keep receiving queries about the new software at the moment

seine Antwort kam zögernd his answer was hesitant, he answered hesitantly

jede Hilfe kam zu spät help came [or arrived] too late

angefahren/angeflogen/angerannt \kommen to arrive by car/by plane/at a run

sie kamen gestern aus Rom angefahren/angeflogen they drove up/flew in from Rome yesterday

angereist \kommen to arrive

mit dem Auto/Fahrrad \kommen to come by car/bike, to drive/cycle

als Erster/Letzter \kommen to be the first/last to arrive, to arrive first/last

früh/pünktlich/rechtzeitig/spät \kommen to arrive early/on time [or punctually]/in time/late

zu Fuß \kommen to come on foot, to walk

2.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (gelangen)

▪ irgendwohin \kommen to get [or reach] somewhere

kommt man hier zum Bahnhof? is this the way to the station?

wie komme ich von hier zum Bahnhof? how do I get to the station from here?

zu Fuß kommt man am schnellsten dahin the quickest way [to get] there is to walk

sie kommt kaum noch aus dem Haus she hardly gets out of the house these days

nach Hause \kommen to come [or get] home

unter's Messer \kommen (hum) to have an operation

[sicher] ans Ufer \kommen to [safely] reach the bank

ans Ziel \kommen to reach the finishing [or AM finish] line

3.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich begeben) to come

kommst du mit uns ins Kino? are you coming to the cinema with us?

meine Kollegin kommt sofort zu Ihnen my colleague will be with you [or be along] immediately

nach draußen/oben/unten \kommen to come outside/upstairs/downstairs

nach London/England \kommen to come to London/England

4.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (passieren)

▪ durch etw akk/über etw akk/einen Ort \kommen to pass [or come] through sth/a place

5.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (teilnehmen)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen Kongress, Party, Training to come to [or form attend] sth

6.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (besuchen)

▪ zu jdm \kommen to visit sb, to come and see [or visit] sb

ich komme gern[e] einmal zu Ihnen I'd be delighted to visit you sometime

komm doch mal, ich würde mich sehr freuen! [come and] stop by sometime, I'd love to see you!

7.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (herstammen)

▪ irgendwoher \kommen to come [or be] [or hail] from somewhere

sie kommt aus New York/Australien she's [or she comes] [or she hails] from New York/Australia, she's a New Yorker/an Australian

8.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (folgen, an der Reihe sein) to come

wer kommt [jetzt]? whose turn [or go] is it?

▪ nach etw dat \kommen to come after [or follow] sth

die Schule kommt kurz nach der Kreuzung the school is just after the crossroads

▪ nach/vor jdm \kommen to come after/before sb

an die Reihe \kommen to be sb's turn [or go]

ich komme zuerst [an die Reihe] I'm first, it's my turn [or go] first

noch \kommen to be still [or yet] to come

da wird noch mehr Ärger \kommen there'll be more trouble yet

das Schlimmste kommt noch the worst is yet to come

zuerst [o als Erster] /als Nächster/zuletzt [o als Letzter] \kommen to come first/next/last

9.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (untergebracht werden)

ins Gefängnis/Krankenhaus \kommen to go to prison/into hospital

vor Gericht \kommen Fall to come to court; Mensch to come [or appear] before the court

in die Schule/Lehre \kommen to start school/an apprenticeship

10.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (erlangen)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to achieve sth

wie komme ich zu dieser Ehre? (iron, hum) to what do I owe this honour?

zu der Erkenntnis \kommen, dass... to realize [or come to the realization] that...

zu Geld \kommen to come into money

zu Kräften \kommen to gain strength

zu Ruhm \kommen to achieve [or win] fame

[wieder] zu sich dat selbst \kommen to get out of one's head, to come back to [or find] oneself again

zu sich dat \kommen to come to, to regain consciousness

▪ an jdn/etw \kommen to get hold of sb/sth

wie bist du an das viele Geld ge\kommen? how did you get hold of [or come by] all that money?; s.a. Besinnung, Ruhe

11.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (verlieren)

▪ um etw akk \kommen to lose sth

ums Leben \kommen to lose one's life, to be killed, to die

12.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (erreichen) to reach

auf den 2. Platz \kommen to reach 2nd place, to come [in] 2nd

13.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (gebracht werden) to come

kam Post für mich? was there any post for me?

14.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (veranlassen, dass jd kommt)

den Arzt/den Klempner/ein Taxi \kommen lassen to send for [or call] the doctor/the plumber/a taxi

15.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (hingehören) to go, to belong

die Tasse kommt dahin the cup belongs there

16.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (herannahen) to approach; (eintreten, geschehen) to come about, to happen

heute kommt noch ein Gewitter there'll be a thunderstorm today

der Winter kommt mit Riesenschritten winter is fast approaching

der Termin kommt etwas ungelegen the meeting comes at a somewhat inconvenient time

das habe ich schon lange \kommen sehen! I saw that coming a long time ago

das kam doch anders als erwartet it/that turned out [or happened] differently than expected

es kam eins zum anderen one thing led to another

und so kam es, dass... and that's why/how..., and that's how it came about [or happened] that...

wie kommt es, dass...? how is it that...?, how come...?

es musste ja so \kommen it/that was bound to happen

es hätte viel schlimmer \kommen können it could have been much worse

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to happen

zum Prozess \kommen to come to trial

es zu etw dat \kommen lassen zum Streit to let it come to sth

so weit \kommen, dass... to get to the stage [or point] where...

so weit kommt es noch! (iron fam) that'll be the day! fam

komme, was da wolle come what may

was auch immer \kommen mag whatever happens

wie's kommt so kommt's whatever will be, will be

[wieder] im K\kommen sein to be[come] fashionable again

17.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (in Erscheinung treten) Pflanzen to come on [or along]

die ersten Tomaten \kommen schon the first tomatoes are appearing

18.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (jdn erfassen)

▪ über jdn \kommen Gefühl to come over sb

eine gewaltige Traurigkeit kam über mich I was overcome by a tremendous sadness

es kam einfach so über mich it just came over me

19.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich bei jdm zeigen)

jdm \kommen die Tränen sb is overcome by tears, sb starts to cry

jdm \kommen Zweifel, ob... sb is beset [or overcome] by doubts [or sb doubts] whether...

20.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (in einen Zustand geraten)

▪ in etw akk \kommen to get into sth

wir kamen plötzlich ins Schleudern we suddenly started to skid

in Fahrt [o Schwung] \kommen to get going

in Gefahr/Not \kommen to get into danger/difficulty

in Sicherheit \kommen to get to safety

in Verlegenheit \kommen to get [or become] embarrassed; s.a. Stillstand

21.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich verhalten) to be

so lasse ich mir nicht \kommen! I won't have [or stand for] that!

so kommst du mir nicht! don't you take that line with me!

jdm frech \kommen to be cheeky to sb

22.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: jdn belästigen)

▪ jdm mit etw dat \kommen to start telling sb about sth

komm mir nicht schon wieder damit! don't give me [or start] that again!

da kann [o könnte] ja jeder \kommen (fam) anyone could say that

der soll nur \kommen! (fam) just let him try!

23.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (seinen Grund haben) to come from

daher kommt es, dass... that's why...

das kommt davon! (fam) it's your own fault!

das kommt davon, dass/weil... that's because...

das kommt davon, wenn... that's what happens when...

wie kommt es, dass... how come..., how is it that [that]...

24.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich an etw erinnern)

▪ auf etw akk \kommen to remember sth, to recall sth

ich komme beim besten Willen nicht darauf I just can't seem to remember [or recall] it

25.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (einfallen)

▪ jdm \kommen to think of, to occur

jdm kommt der Gedanke, dass... it occurs to sb that...

na, das kommt dir aber früh! (iron) why didn't that occur to you sooner?

26.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich verschaffen)

▪ an etw akk \kommen to get hold of sth

wie bist du an das Geld ge\kommen? where did you get the money?

27.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (etw herausfinden)

▪ hinter etw akk \kommen Pläne to find out sth sep, to get to the bottom of sth

hinter ein Geheimnis \kommen to uncover [or sep find out] a secret

wie kommst du darauf? what gives you that idea?, what makes you think that?; s.a. Schlich, Spur

28.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein FILM, RADIO, TV (gesendet werden) to be on

was kommt heute im Fernsehen? what's on [television] tonight?

als Nächstes \kommen die Nachrichten the news is [on] next

29.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (Zeit für etw finden)

▪ zu etw dat \kommen to get around to doing sth

ich komme zu nichts mehr! I don't have time for anything else!

30.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (entfallen)

▪ auf jdn/etw \kommen to be allotted to sb/sth

auf jeden Studenten kamen drei Studentinnen for every male student there were three female students, the ratio of female to male students was 3:1

31.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (ähnlich sein)

▪ nach jdm \kommen to take after sb

32.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: kosten) to cost

die Reparatur kam sehr teuer the repairs cost a lot [of money]

▪ auf etw akk \kommen to come to sth

33.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (überfahren werden)

unter ein Auto/einen Lastwagen \kommen to be knocked down by a car/lorry [or AM truck]

unter die Räder \kommen to get knocked [or run] down [or run over

34.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (ansprechen)

auf einen Punkt/eine Angelegenheit \kommen to broach [or get onto] a point/matter

auf etw akk zu sprechen \kommen to get [a]round to [talking about] sth

jetzt, wo wir auf das Thema Gehaltserhöhung zu sprechen \kommen,... now that we're on [or we've got round to] the subject of pay rises...

ich werde gleich darauf \kommen I'll come [or get] to that in a moment

35.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (reichen)

▪ an etw akk \kommen to reach sth

36.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sl: Orgasmus haben) to come fam

37.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: eine Aufforderung verstärkend)

komm, sei nicht so enttäuscht come on, don't be so disappointed

komm, lass uns gehen! come on [or hurry up], let's go!

komm, komm, werd nicht frech! now now, don't get cheeky!

ach komm! (fam) come on!

38.

▶ erstens kommt es anders und zweitens als man denkt (prov) things never turn out the way you expect

▶ komm ich heut nicht, komm ich morgen (prov) you'll see me when you see me

▶ zu kurz \kommen to come off badly, to get a raw deal

▶ auf jdn/etw nichts \kommen lassen (fam) to not hear a [bad] word said against sb

▶ wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (prov) first come, first served; s.a. achtzig, halten, nahe, Zeit

II. UNPERSÖNLICHES INTRANSITIVES VERB

1.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sich einfinden)

▪ es kommt jd sb is coming

es kommt jetzt der berühmte Magier Obrikanus! and now the famous magician, Obrikanus!

es scheint keiner mehr zu \kommen nobody else seems to be coming

2.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (beginnen)

▪ es kommt etw sth is coming

es kommt auch mal wieder schöneres Wetter the weather will turn nice again

3.

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (sl: Orgasmus haben)

▪ es kommt jdm (veraltet) sb comes

III. TRANSITIVES VERB

<kam, gekommen>

Hilfsverb: sein (fam: kosten)

▪ jdn etw \kommen to cost sb sth

die Reparatur kam mich sehr teuer I paid a lot [of money] for the repairs, the repairs cost a lot [of money]

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) come; (eintreffen) come; arrive

ich komme schon! — I'm coming!

der Kellner kommt sofort — the waiter will be with you directly

angelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up

angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up

zu spät kommen — be late

durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region

nach Hause kommen — come or get home

zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody

ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?

etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something

jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody

da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.

komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!

[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]

2) (gelangen) get

ans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line

wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)

auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something

jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks

wie kommst du darauf? — what gives you that idea?

dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something

zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing

3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come through

zur Welt kommen — be born

ihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her

jemandem kommen die Tränen — tears come to somebody's eyes

4) (aufgenommen werden)

zur Schule kommen — go to or start school

ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison

in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell

5) (gehören) go; belong

in die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf

6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go

in den Müll kommen — be thrown out

7) (geraten) get

in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed

unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed

ins Schleudern kommen — go into a skid

neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung

8) (nahen)

ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in

der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling

dieses Unglück habe ich schon lange kommen sehen — I saw this disaster coming a long time ago

im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up

9) (sich ereignen) come about; happen

was auch immer kommen mag — come what may

das durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now

gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient

überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]

daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...

das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...

vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency

wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)

das kommt davon! — see what happens!

10) unpers

es kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight

es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently

so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!

11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)

wann kommt der nächste Bahnhof? — when do we get to the next station? (coll.)

jetzt kommt gleich Mannheim — we'll be at Mannheim any moment

da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)

12)

zu Geld kommen — become wealthy

zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.

nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere

wieder zu Kräften kommen — regain one's strength

[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round

um etwas kommen — lose something

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)

zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...

als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last

jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now

14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)

jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody

so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!

15)

ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.

über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody

16) (entfallen)

auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed

17)

woher kommen diese Sachen? — where do these things come from?

seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony

18) (ugs.): (kosten)

auf 100 Euro kommen — cost 100 euros

alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...

wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?

etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]

19) (ugs.): (anspringen) < engine> start

20) (salopp): (Orgasmus haben) come (sl.)

21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)

komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now

komm, komm — oh, come on

22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)

[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well

23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall

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Kommen n; -s, kein pl arrival;

ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen a constant coming and going;

es ist ein ständiges Kommen und Gehen people are in and out all day, there’s a constant stream of of people coming and going;

im Kommen sein Ideologie etc: be in the ascendant;

breitere Schlipse etc

sind wieder im Kommen wider ties etc are coming in again;

dieser Dirigent ist im Kommen he’s an up-and-coming conductor

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unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb; mit sein

1) come; (eintreffen) come; arrive

ich komme schon! — I'm coming!

der Kellner kommt sofort — the waiter will be with you directly

angelaufen/angebraust usw. kommen — come running/roaring etc. along; (auf jemanden zu) come running/roaring etc. up

angekrochen kommen — (fig.) come crawling up

zu spät kommen — be late

durch eine Gegend kommen — pass through a region

nach Hause kommen — come or get home

zu jemandem kommen — (jemanden besuchen) come and see somebody

ist für mich keine Post gekommen? — is/was there no post for me?

etwas kommen lassen — (etwas bestellen) order something

jemanden kommen lassen — send for or call somebody

da könnte ja jeder kommen! — (ugs.) who do you think you are?/who does he think he is? etc.

komm mir bloß nicht damit! — (ugs.) don't give me that!

[bitte] kommen! — (im Funkverkehr) come in[, please]

2) (gelangen) get

ans Ufer/Ziel kommen — reach the bank/finishing-line

wie komme ich nach Paris? — how do I get to Paris?; (fig.)

auf etwas (Akk.) zu sprechen kommen — turn to the discussion of something

jemandem auf die Spur/Schliche kommen — get on somebody's trail/get wise to somebody's tricks

wie kommst du darauf? — what gives you that idea?

dazu kommen, etwas zu tun — get round to doing something

zum Einkaufen/Waschen kommen — get round to doing the shopping/washing

3) (auftauchen) <seeds, plants> come up; <buds, flowers> come out; <peas, beans> form; < teeth> come through

zur Welt kommen — be born

ihr ist ein Gedanke/eine Idee gekommen — she had a thought/an idea; a thought/an idea came to her

jemandem kommen die Tränen — tears come to somebody's eyes

4) (aufgenommen werden)

zur Schule kommen — go to or start school

ins Krankenhaus/Gefängnis kommen — go into hospital/to prison

in den Himmel/in die Hölle kommen — (fig.) go to heaven/hell

5) (gehören) go; belong

in die Schublade/ins Regal kommen — go or belong in the drawer/on the shelf

6) (gebracht, befördert werden) go

in den Müll kommen — be thrown out

7) (geraten) get

in Gefahr/Not/Verlegenheit kommen — get into danger/serious difficulties/get or become embarrassed

unter ein Auto/zu Tode kommen — be knocked down by a car/be or get killed

ins Schleudern kommen — go into a skid

neben jemandem zu sitzen kommen — get to sit next to somebody; s. auch Schwung; Stimmung

8) (nahen)

ein Gewitter/die Flut kommt — a storm is approaching/the tide's coming in

der Tag/die Nacht kommt — (geh.) day is breaking/night is falling

dieses Unglück habe ich schon lange kommen sehen — I saw this disaster coming a long time ago

im Kommen sein — <fashion etc.> be coming in; < person> be on the way up

9) (sich ereignen) come about; happen

was auch immer kommen mag — come what may

das durfte [jetzt] nicht kommen — (ugs. spött.) that's hardly the thing to say now

gelegen/ungelegen kommen — <offer, opportunity> come/not come at the right moment; < visit> be/not be convenient

überraschend [für jemanden] kommen — come as a surprise [to somebody]

daher kommt es, dass... — that's [the reason] why...

das kommt davon, dass... — that's because...

vom vielen Rauchen/vom Vitaminmangel kommen — be due to smoking/vitamin deficiency

wie kommt es, dass... — how is it that you/he etc....; how come that... (coll.)

das kommt davon! — see what happens!

10) unpers

es kam zum Streit/Kampf — there was a quarrel/fight

es kam alles ganz anders — it all or everything turned out quite differently

so weit kommt es noch [, dass ich euern Dreck wieder wegräume]! — (ugs. iron.) that really is the limit[, expecting me to clear up your rubbish after you]!

11) (ugs.): (erreicht werden)

wann kommt der nächste Bahnhof? — when do we get to the next station? (coll.)

jetzt kommt gleich Mannheim — we'll be at Mannheim any moment

da vorn kommt eine Tankstelle — there's a petrol station coming up (coll.)

12)

zu Geld kommen — become wealthy

zu Erfolg/Ruhm usw. kommen — gain success/fame etc.

nie zu etwas kommen — (ugs.) never get anywhere

wieder zu Kräften kommen — regain one's strength

[wieder] zu sich kommen — regain consciousness; come round

um etwas kommen — lose something

ums Leben kommen — lose one's life

13) (an der Reihe sein; folgen)

zuerst/zuletzt kam... — first/last came...

als erster/letzter kommen — come first/last

jetzt komme ich [an die Reihe] — it is my turn now

14) (ugs.): (sich verhalten)

jemandem frech/unverschämt/grob kommen — be cheeky/impertinent/rude to somebody

so lasse ich mir nicht kommen! — I don't stand for that sort of thing!

15)

ich lasse auf ihn usw. nichts kommen — I won't hear anything said against him etc.

über jemanden kommen — (jemanden erfassen) < feeling> come over somebody

16) (entfallen)

auf hundert Berufstätige kommen vier Arbeitslose — for every hundred people in employment, there are four people unemployed

17)

woher kommen diese Sachen? — where do these things come from?

seine Eltern kommen aus Sachsen — his parents come or are from Saxony

18) (ugs.): (kosten)

auf 100 Euro kommen — cost 100 euros

alles zusammen kam auf... — altogether it came to...

wie teuer kommt der Stoff? — how much or dear is that material?

etwas kommt [jemanden] teuer — something comes expensive [for somebody]

19) (ugs.): (anspringen) < engine> start

20) (salopp): (Orgasmus haben) come (sl.)

21) (ugs.): (als Aufforderung, Ermahnung)

komm/kommt/kommen Sie — come on, now

komm, komm — oh, come on

22) (Sportjargon): (gelingen)

[gut] kommen/nicht kommen — <serve, backhand, forehand, etc.> be going/not be going well

23) in festen Wendungen: s. Ausbruch 2); Einsatz 3); Entfaltung 1); Fall

* * *

interj.

come interj. v.

(§ p.,pp.: kam, ist gekommen)

= to come v.

(§ p.,p.p.: came, come)

to cum v.

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9 Muybridge, Eadweard

SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics

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b. 9 April 1830 Kingston upon Thames, England

d. 8 May 1904 Kingston upon Thames, England

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English photographer and pioneer of sequence photography of movement.

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He was born Edward Muggeridge, but later changed his name, taking the Saxon spelling of his first name and altering his surname, first to Muygridge and then to Muybridge. He emigrated to America in 1851, working in New York in bookbinding and selling as a commission agent for the London Printing and Publishing Company. Through contact with a New York daguerreotypist, Silas T.Selleck, he acquired an interest in photography that developed after his move to California in 1855. On a visit to England in 1860 he learned the wet-collodion process from a friend, Arthur Brown, and acquired the best photographic equipment available in London before returning to America. In 1867, under his trade pseudonym "Helios", he set out to record the scenery of the Far West with his mobile dark-room, christened "The Flying Studio".

His reputation as a photographer of the first rank spread, and he was commissioned to record the survey visit of Major-General Henry W.Halleck to Alaska and also to record the territory through which the Central Pacific Railroad was being constructed. Perhaps because of this latter project, he was approached by the President of the Central Pacific, Leland Stanford, to attempt to photograph a horse trotting at speed. There was a long-standing controversy among racing men as to whether a trotting horse had all four hooves off the ground at any point; Stanford felt that it did, and hoped than an "instantaneous" photograph would settle the matter once and for all. In May 1872 Muybridge photographed the horse "Occident", but without any great success because the current wet-collodion process normally required many seconds, even in a good light, for a good result. In April 1873 he managed to produce some better negatives, in which a recognizable silhouette of the horse showed all four feet above the ground at the same time.

Soon after, Muybridge left his young wife, Flora, in San Francisco to go with the army sent to put down the revolt of the Modoc Indians. While he was busy photographing the scenery and the combatants, his wife had an affair with a Major Harry Larkyns. On his return, finding his wife pregnant, he had several confrontations with Larkyns, which culminated in his shooting him dead. At his trial for murder, in February 1875, Muybridge was acquitted by the jury on the grounds of justifiable homicide; he left soon after on a long trip to South America.

He again took up his photographic work when he returned to North America and Stanford asked him to take up the action-photography project once more. Using a new shutter design he had developed while on his trip south, and which would operate in as little as 1/1,000 of a second, he obtained more detailed pictures of "Occident" in July 1877. He then devised a new scheme, which Stanford sponsored at his farm at Palo Alto. A 50 ft (15 m) long shed was constructed, containing twelve cameras side by side, and a white background marked off with vertical, numbered lines was set up. Each camera was fitted with Muybridge's highspeed shutter, which was released by an electromagnetic catch. Thin threads stretched across the track were broken by the horse as it moved along, closing spring electrical contacts which released each shutter in turn. Thus, in about half a second, twelve photographs were obtained that showed all the phases of the movement.

Although the pictures were still little more than silhouettes, they were very sharp, and sequences published in scientific and photographic journals throughout the world excited considerable attention. By replacing the threads with an electrical commutator device, which allowed the release of the shutters at precise intervals, Muybridge was able to take series of actions by other animals and humans. From 1880 he lectured in America and Europe, projecting his results in motion on the screen with his Zoopraxiscope projector. In August 1883 he received a grant of $40,000 from the University of Pennsylvania to carry on his work there. Using the vastly improved gelatine dry-plate process and new, improved multiple-camera apparatus, during 1884 and 1885 he produced over 100,000 photographs, of which 20,000 were reproduced in Animal Locomotion in 1887. The subjects were animals of all kinds, and human figures, mostly nude, in a wide range of activities. The quality of the photographs was extremely good, and the publication attracted considerable attention and praise.

Muybridge returned to England in 1894; his last publications were Animals in Motion (1899) and The Human Figure in Motion (1901). His influence on the world of art was enormous, over-turning the conventional representations of action hitherto used by artists. His work in pioneering the use of sequence photography led to the science of chronophotography developed by Marey and others, and stimulated many inventors, notably Thomas Edison to work which led to the introduction of cinematography in the 1890s.

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Bibliography

1887, Animal Locomotion, Philadelphia.

1893, Descriptive Zoopraxography, Pennsylvania. 1899, Animals in Motion, London.

1901, The Human Figure in Motion, London.

Further Reading

1973, Eadweard Muybridge: The Stanford Years, Stanford.

G.Hendricks, 1975, Muybridge: The Father of the Motion Picture, New York. R.Haas, 1976, Muybridge: Man in Motion, California.

B.Coe, 1992, Muybridge and the Chromophoto-graphers, London.

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Biographical history of technology > Muybridge, Eadweard
10 Stephenson, George

SUBJECT AREA: Land transport, Railways and locomotives

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b. 9 June 1781 Wylam, Northumberland, England

d. 12 August 1848 Tapton House, Chesterfield, England

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English engineer, "the father of railways".

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George Stephenson was the son of the fireman of the pumping engine at Wylam colliery, and horses drew wagons of coal along the wooden rails of the Wylam wagonway past the house in which he was born and spent his earliest childhood. While still a child he worked as a cowherd, but soon moved to working at coal pits. At 17 years of age he showed sufficient mechanical talent to be placed in charge of a new pumping engine, and had already achieved a job more responsible than that of his father. Despite his position he was still illiterate, although he subsequently learned to read and write. He was largely self-educated.

In 1801 he was appointed Brakesman of the winding engine at Black Callerton pit, with responsibility for lowering the miners safely to their work. Then, about two years later, he became Brakesman of a new winding engine erected by Robert Hawthorn at Willington Quay on the Tyne. Returning collier brigs discharged ballast into wagons and the engine drew the wagons up an inclined plane to the top of "Ballast Hill" for their contents to be tipped; this was one of the earliest applications of steam power to transport, other than experimentally.

In 1804 Stephenson moved to West Moor pit, Killingworth, again as Brakesman. In 1811 he demonstrated his mechanical skill by successfully modifying a new and unsatisfactory atmospheric engine, a task that had defeated the efforts of others, to enable it to pump a drowned pit clear of water. The following year he was appointed Enginewright at Killingworth, in charge of the machinery in all the collieries of the "Grand Allies", the prominent coal-owning families of Wortley, Liddell and Bowes, with authorization also to work for others. He built many stationary engines and he closely examined locomotives of John Blenkinsop's type on the Kenton \& Coxlodge wagonway, as well as those of William Hedley at Wylam.

It was in 1813 that Sir Thomas Liddell requested George Stephenson to build a steam locomotive for the Killingworth wagonway: Blucher made its first trial run on 25 July 1814 and was based on Blenkinsop's locomotives, although it lacked their rack-and-pinion drive. George Stephenson is credited with building the first locomotive both to run on edge rails and be driven by adhesion, an arrangement that has been the conventional one ever since. Yet Blucher was far from perfect and over the next few years, while other engineers ignored the steam locomotive, Stephenson built a succession of them, each an improvement on the last.

During this period many lives were lost in coalmines from explosions of gas ignited by miners' lamps. By observation and experiment (sometimes at great personal risk) Stephenson invented a satisfactory safety lamp, working independently of the noted scientist Sir Humphry Davy who also invented such a lamp around the same time.

In 1817 George Stephenson designed his first locomotive for an outside customer, the Kilmarnock \& Troon Railway, and in 1819 he laid out the Hetton Colliery Railway in County Durham, for which his brother Robert was Resident Engineer. This was the first railway to be worked entirely without animal traction: it used inclined planes with stationary engines, self-acting inclined planes powered by gravity, and locomotives.

On 19 April 1821 Stephenson was introduced to Edward Pease, one of the main promoters of the Stockton \& Darlington Railway (S \& DR), which by coincidence received its Act of Parliament the same day. George Stephenson carried out a further survey, to improve the proposed line, and in this he was assisted by his 18-year-old son, Robert Stephenson, whom he had ensured received the theoretical education which he himself lacked. It is doubtful whether either could have succeeded without the other; together they were to make the steam railway practicable.

At George Stephenson's instance, much of the S \& DR was laid with wrought-iron rails recently developed by John Birkinshaw at Bedlington Ironworks, Morpeth. These were longer than cast-iron rails and were not brittle: they made a track well suited for locomotives. In June 1823 George and Robert Stephenson, with other partners, founded a firm in Newcastle upon Tyne to build locomotives and rolling stock and to do general engineering work: after its Managing Partner, the firm was called Robert Stephenson \& Co.

In 1824 the promoters of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway (L \& MR) invited George Stephenson to resurvey their proposed line in order to reduce opposition to it. William James, a wealthy land agent who had become a visionary protagonist of a national railway network and had seen Stephenson's locomotives at Killingworth, had promoted the L \& MR with some merchants of Liverpool and had carried out the first survey; however, he overreached himself in business and, shortly after the invitation to Stephenson, became bankrupt. In his own survey, however, George Stephenson lacked the assistance of his son Robert, who had left for South America, and he delegated much of the detailed work to incompetent assistants. During a devastating Parliamentary examination in the spring of 1825, much of his survey was shown to be seriously inaccurate and the L \& MR's application for an Act of Parliament was refused. The railway's promoters discharged Stephenson and had their line surveyed yet again, by C.B. Vignoles.

The Stockton \& Darlington Railway was, however, triumphantly opened in the presence of vast crowds in September 1825, with Stephenson himself driving the locomotive Locomotion, which had been built at Robert Stephenson \& Co.'s Newcastle works. Once the railway was at work, horse-drawn and gravity-powered traffic shared the line with locomotives: in 1828 Stephenson invented the horse dandy, a wagon at the back of a train in which a horse could travel over the gravity-operated stretches, instead of trotting behind.

Meanwhile, in May 1826, the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway had successfully obtained its Act of Parliament. Stephenson was appointed Engineer in June, and since he and Vignoles proved incompatible the latter left early in 1827. The railway was built by Stephenson and his staff, using direct labour. A considerable controversy arose c. 1828 over the motive power to be used: the traffic anticipated was too great for horses, but the performance of the reciprocal system of cable haulage developed by Benjamin Thompson appeared in many respects superior to that of contemporary locomotives. The company instituted a prize competition for a better locomotive and the Rainhill Trials were held in October 1829.

Robert Stephenson had been working on improved locomotive designs since his return from America in 1827, but it was the L \& MR's Treasurer, Henry Booth, who suggested the multi-tubular boiler to George Stephenson. This was incorporated into a locomotive built by Robert Stephenson for the trials: Rocket was entered by the three men in partnership. The other principal entrants were Novelty, entered by John Braithwaite and John Ericsson, and Sans Pareil, entered by Timothy Hackworth, but only Rocket, driven by George Stephenson, met all the organizers' demands; indeed, it far surpassed them and demonstrated the practicability of the long-distance steam railway. With the opening of the Liverpool \& Manchester Railway in 1830, the age of railways began.

Stephenson was active in many aspects. He advised on the construction of the Belgian State Railway, of which the Brussels-Malines section, opened in 1835, was the first all-steam railway on the European continent. In England, proposals to link the L \& MR with the Midlands had culminated in an Act of Parliament for the Grand Junction Railway in 1833: this was to run from Warrington, which was already linked to the L \& MR, to Birmingham. George Stephenson had been in charge of the surveys, and for the railway's construction he and J.U. Rastrick were initially Principal Engineers, with Stephenson's former pupil Joseph Locke under them; by 1835 both Stephenson and Rastrick had withdrawn and Locke was Engineer-in-Chief. Stephenson remained much in demand elsewhere: he was particularly associated with the construction of the North Midland Railway (Derby to Leeds) and related lines. He was active in many other places and carried out, for instance, preliminary surveys for the Chester \& Holyhead and Newcastle \& Berwick Railways, which were important links in the lines of communication between London and, respectively, Dublin and Edinburgh.

He eventually retired to Tapton House, Chesterfield, overlooking the North Midland. A man who was self-made (with great success) against colossal odds, he was ever reluctant, regrettably, to give others their due credit, although in retirement, immensely wealthy and full of honour, he was still able to mingle with people of all ranks.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

President, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, on its formation in 1847. Order of Leopold (Belgium) 1835. Stephenson refused both a knighthood and Fellowship of the Royal Society.

Bibliography

1815, jointly with Ralph Dodd, British patent no. 3,887 (locomotive drive by connecting rods directly to the wheels).

1817, jointly with William Losh, British patent no. 4,067 (steam springs for locomotives, and improvements to track).

Further Reading

L.T.C.Rolt, 1960, George and Robert Stephenson, Longman (the best modern biography; includes a bibliography).

S.Smiles, 1874, The Lives of George and Robert Stephenson, rev. edn, London (although sycophantic, this is probably the best nineteenthcentury biography).

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Biographical history of technology > Stephenson, George
11 Bakewell, Robert

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology

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b. 23 May 1725 Loughborough, England

d. 1 October 1795 Loughborough, England

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English livestock breeder who pioneered the practice of progeny testing for selecting breeding stock; he is particularly associated with the development of the Improved Leicester breed of sheep.

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Robert Bakewell was the son of the tenant farming the 500-acre (200 hectare) Dishley Grange Farm, near Loughborough, where he was born. The family was sufficiently wealthy to allow Robert to travel, which he began to do at an early age, exploring the farming methods of the West Country, Norfolk, Ireland and Holland. On taking over the farm he continued the development of the irrigation scheme begun by his father. Arthur Young visited the farm during his tour of east England in 1771. At that time it consisted of 440 acres (178 hectares), 110 acres (45 hectares) of which were arable, and carried a stock of 60 horses, 400 sheep and 150 other assorted beasts. Of the arable land, 30 acres (12 hectares) were under root crops, mainly turnips.

Bakewell was not the first to pioneer selective breeding, but he was the first successfully to apply selection to both the efficiency with which an animal utilized its food, and its physical appearance. He always had a clear idea of the animal he wanted, travelled extensively to collect a range of animals possessing the characteristics he sought, and then bred from these towards his goal. He was aware of the dangers of inbreeding, but would often use it to gain the qualities he wanted. His early experiments were with Longhorn cattle, which he developed as a meat rather than a draught animal, but his most famous achievement was the development of the Improved Leicester breed of sheep. He set out to produce an animal that would put on the most meat in the least time and with the least feeding. As his base he chose the Old Leicester, but there is still doubt as to which other breeds he may have introduced to produce the desired results. The Improved Leicester was smaller than its ancestor, with poorer wool quality but with greatly improved meat-production capacity.

Bakewell let out his sires to other farms and was therefore able to study their development under differing conditions. However, he made stringent rules for those who hired these animals, requiring the exclusive use of his rams on the farms concerned and requiring particular dietary conditions to be met. To achieve this control he established the Dishley Society in 1783. Although his policies led to accusations of closed access to his stock, they enabled him to keep a close control of all offspring. He thereby pioneered the process now recognized as "progeny testing".

Bakewell's fame and that of his farm spread throughout the country and overseas. He engaged in an extensive correspondence and acted as host to all of influence in British and overseas agriculture, but it would appear that he was an over-generous host, since he is known to have been in financial difficulties in about 1789. He was saved from bankruptcy by a public subscription raised to allow him to continue with his breeding experiments; this experience may well have been the reason why he was such a staunch advocate of State funding of agricultural research.

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Further Reading

William Houseman, 1894, biography, Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. 1–31. H.C.Parsons, 1957, Robert Bakewell (contains a more detailed account).

R.Trow Smith, 1957, A History of British Livestock Husbandry to 1700, London: Routledge \& Kegan Paul.

—A History of British Livestock Husbandry 1700 to 1900 (places Bakewell within the context of overall developments).

M.L.Ryder, 1983, Sheep and Man, Duckworth (a scientifically detailed account which deals with Bakewell within the context of its particular subject).

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Biographical history of technology > Bakewell, Robert
12 Caxton, William

SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing

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b. c.1422 Kent, England

d. 1491 Westminster, England

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English printer who produced the first book to be printed in English.

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According to his own account, Caxton was born in Kent and received a schooling before entering the Mercers' Company, one of the most influential of the London guilds and engaged in the wholesale export trade in woollen goods and other wares, principally with the Low Countries. Around 1445, Caxton moved to Bruges, where he engaged in trade with such success that in 1462 he was appointed Governor of the English Nation in Bruges. He was entrusted with diplomatic missions, and his dealings with the court of Burgundy brought him into contact with the Duchess, Margaret of York, sister of the English King Edward IV. Caxton embarked on the production of fine manuscripts, making his own translations from the French for the Duchess and other noble patrons with a taste for this kind of literature. This trend became more marked after 1470–1 when Caxton lost his post in Bruges, probably due to the temporary overthrow of King Edward. Perhaps to satisfy an increasing demand for his texts, Caxton travelled to Cologne in 1471 to learn the art of printing. He set up a printing business in Bruges, in partnership with the copyist and bookseller Colard Mansion. There, late in 1474 or early the following year, Caxton produced the first book to be printed in English, and the first by an English printer, The Recuyell of the Histories of Troy, which he had translated from the French.

In 1476 Caxton returned to England and set up his printing and publishing business "at the sign of the Red Pale" within the precincts of Westminster Abbey. This was more conveniently placed than the City of London for the likely customers among the court and Members of Parliament for the courtly romances and devotional works he aimed to produce. Other printers followed but survived only a few years, whereas Caxton remained successful for fifteen years and then bequeathed a flourishing concern to his assistant Wynkyn de Worde. During that time, 107 printed works, including seventy-four books, issued from Caxton's press. Of these, some twenty were his own translations. As printer and publisher, he did much to promote English literature, above all by producing the first editions of the literary masterpieces of the Middle Ages, such as the works of Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate and Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Among the various dialects of spoken English in use at the time, Caxton adopted the language of London and the court and so did much to fix a permanent standard for written English.

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Further Reading

W.Blades, 1877, The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England's First Printer, London; reprinted 1971 (the classic life of Caxton, superseded in detail by modern scholarship but still indispensable).

G.D.Painter, 1976, William Caxton: A Quincentenary Biography of England's First

Printer, London: Chatto \& Windus (the most thorough recent biography, describing every known Caxton document and edition, with corrected and new interpretations based on the latest scholarship).

N.F.Blake, 1969, Caxton and His World, London (a reliable account, set against the background of English late-medieval life).

See also: Gutenberg, Johann Gensfleisch zum

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Biographical history of technology > Caxton, William
13 Tompion, Thomas

SUBJECT AREA: Horology

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baptized 25 July 1639 Ickwell Green, England

d. 20 November 1713 London, England

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English clock-and watchmaker of great skill and ingenuity who laid the foundations of his country's pre-eminence in that field.

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Little is known about Tompion's early life except that he was born into a family of blacksmiths. When he was admitted into the Clockmakers' Company in 1671 he was described as a "Great Clockmaker", which meant a maker of turret clocks, and as these clocks were made of wrought iron they would have required blacksmithing skills. Despite this background, he also rapidly established his reputation as a watchmaker. In 1674 he moved to premises in Water Lane at the sign of "The Dial and Three Crowns", where his business prospered and he remained for the rest of his life. Assisted by journeymen and up to eleven apprentices at any one time, the output from his workshop was prodigious, amounting to over 5,000 watches and 600 clocks. In his lifetime he was famous for his watches, as these figures suggest, but although they are of high quality they do not differ markedly from those produced by other London watchmakers of that period. He is now known more for the limited number of elaborate clocks that he produced, such as the equation clock and the spring-driven clock of a year's duration, which he made for William III. Around 1711 he took into partnership his nephew by marriage, George Graham, who carried on the business after his death.

Although Tompion does not seem to have been particularly innovative, he lived at a time when great advances were being made in horology, which his consummate skill as a craftsman enabled him to exploit. In this he was greatly assisted by his association with Robert Hooke, for whom Tompion constructed a watch with a balance spring in 1675; at that time Hooke was trying to establish his priority over Huygens for this invention. Although this particular watch was not successful, it made Tompion aware of the potential of the balance spring and he became the first person in England to apply Huygens's spiral spring to the balance of a watch. Although Thuret had constructed such a watch somewhat earlier in France, the superior quality of Tompion's wheel work, assisted by Hooke's wheel-cutting engine, enabled him to dominate the market. The anchor escapement (which reduced the amplitude of the pendulum's swing) was first applied to clocks around this time and produced further improvements in accuracy which Tompion and other makers were able to utilize. However, the anchor escapement, like the verge escapement, produced recoil (the clock was momentarily driven in reverse). Tompion was involved in attempts to overcome this defect with the introduction of the dead-beat escapement for clocks and the horizontal escapement for watches. Neither was successful, but they were both perfected later by George Graham.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Master of the Clockmakers' Company 1703.

Bibliography

1695, with William Houghton and Edward Barlow, British patent no. 344 (for a horizontal escapement).

Further Reading

R.W.Symonds, 1951, Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work, London (a comprehensive but now slightly dated account).

H.W.Robinson and W.Adams (eds), 1935, The Diary of Robert Hooke (contains many references to Tompion).

D.Howse, 1970, The Tompion clocks at Greenwich and the dead-beat escapement', Antiquarian Horology 7:18–34, 114–33.

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Biographical history of technology > Tompion, Thomas
14 Deane, Sir Anthony

SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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b. 1638 Harwich (?), England

d. 1721 England

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English master shipwright, one of the most influential of seventeenth-century England.

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It is believed that Deane was born in Harwich, the son of a master mariner. When 22 years of age, having been trained by Christopher Pett, he was appointed Assistant Master Shipwright at Woolwich Naval Dockyard, indicating an ability as a shipbuilder and also that he had influence behind him. Despite abruptness and a tendency to annoy his seniors, he was acknowledged by no less a man than Pepys (1633–1703) for his skill as a ship designer and -builder, and he was one of the few who could accurately estimate displacements and drafts of ships under construction. While only 26 years old, he was promoted to Master Shipwright of the Naval Base at Harwich and commenced a notable career. When the yard was closed four years later (on the cessation of the threat from the Dutch), Deane was transferred to the key position of Master Shipwright at Portsmouth and given the opportunity to construct large men-of-war. In 1671 he built his first three-decker and was experimenting with underwater hull sheathing and other matters. In 1672 he became a member of the Navy Board, and from then on promotion was spectacular, with almost full responsibility given him for decisions on ship procurement for the Navy. Owing to political changes he was out of office for some years and endured a short period in prison, but on his release he continued to work as a private shipbuilder. He returned to the King's service for a few years before the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688; thereafter little is known of his life, beyond that he died in 1721.

Deane's monument to posterity is his Doctrine of Naval Architecture, published in 1670. It is one of the few books on ship design of the period and gives a clear insight into the rather pedantic procedures used in those less than scientific times. Deane became Mayor of Harwich and subsequently Member of Parliament. It is believed that he was Peter the Great's tutor on shipbuilding during his visit to the Thames in 1698.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Knighted 1673.

Bibliography

1670, Doctrine of Naval Architecture; repub. 1981, with additional commentaries by Brian Lavery, as Deane's Doctrine of Naval Architecture 1670, London: Conway Maritime.

Further Reading

Westcott Abell, 1948, The Shipwright's Trade, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Biographical history of technology > Deane, Sir Anthony
15 Houldsworth, Henry

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

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b. 1797 Manchester (?), England

d. 1868 Manchester (?), England

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English cotton spinner who introduced the differential gear to roving frames in Britain.

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There are two claimants for the person who originated the differential gear as applied to roving frames: one is J.Green, a tinsmith of Mansfield, in his patent of 1823; the other is Arnold, who had applied it in America and patented it in early 1823. This latter was the source for Houldsworth's patent in 1826. It seems that Arnold's gearing was secretly communicated to Houldsworth by Charles Richmond, possibly when Houldsworth visited the United States in 1822–3, but more probably in 1825 when Richmond went to England. In return, Richmond received information about parts of a cylinder printing machine from Houldsworth. In the working of the roving frame, as the rovings were wound onto their bobbins and the diameter of the bobbins increased, the bobbin speed had to be reduced to keep the winding on at the same speed while the flyers and drawing rollers had to maintain their initial speed. Although this could be achieved by moving the driving belt along coned pulleys, this method did not provide enough power and slippage occurred. The differential gear combined the direct drive from the main shaft of the roving frame with that from the cone drive, so that only the latter provided the dif-ference between flyer and bobbin speeds, i.e. the winding speeds, thus taking away most of the power from that belt. Henry Houldsworth Senior (1774–1853) was living in Manchester when his son Henry was born, but by 1800 had moved to Glasgow. He built several mills, including a massive one at Anderston, Scotland, in which a Boulton \& Watt steam engine was installed. Henry Houldsworth Junior was probably back in Manchester by 1826, where he was to become an influential cotton spinner as chief partner in his mills, which he moved out to Reddish in 1863–5. He was also a prominent landowner in Cheetham. When William Fairbairn was considering establishing the Association for the Prevention of Steam Boiler Explosions in 1854, he wanted to find an influential manufacturer and mill-owner and he made a happy choice when he turned to Henry Houldsworth for assistance.

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Bibliography

1826, British patent no. 5,316 (differential gear for roving frames).

Further Reading

Details about Henry Houldsworth Junior are very sparse. The best account of his acquisition of the differential gear is given by D.J.Jeremy, 1981, Transatlantic Industrial Revolution. The Diffusion of Textile Technologies Between Britain and America, 1790–1830, Oxford.

W.English, 1969, The Textile Industry, London (an explanation of the mechanisms of the roving frame).

W.Pole, 1877, The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart., London (provides an account of the beginning of the Manchester Steam Users' Association for the Prevention of Steam-boiler Explosions).

RLH

Biographical history of technology > Houldsworth, Henry
16 Clymer, George E.

SUBJECT AREA: Paper and printing

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b. 1754 Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

d. 27 August 1834 London, England

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American inventor of the Columbian printing press.

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Clymer was born on his father's farm, of a family that emigrated from Switzerland in the early eighteenth century. He attended local schools, helping out on the farm in his spare time, and he showed a particular talent for maintaining farm machinery. At the age of 16 he learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, which he followed in the same district for over twenty-five years. During that time, he showed his talent for mechanical invention in many ways, including the invention of a plough specially adapted to the local soils. Around 1800, he moved to Philadelphia, where his interest was aroused by the erection of the first bridge over the Schuylkill River. He devised a pump to remove water from the cofferdams at a rate of 500 gallons per day, superior to any other pumps then in use. He obtained a US patent for this in 1801, and a British one soon after.

Clymer then turned his attention to the improvement of the printing press. For three and a half centuries after its invention, the old wooden-framed press had remained virtually unchanged except in detail. The first real change came in 1800 with the introduction of the iron press by Earl Stanhope. Modified versions were developed by other inventors, notably George Clymer, who after more than ten years' effort achieved his Columbian press. With its new system of levers, it enabled perfect impressions to be obtained with far less effort by the pressman. The Columbian was also notable for its distinctive cast-iron ornamentation, including a Hermes on each pillar and alligators and other reptiles on the levers. Most spectacular, it was surmounted by an American spread eagle, usually covered in gilt, which also served as a counterweight to raise the platen. The earliest known Columbian, surviving only in an illustration, bears the inscription Columbian Press/No.25/invented by George Clymer/Anno Domini 1813/Made in Philadelphia 1816. Few American printers could afford the US$400 selling price, so in 1817 Clymer went to England, where it was taken up enthusiastically. He obtained a British patent for it the same year, and by the following March it was being manufactured by the engineering firm R.W.Cope, although Clymer was probably making it on his own account soon afterwards. The Columbian was widely used for many years and continued to be made even into the twentieth century. The King of the Netherlands awarded Clymer a gold medal for his invention and the Tsar of Russia gave him a present for installing the press in Russia. Doubtless for business reasons, Clymer spent most of his remaining years in England and Europe.

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Further Reading

J.Moran, 1973, Printing Presses, London: Faber \& Faber.

—1969, contributed a thorough survey of the press in J. Printing Hist. Soc., no. 3.

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Biographical history of technology > Clymer, George E.
17 Edison, Thomas Alva

SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building, Automotive engineering, Electricity, Electronics and information technology, Metallurgy, Photography, film and optics, Public utilities, Recording, Telecommunications

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b. 11 February 1847 Milan, Ohio, USA

d. 18 October 1931 Glenmont

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American inventor and pioneer electrical developer.

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He was the son of Samuel Edison, who was in the timber business. His schooling was delayed due to scarlet fever until 1855, when he was 8½ years old, but he was an avid reader. By the age of 14 he had a job as a newsboy on the railway from Port Huron to Detroit, a distance of sixty-three miles (101 km). He worked a fourteen-hour day with a stopover of five hours, which he spent in the Detroit Free Library. He also sold sweets on the train and, later, fruit and vegetables, and was soon making a profit of $20 a week. He then started two stores in Port Huron and used a spare freight car as a laboratory. He added a hand-printing press to produce 400 copies weekly of The Grand Trunk Herald, most of which he compiled and edited himself. He set himself to learn telegraphy from the station agent at Mount Clements, whose son he had saved from being run over by a freight car.

At the age of 16 he became a telegraphist at Port Huron. In 1863 he became railway telegraphist at the busy Stratford Junction of the Grand Trunk Railroad, arranging a clock with a notched wheel to give the hourly signal which was to prove that he was awake and at his post! He left hurriedly after failing to hold a train which was nearly involved in a head-on collision. He usually worked the night shift, allowing himself time for experiments during the day. His first invention was an arrangement of two Morse registers so that a high-speed input could be decoded at a slower speed. Moving from place to place he held many positions as a telegraphist. In Boston he invented an automatic vote recorder for Congress and patented it, but the idea was rejected. This was the first of a total of 1180 patents that he was to take out during his lifetime. After six years he resigned from the Western Union Company to devote all his time to invention, his next idea being an improved ticker-tape machine for stockbrokers. He developed a duplex telegraphy system, but this was turned down by the Western Union Company. He then moved to New York.

Edison found accommodation in the battery room of Law's Gold Reporting Company, sleeping in the cellar, and there his repair of a broken transmitter marked him as someone of special talents. His superior soon resigned, and he was promoted with a salary of $300 a month. Western Union paid him $40,000 for the sole rights on future improvements on the duplex telegraph, and he moved to Ward Street, Newark, New Jersey, where he employed a gathering of specialist engineers. Within a year, he married one of his employees, Mary Stilwell, when she was only 16: a daughter, Marion, was born in 1872, and two sons, Thomas and William, in 1876 and 1879, respectively.

He continued to work on the automatic telegraph, a device to send out messages faster than they could be tapped out by hand: that is, over fifty words per minute or so. An earlier machine by Alexander Bain worked at up to 400 words per minute, but was not good over long distances. Edison agreed to work on improving this feature of Bain's machine for the Automatic Telegraph Company (ATC) for $40,000. He improved it to a working speed of 500 words per minute and ran a test between Washington and New York. Hoping to sell their equipment to the Post Office in Britain, ATC sent Edison to England in 1873 to negotiate. A 500-word message was to be sent from Liverpool to London every half-hour for six hours, followed by tests on 2,200 miles (3,540 km) of cable at Greenwich. Only confused results were obtained due to induction in the cable, which lay coiled in a water tank. Edison returned to New York, where he worked on his quadruplex telegraph system, tests of which proved a success between New York and Albany in December 1874. Unfortunately, simultaneous negotiation with Western Union and ATC resulted in a lawsuit.

Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for a telephone in March 1876 while Edison was still working on the same idea. His improvements allowed the device to operate over a distance of hundreds of miles instead of only a few miles. Tests were carried out over the 106 miles (170 km) between New York and Philadelphia. Edison applied for a patent on the carbon-button transmitter in April 1877, Western Union agreeing to pay him $6,000 a year for the seventeen-year duration of the patent. In these years he was also working on the development of the electric lamp and on a duplicating machine which would make up to 3,000 copies from a stencil. In 1876–7 he moved from Newark to Menlo Park, twenty-four miles (39 km) from New York on the Pennsylvania Railway, near Elizabeth. He had bought a house there around which he built the premises that would become his "inventions factory". It was there that he began the use of his 200- page pocket notebooks, each of which lasted him about two weeks, so prolific were his ideas. When he died he left 3,400 of them filled with notes and sketches.

Late in 1877 he applied for a patent for a phonograph which was granted on 19 February 1878, and by the end of the year he had formed a company to manufacture this totally new product. At the time, Edison saw the device primarily as a business aid rather than for entertainment, rather as a dictating machine. In August 1878 he was granted a British patent. In July 1878 he tried to measure the heat from the solar corona at a solar eclipse viewed from Rawlins, Wyoming, but his "tasimeter" was too sensitive.

Probably his greatest achievement was "The Subdivision of the Electric Light" or the "glow bulb". He tried many materials for the filament before settling on carbon. He gave a demonstration of electric light by lighting up Menlo Park and inviting the public. Edison was, of course, faced with the problem of inventing and producing all the ancillaries which go to make up the electrical system of generation and distribution-meters, fuses, insulation, switches, cabling—even generators had to be designed and built; everything was new. He started a number of manufacturing companies to produce the various components needed.

In 1881 he built the world's largest generator, which weighed 27 tons, to light 1,200 lamps at the Paris Exhibition. It was later moved to England to be used in the world's first central power station with steam engine drive at Holborn Viaduct, London. In September 1882 he started up his Pearl Street Generating Station in New York, which led to a worldwide increase in the application of electric power, particularly for lighting. At the same time as these developments, he built a 1,300yd (1,190m) electric railway at Menlo Park.

On 9 August 1884 his wife died of typhoid. Using his telegraphic skills, he proposed to 19-year-old Mina Miller in Morse code while in the company of others on a train. He married her in February 1885 before buying a new house and estate at West Orange, New Jersey, building a new laboratory not far away in the Orange Valley.

Edison used direct current which was limited to around 250 volts. Alternating current was largely developed by George Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla, using transformers to step up the current to a higher voltage for long-distance transmission. The use of AC gradually overtook the Edison DC system.

In autumn 1888 he patented a form of cinephotography, the kinetoscope, obtaining film-stock from George Eastman. In 1893 he set up the first film studio, which was pivoted so as to catch the sun, with a hinged roof which could be raised. In 1894 kinetoscope parlours with "peep shows" were starting up in cities all over America. Competition came from the Latham Brothers with a screen-projection machine, which Edison answered with his "Vitascope", shown in New York in 1896. This showed pictures with accompanying sound, but there was some difficulty with synchronization. Edison also experimented with captions at this early date.

In 1880 he filed a patent for a magnetic ore separator, the first of nearly sixty. He bought up deposits of low-grade iron ore which had been developed in the north of New Jersey. The process was a commercial success until the discovery of iron-rich ore in Minnesota rendered it uneconomic and uncompetitive. In 1898 cement rock was discovered in New Village, west of West Orange. Edison bought the land and started cement manufacture, using kilns twice the normal length and using half as much fuel to heat them as the normal type of kiln. In 1893 he met Henry Ford, who was building his second car, at an Edison convention. This started him on the development of a battery for an electric car on which he made over 9,000 experiments. In 1903 he sold his patent for wireless telegraphy "for a song" to Guglielmo Marconi.

In 1910 Edison designed a prefabricated concrete house. In December 1914 fire destroyed three-quarters of the West Orange plant, but it was at once rebuilt, and with the threat of war Edison started to set up his own plants for making all the chemicals that he had previously been buying from Europe, such as carbolic acid, phenol, benzol, aniline dyes, etc. He was appointed President of the Navy Consulting Board, for whom, he said, he made some forty-five inventions, "but they were pigeonholed, every one of them". Thus did Edison find that the Navy did not take kindly to civilian interference.

In 1927 he started the Edison Botanic Research Company, founded with similar investment from Ford and Firestone with the object of finding a substitute for overseas-produced rubber. In the first year he tested no fewer than 3,327 possible plants, in the second year, over 1,400, eventually developing a variety of Golden Rod which grew to 14 ft (4.3 m) in height. However, all this effort and money was wasted, due to the discovery of synthetic rubber.

In October 1929 he was present at Henry Ford's opening of his Dearborn Museum to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the incandescent lamp, including a replica of the Menlo Park laboratory. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Sciences. He died in 1931 at his home, Glenmont; throughout the USA, lights were dimmed temporarily on the day of his funeral.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Member of the American Academy of Sciences. Congressional Gold Medal.

Further Reading

M.Josephson, 1951, Edison, Eyre \& Spottiswode.

R.W.Clark, 1977, Edison, the Man who Made the Future, Macdonald \& Jane.

IMcN

Biographical history of technology > Edison, Thomas Alva
18 Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace, Weapons and armour

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b. 5 February 1840 Brockway's Mills, Maine, USA

d. 24 November 1916 Streatham, London, England

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American (naturalized British) inventor; designer of the first fully automatic machine gun and of an experimental steam-powered aircraft.

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Maxim was born the son of a pioneer farmer who later became a wood turner. Young Maxim was first apprenticed to a carriage maker and then embarked on a succession of jobs before joining his uncle in his engineering firm in Massachusetts in 1864. As a young man he gained a reputation as a boxer, but it was his uncle who first identified and encouraged Hiram's latent talent for invention.

It was not, however, until 1878, when Maxim joined the first electric-light company to be established in the USA, as its Chief Engineer, that he began to make a name for himself. He developed an improved light filament and his electric pressure regulator not only won a prize at the first International Electrical Exhibition, held in Paris in 1881, but also resulted in his being made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. While in Europe he was advised that weapons development was a more lucrative field than electricity; consequently, he moved to England and established a small laboratory at Hatton Garden, London. He began by investigating improvements to the Gatling gun in order to produce a weapon with a faster rate of fire and which was more accurate. In 1883, by adapting a Winchester carbine, he successfully produced a semi-automatic weapon, which used the recoil to cock the gun automatically after firing. The following year he took this concept a stage further and produced a fully automatic belt-fed weapon. The recoil drove barrel and breechblock to the vent. The barrel then halted, while the breechblock, now unlocked from the former, continued rearwards, extracting the spent case and recocking the firing mechanism. The return spring, which it had been compressing, then drove the breechblock forward again, chambering the next round, which had been fed from the belt, as it did so. Keeping the trigger pressed enabled the gun to continue firing until the belt was expended. The Maxim gun, as it became known, was adopted by almost every army within the decade, and was to remain in service for nearly fifty years. Maxim himself joined forces with the large British armaments firm of Vickers, and the Vickers machine gun, which served the British Army during two world wars, was merely a refined version of the Maxim gun.

Maxim's interests continued to occupy several fields of technology, including flight. In 1891 he took out a patent for a steam-powered aeroplane fitted with a pendulous gyroscopic stabilizer which would maintain the pitch of the aeroplane at any desired inclination (basically, a simple autopilot). Maxim decided to test the relationship between power, thrust and lift before moving on to stability and control. He designed a lightweight steam-engine which developed 180 hp (135 kW) and drove a propeller measuring 17 ft 10 in. (5.44 m) in diameter. He fitted two of these engines into his huge flying machine testrig, which needed a wing span of 104 ft (31.7 m) to generate enough lift to overcome a total weight of 4 tons. The machine was not designed for free flight, but ran on one set of rails with a second set to prevent it rising more than about 2 ft (61 cm). At Baldwyn's Park in Kent on 31 July 1894 the huge machine, carrying Maxim and his crew, reached a speed of 42 mph (67.6 km/h) and lifted off its rails. Unfortunately, one of the restraining axles broke and the machine was extensively damaged. Although it was subsequently repaired and further trials carried out, these experiments were very expensive. Maxim eventually abandoned the flying machine and did not develop his idea for a stabilizer, turning instead to other projects. At the age of almost 70 he returned to the problems of flight and designed a biplane with a petrol engine: it was built in 1910 but never left the ground.

In all, Maxim registered 122 US and 149 British patents on objects ranging from mousetraps to automatic spindles. Included among them was a 1901 patent for a foot-operated suction cleaner. In 1900 he became a British subject and he was knighted the following year. He remained a larger-than-life figure, both physically and in character, until the end of his life.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 1881. Knighted 1901.

Bibliography

1908, Natural and Artificial Flight, London. 1915, My Life, London: Methuen (autobiography).

Further Reading

Obituary, 1916, Engineer (1 December).

Obituary, 1916, Engineering (1 December).

P.F.Mottelay, 1920, The Life and Work of Sir Hiram Maxim, London and New York: John Lane.

Dictionary of National Biography, 1912–1921, 1927, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

See also: Pilcher, Percy Sinclair

CM / JDS

Biographical history of technology > Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens
19 that

1. ðæt plural - those; adjective
(used to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: Don't take this book - take that one; At that time, I was living in Italy; When are you going to return those books?) den, det, de
2. pronoun
(used to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc: What is that you've got in your hand?; Who is that?; That is the Prime Minister; Those present at the concert included the composer and his wife.) den, det, de (som)
3. ðət, ðæt relative pronoun
(used to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others: Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?; Who is the man (that) you were talking to?) som
4. ðət, ðæt conjunction
1) ((often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc: I know (that) you didn't do it; I was surprised (that) he had gone.) at

2) (used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc: That I should be accused of murder!; Oh, that I were with her now!) bare..., at...
5. adverb
(so; to such an extent: I didn't realize she was that ill.) så

- like that
- that's that

den
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det

I
adv. \/ħæt\/, \/ħət\/, \/ħt\/

1) ( hverdagslig) så

• I wouldn't go that far

jeg ville ikke gå så langt

2) (hverdagslig, ofte vist med håndbevegelse) så, veldig, innmari, kjempe-

• the dog was that huge!

hunden var så diger!

like that slik

• we need more people like that

vi trenger flere slike folk

( hverdagslig) plutselig, brått, uten forvarsel

• she went just like that

hun bare gikk, helt plutselig

not all that ikke (så) veldig

• it was not all that long ago

det var ikke så veldig lenge siden

ikke så verst

that is det vil si, forutsatt at

• a young child, that is, less than ten years old

et lite barn, det vil si, under ti år gammel

• I'll see you tomorrow - if the trains go, that is

vi ses i morgen - forutsatt at togene går
II
determ. (i flertall: those) \/ħæt\/

1) den (der), det (der), de (der)

• look at that man over there

se på den mannen der borte

• is that what you mean?

er det det du mener?

• those are my colleagues

de der er kollegene mine

2) det, slik

• that is not the case

slik forholder det seg ikke

3) (hverdagslig, nedsettende) den derre, han derre, hu derre

• I heard it from that Jones woman

jeg hørte det av hu derre Jones-dama

4) ( i flertall) de, dem

• those who want go to England, raise a hand

rekk opp hånden de som har lyst til å reise til England

• the speech will live long in the memories of those who heard it

talen vil leve lenge i minnet hos dem som hørte den

5) så mye, så stor, tilstrekkelig, såpass

• he has that confidence in her that he lets her drive his brand new car

han stoler så mye på henne at han lar henne kjøre sin splitter nye bil

about that når det gjelder, angående den\/det\/denne\/dette

and all that eller and that ( hverdagslig) og så videre, og alt det der

• she used to dream of love and marriage and all that

hun drømte om kjærlighet og ekteskap og alt det der

at that for den saks skyld

and that's that! og dermed basta! nemlig!, så det så!

that said når det er sagt

• it is just a soap. That said, I love to watch it!

det er bare en såpeopera. Når det er sagt, så elsker jeg å se den!

that's that det var det

that will do det holder, det er nok
III
subjunksjon (flertall: that) \/ħæt\/, \/ħət\/, \/ħt\/

1) ( i relativsetninger) som

• speak to the man that runs the place

snakk med mannen som driver stedet

• who was it that called last night?

hvem var det som ringte i går kveld?

2) ( etter tidsuttrykk) da

• the year that I was born

det året da jeg ble født

3) at, med at, for at

• she said that she would be there

hun sa at hun kom til å være der

• I was pleased that it worked

jeg var glad for at det fungerte

4) (høytidelig, i utrop) hvis bare, om bare, gid

• oh that he would live!

om han bare kunne få leve!

5) der hvor, der

• my mother still lives in the house that she used to

moren min bor fortsatt der hun pleide

6) så vidt, det

• he has never been here that I know of

så vidt jeg vet, har han aldri vært her

7) ( litterært) for at, slik at

• she did it that she might be saved

hun gjorde det for at hun kunne bli reddet

• bring it nearer that I may look at it

ta det nærmere slik at jeg kan se det bedre

8) når, da, som

• now that I think of it, he was there

når jeg nå tenker etter, så var han der

9) om

• I don't know that I do

jeg vet ikke om jeg gjør det

English-Norwegian dictionary > that
20 desconocido

adj.

1 unknown, anonymous, unfamiliar, obscure.

2 undiscovered, strange, uncharted.

f. & m.

stranger, unidentified individual, unknown individual.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desconocer.

* * *

desconocido

► participio pasado

1→ link=desconocer desconocer

► adjetivo

1 (no conocido) unknown

2 (no reconocido) unrecognized

3 (extraño) strange, unfamiliar

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 stranger, unknown person

► nombre masculino lo desconocido

1 the unknown

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar desconocido,-a to be unrecognizable

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1. (f. - desconocida)
noun

stranger
2. (f. - desconocida)
adj.

1) unfamiliar

2) unknown

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desconocido, -a
1. ADJ

1) [gen] unknown

su apellido me es totalmente desconocido — his surname is completely unfamiliar to me

una explosión de origen desconocido — an explosion of unknown origin

por razones desconocidas — for reasons which are not known (to us etc)

el triunfo de un atleta desconocido — the success of an unknown athlete

tiene miedo a lo desconocido — he's afraid of the unknown

2)

estar desconocido: con ese traje estás desconocido — I'd hardly recognize you o you're unrecognizable in that suit

después del divorcio está desconocido — he's a changed person o he's like a different person since the divorce

2.

SM / F stranger

un desconocido llamó a la puerta — a stranger knocked on the door

unos desconocidos le dispararon por la espalda — some unidentified attackers shot him in the back

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I
- da adjetivo

a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown

por razones desconocidas — for some unknown reason

su rostro no me era desconocido — his face wasn't unfamiliar to me

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas — hitherto unknown techniques

de origen desconocido — of unknown origin

lo desconocido — the unknown

b) <artista/atleta> unknown

c) < persona> ( extraño)

una persona desconocida — a stranger

d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida — she looks completely different with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) ( no conocido) stranger

b) ( no identificado)

fue atacado por unos desconocidos — he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established

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= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].

Ex. Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.

Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex. Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.

Ex. Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.

Ex. Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.

Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.

Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex. As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.

Ex. By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.

Ex. This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.

Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

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* algo desconocido = virgin territory.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.

* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.

* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.

* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* producto desconocido = foreign substance.

* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.

* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

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I
- da adjetivo

a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown

por razones desconocidas — for some unknown reason

su rostro no me era desconocido — his face wasn't unfamiliar to me

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas — hitherto unknown techniques

de origen desconocido — of unknown origin

lo desconocido — the unknown

b) <artista/atleta> unknown

c) < persona> ( extraño)

una persona desconocida — a stranger

d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida — she looks completely different with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing
II
- da masculino, femenino

a) ( no conocido) stranger

b) ( no identificado)

fue atacado por unos desconocidos — he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established

* * *

= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].

Ex: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.

Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.

Ex: Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.

Ex: Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.

Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex: As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.

Ex: By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.

Ex: This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.

Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

* algo desconocido = virgin territory.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.

* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.

* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.

* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* producto desconocido = foreign substance.

* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.

* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

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desconocido¹ -da

adjective

1 ‹razón/hecho› unknown; ‹métodos/sensación› unknown

por razones desconocidas vendió todo y se fue for some unknown reason he sold up and left

partió con destino desconocido she set off for an unknown destination

su rostro no me era del todo desconocido his face wasn't wholly unfamiliar to me

una sensación de terror hasta entonces desconocida a feeling of terror the like of which I/he had never experienced before

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas hitherto unknown techniques

su obra es prácticamente desconocida en Europa her work is practically unknown in Europe

de origen desconocido of unknown origin

lo desconocido siempre lo ha intrigado he has always been fascinated by the unknown

2 ‹artista/atleta› unknown

3 ‹persona›

(extraño): una persona desconocida a stranger

4 ( fam)

(irreconocible): con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida she's unrecognizable o totally changed with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido he's like a different man o he's a changed person, he even does the ironing

desconocido² -da

masculine, feminine

1 (no conocido) stranger

no hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers

2

(no identificado): fue atacado por unos desconocidos he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada he was stabbed by an unidentified person o by someone whose identity has not been established

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Del verbo desconocer: ( conjugate desconocer)

desconocido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
desconocer
desconocido
desconocer ( conjugate desconocer) verbo transitivo
a) ( no conocer):

◊ por razones que desconocemos for reasons unknown to us;

desconocía este hecho I was unaware of this fact
b) ( no reconocer):

◊ te desconocí I didn't recognize you

desconocido
◊ -da adjetivo ( en general) unknown;

un cantante desconocido an unknown singer;
una persona desconocida a stranger
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( no conocido) stranger
desconocer verbo transitivo
1 (no saber) not to know, to be unaware of
2 (no reconocer, encontrar muy cambiado) to fail to recognize: ¿tú maquillada?, te desconozco, you with make up?, I can hardly recognize you
desconocido,-a
I adjetivo
1 unknown
una voz desconocida, an unfamiliar voice
2 (irreconocible) unrecognizable: estás desconocida, you have changed a lot
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger
III sustantivo masculino lo desconocido, the unknown

' desconocido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anónima
- anónimo
- desconocida
- incierta
- incierto
- inédita
- inédito
- paradero
- extraño
- miedo
- perfecto
English:
mate
- obscure
- strange
- stranger
- undiscovered
- unfamiliar
- unknown
- blind
- outsider
- perfect

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desconocido, -a

♦ adj

1. [no conocido] unknown;

su cine es del todo desconocido en Europa his movies are totally unknown in Europe;

elementos químicos entonces desconocidos chemical elements then unknown;

una enfermedad hasta ahora desconocida a hitherto unknown illness;

por causas todavía desconocidas for reasons as yet unknown o which are still unknown;

nació en 1821, de padre desconocido he was born in 1821, and it is not known who his father was;

el mundo de lo desconocido the world of the unknown;

su nombre no me es del todo desconocido his name rings a bell

2. [extraño]
no dé su teléfono o dirección a personas desconocidas don't give your telephone number or address to strangers

3. [sin fama] unknown;

escritores jóvenes, casi desconocidos young, almost unknown, writers

4. [muy cambiado]
estar desconocido to have changed beyond all recognition;

¿ya no fumas ni bebes? ¡chico, estás desconocido! you don't smoke or drink any more? well, well, you're a changed man!;

el viejo bar estaba desconocido the old bar was unrecognizable;

así, sin gafas, estás desconocido like that, with no glasses, you're unrecognizable

♦ nm,f

1. [extraño] stranger;

hablar con un desconocido to talk to a stranger;

no le abras la puerta a desconocidos don't open the door to strangers

2. [persona sin fama] unknown;

le dieron el premio a un (perfecto) desconocido they gave the prize to a complete unknown

3. [persona sin identificar] unidentified person;

un desconocido le disparó un tiro en la cabeza he was shot in the head by an unknown assailant;

tres desconocidos prendieron fuego a varias tiendas several shops were set on fire by three unidentified persons

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desconocido

I adj unknown

II m, desconocida f stranger

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desconocido, -da adj

: unknown, unfamiliar

desconocido, -da n

extraño: stranger

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desconocido¹ adj

1. (no conocido) unknown

un artista desconocido an unknown artist

2. (extraño) strange / unfamiliar

una cara desconocida an unfamilar face

estar desconocido to be unrecognizable

lo desconocido the unknown

desconocido² n stranger

no hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers

Spanish-English dictionary > desconocido

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