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  • 61 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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  • 62 one

    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also academic.ru/23561/eight">eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    one day(on day specified) einmal; (at unspecified future date) eines Tages

    one day soonbald einmal

    one Sundayan einem Sonntag

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3) (unit)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old onedie Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    be kind to one anothernett zueinander sein

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one(youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)

    I'll have just a little oneich trinke nur einen Kleinen (ugs.)

    have one on meich geb dir einen aus

    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (the number or figure 1: One and one is two (1 + 1 = 2).) die Eins
    2) (the age of 1: Babies start to talk at one.) die Eins
    2. pronoun
    1) (a single person or thing: She's the one I like the best; I'll buy the red one.) der/die/das(jenige)
    2) (anyone; any person: One can see the city from here.) man
    3. adjective
    1) (1 in number: one person; He took one book.) ein/e/es
    2) (aged 1: The baby will be one tomorrow.) eins
    3) (of the same opinion etc: We are one in our love of freedom.) einer Meinung
    - one-
    - oneself
    - one-night stand
    - one-off
    - one-parent family
    - one-sided
    - one-way
    - one-year-old
    4. adjective
    ((of a person, animal or thing) that is one year old.) einjährige
    - all one
    - be one up on a person
    - be one up on
    - not be oneself
    - one and all
    - one another
    - one by one
    - one or two
    * * *
    [wʌn]
    I. adj inv
    1. attr (not two) ein(e)
    we have two daughters and \one son wir haben zwei Töchter und einen Sohn
    \one hundred/thousand einhundert/-tausend
    \one million eine Million
    \one third/fifth ein Drittel/Fünftel nt
    2. attr (one of a number) ein(e)
    the glass tube is closed at \one end das Glasröhrchen ist an einem Ende verschlossen
    he can't tell \one wine from another er schmeckt bei Weinen keinen Unterschied
    3. attr (single, only) einzige(r, s)
    her \one concern is to save her daughter ihre einzige Sorge ist, wie sie ihre Tochter retten kann
    do you think the five of us will manage to squeeze into the \one car? glaubst du, wir fünf können uns in dieses eine Auto quetschen?
    we should paint the bedroom all \one colour wir sollten das Schlafzimmer nur in einer Farbe streichen
    he's the \one person you can rely on in an emergency er ist die einzige Person, auf die man sich im Notfall verlassen kann
    not \one man kein Mensch
    to have just \one thought nur einen [einzigen] Gedanken haben
    the \one and only... der/die/das einzige...
    ladies and gentlemen, the \one and only Muhammad Ali! meine Damen und Herren, der einzigartige Muhammad Ali!
    4. attr (some future) irgendein(e)
    I'd like to go skiing \one Christmas ich würde gern irgendwann an Weihnachten Skifahren gehen
    \one afternoon next week an irgendeinem Nachmittag nächste Woche, irgendwann nächste Woche nachmittags
    \one day irgendwann
    \one evening/night irgendwann abends/nachts
    5. attr (some in the past) ein(e)
    \one moment he says he loves me, the next moment he's asking for a divorce einmal sagt er, er liebt mich, und im nächsten Moment will er die Scheidung
    \one afternoon in late October an einem Nachmittag Ende Oktober
    \one day/evening/night eines Tages/Abends/Nachts
    \one night we stayed up talking till dawn an einem Abend plauderten wir einmal bis zum Morgengrauen
    6. attr ( form: a certain) ein gewisser/eine gewisse
    her solicitor is \one John Wintersgill ihr Anwalt ist ein gewisser John Wintersgill
    7. attr esp AM ( emph fam: noteworthy)
    his mother is \one generous woman seine Mutter ist eine wirklich großzügige Frau
    that's \one big ice cream you've got there du hast aber ein großes Eis!
    it was \one hell of a shock to find out I'd lost my job ( fam) es war ein Riesenschock für mich, als ich erfuhr, dass ich meinen Job verloren hatte fam
    he was \one hell of a snappy dresser ( fam) er war immer todschick gekleidet fam
    8. (identical) ein(e)
    all types of training meet \one common standard alle Trainingsarten unterliegen den gleichen Maßstäben
    to be of \one mind einer Meinung sein
    \one and the same ein und der-/die-/dasselbe
    that's \one and the same thing! das ist doch ein und dasselbe!
    9. (age) ein Jahr
    \one is a difficult age mit einem Jahr sind Kinder in einem schwierigen Alter
    to be \one [year old] ein Jahr alt sein
    little Jimmy's \one today der kleine Jimmy wird heute ein Jahr alt
    she'll be \one [year old] tomorrow sie wird morgen ein Jahr alt
    10. (time)
    \one [o'clock] eins, ein Uhr
    it's half past \one es ist halb zwei
    at \one um eins
    11.
    a hundred [or million] [or thousand] and \one hunderttausend
    I've got a hundred and \one things to do this morning ich muss heute Vormittag hunderttausend Dinge erledigen
    what with \one thing and another ( fam) weil alles [o viel] zusammenkommt
    what with \one thing and another she hadn't had much sleep recently da alles [o viel] zusammenkam, hat sie in letzter Zeit nicht viel Schlaf bekommen
    \one way or another [or the other] (for or against) für oder gegen; (somehow) irgendwie
    there is no evidence \one way or the other about the effectiveness of the drug es gibt keinerlei Beweise für die Wirksamkeit oder Unwirksamkeit des Medikaments
    the bills have to be paid \one way or another die Rechnungen müssen irgendwie bezahlt werden
    II. n
    1. (unit) Eins f
    \one hundred and \one einhundert[und]eins
    three \ones are three drei mal eins gibt [o ist] [o macht] drei
    2. (figure) Eins f
    the front door bore a big brass \one auf der Eingangstür prangte eine große kupferne Eins
    3. (size of garment, merchandise) Größe eins
    little Jackie's wearing \ones now die kleine Jackie trägt jetzt Größe eins
    4. no pl (unity)
    to be \one eins sein
    to be made \one getraut werden
    III. pron
    1. (single item) eine(r, s)
    four parcels came this morning, but only \one was for Mark heute Morgen kamen vier Pakete, aber nur eines war für Mark
    which cake would you like? — the \one at the front welchen Kuchen möchten Sie? — den vorderen
    I'd rather eat French croissants than English \ones ich esse lieber französische Croissants als englische
    I have two apples, do you want \one? ich habe zwei Äpfel, möchtest du einen?
    not a single \one kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges
    \one at a time immer nur eine(r, s)
    don't gobble them up all at once — eat them \one at a time schling nicht alle auf einmal hinunter — iss sie langsam
    [all] in \one [alles] in einem
    with this model you get a radio, CD player and cassette deck [all] in \one dieses Modell enthält Radio, CD-Player und Kassettendeck in einem
    \one after another [or the other] eine(r, s) nach dem/der anderen
    \one after another the buses drew up die Busse kamen einer nach dem anderen
    \one [thing] after another [or the other] eines nach dem anderen
    \one or another [or the other] irgendeine(r, s)
    not all instances fall neatly into \one or another of these categories nicht alle Vorkommnisse fallen genau unter eine dieser Kategorien
    this/that \one diese(r, s)/jene(r, s)
    these/those \ones diese/jene
    which \one do you want? — that \one, please! welchen möchten Sie? — den dort, bitte!
    \one of sth:
    Luxembourg is \one of the world's smallest countries Luxemburg ist eines der kleinsten Länder der Welt
    electronics is \one of his [many] hobbies die Elektronik ist eines seiner [vielen] Hobbys
    our organization is just \one of many charities unsere Organisation ist nur eine von vielen wohltätigen Vereinigungen
    2. (single person) eine(r)
    two could live as cheaply as \one zwei könnten so günstig wie einer wohnen
    she thought of her loved \ones sie dachte an ihre Lieben
    to [not] be \one to do [or who does] sth (nature) [nicht] der Typ sein, der etw tut, [nicht] zu denen gehören, die etw tun; (liking) etw [nicht] gerne tun
    she's always been \one to take [or who takes] initiative es war schon immer ihre Art, die Initiative zu ergreifen
    I've never really been \one to sit around doing nothing untätig herumzusitzen war noch nie meine Art
    he's always been \one that enjoys good food ihm hat gutes Essen schon immer geschmeckt
    he's not \one to eat exotic food er isst nicht gerne exotische Speisen
    she's [not] \one to go [or who goes] to parties sie geht [nicht] gerne auf Partys
    to not [or never] be \one to say no to sth nie zu etw dat Nein sagen können
    to be [a] \one for sth ( fam) etw gerne mögen, sich dat viel aus etw dat machen
    Jack's always been \one for the ladies Jack hatte schon immer viel für Frauen übrig
    to not be [a] \one ( fam) for sth [or to not be much of a \one] ( fam) etw nicht besonders mögen, sich dat nicht viel aus etw dat machen
    I've never really been [much of a] \one for football ich habe mir eigentlich nie viel aus Fußball gemacht
    to [not] be [a] \one for doing sth ( fam) etw [nicht] gerne machen
    he's a great \one for telling other people what to do er sagt anderen gerne, was sie zu tun haben
    \one and all ( liter) alle
    the news of his resignation came as a surprise to \one and all die Nachricht von seinem Rücktritt kam für alle überraschend
    well done \one and all! gut gemacht, ihr alle!
    like \one + pp wie ein(e)...
    Viv was running around like \one possessed before the presentation Viv lief vor der Präsentation wie eine Besessene herum
    \one after another eine/einer nach der/dem anderen
    \one by \one nacheinander
    \one of:
    she's \one of my favourite writers sie ist eine meiner Lieblingsautoren
    to be \one of many/a few eine(r) von vielen/wenigen sein
    the \one der-/die[jenige]
    Chris is the \one with curly brown hair Chris ist der mit den lockigen braunen Haaren
    3. (expressing alternatives, comparisons)
    they look very similar and it's difficult to distinguish \one from the other sie sehen sich sehr ähnlich, und es ist oft schwer sie auseinanderzuhalten
    \one or the other der/die/das eine oder der/die/das andere
    choose \one of the pictures. you may have \one or the other, but not both such dir eins der Bilder aus. du kannst nur eines davon haben, nicht beide
    \one without the other der/die/das eine ohne der/die/das andere
    \one has an obligation to \one's friends man hat Verpflichtungen seinen Freunden gegenüber
    \one must admire him er ist zu bewundern
    5. ( form: I) ich; (we) wir
    \one gets the impression that... ich habe den Eindruck, dass...
    \one has to do \one's best wir müssen unser Bestes geben
    I for \one ich für meinen Teil
    I for \one think we should proceed was mich betrifft, so denke ich, dass wir weitermachen sollten
    6. (question) Frage f
    what's the capital of Zaire?oh, that's a difficult \one wie heißt die Hauptstadt von Zaire? — das ist eine schwierige Frage
    7. ( fam: alcoholic drink) Getränk nt
    this \one's on me! diese Runde geht auf mich!
    she likes a cool \one after a hard day nach einem harten Tag braucht sie einen kühlen Drink
    8. ( fam: joke, story) Witz m
    that was a good \one! der war gut!
    did I tell you the \one about the blind beggar? habe ich dir den [Witz] von dem blinden Bettler schon erzählt?
    9. BRIT, AUS ( dated fam: sb who is lacking respect, is rude, or amusing)
    you are a \one! du bist mir vielleicht einer! fam
    she's a \one! das ist mir vielleicht eine! fam
    10.
    to be all \one to sb Chinesisch für jdn sein fam
    Greek and Hebrew are all \one to me Griechisch und Hebräisch sind Chinesisch für mich fam
    to be as \one on sth ( form) bei etw dat einer Meinung sein
    we have discussed the matter fully and are as \one on our decision wir haben die Angelegenheit gründlich erörtert, und unsere Entscheidung ist einstimmig
    to be at \one with sb ( form) mit jdm einer Meinung sein
    to be at \one with sth ( form) mit etw dat eins sein
    they were completely at \one with their environment sie lebten in völliger Harmonie mit ihrer Umwelt
    to be \one of the family zur Familie gehören fig
    to get sth in \one ( fam: guess) etw sofort erraten; (understand) etw gleich kapieren fam
    so are you saying she's leaving him?yep, got it in \one du sagst also, dass sie ihn verlässt? — ja, du hast es erfasst
    to get [or be] \one up on sb jdn übertrumpfen
    in \one (draught) in einem Zug, [auf] ex fam
    to be \one of a kind zur Spitze gehören
    in the world of ballet she was certainly \one of a kind as a dancer in der Welt des Ballet zählte sie zweifellos zu den besten Tänzerinnen
    to land [or sock] sb \one [on the jaw] ( fam) jdm eine reinhauen fam
    \one or two ( fam) ein paar
    I hear you've collected over 1,000 autographs! — well, I do have \one or two ich habe gehört, du hast über 1.000 Autogramme gesammelt! — na ja, ich habe schon ein paar
    in \ones and twos (in small numbers) immer nur ein paar; (alone or in a pair) allein oder paarweise [o zu zweit]
    we expected a flood of applications for the job, but we're only receiving them in \ones and twos wir haben eine Flut von Bewerbungen für die Stelle erwartet, aber es gehen [täglich] nur wenige ein
    to arrive/stand around in \ones and [or or] twos einzeln oder paarweise [o zu zweit] eintreffen/herumstehen
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    [wʌn]
    1. adj
    1) (= number) ein/eine/ein; (counting) eins

    there was one person too manyda war einer zu viel

    one girl was pretty, the other was ugly —

    she was in one room, he was in the other — sie war im einen Zimmer, er im anderen

    the baby is one ( year old) — das Kind ist ein Jahr (alt)

    it is one ( o'clock) — es ist eins, es ist ein Uhr

    one hundred pounds — hundert Pfund; (on cheque etc) einhundert Pfund

    that's one way of doing itso kann mans (natürlich) auch machen

    2)

    (indefinite) one morning/day etc he realized... — eines Morgens/Tages etc bemerkte er...

    3)

    (= a certain) one Mr Smith — ein gewisser Herr Smith

    4)

    (= sole, only) he is the one man to tell you — er ist der Einzige, der es Ihnen sagen kann

    5)

    (= same) they all came in the one car — sie kamen alle in dem einen Auto

    6)

    (= united) God is one — Gott ist unteilbar

    they were one in wanting that — sie waren sich darin einig, dass sie das wollten

    2. pron
    1) eine(r, s)

    the one who... — der(jenige), der.../die(jenige), die.../das(jenige), das...

    he/that was the one — er/das wars

    do you have one? — haben Sie einen/eine/ein(e)s?

    the red/big etc one — der/die/das Rote/Große etc

    my one (inf) — meiner/meine/mein(e)s

    his one (inf) — seiner/seine/sein(e)s

    not (a single) one of them, never one of them — nicht eine(r, s) von ihnen, kein Einziger/keine Einzige/kein Einziges

    any one — irgendeine(r, s)

    every one — jede(r, s)

    this one — diese(r, s)

    that one — der/die/das, jene(r, s) (geh)

    which one? — welche(r, s)?

    that's a good one (inf) — der (Witz) ist gut; ( iro, excuse etc ) (das ist ein) guter Witz

    I'm not one to go out oftenich bin nicht der Typ, der oft ausgeht

    I'm not usually one to go out on a week night, but today... — ich gehe sonst eigentlich nicht an Wochentagen aus, aber heute...

    she was never one to cry — Weinen war noch nie ihre Art; (but she did) sonst weinte sie nie

    he's a great one for discipline/turning up late — der ist ganz groß, wenns um Disziplin/ums Zuspätkommen geht

    ooh, you are a one! (inf)oh, Sie sind mir vielleicht eine(r)! (inf)

    she is a teacher, and he/her sister wants to be one too — sie ist Lehrerin, und er möchte auch gern Lehrer werden/ihre Schwester möchte auch gern eine werden

    I, for one, think otherwise — ich, zum Beispiel, denke anders

    one after the other — eine(r, s) nach dem/der/dem anderen

    take one or the other —

    one or other of them will do it — der/die eine oder andere wird es tun

    one who knows the country —

    in the manner of one who... — in der Art von jemandem, der...

    like one demented/possessed — wie verrückt/besessen

    2) (impers) (nom) man; (acc) einen; (dat) einem

    one must learn to keep quiet — man muss lernen, still zu sein

    to hurt one's footsich (dat) den Fuß verletzen

    to wash one's face/hair — sich (dat) das Gesicht/die Haare waschen

    3. n
    (= written figure) Eins f

    to be at one (with sb) — sich (dat) (mit jdm) einig sein

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    one [wʌn]
    A adj
    1. ein, eine, ein:
    one apple ein Apfel;
    one man in ten einer von zehn;
    one or two ein oder zwei, ein paar;
    he spoke to him as one man to another er redete mit ihm von Mann zu Mann; hundred A 1, thousand A 1
    2. (emphatisch) ein, eine, ein, ein einziger, eine einzige, ein einziges:
    all were of one mind sie waren alle einer Meinung;
    he is one with me on this er ist mit mir darüber einer Meinung;
    be made one ehelich verbunden werden;
    for one thing zunächst einmal;
    no one man could do it allein könnte das niemand schaffen;
    his one thought sein einziger Gedanke;
    the one way to do it die einzige Möglichkeit(, es zu tun);
    my one and only hope meine einzige Hoffnung;
    the one and only Mr X der unvergleichliche oder einzigartige Mr. X; man A 5
    3. all one nur präd alles eins, ein und dasselbe:
    it is all one to me es ist mir (ganz) egal;
    it’s one fine job es ist eine einmalig schöne Arbeit
    4. ein gewisser, eine gewisse, ein gewisses, ein, eine, ein:
    one day eines Tages (in Zukunft od Vergangenheit);
    one of these days irgendwann (ein)mal;
    one John Smith ein gewisser John Smith
    B s
    1. Eins f, eins:
    one is half of two eins ist die Hälfte von zwei;
    a Roman one eine römische Eins;
    one and a half ein(und)einhalb, anderthalb;
    I bet ten to one (that …) ich wette zehn zu eins(, dass …);
    at one o’clock um ein Uhr;
    one-ten ein Uhr zehn, zehn nach eins;
    in the year one anno dazumal;
    be one up on sb jemandem (um eine Nasenlänge) voraus sein; number one
    2. (der, die) Einzelne, (das) einzelne (Stück):
    the all and the one die Gesamtheit und der Einzelne;
    one by one, one after another, one after the other einer nach dem andern;
    one with another eins zum anderen gerechnet;
    by ones and twos einzeln und zu zweien oder zweit;
    I for one ich zum Beispiel
    3. Einheit f:
    be at one with sb mit jemandem einer Meinung oder einig sein;
    be at one with nature eins mit der Natur sein;
    be at one with life rundherum zufrieden sein;
    a) alle gemeinsam,
    b) alles in einem
    4. Ein(s)er m, besonders Eindollarnote f
    C pron
    1. ein(er), eine, ein(es), jemand:
    as one wie ein Mann, geschlossen;
    on this question they were as one in dieser Frage waren sich alle einig;
    as one enchanted wie verzaubert;
    one of the poets einer der Dichter;
    one who einer, der;
    the one who der(jenige), der oder welcher;
    one so cautious jemand, der so vorsichtig ist; ein so vorsichtiger Mann;
    help one another einander oder sich gegenseitig helfen;
    have you heard the one about …? kennen Sie den (Witz) schon von …?;
    one for all and all for one einer für alle und alle für einen
    2. (Stützwort, meist unübersetzt):
    a sly one ein ganz Schlauer;
    that one der, die, das da ( oder dort);
    a red pencil and a blue one ein roter Bleistift und ein blauer;
    the portraits are fine ones die Porträts sind gut;
    the picture is a realistic one das Bild ist realistisch; anyone, each A, many A 1, someone
    3. man:
    4. one’s sein, seine, sein:
    break one’s leg sich das Bein brechen;
    lose one’s way sich verirren
    5. umg
    a) ein anständiges Ding (hervorragende Sache, besonders tüchtiger Schlag)
    b) Kanone f fig, Könner(in):
    one in the eye fig ein Denkzettel;
    that’s a good one! nicht schlecht!;
    you are a one! du bist mir vielleicht einer!; land C 6
    * * *
    1. adjective
    1) attrib. ein

    one thing I must say — ein[e]s muss ich sagen

    one or two(fig.): (a few) ein paar

    one more... — noch ein...

    it's one [o'clock] — es ist eins od. ein Uhr; see also eight 1.; half 1. 1), 3. 2); quarter 1. 1)

    2) attrib. (single, only) einzig

    in any one day/year — an einem Tag/in einem Jahr

    at any one time — zur gleichen Zeit; (always) zu jeder Zeit

    not one [little] bit — überhaupt nicht

    3) (identical, same) ein

    one and the same person/thing — ein und dieselbe Person/Sache

    at one and the same time — gleichzeitig; see also all 2. 1)

    4) pred. (united, unified)

    be one as a family/nation — eine einige Familie/Nation sein; see also with 1)

    5) attrib. (a particular but undefined)

    at one time — einmal; einst (geh.)

    one morning/night — eines Morgens/Nachts

    6) attrib. contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’ ein

    neither one thing nor the other — weder das eine noch das andere; see also hand 1. 24)

    7)

    in one(coll.): (at first attempt) auf Anhieb

    got it in one!(coll.) [du hast es] erraten!

    2. noun
    1) eins
    2) (number, symbol) Eins, die; see also eight 2. 1)
    3. pronoun
    1)

    one of... — ein... (+ Gen.)

    one of them/us — etc. einer von ihnen/uns usw.

    any one of them — jeder/jede/jedes von ihnen

    every one of them — jeder/jede/jedes [einzelne] von ihnen

    not one of them — keiner/keine/keines von ihnen

    2) replacing n. implied or mentioned ein...

    the jacket is an old one — die Jacke ist [schon] alt

    the older/younger one — der/die/das ältere/jüngere

    this is the one I like — den/die/das mag ich

    you are or were the one who insisted on going to Scotland — du warst der-/diejenige, der/die unbedingt nach Schottland wollte

    this one — dieser/diese/dieses [da]

    that one — der/die/das [da]

    these ones or those ones? — (coll.) die [da] oder die [da]?

    these/those blue etc. ones — diese/die blauen usw.

    which one? — welcher/welche/welches?

    not one — keiner/keine/keines; (emphatic) nicht einer/eine/eines

    all but one — alle außer einem/einer/einem

    I for one — ich für mein[en] Teil

    one by one, one after another or the other — einzeln

    love one anothersich od. (geh.) einander lieben

    3) (contrasted with ‘other’/‘another’)

    [the] one... the other — der/die/das eine... der/die/das andere

    4) (person or creature of specified kind)

    the little one — der/die/das Kleine

    our dear or loved ones — unsere Lieben

    young one (youngster) Kind, das; (young animal) Junge, das

    5)

    [not] one who does or to do or for doing something — [nicht] der Typ, der etwas tut

    6) (representing people in general; also coll.): (I, we) man; as indirect object einem; as direct object einen

    one'ssein

    wash one's handssich (Dat.) die Hände waschen

    7) (coll.): (drink)
    8) (coll.): (blow)

    give somebody one on the head/nose — jemandem eins über den Kopf/auf die Nase geben (ugs.)

    * * *
    (number) n.
    n. adj.
    ein adj.
    eins adj. pron.
    man pron.

    English-german dictionary > one

  • 63 action

    noun
    1) (doing something) Handeln, das

    take actionSchritte od. etwas unternehmen

    put a plan into actioneinen Plan in die Tat umsetzen

    be/be put out of action — außer Betrieb sein/gesetzt werden

    2) (effect)
    3) (act) Tat, die
    4) (Theatre) Handlung, die; Geschehen, das

    where the action is(coll.) wo was los ist (ugs.)

    5) (legal process) [Gerichts]verfahren, das

    bring an action against somebodyeine Klage od. ein Verfahren gegen jemanden anstrengen

    6) (fighting) Gefecht, das; Kampf, der

    he died in actioner ist [im Kampf] gefallen

    7) (movement) Bewegung, die
    * * *
    ['ækʃən]
    1) (something done: Action, not talking, is necessary if we are to defeat the enemy; Take action immediately; The firemen are ready to go into action.) das Handeln
    2) (movement: Tennis needs a good wrist action.) die Bewegung
    3) (a legal case: He brought an action for divorce against his wife.) Klage
    4) (the events (of a play, film etc): The action of the play takes place on an island.) die Handlung
    5) (a battle; fighting: He was killed in action; Our troops fought an action against the enemy.) das Gefecht
    - academic.ru/116764/in_action">in action
    - out of action
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    ac·tion
    [ˈækʃən]
    n
    1. no pl (activeness) Handeln nt; (proceeding) Vorgehen nt; (measures) Maßnahmen pl
    what we need is \action wir brauchen Taten
    we need firm \action wir müssen entschlossen vorgehen
    only decisive \action will stop the crisis from escalating nur ein entschlossenes Vorgehen wird eine Eskalation der Krise verhindern
    so, what's the plan of \action? wie sieht also der Plan aus?
    come on lazy things, let's see some \action [around here]! ( fam) auf, ihr Faulpelze, legt euch ins Zeug! fam
    what [kind of] \action is necessary to reduce unemployment? wie kann man die Arbeitslosigkeit senken?
    course of \action Vorgehensweise f
    could you tell me what the best course of \action is? wie soll ich Ihrer Meinung nach am besten vorgehen?
    freedom of \action Handlungsfreiheit f
    a man/woman of \action ein Mann/eine Frau der Tat
    prompt \action promptes Handeln
    to be out of \action außer Gefecht sein
    \action to combat/increase/promote sth Maßnahmen pl zur Bekämpfung/Erhöhung/Förderung einer S. gen
    to come into \action in die Tat umgesetzt werden
    to go [or spring] into \action in Aktion treten
    to prod [or spur] sb into \action jdn dazu bringen, etwas zu tun
    to put sth into \action etw in die Tat umsetzen
    to put sb out of \action jdn außer Gefecht setzen
    to take \action handeln, etwas unternehmen
    no \action was taken es wurde nichts unternommen
    we must take \action to deal with the problem wir müssen etwas unternehmen, um mit dem Problem fertig zu werden
    in \action in Aktion
    2. (act) Handlung f, Tat f
    you're responsible for your own \actions now du bist jetzt selbst für das, was du tust, verantwortlich
    your \action in releasing the caged animals was highly irresponsible es war höchst unverantwortlich von Ihnen, die eingesperrten Tiere freizulassen
    3. no pl (plot)
    the [main] \action die [Haupt]handlung
    4. no pl FILM Action f fam
    lights, camera, \action! Beleuchtung, Kamera und Action!
    his films have a lot of \action and not much dialogue seine Filme sind voller Action und arm an Dialogen
    5. no pl (combat) Einsatz m
    to be missing in \action vermisst sein
    to be in \action im Einsatz sein
    to be destroyed by enemy \action durch Feindeinwirkung zerstört werden
    to go into \action ins Gefecht ziehen
    to be killed in \action fallen
    to see \action im Einsatz sein
    6. (battle) Gefecht nt, Kampf m
    the \action (excitement) das Geschehen; (fun also) die Action fam
    let's go where the \action is lass uns hingehen, wo was los ist fam
    to get a piece of the \action ( fam) mitmischen fam
    8. (movement) Bewegung f
    I'll say the words and you can mime the \actions ich spreche den Text und du kannst die Bewegungen dazu machen
    9. no pl (effect) Wirkung f
    the fibres are broken down by chemical \action die Fasern werden durch chemische Vorgänge zersetzt
    10. no pl (function) Arbeitsweise f, Funktionsweise f
    to be out of \action außer Betrieb sein
    to go [or spring] into \action in Gang kommen
    to put sth out of \action etw außer Betrieb setzen
    in \action in Betrieb
    11. no pl (mechanism) Mechanismus m
    12. (coordination) Bewegungsablauf m
    he's got a very awkward bowling \action er verfügt über einen eigenartigen Wurfstil
    13. LAW Prozess m, Klage f
    class \action Gruppenklage f
    court \action Prozess m
    \actions ex contractu/delicto Ansprüche pl aus Vertrag/Delikt als Klagegrund fachspr
    \action for damages Schadenersatzklage f
    \action for libel, libel \action Verleumdungsklage f
    \action in personam/rem obligatorische/dingliche Klage fachspr
    \action in tort Schadenersatzklage f
    to bring an \action [for sth] against sb gegen jdn Klage [wegen einer S. gen] erheben, jdn [wegen einer S. gen] verklagen
    to bring an \action for damages against sb jdn auf Schadenersatz verklagen
    14. no pl (strike) Streik m
    to take [industrial] \action streiken
    15.
    \actions speak louder than words ( prov) Taten sagen mehr als Worte prov
    to want a piece [or slice] of the \action ( fam) ein Stück vom Kuchen abhaben wollen fig
    the wheels of bureaucracy creaked into \action esp BRIT ( hum) die Mühlen der Bürokratie setzten sich langsam in Bewegung
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    ['kSən]
    n
    1) no pl (= activity) Handeln nt; (of play, novel etc) Handlung f

    to take actionetwas or Schritte unternehmen

    "action" (on office tray) — "zur Bearbeitung"

    no further action — keine weiteren Maßnahmen; (label on file etc) abgeschlossen

    the action of the play/novel takes place... — das Stück/der Roman spielt...

    action! (Film) — Achtung, Aufnahme!

    2) (= deed) Tat f

    his first action was to phone me to suit the action to the wordals Erstes rief er mich an dem Wort die Tat folgen lassen, sein Wort in die Tat umsetzen

    3)

    (= motion, operation) in/out of action — in/nicht in Aktion; machine in/außer Betrieb

    he's been out of action since he broke his leger ist nicht mehr in Aktion gewesen or war nicht mehr einsatzfähig, seit er sich das Bein gebrochen hat

    he needs prodding into actionman muss ihm immer erst einen Stoß geben

    4) (= exciting events) Action f (sl)

    there's no action in this film — in dem Film passiert nichts, dem Film fehlt die Action (inf)

    to go where the action is (inf) — hingehen, wo was los ist (inf)

    that's where the action is (inf)da ist was los (inf)

    5) (MIL) (= fighting) Aktionen pl; (= battle) Kampf m, Gefecht nt
    6) (= way of operating) (of machine) Arbeitsweise f; (of piano etc) Mechanik f; (of watch, gun) Mechanismus m; (= way of moving) (of athlete etc) Bewegung f; (of horse) Aktion f
    7) (ESP CHEM, PHYS: effect) Wirkung f (on auf +acc)
    8) (JUR) Klage f

    a piece or slice of the actionein Stück nt aus dem Kuchen (sl)

    * * *
    action [ˈækʃn] s
    1. a) Handeln, Handlung f, Maßnahme(n) f(pl), Tat f, Aktion f:
    man of action Mann m der Tat;
    bring into action ins Spiel bringen, einsetzen;
    call into action auf den Plan rufen;
    come into action in Aktion treten;
    put into action in die Tat umsetzen;
    see sb in action jemanden in Aktion sehen;
    actions speak louder than words Taten zählen mehr als Worte;
    take action Maßnahmen treffen, Schritte unternehmen, handeln;
    we must take action before it is too late wir müssen etwas unternehmen, bevor es zu spät ist;
    the police took no action die Polizei griff nicht ein;
    take action against vorgehen gegen ( 12);
    course of action Handlungs-, Vorgehensweise f;
    for further action zur weiteren Veranlassung
    b) Handlung f, engS. Action f:
    there is no action in this play in diesem Stück tut sich oder passiert nichts;
    where the action is sl wo sich alles abspielt; wo was los ist; if you are interested in good food, Paris is where the action is musst du unbedingt nach Paris fahren
    2. auch PHYSIOL, TECH Tätigkeit f, Funktion f, Gang m (einer Maschine), Funktionieren n (eines Mechanismus):
    action of the heart Herztätigkeit, -funktion;
    in action TECH in Betrieb, im Einsatz;
    put in action in Gang oder in Betrieb setzen;
    be out of action außer Betrieb sein ( 13);
    put out of action außer Betrieb setzen ( 13)
    3. a) TECH Mechanismus m, Werk n
    b) Arbeitsweise f
    4. auch CHEM, PHYS, TECH
    a) (Ein)Wirkung f, Wirksamkeit f, Einfluss m:
    the action of this acid on metal die Einwirkung dieser Säure auf Metall;
    action of presence Kontaktwirkung
    b) Vorgang m, Prozess m
    5. Handlung f (eines Dramas etc):
    the action of the play takes place in das Stück spielt in (dat);
    the action takes place in London Ort der Handlung ist London
    6. KUNST
    a) Bewegung f, Aktion f:
    action painting Action-painting n, -Malerei f;
    action theater (bes Br theatre) Aktionstheater n
    b) Stellung f, Haltung f (einer Figur auf einem Bild)
    7. Bewegung f, Gangart f (eines Pferdes)
    8. Vortrag(sweise) m(f), Ausdruck m (eines Schauspielers)
    9. fig Benehmen n, Führung f, Haltung f
    10. SOZIOL Umwelteinflüsse pl
    11. WIRTSCH Preisbewegung f, Konjunktur(verlauf) f(m)
    12. JUR Klage f, Prozess m, (Rechts-, Gerichts)Verfahren n:
    action for annulment Nichtigkeitsklage;
    action for damages Schadenersatzklage;
    (right of) action Klagebefugnis f, Aktivlegitimation f;
    bring ( oder file, institute) an action against sb, take action against sb jemanden verklagen, gegen jemanden Klage erheben oder ein Gerichtsverfahren einleiten ( 1); debt 2, detinue, trespass B 5, trover 2
    13. MIL Gefecht n, Gefechts-, Kampfhandlung f, Unternehmen n, Einsatz m:
    killed (missing, wounded) in action gefallen (vermisst, verwundet);
    go into action eingreifen;
    be out of action außer Gefecht sein (a. fig)( 2);
    put out of action außer Gefecht setzen (a. fig), kampfunfähig machen, niederkämpfen ( 2);
    he saw action er war im Einsatz oder an der Front
    14. POL etc US
    a) Beschluss m, Entscheidung f
    b) Maßnahme(n) f(pl)
    15. MUS, TECH
    a) (Spiel)Mechanik f
    b) Traktur f (der Orgel)
    16. get a piece of the action bes US umg ein Stück vom Kuchen abbekommen
    * * *
    noun
    1) (doing something) Handeln, das

    take actionSchritte od. etwas unternehmen

    be/be put out of action — außer Betrieb sein/gesetzt werden

    3) (act) Tat, die
    4) (Theatre) Handlung, die; Geschehen, das

    where the action is(coll.) wo was los ist (ugs.)

    5) (legal process) [Gerichts]verfahren, das

    bring an action against somebodyeine Klage od. ein Verfahren gegen jemanden anstrengen

    6) (fighting) Gefecht, das; Kampf, der

    he died in action — er ist [im Kampf] gefallen

    7) (movement) Bewegung, die
    * * *
    n.
    Akt -e m.
    Aktion -en f.
    Arbeitsgang m.
    Gang ¨-e m.
    Handlung -en f.
    Prozess -e m.
    Tat -en f.
    Wirkung -en f.

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    1. adjective
    erst...; (for the first time ever) Erst[aufführung, -besteigung]; (of an artist's first achievement) Erstlings[film, -roman, -stück, -werk]

    he was first to arriveer kam als erster an

    for the [very] first time — zum [aller]ersten Mal

    the first twodie ersten beiden od. zwei

    come in first(win race) [das Rennen] gewinnen

    head/feet first — mit dem Kopf/den Füßen zuerst od. voran

    first thing in the morning — gleich frühmorgens; (coll.): (tomorrow) gleich morgen früh

    first things first(coll.) eins nach dem anderen

    he's always [the] first to help — er ist immer als erster zur Stelle, wenn Hilfe benötigt wird

    2. adverb
    1) (before anyone else) zuerst; als erster/erste [sprechen, ankommen]; (before anything else) an erster Stelle [stehen, kommen]; (when listing): (firstly) zuerst; als erstes

    ladies first! — Ladys first!; den Damen der Vortritt!

    you [go] first — (as invitation) Sie haben den Vortritt; bitte nach Ihnen

    first come first served — wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (Spr.)

    say first one thing and then anothererst so und dann wieder so sagen (ugs.)

    2) (beforehand) vorher

    ... but first we must... —... aber zuerst od. erst müssen wir...

    3) (for the first time) zum ersten Mal; das erste Mal; erstmals [bekannt geben, sich durchsetzen]
    4) (in preference) eher; lieber
    5)

    first of all — zuerst; (in importance) vor allem

    first and foremost(basically) zunächst einmal

    3. noun
    1)

    the first(in sequence) der/die/das erste; (in rank) der/die/das Erste

    be the first to arrive — als erster/erste ankommen

    2)

    at first — zuerst; anfangs

    3) (day)

    the first [of the month] — der Erste [des Monats]

    * * *
    [fə:st] 1. adjective, adverb
    (before all others in place, time or rank: the first person to arrive; The boy spoke first.) erst, zuerst
    2. adverb
    (before doing anything else: `Shall we eat now?' `Wash your hands first!) zuerst
    3. noun
    (the person, animal etc that does something before any other person, animal etc: the first to arrive.) der/die/das Erste
    - academic.ru/27554/firstly">firstly
    - first aid
    - first-born
    - first-class
    - first-hand
    - first-rate
    - at first
    - at first hand
    - first and foremost
    - first of all
    * * *
    [fɜ:st, AM fɜ:rst]
    adj attr, inv AM
    \First baby/cat Baby nt/Katze f des Präsidenten
    the \First couple der Präsident und die First Lady
    the \First marriage die Ehe des Präsidenten
    * * *
    [fɜːst]
    1. adj
    erste(r, s)

    or in line (US)er war der Erste in der Schlange

    I'm first, I've been waiting longer than you — ich bin zuerst an der Reihe, ich warte schon länger als Sie

    the first time I saw her... — als ich sie zum ersten Mal sah,...

    is it your first time?machst du das zum ersten Mal?

    in first place (Sport etc)

    in the first placezunächst or erstens einmal

    why didn't you say so in the first place?warum hast du denn das nicht gleich gesagt?

    2. adv
    1) zuerst; (= before all the others) arrive, leave als erste(r, s)

    first, take three eggs — zuerst or als Erstes nehme man drei Eier

    first come first served (prov) — wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (Prov)

    on a first come first served basis — nach dem Prinzip "wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst"

    ladies first — Ladies first!, den Damen der Vortritt

    you ( go) first — nach Ihnen

    he says first one thing then another —

    before he says anything I want to get in first with a few comments — bevor er irgendetwas sagt, möchte ich einige Bemerkungen anbringen

    what comes first in your order of priorities? —

    but, darling, you know you always come first — aber, mein Schatz, du weißt doch, dass du bei mir immer an erster Stelle stehst

    he always puts his job firstseine Arbeit kommt bei ihm immer vor allen anderen Dingen

    2) (= before all else) als Erstes, zunächst; (in listing) erstens

    first (of all) I'm going for a swim —

    why can't I? – well, first of all or first off (inf) it's not yours and secondly... —, it's not yours and secondly... warum denn nicht? – nun, zunächst or erstens einmal gehört es nicht dir und zweitens...

    first and foremost, he is a writer — zuallererst ist er Schriftsteller

    3) (= for the first time) zum ersten Mal, das erste Mal

    when this model was first introduced — zu Anfang or zuerst, als das Modell herauskam

    when it first became known that... — als erstmals bekannt wurde, dass...

    this work was first performed/published in 1997 — dieses Werk wurde 1997 uraufgeführt/erstveröffentlicht

    4) (= before in time) (zu)erst

    I must finish this firstich muss das erst fertig machen

    think first before you sign anything — überlegen Sie es sich, bevor Sie etwas unterschreiben

    5) (in preference) eher, lieber
    6) (NAUT, RAIL)
    3. n
    1)

    the first — der/die/das Erste

    he was among the ( very) first to arrive — er war unter den Ersten or Allerersten, die ankamen

    he was the first home/to finish — er war als Erster zu Hause/fertig; (in race)

    she wore a blouse and a skirt, but the first was too tight and the second too baggy — sie trug eine Bluse und einen Rock, aber erstere war zu eng und letzterer zu weit

    2)

    the first he knew about it was when he saw it in the paperer hat erst davon erfahren, als er es in der Zeitung las

    3)

    at first — zuerst, zunächst

    4) (Brit UNIV) Eins f, Note f "Eins"

    he got a first —

    5)
    6) (AUT)

    first ( gear) — der erste (Gang)

    in firstim ersten (Gang)

    7) (US BASEBALL) erstes Base or Mal → also sixth
    See:
    → also sixth
    * * *
    first [fɜːst; US fɜrst]
    A adj (adv firstly)
    1. erst(er, e, es):
    first edition Erstausgabe f;
    first film Erst(lings)film m;
    a) aus erster Hand,
    b) direkt;
    first letter Anfangsbuchstabe m;
    first novel Erstlingsroman m;
    first thing (in the morning) (morgens) als Allererstes;
    that’s the first thing I’ve heard about it das ist das Erste, was ich davon höre;
    put first things first Dringendem den Vorrang geben;
    he does not know the first thing about it er hat keine blasse Ahnung davon;
    he doesn’t know the first thing about me er weiß überhaupt nichts von mir; base1 A 10, bid1 A 1, blush B 4, installment1 1, offender 1, place A 17, prize1 A 2, rehearsal 1, release B 4, showing 3, sight A 2, view B
    2. fig erst(er, e, es):
    a) best(er, e, es), bedeutendst(er, e, es)
    b) erstklassig, -rangig:
    first cabin Kabine f erster Klasse;
    the first men in the country die führenden Persönlichkeiten des Landes;
    first officer SCHIFF Erster Offizier; fiddle A 1, water C 10
    B adv
    1. zuerst, voran:
    go first vorangehen; foot A 1, head Bes Redew, heel1 Bes Redew
    2. zum ersten Mal: meet A 2
    3. eher, lieber: hang B 4
    4. umg auch first off (zu)erst (einmal):
    first off, let’s see where … schauen wir doch erst einmal, wo …
    5. zuerst, als erst(er, e, es), an erster Stelle:
    come in ( oder finish) first SPORT als Erster durchs Ziel gehen, Erster werden;
    first come, first served (Sprichwort) wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst;
    first or last früher oder später, über kurz oder lang;
    a) vor allen Dingen,
    b) im großen Ganzen;
    first of all vor allen Dingen, zu allererst, in erster Linie; foremost B a
    C s
    1. (der, die, das) Erste oder (fig) Beste:
    be first among equals Primus inter pares sein
    2. Anfang m:
    from the (very) first von (allem) Anfang an;
    from first to last durchweg, von A bis Z;
    at first im oder am Anfang, anfangs, (zu)erst, zunächst, im ersten Moment
    3. MUS erste Stimme
    4. AUTO (der) erste Gang
    5. (der) (Monats)Erste:
    the first of June der 1. Juni
    6. first of exchange WIRTSCH Primawechsel m
    7. pl WIRTSCH Ware(n) f(pl) erster Qualität oder Wahl, die erste Wahl
    8. UNIV Br first class 3
    9. umg BAHN etc (die) erste Klasse
    * * *
    1. adjective
    erst...; (for the first time ever) Erst[aufführung, -besteigung]; (of an artist's first achievement) Erstlings[film, -roman, -stück, -werk]

    for the [very] first time — zum [aller]ersten Mal

    come in first (win race) [das Rennen] gewinnen

    head/feet first — mit dem Kopf/den Füßen zuerst od. voran

    first thing in the morning — gleich frühmorgens; (coll.): (tomorrow) gleich morgen früh

    first things first(coll.) eins nach dem anderen

    he's always [the] first to help — er ist immer als erster zur Stelle, wenn Hilfe benötigt wird

    2. adverb
    1) (before anyone else) zuerst; als erster/erste [sprechen, ankommen]; (before anything else) an erster Stelle [stehen, kommen]; (when listing): (firstly) zuerst; als erstes

    ladies first! — Ladys first!; den Damen der Vortritt!

    you [go] first — (as invitation) Sie haben den Vortritt; bitte nach Ihnen

    first come first served — wer zuerst kommt, mahlt zuerst (Spr.)

    2) (beforehand) vorher

    ... but first we must... —... aber zuerst od. erst müssen wir...

    3) (for the first time) zum ersten Mal; das erste Mal; erstmals [bekannt geben, sich durchsetzen]
    4) (in preference) eher; lieber
    5)

    first of all — zuerst; (in importance) vor allem

    first and foremost (basically) zunächst einmal

    3. noun
    1)

    the first (in sequence) der/die/das erste; (in rank) der/die/das Erste

    be the first to arrive — als erster/erste ankommen

    2)

    at first — zuerst; anfangs

    the first [of the month] — der Erste [des Monats]

    * * *
    adj.
    erst adj.
    erstens adj.
    erster adj.
    erstes adj.
    frühest adj.
    zuerst adj.
    zunächst adj.

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    1. noun
    1) (farthest point) Ende, das; (of nose, hair, tail, branch, finger) Spitze, die

    that was the end(coll.) (no longer tolerable) da war Schluss (ugs.); (very bad) das war das Letzte (ugs.)

    come to an endenden ( see also 1. 7))

    my patience has come to or is now at an end — meine Geduld ist jetzt am Ende

    look at a building/a pencil end on — ein Gebäude von der Schmalseite/einen Bleistift von der Spitze her betrachten

    keep one's end up(fig.) seinen Mann stehen

    make [both] ends meet — (fig.) [mit seinem Geld] zurechtkommen

    no end(coll.) unendlich viel

    there is no end to something(coll.) etwas nimmt kein Ende

    put an end to somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) ein Ende machen

    2) (of box, packet, tube, etc.) Schmalseite, die; (top/bottom surface) Ober-/Unterseite, die

    on end(upright) hochkant

    somebody's hair stands on end(fig.) jemandem stehen die Haare zu Berge (ugs.)

    3) (remnant) Rest, der; (of cigarette, candle) Stummel, der
    4) (side) Seite, die
    5) (half of sports pitch or court) Spielfeldhälfte, die

    deep/shallow end [of the pool] — tiefer/flacher Teil [des Schwimmbeckens]

    7) (conclusion, lit. or fig.) Ende, das; (of lesson, speech, story, discussion, meeting, argument, play, film, book, sentence) Schluss, der; Ende, das

    by the end of the week/meeting — als die Woche herum war/als die Versammlung zu Ende war

    at the end of 1987/March — Ende 1987/März

    that's the end of that(fig.) damit ist die Sache erledigt

    bring a meeting etc. to an end — eine Versammlung usw. beenden

    come to an end — ein Ende nehmen (see also 1. 1))

    have come to the end of somethingmit etwas fertig sein

    8) (downfall, destruction) Ende, das; (death) Ende, das (geh. verhüll.)

    meet one's endden Tod finden (geh.)

    somebody comes to a bad endes nimmt ein böses od. schlimmes Ende mit jemandem

    9) (purpose, object) Ziel, das; Zweck, der

    be an end in itself(the only purpose) das eigentliche Ziel sein

    to this/what end — zu diesem/welchem Zweck

    2. transitive verb
    1) (bring to an end) beenden; kündigen [Abonnement]

    end one's life/days — (spend last part of life) sein Leben/seine Tage beschließen

    2) (put an end to, destroy) ein Ende setzen (+ Dat.)

    end it [all] — (coll.): (kill oneself) [mit dem Leben] Schluss machen (ugs.)

    3) (stand as supreme example of)

    a feast/race etc. to end all feasts/races — etc. ein Fest/Rennen usw., das alles [bisher Dagewesene] in den Schatten stellt

    3. intransitive verb

    where will it all end?wo soll das noch hinführen?

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [end] 1. noun
    1) (the last or farthest part of the length of something: the house at the end of the road; both ends of the room; Put the tables end to end (= with the end of one touching the end of another); ( also adjective) We live in the end house.) das Ende, End-...
    2) (the finish or conclusion: the end of the week; The talks have come to an end; The affair is at an end; He is at the end of his strength; They fought bravely to the end; If she wins the prize we'll never hear the end of it (= she will often talk about it).) das Ende
    3) (death: The soldiers met their end bravely.) der Tod
    4) (an aim: What end have you in view?) das Ziel
    5) (a small piece left over: cigarette ends.) der Rest, der Stummel
    2. verb
    (to bring or come to an end: The scheme ended in disaster; How does the play end?; How should I end (off) this letter?) (be)enden
    - ending
    - endless
    - at a loose end
    - end up
    - in the end
    - make both ends meet
    - make ends meet
    - no end of
    - no end
    - on end
    - put an end to
    - the end
    * * *
    [end]
    I. n
    1. (last, furthest point) Ende nt
    at our/your \end ( fam) bei uns/euch
    from \end to \end von einem Ende zum anderen
    2. (final part, finish) Ende nt, Schluss m
    \end of the exchange session STOCKEX Börsenschluss m
    \end of the quarter Quartalsende nt
    \end of the term Laufzeitende nt
    on \end ununterbrochen
    for hours on \end stundenlang
    3. (limit) Ende nt
    to be at the \end of one's patience mit seiner Geduld am Ende sein
    no \end of trouble reichlich Ärger
    4. (completion) Schluss m
    there's an \end of it! Schluss jetzt!
    her career is now at an \end ihre Karriere ist jetzt zu Ende
    to come to an \end zu Ende gehen
    to make an \end of sth mit etw dat Schluss machen
    to put an \end to sth etw dat ein Ende setzen
    to read a story to the \end eine Geschichte zu Ende lesen
    at the \end of next week Ende nächster Woche
    at the \end of six months nach Ablauf von sechs Monaten
    without \end unaufhörlich
    5. (exhaustion) Ende nt
    to be at an \end fertig sein fam; ( fig) pleite sein fam
    6. (surface bounding extremities) Ende nt; TECH Stirnseite f, Stirnfläche f
    \end to \end der Länge nach
    \end on:
    the table faced him \end on er stand vor der kurzen Tischkante
    place the table \end on against the wall stell den Tisch mit der schmalen Seite an die Wand
    on \end hochkant
    my hair stood on \end mir standen die Haare zu Berge
    7. usu pl (aims) Ziel nt, Absicht f; (purpose) Zweck m
    for commercial \ends zu kommerziellen Zwecken
    to achieve one's \ends seine Ziele erreichen
    to this \end zu diesem Zweck
    8. ( fig: matter of concern) Teil m
    I'm taking care of my \end of the plan and hope he's taking care of his ich kümmere mich um meinen Teil des Plans und hoffe, dass er sich um seinen kümmert
    you take care of the business \end of things du kümmerst dich um das Geschäftliche
    9. (result) Ergebnis nt
    the \end of all that was that... das Ende vom Lied war, dass...
    10. (death) Ende nt, Tod m
    sudden/untimely \end plötzliches/vorzeitiges Ende
    to meet one's \end den Tod finden geh
    sb is nearing his/her \end mit jdm geht es zu Ende
    11. (small leftover piece) Rest m, Ende nt; of a candle, cigarette Stummel m
    12. (share in a business transaction) Anteil m, SCHWEIZ a. Betreffnis nt
    13. SPORT (either half of a pitch) [Spielfeld]hälfte f; (player in American Football) den Seitenlinien am nächsten stehender Spieler
    14. COMPUT (button on keyboard) ‚Ende‘
    15. ( fam: the worst)
    it's the \end das ist das Letzte fam
    16. esp AM ( fam: the best)
    it's the \end das ist das Größte fam
    17.
    all \ends up völlig
    to become an \end in itself [zum] Selbstzweck werden
    to come to a bad [or BRIT sticky] \end ein schlimmes Ende nehmen
    at the \end of the day (when everything is considered) letzten Endes; (finally, eventually) schließlich, zum Schluss
    to go off the deep \end hochgehen fam
    to hold [or keep] one's \end up sich akk nicht unterkriegen lassen fam
    in the \end (when everything is considered) letzten Endes; (finally, eventually) schließlich, zum Schluss
    the \end justifies the means ( prov) der Zweck heiligt die Mittel prov
    to make [both] \ends meet mit seinem Geld zurechtkommen, über die Runden kommen fam
    no \end außerordentlich
    that would please Granny no \end darüber würde Oma sich irrsinnig freuen fam
    to put an \end to oneself [or it all] Selbstmord begehen
    to reach the \end of the line [or road] am Ende sein
    \end of story Schluss, aus, fertig fam
    he deserved to be punished, \end of story er hat die Strafe verdient und Schluss fam
    [and] that's the \end of the story [or matter] und jetzt Schluss damit!
    to be at the \end of one's tether [or AM rope] am Ende [seiner Kräfte] sein
    to throw sb in at the deep \end jdn ins kalte Wasser werfen fig
    it's not the \end of the world davon geht die Welt nicht unter
    II. vt
    to \end sth etw beenden [o zu Ende bringen
    2. (make stop)
    to \end sth etw beenden, etw dat ein Ende setzen [o machen
    3. (outdo)
    a film to \end all films der beste Film aller Zeiten
    4.
    to \end it all Selbstmord begehen
    III. vi
    to \end in sth in etw dat enden
    to \end in divorce mit der Scheidung enden
    to \end in a draw unentschieden ausgehen
    2. (finish) enden
    * * *
    [end]
    1. n
    1) Ende nt; (of finger) Spitze f

    to the ends of the earthbis ans Ende der Welt

    who'll meet you at the other end?wer holt dich ab, wenn du ankommst?

    Lisa's on the other end (of the phone) — Lisa ist am Telefon

    to stand on end (barrel, box etc) — hochkant stehen; (hair) zu Berge stehen

    for hours on end —

    to make (both) ends meet (fig)zurechtkommen (inf), sich über Wasser halten

    See:
    2) (= remnant of rope) Ende nt, Rest m; (of candle, cigarette) Stummel m

    just a few odd ends leftnur noch ein paar Reste

    3) (= conclusion) Ende nt

    at/toward(s) the end of December — Ende/gegen Ende Dezember

    at the end of (the) winter/the war — am Ende des Winters/des Krieges

    at the end of the opera/the book — am Schluss der Oper/des Buches

    they'll be paid at the end of the job — sie werden bezahlt, wenn sie mit der Arbeit fertig sind

    at the end of the day (fig) — letzten Endes, schließlich und endlich

    until or to the end of timebis ans Ende aller Tage

    as far as I'm concerned, that's the end of the matter! — für mich ist die Sache erledigt

    to be at the end of one's patience/strength — mit seiner Geduld/seinen Kräften am Ende sein

    to watch a film to the end —

    to bring to an end — zu Ende bringen, beenden; relations ein Ende setzen (+dat), beenden

    to get to the end of the road/book — ans Ende der Straße/zum Schluss des Buches kommen

    this is the end of the road for the government —

    in the end — schließlich, zum Schluss

    to put an end to stheiner Sache (dat) ein Ende setzen

    he met a violent end —

    4)

    (inf phrases) we met no end of famous people (esp Brit)wir trafen viele berühmte Leute

    you're the end (Brit) (= annoying) (= funny)du bist der letzte Mensch (inf) du bist zum Schreien (inf)

    5) (= purpose) Ziel nt, Zweck m
    2. adj attr
    letzte(r, s)

    the end house — das Endhaus, das letzte Haus

    3. vt
    beenden; speech, one's days also beschließen
    4. vi
    enden

    where's it all going to end?wo soll das nur hinführen?

    to end in an "s" —

    an argument which ended in a fight — ein Streit, der mit einer Schlägerei endete

    * * *
    end [end]
    A v/t
    1. auch end off beenden, zu Ende bringen oder führen, einer Sache ein Ende machen:
    end it all umg Schluss machen (sich umbringen)
    2. töten, umbringen
    3. a) auch end up etwas ab-, beschließen ( beide:
    with mit)
    b) den Rest seiner Tage zu-, verbringen, seine Tage beschließen
    4. übertreffen:
    the dictionary to end all dictionaries das beste Wörterbuch aller Zeiten;
    he’s a husband to end all husbands er ist ein absoluter Mustergatte
    B v/i
    1. enden, aufhören, zu Ende kommen, schließen:
    when the war ended bei Kriegsende;
    all’s well that ends well Ende gut, alles gut;
    where is all this going to end? wo soll das alles nur hinführen?
    2. auch end up enden, ausgehen ( beide:
    by, in, with damit, dass):
    the story ends happily die Geschichte geht gut aus;
    end in disaster ( oder a fiasco) mit einem Fiasko enden;
    it ended with ( oder in) sb getting hurt schließlich führte es dazu, dass jemand verletzt wurde;
    he will end by marrying her er wird sie schließlich heiraten
    3. sterben
    a) enden, landen umg ( beide:
    in prison im Gefängnis),
    b) enden (as als):
    he ended up as an actor er wurde schließlich Schauspieler
    C s
    1. (örtlich) Ende n:
    at the end of the back straight SPORT eingangs der Zielkurve;
    begin at the wrong end am falschen Ende anfangen;
    from one end to another, from end to end von einem Ende zum anderen, vom Anfang bis zum Ende
    2. Ende n, (entfernte) Gegend:
    to the end of the world bis ans Ende der Welt;
    the other end of the street das andere Ende der Straße
    3. Ende n, Endchen n, Rest m, Stück(chen) n, Stummel m, Stumpf m
    4. Ende n, Spitze f (eines Bleistifts etc)
    5. SCHIFF (Kabel-, Tau) Ende n
    6. auch TECH Stirnseite f, -fläche f, Ende n:
    the two trains hit each other end on die beiden Züge stießen frontal zusammen;
    put two tables end to end zwei Tische mit den Schmalseiten oder Enden aneinanderstellen
    7. (zeitlich) Ende n, Schluss m:
    “the end” (FILM etc) „Ende“;
    in the end am Ende, schließlich;
    at the end of the season am Saisonende;
    to the end of time bis in alle Ewigkeit;
    without end unaufhörlich, endlos, immer und ewig;
    there is no end in sight es ist kein Ende abzusehen;
    there is no end to it es hat oder nimmt kein Ende
    8. Tod m, Ende n, Untergang m:
    be near one’s end dem Tod nahe sein;
    you will be the end of me! du bringst mich noch ins Grab!
    9. Resultat n, Ergebnis n, Folge f:
    the end of the matter was that … die Folge (davon) war, dass …
    10. meist pl Absicht f, (End)Zweck m, Ziel n:
    end in itself Selbstzweck;
    the end justifies ( oder sanctifies) the means der Zweck heiligt die Mittel;
    to this end zu diesem Zweck;
    gain one’s ends sein Ziel erreichen;
    for one’s own end zum eigenen Nutzen;
    private ends Privatinteressen;
    to no end vergebensBesondere Redewendungen: no end of applause umg nicht enden wollender Beifall;
    no end of trouble umg endlose Scherereien;
    he is no end of a fool umg er ist ein Vollidiot;
    we had no end of fun umg wir hatten einen Mordsspaß;
    no end disappointed umg maßlos enttäuscht;
    a) ununterbrochen, hintereinander,
    b) aufrecht stehend, hochkant for hours on end stundenlang;
    place ( oder put) sth on (its) end etwas aufrecht oder hochkant stellen;
    hy hair stood on end mir standen die Haare zu Berge;
    end to end der Länge nach, hintereinander;
    at our ( oder this) end umg hier bei uns;
    at your end umg bei Ihnen, dort, in Ihrer Stadt;
    how are things at your end? umg was tut sich bei Ihnen?;
    a) zu Ende sein, aus sein,
    b) mit seinen Mitteln oder Kräften am Ende sein my patience is at an end meine Geduld ist zu Ende;
    you are the (absolute) end umg
    a) du bist (doch) das Letzte,
    b) du bist (echt) zum Brüllen that’s the (absolute) end umg
    a) das ist (doch) das Letzte,
    b) das ist (einfach) sagenhaft iron. bring to an end eine Versammlung etc beenden;
    come ( oder draw) to an end ein Ende nehmen oder finden, zu Ende gehen;
    come to a bad end ein schlimmes oder böses Ende nehmen, bös enden;
    you’ll come to a bad end mit dir wird es (noch einmal) ein schlimmes Ende nehmen;
    get one’s end away Br vulg sl bumsen (Geschlechtsverkehr haben);
    go off (at) the deep end umg hochgehen, wütend werden;
    have an end ein Ende haben oder nehmen;
    have sth at one’s finger’s end umg etwas aus dem Effeff beherrschen, etwas (Kenntnisse) parat haben;
    keep one’s end up umg
    a) seinen Mann stehen,
    b) sich nicht unterkriegen lassen make (both) ends meet durchkommen, (finanziell) über die Runden kommen ( beide:
    on mit);
    make an end of ( oder put an end to) sth Schluss machen mit etwas, einer Sache ein Ende setzen;
    put an end to o.s. seinem Leben ein Ende machen oder setzen; loose A 3 b, sharp A 1
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (farthest point) Ende, das; (of nose, hair, tail, branch, finger) Spitze, die

    that was the end(coll.) (no longer tolerable) da war Schluss (ugs.); (very bad) das war das Letzte (ugs.)

    come to an end — enden (see also 1. 7))

    my patience has come to or is now at an end — meine Geduld ist jetzt am Ende

    look at a building/a pencil end on — ein Gebäude von der Schmalseite/einen Bleistift von der Spitze her betrachten

    keep one's end up(fig.) seinen Mann stehen

    make [both] ends meet — (fig.) [mit seinem Geld] zurechtkommen

    no end(coll.) unendlich viel

    there is no end to something(coll.) etwas nimmt kein Ende

    put an end to somethingeiner Sache (Dat.) ein Ende machen

    2) (of box, packet, tube, etc.) Schmalseite, die; (top/bottom surface) Ober-/Unterseite, die

    on end (upright) hochkant

    somebody's hair stands on end(fig.) jemandem stehen die Haare zu Berge (ugs.)

    3) (remnant) Rest, der; (of cigarette, candle) Stummel, der
    4) (side) Seite, die
    5) (half of sports pitch or court) Spielfeldhälfte, die

    deep/shallow end [of the pool] — tiefer/flacher Teil [des Schwimmbeckens]

    7) (conclusion, lit. or fig.) Ende, das; (of lesson, speech, story, discussion, meeting, argument, play, film, book, sentence) Schluss, der; Ende, das

    by the end of the week/meeting — als die Woche herum war/als die Versammlung zu Ende war

    at the end of 1987/March — Ende 1987/März

    that's the end of that(fig.) damit ist die Sache erledigt

    bring a meeting etc. to an end — eine Versammlung usw. beenden

    come to an end — ein Ende nehmen (see also 1. 1))

    8) (downfall, destruction) Ende, das; (death) Ende, das (geh. verhüll.)

    somebody comes to a bad endes nimmt ein böses od. schlimmes Ende mit jemandem

    9) (purpose, object) Ziel, das; Zweck, der

    be an end in itself (the only purpose) das eigentliche Ziel sein

    to this/what end — zu diesem/welchem Zweck

    2. transitive verb
    1) (bring to an end) beenden; kündigen [Abonnement]

    end one's life/days — (spend last part of life) sein Leben/seine Tage beschließen

    2) (put an end to, destroy) ein Ende setzen (+ Dat.)

    end it [all] — (coll.): (kill oneself) [mit dem Leben] Schluss machen (ugs.)

    a feast/race etc. to end all feasts/races — etc. ein Fest/Rennen usw., das alles [bisher Dagewesene] in den Schatten stellt

    3. intransitive verb
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (cigarette) n.
    Zigarettenkippe f.
    Zigarettenstummel m. n.
    Ende -n n.
    Schluss ¨-e m.
    Ziel -e n.
    Zweck -e m. v.
    beenden v.
    beendigen v.
    enden v.

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  • 66 numeral

    'nju:mərəl
    (a figure used to express a number: 1, 10, 50 are Arabic numerals; I, X, L are Roman numerals.) número
    - numerically
    numeral n numeral / número

    numeral adjetivo / noun masculine numeral
    numeral adjetivo & sustantivo masculino numeral ' numeral' also found in these entries: Spanish: cada - uno English: Arabic numeral - numeral - Roman
    tr['njʊːmərəl]
    1 número, cifra
    numeral ['nu:mərəl, 'nju:-] n
    : número m
    Roman numeral: número romano
    adj.
    numeral adj.
    número (Matemática) adj.
    n.
    numeral s.m.
    número s.m.
    'nuːmərəl, 'njuːmərəl
    noun número m
    ['njuːmǝrǝl]
    1.
    2.
    * * *
    ['nuːmərəl, 'njuːmərəl]
    noun número m

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  • 67 site

    1) (a place where a building, town etc is, was, or is to be, built: He's got a job on a building-site; The site for the new factory has not been decided.) sitio, lugar
    2) ((also Web site) a site on the Internet that gives information about a particular subject or person.) site
    site n
    1. solar
    2. obra
    3. emplazamiento
    4. lugar
    tr[saɪt]
    1 (location) situación nombre femenino, emplazamiento, colocación nombre femenino
    2 (area, land) terreno, lugar nombre masculino, solar nombre masculino
    1 situar, ubicar, emplazar
    \
    SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
    on site en el recinto
    archeological site yacimiento arqueológico
    site ['saɪt] n
    1) place: sitio m, lugar m
    2) location: emplazamiento m, ubicación f
    n.
    asiento s.m.
    emplazamiento s.m.
    local s.m.
    lugar s.m.
    sitio s.m.
    situación s.f.
    solar s.m.
    saɪt
    a) ( location) emplazamiento m (frml); ( piece of land) terreno m, solar m
    b) ( building site) obra f
    c) ( archeological site) yacimiento m (arqueológico)
    d) ( campsite) camping m
    [saɪt]
    1. N
    1) (=place) sitio m, lugar m ; (=location) situación f ; (=scene) escenario m ; (for building) solar m, terreno m ; (archaeological) yacimiento m
    2) (Internet) = website
    2.
    VT situar, ubicar (esp LAm)
    * * *
    [saɪt]
    a) ( location) emplazamiento m (frml); ( piece of land) terreno m, solar m
    b) ( building site) obra f
    c) ( archeological site) yacimiento m (arqueológico)
    d) ( campsite) camping m

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  • 68 fall

    1. noun
    1) (act or manner of falling) Fallen, das; (of person) Sturz, der

    fall of snow/rain — Schnee-/Regenfall, der

    2) (collapse, defeat) Fall, der; (of dynasty, empire) Untergang, der; (of government) Sturz, der
    3) (slope) Abfall, der (to zu, nach)
    4) (Amer.): (autumn) Herbst, der
    2. intransitive verb,
    1) fallen; [Person:] [hin]fallen, stürzen; [Pferd:] stürzen

    fall off something, fall down from something — von etwas [herunter]fallen

    fall down [into] something — in etwas (Akk.) [hinein]fallen

    fall down deadtot umfallen

    fall down the stairsdie Treppe herunter-/hinunterfallen

    fall [flat] on one's face — (lit. or fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)

    fall into the trapin die Falle gehen

    fall from a great heightaus großer Höhe abstürzen

    rain/snow is falling — es regnet/schneit

    2) (fig.) [Nacht, Dunkelheit:] hereinbrechen; [Abend:] anbrechen; [Stille:] eintreten
    3) (fig.): (be uttered) fallen
    4) (become detached) [Blätter:] [ab]fallen

    fall out[Haare, Federn:] ausfallen

    5) (sink to lower level) sinken; [Barometer:] fallen; [Absatz, Verkauf:] zurückgehen

    fall into sin/temptation — eine Sünde begehen/der Versuchung er- od. unterliegen

    6) (subside) [Wasserspiegel, Gezeitenhöhe:] fallen; [Wind:] sich legen
    7) (show dismay)

    his/her face fell — er/sie machte ein langes Gesicht (ugs.)

    8) (be defeated) [Festung, Stadt:] fallen; [Monarchie, Regierung:] gestürzt werden; [Reich:] untergehen
    9) (perish) [Soldat:] fallen
    10) (collapse, break) einstürzen

    fall to pieces, fall apart — [Buch, Wagen:] auseinander fallen

    fall apart at the seamsan den Nähten aufplatzen

    11) (come by chance, duty, etc.) fallen (to an + Akk.)

    it fell to me or to my lot to do it — das Los, es tun zu müssen, hat mich getroffen

    fall into decay[Gebäude:] verfallen

    fall into a swoon or faint — in Ohnmacht fallen

    12) [Auge, Strahl, Licht, Schatten:] fallen ( upon auf + Akk.)
    13) (have specified place) liegen (on, to auf + Dat., within in + Dat.)

    fall into or under a category — in od. unter eine Kategorie fallen

    14) (occur) fallen (on auf + Akk.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/26285/fall_about">fall about
    * * *
    [fo:l] 1. past tense - fell; verb
    1) (to go down from a higher level usually unintentionally: The apple fell from the tree; Her eye fell on an old book.) fallen
    2) ((often with over) to go down to the ground etc from an upright position, usually by accident: She fell (over).) fallen
    3) (to become lower or less: The temperature is falling.) fallen
    4) (to happen or occur: Easter falls early this year.) stattfinden
    5) (to enter a certain state or condition: She fell asleep; They fell in love.) fallen
    6) ((formal: only with it as subject) to come as one's duty etc: It falls to me to take care of the children.) überlassen bleiben
    2. noun
    1) (the act of falling: He had a fall.) der Sturz
    2) ((a quantity of) something that has fallen: a fall of snow.) der Fall
    3) (capture or (political) defeat: the fall of Rome.) der Fall
    4) ((American) the autumn: Leaves change colour in the fall.) der Herbst
    - falls
    - fallout
    - his
    - her face fell
    - fall away
    - fall back
    - fall back on
    - fall behind
    - fall down
    - fall flat
    - fall for
    - fall in with
    - fall off
    - fall on/upon
    - fall out
    - fall short
    - fall through
    * * *
    [fɔ:l, AM esp fɑ:l]
    I. NOUN
    1. (tumble, drop) Fall m; (harder) Sturz m
    she broke her leg in the \fall sie brach sich bei dem Sturz das Bein
    to break sb's \fall jds Sturz abfangen
    to have a \fall hinfallen; (harder) stürzen
    to take a \fall stürzen; (from a horse) vom Pferd fallen
    to have [or take] a nasty \fall schwer stürzen
    2. no pl (descent) Fallen nt; of leaves Herabfallen nt geh; (drop) of an axe, a guillotine Herunterfallen nt; of a level also [Ab]sinken nt
    the audience roared at the \fall of the curtain das Publikum brüllte, als der Vorhang fiel
    at the \fall of the tide bei Ebbe f
    the rise and \fall of the tide Ebbe und Flut
    3. METEO, GEOG
    \fall of earth Erdrutsch m
    [heavy] \falls of rain/snow [heftige] Regen-/Schneefälle
    \fall of rock Steinschlag m
    4. SPORT (in wrestling) Schultersieg m
    5. no pl (slope) Gefälle nt
    6. no pl (decrease) Rückgang m (in + gen); in support Nachlassen nt (in + gen); in a level also Sinken nt (in + gen)
    there was a \fall in support for his party at the last election die Unterstützung für seine Partei hat bei den letzten Wahlen nachgelassen
    \fall in demand/price/temperature Nachfrage-/Preis-/Temperaturrückgang m
    there has been a slight \fall in the price of petrol der Benzinpreis ist leicht zurückgegangen
    sudden \fall in price Preissturz m
    \fall in pressure Druckabfall m
    \fall in moral standards Verfall m der Sitten
    a sharp \fall in temperature ein Temperaturabfall m, ein Temperatursturz m
    \fall in value Wertverlust m
    7. no pl (defeat) of a city Einnahme f; of a dictator, regime Sturz m
    the \fall of the Berlin Wall/Iron Curtain der Fall der Berliner Mauer/des Eisernen Vorhangs
    the \fall of Constantinople die Eroberung Konstantinopels
    the \fall of the Roman Empire der Untergang des Römischen Reiches
    \fall from power Entmachtung f
    the F\fall [of Man] der Sündenfall
    9. AM (autumn) Herbst m
    10. (waterfall)
    \falls pl Wasserfall m
    [the] Victoria F\falls die Viktoriafälle
    11.
    to be as innocent as Adam before the F\fall ( saying) so unschuldig sein wie Adam vor dem Sündenfall
    to take a [or the] \fall for sb/sth AM ( fam) für jdn/etw die Schuld auf sich akk nehmen, für jdn/etw einstehen
    AM (sun, weather) Herbst-
    \fall clothing Herbstkleidung f
    \fall collection Herbstkollektion f
    \fall plowing Wintersaat f
    <fell, fallen>
    1. (drop, tumble) fallen; (harder) stürzen; (topple) person hinfallen; (harder) stürzen; tree, post, pillar umfallen; (harder) umstürzen
    he fell badly and broke his arm er stürzte schwer und brach sich den Arm
    the bridge fell into the river die Brücke stürzte ins Wasser
    her horse fell at a fence ihr Pferd blieb an einem Hindernis hängen
    the bomb fell on the church and totally destroyed it die Bombe fiel auf die Kirche und zerstörte sie vollständig
    the picture's \fallen behind the piano das Bild ist hinter das Klavier gefallen
    to \fall into sb's/each other's arms jdm/sich in die Arme fallen
    to \fall into bed ins Bett fallen
    to \fall under a bus/train unter einen Bus/Zug geraten
    to \fall to one's death in den Tod stürzen
    to \fall flat on one's face aufs Gesicht [o fam auf die Nase] fallen
    to \fall on the floor/to the ground auf den Boden fallen
    to \fall to one's knees auf die Knie fallen
    to \fall down dead tot umfallen
    2. (hang) fallen
    to \fall loosely locker fallen
    to \fall around/on/to sth auf etw akk fallen [o geh herabhängen]
    his hair fell around his shoulders in golden curls sein Haar fiel ihm in goldenen Locken auf die Schulter
    her hair fell to her waist ihr Haar reichte ihr bis zur Taille
    to \fall into sth in etw akk fallen
    a curl/a strand of hair fell into her face eine Locke/Strähne fiel ihr ins Gesicht
    3. (descend) fallen; light, shadow
    to \fall across/on/over sth auf etw akk fallen; blow, weapon
    to \fall on sb/sth jdn/etw treffen; ( fig) darkness, night hereinbrechen; ( fig) silence
    to \fall on sb/sth jdn/etw überfallen
    the audience was still laughing as the curtain fell als der Vorhang fiel, lachte das Publikum immer noch
    the snow had been \falling all day es hatte den ganzen Tag über geschneit
    more rain had \fallen overnight über Nacht hatte es noch mehr geregnet
    darkness \falls early in the tropics in den Tropen wird es früh dunkel
    night was already \falling es begann bereits dunkel zu werden
    the blows continued to \fall on him die Schläge prasselten weiter auf ihn nieder
    the axe looks likely to \fall on 500 jobs 500 Stellen werden wahrscheinlich gestrichen werden
    silence fell on the group of men [ein] Schweigen überfiel die Männer
    4. (slope) [steil] abfallen
    5. (decrease) sinken; price, temperature, pressure, value also fallen; demand, sales, numbers also zurückgehen; ( fig) barometer fallen
    water supplies have \fallen to danger levels der Wasservorrat ist auf einen gefährlich niedrigen Stand abgesunken
    the attendance fell well below the expected figure die Besucherzahlen blieben weit hinter den erwarteten Zahlen zurück
    church attendance has \fallen dramatically die Anzahl der Kirchenbesucher ist drastisch zurückgegangen [o gesunken]
    \falling prices pl Preisrückgang m
    6. (be defeated) government, regime, politician gestürzt werden; empire untergehen; city, town eingenommen werden, fallen
    to \fall from power seines Amtes enthoben werden
    to \fall to sb jdm in die Hände fallen
    Basildon finally fell to Labour at the last election Basildon fiel in der letzten Wahl Labour zu
    7. (lose a position, status) fallen
    to \fall in the charts/the table in den Charts/der Tabelle fallen
    to have \fallen to the bottom of the league table ganz unten in der Tabelle stehen
    to \fall in sb's estimation in jds Achtung sinken
    8. (fail)
    to stand or \fall on sth mit etw dat stehen und fallen
    the proposal will stand or \fall on the possible tax breaks der Vorschlag wird mit den zu erwartenden Steuervergünstigungen stehen und fallen
    9. ( liter: die in a battle) fallen
    10. (be) liegen
    Easter \falls early/late this year Ostern ist dieses Jahr früh/spät
    this year, my birthday \falls on a Monday diese Jahr fällt mein Geburtstag auf einen Montag
    the accent \falls on the second syllable der Akzent liegt auf der zweiten Silbe
    11. (belong)
    to \fall into sth in etw akk fallen
    to \fall into a category/class in [o unter] eine Kategorie/Klasse fallen
    to \fall outside sth nicht in etw akk fallen
    this matter \falls outside the area for which we are responsible diese Sache fällt nicht in unseren Zuständigkeitsbereich
    to \fall under sth in etw akk fallen
    that side of the business \falls under my department dieser Geschäftsteil fällt in meinen Zuständigkeitsbereich
    that \falls under the heading... das fällt unter die Rubrik...
    to \fall within sth in etw akk fallen
    any offence committed in this state \falls within the jurisdiction of this court jedes Vergehen, das in diesem Staat begangen wird, fällt in den Zuständigkeitsbereich dieses Gerichts
    12. (be divided)
    to \fall into sth sich in etw akk gliedern
    the text \falls into three sections der Text gliedert sich in drei Kategorien
    to \fall prey [or victim] to sb/sth jdm/etw zum Opfer fallen
    to \fall asleep einschlafen
    to \fall due fällig sein
    to \fall foul of sb mit jdm Streit bekommen
    to \fall foul of a law [or regulation] ein Gesetz übertreten
    to \fall ill [or sick] krank werden
    to \fall open aufklappen
    to \fall silent verstummen
    to \fall vacant frei werden
    14. (enter a particular state)
    to \fall into debt sich akk verschulden
    to \fall into disrepair [or decay] verkommen
    to \fall into disrepute in Misskredit geraten
    to \fall into disuse nicht mehr benutzt werden
    to \fall into error/sin REL sich akk versündigen
    to \fall out of favour [or AM favor] [with sb] [bei jdm] nicht mehr gefragt sein
    to \fall into the habit of doing sth sich dat angewöhnen, etw zu tun
    to \fall into hysterics sich akk vor Lachen kringeln fam
    to \fall under the influence of sb/sth unter den Einfluss einer Person/einer S. gen geraten
    to \fall in love [with sb/sth] sich akk [in jdn/etw] verlieben
    to \fall out of love [with sb/sth] nicht mehr [in jdn/etw] verliebt sein
    to \fall into a reflective mood ins Grübeln kommen
    to have \fallen under the spell of sb/sth von jdm/etw verzaubert sein
    15.
    to \fall on deaf ears auf taube Ohren stoßen
    to \fall out of one's dress ( fam) aus allen Wolken fallen fam
    sb's face fell jd machte ein langes Gesicht
    to \fall into the hands [or clutches] of sb jdm in die Hände fallen
    to \fall on hard times harte Zeiten durchleben
    to \fall in [or into] line [with sth] sich akk [etw dat] anpassen
    to \fall to pieces plan, relationship in die Brüche gehen; person zerbrechen
    to \fall into place (work out) sich akk von selbst ergeben; (make sense) einen Sinn ergeben, [einen] Sinn machen fam
    to \fall short [of sth] etw nicht erreichen
    to \fall short of sb's expectations hinter jds Erwartungen zurückbleiben
    to \fall on stony ground auf felsigen Grund fallen liter
    to \fall among thieves ( old) unter die Räuber fallen veraltet
    to \fall into a/sb's trap in die/jdm in die Falle gehen
    I was afraid that I might be \falling into a trap ich hatte Angst, in eine Falle zu laufen
    they fell into the trap of overestimating their own ability sie haben ihre eigenen Fähigkeiten völlig überschätzt
    to \fall to a whisper in einen Flüsterton verfallen
    * * *
    [fɔːl] vb: pret fell, ptp fallen
    1. n
    1) (lit, fig: tumble) Fall m no pl, Sturz m; (= decline of empire etc) Untergang m

    to have a fall — (hin)fallen, stürzen

    2) (= defeat of town, fortress etc) Einnahme f, Eroberung f; (of Troy) Fall m; (of country) Zusammenbruch m; (of government) Sturz m
    3)

    fall of rain/snow — Regen-/Schneefall m

    4) (of night) Einbruch m
    5) (= lowering) Sinken nt; (in temperature) Abfall m, Sinken nt; (sudden) Sturz m; (of barometer) Fallen nt; (sudden) Sturz m; (in wind) Nachlassen nt; (in revs, population, membership) Abnahme f; (in graph) Abfall m; (in morals) Verfall m; (of prices, currency, gradual) Sinken nt; (sudden) Sturz m
    6) (= slope of roof, ground) Gefälle nt; (steeper) Abfall m
    7) (= waterfall also falls) Wasserfall m
    8) (WRESTLING) Schultersieg m
    9) (= hang of curtains etc) Fall m
    10) (US: autumn) Herbst m

    in the fallim Herbst

    2. vi
    1) (lit, fig: tumble) fallen; (SPORT, from a height, badly) stürzen; (object, to the ground) herunterfallen
    2) (= hang down hair, clothes etc) fallen
    3) (snow, rain) fallen
    4) (= drop temperature, price) fallen, sinken; (population, membership etc) abnehmen; (voice) sich senken; (wind) sich legen, nachlassen; (land) abfallen; (graph, curve, rate) abnehmen; (steeply) abfallen
    5) (= be defeated country) eingenommen werden; (city, fortress) fallen, erobert or eingenommen werden; (government, ruler) gestürzt werden

    to fall to the enemy — vom Feind eingenommen werden; (fortress, town also) vom Feind erobert werden

    6) (= be killed) fallen
    7) (night) hereinbrechen; (silence) eintreten
    8) (BIBL) den Sündenfall tun; (old, girl) die Unschuld or Ehre verlieren (dated)
    9) (= occur birthday, Easter etc) fallen (on auf +acc); (accent) liegen (on auf +dat); (= be classified) gehören (under in +acc), fallen (under unter +acc)

    that falls within/outside the scope of... — das fällt in/nicht in den Bereich +gen..., das liegt innerhalb/außerhalb des Bereichs +gen...

    10) (= be naturally divisible) zerfallen, sich gliedern (into in +acc)
    11) (fig)

    where do you think the responsibility/blame for that will fall? — wem wird Ihrer Meinung nach die Verantwortung dafür/die Schuld daran gegeben?

    12) (= become) werden

    to fall ill — krank werden, erkranken (geh)

    to fall out of love with sb — aufhören, jdn zu lieben

    13)

    (= pass into a certain state) to fall into decline (building) — verkommen; (economy) schlechter werden

    to fall into a state of unconsciousness — das Bewusstsein verlieren, in Ohnmacht fallen

    to fall apart or to pieces (chairs, cars, book etc)aus dem Leim gehen (inf); (clothes, curtains) sich in Wohlgefallen auflösen (inf); (house) verfallen; (system, company, sb's life) aus den Fugen geraten or gehen

    I fell apart when he left me — meine Welt brach zusammen, als er mich verließ

    14)

    (in set constructions see also n, adj etc) to fall into the hands of sb —

    * * *
    fall [fɔːl]
    A s
    1. Fall m, Sturz m, Fallen n:
    fall from ( oder out of) the window Sturz aus dem Fenster;
    have a bad ( oder heavy) fall schwer stürzen;
    a) verwegen reiten,
    b) auch head for a fall fig das Schicksal oder Unheil herausfordern, ins Unglück rennen;
    take the fall for sb umg für jemanden den Kopf hinhalten
    2. a) (Ab)Fallen n (der Blätter etc)
    b) besonders US Herbst m:
    in fall im Herbst;
    fall weather Herbstwetter n
    3. Fall m, Herabfallen n, Faltenwurf m (von Stoff)
    4. Fallen n (des Vorhangs)
    5. TECH Niedergang m (des Kolbens etc)
    6. Zusammenfallen n, Einsturz m (eines Gebäudes)
    7. PHYS
    a) free fall
    b) Fallhöhe f, -strecke f
    8. a) (Regen-, Schnee) Fall m
    b) Regen-, Schnee-, Niederschlagsmenge f
    9. Fallen n, Sinken n (der Flut, Temperatur etc):
    fall in demand WIRTSCH Nachfragerückgang m;
    ( heavy oder sudden) fall in prices Preis-, Kurssturz m;
    speculate for a fall auf Baisse oder à la baisse spekulieren; operate A 4
    10. Abfall(en) m(n), Gefälle n, Neigung f (des Geländes):
    a sharp fall ein starkes Gefälle
    11. (Wasser) Fall m:
    12. An-, Einbruch m (der Nacht etc)
    13. Fall m, Sturz m, Nieder-, Untergang m, Verfall m, Ende n:
    the fall of Troy der Fall von Troja;
    fall of life fig Herbst m des Lebens
    14. a) (moralischer) Verfall
    b) Fall m, Fehltritt m:
    the Fall, the fall of man BIBEL der (erste) Sündenfall
    15. JAGD
    a) Fall m, Tod m (von Wild)
    b) Falle f
    16. AGR, ZOOL Wurf m (Lämmer etc)
    17. Ringen: Niederwurf m:
    win by fall Schultersieg m;
    try a fall with sb fig sich mit jemandem messen
    B v/i prät fell [fel], pperf fallen [ˈfɔːlən]
    1. fallen:
    the curtain falls der Vorhang fällt
    2. (ab)fallen (Blätter etc)
    3. (herunter)fallen, abstürzen:
    he fell to his death er stürzte tödlich ab
    4. (um-, hin-, nieder)fallen, stürzen, zu Fall kommen, zu Boden fallen (Person):
    he fell badly ( oder heavily) er stürzte schwer; flat1 C 1
    5. umfallen, -stürzen (Baum etc)
    6. (in Locken oder Falten etc) (herab)fallen
    7. fig fallen:
    a) (im Krieg) umkommen
    b) erobert werden (Stadt)
    c) gestürzt werden (Regierung)
    d) (moralisch) sinken
    e) die Unschuld verlieren, einen Fehltritt begehen (Frau)
    f) SPORT gebrochen werden (Rekord etc)
    8. fig fallen, sinken (Flut, Preis, Temperatur etc):
    the temperature has fallen (by) 10 degrees die Temperatur ist um 10 Grad gesunken;
    the wind falls der Wind legt sich oder lässt nach;
    his courage fell sein Mut sank;
    his voice (eyes) fell er senkte die Stimme (den Blick);
    his face fell er machte ein langes Gesicht;
    falling visitor numbers zurückgehende Besucherzahlen; birthrate
    9. abfallen (toward[s] zu … hin) (Gelände etc)
    10. auch fall apart zerfallen:
    fall apart ( oder asunder, in two) auseinanderfallen, entzweigehen; piece A 2
    11. (zeitlich) eintreten, fallen:
    Easter falls late this year Ostern ist oder fällt oder liegt dieses Jahr spät
    12. sich ereignen
    13. hereinbrechen (Nacht etc)
    14. fig fallen (Worte etc):
    the remark fell from him er ließ die Bemerkung fallen
    15. krank, fällig etc werden:
    fall heir to sth etwas erben
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (act or manner of falling) Fallen, das; (of person) Sturz, der

    fall of snow/rain — Schnee-/Regenfall, der

    2) (collapse, defeat) Fall, der; (of dynasty, empire) Untergang, der; (of government) Sturz, der
    3) (slope) Abfall, der (to zu, nach)
    4) (Amer.): (autumn) Herbst, der
    2. intransitive verb,
    1) fallen; [Person:] [hin]fallen, stürzen; [Pferd:] stürzen

    fall off something, fall down from something — von etwas [herunter]fallen

    fall down [into] something — in etwas (Akk.) [hinein]fallen

    fall down the stairs — die Treppe herunter-/hinunterfallen

    fall [flat] on one's face — (lit. or fig.) auf die Nase fallen (ugs.)

    rain/snow is falling — es regnet/schneit

    2) (fig.) [Nacht, Dunkelheit:] hereinbrechen; [Abend:] anbrechen; [Stille:] eintreten
    3) (fig.): (be uttered) fallen
    4) (become detached) [Blätter:] [ab]fallen

    fall out[Haare, Federn:] ausfallen

    5) (sink to lower level) sinken; [Barometer:] fallen; [Absatz, Verkauf:] zurückgehen

    fall into sin/temptation — eine Sünde begehen/der Versuchung er- od. unterliegen

    6) (subside) [Wasserspiegel, Gezeitenhöhe:] fallen; [Wind:] sich legen

    his/her face fell — er/sie machte ein langes Gesicht (ugs.)

    8) (be defeated) [Festung, Stadt:] fallen; [Monarchie, Regierung:] gestürzt werden; [Reich:] untergehen
    9) (perish) [Soldat:] fallen
    10) (collapse, break) einstürzen

    fall to pieces, fall apart — [Buch, Wagen:] auseinander fallen

    11) (come by chance, duty, etc.) fallen (to an + Akk.)

    it fell to me or to my lot to do it — das Los, es tun zu müssen, hat mich getroffen

    fall into decay[Gebäude:] verfallen

    fall into a swoon or faint — in Ohnmacht fallen

    12) [Auge, Strahl, Licht, Schatten:] fallen ( upon auf + Akk.)
    13) (have specified place) liegen (on, to auf + Dat., within in + Dat.)

    fall into or under a category — in od. unter eine Kategorie fallen

    14) (occur) fallen (on auf + Akk.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    (US) n.
    Herbst -e m. (of a regime, society) n.
    Verfall -¨e m. n.
    Fall ¨-e m.
    Sturz ¨-e m. v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: fell, fallen)
    = absinken v.
    fallen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: fiel, ist gefallen)
    purzeln v.
    stürzen v.

    English-german dictionary > fall

  • 69 historical

    adjective
    1) historisch; geschichtlich [Belege, Hintergrund]
    2) (belonging to the past) in früheren Zeiten üblich [Methode]
    * * *
    [-'sto-]
    1) (of or about history; of or about people or events from history: historical research; historical novels.) historisch
    2) (that actually happened or existed, not legendary or mythical: Was Shakespeare's character Macbeth a historical person?) historisch
    * * *
    his·tori·cal
    [hɪˈstɒrɪkəl, AM -ˈstɔ:r-]
    1. (concerning history) geschichtlich, historisch
    \historical accuracy Geschichtstreue f
    \historical documents historische Dokumente
    famous \historical figures berühmte historische Figuren
    \historical novel historischer Roman
    2. FIN
    \historical cost historische Kosten pl
    \historical data + sing/pl vb Vergangenheitsdaten pl
    * * *
    [hIs'tɒrIkəl]
    adj
    historisch; studies, background, investigation, method also geschichtlich
    * * *
    A adj (adv historically)
    1. academic.ru/35049/historic">historic 1
    2. historisch:
    a) geschichtlich (belegt oder überliefert) (Ereignis etc):
    historical painter Historienmaler(in);
    historical painting Historienmalerei f; Historienbild n
    b) mit Geschichte befasst, Geschichts…:
    historical geography historische Geografie;
    historical linguistics pl (als sg konstruiert) historische Sprachwissenschaft;
    historical science Geschichtswissenschaft f
    c) geschichtlich orientiert:
    historical geology historische Geologie;
    historical materialism historischer Materialismus;
    historical method historische Methode;
    historical school WIRTSCH historische Schule
    d) geschichtlich(en Inhalts):
    historical novel historischer Roman
    3. LING historisch (Grammatik):
    historical present historisches Präsens
    B s US historischer Film oder Roman, historisches Drama
    * * *
    adjective
    1) historisch; geschichtlich [Belege, Hintergrund]
    2) (belonging to the past) in früheren Zeiten üblich [Methode]
    * * *
    adj.
    geschichtlich adj.
    historisch adj.

    English-german dictionary > historical

  • 70 produce

    1. noun
    Produkte Pl.; Erzeugnisse Pl.

    ‘produce of Spain’ — "spanisches Erzeugnis"

    2. transitive verb
    1) (bring forward) erbringen [Beweis]; vorlegen [Beweismaterial]; beibringen [Zeugen]; geben [Erklärung]; vorzeigen [Pass, Fahrkarte, Papiere]; herausholen [Brieftasche, Portemonnaie, Pistole]

    he produced a few coins from his pocketer holte einige Münzen aus seiner Tasche

    2) produzieren [Show, Film]; inszenieren [Theaterstück, Hörspiel, Fernsehspiel]; herausgeben [Schallplatte, Buch]

    well-producedgut gemacht [Film, Theaterstück, Programm]

    3) (manufacture) herstellen; zubereiten [Mahlzeit]; (in nature; Agric.) produzieren
    4) (create) schreiben [Roman, Gedichte, Artikel, Aufsatz, Symphonie]; schaffen [Gemälde, Skulptur, Meisterwerk]; aufstellen [Theorie]
    5) (cause) hervorrufen; bewirken [Änderung]
    6) (bring into being) erzeugen; führen zu [Situation, Lage, Zustände]
    7) (yield) erzeugen [Ware, Produkt]; geben [Milch]; tragen [Wolle]; legen [Eier]; liefern [Ernte]; fördern [Metall, Kohle]; abwerfen [Ertrag, Gewinn]; hervorbringen [Dichter, Denker, Künstler]; führen zu [Resultat]
    8) (bear) gebären; [Säugetier:] werfen; [Vogel, Reptil:] legen [Eier]; [Fisch, Insekt:] ablegen [Eier]; [Baum, Blume:] tragen [Früchte, Blüten]; entwickeln [Triebe]; bilden [Keime]
    * * *
    1. [prə'dju:s] verb
    1) (to bring out: She produced a letter from her pocket.) hervorholen
    2) (to give birth to: A cow produces one or two calves a year.) erzeugen
    3) (to cause: His joke produced a shriek of laughter from the children.) bewirken
    4) (to make or manufacture: The factory produces furniture.) produzieren
    5) (to give or yield: The country produces enough food for the population.) produzieren
    6) (to arrange and prepare (a theatre performance, film, television programme etc): The play was produced by Henry Dobson.) produzieren, inszenieren
    2. ['prodju:s] noun
    (something that is produced, especially crops, eggs, milk etc from farms: agricultural/farm produce.) das Produkt
    - academic.ru/58165/producer">producer
    - product
    - production
    - productive
    - productivity
    * * *
    pro·duce
    I. vt
    [prəˈdju:s, AM -ˈdu:s]
    to \produce sth etw herstellen [o produzieren]
    to \produce antibodies/red blood cells Antikörper/rote Blutkörperchen produzieren
    to \produce coal/oil Kohle/Erdöl fördern
    to \produce electricity Strom erzeugen
    to \produce ideas/thoughts Ideen/Gedanken entwickeln
    to \produce an illusion eine falsche Vorstellung erwecken
    to \produce a meal eine Mahlzeit zubereiten
    to \produce noise Lärm verursachen
    to \produce a novel/report einen Roman/Bericht schreiben [o verfassen]
    to \produce an odour einen Geruch absondern
    to \produce a painting/a sculpture ein Gemälde/eine Skulptur schaffen
    to \produce a shadow einen Schatten werfen
    to \produce a state of hypnosis einen Hypnosezustand herbeiführen
    to \produce static/sparks atmosphärische Störungen/Funken verursachen [o hervorrufen]
    to \produce wheat Weizen produzieren
    to \produce sth etw bewirken [o hervorrufen]
    to \produce a change eine Änderung bewirken
    to \produce an echo ein Echo hervorrufen
    to \produce an effect eine Wirkung erzielen
    to \produce hysteria/uncertainty Hysterie/Unsicherheit hervorrufen
    to \produce profits/revenue Gewinne/Erträge erzielen [o einbringen]
    to \produce results zu Ergebnissen führen
    to \produce a shift in public opinion die öffentliche Meinung ändern
    to \produce sb/sth jdn/etw zur Welt bringen
    to \produce kittens/puppies/young [Katzen]junge/Welpen/Junge bekommen
    to \produce offspring Nachwuchs bekommen, für Nachwuchs sorgen hum
    4. FILM, MUS
    to \produce sth film, programme etw produzieren; THEAT play, opera etw inszenieren
    to \produce top artists Spitzenkünstler/Spitzenkünstlerinnen produzieren
    to \produce a CD/record eine CD/Schallplatte produzieren
    5. (show)
    to \produce sth etw hervorholen
    to \produce a gun/a knife/a weapon eine Pistole/ein Messer/eine Waffe ziehen
    to \produce identification/one's passport seinen Ausweis/Pass zeigen
    to \produce a present ein Geschenk hervorzaubern
    to \produce a receipt eine Quittung vorlegen
    6. LAW
    to \produce an alibi/a witness ein Alibi/einen Zeugen/eine Zeugin beibringen
    to \produce evidence/proof den Beweis/Nachweis erbringen
    II. vi
    [prəˈdju:s, AM -ˈdu:s]
    1. (bring results) Ergebnisse erzielen; ECON einen Gewinn erwirtschaften
    2. (give output) produzieren; mine fördern
    3. (be fertile) humans Nachwuchs bekommen; plant Früchte tragen; land ertragreich sein
    4. FILM einen Film produzieren; THEAT ein Stück inszenieren
    III. n
    [ˈprɒdju:s, AM ˈprɑ:du:s, ˈproʊ-]
    1. AGR Erzeugnisse pl, Produkte pl
    dairy \produce Milchprodukte pl, Molkereiprodukte pl
    French \produce [or \produce of France] französische Erzeugnisse
    2. AM (fruit and vegetables) Obst nt und Gemüse nt
    IV. n
    [ˈprɒdju:s, AM ˈprɑ:du:s, ˈproʊ-]
    modifier AM (market, order, purveyor) Obst- und Gemüse-
    \produce section Obst- und Gemüseabteilung f
    * * *
    ['prɒdjuːs]
    1. n no pl (AGR)
    Produkt(e pl), Erzeugnis(se) nt(pl)

    Italian produce, produce of Italy — italienisches Erzeugnis

    2. vt
    [prə'djuːs]
    1) (= yield) produzieren; (IND) produzieren, herstellen; electricity, energy, heat erzeugen; crop abwerfen; coal fördern, produzieren; (= create) book, article, essay schreiben; painting, sculpture anfertigen; ideas, novel etc, masterpiece hervorbringen; interest, return on capital bringen, abwerfen; meal machen, herstellen

    the sort of environment that produces criminal types —

    to be well produced — gut gemacht sein; (goods also) gut gearbeitet sein

    2) (= bring forward, show) gift, wallet etc hervorholen (from, out of aus); pistol ziehen (from, out of aus); proof, evidence liefern, beibringen; results liefern; effect erzielen; witness beibringen; ticket, documents vorzeigen

    she managed to produce something special for dinner — es gelang ihr, zum Abendessen etwas Besonderes auf den Tisch zu bringen

    I can't produce it out of thin airich kann es doch nicht aus dem Nichts hervorzaubern or aus dem Ärmel schütteln (inf)

    if we don't produce results soon —

    3) play inszenieren; film produzieren
    4) (= cause) famine, bitterness, impression, interest etc hervorrufen; spark erzeugen
    5) (MATH) line verlängern
    3. vi
    [prə'djuːs]
    1) (THEAT) das/ein Stück inszenieren; (FILM) den/einen Film produzieren
    2) (factory, mine) produzieren; (land) Ertrag bringen; (tree) tragen

    this cow hasn't produced for years (produced calf) (produced milk) when is she going to produce? (hum)diese Kuh hat jahrelang nicht mehr gekalbt diese Kuh hat jahrelang keine Milch mehr gegeben wann ist es denn so weit?

    it's about time that you produced (hum)es wird bald Zeit, dass ihr mal an Nachwuchs denkt

    * * *
    produce [prəˈdjuːs; US auch -ˈduːs]
    A v/t
    1. a) Künstler etc hervorbringen, Werke etc schaffen
    b) hervorrufen, bewirken, eine Wirkung erzielen:
    produce a smile ein Lächeln hervorrufen
    2. Waren etc produzieren, erzeugen, herstellen, fertigen, ein Buch herausbringen oder verfassen, Erz, Kohle etc gewinnen, fördern
    3. a) BOT Früchte etc hervorbringen
    b) ZOOL Junge werfen
    c) hum ein Kind etc bekommen
    4. WIRTSCH einen Gewinn etc (ein)bringen, (-)tragen, abwerfen, erzielen:
    capital produces interest Kapital trägt oder bringt Zinsen
    5. heraus-, hervorziehen, -holen ( alle:
    from aus der Tasche etc)
    6. seinen Ausweis etc (vor)zeigen, vorlegen
    7. Zeugen, Beweise etc beibringen
    8. Gründe vorbringen, anführen
    9. einen Film produzieren, herausbringen, ein Theaterstück, Hör- oder Fernsehspiel
    a) aufführen
    b) einstudieren, inszenieren, THEAT, RADIO Br Regie führen bei:
    produce o.s. fig sich produzieren
    10. einen Schauspieler etc herausbringen
    11. MATH eine Linie verlängern
    B v/i
    1. produzieren:
    the factory has not yet begun to produce die Fabrik hat die Produktion noch nicht aufgenommen
    2. a) BOT (Früchte) tragen
    b) ZOOL werfen
    c) hum Nachwuchs bekommen
    3. WIRTSCH Gewinn(e) abwerfen
    C s produce [ˈprɒdjuːs; US ˈprɑduːs]
    1. (Boden-, Landes) Produkte pl, (Natur) Erzeugnis(se) n(pl):
    produce exchange Produktenbörse f;
    produce market Waren-, Produktenmarkt m
    2. Ertrag m, Gewinn m
    3. TECH (Erz)Ausbeute f
    4. TECH Leistung f, Ausstoß m
    prod abk
    * * *
    1. noun
    Produkte Pl.; Erzeugnisse Pl.

    ‘produce of Spain’ — "spanisches Erzeugnis"

    2. transitive verb
    1) (bring forward) erbringen [Beweis]; vorlegen [Beweismaterial]; beibringen [Zeugen]; geben [Erklärung]; vorzeigen [Pass, Fahrkarte, Papiere]; herausholen [Brieftasche, Portemonnaie, Pistole]
    2) produzieren [Show, Film]; inszenieren [Theaterstück, Hörspiel, Fernsehspiel]; herausgeben [Schallplatte, Buch]

    well-producedgut gemacht [Film, Theaterstück, Programm]

    3) (manufacture) herstellen; zubereiten [Mahlzeit]; (in nature; Agric.) produzieren
    4) (create) schreiben [Roman, Gedichte, Artikel, Aufsatz, Symphonie]; schaffen [Gemälde, Skulptur, Meisterwerk]; aufstellen [Theorie]
    5) (cause) hervorrufen; bewirken [Änderung]
    6) (bring into being) erzeugen; führen zu [Situation, Lage, Zustände]
    7) (yield) erzeugen [Ware, Produkt]; geben [Milch]; tragen [Wolle]; legen [Eier]; liefern [Ernte]; fördern [Metall, Kohle]; abwerfen [Ertrag, Gewinn]; hervorbringen [Dichter, Denker, Künstler]; führen zu [Resultat]
    8) (bear) gebären; [Säugetier:] werfen; [Vogel, Reptil:] legen [Eier]; [Fisch, Insekt:] ablegen [Eier]; [Baum, Blume:] tragen [Früchte, Blüten]; entwickeln [Triebe]; bilden [Keime]
    * * *
    n.
    Gewachs -¨e n. v.
    erzeugen v.
    herstellen v.
    hervorholen v.
    produzieren v.
    vorweisen v.
    vorzeigen v.

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  • 71 saga

    noun
    1) (story of adventure) Heldenepos, das (fig.); (medieval narrative) Saga, die (Literaturw.)
    2) (coll.): (long involved story) [ganzer] Roman (fig.)
    * * *
    (a long, detailed story: I expect he told you the saga of his troubles.) die Saga
    * * *
    [ˈsɑ:gə]
    n
    1. LIT (medieval story) Saga f; (long family novel) Familienroman m
    2. ( pej: long involved story) Geschichte f pej, Story f pej fam
    he made me listen to the whole sorry \saga of his lost cat ich musste mir das ganze Gejammer über seine entlaufene Katze anhören
    a \saga of corruption eine Kette von Korruptionsfällen
    * * *
    ['sAːgə]
    n
    Saga f; (= novel also) Generationsroman m; (fig) Geschichte f, Story f (inf)
    * * *
    saga [ˈsɑːɡə] s
    2. Sage f, (Helden)Erzählung f
    3. (Familien- etc) Geschichte f
    4. pej (ganzer) Roman
    * * *
    noun
    1) (story of adventure) Heldenepos, das (fig.); (medieval narrative) Saga, die (Literaturw.)
    2) (coll.): (long involved story) [ganzer] Roman (fig.)
    * * *
    n.
    Saga -s f.

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  • 72 Wren, Sir Christopher

    [br]
    b. 20 October 1632 East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England
    d. 25 February 1723 London, England
    [br]
    English architect whose background in scientific research and achievement enhanced his handling of many near-intractable architectural problems.
    [br]
    Born into a High Church and Royalist family, the young Wren early showed outstanding intellectual ability and at Oxford in 1654 was described as "that miracle of a youth". Educated at Westminster School, he went up to Oxford, where he graduated at the age of 19 and obtained his master's degree two years later. From this time onwards his interests were in science, primarily astronomy but also physics, engineering and meteorology. While still at college he developed theories about and experimentally solved some fifty varied problems. At the age of 25 Wren was appointed to the Chair of Astronomy at Gresham College in London, but he soon returned to Oxford as Savilian Professor of Astronomy there. At the same time he became one of the founder members of the Society of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford, which was awarded its Royal Charter soon after the Restoration of 1660; Wren, together with such men as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, John Evelyn and Robert Boyle, then found himself a member of the Royal Society.
    Wren's architectural career began with the classical chapel that he built, at the request of his uncle, the Bishop of Ely, for Pembroke College, Cambridge (1663). From this time onwards, until he died at the age of 91, he was fully occupied with a wide and taxing variety of architectural problems which he faced in the execution of all the great building schemes of the day. His scientific background and inventive mind stood him in good stead in solving such difficulties with an often unusual approach and concept. Nowhere was this more apparent than in his rebuilding of fifty-one churches in the City of London after the Great Fire, in the construction of the new St Paul's Cathedral and in the grand layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
    The first instance of Wren's approach to constructional problems was in his building of the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford (1664–9). He based his design upon that of the Roman Theatre of Marcellus (13–11 BC), which he had studied from drawings in Serlio's book of architecture. Wren's reputation as an architect was greatly enhanced by his solution to the roofing problem here. The original theatre in Rome, like all Roman-theatres, was a circular building open to the sky; this would be unsuitable in the climate of Oxford and Wren wished to cover the English counterpart without using supporting columns, which would have obscured the view of the stage. He solved this difficulty mathematically, with the aid of his colleague Dr Wallis, the Professor of Geometry, by means of a timber-trussed roof supporting a painted ceiling which represented the open sky.
    The City of London's churches were rebuilt over a period of nearly fifty years; the first to be completed and reopened was St Mary-at-Hill in 1676, and the last St Michael Cornhill in 1722, when Wren was 89. They had to be rebuilt upon the original medieval sites and they illustrate, perhaps more clearly than any other examples of Wren's work, the fertility of his imagination and his ability to solve the most intractable problems of site, limitation of space and variation in style and material. None of the churches is like any other. Of the varied sites, few are level or possess right-angled corners or parallel sides of equal length, and nearly all were hedged in by other, often larger, buildings. Nowhere is his versatility and inventiveness shown more clearly than in his designs for the steeples. There was no English precedent for a classical steeple, though he did draw upon the Dutch examples of the 1630s, because the London examples had been medieval, therefore Roman Catholic and Gothic, churches. Many of Wren's steeples are, therefore, Gothic steeples in classical dress, but many were of the greatest originality and delicate beauty: for example, St Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside; the "wedding cake" St Bride in Fleet Street; and the temple diminuendo concept of Christ Church in Newgate Street.
    In St Paul's Cathedral Wren showed his ingenuity in adapting the incongruous Royal Warrant Design of 1675. Among his gradual and successful amendments were the intriguing upper lighting of his two-storey choir and the supporting of the lantern by a brick cone inserted between the inner and outer dome shells. The layout of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich illustrates Wren's qualities as an overall large-scale planner and designer. His terms of reference insisted upon the incorporation of the earlier existing Queen's House, erected by Inigo Jones, and of John Webb's King Charles II block. The Queen's House, in particular, created a difficult problem as its smaller size rendered it out of scale with the newer structures. Wren's solution was to make it the focal centre of a great vista between the main flanking larger buildings; this was a masterstroke.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Knighted 1673. President, Royal Society 1681–3. Member of Parliament 1685–7 and 1701–2. Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital 1696. Surveyor, Westminster Abbey 1699.
    Surveyor-General 1669–1712.
    Further Reading
    R.Dutton, 1951, The Age of Wren, Batsford.
    M.Briggs, 1953, Wren the Incomparable, Allen \& Unwin. M.Whinney, 1971, Wren, Thames \& Hudson.
    K.Downes, 1971, Christopher Wren, Allen Lane.
    G.Beard, 1982, The Work of Sir Christopher Wren, Bartholomew.
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  • 73 out

    1.
    [aʊt]adverb
    1) (away from place)

    out here/there — hier/da draußen

    ‘Out’ — ‘Ausfahrt’/‘Ausgang’ od. ‘Aus’

    go out shoppingetc. einkaufen usw. gehen

    be out(not at home, not in one's office, etc.) nicht da sein

    she was/stayed out all night — sie war/blieb eine/die ganze Nacht weg

    have a day out in London/at the beach — einen Tag in London/am Strand verbringen

    would you come out with me?würdest du mit mir ausgehen?

    the journey outdie Hinfahrt

    he is out in Africaer ist in Afrika

    2)

    be out(asleep) weg sein (ugs.); (drunk) hinüber sein (ugs.); (unconscious) bewusstlos sein; (Boxing) aus sein

    3) (no longer burning) aus[gegangen]

    be 3% out in one's calculations — sich um 3% verrechnet haben

    you're a long way outdu hast dich gewaltig geirrt

    this is £5 out — das stimmt um 5 Pfund nicht

    5) (not in fashion) passee (ugs.); out (ugs.)
    6) (so as to be seen or heard) heraus; raus (ugs.)

    out with it!heraus od. (ugs.) raus damit od. mit der Sprache!

    [the] truth will out — die Wahrheit wird herauskommen

    the sun/moon is out — die Sonne/der Mond scheint

    7)

    be out for something/to do something — auf etwas (Akk.) aus sein/darauf aus sein, etwas zu tun

    be out for all one can get — alles haben wollen, was man bekommen kann

    8) (to or at an end)

    he had it finished before the day/month was out — er war noch am selben Tag/vor Ende des Monats damit fertig

    please hear me outlass mich bitte ausreden

    9)

    an out and out disgrace — eine ungeheure Schande. See also academic.ru/89686/out_of">out of

    2. noun
    (way of escape) Ausweg, der (fig.); (excuse) Alibi, das
    * * *
    (to allow to come in, go out: Let me in!; I let the dog out.) herein-, herauslassen
    * * *
    [aʊt]
    1. inv, pred
    to be \out (absent) abwesend [o nicht da] [o fam weg] sein; (on strike) sich akk im Ausstand befinden BRD, ÖSTERR; (demonstrating) auf die Straße gehen; (for consultation) jury sich akk zurückgezogen haben; borrowed from the library entliehen sein
    2. inv, pred (outside)
    to be \out [somewhere] [irgendwo] draußen sein; sun, moon, stars am Himmel stehen; prisoner [wieder] draußen sein fam
    everyone was \out on deck alle waren [draußen] an Deck
    3. inv, pred (on the move)
    to be \out unterwegs sein; army ausgerückt sein
    to be \out on one's rounds seine Runde machen
    to be \out and about unterwegs sein; (after an illness) wieder auf den Beinen sein
    4. inv, pred (in blossom)
    to be \out blühen; tree also in Blüte stehen
    5. inv, pred (available)
    to be \out erhältlich [o zu haben] sein; (on the market) auf dem Markt sein
    her novel has been \out for a over a year ihr Roman ist bereits vor über einem Jahr herausgekommen [o bereits seit über einem Jahr auf dem Markt]
    his new book will be \out in May sein neues Buch wird im Mai veröffentlicht [o kommt im Mai heraus
    6. inv, pred ( fam: existing)
    to be the best/worst... \out der/die/das beste/schlechteste... sein, den/die/das es zurzeit gibt
    he's the best footballer \out er ist der beste Fußballer, den es zurzeit gibt
    7. inv, pred (known)
    to be \out heraus [o fam raus] sein; secret gelüftet sein; news bekannt sein
    [the] truth will \out die Wahrheit wird ans Licht kommen
    8. inv, pred
    to be \out (asleep) schlafen; (unconscious) bewusstlos [o fam weg] sein
    to be \out cold bewusstlos sein
    to be \out for the count BOXING k.o. [o ausgezählt] sein; ( fig) total hinüber [o erledigt] [o SCHWEIZ durch] sein fam
    to be \out like a light ( fam) weg sein fam
    9. inv, pred (finished)
    to be \out aus [o zu Ende] [o vorbei] sein
    school will be \out in June die Schule endet im Juni
    before the month/year is \out vor Ende [o Ablauf] des Monats/Jahres
    10. inv, pred SPORT
    to be \out (not playing) nicht [mehr] im Spiel sein, draußen sein fam; (in cricket, baseball) aus sein; (outside a boundary) ball, player im Aus sein
    Johnson is \out on a foul Johnson wurde wegen eines Fouls vom Platz gestellt
    Owen is \out with an injury Owen ist mit einer Verletzung ausgeschieden
    11. inv, pred ( fam)
    to be \out (not in a competition, team) draußen sein fam; (out of power) nicht mehr an der Macht sein; (expelled, dismissed) [raus]fliegen fam
    I've had enough! you're \out! mir reicht's! sie fliegen [raus]!
    to be \out on the streets unemployed arbeitslos sein, auf der Straße stehen [o sitzen] fig fam; homeless obdachlos sein, auf der Straße leben
    12. inv, pred ( fam)
    to be \out (unacceptable) unmöglich sein fam; (unfashionable) aus der Mode sein, passé [o out] sein fam
    13. inv, pred (not possible)
    to be \out unmöglich sein
    that plan is absolutely \out dieser Plan kommt überhaupt nicht infrage
    14. inv, pred (off)
    to be \out light, TV aus sein; fire a. erloschen sein
    15. inv, pred (inaccurate)
    to be \out falsch [o fam daneben] sein, danebenliegen fam; watch falsch gehen
    our estimates were \out by a few dollars wir lagen mit unseren Schätzungen um ein paar Dollar daneben fam
    to be \out in one's calculations sich akk verrechnet haben, mit seinen Berechnungen danebenliegen fam
    16. inv, pred ( fam: in search of)
    to be \out for sth auf etw akk aus sein fam, es auf etw akk abgesehen haben
    he's just \out for a good time er will sich nur amüsieren
    to be \out for trouble Streit suchen
    to be \out to do sth es darauf abgesehen haben, etw zu tun
    they're \out to get me die sind hinter mir her fam
    17. inv, pred homosexual
    to be \out sich akk geoutet haben fam
    18. inv, pred tide
    the tide is \out es ist Ebbe
    when the tide is \out bei Ebbe
    19. inv, pred debutante
    to be \out in die Gesellschaft eingeführt sein
    II. ADVERB
    1. inv (not in sth) außen; (not in a room, flat) draußen; (outdoors) draußen, im Freien
    a day \out in the country ein Tag m auf dem Land
    “\out” „Ausgang“; (for vehicles) „Ausfahrt“
    “keep \out!” „betreten verboten!“
    to keep sb/sth \out jdn/etw nicht hereinlassen
    close the window to keep the rain/wind \out mach das Fenster zu, damit es nicht hereinregnet/zieht
    to keep the cold \out die Kälte abhalten
    \out here/there hier/da draußen
    2. inv (outwards) heraus, raus fam; (seen from inside) hinaus [o raus] fam; (facing the outside) nach außen, raus fam; of room, building a. nach draußen
    get \out! raus hier! fam
    can you find your way \out? finden Sie selbst hinaus?
    \out with it heraus damit! fam, [he]raus mit der Sprache! fam
    to bring/take sth \out [to the garden] etw [in den Garten] heraus-/hinausbringen
    to take sth \out [of an envelope] etw [aus einem Umschlag] herausholen
    to see sb \out jdn hinausbegleiten
    to turn sth inside \out etw umstülpen; clothes etw auf links drehen
    to ask sb \out [for a drink/meal] jdn [auf einen Drink/zum Essen] einladen
    he's asked her \out er hat sie gefragt, ob sie mit ihm ausgehen will
    to eat \out im Restaurant [o auswärts] essen
    to go \out ausgehen, weggehen
    4. inv (removed) heraus, raus fam; (extinguished) aus
    I can't get the stain \out ich kriege den Fleck nicht wieder raus fam
    to put a fire \out ein Feuer löschen
    to cross sth \out etw ausstreichen [o durchstreichen
    5. inv (fully, absolutely)
    burnt \out ( also fig) ausgebrannt a. fig; fuse durchgebrannt; candle heruntergebrannt
    tired \out völlig [o ganz] erschöpft
    \out and away AM bei Weitem, mit Abstand
    she is \out and away the best sie ist mit Abstand die Beste
    6. inv (aloud)
    she called \out to him to stop sie rief ihm zu, er solle anhalten
    to cry \out in pain vor Schmerzen aufschreien
    to laugh \out [loud] [laut] auflachen
    7. inv (to an end, finished)
    over and \out AVIAT Ende fachspr
    to die \out aussterben; ( fig) applause verebben
    to fight sth \out etw [untereinander] austragen [o ausfechten
    8. inv (out of prison)
    to come [or get] \out freikommen
    to let sb \out jdn freilassen
    to go \out like a light ( fam) sofort weg sein fam
    to knock sb \out jdn bewusstlos [o k.o.] schlagen
    to pass \out in Ohnmacht fallen
    10. inv (dislocated)
    to put sb's arm/shoulder \out jdm den Arm verrenken/die Schulter ausrenken
    to put one's back/shoulder \out sich dat den Rücken verrenken/die Schulter ausrenken
    the accident put her back \out sie verrenkte sich bei dem Unfall den Rücken
    11. inv (open)
    to open sth \out (unfold) etw auseinanderfalten; (spread out) etw ausbreiten; (extend) furniture etw ausziehen
    12. inv (outdated)
    to go \out aus der Mode kommen
    to have gone \out with the ark ( fam) völlig altmodisch [o BRD hum fam von anno Tobak] sein
    13. inv (time off)
    to take ten minutes \out eine Auszeit von zehn Minuten nehmen
    14. inv tide
    the tide is going \out die Ebbe setzt ein
    15. inv (at a distant place) draußen
    he lived \out in Zambia for ten years er lebte zehn Jahre lang in Sambia
    \out at sea auf See
    \out west im Westen; AM (west coast) an der Westküste
    \out here hier draußen
    16. inv (towards a distant place) in die Ferne geh, weit weg
    they went \out as missionaries in the 1920's sie zogen in den 20er Jahren als Missionare in die Ferne geh
    to go/travel \out to New Zealand nach [o ins ferne] Neuseeland gehen/reisen
    to move \out to the west coast [or AM \out west] an die Westküste ziehen
    to \out sb
    1. (eject) jdn rausschmeißen fam; SPORT jdn vom Platz stellen
    2. BOXING jdn k.o. schlagen
    3. homosexual jdn outen fam
    ( fam) aus + dat
    to run \out the door zur Tür hinausrennen
    to throw sth \out the car etw aus dem Auto werfen
    * * *
    [aʊt]
    1. adv
    1) (= not in container, car etc) außen; (= not in building, room) draußen; (indicating motion) (seen from inside) hinaus, raus (inf); (seen from outside) heraus, raus (inf)

    to be out — weg sein; (when visitors come) nicht da sein

    they are out fishing/shopping — sie sind zum Fischen/Einkaufen (gegangen), sie sind fischen/einkaufen

    it's cold out here/there — es ist kalt hier/da or dort draußen

    out!raus (hier)! (inf)

    out it goes! — hinaus damit, raus damit (inf)

    we had a day out at the beach/in London — wir haben einen Tag am Meer/in London verbracht

    the journey out — die Hinreise; (seen from destination) die Herfahrt

    the tide is out —

    2)

    (indicating distance) when he was out in Persia — als er in Persien war

    to go out to China —

    Wilton Street? isn't that out your way?Wilton Street? ist das nicht da (hinten) bei euch in der Gegend?

    the boat was ten miles out —

    five miles out from shore — fünf Meilen von der Küste weg, fünf Meilen vor der Küste

    3)

    to be out (sun) — (he)raus or draußen sein; (stars, moon) am Himmel stehen (geh), da sein; (flowers) blühen

    4)

    (= in existence) the worst newspaper/best car out — die schlechteste Zeitung, die/das beste Auto, das es zur Zeit gibt, die schlechteste Zeitung/das beste Auto überhaupt

    5)

    (= not in prison) to be out — draußen sein; (seen from outside also) (he)raus sein

    6)

    (= in the open, known) their secret was out —

    out with it! — heraus damit!, heraus mit der Sprache!

    7)

    (= to or at an end) before the day/month is/was out — vor Ende des Tages/Monats, noch am selben Tag/im selben Monat

    8) (light, fire) aus
    9) (= not in fashion) aus der Mode, passé, out (inf)
    10) (SPORT ball) aus; (player) aus(geschlagen), out
    11) (= out of the question, not permissible) ausgeschlossen, nicht drin (inf)
    12)

    (= worn out) the jacket is out at the elbows — die Jacke ist an den Ellbogen durch

    13)

    (indicating error) he was out in his calculations, his calculations were out — er lag mit seinen Berechnungen daneben (inf) or falsch, er hatte sich in seinen Berechnungen geirrt

    you're far or way out!weit gefehlt! (geh), da hast du dich völlig vertan (inf)

    we were £5/20% out — wir hatten uns um £ 5/20% verrechnet or vertan (inf)

    that's £5/20% out —

    the post isn't quite vertical yet, it's still a bit out my clock is 20 minutes out — der Pfahl ist noch nicht ganz senkrecht, er ist noch etwas schief meine Uhr geht 20 Minuten falsch or verkehrt

    14)

    (indicating loudness, clearness) speak out (loud) — sprechen Sie laut/lauter

    15)

    (indicating purpose) to be out for sth — auf etw (acc) aus sein

    she was out to pass the examsie war ( fest) entschlossen, die Prüfung zu bestehen

    he's out for all he can get — er will haben, was er nur bekommen kann

    he's just out to make money —

    16)

    (= unconscious) to be out — bewusstlos or weg (inf) sein

    17) (dirt, stain etc) (he)raus
    18)

    out and away — weitaus, mit Abstand

    2. n
    1)
    See:
    in
    2) (esp US inf = way out) Hintertür(chen nt) f
    3. prep
    aus (+dat)

    to go out the door/window —

    See:
    → also out of
    4. vt
    homosexual outen
    * * *
    out [aʊt]
    A adv
    a) hinaus(-gehen, -werfen etc)
    b) heraus(-kommen, -schauen etc)
    c) aus(-brechen, -pumpen, -sterben etc)
    d) aus(-probieren, -rüsten etc):
    voyage out Ausreise f;
    way out Ausgang m;
    on the way out beim Hinausgehen;
    have one’s tonsils out sich die Mandeln herausnehmen lassen;
    he had his tonsils out yesterday ihm wurden gestern die Mandeln herausgenommen;
    have a tooth out sich einen Zahn ziehen lassen;
    insure out and home WIRTSCH hin und zurück versichern;
    out with him! hinaus oder umg raus mit ihm!;
    out with it! hinaus oder heraus damit! ( A 10);
    that’s out das kommt nicht infrage!;
    out of C 4
    2. außen, draußen, fort:
    he is out er ist draußen;
    out and about (wieder) auf den Beinen;
    he is out for a walk er macht gerade einen Spaziergang
    3. nicht zu Hause:
    be out on business geschäftlich unterwegs oder verreist sein;
    we had an evening out wir sind am Abend ausgegangen
    4. von der Arbeit abwesend:
    be out on account of illness wegen Krankheit der Arbeit fernbleiben;
    a day out ein freier Tag
    5. im oder in den Streik:
    be out streiken; go out 10
    6. a) ins Freie
    b) draußen, im Freien
    c) SCHIFF draußen, auf See
    d) MIL im Felde
    7. als Hausangestellte beschäftigt
    8. raus, (aus dem Gefängnis etc) entlassen:
    out on bail gegen Bürgschaft auf freiem Fuß
    9. heraus, veröffentlicht, an der oder an die Öffentlichkeit:
    (just) out (soeben) erschienen (Buch);
    it came out in June es kam im Juni heraus, es erschien im Juni;
    his first single will be out next week kommt nächste Woche auf den Markt;
    the girl is not yet out das Mädchen ist noch nicht in die Gesellschaft eingeführt (worden)
    10. heraus, ans Licht, zum Vorschein, entdeckt, -hüllt, -faltet:
    the chickens are out die Küken sind ausgeschlüpft;
    a) die Blumen sind heraus oder blühen,
    b) die Blüten sind entfaltet;
    the secret is out das Geheimnis ist enthüllt oder gelüftet (worden);
    out with it! heraus damit!, heraus mit der Sprache! ( A 1)
    11. be out for es abgesehen haben auf (akk), aus sein auf (akk):
    be out for prey auf Raub aus sein
    12. be out for sth sich für etwas einsetzen oder erklären
    13. be out to do sth darauf aus sein oder darauf abzielen, etwas zu tun
    14. weit und breit, in der Welt (besonders zur Verstärkung des sup):
    out and away bei Weitem
    15. SPORT aus:
    a) nicht (mehr) im Spiel
    b) im Aus
    16. Boxen: k. o.:
    out on one’s feet
    a) stehend k. o.,
    b) fig schwer angeschlagen, erledigt (beide umg)
    17. POL draußen, raus, nicht (mehr) im Amt, nicht (mehr) am Ruder:
    18. aus der Mode, out:
    19. aus, vorüber, vorbei, zu Ende:
    school is out US die Schule ist aus;
    before the week is out vor Ende der Woche
    20. aus, erloschen:
    21. aus(gegangen), verbraucht, alle:
    22. aus der Übung:
    23. zu Ende, bis zum Ende, ganz:
    tired out vollständig erschöpft;
    out and out durch und durch, ganz und gar; hear A 3, sit out A 1
    24. nicht an der richtigen Stelle oder im richtigen Zustand, z. B.
    a) verrenkt (Arm etc)
    b) geistesgestört, verrückt
    c) über die Ufer getreten (Fluss)
    25. löch(e)rig, zerrissen, durchgescheuert: elbow A 1
    26. ärmer um:
    be $10 out
    27. a) verpachtet, vermietet
    b) verliehen, ausgeliehen (Geld, auch Buch):
    land out at rent verpachtetes Land;
    out at interest auf Zinsen ausgeliehen (Geld)
    28. unrichtig, im Irrtum (befangen):
    his calculations are out seine Berechnungen stimmen nicht;
    be (far) out sich (gewaltig) irren, (ganz) auf dem Holzweg sein fig
    29. entzweit, verkracht umg:
    be out with s.o
    30. verärgert, ärgerlich
    31. laut:
    laugh out laut (heraus)lachen;
    speak out!
    a) sprich lauter!,
    b) heraus damit!
    B adj
    1. Außen…:
    out islands entlegene oder abgelegene Inseln
    2. POL nicht (mehr) im Amt oder am Ruder (befindlich):
    out party Oppositionspartei f
    3. abgehend (Zug etc)
    C präp
    1. (heraus oder hervor) aus (obs außer nach from):
    from out the house aus dem Haus heraus
    2. aus, heraus oder hinaus aus oder zu:
    out the window zum Fenster hinaus, aus dem Fenster
    3. US umg
    a) hinaus
    b) draußen an (dat) oder in (dat):
    drive out Main Street die Hauptstraße (entlang) hinausfahren;
    live out Main Street (weiter) draußen an der Hauptstraße wohnen
    a) aus (… heraus):
    b) zu … hinaus:
    c) aus, von:
    two out of three Americans zwei von drei Amerikanern
    d) außerhalb, außer Reichweite, Sicht etc
    e) außer Atem, Übung etc:
    be out of sth etwas nicht (mehr) haben;
    we are out of oil uns ist das Öl ausgegangen, wir haben kein Öl mehr
    f) aus der Mode, Richtung etc:
    out of drawing verzeichnet;
    be out of it umg weg vom Fenster sein; alignment 3, focus A 1, question A 4
    g) außerhalb (gen oder von):
    be out of it fig nicht dabei sein (dürfen);
    feel out of it sich ausgeschlossen fühlen; door Bes Redew
    i) von, aus:
    get sth out of sb etwas von jemandem bekommen;
    he got more (pleasure) out of it er hatte mehr davon
    j) (hergestellt) aus:
    k) fig aus Bosheit, Furcht, Mitleid etc
    l) ZOOL abstammend von, aus einer Stute etc
    D int
    1. hinaus!, raus!:
    out with A 1, A 10
    2. out (up)on obs pfui oder Schande über (akk):
    out upon you!
    E s
    1. US Außenseite f: in D 2
    2. besonders US Ausweg m (auch fig)
    3. Tennis etc: Ausball m
    4. the outs pl POL die Opposition, die nicht regierende Partei
    5. pl US Streit m:
    at outs ( oder on the outs) with im Streit mit, auf gespanntem Fuße mit
    6. US umg
    a) schlechte etc Leistung
    b) Schönheitsfehler m
    7. TYPO Auslassung f, Leiche f
    8. pl WIRTSCH US ausgegangene Bestände pl oder Waren pl
    F v/t
    1. hinauswerfen, verjagen
    2. umg outen, als schwul bloßstellen
    G v/i ans Licht oder zum Vorschein kommen: murder A
    * * *
    1.
    [aʊt]adverb

    out here/there — hier/da draußen

    ‘Out’ — ‘Ausfahrt’/‘Ausgang’ od. ‘Aus’

    go out shoppingetc. einkaufen usw. gehen

    be out(not at home, not in one's office, etc.) nicht da sein

    she was/stayed out all night — sie war/blieb eine/die ganze Nacht weg

    have a day out in London/at the beach — einen Tag in London/am Strand verbringen

    2)

    be out (asleep) weg sein (ugs.); (drunk) hinüber sein (ugs.); (unconscious) bewusstlos sein; (Boxing) aus sein

    3) (no longer burning) aus[gegangen]

    be 3% out in one's calculations — sich um 3% verrechnet haben

    this is £5 out — das stimmt um 5 Pfund nicht

    5) (not in fashion) passee (ugs.); out (ugs.)
    6) (so as to be seen or heard) heraus; raus (ugs.)

    out with it!heraus od. (ugs.) raus damit od. mit der Sprache!

    [the] truth will out — die Wahrheit wird herauskommen

    the sun/moon is out — die Sonne/der Mond scheint

    7)

    be out for something/to do something — auf etwas (Akk.) aus sein/darauf aus sein, etwas zu tun

    be out for all one can get — alles haben wollen, was man bekommen kann

    he had it finished before the day/month was out — er war noch am selben Tag/vor Ende des Monats damit fertig

    9)

    an out and out disgrace — eine ungeheure Schande. See also out of

    2. noun
    (way of escape) Ausweg, der (fig.); (excuse) Alibi, das
    * * *
    adj.
    außerhalb adj.
    heraus adj.
    hinaus adj. adv.
    aus adv.
    auswärts adv.

    English-german dictionary > out

  • 74 Burgi, Jost

    SUBJECT AREA: Horology
    [br]
    b. 28 February 1552 Lichtensteig, Switzerland
    d. 31 January 1632 Kassel, Germany
    [br]
    Swiss clockmaker and mathematician who invented the remontoire and the cross-beat escapement, also responsible for the use of exponential notation and the calculation of tables of anti-logarithms.
    [br]
    Burgi entered the service of Duke William IV of Hesse in 1579 as Court Clockmaker, although he also assisted William with his astronomical observations. In 1584 he invented the cross-beat escapement which increased the accuracy of spring-driven clocks by two orders of magnitude. During the last years of the century he also worked on the development of geometrical and astronomical instruments for the Royal Observatory at Kassel.
    On the death of Duke Wilhelm in 1603, and with news of his skills having reached the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, in 1604 he went to Prague to become Imperial Watchmaker and to assist in the creation of a centre of scientific activity, subsequently becoming Assistant to the German astronomer, Johannes Kepler. No doubt this association led to an interest in mathematics and he made significant contributions to the concept of decimal fractions and the use of exponential notation, i.e. the use of a raised number to indicate powers of another number. It is likely that he was developing the idea of logarithms at the same time (or possibly even before) Napier, for in 1620 he made his greatest contribution to mathematics, science and, eventually, engineering, namely the publication of tables of anti-logarithms.
    At Prague he continued the series of accurate clocks and instruments for astronomical measurements that he had begun to produce at Kassel. At that period clocks were very poor timekeepers since the controller, the foliot or balance, had no natural period of oscillation and was consequently dependent on the driving force. Although the force of the driving weight was constant, irregularities occurred during the transmission of the power through the train as a result of the poor shape and quality of the gearing. Burgi attempted to overcome this directly by superb craftsmanship and indirectly by using a remontoire. This device was wound at regular intervals by the main driving force and fed the power directly to the escape wheel, which impulsed the foliot. He also introduced the crossbeat escapement (a variation on the verge), which consisted of two coupled foliots that swung in opposition to each other. According to contemporary evidence his clocks produced a remarkable improvement in timekeeping, being accurate to within a minute a day. This improvement was probably a result of the use of a remontoire and the high quality of the workmanship rather than a result of the cross-beat escapement, which did not have a natural period of oscillation.
    Burgi or Prague clocks, as they were known, were produced by very few other makers and were supplanted shortly afterwards by the intro-duction of the pendulum clock. Burgi also produced superb clockwork-driven celestial globes.
    [br]
    Principal Honours and Distinctions
    Ennobled 1611.
    Bibliography
    Burgi only published one book, and that was concerned with mathematics.
    Further Reading
    L.von Mackensen, 1979, Die erste Sternwarte Europas mit ihren Instrumenten and Uhren—400 Jahre Jost Burgi in Kassel, Munich.
    K.Maurice and O.Mayr (eds), 1980, The Clockwork Universe, Washington, DC, pp. 87– 102.
    H.A.Lloyd, 1958, Some Outstanding Clocks Over 700 Years, 1250–1950, London. E.T.Bell, 1937, Men of Mathematics, London: Victor Gollancz.
    See also: Briggs, Henry
    KF / DV

    Biographical history of technology > Burgi, Jost

  • 75 C

    = academic.ru/9982/c">c
    * * *
    ( written abbreviation) (Celsius or centigrade: 20°C (= twenty degrees Celsius/centigrade).)
    * * *
    C1
    <pl - 's or -s>
    [si:]
    n (symbol for 100)
    \C-note AM Hundertdollarschein m, Hundertdollarnote f SCHWEIZ
    C2 after n abbrev of Celsius C
    the Big \C ( fam) Krebs m
    C
    <pl -'s>
    c
    <pl - 's or -s>
    [si:]
    n
    1. (letter) C nt, c nt
    \C for [or AM also as in] Charlie C wie Cäsar; see also A 1
    2. MUS C nt, c nt
    \C flat ces nt, Ces nt
    \C sharp Cis nt, cis nt; see also A 2
    3. (school mark) ≈ Drei f, ≈ Vier f SCHWEIZ, ≈ befriedigend, ≈ genügend SCHWEIZ; see also A 3
    4. (Roman numeral) C nt, c nt
    * * *
    I [siː] C, cnt

    C sharpCis nt, cis nt

    C flatCes nt, ces nt

    See: also major, minor, natural II
    1) abbr of cent c, ct
    2) abbr of circa ca
    * * *
    C1, c [siː] pl C’s, Cs, c’s, cs [siːz] s
    1. C, c n (Buchstabe)
    2. MUS C, c n (Tonbezeichnung):
    C flat Ces, ces n;
    C sharp Cis, cis n
    3. MUS C n (Taktzeichen des Viervierteltakts)
    4. C SCHULE, UNIV Drei f:
    get a C in German in Deutsch „befriedigend“ oder eine Drei bekommen
    C2 abk
    1. CHEM carbon
    * * *
    = c

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  • 76 c

    = c
    * * *
    ( written abbreviation) (Celsius or centigrade: 20°C (= twenty degrees Celsius/centigrade).)
    * * *
    C1
    <pl - 's or -s>
    [si:]
    n (symbol for 100)
    \C-note AM Hundertdollarschein m, Hundertdollarnote f SCHWEIZ
    C2 after n abbrev of Celsius C
    the Big \C ( fam) Krebs m
    C
    <pl -'s>
    c
    <pl - 's or -s>
    [si:]
    n
    1. (letter) C nt, c nt
    \C for [or AM also as in] Charlie C wie Cäsar; see also A 1
    2. MUS C nt, c nt
    \C flat ces nt, Ces nt
    \C sharp Cis nt, cis nt; see also A 2
    3. (school mark) ≈ Drei f, ≈ Vier f SCHWEIZ, ≈ befriedigend, ≈ genügend SCHWEIZ; see also A 3
    4. (Roman numeral) C nt, c nt
    * * *
    I [siː] C, cnt

    C sharpCis nt, cis nt

    C flatCes nt, ces nt

    See: also major, minor, natural II
    1) abbr of academic.ru/11713/cent">cent c, ct
    2) abbr of circa ca
    * * *
    c abk
    1. MATH constant
    C, c [siː] pl C’s, Cs, c’s, cs [siːz] s
    1. C, c n (Buchstabe)
    2. MUS C, c n (Tonbezeichnung):
    C flat Ces, ces n;
    C sharp Cis, cis n
    3. MUS C n (Taktzeichen des Viervierteltakts)
    4. C SCHULE, UNIV Drei f:
    get a C in German in Deutsch „befriedigend“ oder eine Drei bekommen
    * * *
    = c

    English-german dictionary > c

  • 77 fit

    I noun
    1) Anfall, der

    fit of coughing — Hustenanfall, der

    2) (fig.) [plötzliche] Anwandlung

    have or throw a fit — einen Anfall bekommen

    [almost] have or throw a fit — (fig.) [fast] Zustände kriegen (ugs.)

    somebody/something has somebody in fits [of laughter] — jemand ruft dröhnendes Gelächter bei jemandem hervor

    II 1. adjective
    1) (suitable) geeignet

    fit to eat or to be eaten/for human consumption — essbar/zum Verzehr geeignet

    2) (worthy) würdig; wert
    3) (right and proper) richtig

    see or think fit [to do something] — es für richtig od. angebracht halten[, etwas zu tun]

    4) (ready)
    5) (healthy) gesund; fit (ugs.); in Form (ugs.)

    fit for duty or service — dienstfähig od. -tauglich; see also academic.ru/27073/fiddle">fiddle 1. 1)

    2. noun
    Passform, die

    it is a good/bad fit — es sitzt od. passt gut/nicht gut

    I can just get it in the suitcase, but it's a tight fit — (fig.) ich kriege es noch in den Koffer, aber nur gerade so (ugs.)

    3. transitive verb,
    - tt-
    1) [Kleider:] passen (+ Dat.); [Schlüssel:] passen in (+ Akk.); [Deckel, Bezug:] passen auf (+ Akk.)
    2) anpassen [Kleidungsstück, Brille]
    3) (correspond to, suit) entsprechen (+ Dat.); (make correspond) abstimmen (to auf + Akk.); anpassen (to an + Akk.)
    4) (put into place) anbringen (to an + Dat. od. Akk.); einbauen [Motor, Ersatzteil]; einsetzen [Scheibe, Tür, Schloss]; (equip) ausstatten
    4. intransitive verb,
    - tt- passen; (agree) zusammenpassen; übereinstimmen

    fit well[Kleidungsstück:] gut sitzen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    I 1. [fit] adjective
    1) (in good health: I am feeling very fit.) in Form
    2) (suitable; correct for a particular purpose or person: a dinner fit for a king.) passend
    2. noun
    (the right size or shape for a particular person, purpose etc: Your dress is a very good fit.) der Sitz
    3. verb
    past tense, past participle fitted -)
    1) (to be the right size or shape (for someone or something): The coat fits (you) very well.) passen
    2) (to be suitable for: Her speech fitted the occasion.) passen für
    3) (to put (something) in position: You must fit a new lock on the door.) anbringen
    4) (to supply with; to equip with: She fitted the cupboard with shelves.) ausrüsten
    - fitness
    - fitter
    - fitting
    4. noun
    1) (something, eg a piece of furniture, which is fixed, especially in a house etc: kitchen fittings.) die Einrichtung
    2) (the trying-on of a dress etc and altering to make it fit: I am having a fitting for my wedding-dress tomorrow.) die Anprobe
    - fit in
    - fit out
    - see/think fit
    II [fit] noun
    1) (a sudden attack of illness, especially epilepsy: She suffers from fits.) der Anfall
    2) (something which happens as suddenly as this: a fit of laughter/coughing.) der Ausbruch
    * * *
    fit1
    [fɪt]
    n
    1. (attack) Anfall m
    epileptic \fit epileptischer Anfall
    2. (brief spell of sickness) Anfall m
    coughing \fit Hustenanfall m
    3. ( fig fam: outburst of rage) [Wut]anfall m
    to have [or throw] a \fit einen Anfall bekommen fam, Zustände kriegen fam
    4. (burst)
    \fit of laughter Lachkrampf m
    to be in \fits of laughter sich akk kaputtlachen fam
    to get the audience in \fits das Publikum zum Lachen bringen
    5. (caprice, mood) Anwandlung f
    in a \fit of generosity in einer Anwandlung von Großzügigkeit
    6.
    by [or in] \fits and starts (erratically) sporadisch; (in little groups) stoßweise
    fit2
    [fɪt]
    I. adj
    <- tt->
    1. (suitable) geeignet
    they served a meal \fit for a king sie trugen ein königliches Mahl auf
    to be \fit for human consumption zum Verzehr geeignet sein
    to be \fit for human habitation bewohnbar sein
    to be no \fit way to do sth kein geeigneter [o tauglicher] Weg sein, etw zu tun
    to be \fit to eat essbar [o genießbar] sein
    2. (qualified) geeignet
    that's all sb's \fit for ( fam) das ist alles, wozu jd taugt
    3. (up to) fähig
    she's not \fit for this responsibility sie ist dieser Verantwortung nicht gewachsen
    to be \fit for military service/the tropics wehrdienst-/tropentauglich sein
    to be [not] \fit to do sth nicht fähig [o in der Lage] sein, etw zu tun
    to be \fit to travel reisetauglich sein
    to be \fit to work arbeitsfähig sein
    4. (appropriate) angebracht
    to do what one sees [or thinks] \fit tun, was man für richtig hält
    5. (worthy) würdig
    to be not \fit to be seen sich akk nicht sehen lassen können
    6. (ready, prepared) bereit
    to be \fit to do sth nahe daran sein, etw zu tun
    to be \fit to drop zum Umfallen müde sein
    7. (healthy) fit
    to keep \fit sich akk fit halten
    8. BRIT (sl: physically alluring) geil sl
    9.
    to be [as] \fit as a fiddle [or BRIT also flea] ( fam: merry) quietschvergnügt sein fam; (healthy) fit wie ein Turnschuh sein fam
    to laugh \fit to burst ( fam) vor Lachen beinahe platzen fam
    to be \fit to be tied AM [vor Wut] kochen fam
    II. n no pl
    1. FASHION Sitz m, Passform f
    bad/good/perfect \fit schlechter/guter/tadelloser Sitz
    these shoes are a good \fit diese Schuhe passen gut
    2. TECH Passung f
    III. vt
    < BRIT - tt- or AM usu -t->
    to \fit sb/sth sich akk für jdn/etw eignen
    he should \fit the sales job perfectly er müsste die Verkäuferstelle perfekt ausfüllen
    to \fit sth etw dat entsprechen
    the punishment should always \fit the crime die Strafe sollte immer dem Vergehen angemessen sein
    the key \fits the lock der Schlüssel passt ins Schloss
    the description \fitted the criminal die Beschreibung passte auf den Täter
    to \fit sb's plans in jds Pläne passen
    to \fit sth to sth etw etw dat anpassen
    he had to \fit his plans to the circumstances er musste sich mit seinen Plänen nach den Gegebenheiten richten
    to \fit sb jdm passen
    to \fit a dress/a suit on sb jdm ein Kleid/ein Kostüm anprobieren [o ÖSTERR anpassen
    5. (mount)
    to \fit sth etw montieren
    to \fit a bulb eine Glühbirne einschrauben
    6. (shape as required)
    to \fit sth etw anpassen
    7. (position as required)
    to \fit sth etw einpassen
    to \fit sth with sth etw mit etw dat versehen [o ausstatten
    9.
    to \fit the bill seinen Zweck erfüllen
    IV. vi
    < BRIT - tt- or AM usu -t->
    1. (be correct size) passen; FASHION also sitzen
    to \fit like a glove wie angegossen passen [o sitzen]
    to \fit into sth in etw akk hineinpassen
    2. (accord) facts übereinstimmen, zusammenpassen
    to \fit into sth zu etw dat passen; (adapt) sich akk in etw akk einfügen
    how do you \fit into all this? was für eine Rolle spielen Sie in dem Ganzen?
    4.
    if the shoe [or BRIT also cap] \fits, wear it wem der Schuh passt, der soll ihn sich anziehen fig
    * * *
    I [fɪt]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= suitable, suited for sth) geeignet; time, occasion günstig

    is this meat still fit to eat?kann man dieses Fleisch noch essen?

    she's not fit to be a mothersie ist als Mutter völlig ungeeignet

    2)

    (= deserving) a man like that is not fit to have such a good wife — ein Mann wie er verdient so eine gute Frau nicht or ist eine so gute Frau nicht wert

    you're not fit to be spoken todu bist es nicht wert or verdienst es nicht, dass man sich mit dir unterhält

    3) (= right and proper) richtig, angebracht

    to see fit to do sth — es für richtig or angebracht halten, etw zu tun

    he did not see fit to cooperateer hat es nicht für nötig gehalten zu kooperieren

    4) (in health) gesund; sportsman etc fit, in Form

    only the fittest survive — nur die Geeignetsten überleben; (people) nur die Gesunden überleben; (in business etc) nur die Starken können sich halten

    5)
    6) (Brit sl = sexy) girl, boy scharf (inf)
    2. n
    (of clothes) Passform f

    it is a very good/bad fit — es sitzt or passt wie angegossen/nicht gut

    3. vt
    1) (cover, sheet, nut etc) passen auf (+acc); (key etc) passen in (+acc); (clothes etc) passen (+dat)

    "one size fits all" — "Einheitsgröße"

    2) (= be suitable for) sb's plans, a theory etc passen in (+acc); needs erfüllen; mood passen zu
    3)
    4) (= put on, attach) anbringen (to an +dat); tyre, lock montieren, anbringen; double glazing einsetzen, anbringen; (= put in) einbauen (in in +acc); (= furnish, provide with) ausstatten

    to fit a car with an alarm — eine Alarmanlage in ein Auto einbauen, ein Auto mit einer Alarmanlage ausstatten

    5) (= match) description, facts, circumstances entsprechen (+dat)
    4. vi
    1) (= be right size, shape dress etc, key) passen
    2) (= correspond) zusammenstimmen or -passen

    there's still one piece of evidence that doesn't fitda ist immer noch ein Indiz, das nicht dazupasst

    II Anfall m

    fit of coughing/anger — Husten-/Wutanfall m

    fit of remorseAnwandlung f or Anfall m von Reue

    he wrote this novel in fits and startser hat diesen Roman in mehreren Anläufen geschrieben

    * * *
    fit1 [fıt]
    A adj (adv fitly)
    1. passend, geeignet
    2. geeignet, fähig, tauglich:
    fit for service besonders MIL dienstfähig, (-)tauglich;
    fit for transport transportfähig;
    fit for work arbeits-, erwerbsfähig;
    fit to drink trinkbar;
    fit to eat ess-, genießbar;
    fit to drive fahrtüchtig;
    fit to fight (Boxen) kampffähig;
    laugh (yell) fit to burst vor Lachen beinahe platzen (schreien wie am Spieß);
    I was fit to scream ich hätte schreien können;
    fit to kill umg wie verrückt;
    dressed fit to kill umg mächtig aufgedonnert;
    he was fit to be tied US umg er hatte eine Stinkwut (im Bauch); consumption 5, drop B 5 a
    3. angemessen, angebracht:
    see ( oder think) fit es für richtig oder angebracht halten ( to do zu tun);
    more than (is) fit über Gebühr
    4. schicklich, geziemend:
    it is not fit for us to do so es gehört sich oder ziemt sich nicht, dass wir dies tun
    5. würdig, wert:
    a dinner fit for a king ein königliches Mahl;
    not fit to be seen nicht vorzeigbar oder präsentabel
    6. a) gesund
    b) SPORT etc fit, (gut) in Form:
    keep fit sich fit halten; fiddle A 1, flea A
    B s
    1. a) Passform f, Sitz m
    b) passendes Kleidungsstück:
    it is a perfect fit es passt genau, es sitzt tadellos;
    it is a tight fit es sitzt stramm, fig es ist sehr knapp bemessen
    2. TECH Passung f, Sitz m:
    fine (coarse) fit Fein-(Grob)passung;
    sliding fit Gleitsitz
    3. Zusammenpassen n, Übereinstimmung f
    C v/t
    1. passend oder geeignet machen ( for für), anpassen (to an akk)
    2. auch TECH ausrüsten, -statten, einrichten, versehen ( alle:
    with mit)
    3. jemandem passen, sitzen (Kleid, etc)
    4. passen für oder auf jemanden, einer Sache angemessen oder angepasst sein:
    the key fits the lock der Schlüssel passt (ins Schloss);
    the description fits him, he fits the description die Beschreibung trifft auf ihn zu;
    the name fits him der Name passt zu ihm;
    fit the bill umg allen Ansprüchen genügen (auch Person), genau das Richtige sein;
    fit the facts (mit den Tatsachen überein)stimmen;
    fit the occasion (Redew) dem Anlass entsprechend
    5. sich eignen für
    6. jemanden befähigen ( for für; to do zu tun)
    7. jemanden vorbereiten, ausbilden ( for für)
    8. TECH
    a) einpassen, -bauen ( beide:
    into in akk)
    b) anbringen (to an dat)
    c) fit up 2
    9. a) an jemandem Maß nehmen
    b) ein Kleid etc anprobieren ( on sb jemandem):
    fit a coat on sb jemandem einen Mantel anpassen
    D v/i
    1. passen:
    a) die richtige Größe haben, sitzen (Kleidungsstück)
    b) angemessen sein
    c) sich eignen: I didn’t say you were a fool, but if the cap (bes US shoe) fits (wear it) aber wenn du meinst oder dich angesprochen fühlst(, bitte)
    2. fit into passen in (akk), sich anpassen (dat), sich einfügen in (akk)
    fit2 [fıt] s
    1. MED Anfall m, Ausbruch m:
    fit of coughing Hustenanfall;
    fit of anger ( oder temper) Wutanfall, Zornausbruch;
    fit of laughter Lachkrampf m;
    fit of perspiration Schweißausbruch;
    a) jemandem einen Schock verpassen,
    b) jemanden auf die Palme bringen;
    my aunt had ( oder threw) a fit umg meine Tante bekam Zustände
    2. fig (plötzliche) Anwandlung oder Laune:
    fit of generosity Anwandlung von Großzügigkeit, Spendierlaune umg;
    a) stoß-, ruckweise,
    b) dann und wann, sporadisch;
    when the fit was on him wenn es ihn gepackt hatte
    fit3 [fıt] s obs Fitte f, Liedabschnitt m
    * * *
    I noun
    1) Anfall, der

    fit of coughing — Hustenanfall, der

    2) (fig.) [plötzliche] Anwandlung

    have or throw a fit — einen Anfall bekommen

    [almost] have or throw a fit — (fig.) [fast] Zustände kriegen (ugs.)

    somebody/something has somebody in fits [of laughter] — jemand ruft dröhnendes Gelächter bei jemandem hervor

    II 1. adjective
    1) (suitable) geeignet

    fit to eat or to be eaten/for human consumption — essbar/zum Verzehr geeignet

    2) (worthy) würdig; wert

    see or think fit [to do something] — es für richtig od. angebracht halten[, etwas zu tun]

    5) (healthy) gesund; fit (ugs.); in Form (ugs.)

    fit for duty or service — dienstfähig od. -tauglich; see also fiddle 1. 1)

    2. noun
    Passform, die

    it is a good/bad fit — es sitzt od. passt gut/nicht gut

    I can just get it in the suitcase, but it's a tight fit — (fig.) ich kriege es noch in den Koffer, aber nur gerade so (ugs.)

    3. transitive verb,
    - tt-
    1) [Kleider:] passen (+ Dat.); [Schlüssel:] passen in (+ Akk.); [Deckel, Bezug:] passen auf (+ Akk.)
    2) anpassen [Kleidungsstück, Brille]
    3) (correspond to, suit) entsprechen (+ Dat.); (make correspond) abstimmen (to auf + Akk.); anpassen (to an + Akk.)
    4) (put into place) anbringen (to an + Dat. od. Akk.); einbauen [Motor, Ersatzteil]; einsetzen [Scheibe, Tür, Schloss]; (equip) ausstatten
    4. intransitive verb,
    - tt- passen; (agree) zusammenpassen; übereinstimmen

    fit well[Kleidungsstück:] gut sitzen

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    adj.
    erledigt adj.
    geeignet adj.
    tauglich adj. n.
    Anfall -¨e m.
    Passung -en f.
    Sitz -e m. v.
    anprobieren v.
    montieren v.
    passen v.

    English-german dictionary > fit

  • 78 D

    = academic.ru/18217/d">d
    * * *
    'd1
    [d]
    'd2
    [d]
    d
    D
    <pl -'s>
    d
    <pl 's or -s>
    [di:]
    n
    1. (letter) D nt, d nt
    \d for David [or AM as in Dog] D für Dora; see also A 1
    2. MUS D nt, d nt
    \d flat Des nt, des nt
    \d sharp Dis nt, dis nt; see also A 2
    3. (school mark) ≈ Vier f, ≈ Vierer m ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ, ≈ ausreichend, ≈ Genügend nt ÖSTERR, ≈ genügend SCHWEIZ; see also A 3
    4. (Roman numeral) D nt, d nt
    5. ECON
    Schedule \d zu versteuernde Einkünfte, die nicht aus Beschäftigungen kommen
    6. FIN (debtor evaluation code) D
    * * *
    [diː]
    n
    D nt, d nt; (SCH, as a mark) ausreichend

    D sharpDis nt, dis nt

    D flatDes nt, des nt

    See:
    also major, minor, natural
    * * *
    D, d [diː] pl D’s, Ds, d’s, ds [diːz] s
    1. D, d n (Buchstabe)
    2. MUS D, d n (Note):
    D flat Des, des n;
    D sharp Dis, dis n
    3. D SCHULE, UNIV Vier f:
    get a D in German in Deutsch „ausreichend“ oder eine Vier bekommen
    * * *
    = d

    English-german dictionary > D

  • 79 d

    = d
    * * *
    'd1
    [d]
    'd2
    [d]
    d
    D
    <pl -'s>
    d
    <pl 's or -s>
    [di:]
    n
    1. (letter) D nt, d nt
    \d for David [or AM as in Dog] D für Dora; see also A 1
    2. MUS D nt, d nt
    \d flat Des nt, des nt
    \d sharp Dis nt, dis nt; see also A 2
    3. (school mark) ≈ Vier f, ≈ Vierer m ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ, ≈ ausreichend, ≈ Genügend nt ÖSTERR, ≈ genügend SCHWEIZ; see also A 3
    4. (Roman numeral) D nt, d nt
    5. ECON
    Schedule \d zu versteuernde Einkünfte, die nicht aus Beschäftigungen kommen
    6. FIN (debtor evaluation code) D
    * * *
    [diː]
    n
    D nt, d nt; (SCH, as a mark) ausreichend

    D sharpDis nt, dis nt

    D flatDes nt, des nt

    See:
    also major, minor, natural
    * * *
    D, d [diː] pl D’s, Ds, d’s, ds [diːz] s
    1. D, d n (Buchstabe)
    2. MUS D, d n (Note):
    D flat Des, des n;
    D sharp Dis, dis n
    3. D SCHULE, UNIV Vier f:
    get a D in German in Deutsch „ausreichend“ oder eine Vier bekommen
    * * *
    = d

    English-german dictionary > d

  • 80 know

    1. transitive verb,
    1) (recognize) erkennen (by an + Dat., for als + Akk.)
    2) (be able to distinguish)

    know the difference between right and wrongden Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen

    he wouldn't know the differenceer wüsste den Unterschied nicht

    3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]

    I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist

    I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...

    it is known that... — man weiß, dass...; es ist bekannt, dass...

    know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist

    that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen

    he doesn't want to knower will nichts davon wissen od. hören

    you know(coll.): (as reminder) weißt du [noch]

    you know something or what? — weißt du was?

    you never knowman kann nie wissen (ugs.)

    somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan

    don't I know it!(coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut

    what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?

    somebody is not to know(is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen

    not know what hit one(fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist

    that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht

    know different or otherwise — es besser wissen

    know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht

    do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...

    4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]

    know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert

    5) (be acquainted with) kennen

    we have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren

    you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist

    6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren

    know what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben

    2. noun
    (coll.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    - academic.ru/88563/know_about">know about
    * * *
    [nəu]
    past tense - knew; verb
    1) (to be aware of or to have been informed about: He knows everything; I know he is at home because his car is in the drive; He knows all about it; I know of no reason why you cannot go.) wissen
    2) (to have learned and to remember: He knows a lot of poetry.) kennen
    3) (to be aware of the identity of; to be friendly with: I know Mrs Smith - she lives near me.) kennen
    4) (to (be able to) recognize or identify: You would hardly know her now - she has become very thin; He knows a good car when he sees one.) erkennen
    - knowing
    - knowingly
    - know-all
    - know-how
    - in the know
    - know backwards
    - know better
    - know how to
    - know the ropes
    * * *
    [nəʊ, AM noʊ]
    <knew, known>
    1. (have information/knowledge)
    to \know sth etw wissen; facts, results etw kennen
    she \knows all the names of them sie kennt all ihre Namen
    does anyone \know the answer? weiß jemand die Antwort?
    do you \know...? weißt du/wissen Sie...?
    do you \know the time/where the post office is? können Sie mir bitte sagen, wie spät es ist/wo die Post ist?
    do you \know the words to this song? kennst du den Text von diesem Lied?
    he really \knows particle physics in Teilchenphysik kennt er sich wirklich gut aus
    I \know no fear ich habe vor nichts Angst
    I \know what I am talking about ich weiß, wovon ich rede
    how was I to \know it'd be snowing in June! wer ahnt denn schon, dass es im Juni schneien würde!
    that's worth \knowing das ist gut zu wissen
    that might be worth \knowing das wäre gut zu wissen
    that's what I like to \know too das würde ich auch gerne wissen!
    — don't I \know it!wem sagst du das!
    before you \know where you are ehe man sich versieht
    for all I \know soweit ich weiß
    they might have even cancelled the project for all I \know vielleicht haben sie das Projekt ja sogar ganz eingestellt — weiß man's! fam
    I knew it! wusste ich's doch! fam
    ... and you \know it... und das weißt du auch; ( fam)
    you \know something [or what]? weißt du was? fam
    ... I \know what... ich weiß was
    but she's not to \know aber sie soll nichts davon erfahren
    God \knows I've done my best ich habe weiß Gott mein Bestes gegeben; ( fam)
    God only \knows what'll happen next! weiß der Himmel, was als Nächstes passiert! sl
    to \know [that]/if/how/what/when/why... wissen, dass/ob/wie/was/wann/warum...
    to \know sb/sth to be/do sth wissen, dass jd/etw etw ist/tut
    the police \know him to be a cocaine dealer die Polizei weiß, dass er mit Kokain handelt
    to \know how to do sth wissen, wie man etw macht
    to \know how to drive a car Auto fahren können
    to \know sth about sth/sb etw über etw/jdn wissen
    to \know the alphabet/English das Alphabet/Englisch können
    do you \know any Norwegian? können Sie ein bisschen Norwegisch?
    to \know sth by heart etw auswendig können
    to \know what one is doing wissen, was man tut
    to let sb \know sth jdn etw wissen lassen
    2. (be certain)
    to not \know whether... sich dat nicht sicher sein, ob...
    to not \know which way to turn nicht wissen, was man machen soll
    to not \know whether to laugh or cry nicht wissen, ob man lachen oder weinen soll
    to \know for a fact that... ganz sicher wissen, dass...
    3. (be acquainted with)
    to \know sb jdn kennen
    \knowing Sarah [or if I \know Sarah], she'll have done a good job so wie ich Sarah kenne, hat sie ihre Sache bestimmt gut gemacht
    we've \known each other for years now wir kennen uns schon seit Jahren
    she \knows Paris well sie kennt sich in Paris gut aus
    surely you \know me better than that! du solltest mich eigentlich besser kennen!
    you \know what it's like du weißt ja, wie das [so] ist
    we all knew her as a kind and understanding colleague uns allen war sie als liebenswerte und einfühlsame Kollegin bekannt
    I'm sure you all \know the new officer by reputation sicherlich haben Sie alle schon mal von dem neuen Offizier gehört
    to \know sth like the back of one's hand etw wie seine eigene Westentasche kennen fam
    to \know sb by name/by sight/personally jdn dem Namen nach/vom Sehen/persönlich kennen
    to get to \know sb jdn kennenlernen
    to get to \know sth methods etw lernen; faults etw herausfinden
    to get to \know each other sich akk kennenlernen
    to [not] \know sb to speak to jdn [nicht] näher kennen
    to \know sth etw verstehen
    do you \know what I mean? verstehst du, was ich meine?
    if you \know what I mean wenn du verstehst, was ich meine
    I've never \known anything like this so etwas akk habe ich noch nicht erlebt
    I've never \known her [to] cry ich habe sie noch nie weinen sehen
    to \know sb/sth jdn/etw erkennen
    I \know a goodbye when I hear one ich hab' schon verstanden, dass du dich von mir trennen willst! fam
    I \know a good thing when I see it ich merke gleich, wenn was gut ist
    we all \know him as ‘Curly’ wir alle kennen ihn als ‚Curly‘
    this is the end of world as we \know it das ist das Ende der Welt, so wie wir sie kennen
    these chocolate bars are \known as something else in the US diese Schokoladenriegel laufen in den USA unter einem anderen Namen
    I knew her for a liar the minute I saw her ich habe vom ersten Augenblick an gewusst, dass sie eine Lügnerin ist
    to \know sb/sth by sth jdn/etw an etw dat erkennen
    to \know sb by his/her voice/walk jdn an seiner Stimme/seinem Gang erkennen
    sb wouldn't \know sth if he/she bumped into it [or if he/she fell over it] [or if it hit him/her in the face] jd würde etw akk nicht mal erkennen, wenn es vor ihm/ihr stehen würde
    7. (be able to differentiate)
    to \know sth/sb from sth/sb etw/jdn von etw/jdm unterscheiden können
    Ana wouldn't \know a greyhound from a collie Ana kann einen Windhund nicht von einem Collie unterscheiden
    you wouldn't \know him from his brother man kann ihn und seinen Bruder nicht unterscheiden!
    don't worry, she wouldn't \know the difference keine Angst, sie wird den Unterschied [gar] nicht merken
    to \know right from wrong Gut und Böse unterscheiden können
    8. passive (well-known)
    to be \known for sth für etw akk bekannt sein
    it is \known that... es ist bekannt, dass...
    to make sth \known etw bekanntmachen
    she's never been \known to laugh at his jokes sie hat bekanntlich noch nie über seine Witze gelacht
    this substance is \known to cause skin problems es ist bekannt, dass diese Substanz Hautirritationen hervorruft
    this substance has been \known to cause skin problems diese Substanz hat in einzelnen Fällen zu Hautirritationen geführt
    Terry is also \known as ‘The Muscleman’ Terry kennt man auch unter dem Namen ‚der Muskelmann‘
    9.
    to not \know sb from Adam keinen blassen Schimmer haben, wer jd ist fam
    to \know all the answers immer alles besser wissen pej; (have real knowledge) sich akk auskennen
    to \know no bounds keine Grenzen kennen
    to not \know one end of sth from the other keine Ahnung von etw dat haben fam
    to not \know what hit one nicht wissen, wie einem geschieht
    not if I \know it nicht mit mir!
    to \know one's own mind wissen, was man will
    to \know one's place wissen, wo man steht
    to not \know where to put oneself BRIT am liebsten in den Boden versinken fam
    to \know the ropes sich akk auskennen
    to \know sb [in the biblical sense] ( hum) mit jdm eine Nummer geschoben haben sl
    to \know the score wissen, was gespielt wird
    to \know which side one's bread is buttered on wissen, wo was zu holen ist fam
    to \know one's stuff [or BRIT also onions] sein Geschäft [o Handwerk] verstehen
    to \know a thing or two ( pej fam: be sexually experienced) sich akk [mit Männern/Frauen] auskennen
    to \know a thing or two about sth (know from experience) sich akk mit etw dat auskennen
    to \know what's what wissen, wo's langgeht fam
    what do you \know! was weißt du denn schon?; esp AM ( fam: surprise) wer hätte das gedacht!
    <knew, known>
    1. (have knowledge) [Bescheid] wissen
    ask Kate, she's sure to \know frag Kate, sie weiß es bestimmt
    I think she \knows ich glaube, sie weiß Bescheid
    where did he go?I wouldn't [or don't] \know, I was not to \know until years later das sollte ich erst Jahre später erfahren, wo ist er hingegangen? — keine Ahnung
    are you going to university? — I don't \know yet willst du studieren? — ich weiß [es] noch nicht
    you never \know man kann nie wissen
    as [or so] far as I \know so viel [o weit] ich weiß
    how am I to \know? woher soll ich das wissen?
    who \knows? wer weiß?
    how should I \know? wie soll ich das wissen?
    I \know! jetzt weiß ich!
    Mummy \knows best what to do Mutti weiß am besten, was zu tun ist
    she didn't want to \know sie wollte nichts davon wissen
    just let me \know ok? sag' mir einfach Bescheid, ok?
    2. ( fam: understand) begreifen
    “I don't \know,” he said, “why can't you ever be on time?” „ich begreife das einfach nicht“, sagte er, „warum kannst du nie pünktlich sein?“
    3. (said to agree with sb)
    I \know ich weiß
    the weather's been so good lately — I \know, isn't it wonderful! das Wetter war in letzter Zeit wirklich schön — ja, herrlich, nicht wahr?
    she's such a fool, don't you \know! sie ist so unglaublich dumm!
    5. (conversation filler)
    give him the red box, you \know, the one with the.... gib ihm die rote Kiste, du weißt schon, die mit den...
    he's so boring and, you \know, sort of spooky er ist so langweilig und, na ja, irgendwie unheimlich
    he asked me, you \know weißt du, er hat mich halt gefragt
    6.
    to \know better:
    you ought to \know better du solltest es eigentlich besser wissen
    he said he loved me but I \know better er sagte, dass er mich liebt, aber ich weiß, dass es nicht stimmt
    to \know better than:
    I \know better than to go out in this weather ich werde mich hüten, bei dem Wetter rauszugehen fam
    she's old enough to \know better than to run out into the traffic sie ist alt genug, um zu wissen, dass man nicht einfach auf die Straße läuft
    to not \know any better es nicht anders kennen
    III. NOUN
    to be in the \know [about sth] [über etw akk] im Bilde sein [o Bescheid wissen]
    * * *
    [nəʊ] vb: pret knew, ptp known
    1. TRANSITIVE VERB
    1) = have knowledge about wissen; answer, facts, dates, details, results etc kennen, wissen; French, English etc können

    he knew her to be guilty — er wusste, dass sie schuldig war

    to know what one is talking about — wissen, wovon man redet

    to know one's own mind — wissen, was man will

    she knows all the answers — sie weiß Bescheid, sie kennt sich aus; (pej) sie weiß immer alles besser

    he thinks he knows all the answers or everything —

    that's what I'd like to know ( too) — das möchte ich auch wissen

    that might be worth knowing — es könnte interessant sein, das zu wissen

    I've been a fool and don't I know it! (inf) — ich sehs ja ein, ich war doof (inf), ich war vielleicht doof (inf)

    she's angry! – don't I know it! (inf) — sie ist wütend! – wem sagst du das! (inf)

    2) = be acquainted with people, places, book, author kennen

    I know Bavaria well — ich kenne Bayern gut, ich kenne mich gut in Bayern aus

    do you know him to speak to? —

    we all know her as the headmistress/a generous person — wir kennen Sie alle als die Schulleiterin/einen großzügigen Menschen

    if I know John, he'll already be there — wie ich John kenne, ist er schon da

    3) = recognize erkennen

    to know sb by his voice/walk etc — jdn an der Stimme/am Gang etc erkennen

    he knows a good thing when he sees it — er weiß, was gut ist

    he knows a bargain/good manuscript when he sees one — er weiß, was ein guter Kauf/ein gutes Manuskript ist

    4) = be able to distinguish unterscheiden können

    do you know the difference between...? —

    to know the difference between right and wrong, to know right from wrong — den Unterschied zwischen Gut und Böse kennen, Gut und Böse unterscheiden können

    he doesn't know one end of a horse/hammer from the other — er hat keine Ahnung von Pferden/keine Ahnung, was ein Hammer ist (inf)

    5) = experience erleben

    I've never known him (to) smile — ich habe ihn noch nie lächeln sehen, ich habe es noch nie erlebt, dass er lächelt

    have you ever known me (to) tell a lie? — haben Sie mich jemals lügen hören?

    have you ever known such a thing to happen before? — haben Sie je schon so etwas erlebt?, ist Ihnen so etwas schon einmal vorgekommen?

    6) BIBL (obs sexually) erkennen
    2. INTRANSITIVE VERB
    wissen

    who knows? — wer weiß?, weiß ichs?

    I know! — ich weiß!, weiß ich (doch)!; (having a good idea) ich weiß was!, ich habe eine Idee!

    as far as I know — soviel ich weiß, meines Wissens

    the channel was rough, as I well know or as well I know! — die Überfahrt war stürmisch, das kann ich dir sagen

    3. SET STRUCTURES
    __diams; to know that... wissen, dass...Note that while in English that can be omitted, in German dass must be used to introduce the next sentence.

    when I saw the ambulance, I knew (that) something was wrong — als ich den Krankenwagen sah, wusste ich, dass etwas nicht stimmte __diams; to know why... wissen, warum...

    he didn't know why — er wusste nicht, warum

    I don't know why you think it's so funny — ich weiß nicht, was du daran so komisch findest

    to know how to do sth (in theory) — wissen, wie man etw macht; (in practice) etw tun können

    I know how you feel — ich weiß, wie Sie sich fühlen

    you don't know how good it is to see you again — Sie wissen gar nicht, wie sehr ich mich freue, Sie wiederzusehen

    I know better than thatich bin ja nicht ganz dumm

    I know better than to say something like that —

    he knows better than to eat into the profits — er ist nicht so dumm, den Gewinn anzugreifen

    he/you ought to have known better — das war dumm (von ihm/dir)

    he says he didn't do it, but I know better — er sagt, er war es nicht, aber ich weiß, dass das nicht stimmt

    OK, you know best — o.k., Sie müssens wissen

    to get to know sth (methods, techniques, style, pronunciation etc) — etw lernen; habits, faults, shortcuts etc etw herausfinden

    he soon let me know what he thought of it —

    when can you let me know? — wann können Sie es mich wissen lassen?, wann können Sie mir Bescheid sagen?

    you know, we could/there is... — weißt du, wir könnten/da ist...

    he gave it away, you know — er hat es nämlich weggegeben

    it's raining, you know —

    then there was this man, you know, and... — und da war dieser Mann, nicht (wahr), und...

    wear the black dress, you know, the one with the red belt —

    it's long and purple and, you know, sort of crinkly — es ist lang und lila und, na ja, so kraus

    (if you) know what I meandu weißt schon __diams; you never know man kann nie wissen

    it was nothing to do with me, I'll have you know! — es hatte nichts mit mir zu tun, damit du es weißt! __diams; there's no knowing (inf) das kann keiner sagen, das weiß niemand

    there's no knowing what he'll do — man weiß nie, was er noch tut __diams; what do you know! (inf) sieh mal einer an!

    what do you know! I've just seen her! (inf) — stellen Sie sich vor, ich habe sie eben gesehen __diams; to be known → also known

    it is (well) known that... —

    is he/it known here? — ist er/das hier bekannt?, kennt man ihn/das hier?

    he is known to have been here — man weiß, dass er hier war

    she wishes to be known as Mrs Whitesie möchte Frau White genannt werden → also known __diams; to make sb/sth known jdn/etw bekannt machen

    to make it known that... — bekannt geben, dass...

    to make one's presence knownsich melden (to bei) __diams; to become known bekannt werden

    4. NOUN
    __diams; to be in the know inf eingeweiht sein, im Bild sein (inf), Bescheid wissen (inf)

    the people in the know say... — Leute, die darüber Bescheid wissen, sagen..., die Fachleute sagen...

    5. PHRASAL VERBS
    * * *
    know [nəʊ]
    A v/t prät knew [njuː; US besonders nuː], pperf known [nəʊn]
    1. allg wissen:
    he knows what to do er weiß, was zu tun ist;
    I don’t know how to thank you ich weiß nicht, wie ich Ihnen danken soll;
    know all about it genau Bescheid wissen;
    don’t I know it!
    a) und ob ich das weiß!,
    b) als ob ich das nicht wüsste!;
    I would have you know that … ich möchte Ihnen klarmachen, dass …;
    I have never known him to lie meines Wissens hat er noch nie gelogen;
    he knows a thing or two umg er ist nicht von gestern, er weiß ganz gut Bescheid ( about über akk);
    I don’t know much about football ich versteh nicht viel von Fußball;
    what do you know! umg na so was!;
    and he knows it umg das weiß er ganz genau; answer A 1, good B 10, what Bes Redew
    2. a) können:
    he knows (some) German er kann (etwas) Deutsch; business A 1, onion, rope A 1, etc
    b) know how to do sth etwas tun können:
    do you know how to do it? weißt du, wie man das macht?, kannst du das?;
    he knows how to treat children er versteht mit Kindern umzugehen;
    do you know how to drive a car? können Sie Auto fahren?;
    he doesn’t know how to lose er kann nicht verlieren
    3. kennen:
    a) auch know one’s way around sich auskennen in (dat):
    do you know this place? kennen Sie sich hier aus?
    b) mit einem Roman etc vertraut sein:
    know sth backwards (US backward[s] and forward[s]) umg etwas in- und auswendig kennen
    c) bekannt sein mit:
    I have known him (for) five years ich kenne ihn (schon) seit fünf Jahren;
    after I first knew him nachdem ich seine Bekanntschaft gemacht hatte; Adam, get C 2
    4. erfahren, erleben:
    he has known better days er hat schon bessere Tage gesehen;
    I have known it to happen ich habe das schon erlebt
    5. a) (wieder)erkennen (by an dat):
    I would know him anywhere ich würde ihn überall erkennen;
    I don’t know whether I will know him again ich weiß nicht, ob ich ihn wiedererkennen werde
    b) unterscheiden (können):
    know apart auseinanderhalten;
    know one from the other einen vom anderen unterscheiden können, die beiden auseinanderhalten können
    6. BIBEL (geschlechtlich) erkennen
    B v/i wissen (of von, um), im Bilde sein oder Bescheid wissen ( about über akk), Kenntnis haben ( about von):
    I know of sb who … ich weiß oder kenne jemanden, der …;
    I know better! so dumm bin ich nicht!;
    you ought to know better (than that) das sollten Sie besser wissen, so dumm werden Sie doch nicht sein;
    know better than to do sth sich davor hüten, etwas zu tun;
    he ought to know better than to go swimming after a big meal er sollte so viel Verstand haben zu wissen, dass man nach einer ausgiebigen Mahlzeit nicht baden geht;
    not that I know of nicht dass ich wüsste;
    do ( oder don’t) you know? umg nicht wahr?;
    you know wissen Sie;
    this isn’t the Ritz, you know wir sind hier nicht im Ritz!;
    he is an alcoholic as you know ( oder as everybody knows) er ist bekanntlich Alkoholiker;
    you never know man kann nie wissen;
    I’ll let you know ich geb dir Bescheid
    C s be in the know Bescheid wissen, im Bilde oder eingeweiht sein
    * * *
    1. transitive verb,
    1) (recognize) erkennen (by an + Dat., for als + Akk.)
    3) (be aware of) wissen; kennen [Person]

    I know who she is — ich weiß, wer sie ist

    I know for a fact that... — ich weiß ganz bestimmt, dass...

    it is known that... — man weiß, dass...; es ist bekannt, dass...

    know somebody/something to be... — wissen, dass jemand/etwas... ist

    that's/that might be worth knowing — das ist gut/wäre wichtig zu wissen

    you know(coll.): (as reminder) weißt du [noch]

    you know something or what? — weißt du was?

    somebody has [never] been known to do something — jemand hat bekanntlich [noch nie] etwas getan

    don't I know it!(coll.) das weiß ich nur zu gut

    what do you know [about that]? — (coll.): (that is surprising) was sagst du dazu?

    somebody is not to know (is not to be told) jemand soll nichts wissen (about, of von); (has no way of learning) jemand kann nicht wissen

    not know what hit one(fig.) gar nicht begreifen, was geschehen ist

    that's all you know [about it] — das glaubst du vielleicht

    know different or otherwise — es besser wissen

    know what's what — wissen, wie es in der Welt zugeht

    do you know,... — stell dir [mal] vor,...

    4) (have understanding of) können [ABC, Einmaleins, Deutsch usw.]; beherrschen [Grundlagen, Regeln]; sich auskennen mit [Gerät, Verfahren, Gesetz]

    know how to mend fuses — wissen, wie man Sicherungen repariert

    we have known each other for years — wir kennen uns [schon] seit Jahren

    you know what he/it is — (is like) du kennst ihn ja/du weißt ja, wie es ist

    6) (have experience of) erleben; erfahren

    know what it is to be hungry — wissen, was es heißt, Hunger zu haben

    2. noun
    (coll.)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    v.
    (§ p.,p.p.: knew, known)
    = kennen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: kannte, gekannt)
    wissen v.
    (§ p.,pp.: wußte, gewußt)

    English-german dictionary > know

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