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Dictionary English → German: Could

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sb./sth. could [would be able]

1279

jd./etw. könnte

sb. could [was able]

467

[we/they/you] could [would be able]

164

[wir/sie/Sie] könnten

[we/they/you] could [were able]

127

[wir/sie/Sie] konnten

[you] could [would be able]

99

[du] könntest

[you] could [were able]

49

[du] konntest

[you] could [would be able]

36

[ihr] könntet

[you] could [were able] [said to two or more people]

35

[ihr] konntet

2 Words: Others

sb. could have

jd. hätte können

3 Words: Others

Could be worse.

Halb so schlimm.

Could be worse.

So la la. [ugs.] [Antwort auf "Wie geht's? / Wie war's?"]

comm. gastr. idiom Could I have ... ?

Ich hätte gerne ...

sb. could do with sth. [get benefit from]

etw. würde jdm. nicht schaden

sb./sth. could do with sth. [get benefit from]

jd./etw. könnte etw. vertragen [ugs.]

sth. could be prevented

etw. ist möglicherweise vermeidbar

That could be.

Schon möglich.

4 Words: Others

... - what could be better!

... - besser gehts / geht's nicht! [ugs.]

as best he could {adv}

so gut er konnte

as best he could {adv}

so gut er irgendwie konnte

as best I could {adv}

so gut ich konnte

as best they could {adv}

so gut sie konnten

before he could say {adv}

ehe er sagen konnte

Could have been worse.

So la la. [ugs.] [Antwort auf "Wie geht's? / Wie war's?"]

Could it be true?

Could we meet again? [after a first date]

Sehen wir uns noch einmal?

Could you postpone it?

Könnten Sie das verschieben? [formelle Anrede]

Could you postpone it?

Könntest du das verschieben?

He could be persuaded.

Er lässt mit sich reden.

He could not compromise.

Er konnte keine Zugeständnisse machen.

I could be lying.

Ich könnte ja lügen.

idiom I could be wrong.

Ich könnte mich irren.

I could care less. [Am.] [sl.] [nonstandard for: "I couldn't care less."]

Ist mir völlig egal. [ugs.]

I could eat you.

Ich könnte dich auffressen. [ugs.]

I could have cried.

Ich hätte heulen können. [ugs.]

I could just cry!

Ich könnte heulen! [ugs.]

idiom If looks could kill.

Wenn Blicke töten könnten.

idiom if pigs could fly [fig.]

wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fallen [fig.]

if pigs could fly [fig.]

wenn Ostern und Pfingsten auf einen Tag fällt [fig.]

It could be worse.

Das ist kein Beinbruch. [fig.]

It could become difficult.

Es könnte schwierig werden.

Sorry, could not resist. <SCNR>

Entschuldigung, konnte nicht widerstehen.

Unverified than could be expected

als zu erwarten stand

Who could bear this?

Wer hält das schon aus?

Would that she could ... [literary: If only she could ...]

Könnte sie doch nur ...

5+ Words: Others

... where else X could be [e.g. "I wonder ... than in the house."]

... wo X sonst sein könnte [z. B. "Ich frage mich, ... als im Haus."]

(It) seemed the least we could do. [idiom]

Das war doch das mindeste, was wir tun konnten.

[matters] that / which could not be solved

[Dinge], die nicht gelöst werden konnten

idiom A blind man could see that.

Ein Blinder könnte das sehen.

A loud noise could be heard.

Ein lautes Geräusch war zu hören.

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A 2023-06-24: Could somebody ...
A 2023-03-16: First I thought "Rollmütze" could be a typo for "Wollmütze".
A 2023-01-22: One could sacrifice oneself to A for (the benefit of) B
A 2022-09-19: could it mean "to dispose of non-conforming goods" ??
Q 2022-05-05: What could "his No. 2" be?
A 2022-03-14: could be: to resort to (a means, a method, etc.), to deploy
A 2022-01-12: Machine translation and paywall. Daypass could be worth it.
A 2021-12-27: Trouter – could be the name of a pub
A 2021-12-22: Meaning 2 (verb): certainly not. Meaning 1 (verb): could happen.
A 2021-12-22: Thus, the hypothesis of affective factors leading to a better IVR performa...
A 2021-12-14: "Promising" could work here.
A 2021-10-18: @polarjud: how could accurately marking regional variation possibly nullify it?
A 2021-05-24: Basically the opposites could not be territorialized just as had at first ...
A 2021-02-17: @Windfall: If he is 31 already, one could say "knapp über 30".
A 2021-01-10: To do with Leiharbeiter? (That could just be Austrian)
A 2020-11-15: ... more than you could ever expect
A 2020-11-10: No -- the sentence *could* continue.
A 2020-10-13: or, about how they could resolve the conflict
A 2020-10-02: @ Paul: could you solve this problem with one of your ingenious algorithms?
A 2020-06-27: The present tense could be wrong here, but it is ok in some contexts;

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