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Dictionary English → German: describe

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German

edit	VERB	to describe \| described \| described ... describing \| describes
	SYNO	to account \| to describe \| to report ...
	to account \| to describe \| to report to depict \| to describe \| to draw to delineate \| to describe \| to draw \| to line \| to trace to describe \| to discover \| to distinguish \| to identify \| to key \| to key out \| to name © Princeton University

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to describe

5167

beschreiben

to describe

1066

schildern

to describe

216

bezeichnen

to describe sb./sth.

116

jdn./etw. darstellen [beschreiben]

to describe

100

abbilden

to describe sth. [outline]

etw.^Akk. umschreiben [darstellen, umreißen]

to describe

wiedergeben [beschreiben]

to describe

darlegen

2 Words

to describe sth. [for describing]

zur Beschreibung [+ Gen.] [um etw. zu beschreiben]

to describe sth. shortly

etw. in wenigen Worten beschreiben

to describe sth. to sb.

jdm. etw.^Akk. ausmalen [fig.]

3 Words

difficult to describe {adj} [postpos.]

schwer beschreibbar

math. to describe a circle

einen Kreis schlagen

to describe a curve

eine Kurve beschreiben

to describe a problem

ein Problem schildern

to describe a situation

eine Situation schildern

to describe circles with sth.

etw. kreisen lassen [kreisförmig bewegen]

to describe in detail

ausführlich beschreiben

to describe in keywords

in Stichworten beschreiben

to describe oneself as ...

sich als ... bezeichnen

to describe sth. in detail

etw. genau beschreiben

to describe the goods

die Ware beschreiben

4 Words

to describe a new acquaintance

einen neuen Bekannten beschreiben

to describe the actual situation

die tatsächliche Lage beschreiben

5+ Words

'...' isn't the word I'd choose to describe it. [euphem.]

"..." würde ich das nicht unbedingt nennen.

Does the statement describe you?

Trifft die Aussage auf Sie zu?

to describe sth. in a true-to-life way

etw. lebensnah schildern

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A 2023-03-16: I would describe a Wollmütze as a wool beanie, or a beanie for short.
A 2021-11-05: In NASCAR, there's 'drifting,' which seems to describe the action you're t...
A 2021-03-01: +off-line point+ Airline term to describe points (areas or cities) they d...
A 2020-09-20: I don't think I would use stark to describe a person in English.
Q 2019-02-12: Adjective to describe extreme cold?
A 2018-09-25: +wailing+ would seem to describe the fire engine sound
Q 2018-06-12: Trying to describe my job
A 2017-01-27: to cast sb. as = to describe sb. as a particular type of person - jmd. typ...
A 2015-07-12: I wouldn't describe the narrowing of eyes from jealousy as squinting,
Q 2015-05-27: Can beanspruchbar or strapazierbar be used to describe people?
A 2015-05-14: to record / describe ..... recording / description
A 2015-04-03: Die Welt, Katholische Nachrichten, and a plethora of German newspapers al...
A 2014-11-12: I think "control" only wouldn't describe it very well.
A 2014-06-25: If you know a scrivener notary, they probably know what to call (or how to...
A 2014-02-28: And how would I describe the doing?
A 2013-10-30: using terms from one school country's school system to describe another's ...
A 2013-08-26: Ruthless, hard-hearted, hard-boiled, compassionless could also be used in ...
Q 2013-07-24: why is it that it seems exceedingly difficult for me to describe people's ...
A 2013-04-02: From my expereience of trying to describe colours,
A 2012-10-30: I am going to describe my best friend.

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