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Dictionary English → German: grasp

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German

edit	NOUN	a grasp \| grasps
edit	VERB	to grasp \| grasped \| grasped ... grasping \| grasps
	SYNO	grasp \| grip \| to grasp \| to hold on ...
	grasp \| grip to grasp \| to hold on appreciation \| grasp \| hold compass \| grasp \| range \| reach clasp \| clench \| clutch \| clutches \| grasp \| grip \| hold to apprehend \| to compass \| to comprehend \| to dig \| to get the picture \| to grasp \| to grok \| to savvy © Princeton University

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to grasp sth. [understand]

4116

etw.^Akk. begreifen [verstehen]

to grasp sth.

1732

etw.^Akk. greifen

to grasp sth.

1645

etw.^Akk. ergreifen

to grasp sth. [seize and hold firmly; also: comprehend fully]

1374

etw. fassen [ergreifen und festhalten; auch: begreifen]

to grasp sth. [understand]

399

etw.^Akk. verstehen

to grasp sth. [understand, comprehend fully]

219

etw. auffassen [mit dem Verstand aufnehmen, erfassen]

to grasp sth. [idea]

195

etw. erfassen [eine Idee]

to grasp sth.

172

etw.^Akk. packen [fassen, ergreifen]

to grasp sth.

163

etw.^Akk. anfassen

to grasp

zupacken [zugreifen]

to grasp sth. [understand]

etw. aufnehmen [begreifen]

to grasp sb./sth.

jdn./etw. an sich reißen

Nouns

grasp

1303

Griff {m} [Handgriff]

grasp

864

Fassungskraft {f}

grasp

777

Fassungsgabe {f} [veraltet]

grasp [understanding]

681

Verständnis {n} [Verstehen, Erfassen]

grasp

518

Zugriff {m}

grasp [comprehension]

440

Erfassen {n}

grasp [fig.]

Umklammerung {f}

grasp [perceptive faculty]

Auffassungsgabe {f}

2 Words: Others

sb. can't grasp ...

es ist jdm. unfassbar ...

2 Words: Verbs

to grasp at sth.

nach etw.^Dat. greifen

to grasp eagerly

gierig ergreifen

to grasp firmly

zugreifen

to grasp firmly

zupacken

to grasp sb./sth

sich^Akk. an jdn./etw. krallen

to grasp sth. tightly

sich^Akk. um etw.^Akk. klammern

2 Words: Nouns

(intellectual) grasp

Auffassungsfähigkeit {f}

(intellectual) grasp

Auffassungsgabe {f}

fundamental grasp

Grundverständnis {n}

biol. med. grasp reflex

Greifreflex {m} [bei Säuglingen]

med. grasp reflex

Zwangsgreifen {n}

dent. pen grasp

Federhaltergriff {m}

pinch grasp [with thumb and forefinger]

Pinzettengriff {m} [das Greifen mit Daumen und Zeigefinger]

tight grasp

fester Griff {m}

3 Words: Others

... and grasp firmly.

... und fest fassen. [ugs.] [fest umfassen]

beyond his grasp

für ihn unbegreiflich

beyond my grasp {adj} [postpos.]

mir unbegreiflich

easy to grasp {adj} [attr. or postpos.] [fig.]

überschaubar [leicht verständlich]

easy to grasp {adj} [postpos.] [fig.] [catchy]

eingängig

within one's grasp [fig.]

greifbar nah [fig.]

within one's grasp [fig.]

zum Greifen nah [fig.]

3 Words: Verbs

to grasp (around) sth. (tightly)

sich um etw. klammern [Hand, Finger etc.]

to grasp an opportunity

eine Gelegenheit ergreifen

to grasp an opportunity

nach einer Gelegenheit greifen

to grasp an opportunity [idiom]

eine Gelegenheit beim Schopf fassen [Redewendung]

to grasp at nothing

ins Leere fallen

to grasp at nothing

ins Leere greifen

idiom to grasp at straws

nach Strohhalmen greifen

to grasp sth. in thought

etw.^Akk. mitbekommen [verstehen]

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A 2018-07-06: a little bit more formal: ... , you'd need a thorough grasp of customer ma...
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A 2016-07-24: he came to understand / grasp the nature / gist of the hospital milieu
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A 2015-09-23: When managers grasp at straws and sputter in hiring qualified workers, *fa...
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Q 2014-02-16: grasp a hold of fame
A 2013-11-15: i cannot grasp that.
A 2013-03-18: The fact that parables are essentially hard to grasp is borne out by 4 12,...
A 2012-11-03: grasp it experientially - in (seiner) Erfahrung erfassen / begreifen
A 2011-10-30: Some synonyms, anon, for you to improve your grasp of the language
A 2010-02-24: beyond my grasp
A 2009-09-24: Literally: to grasp an opportunity by the forelock (bitte in dict.cc eingeben)
A 2009-08-11: I like 'keen grasp', as in "Your keen grasp of...is astonishing."
A 2009-05-11: I see.But then I can't grasp why the word commitment is frequently used in...
A 2009-05-10: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-german/grasp%20hold

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