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Dictionary English → German: obey

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VERB

to obey | obeyed | obeyed ...

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to obey sth. [orders, etc.]

3257

etw.^Akk. befolgen [Anordnungen etc.]

to obey sb./sth.

2268

jdm./etw. gehorchen

to obey

565

hören [gehorchen]

to obey

69

parieren [leicht ugs.] [ohne Widerspruch gehorchen]

to obey sb.

19

jdm. willfahren [veraltet] [literarisch: gehorchen]

to obey

sich^Akk. fügen [gehorchen]

2 Words

to obey orders

Befehle ausführen

to submissively obey sb.

sich jdm. willenlos unterwerfen

3 Words

to obey a regulation

eine Vorschrift beachten

to obey a rule

einer Regel folgen

to obey an order

einen Befehl befolgen

law to obey the law

das Gesetz befolgen

econ. mil. to refuse to obey

den Gehorsam verweigern

duty to obey

Gehorsamspflicht {f}

4 Words

mil. refusal to obey orders

Gehorsamsverweigerung {f}

5+ Words

proverb If you wish to command you must first learn to obey.

Wer befehlen will, muss erst gehorchen lernen.

quote Nobody has the right to obey.

Niemand hat das Recht zu gehorchen. [Hannah Arendt]

to obey the voice of one's conscience

dem Ruf des Gewissens folgen

refusal to obey an order

Befehlsverweigerung {f}

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