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Dictionary English → German: prefer

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German

edit	VERB	to prefer \| preferred \| preferred ... preferring \| prefers
	SYNO	to choose \| to opt \| to prefer ...
	to choose \| to opt \| to prefer to favor \| to favour \| to prefer © Princeton University

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to prefer

5902

vorziehen

to prefer sb./sth.

1325

jdn./etw. bevorzugen

to prefer

204

begünstigen

to prefer sth.

etw. präferieren [geh.]

to prefer

lieber haben

to prefer

lieber wollen

to prefer sb./sth.

jdm./etw. den Vorzug geben

to prefer sth.

etw. lieber mögen

2 Words: Verbs

to prefer A to B

A (gegenüber) B vorziehen

law to prefer charges

Anklage erheben

to prefer sb./sth. to sb./sth.

jdn./etw. jdm./etw. vorziehen

to prefer sth. over sth.

etw.^Akk. etw.^Dat. bevorzugen [präferieren]

to prefer sth. to sth.

etw.^Akk. etw.^Dat. bevorzugen [präferieren]

to prefer tea

Tee vorziehen

to prefer tea

Tee lieber haben

spec. to thermodynamically prefer

thermodynamisch bevorzugen

3 Words: Others

... than I prefer.

... als mir lieb ist.

I prefer standing.

Ich stehe lieber.

Unless you'd prefer ... ?

Oder möchten Sie lieber ... ? [formelle Anrede]

3 Words: Verbs

law to prefer a charge

Anklage erheben

law to prefer a charge

eine Klage vorbringen

to prefer a complaint

eine Beschwerde vorbringen

to prefer sb. to do sth.

(es) vorziehen, wenn jd. etw. täte / tun würde

to prefer the certainty

die Sicherheit vorziehen

to prefer to do sth.

etw. lieber tun

4 Words: Others

I prefer to stand.

Ich stehe lieber.

I would prefer some ...

Etwas ... wäre mir lieber.

Prefer not to say [answer option in surveys/questionnaires]

Keine Angabe [Antwortoption in Umfragen/auf Fragebögen]

4 Words: Verbs

to prefer reading to writing

lieber lesen als schreiben

to prefer to have control

Verfügungsgewalt vorziehen

5+ Words: Others

I prefer brawn to brains.

Für mich sind Muskeln wichtiger als Hirn.

I should prefer to wait until evening.

Ich warte lieber bis zum Abend.

I should prefer to wait.

Ich warte lieber.

They prefer to have control.

Sie ziehen es vor, die Verfügungsgewalt zu haben.

5+ Words: Verbs

to prefer the pears to the apples

die Birnen den Äpfeln vorziehen

to prefer working to doing nothing

Arbeit dem Nichtstun vorziehen

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Howard Hawks]

Blondinen bevorzugt

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A 2023-02-19: ... or on YT, if you prefer
A 2019-02-11: ... prefer "wrong for" to prevent it from getting back into the dict
A 2018-11-01: People who prefer to be referred to using they are still very few and far ...
A 2018-09-13: He would prefer "Es ist ein italienisches Auto". IMHO.
Q 2018-02-27: setzen eher auf - prefer?
A 2017-09-04: As there is no difference in meaning, the subtitles prefer the tense that ...
A 2017-06-14: Nope as well. I prefer open source
A 2017-05-06: PS: Usage seems to prefer +bloodthirsty+ these days \\\ Good night!
A 2017-01-24: It's one of those words, isn't it? I also found +Normalform+ in the same s...
A 2016-12-07: Or take up aphoenix's suggestion if you prefer
A 2016-09-24: Theoretically, yes; of the two,I prefer +in fog.+
A 2016-06-29: Ad +hyphened+ — purists may prefer +hyphenated+ but the shortened form is ...
A 2016-01-05: I'd prefer your second suggestion. "Scrutiny" is the word I was looking fo...
A 2015-12-28: But I would use locations (and I prefer people).
Q 2015-12-06: Nice toy, but 2700 bucks? I prefer making such toys myself to spending tha...
A 2015-10-18: Spruchkammer > denazification court / tribunal (On technical grounds adumb...
A 2015-10-15: I'd prefer this (the first) version.
A 2015-07-04: Prefer of
A 2015-07-04: Prefer OF?
A 2015-07-03: +She would prefer him to come+ ... is analogously found in quite a few pro...

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