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Dictionary English ← German: stehlen

Translation 1 - 52 of 52

English

German

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5638

665

stehlen [in einem Geschäft]

to poach [idea]

495

to purloin sth.

378

etw. stehlen

to whip [coll.] [snatch]

353

stehlen [mitgehen lassen]

to rustle [Am.] [round up and steal cattle, horses or sheep]

330

stehlen [Vieh, Pferde oder Schafe]

to cabbage [steal]

214

to glom [sl.]

138

to pinch sth. [esp. Br.] [coll.] [steal]

123

etw. stehlen

to heist sth. [esp. Am.] [coll.]

107

etw.^Akk. stehlen [rauben]

90

to nick sth. [Br.] [coll.] [steal]

83

etw. stehlen

76

to crib [archaic]

55

22

to nobble [Br.] [coll.] [steal]

14

to steal sth. from sb.

jdm. etw.^Akk. stehlen

to rob sb. of sth.

jdm. etw. stehlen

Nouns

26

Stehlen {n}

thieving [the action of stealing]

7

Stehlen {n}

2 Words: Verbs

to scrump for apples [Br.] [coll.]

Äpfel stehlen

to steal sb.'s heart [idiom]

jds. Herz stehlen [Redewendung]

to steal [to creep]

sich stehlen [fortstehlen, anschleichen]

Waren stehlen

3 Words: Verbs

to steal an invention

eine Erfindung stehlen

to pick a purse [Br.]

eine Geldbörse stehlen

to steal a purse [Br.]

eine Geldbörse stehlen

to steal a kiss

einen Kuss stehlen

to steal sb.'s thunder [idiom]

jdm. das Rampenlicht stehlen [Redewendung]

to upstage sb. [fig.]

jdm. die Schau stehlen [Redewendung]

to steal sb.'s thunder [idiom]

jdm. die Schau stehlen [Redewendung]

to steal the limelight from sb. [fig.]

jdm. die Schau stehlen [Redewendung]

to upstage sb. [fig.]

jdm. die Show stehlen [Redewendung]

to steal the show from sb. [expression]

jdm. die Show stehlen [Redewendung]

to monkey about with sb. [waste sb.'s time]

jdm. die Zeit stehlen

to monkey around with sb. [waste sb.'s time]

jdm. die Zeit stehlen

to catch sb. stealing

jdn. beim Stehlen erwischen

3 Words: Nouns

psych. kleptomania

Neigung {f} zum Stehlen

4 Words: Others

bibl. Thou shalt not steal. [the eighth commandment from the King James Version]

Du sollst nicht stehlen. [das siebte Gebot nach Luther]

Why not just steal them?

Warum nicht gleich stehlen?

4 Words: Verbs

to resort to stealing

sich aufs Stehlen verlegen

5+ Words: Others

quote The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. [Anatole France]

Die großartige »Gleichheit vor dem Gesetz« verbietet den Reichen wie den Armen, unter Brücken zu schlafen, auf den Straßen zu betteln oder Brot zu stehlen.

It is wrong to steal.

Es ist unrecht zu stehlen.

proverb Better beg than steal.

Lieber / besser betteln als stehlen. [selten]

He's a good sport.

Mit ihm kann man Pferde stehlen. [Idiom]

sb. is game for anything [coll.]

mit jdm. kann man Pferde stehlen [ugs.] [Idiom]

Don't you dare steal those apples.

Unterstehen Sie sich, diese Äpfel zu stehlen! [formelle Anrede]

5+ Words: Verbs

to dally away the day

dem (lieben) Herrgott den Tag stehlen [Redewendung]

to dodge responsibility

sich^Akk. aus der Verantwortung stehlen [Redewendung]

to shirk responsibility

sich^Akk. aus der Verantwortung stehlen [Redewendung]

to steal from the rich and give to the poor

von den Reichen stehlen und den Armen geben

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film lit. F Out Stealing Horses [novel: Per Petterson, film: Hans Petter Moland]

Pferde stehlen

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