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Dictionary English → German: trying

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English

German

edit	ADJ	trying \| more trying \| most trying
edit	VERB	to try \| tried \| tried trying \| tries
	SYNO	nerve-racking \| nerve-wracking ...
	nerve-racking \| nerve-wracking \| stressful \| trying © Princeton University

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trying {adj} {pres-p} [arduous]

381

anstrengend

trying {pres-p} [attempting]

213

versuchend

trying {adj}

111

schwierig [anstrengend]

trying {adj}

aufreibend

trying {adj}

hart [anstrengend, schwierig]

trying {adj}

ermüdend [anstrengend]

trying {adj}

erprobend

Nouns

trying

129

Versuch {m}

2 Words: Others

trying on {adj}

anprobierend

without trying {adv}

ohne etwas dafür zu tun [sich anzustrengen]

without trying {adv}

ohne sich (viel / groß) anzustrengen

2 Words: Verbs

to keep trying

am Ball bleiben [ugs.] [Redewendung]

2 Words: Nouns

trying experience

missliche Erfahrung {f}

trying on [shoes, clothes]

Anprobe {f} [von Schuhen, Kleidung]

trying out

Ausprobieren {n}

trying situation

schwierige Situation {f}

trying times

harte Zeiten {pl}

3 Words: Others

after trying twice {adv}

nach zweimaligem Versuch

amenable to trying sth. {adj} [responsive, willing]

bereit, etw. zu versuchen

I'll die trying. [idiom]

Ich werde alles geben. [Redewendung]

I'll die trying. [idiom]

Ich werde mein Letztes geben. [Redewendung]

I'll keep trying!

Ich bleibe am Ball! [Redewendung]

in trying to

in dem Bestreben zu

It's worth trying.

Es ist den Versuch wert.

Keep on trying!

Versuche es weiterhin!

trying to understand

hineindenkend

worth trying out {adj} [postpos.]

einen Versuch wert [nur prädikativ]

4 Words: Others

I was just trying.

War nur ein Versuch. [ugs.] [Ich habe es versucht.]

sb. is trying to explain

jd. versucht zu erklären

Sth. is worth trying.

Etw. ist einen Versuch wert.

We were just trying.

War nur ein Versuch. [ugs.] [Wir haben es versucht.]

4 Words: Verbs

to continue trying to do sth.

weiter versuchen, etw. zu tun

5+ Words: Others

Are you trying to chat me up? [coll.]

Wollen Sie mich anmachen? [ugs.] [formelle Anrede]

Are you trying to suggest that he's lying?

Wollen Sie damit sagen, dass er lügt? [formelle Anrede]

Children can be very trying.

Kinder können eine Aufgabe sein.

Unverified Getting information out of you is (really) like trying to get blood out of a stone!

Dir muss man (aber auch wirklich) alles aus der Nase ziehen! [ugs.] [Redewendung]

He didn't succeed, but it wasn't for want / lack of trying.

Ihm gelang es nicht, doch an Versuchen ließ er es nicht mangeln.

He's been trying to shake off the flu for weeks. [coll.]

Er laboriert schon seit Wochen an einer Grippe. [ugs.]

I'm only trying to break the ice. [fig.]

Ich versuche nur, das Eis zu brechen. [fig.]

I'm only trying to help.

Ich versuche nur zu helfen.

I'm still trying to do sth.

Ich bin noch dabei, etw. zu tun.

I'm trying to get my computer to work.

Ich versuche meinen Rechner zum Laufen zu bringen.

Let's give him Brownie points for trying.

Dass er es versucht hat, können wir ihm ja anrechnen.

She's only trying to poke fun at you.

Sie macht sich nur über Sie lustig.

What are you trying to say?

Was willst du damit sagen?

What I'm trying to say is ...

Was ich damit sagen will, ist ...

5+ Words: Verbs

to be trying to solve (clear up) a crime

an der Aufklärung eines Verbrechens arbeiten

to seem to be trying to do sth.

versucht scheinen, etw. zu tun

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F Die Trying [Lee Child]

Ausgeliefert

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Q 2023-03-29: Trying to determine if C. F. Blumhardt is referring to land, influence, etc.
A 2021-11-18: Boris trying not to sound toooooooooo posh
A 2020-08-02: What are you trying to do? What's your problem? Enter a new translation?
Q 2018-06-12: Trying to describe my job
A 2017-08-29: Generell: however hard I may try; gerade jetzt: however hard I may be trying
Q 2017-06-19: a-riding, a-trying
A 2016-08-27: ... we were just trying to get that further than the baby stage
A 2016-08-04: It could mean that they were swinging their legs, trying to/getting ready ...
Q 2016-04-17: Thuggish Baby’s Hilarious Reaction To Mother Trying To Eat His Birthday Cake
A 2016-01-21: I was trying to be poetic!
A 2015-12-23: Trying to get in a festive mood
A 2015-09-29: Trying to strike a note of alarm? +limited input mode+ is one of the most ...
A 2015-07-02: Who's complaining? I'm trying gently to prod on the MASTERS / MISTRESSES o...
A 2015-05-01: Short of trying..........
Q 2015-05-01: "short of trying"
A 2015-04-18: The zebras were probably trying to get to the Autobahn :-)
A 2015-02-18: Trying to get a cat to swim + your own clever word(s) could work then.
A 2015-02-06: Trying to be funny?
A 2015-01-30: Please tell us what you're trying to say.
A 2015-01-29: A "moving" example of trying to translate via a second language.

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