Translation of "give" - English-German dictionary

give

verb /ɡiv/ (past tense gave /ɡeiv/, past participle given)

› to cause to have

geben
My aunt gave me a book for Christmas
Can you give me an opinion on this?

› to produce (something)

geben
Cows give milk, but horses do not
He gave a talk on his travels.

› to yield, bend, break etc

nachgeben
This lock looks solid, but it will give under pressure.

› to organize (some event etc)

geben
We’re giving a party next week.
given adjective

› stated

gegeben
The computer will execute the command at the given time.

› (with to) in the habit of (doing) something

bestimmt
He’s given to making stupid remarks.

› taking (something) as a fact

vorausgegeben
Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five.
given name

› (American) a personal or christian name.

der Vorname
give and take

› willingness to allow someone something in return for being allowed something oneself.

Geben und Nehmen
In every relationship there has to be a certain amount of give and take.
give away

› to give etc (something) to someone (eg because one no longer wants it)

verschenken
I’m going to give all my old clothes away to charity.

› to cause or allow (information etc) to become known usually accidentally

preisgeben, die Preisgabe
He gave away our hiding-place (noun give-away: the lingering smell was a give-away).
give back

› to return something

zurückgeben
She gave me back the book that she had borrowed last week.
give in

› to stop fighting and admit defeat; to yield

aufgeben
The soldiers were outnumbered and gave in to the enemy.

› to hand or bring (something) to someone (often a person in authority)

einreichen
Do we have to give in our books at the end of the lesson?
give off

› to produce

abgeben
That fire is giving off a lot of smoke.
give or take

› allowing for the addition or subtraction of

mehr oder weniger
I weigh sixty-five kilos, give or take a little (= approximately sixty-five kilos).
give out

› to give, usually to several people

verteilen
The headmaster’s wife gave out the school prizes.

› to come to an end

versagen
My patience gave out.

› to produce

ausströmen
The fire gave out a lot of heat.
give rise to

› to cause

verursachen
The train strike gave rise to a large number of problems for commuters.
give up

› to stop, abandon

aufgeben
I must give up smoking
They gave up the search.

› to stop using etc

aufgeben
You’ll have to give up cigarettes
I won’t give up all my hobbies for you.

› to hand over (eg oneself or something that one has) to someone else.

aufgeben
He was eventually persuaded to give up the stolen jewels.

› to devote (time etc) to doing something

widmen
He gave up all his time to gardening.

› (often with asor for) to consider (a person, thing etc) to be

aufgeben
You took so long to arrive that we had almost given you up (for lost).
give way

› to stop in order to allow eg traffic to pass

freie Bahn lassen
Give way to traffic coming from the right.

› to break, collapse etc under pressure

nachgeben
The bridge will give way any day now.

› to agree against one’s will

nachgeben
I have no intention of giving way to demands like that.

(Translation of “give” from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

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