 | English  | German | |
 | niggardly {adj} [reluctant to give or spend money] | 54 knauserig [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| assuasive {adj} [formal] [acting to give relief from pain, fear, or anxiety] | 8 beruhigend | |
| proverb [Beer before wine, you'll feel fine; wine before beer, you'll feel queer. / Wine on beer, give good cheer; beer on wine, you'll repine.] | Bier auf Wein, das lass' sein; Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich dir. [auch: Wein auf Bier, das rat' ich dir; Bier auf Wein, das lass' sein.] | |
| quote [They who want to build high towers have to give good consideration to the foundation.] | Wer hohe Türme bauen will, muss lange beim Fundament verweilen. [Anton Bruckner] | |
| Gimme ... [nonstandard] [Give me ...] | Gib mir ... | |
| Verbs |
| to abandon sth. [give up claim to sth.] | 2824 etw.Akk. abschaffen [fortgeben] | |
| to afford sth. [furnish, give] | 2515 etw. gewähren [Einblick etc.] | |
| to command (sth.) [give orders] | 1845 (etw.Akk.) befehlen | |
| to yield [give way under pressure] | 1763 nachgeben | |
| to appear [give the impression] | 1674 scheinen [den Anschein geben] | |
| to tell sth. [give an account] | 1513 etw.Akk. berichten | |
| comm. fin. to quote sth. [give estimated price] | 1510 etw. anbieten [Preisangebot machen] | |
| to distribute sth. [give out] | 1031 etw.Akk. austeilen | |
| to yield [give way] | 995 weichen | |
| to bear [to give birth] | 805 gebären | |
| to warrant sb. [give authority, power] | 657 jdn. bevollmächtigen | |
| to restore [give back] | 560 zurückgeben | |
| to abandon sb./sth. [give up] | 550 jdn./etw. preisgeben [aufgeben] | |
| to pass sth. [give, hand over] | 532 etw.Akk. herübergeben | |
| to enlighten sb. [give spiritual insight] | 516 jdn. erleuchten | |
| admin. pol. to sanction sth. [give approval] | 449 etw. unterstützen [durch Zustimmung] | |
| zool. to drop sth. [of an animal, to give birth to (young)] | 421 etw. werfen [Junge, bei Tieren] | |
| to tell sb. sth. [give a message, pass on] | 410 jdm. etw.Akk. ausrichten [mitteilen] | |
| to cause [archaic] [give reasons for] | 390 begründen | |
| to burn [give light] | 358 leuchten | |
| to return sth. [give back] [also in programming] | 310 etw. zurückgeben [auch bei Programmierung] | |
| to reek [archaic] [give off smoke] | 276 rauchen [Rauch erzeugen oder ausstoßen] | |
| to yield sth. [give up] | 256 etw. abtreten | |
| to buckle [give way] | 241 einknicken | |
| to tickle sb./sth. [in order to give a pleasant feeling] | 238 jdn./etw. kraulen | |
| to support sb. [assist, give moral support] | 150 jdm. beistehen | |
| to announce sth. [give notice, advertise] | 100 etw. ankündigen | |
| to goose sth. [Am.] [coll.] [invigorate, give a boost] | 97 etw. ankurbeln [beleben] | |
| to regale sb. [give delight to] | 91 jdn. erfreuen | |
| to second sb. [give backing, aid] | 89 jdm. helfen [unterstützen, z. B. bei einem Vorhaben] | |
| fin. to rebate [give a reduction] | 85 abziehen [von Preis] | |
| to boot sb. [obs.] [give profit or advantage to] | 83 jdm. nützen [helfen] | |
| [to give someone the status of civil servant] | 75 jdn. verbeamten | |
| to bend [yield, give in] | 59 nachgeben | |
| philos. to inform [pervade, give essential features to] | 47 durchdringen | |
| mus. to pitch [give] | 47 angeben [Ton] | |
| to seal sth. [fix a seal to sth., give sth. a lead seal] | 45 etw.Akk. verplomben [amtlich versiegeln] | |
| sports to collapse [give out] | 44 aufgeben [nicht weitermachen] | |
| to move [yield, give way] | 41 weichen | |
| to restore sth. [give sth. back] | 35 etw.Akk. zurückerstatten | |
| to steam [give off steam] | 27 dunsten [geh.] [dampfen] | |
| to tickle sb./sth. [in order to give a pleasant feeling] | 24 jdn./etw. krabbeln [ugs.] [kraulen] | |
| to realise sth. [Br.] [to give actual or physical form] | 19 etw.Akk. umsetzen [realisieren, verwirklichen] | |
| to return [give back] | 17 herausgeben [zurückgeben] | |
| law to retrocede sth. [rare] [give back, return] | 14 etw. rückübertragen | |
