| Englisch | Deutsch | |
| to degrade sth. [reduce the quality] | etw.Akk. verschlechtern [die Qualität vermindern] | |
Teilweise Übereinstimmung |
| to deprioritize sth. [to reduce the priority level] | etw.Akk. depriorisieren [eine niedrigere Priorität / Rangfolge zuweisen] | |
| comm. to mark sth. down [reduce the price] | etw.Akk. herabsetzen [Preis] | |
| comm. to cheapen sth. [reduce the price of sth.] | etw.Akk. verbilligen | |
| gastr. to boil sth. down [reduce the volume of a liquid by boiling] | etw. reduzieren [das Einkochen lassen bis zu der gewünschten Dicke] | |
| chem. to degrade sth. | etw. abbauen | |
| to cut sth. [reduce] | etw. absenken | |
| to winnow sth. [reduce] | etw.Akk. reduzieren [sichten, aussortieren] | |
| to hone sth. to sth. [reduce] | etw. zu etw. zusammenschrumpfen lassen | |
| to cut sth. [decrease / reduce] | etw. abbauen [verringern] | |
| to shave sth. [fig.] [reduce] | etw.Akk. reduzieren | |
| to pare sth. back [reduce] | etw.Akk. herunterfahren [verringern] | |
| to scale sth. down [fig.] [reduce] | etw. abspecken [ugs.] [fig.] [verkleinern] | |
| pharm. to taper (off) sth. [gradually reduce] | etw. ausschleichen [langsam reduzieren] | |
| to cut down on sth. [reduce] | etw. abbauen [reduzieren] | |
| to lower the bar [to lower the standards of quality] | die Anforderungen herabsetzen | |
| to lower the bar [to lower the standards of quality] | die Anforderungen herunterschrauben | |
| to lower the bar [to lower the standards of quality] | die Erwartungen herunterschrauben | |
| to detract from sth. [reduce or lessen] | etw.Akk. schmälern | |
| to scale sth. back [to reduce, esp. proportionally] | etw.Akk. verringern | |
| to scale sth. back [to reduce, esp. proportionally] | etw.Akk. zurücknehmen [verringern] | |
| spec. to deplete [reduce the amount of sth. in sth.] | abreichern [den Anteil von etw. in etw. verringern] | |
| to slash sth. [coll.] [cut down, reduce drastically] | etw. zusammenstreichen [ugs.] | |
| to unmagnify sth. [diminish, reduce] [also: un-magnify] | etw. verkleinern | |
| to whittle away at sth. [gradually reduce it] | etw. allmählich reduzieren | |
| to ascribe sth. to sb./sth. [regard a quality as belonging to sb./sth.] | jdm./etw. etw.Akk. beimessen [zuschreiben] | |
| to deconstruct sth. [reduce sth. to its constituent parts in order to reinterpret it] | etw. (zur Neuinterpretation) auf seine (wesentlichen) Bestandteile zurückführen | |
| to impair sth. [quality] | etw.Akk. verschlechtern | |
| to ascribe sth. to sb. [quality] | jdm. etw. unterstellen [zuschreiben] | |
| to specify sth. [determine a specific quantity / quality] | etw. festlegen | |
| to sweep sth. (off sth.) [with a broom, e.g. the dirt off the floor] | etw.Akk. (von etw.Dat.) abkehren [bes. südd.] [etw. durch Kehren (von etw.) entfernen, z. B. den Schmutz (vom Fußboden)] | |
| to ascend sth. [a mountain, the throne, the pulpit, the scaffold, etc.] | etw.Akk. besteigen [einen Berg, den Thron, die Kanzel, das Schafott] | |
| to turn sth. off [the gas, the heating, the tap / faucet, etc.] | etw.Akk. zudrehen [den Gashahn, die Heizung, den Wasserhahn etc.] | |
| to partake of sth. [formal] [be characterized by (a particular quality)] | etw.Akk. an sichDat. haben [(eine bestimmte Eigenschaft) besitzen] | |
| to participate of sth. [archaic] [have or possess (a particular quality)] | etw. an sichDat. haben [eine bestimmte Eigenschaft] | |
| to have sth. in spades [idiom] [e.g. character, quality, talent] | viel von etw.Dat. besitzen [z. B. Charakter, Qualität, Talent] | |
| to put sth. on [the light, the radio, the heating, etc.] | etw. anmachen [ugs.] [das Licht, das Radio, die Heizung etc.] | |
| to see sth. [experience, witness] [e.g. the turn of the century, the first lunar landing] | etw.Akk. erleben [z. B. die Jahrhundertwende, die erste Mondlandung] | |
| to board sth. [the train, the ship, the plane, etc.] | etw.Akk. besteigen [den Zug, das Schiff, das Flugzeug etc.] | |
| to peruse sth. [the newspaper, the menu, the records, etc.] | etw. studieren [die Zeitung, die Speisekarte, die Akten etc.] | |
| to incarnate sth. [put sth. (a concept or quality) into concrete form] | etw.Dat. Gestalt geben | |
| to fit sb./sth. [e.g. the description fits him exactly, the lid doesn't fit the pot] | auf jdn./etw. passen [z. B. Beschreibung auf jdn., Deckel auf Dose] | |
| to degrade | degradieren | |
| to degrade | entsetzen | |
| to degrade | entwürdigen | |
| to degrade | erodieren | |
| to degrade | herabstufen | |
| to degrade | herabwürdigen | |
| to degrade | im Ansehen herabsetzen | |
| to degrade | im Rang herabsetzen | |