engen
to narrow; to tighten
English translations
- 01
narrow
Word details
- German meaning
- Etwas enger machen oder werden lassen; den Raum oder die Bewegungsfreiheit einschränken.
- English meaning
- To tighten
- Synonym
- verkleinern, verengen
- German example
- Die Hose muss enger gemacht werden.
- English example
- The pants need to be tightened.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich enge du engst er/sie/es ich engt wir engen ihr enget sie engen
- Past Participle
- ich habe geengt du hast geengt er/sie/es hat geengt wir haben geengt ihr habt geengt sie haben geengt
- Past
- ich engte du engtest er/sie/es engte wir engten ihr engtet sie engten
Related words
- verengen
to narrow
- verengen
constrict
- besprengen
to sprinkle
- sengen
to dream
- besprengen
to water
- anstrengend
demanding
- anstrengend
strenuous
- Mengenrabatt
quantity discount
- anstrengend
tiring
- Judengenosse
fellow Jew
- sprengen
to burst
- sprengen
to blow up
- sprengen
to detonate
- verengen
to narrow
- versengen
To slightly burn or scorch something.
- zersprengen
To blow up
- Mengenrabatt
Quantity discount
- einengen
restrict
- beimengen
to add, to mix in
- einmengen
To interfere, meddle
- Mengentheorie
Set theory
- anstrengend
tiring, exhausting
- ansengen
scorch
- Mengenlehre
set theory
- Mengenelement
A macronutrient is a chemical element required in relatively large quantities by living organisms.
- Mengenverhältnis
Ratio
- anstrengen
make an effort
- sekundengenau
Second-accurate means that something is accurate to the second.
- Mengentext
Bulk text
- mengenmäßig
Quantitative
- minutengenau
down to the minute
- sengen
To singe
- wegsprengen
To blow up
- die Bank sprengen
To break the bank means to win so much money gambling that the bank's capital is no longer sufficient to pay out the winnings.
- überanstrengen
Overstrain
- mengen
to mix, to blend
- Stoffmengenanteil
Mole fraction
- in die Luft sprengen
to blow up, to detonate
- sprengen
Blow up
- besprengen
To sprinkle means to lightly wet or drizzle something with a liquid, usually water.
- Mengenangabe
Quantity specification
- Judengenosse
Sympathizer of Jews (historically derogatory)
- vermengen
to mix, to blend
- dreizehnstündig
Thirteen-hour
- vorbesagt
Aforementioned
- stückchenweise
Bit by bit, piecemeal
- zehnstündig
Ten-hour means that something lasts ten hours or extends over a period of ten hours.
- Monsun
Monsoon
Example sentences with “engen”
Das Kleid engt mich ein. (The dress is too tight for me.)
Frequently asked questions
Is 'engen' used as a verb?
It is more common as 'einengen' (to restrict) or the adjective 'eng'.