attempt
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Word details
- German meaning
- Ein Attentat ist ein politisch motivierter Anschlag auf eine wichtige Person.
- English meaning
- Assassination attempt
- Synonym
- Mordanschlag, Anschlag
- German example
- Das Attentat auf den Präsidenten scheiterte.
- English example
- The assassination attempt on the president failed.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- das
- Singular Form
- das Attentat
- Plural Form
- die Attentate
Related words
- Versuch
attempt
- Anlauf
attempt
- Bemühung
attempt
- Parapsychologie
Parapsychology
- Jugendwahn
Youth obsession describes the excessive obsession with youthfulness and the attempt to stop aging.
- Freistoß
A free kick is a way to resume play in football after a foul, where the fouled player can attempt a direct or indirect shot at the goal.
- Exmatrikulation
Expulsion
- Mordanschlag
Assassination attempt
- Putschversuch
Coup attempt
- Gefängnisinsasse
A prison inmate is a person who is incarcerated in a prison for committing a crime or being suspected of committing a crime.
- verschlimmbessern
To make worse through attempted improvement
- nach hinten losgehen
backfire
- erfolglos
Unsuccessful
- teleologisch
Teleological
- gescheitert
Failed
- fehlgeschlagen
Failed
- mehrmalig
Repeated
- apophatisch
apophatic
- neovitalistisch
Neovitalistic
- Versuch
attempt
- Alchemie
Alchemy
- Pyramidologie
Pyramidology is the study and interpretation of pyramids, especially the Giza pyramids, often from esoteric or pseudoscientific perspectives.
- Teleologie
teleology
- Anmache
Pick-up attempt
- Erpressungsversuch
Attempted blackmail
- Bestechungsversuch
attempted bribery
- Selbstoptimierung
Self-optimization refers to the process where a person attempts to improve their skills, behavior, and performance through targeted measures and strategies.
- Rettungsversuch
Rescue attempt
- Umstimmungsversuch
Attempt to change someone's mind
- fehlschlagen
to fail
- aushungern
To starve out means to weaken or destroy someone or something by depriving them of food or resources.
- missglücken
To fail
- jedweder
Jedweder means any, every, each. It is often used to emphasize something.
- verfehlt
Failed
- spottschlecht
Abysmal
- Würger
A strangler is a person who kills or attempts to kill someone by squeezing their throat or neck.
- Realismus
Realism is an artistic and philosophical movement that attempts to represent reality as objectively and accurately as possible.
- Stringtheorie
String theory
- Scholastik
Scholasticism is a medieval philosophical and theological school that attempts to reconcile faith and reason.
- Kosmodizee
Cosmodicy
- Anthropodizee
Anthropodicy
- Psephologie
Psephology
- Konterrevolution
counterrevolution
- Oneirologie
Oneirology
- putschen
To stage a coup means to attempt a violent overthrow of the government.
- kläglich
Pathetic
- missglückt
Failed
- nachgiebig
Accommodating
Example sentences with “attempt”
It was a failed attempt. (Es war ein gescheiterter Versuch.)
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 'to attempt' in German?
The verb is 'versuchen'.