eignen
German translations
- 01
fit
- 02
be suitable
Word details
- German meaning
- Geeignet oder passend für einen bestimmten Zweck oder eine bestimmte Person sein.
- English meaning
- to be suitable
- Synonym
- geeignet sein, passen
- German example
- Dieser Raum eignet sich gut für eine Party.
- English example
- This room is well suited for a party.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich eigne du eignest er/sie/es ich eignet wir eignen ihr eignet sie eignen
- Past Participle
- ich habe geeignet du hast geeignet er/sie/es hat geeignet wir haben geeignet ihr habt geeignet sie haben geeignet
- Past
- ich eignete du eignetest er/sie/es eignete wir eigneten ihr eignetet sie eigneten
Related words
- Erlernung
The process of learning or acquiring knowledge, skills, or abilities.
- Weiterbilden
To further educate oneself
- Anmassung
Presumption
- Grundwortschatz
Basic vocabulary
- usurpieren
Usurp
- akquirieren
to acquire
- hergehen
to happen
- erfolgen
To occur, to happen, to result
- erarbeiten
to develop, to earn
- ergehen
To fare; to happen
- sich etwas unter den Nagel reißen
To grab something for oneself
- übereignen
To convey (property)
- interkurrent
Intercurrent
- autodidaktisch
Autodidactic means acquiring knowledge or skills independently, without formal education.
- zustoßen
Happen
- stattfinden
Take place
- lernen
to learn
- geschehen
to happen
- unterschlagen
To embezzle means to illegally take possession of property that has been entrusted to you.
- vorfallen
Occur
- enteignen
to expropriate
- widerfahren
Widerfahren means that something happens to someone, usually something negative or unexpected.
- zwangsenteignen
to expropriate
- anfallend
Occurring
- Aneignung
Appropriation means to take something for oneself, to make something one's own, often in the sense of taking over or presuming.
- interkurrierend
intercurrent
- Spickzettel
Cheat sheet
- Anmaßung
Presumption means to assume rights or powers that one is not entitled to.
- passieren
to happen, to occur
- ereignen
Happen
- aneignen
Acquire
- anmaßen
to presume, to arrogate
- bemächtigen
To seize means to take possession of something forcibly or unlawfully.
- erlernen
to learn
- erkämpfen
to fight for
- wildeln
To poach (wood or other natural products)
- angewöhnen
to get used to
- Diebstahl
Theft is the unlawful taking of someone else's property with the intention of appropriating it.
- übereignen
assign
- übereignen
grant
- übereignen
transfer
- enteignen
dispossess
- ereignen
to occur
- ereignen
to happen
- ereignen
to take place
- sich aneignen
usurp
- enteignen
to expropriate