English–German dictionary
German translation of the English word able
English | German (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(capable; competent) | fähig | |
🔗 Manning was able and brilliant. | ||
(capable; competent; efficient; skilled) | kompetent | |
(be entitled to; have the right to) | ||
imstande sein | ||
🔗 They want to be able to read, not to write, Greek. | ||
(can; may; be able to) | ; vermögen | |
🔗 I will help him as much as I am able. | ||
; | ||
🔗 Sometimes, a team of users will want to be able to work together in a group on a single project. | ||
(be able; can; may) | ||
🔗 However it added that Ukrainian forces had been able to prevent Moscow’s armies from securing significant gains. | ||
be able to (know) | ||
(burly; firm; resistant; robust; rugged; solid; strong; sturdy; tough; hefty; stout) | ; befestigt ; haltbar ; widerstandsfähig ; dauerhaft ; robust ; kernig | |
(actuate; control; implement; operate; work) | in Betrieb setzen ; betätigen | |
(allow; let; permit; make possible) | ||
🔗 This has the additional advantage that it enables you to remember them. | ||
(inefficient; incompetent) | unfähig ; unvermögend ; unbefähigt | |
🔗 Rand stared at her, unable to speak. |
English | German |
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able | fähig; gekonnt; geschickt; kompetent |
be able | imstande sein |
be able to … | etwas … können |
be able to | fähig sein; können; vermögen zu |
be able to do something | etwas tun können |
be better able to do it than | eher dazu in der Lage sein als |
not be able to | nicht in der Lage sein; nicht können |
able‐bodied | Voll‐; arbeitsfähig; gesund und kräftig; kräftig; tauglich |
ably | fähig; gekonnt; geschickt |
enable | befähigen; ermöglichen |