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