English–German dictionary

German translation of the English word able

English → German
  
EnglishGerman (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(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.

EnglishGerman
ablefähig; gekonnt; geschickt; kompetent
be ableimstande sein
be able to …etwas … können
be able tofähig sein; können; vermögen zu
be able to do somethingetwas tun können
be better able to do it thaneher dazu in der Lage sein als
not be able tonicht in der Lage sein; nicht können
able‐bodiedVoll‐; arbeitsfähig; gesund und kräftig; kräftig; tauglich
ablyfähig; gekonnt; geschickt
enablebefähigen; ermöglichen