English–German dictionary

German translation of the English word groundwork

English → German
  
EnglishGerman (translated indirectly)Esperanto
groundwork
(elements; foundation; basis)
(reason; account; motive)
(run aground; run ashore; strand)
auf Grund laufen
🔗 The lucky half fled back downwind to Bulmer Skeme and grounded on the beach.
(bottom; foundation; bed);
(soil; earth);
Erdboden
🔗 The nest of this species is on the ground.
(earth; land);
Erdboden
;
🔗 He leads an army so massive it shakes the ground with its march, so vast it drinks the rivers dry.
(motive; motif; motivation; theme; angle)
(base; basis; footing; platform; stem)
(grounds; terrain; lot);
🔗 With Chinese and Russian help, the junta has now recaptured some of the ground lost over the past two years.
(control; operate; enable; implement; actuate; run)
betätigen
(carve; sculpture; sculp)
hauen
;
skulptieren
skulpti
(cause; give rise to; provoke; result in; inflict; wreak; bring)
antun
;
bewirken
;
veranlassen
; ;
zufügen
;
bereiten
;
zur Folge haben
;
mit sich bringen
🔗 Yes, she lives, and no doubt still works evil on all she meets.
(function; run; perform; act)
funktionieren
;
(labour)
🔗 I’m working for Sladen.
(labour)
🔗 Work started in 1907 and the building was completed in 1908.
🔗 Some people have referred to that as a work of fiction
(act; be effective; have effect; impinge; avail; be efficacious; exert; have an effect; produce an effect)
🔗 The forces of society work against you.
(cultivate; farm; grow)
kultivieren
;
anbauen
;
bebauen
;
züchten
;
(cope with)
bearbeiten
(exploit; utilize; leverage; take advantage of)
ausbeuten
(ferment; rise);
in Gärung sein
(knead)
kneten

EnglishGerman
groundwork⇆ Grundlage
ground⇆ Boden; ⇆ Erdboden; ⇆ Erdleitung; ⇆ Grund; ⇆ Grundbesitz; ⇆ auflaufen; ⇆ stranden
work⇆ Arbeit; ⇆ Schrift; ⇆ Werk; ⇆ arbeiten; ⇆ ausbeuten; ⇆ bearbeiten; ⇆ bedienen; ⇆ betätigen; ⇆ einschlagen; ⇆ funken; ⇆ funktionieren; ⇆ gutgehen; ⇆ hantieren; ⇆ jobben; ⇆ klappen; ⇆ schaffen; ⇆ wirken