Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
to eat
German translation:
essen
Added to glossary by
Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
Apr 22, 2003 23:39
23 yrs ago
English term
Beth Schweidel
eat
I would like to know how to say eat in German
Proposed translations
(German)
| 5 +19 | essen |
Cristina Moldovan do Amaral
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| 5 +9 | essen, speisen, dinieren, tafeln, fressen |
Anglo-German (X)
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| 5 +8 | essen, fressen |
Serge L
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| 5 | vollfressen |
Robin Ward
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Proposed translations
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essen
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Note added at 2003-04-22 23:43:47 (GMT)
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to eat= essen
If it\'s in imperative:
iss- eat! (singular)
esst- eat! (plural)
Essen Sie!(formal)
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Note added at 2003-04-22 23:43:47 (GMT)
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to eat= essen
If it\'s in imperative:
iss- eat! (singular)
esst- eat! (plural)
Essen Sie!(formal)
Peer comment(s):
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Ino66 (X)
2 mins
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| agree |
Giusi Pasi
: obviously!
2 mins
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swisstell
: as infinitive
3 mins
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Ellen Zittinger
6 mins
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Will Matter
: used for humans
27 mins
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Dipl.-Kfm. Bernhard Aicher MBA
2 hrs
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Aida.
2 hrs
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Kim Metzger
3 hrs
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Anca Nitu
4 hrs
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Geneviève von Levetzow
5 hrs
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Lucyna Długołęcka
5 hrs
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| agree |
Karin Hart
6 hrs
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Edith Kelly
: guten Appetit
6 hrs
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Steffen Walter
7 hrs
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| agree |
Anna Bittner
8 hrs
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Susanne Rindlisbacher
11 hrs
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| agree |
Robin Ward
: Mahlzeit!
13 hrs
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Kerstin Schuhmann
15 hrs
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| agree |
Nicole Trebbin
4 days
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+8
3 mins
essen, fressen
eat [iːt] (vb: pret ate)ptp eaten)
1 transitive verb
(person) essen; fressen (pej inf)
(animal) fressen
to eat one's breakfast frühstücken
to eat one's lunch/dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen
he ate his way through ... er aß sich durch ...
he's eating us out of house and home (informal) der isst or frisst uns noch arm or die Haare vom Kopf (informal)
to eat one's words (alles,) was man gesagt hat, zurücknehmen
he was forced to eat his words er musste alles zurücknehmen
he won't eat you (informal) er wird dich schon nicht fressen (informal)
what's eating you? (informal) was hast du denn?
See alive a
2 intransitive verb
essen; fressen (pej inf)
(animal) fressen
I haven't eaten for ages ich habe schon ewig nichts mehr gegessen
3 noun (informal)
eats plural
Fressalien plural (informal)
time for eats! Fütterung der Raubtiere! (informal)
Mahlzeit!
Serge L.
1 transitive verb
(person) essen; fressen (pej inf)
(animal) fressen
to eat one's breakfast frühstücken
to eat one's lunch/dinner zu Mittag/Abend essen
he ate his way through ... er aß sich durch ...
he's eating us out of house and home (informal) der isst or frisst uns noch arm or die Haare vom Kopf (informal)
to eat one's words (alles,) was man gesagt hat, zurücknehmen
he was forced to eat his words er musste alles zurücknehmen
he won't eat you (informal) er wird dich schon nicht fressen (informal)
what's eating you? (informal) was hast du denn?
See alive a
2 intransitive verb
essen; fressen (pej inf)
(animal) fressen
I haven't eaten for ages ich habe schon ewig nichts mehr gegessen
3 noun (informal)
eats plural
Fressalien plural (informal)
time for eats! Fütterung der Raubtiere! (informal)
Mahlzeit!
Serge L.
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: Important distinctions!
22 mins
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Will Matter
: also good
24 mins
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Thank you both!
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Aida.
2 hrs
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Geneviève von Levetzow
5 hrs
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| agree |
Steffen Walter
: good to have the distinction between animals and humans :-)
7 hrs
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Alexandra Collins
8 hrs
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Anna Bittner
8 hrs
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Kerstin Schuhmann
15 hrs
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Thank you all!
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+9
12 mins
essen, speisen, dinieren, tafeln, fressen
It really depends on the context. If you go to a dinnerparty you could say *dinieren* (lobster and champagne possibly); if invited to a King's table you might want to choose *tafeln*, *essen* is for everyday purposes, *fressen* is for animals (or gluttons),
and there are lots of words in between ...
and there are lots of words in between ...
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: reinhauen, verschlingen, Bauch vollschlagen.
12 mins
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spachteln, verputzen, mümmeln, verdrücken, naschen, schlemmen ... etc.
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Aida.
: every answer is great, depending on the context
2 hrs
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verbis
4 hrs
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Geneviève von Levetzow
5 hrs
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Steffen Walter
: mampfen, schlingen, reinschieben...
7 hrs
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Anna Bittner
8 hrs
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Nancy Arrowsmith
: Kohldampf haben, verkosten, gustieren, usw, usf...
12 hrs
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Robin Ward
: Hope the asker's not going to get a "mouthful" with all these suggestions!
13 hrs
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Birgit Beer
: many options, best one depends on context, but in general "essen" would be the one used, there is just so many different ways of doing it, isn't there?
1 day 7 hrs
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13 hrs
Robin Ward
Germany
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vollfressen
Just one that got overlooked ....
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