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  • einarbeiten
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingearbeitet
    Preterite (written past): arbeitete ein
    1.
    introduce someone to a new job
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    2.
    to work in something
    (An idea into a story for instance)
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  • einatmen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeatmet
    Preterite (written past): atmete ein
    1.
    to breath in, to inhale
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    Opposite (closest): ausatmen
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  • einbauen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebaut
    Preterite (written past): baute ein
    1.
    to build in
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  • einberufen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat einberufen
    Preterite (written past): berief ein
    1.
    to convoke, to call
    (A very formal term for calling people together for a council session. NOT for daily life at all.)
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  • einbezahlen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat einbezahlt
    Preterite (written past): bezahlte ein
    1.
    to deposit, to pay in
    (In the sense of depositing money and usually in contexts of "adding" regularly to an account. Like a savings account for instance. Not for simply depositing some money once. Rare overall.)
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  • einbeziehen (in)
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat einbezogen
    Preterite (written past): bezog ein
    1.
    to include
    (A formal term, pretty much only used in context of including information or someone's opinions into a decision process.)
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  • einbilden
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebildet
    Preterite (written past): bildete ein
    1.
    to imagine
    ("sich+Dat etwas einbilden" - has a negative tone, often in context of someone being delusional about themselves. Always used reflexively.)
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  • einbinden
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebunden
    Preterite (written past): band ein
    1.
    to include, to involve
    (Pretty much only in the context of actively involving someone in a project. Think of a consulting agency that is involved in some sort of decision making process.)
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  • einblenden
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeblendet
    Preterite (written past): blendete ein
    1.
    to show, to overlay
    (Only in the sense of displaying video content, like an overlay for instance. Think of a sales channel where they overlay the phone number over the screen.)
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  • einbrechen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingebrochen
    Preterite (written past): brach ein
    1.
    to break in
    (Breaking in to houses, but also breaking in on a frozen lake)
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    2.
    to collaps, to nosedive
    (For prices and other measures, that suddenly fall off a cliff)
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  • einbringen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebracht
    Preterite (written past): brachte ein
    1.
    to yield
    (usually in the sense of either earnings or trouble or problems. "etwas bringt jemandem (Dative) etwas/nichts ein.")
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    to get involved
    ("sich+Acc einbringen" - in the sense of actively participating and showing engagement)
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  • einchecken
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingecheckt
    Preterite (written past): checkte ein
    1.
    to check in
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  • eindämmen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingedämmt
    Preterite (written past): dämmte ein
    1.
    to curb, to contain, to dam
    (The core idea is that you prevent something from spreading or expanding. Often used in context of threats, like diseases or financial bubbles bursting... to name two example from our times :))
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  • eindringen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingedrungen
    Preterite (written past): drang ein
    1.
    to enter (against some resistance), to penetrate
    (Works for a wide range of contexts and it's not always negative.)
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  • eindrücken
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingedrückt
    Preterite (written past): drückte ein
    1.
    to indent (by pressing)
    (Not very common. Think of making a dent into a nice, soft avocado.)
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  • einfahren
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefahren
    Preterite (written past): fuhr ein
    1.
    to retract
    (For a mechanically extended thing like a sun blind for example.)
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    Opposite (closest): ausfahren
    2.
    to rake in, to bring in
    (Was first used for the harvest in fall, but got broadened to include money and also for fame or complements. And for the harvest in fall. That's also where the other uses are coming from.)
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    3.
    to enter
    (For driving into a venue, like a stadium for example. Very rare. Spoken past is built with "sein")
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  • einfallen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingefallen
    Preterite (written past): fiel ein
    1.
    to come to ones mind, to remember
    (some thought or idea ‘falls’ into someones mind, )
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    Opposite (closest): entfallen
    2.
    to collapse
    ( in sense of a building or a roof)
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    3.
    to invade
    (in context of armies and countries)
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  • einfangen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefangen
    Preterite (written past): fing ein
    1.
    to capture
    (With a focus in keeping. Works for catching animals but also for catching the mood of a landscape in a picture.)
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  • einfassen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefasst
    Preterite (written past): fasste ein
    1.
    to edge, to border with, to frame
    (The core theme is putting some sort of frame or surrounding on something, like a plot of flowers that is surrounded by a fence for instance. )
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  • einfließen (in)
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingeflossen
    Preterite (written past): floss ein
    1.
    to be included in
    (Pretty much only used for ideas and thoughts.)
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  • einflößen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeflößt
    Preterite (written past): flößte ein
    1.
    to "feed" a drink
    (Slowly, carefully feeding someone a drink. The other sense is much more common.)
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    2.
    to instill
    (Same idea as before, but in a figurative sense. Fairly common with basic emotions like fear, disgust, hatred, courage and awe. Not always idiomatic though, so you need to know what works and what doesn't.)
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  • einfrieren
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefroren
    Preterite (written past): fror ein
    1.
    to freeze something
    (put in a freezer. Spoken past with "haben")
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    Opposite (closest): auftauen
    2.
    to freeze (in)
    (Get into a frozen state. More common than "gefrieren". NOT used in sense of halting, but it does work for freezing computers.)
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  • einfügen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefügt
    Preterite (written past): fügte ein
    1.
    to insert, to inject
    (The best translation depends on the context. The core theme is putting something into an existing "whole". Like adding a chapter to the middle of a book. Also used reflexively for the idea of integrating oneself somewhere - "sich+Acc einfügen".)
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  • einführen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeführt
    Preterite (written past): führte ein
    1.
    to introduce
    (For new rules or customs. Also works for products, sometimes.)
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    2.
    to import
    (Economic jargon.)
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    Opposite (closest): ausführen
    3.
    to insert
    (Slowly inserting objects somewhere. Not very common. NOT for inserting a card. )
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  • eingeben
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegeben
    Preterite (written past): gab ein
    1.
    to enter
    (In the sense of using a keyboard. NOT for entering buildings and also NOT for filling out a form by hand.)
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  • eingehen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingegangen
    Preterite (written past): ging ein
    1.
    to die, to wither
    (For plants! Sometimes used figuratively for people's spirits.)
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    2.
    to shrink
    (What clothes do when you wash them too hot. Work in some figurative contexts, but generally "schrumpfen" is the more broad term.)
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    3.
    to enter
    (For contracts, bets and risk - they're all the direct object. or for accepting offers, then it's "eingehen auf+Acc".)
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    4.
    to talk about sth /to address sth, to react to
    ("eingehen auf+Acc" - it's best to think of it as the opposite of "to ignore". Can be used for a particular piece of information at a lecture as well as a person in a relationship.)
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    5.
    to enter, to be included
    ("eingehen in" - only in a few contexts, particularly a "piece of information" becoming part of a larger narrative.)
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  • eingerüsten
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingerüstet
    Preterite (written past): gerüstete ein
    1.
    to surround with a scaffold
    (Think of a construction workers putting a scaffold around a building.)
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  • eingestehen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingestanden
    Preterite (written past): gestand ein
    1.
    to admit, to concede
    ("jemandem+Dat etwas+Acc eingestehen" - There is a sense that you have been denying it prior. Actually more common in the context of admitting something to yourself. Then, it's "sich+Dat etwas eingestehen". )
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  • eingewöhnen (sich+Accusative)
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingewöhnt
    Preterite (written past): gewöhnte ein
    1.
    to settle in/to acclimatize
    ("sich (Akk) eingewöhnen"... mostly for new environments, but not very commonly used)
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  • eingießen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegossen
    Preterite (written past): goss ein
    1.
    to pour in liquid
    (equally as common as "einschenken")
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    Opposite (closest): ausgießen
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  • eingreifen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegriffen
    Preterite (written past): griff ein
    1.
    to intervene, to step in
    (Literally, "to grab in". Works for small interventions up to armies. )
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  • eingrenzen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegrenzt
    Preterite (written past): grenzte ein
    1.
    to limit, to narrow down
    (Primarily used in context of narrowing down a field of information. For limiting someone in some way, "einschränken" is the better choice most of the time.)
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  • einhalten
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehalten
    Preterite (written past): hielt ein
    1.
    to keep, to respect
    (Mainly for deadlines and other limits, but also more generaly for rules, though "sich an Regeln halten" is more idiomatic.)
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    2.
    to keep it in
    (In the context of not going to pee. NOT common and some people might not even understand it.)
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  • einhandeln
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehandelt
    Preterite (written past): handelte ein
    1.
    to get, to earn
    ("sich+Dat etwas einhandeln" - ONLY in a context of getting something bad and unexpected as a consequence for your actions)
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  • einhängen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehängt
    Preterite (written past): hängte ein
    1.
    to mount, to hook in
    (For a door or a window that you hang into the hinges. )
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  • einheimsen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeheimst
    Preterite (written past): heimste ein
    1.
    to rake in, to cop, to bring home
    (Fairly common, cute sounding word for contexts where someone "snatches" a price of some kind. Think of a squirrel finding a stash of acorns. )
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  • einholen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeholt
    Preterite (written past): holte ein
    1.
    catch up and be equal
    (In a sort of race. It NEEDS a direct object (whatever it is that you're catching up to))
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    2.
    to get groceries
    (Slightly old school and regional. Does NOT take a direct object.)
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    3.
    to take down
    (for flags and sails)
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  • einkacken
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekackt
    Preterite (written past): kackte ein
    1.
    to poop your pants
    (Often used reflexively "sich+Dative" but it doesn't have to be.)
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    2.
    to be scared
    ("sich+Dative einkacken" - quite common colloquial phrase.)
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  • einkaufen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekauft
    Preterite (written past): kaufte ein
    1.
    to do grocery shopping
    (Often used in phrasings "einkaufen gehen/sein")
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  • einkehren
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingekehrt
    Preterite (written past): kehrte ein
    1.
    to stop at, to stay at
    (Rather old school, pompous word for stopping at a restaurant or inn, either just for food or to stay the night. Implies that you've been on the road quite a bit before.)
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  • einklappen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeklappt
    Preterite (written past): klappte ein
    1.
    to fold in
    (For solid things with a hinge AND virtual menus, like a drop down in an app. NOT for paper.)
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  • einklemmen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeklemmt
    Preterite (written past): klemmte ein
    1.
    to get stuck
    (Needs to be a "pinching" sort of stuck with force from two sides. NOT for getting stuck in traffic or a car getting stuck in snow. That would be "hängen bleiben" or "stecken bleiben".Often used reflexively if part of your body gets stuck somewhere.)
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  • einknicken
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeknickt
    Preterite (written past): knickte ein
    1.
    to fold, to cave in
    (Can theoretically be used literally, but the main use is for humans "folding under pressure". Think a politician giving in to demands of the coalition.)
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  • einkochen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekocht
    Preterite (written past): kochte ein
    1.
    to preserve, to boil down
    (When you boil fruits or veggies to conserve them. The "ein" expresses the reduction in "size" and also the "putting in a jar". NOT for figuratively "boiling down" something.)
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  • einkriegen (sich)
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekriegt
    Preterite (written past): kriegte ein
    1.
    to get yourself back in, to relax
    ("sich+Acc einkriegen", think of it as the counter move to freaking out.)
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  • einladen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeladen
    Preterite (written past): lud ein
    1.
    to load in
    ((loading something into something, like for instance into a trunk))
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    Opposite (closest): ausladen
    2.
    to invite
    (You "load something in" to your party.)
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  • einlagern
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelagert
    Preterite (written past): lagerte ein
    1.
    to store, to stock
    (A technical term for storing something for a long time. Think movie costumes after filming has finished. Also quite common in the context of the body storing something, like fat or lead.)
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  • einlassen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelassen
    Preterite (written past): ließ ein
    1.
    let enter
    (Sounds VERY formal and only used in contexts like opera and so on. Has a notion of welcoming, rather than giving permission. The noun is more common.)
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    2.
    to get involved with, to engage, to say yes to
    ("sich+Acc einlassen auf+Acc" - in the context of deals or offers of some kind, where you are a bit skeptical. Also used for engaging with people in the sense of a relationship - business or private.)
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    3.
    to fill, to let in
    (ONLY for bathwater or water in the sink. The water/bath is the direct object, usually, but it can also be the bathtub.)
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    4.
    to set in, to embed
    (In the sense of arts and crafts. Think of a gold smith slowly putting a stone into a socket. ONLY for such contexts, not to be used generally.)
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  • einlaufen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): ist eingelaufen
    Preterite (written past): lief ein
    1.
    to shrink
    (ONLY for fabric shrinking during laundry.)
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    2.
    to go in, to enter
    (ONLY for athletes entering a stadium and ships entering a harbor.)
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    3.
    to run in
    (ONLY for water, running into the bathtub or sink.)
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    4.
    to break in, to wear in
    (Wearing in new shoes or pants. )
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  • einlegen
    (ein verb)
    Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelegt
    Preterite (written past): legte ein
    1.
    to put in
    (For small (flat) things like SIM cards, SD cards, DVDs, batteries, etc…)
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    2.
    to appeal, lodge objections
    (Used with "Berufung", "Einspruch" and "Widerspruch" in context of legal trials)
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    3.
    to put in gears
    (for cars)
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    4.
    to pickle
    (to put veggies and other food into oil or vinegar; )
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    5.
    to do
    (Used for short "interlude-actions" like making a break or making a comedy skit.)
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