Dictionary > ein verbs
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingearbeitetPreterite (written past): arbeitete einsee details >
- see details >Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeatmetPreterite (written past): atmete ein
- see details >Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebautPreterite (written past): baute ein
- Perfect (spoken past): hat einberufenPreterite (written past): berief einsee details >1.
- to convoke, to call
- (A very formal term for calling people together for a council session. NOT for daily life at all.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat einbezahltPreterite (written past): bezahlte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat einbezogenPreterite (written past): bezog einsee details >1.
- to include
- (A formal term, pretty much only used in context of including information or someone's opinions into a decision process.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebildetPreterite (written past): bildete einsee details >1.
- to imagine
- ("sich+Dat etwas einbilden" - has a negative tone, often in context of someone being delusional about themselves. Always used reflexively.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebundenPreterite (written past): band einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeblendetPreterite (written past): blendete einsee details >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.)
How useful:Opposite (closest): ausblenden - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingebrochenPreterite (written past): brach einsee details >2.
- to collaps, to nosedive
- (For prices and other measures, that suddenly fall off a cliff)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingebrachtPreterite (written past): brachte ein1.
- to yield
- (usually in the sense of either earnings or trouble or problems. "etwas bringt jemandem (Dative) etwas/nichts ein.")
How useful:see details >2.- to get involved
- ("sich+Acc einbringen" - in the sense of actively participating and showing engagement)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingechecktPreterite (written past): checkte einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingedämmtPreterite (written past): dämmte einsee details >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 :))
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingedrungenPreterite (written past): drang einsee details >1.
- to enter (against some resistance), to penetrate
- (Works for a wide range of contexts and it's not always negative.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingedrücktPreterite (written past): drückte einsee details >1.
- to indent (by pressing)
- (Not very common. Think of making a dent into a nice, soft avocado.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefahrenPreterite (written past): fuhr ein2.
- 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.)
How useful:see details >3.- to enter
- (For driving into a venue, like a stadium for example. Very rare. Spoken past is built with "sein")
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingefallenPreterite (written past): fiel einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefangenPreterite (written past): fing einsee details >1.
- to capture
- (With a focus in keeping. Works for catching animals but also for catching the mood of a landscape in a picture.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefasstPreterite (written past): fasste einsee details >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. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingeflossenPreterite (written past): floss einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeflößtPreterite (written past): flößte ein1.
- to "feed" a drink
- (Slowly, carefully feeding someone a drink. The other sense is much more common.)
How useful:see details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefrorenPreterite (written past): fror einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingefügtPreterite (written past): fügte einsee details >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".)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeführtPreterite (written past): führte ein1.
- to introduce
- (For new rules or customs. Also works for products, sometimes.)
How useful:see details >3.- to insert
- (Slowly inserting objects somewhere. Not very common. NOT for inserting a card. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegebenPreterite (written past): gab einsee details >1.
- to enter
- (In the sense of using a keyboard. NOT for entering buildings and also NOT for filling out a form by hand.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingegangenPreterite (written past): ging ein1.
- to die, to wither
- (For plants! Sometimes used figuratively for people's spirits.)
How useful: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.)
How useful:3.- to enter
- (For contracts, bets and risk - they're all the direct object. or for accepting offers, then it's "eingehen auf+Acc".)
How useful: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.)
How useful:see details >5.- to enter, to be included
- ("eingehen in" - only in a few contexts, particularly a "piece of information" becoming part of a larger narrative.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingerüstetPreterite (written past): gerüstete einsee details >1.
- to surround with a scaffold
- (Think of a construction workers putting a scaffold around a building.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingestandenPreterite (written past): gestand einsee details >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". )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingewöhntPreterite (written past): gewöhnte einsee details >1.
- to settle in/to acclimatize
- ("sich (Akk) eingewöhnen"... mostly for new environments, but not very commonly used)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegossenPreterite (written past): goss einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegriffenPreterite (written past): griff einsee details >1.
- to intervene, to step in
- (Literally, "to grab in". Works for small interventions up to armies. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingegrenztPreterite (written past): grenzte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehaltenPreterite (written past): hielt ein1.
- to keep, to respect
- (Mainly for deadlines and other limits, but also more generaly for rules, though "sich an Regeln halten" is more idiomatic.)
How useful:see details >2.- to keep it in
- (In the context of not going to pee. NOT common and some people might not even understand it.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehandeltPreterite (written past): handelte einsee details >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)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingehängtPreterite (written past): hängte einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeheimstPreterite (written past): heimste einsee details >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. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeholtPreterite (written past): holte ein1.
- catch up and be equal
- (In a sort of race. It NEEDS a direct object (whatever it is that you're catching up to))
How useful:2.- to get groceries
- (Slightly old school and regional. Does NOT take a direct object.)
How useful:see details > - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekacktPreterite (written past): kackte ein1.
- to poop your pants
- (Often used reflexively "sich+Dative" but it doesn't have to be.)
How useful:see details > - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekauftPreterite (written past): kaufte einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): ist eingekehrtPreterite (written past): kehrte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeklapptPreterite (written past): klappte einsee details >1.
- to fold in
- (For solid things with a hinge AND virtual menus, like a drop down in an app. NOT for paper.)
How useful:Opposite (closest): ausklappen - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeklemmtPreterite (written past): klemmte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeknicktPreterite (written past): knickte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekochtPreterite (written past): kochte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingekriegtPreterite (written past): kriegte einsee details >1.
- to get yourself back in, to relax
- ("sich+Acc einkriegen", think of it as the counter move to freaking out.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingeladenPreterite (written past): lud einsee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelagertPreterite (written past): lagerte einsee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelassenPreterite (written past): ließ ein1.
- 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.)
How useful: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.)
How useful:see details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist eingelaufenPreterite (written past): lief ein2.
- to go in, to enter
- (ONLY for athletes entering a stadium and ships entering a harbor.)
How useful:see details > - Perfect (spoken past): hat eingelegtPreterite (written past): legte ein1.
- to put in
- (For small (flat) things like SIM cards, SD cards, DVDs, batteries, etc…)
How useful:2.- to appeal, lodge objections
- (Used with "Berufung", "Einspruch" and "Widerspruch" in context of legal trials)
How useful:see details >5.- to do
- (Used for short "interlude-actions" like making a break or making a comedy skit.)
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