English-German translation for "enslave"

"enslave" German translation

enslave
[enˈsleiv; in-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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zum Sklaven, machen, versklaven, knechten, unterjochen binden, fesseln
  • binden, fesseln (to anaccusative (case) | Akkusativ akk)
    enslave figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    enslave figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
Dennoch, sterben zu können ohne besondere Reue, nicht hingeschlachtet oder versklavt worden zu sein.
Still, to be able to die with no special contrition, not having been slaughtered, or enslaved.
Source: TED
Menschen versklaven andere nicht, um schlecht zu ihnen zu sein.
People do not enslave people to be mean to them.
Source: TED
Hat er nicht seinen Fortschritt auf der Folter und der Versklavung der Schwarzafrikaner begründet?
Did it not base its progress on torturing and enslaving the Negroes?
Source: Europarl
Aber Sie sind aus Stoff gemacht und Sie benutzen Stoff und Sie beherrschen Stoff.
But you are made of stuff, and you are using stuff, and you enslave stuff.
Source: TED
Auf unserem Kontinent hat der Kommunismus 300 Millionen Europäer unterjocht.
On our continent, Communism has enslaved 300 million Europeans.
Source: Europarl
Einige ethnische Gruppen werden sogar versklavt.
Some ethnic groups are, moreover, enslaved.
Source: Europarl
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