English-German translation for "excavate"

"excavate" German translation

excavate
[ˈekskəveit]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • graben
    excavate tunnelet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    excavate tunnelet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
  • freilegen
    excavate lay bare
    excavate lay bare
  • ausgraben
    excavate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    excavate figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
Wir können entweder von Hand graben, oder wir können den Wind für uns graben lassen.
We can either excavate it by hand or we can have the wind excavate it for us.
Source: TED
Wir können entweder von Hand graben, oder wir können den Wind für uns graben lassen.
We can either excavate it by hand or we can have the wind excavate it for us.
Source: TED
Alle dortigen organischen Stoffe sind perfekt erhalten. Wir fangen damit an, sie auszugraben.
All their organics are perfectly preserved. We begin to excavate them.
Source: TED
Auch in China werden in Gräbern aus der Zeit der streitenden Reiche Glas ausgegraben.
In China as well, glass is being excavated out of graves from the Warring States Period.
Source: Tatoeba
Darin wurde empfohlen, dass der Fund in Lismullen ausgegraben und konserviert werden sollte.
This report recommended that this find at Lismullen be excavated and preserved by record.
Source: Europarl
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