English-German translation for "fertile"

"fertile" German translation

fertile
British English | britisches EnglischBr [ˈfəː(r)tail] American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS [-til; -tl]adjective | Adjektiv adj

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  • fruchtbar, ergiebig, reich (in, of andative (case) | Dativ dat)
    fertile rich, productive
    fertile rich, productive
  • schöpferisch, produktiv
    fertile creative, productive figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    fertile creative, productive figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • befruchtet
    fertile biology | BiologieBIOL fertilized
    fertile biology | BiologieBIOL fertilized
examples
fertile ground
fruchtbarer Boden
fertile ground
Das ist der Nährboden, auf dem Sextourismus und Kindesmißbrauch gedeihen.
It is the fertile ground on which sex tourism and child abuse flourishes.
Source: Europarl
Europa hat jede Menge fruchtbaren Agrarlands.
Europe has an abundance of fertile agricultural land.
Source: Europarl
Er hat sein Land, Afrikas fruchtbare Kornkammer, zu einem Förderband schlechter Neuigkeiten gemacht.
He has made his country, Africa's fertile granary, a conveyor belt of bad news.
Source: Europarl
Armut war ein fruchtbarer Boden für Geldbeschaffung.
But the poverty was a fertile soil for fund-raising.
Source: Europarl
Es geht um die Unfruchtbarkeit von Paaren, als ob homosexuelle Paare fruchtbar sein könnten!
There is talk about the infertility of couples, as if homosexual couples could be fertile.
Source: Europarl
Mein Boden ist heute ertragreicher wie vor 46 Jahren.
My soil is more fertile now than it was 46 years ago.
Source: Europarl
Tod und Hunger sind kein geeigneter Nährboden für den Frieden!
Death and famine are emphatically not fertile ground for peace.
Source: Europarl
Die antijapanische Hysterie in den 1980er-Jahren fiel auf fruchtbaren Boden.
The anti-Japanese hysteria of the 1980 s ’ fell on fertile ground.
Source: News-Commentary
Dieses frühere hoffnungsvolle afrikanische Musterland befindet sich heute im Chaos.
This former fertile African model country is now in a state of chaos.
Source: Europarl
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