English-German translation for "imitate"

"imitate" German translation

imitate
[ˈimiteit; -mə-]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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nachahmen, -machen, imitieren, kopieren ähneln, ähnlich sein sich angleichen anpassen an
examples
  • ähneln (dative (case) | Dativdat)
    imitate resemble
    ähnlich sein (dative (case) | Dativdat)
    imitate resemble
    imitate resemble
  • sich angleichenor | oder od anpassen an (accusative (case) | Akkusativakk)
    imitate biology | BiologieBIOL
    imitate biology | BiologieBIOL
  • imitate syn vgl. → see „copy“
    imitate syn vgl. → see „copy“
Tom macht den Lehrer nach.
Tom is imitating the teacher.
Source: Tatoeba
Denkt daran, das ist die Hauptbedeutung. DAS, was imitiert wird.
Remember that, that's the core definition: that which is imitated.
Source: TED
Und wo wir über Technologie sprechen, die Leben imitiert, das Technologie imitiert, oder andersrum:
In fact, talk about technology imitating life imitating tech, or maybe it's the other way around.
Source: TED
Er ist kein origineller Kopf, sondern ahmt nur nach, was andere schon gesagt und getan haben.
He's no original thinker, but simply imitates what others have already said and done.
Source: Tatoeba
Sie kann ihn gut imitieren.
She is good at imitating him.
Source: Tatoeba
Und wo wir über Technologie sprechen, die Leben imitiert, das Technologie imitiert, oder andersrum:
In fact, talk about technology imitating life imitating tech, or maybe it's the other way around.
Source: TED
Nur wenige nicht-menschliche Säugetiere können Geräusche nachahmen.
Very few nonhuman mammals can imitate sounds.
Source: TED
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