English-German translation for "seduce"

"seduce" German translation

seduce
[siˈdjuːs] American English | amerikanisches EnglischUSalso | auch a. [-ˈduːs]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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verführen verleiten, verlocken verführen, verderben abbringen, weglocken
examples
  • to seduce tosomething | etwas sth
    zusomething | etwas etwas verlockenor | oder od verleiten
    to seduce tosomething | etwas sth
  • to seduce into war
    zum Krieg verleiten
    to seduce into war
  • to seduce into doingsomething | etwas sth
    (dazu) verleiten,something | etwas etwas zu tun
    to seduce into doingsomething | etwas sth
  • (vom rechten Weget cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc) abbringen, weglocken
    seduce lead astray
    seduce lead astray
  • seduce syn vgl. → see „lure“
    seduce syn vgl. → see „lure“
examples
  • to seducesomebody | jemand sb from his duty
    jemanden von seiner Pflicht abbringen
    to seducesomebody | jemand sb from his duty
Er versuchte, mich zu verführen.
He tried to seduce me.
Source: Tatoeba
Er wurde von Tom verführt.
He was seduced by Tom.
Source: Tatoeba
Er wurde von Maria verführt.
He was seduced by Mary.
Source: Tatoeba
Sie wurde von Maria verführt.
She was seduced by Mary.
Source: Tatoeba
Sie wurde von Tom verführt.
She was seduced by Tom.
Source: Tatoeba
Versuchst du, mich zu verführen?
Are you trying to seduce me?
Source: Tatoeba
Ich denke, dass Mary versucht, Tom zu verführen.
I think that Mary is trying to seduce Tom.
Source: Tatoeba
Mich deucht, dass Mary versucht, Tom zu verführen.
I think that Mary is trying to seduce Tom.
Source: Tatoeba
Tom versuchte, seine Sekretärin zu verführen.
Tom tried to seduce his secretary.
Source: Tatoeba
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