English-German translation for "starve"

"starve" German translation

starve
[stɑː(r)v]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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verhungern hungern, Hunger leiden Not leiden hungern, dürsten erfrieren, frieren sterben
  • verhungern
    starve die of starvation
    starve die of starvation
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  • Not leiden
    starve be in need
    starve be in need
  • hungern, dürsten (for nach)
    starve for attentionet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    starve for attentionet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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  • erfrieren
    starve freeze to death dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    starve freeze to death dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
  • frieren
    starve freeze dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    starve freeze dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
  • (die) sterben
    starve obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    starve obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
starve
[stɑː(r)v]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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verhungern lassen aushungern, durch Hungernlassen niederzwingen hungern lassen darben lassen erfrieren lassen, frieren lassen
  • verhungern lassen
    starve cause to die of starvation
    starve cause to die of starvation
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  • aushungern, durch Hungernlassen (nieder)zwingen
    starve force by causing to suffer from hunger
    starve force by causing to suffer from hunger
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  • hungern lassen
    starve cause to suffer from hunger
    starve cause to suffer from hunger
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  • to be starved
    Hunger leiden, hungern müssen
    to be starved
  • to be starved of figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    knapp sein an (dative (case) | Dativdat)
    to be starved of figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • darben lassen
    starve cause to live in want
    starve cause to live in want
  • erfrieren lassen
    starve freeze to death dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    starve freeze to death dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
  • frieren lassen
    starve freeze dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
    starve freeze dialect(al) | Dialekt, dialektaldial
examples
In Gaza sind die Menschen ausgebombt und hungrig, und Sie wissen sehr wohl darüber Bescheid!
In Gaza, the people are being bombed and starved, as you are only too well aware.
Source: Europarl
Wir leben in einer Welt, die zunehmend nach Energie hungert.
Mr&# 160; President, we live in a world that is increasingly starved of energy.
Source: Europarl
Heute strömt das wachstumshungrige Kapital auch in diese Länder.
Today, growth-starved capital is also leaving those countries.
Source: Europarl
Und trotzdem mangelte es Investitionsprojekten mit großem sozialen Nutzen an Geld.
And yet investment projects with high social returns were being starved of funds.
Source: News-Commentary
Hungern für Kapital in Sub-Sahara-Afrika
Starving for Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: News-Commentary
Gleichzeitig hungern viele Menschen auf der Welt.
At the same time, a large number of people in the world are starving.
Source: Europarl
In den vergangenen acht Jahren sind mehr als zwei Millionen Menschen in Nordkorea verhungert.
In the past eight years, more than two million people have starved to death in North Korea.
Source: Europarl
Die Menschen verhungern und viele der Überlebenden sind schwer unterernährt.
People are starving, and many of those who survive are grossly malnourished.
Source: News-Commentary
Der Bund kann Länder und Kommunen leicht ausbluten.
Central government can easily starve the regions and local communities of their lifeblood.
Source: News-Commentary
Auf der einen Seite bedroht durch den Hungertod
The Hammer, Starve to Death
Source: GlobalVoices
Es geht uns um die Menschen, die dort Hunger leiden, die dort unter Unfreiheit leiden.
What concerns us is the people who are starving there, who are suffering repression there.
Source: Europarl
Wir dürfen den Entwicklungsländern nicht die Vorteile von Innovationen vorenthalten.
We must not starve the developing world of the benefits of innovation.
Source: Europarl
Syrer verhungern, während die Frauen des Regimes opulente Gelage veranstalten.
Syrians are starving while regime's women are carousing.
Source: GlobalVoices
Wir dürfen nicht zulassen, dass man sie aushungert, bis sie sich unterwerfen.
We must not allow them to be starved into submission.
Source: News-Commentary
Ohne Bienen also müssten wir zwar nicht verhungern, aber unser Ernährungsplan wäre eingeschränkt.
So if we did not have bees, it's not like we would starve, but clearly our diet would be diminished.
Source: TED
Ich könnte genauso gut verhungern, wie so etwas zu tun.
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
Source: Tatoeba
Die Universitäten in Gaza sind überfüllt und es mangelt ihnen an Material.
Universities in Gaza are overcrowded and starved for supplies.
Source: News-Commentary
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