German-English translation for "vergewaltigen"

"vergewaltigen" English translation

vergewaltigen
[-gəˈvaltɪgən]transitives Verb | transitive verb v/t <Partizip Perfekt | past participlepperf vergewaltigt; h>

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rape oppress, terrorize -s- violate, do violence to mutilate, murder
  • rape
    vergewaltigen Frau, Mädchen
    vergewaltigen Frau, Mädchen
  • oppress, terrorizeauch | also a. -s- britisches Englisch | British EnglishBr
    vergewaltigen Volk etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    vergewaltigen Volk etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
  • violate
    vergewaltigen Recht etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    do violence to
    vergewaltigen Recht etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    vergewaltigen Recht etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
  • mutilate
    vergewaltigen Sprache, Musikstück, Text figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    murder
    vergewaltigen Sprache, Musikstück, Text figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    vergewaltigen Sprache, Musikstück, Text figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
examples
His intention was to rape her, but he failed.
Er wollte sie vergewaltigen, was ihm aber nicht gelang.
Source: Europarl
But a child will not be able to understand what is happening, if she is subjected to abuse.
Aber ein Kind wird nicht in der Lage sein, zu verstehen was passiert, wenn sie vergewaltigt wird.
Source: GlobalVoices
Once again, thousands to tens of thousands of women have been raped.
Abermals wurden Tausende bis Zehntausende von Frauen vergewaltigt.
Source: Europarl
If you are an Albanian woman, raped and kidnapped and taken to the West, what happens then?
Was geschieht, wenn eine albanische Frau vergewaltigt und in den Westen verschleppt wird?
Source: Europarl
Just after she started to work there, she was raped, and as result, she became pregnant.
Kurz nach ihrem Arbeitsantritt dort wurde sie vergewaltigt und war schwanger.
Source: GlobalVoices
Remember that five-year-old girl who was raped in Lahore, last year?
Erinnert ihr euch an das fünf Jahre alte Mädchen, das letztes Jahr in Lahore vergewaltigt wurde?
Source: GlobalVoices
That is, however, what happens in the case of women who are raped.
So wird das jedoch bei vergewaltigten Frauen gehandhabt.
Source: Europarl
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