Home ->Dictionaries ->English/German ->Translate mean

Translate mean from English to German

Summary
English to German:   more detail...
  1. mean:
Remove Ads

English

Detailed Translations for mean from English to German

mean:

to mean verb (means, meant, meaning)

  1. to mean (aim at)
    beabsichtigen; bezwecken
    • beabsichtigen verb (beabsichtige, beabsichtigst, beabsichtigt, beabsichtigte, beabsichtigtet, beabsichtigt)
    • bezwecken verb (bezwecke, bezweckst, bezweckt, bezweckte, bezwecktet, bezweckt)
  2. to mean (coming down)
    bedeuten
    • bedeuten verb (bedeute, bedeutest, bedeutet, bedeutete, bedeutetet, bedeutet)
  3. to mean (aim at; strive; make for)
    beabsichtigen; der Meinung sein; erstreben; anstreben; bezwecken; annehmen
    • beabsichtigen verb (beabsichtige, beabsichtigst, beabsichtigt, beabsichtigte, beabsichtigtet, beabsichtigt)
    • der Meinung sein verb (bin der Meinung, bist der Meinung, ist der Meinung, war der Meinung, wart der Meinung, der Meinung gewesen)
    • erstreben verb
    • anstreben verb (strebe an, strebst an, strebt an, strebte an, strebtet an, angestrebt)
    • bezwecken verb (bezwecke, bezweckst, bezweckt, bezweckte, bezwecktet, bezweckt)
    • annehmen verb (nehme an, nimmst an, nimmt an, nahm an, nahmt an, angenommen)

Conjugations for mean:

present
  1. mean
  2. mean
  3. means
  4. mean
  5. mean
  6. mean
simple past
  1. meant
  2. meant
  3. meant
  4. meant
  5. meant
  6. meant
present perfect
  1. have meant
  2. have meant
  3. has meant
  4. have meant
  5. have meant
  6. have meant
past continuous
  1. was meaning
  2. were meaning
  3. was meaning
  4. were meaning
  5. were meaning
  6. were meaning
future
  1. shall mean
  2. will mean
  3. will mean
  4. shall mean
  5. will mean
  6. will mean
continuous present
  1. am meaning
  2. are meaning
  3. is meaning
  4. are meaning
  5. are meaning
  6. are meaning
subjunctive
  1. be meant
  2. be meant
  3. be meant
  4. be meant
  5. be meant
  6. be meant
diverse
  1. mean!
  2. let's mean!
  5. meant
  6. meaning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

mean adj

  1. mean (cunning; vicious; nasty; )
    gemein; geschliffen; falsch; schlau; heimtückisch; böse; raffiniert; niederträchtig; listig; tückisch; bösartig; gewichst; schuftig; verschlagen; hinterhältig; verstohlen; durchtrieben; gerissen; glatt; hinterlistig; gehässig; verräterisch; ausgekocht; doppelzüngig; schurkisch; gerieben; gewandt
  2. mean (bad)
    schlecht; schlimm; böse; übel; hinterhältig; heimtückisch; gemein; bösartig; mies; boshaft; tückisch; hinterlistig; niederträchtig
  3. mean (vile; pedestrian)
    gering; einfach; winzig; niederträchtig; gemein; kleinlich; mies; banal; gängig; gehässig; verrucht; landläufig; schuftig; falsch; dürftig; fühllos; alltäglich; heimtückisch; schamlos; hinterhältig; hinterlistig; schmählich
  4. mean (despicable; scornful; niggardly; false; stingy)
    verächtlich; schäbig; schweinisch; tückisch
  5. mean (sordid; sheet)
    platt; nierderträchtig; gemein; trivial
  6. mean (underhand; sneaky; malicious; )
    tückisch; hinterlistig
  7. mean (false; fictitious; faked; )
    falsch; tückisch; mies; hinterhältig; gemein; schäbig; heimtückisch; hinterlistig; schweinisch; fingiert; niederträchtig; schofel; schuftig
  8. mean (villainous; base; nasty)
    schlimm; öffentlich; tief; niedrig; schwach; schmutzig; schlecht; winzig; gemein; platt; scheußlich; seicht; schäbig; verrucht; tückisch; obszön; schweinisch; trivial; verbrecherisch; schlüpfrig; schelmisch; niederträchtig; schofel; schwächlich; schamlos; schuftig; schmählich; schändlich; unedel; schurkisch; nicht adlig
  9. mean (behind one's back; vicious; vile; )
    hinterfotzig; hinterhältig; heimtückisch; hinterlistig

Translation Matrix for mean:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- mean value
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
annehmen aim at; make for; mean; strive accept; accept a gift; admit; adopt; answer; assert; believe; believe in; collect; conjecture; contend; demonstrate; estimate; guess; introduce; postulate; presume; presuppose; put forward; raise; receive; speculate; suppose; surmise; take
anstreben aim at; make for; mean; strive aim at; aspire; aspire to; devote oneself to; go to; head for; make for; seek; strive after; strive for; work for; work towards
beabsichtigen aim at; make for; mean; strive aim at; resolve
bedeuten coming down; mean; signify imply; indicate; point to; signify; stand for; suggest
bezwecken aim at; make for; mean; strive aim at
der Meinung sein aim at; make for; mean; strive be of the opinion
erstreben aim at; make for; mean; strive aim at; aim for; aspire; aspire to; chase; devote oneself to; haunt; persecute; pursue; seek; strive after; strive for; work for; work towards
- entail; have in mind; imply; intend; signify; stand for; think; think of
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- average; base; bastardly; beggarly; hateful; meanspirited; mingy; miserly; tight
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
boshaft evil
- base; ignoble; miserly; nasty; niggardly; parsimonious; sparing; stingy
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
alltäglich mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; average; common; commonly; current; customary; habitual; mediocre; normal; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; usual
ausgekocht cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile astute; blackguardly; bright; clever; crafty; cunning; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; scoundrelly; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; villainous; wily; wise
banal mean; pedestrian; vile banal; below the belt; coarse; crude; gross; low; nasty; not high; rotten; shabby; small; to a limited extent; to a small extent; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
boshaft bad; mean hateful; invidious; malicious; snide; spiteful; venomous; vicious; virulent; vitriolic
bösartig bad; cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile abominable; appalling; badly; blackguardly; detestable; double-tongued; dubious; evil-minded; false; ghastly; grimy; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; low; macabre; malicious; nasty; obnoxious; obscure; odious; ominous; problematic; questionable; roguish; scary; scoundrelly; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; spooky; suspect; suspicious; terrible; uncertain; unholy; unreliable; venomous; vicious; villainous; virulent; vitriolic; with evil intention; woody
böse bad; cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile abominable; angry; annoyed; appalling; badly; bitter; blackguardly; blazing; detestable; displeased; dubious; enraged; evil-minded; false; fierce; fiery; furious; ghastly; glaring; grimy; horrible; horrid; ill-fated; indignant; infuriated; irate; livid; low; macabre; mad; malicious; nasty; obnoxious; obscure; odious; ominous; problematic; questionable; raging; roguish; scary; scoundrelly; seething; shady; sharp; shifty; sinister; slimy; spooky; suspect; suspicious; terrible; uncertain; unholy; unreliable; upset; venomous; vexed; vicious; villainous; virulent; vitriolic; with evil intention; wrathful
doppelzüngig cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile badly; double-tongued; evil-minded; false; low; malicious; secretly; stealthily; vicious; with evil intention
durchtrieben cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile astute; blackguardly; bright; clever; cunning; hard core; perky; resourceful; roguish; scoundrelly; sharp; shrewd; slick; sly; smart; villainous; wily
dürftig mean; pedestrian; vile banal; below the belt; coarse; come off badly; few; flimsy; gross; immature; inferior; lean; low; meager; meagre; miserable; nasty; not high; poor; puny; ragged; ramshackle; rickety; rotten; shabby; skinny; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar; wobbly; wonky; worst
einfach mean; pedestrian; vile absolute; actual; austere; blatant; comfortable; common; commonly; considerate; customary; demure; discreet; downright; easily; easy; effortless; free; freely; frugal; genuine; grave; habitual; humble; in truth; indeed; it's true; just; just like that; light; meek; modest; not difficult; not hard; of simple origin; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; real; really; scanty; sedate; sheer; simple; simply; sober; straight; thoughtlessly; to be sure; truly; unaffected; uncomplicated; unobtrusive; unpretentious; usual; without any warning; without pretentions
falsch bogus; cunning; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; low; mean; nasty; not genuine; pedestrian; sham; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; stingy; underhand; vicious; vile amiss; bad; badly; banal; below the belt; coarse; cunning; double-tongued; evil-minded; false; falsely; faulty; gross; improper; inaccurate; inappropriate; incorrect; indelicat; low; malicious; nasty; not high; off; off target; out of place; phoney; roguish; rotten; rude; shabby; slick; sly; tactless; trite; trivial; uncalled for; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; unseemly; unsuitable; vapid; vicious; vulgar; with evil intention; wrong; wrongly
fingiert bogus; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; mean; not genuine; sham; stingy dreamt; fantasized; fictitious; fictive; fingered; imaginary; invented; made-up; notional
fühllos mean; pedestrian; vile low; not high
gehässig cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; pedestrian; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile angry; enraged; hateful; invidious; irate; livid; malicious; prickly; sarcastic; seething; snide; spiteful; stinging; thorny
gemein bad; base; bogus; cunning; faked; false; feigned; fictitious; low; mean; nasty; not genuine; pedestrian; sham; sharp; sheet; shrewd; slippery; sly; sordid; stingy; underhand; vicious; vile; villainous altogether; combined; dubious; grimy; in all; jointly; macabre; nasty; normal; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shared; shifty; sinister; slimy; spooky; suspect; suspicious; together; uncertain; unreliable; with each other; with one another; woody
gerieben cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile clever; nimble; quick; sharp; smart
gering mean; pedestrian; vile barely; bashfull; diffident; flimsy; hardly; infinitesimal; insignificant; lean; light; little; low; marginal; minimal; minor; miserable; narrow minded; not high; petty; poor; scant; scanty; scarcely; shabby; slight; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent
gerissen cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile astute; blackguardly; bright; canny; clever; crafty; cunning; ingenious; intelligent; perky; raptured; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; scoundrelly; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; torn; villainous; wily; wise
geschliffen cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile licked; polished; sharpened; shined; slick; smoothened; well sharpened
gewandt cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile able; adroit; astute; bright; capable; clever; crafty; cunning; dexterous; experienced; expert; handy; ingenious; intelligent; keen; neat; nimble; perky; proficient; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; seasoned; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; wily; wise
gewichst cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile astute; bright; clever; crafty; cunning; ingenious; intelligent; perky; resourceful; roguish; sagacious; sharp; shrewd; skilful; skillful; slick; sly; smart; wily; wise
glatt cunning; false; low; mean; nasty; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; underhand; vicious; vile absolute; astute; beaming; bluntly; bright; clever; comfortable; downright; easily; easy; effortless; free; freely; greasy; kneadable; light; malleable; mouldable; not difficult; not hard; perky; phosphorescent; plastic; pliable; radiating; reflective; resourceful; sharp; shining; shiny; simple; slippery; slithery; smart; straight; too polite; wily; workable
gängig mean; pedestrian; vile acceptable; common; commonly; current; customary; habitual; normal; ordinarily; ordinary; plain; quite common; used to; usual
heimtückisch bad; behind one's back; bogus; cunning; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; not genuine; offensive; pedestrian; ribald; scurvy; secretly; sham; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; stingy; underhand; vicious; vile banal; below the belt; coarse; disloyal; dubious; grimy; gross; macabre; nasty; obscure; perfidious; problematic; questionable; rotten; scary; secretly; shabby; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; spooky; stealthily; suspect; suspicious; traitorous; treacherous; trite; trivial; uncertain; underhand; unmannerly; unreliable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
hinterfotzig bad; behind one's back; falsely; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty; offensive; ribald; scurvy; secretly; vicious; vile
hinterhältig bad; behind one's back; bogus; cunning; faked; false; falsely; feigned; fictitious; foul; indecent; jarring; low; mean; nasty

Related Words for "mean":


Synonyms for "mean":


Related Definitions for "mean":

  1. of no value or worth1
  2. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt1
  3. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity1
    • a mean person1
  4. characterized by malice1
    • in a mean mood1
  5. having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality1
    • taking a mean advantage1
    • chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort1
  6. approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value1
    • the mean annual rainfall1
  7. marked by poverty befitting a beggar1
    • a mean hut1
  8. excellent1
    • famous for a mean backhand1
  9. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n1
  10. have in mind as a purpose1
    • I mean no harm1
    • I only meant to help you1
  11. destine or designate for a certain purpose1
    • These flowers were meant for you1
  12. intend to refer to1
    • Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!1
  13. denote or connote1
    • `maison' means `house' in French1
    • An example sentence would show what this word means1
  14. mean or intend to express or convey1
    • You never understand what I mean!1
  15. have as a logical consequence1
    • The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers1
  16. have a specified degree of importance1
    • My ex-husband means nothing to me1
    • Happiness means everything1

Related Translations for mean


Remove Ads


Remove Ads


Your free, fast, and simple translation dictionary

Copyright © 2000-2013 Interglot ®

Page served in 0.1547 seconds
Page rendered in 1.0 seconds