engelska-tyska översättning av describe

beschreiben
Zu beschreiben, was wir tun müssen, ist einfach. What we have to do is easily described. Das Ergebnis muß ich Ihnen nicht beschreiben. I will not describe the result. Das Problem läßt sich einfach beschreiben. The problem is easy to describe.
schildern
Ich werde zwei jüngere Begebenheiten schildern. I will describe two recent episodes ... Ich will Ihnen die Situation einmal aus meiner Sicht schildern. Let me describe the situation to you as I see it. Im Augenblick konnte ich Ihnen aber nur schildern, wie wir das machen. At the moment, however, I am able only to describe how we are going to do that.

To represent in words
To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out
To give rise to a geometrical structure
To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa
To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class

The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant
The geographer describes countries and cities
to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
The function describes a very complex surface
The fungus was first described by a botanist

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