device

device
noun
1) Gerät, das; (as part of something) Vorrichtung, die

nuclear device — atomarer Sprengkörper

2) (plan, scheme) List, die
3)

leave somebody to his own devices — jemanden sich (Dat.) selbst überlassen

* * *
noun
1) (something made for a purpose, eg a tool or instrument: a device for opening cans.) das Gerät
2) (a plan or system of doing something, sometimes involving trickery: This is a device for avoiding income tax.) der Kniff
* * *
de·vice
[dɪˈvaɪs]
n
1. (machine) Gerät nt, Vorrichtung f, Apparat m
bugging/hearing \device Abhör-/Hörgerät nt
2. (method) Verfahren nt, Maßnahme f
contraceptive \device Methode f der Empfängnisverhütung
linguistic/stylistic \device Sprach-/Stilmittel nt
literary/rhetorical \device literarischer/rhetorischer Kunstgriff
marketing \device absatzförderndes Mittel
3. (bomb) Sprengsatz m
explosive/incendiary \device Spreng-/Brandsatz m
nuclear \device atomarer Sprengkörper
4.
to leave sb to their own \devices jdn sich dat selbst überlassen
* * *
[dI'vaɪs]
n
1) (= gadget etc) Gerät nt; (= extra fitment) Vorrichtung f

(explosive) device — Sprengkörper m

nuclear device — atomarer Sprengkörper

a rhetorical device — ein rhetorischer Kunstgriff

2)

to leave sb to his own devices — jdn sich (dat) selbst überlassen

3) (= emblem) Emblem nt; (= motto) Motto nt, Devise f
* * *
device [dıˈvaıs] s
1. Vor-, Einrichtung f, Gerät n
2. Erfindung f
3. (etwas) kunstvoll Erdachtes, Einfall m
4. Plan m, Projekt n, Vorhaben n
5. Kunstgriff m, Kniff m, Trick m
6. Anschlag m, böse Absicht
7. pl Neigung f, Wille m:
be left to one’s own devices sich selbst überlassen sein
8. Devise f, Motto n, Sinn-, Wahlspruch m
9. Heraldik: Sinnbild n
10. Zeichnung f, Plan m, Entwurf m, Muster n
* * *
noun
1) Gerät, das; (as part of something) Vorrichtung, die

nuclear device — atomarer Sprengkörper

2) (plan, scheme) List, die
3)

leave somebody to his own devices — jemanden sich (Dat.) selbst überlassen

* * *
n.
Apparat - m.
Einheit -en f.
Gerät -e n.
Laufwerk -e n. v.
entwickeln v.
ersinnen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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