identity

identity
noun
1) (sameness) Übereinstimmung, die
2) (individuality, being specified person) Identität, die

proof of identity — Identitätsnachweis, der

[case of] mistaken identity — [Personen]verwechslung, die

3)

identity card/plate — see academic.ru/36637/identification">identification

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noun
(who or what a person is: The police are still uncertain of the murderer's identity.) die Identität
- identity card
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iden·ti·ty
[aɪˈdentɪti, AM -t̬ət̬i]
n
1. (who sb is) Identität f
you can use your driving licence as proof of \identity Sie können sich über Ihren Führerschein ausweisen
but obviously it was a case of mistaken \identity doch offensichtlich handelte es sich [nur] um eine Verwechslung
loss of \identity Identitätsverlust m
to give sb a sense of \identity jdm das Gefühl einer eigenen Identität vermitteln
2. (identicalness) Übereinstimmung f
\identity of interest Interessengleichheit f
3. COMPUT Identität f
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[aI'dentItɪ]
n
1) Identität f

to prove one's identity — sich ausweisen

a driving licence will be accepted as proof of identity — ein Führerschein genügt, um sich auszuweisen

a sense of identity — ein Bewusstsein nt der eigenen Identität

See:
2) (= identicalness) Gleichheit f, Übereinstimmung f, Identität f

identity of interest — Interessengleichheit f

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identity [aıˈdentətı; ıˈd-] s
1. Identität f:
a) (völlige) Gleichheit:
identity of interest Interessengleichheit;
there was an identity of view between them sie waren (völlig) gleicher Ansicht, ihre Ansichten stimmten (völlig) überein
b) Persönlichkeit f, Individualität f:
keep one’s identity seine Identität wahren;
prove one’s identity sich ausweisen, sich legitimieren;
reveal one’s identity sich zu erkennen geben;
establish sb’s identity jemandes Identität feststellen, jemanden identifizieren;
give sb a new identity jemandem eine neue Identität geben;
loss of identity Identitätsverlust m; mistaken B 2
2. MATH
a) identischer Satz
b) identische Gleichung
3. BIOL Artgleichheit f
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noun
1) (sameness) Übereinstimmung, die
2) (individuality, being specified person) Identität, die

proof of identity — Identitätsnachweis, der

[case of] mistaken identity — [Personen]verwechslung, die

3)

identity card/plate — see identification

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n.
Gleichheit f.
Identität f.

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