attribute

attribute
1. noun
1) (quality) Attribut, das; Eigenschaft, die
2) (symbolic object) Attribut, das
2. transitive verb
(ascribe, assign) zuschreiben (to Dat.); (refer) zurückführen (to auf + Akk.)
* * *
1. [ə'tribjut] verb
1) (to think of as being written, made etc by: The play is attributed to Shakespeare.) zuschreiben
2) (to think of as being caused by: He attributed his illness to the cold weather.) zurückführen (auf)
2. noun
(a quality that is a particular part of a person or thing: Intelligence is not one of his attributes.) die Eigenschaft
* * *
at·tri·bute
I. vt
[əˈtrɪbju:t]
1. (ascribe)
▪ to \attribute sth to sth etw auf etw akk zurückführen
to \attribute the blame to sb jdm die Schuld geben
to \attribute importance to sth etw dat Bedeutung beimessen
2. (give credit for)
▪ to \attribute sth to sb jdm etw zuschreiben
II. n
[ˈætrɪbju:t]
1. (characteristic) Eigenschaft f, Merkmal nt
2. LING Beifügung f, Attribut nt fachspr
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[ə'trɪbjuːt]
1. vt

to attribute sth to sb (play, remark etc) — jdm etw zuschreiben

to attribute sth to sth (success, accident, problem, deaths etc) — etw auf etw (acc) zurückführen

2. n
Attribut nt; (= quality also) Merkmal nt
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attribute
A v/t [əˈtrıbjuːt; US -bjət]
1. zuschreiben, pej unterschieben, unterstellen (alle:
to dat)
2. zurückführen (to auf akk)
B s [ˈætrıbjuːt]
1. Attribut n, Eigenschaft f, (wesentliches) Merkmal:
mercy is an attribute of God
2. Attribut n, (Kenn)Zeichen n, Sinnbild n
3. LING Attribut n, Beifügung f
* * *
1. noun
1) (quality) Attribut, das; Eigenschaft, die
2) (symbolic object) Attribut, das
2. transitive verb
(ascribe, assign) zuschreiben (to Dat.); (refer) zurückführen (to auf + Akk.)
* * *
(grammar) n.
Prädikat -e n. (personality) n.
Eigenschaft (Personen) f. n.
Attribut -e n.
Merkmal -e n. v.
beilegen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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