onto

onto
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* * *
onto, on to
[ˈɒntu:, AM ˈɑ:n-]
prep
1. (into) in +akk
2. (on top) auf +akk
3. (revealing) auf +akk
the door opened \onto a patio die Tür führte auf eine Terrasse
hold \onto my hand halt dich an meiner Hand fest
5. (as topic)
how did we get \onto this subject? wie sind wir auf dieses Thema gekommen?
can we move \onto the next item? können wir zum nächsten Punkt kommen?
6. (pursuing)
to be \onto sb/sth jdm/etw auf der Spur sein
7. (discovering)
to be \onto sth etw entdeckt haben
to get \onto sth an etw akk kommen
to be \onto a good thing with sth mit etw dat an einer guten Sache dran sein fam
can you put me \onto a good dentist? kannst du mir einen guten Zahnarzt empfehlen?
8. (reminding)
to get/be \onto sb about sth jdn an etw akk erinnern; (insistently) jdm mit etw dat in den Ohren liegen fam
to get/be \onto sb to do sth jdn daran erinnern, etw zu tun; (insistently) jdn so lange bearbeiten, bis er/sie etw tut
* * *
['ɒntʊ]
prep
1) (= upon, on top of) auf (+acc); (on sth vertical) an (+acc)

to clip sth onto sth — etw an etw (acc) anklemmen

to get onto the committee — in den Ausschuss kommen

2)

(in verbal expressions, see also vb +on) to get/come onto a subject — auf ein Thema zu sprechen kommen

to come onto the market —

are you onto the next chapter already? — sind Sie schon beim nächsten Kapitel?

when will you get onto the next chapter? — wann kommen Sie zum nächsten Kapitel?

the windows look onto the lake — die Fenster gehen zur Seeseite hinaus

I think we're onto something — ich glaube, hier sind wir auf etwas gestoßen

* * *
onto präp
1. auf (akk): onto the floor
2. be onto sth hinter etwas gekommen sein, etwas spitzgekriegt haben umg;
he’s onto you er ist dir auf die Schliche gekommen, er hat dich durchschaut
* * *
see on 2. 7)
* * *
prep.
auf präp.
hinaus präp.

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