suggest

suggest
1. transitive verb
1) (propose) vorschlagen

suggest something to somebody — jemandem etwas vorschlagen

he suggested going to the cinema — er schlug vor, ins Kino zu gehen

2) (assert)

are you trying to suggest that he is lying? — wollen Sie damit sagen, dass er lügt?

he suggested that the calculation was incorrect — er sagte, die Rechnung sei falsch

I suggest that ... — (Law) ich unterstelle, dass ...

3) (make one think of) suggerieren; [Symptome, Tatsachen:] schließen lassen auf (+ Akk.)
2. reflexive verb

suggest itself [to somebody] — [Möglichkeiten, Ausweg:] sich [jemandem] anbieten; [Gedanke:] sich [jemandem] aufdrängen

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[sə'‹est, ](American also[) səɡ-]
verb
1) (to put (an idea etc) before another person etc for consideration; to propose: He suggested a different plan; I suggest doing it a different way; She suggested to me one or two suitable people for the committee; I suggest that we have lunch now.) vorschlagen
2) (to put (an idea etc) into a person's mind; to hint: Are you suggesting that I'm too old for the job?; An explanation suddenly suggested itself to me.) andeuten
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sug·gest
[səˈʤest, AM also segˈ-]
vt
1. (propose)
to \suggest sth [to sb] [jdm] etw vorschlagen
might I \suggest a white wine with your salmon, sir? darf ich Ihnen zum Lachs einen Weißwein empfehlen, mein Herr?
what time do you \suggest we arrive? was meinst du, wann wir dort ankommen?
can you \suggest where I might find a chemist's? können Sie mir vielleicht sagen, wo ich eine Drogerie finden kann?
to \suggest [to sb] that ... [jdm] vorschlagen, dass ...
what do you \suggest we do with them? was, meinst du, sollen wir mit ihnen machen?
to \suggest doing sth vorschlagen, etw zu tun
to \suggest an idea to sb jdm eine Idee vortragen
to \suggest sth auf etw akk hinweisen
the footprints \suggest that ... den Fußspuren nach zu urteilen, ..., die Fußspuren lassen darauf schließen, dass ...
3. (indirectly state)
to \suggest sth etw andeuten [o pej unterstellen], auf etw akk hindeuten
to \suggest that ... darauf hindeuten, dass ...
I'm not \suggesting that you were flirting with Adrian, but ... ich will ja nicht behaupten, dass du mit Adrian geflirtet hast, aber ...
are you \suggesting that ...? willst du damit sagen, dass ...?
4. (form: evoke)
to \suggest sth etw nahelegen
his story \suggested the plot for a new novel seine Geschichte lieferte die Handlung für einen neuen Roman
to \suggest an idea/a thought eine Idee/einen Gedanken aufkommen lassen
5. (come to mind)
to \suggest itself idea, thought sich akk aufdrängen; solution sich akk anbieten
does anything \suggest itself? fällt euch dazu etwas ein?
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[sə'dZest]
1. vt
1) (= propose) candidate, place, idea etc vorschlagen

I suggest that we go, I suggest going — ich schlage vor, zu gehen or (dass) wir gehen

what do you suggest we do? — was schlagen Sie vor?

are you suggesting I should tell a deliberate lie? — soll das heißen, dass ich bewusst lügen soll?

I am suggesting nothing of the kind — das habe ich nicht gesagt

2) (= put forward for consideration) explanation, theory nahelegen, vorbringen

I suggest (to you) that ... (esp Jur) — ich möchte (Ihnen) nahelegen, dass ...

3) (= insinuate, hint at) andeuten; (unpleasantly) unterstellen

what are you trying to suggest? —

I'm not trying to suggest that he's lying — ich will damit nicht unterstellen or sagen, dass er lügt

4) (= indicate facts, data, sb's action) andeuten, hindeuten auf (+acc); (= evoke, music, poem) denken lassen an (+acc); (symbolism, colours) andeuten

it certainly suggests complicity — das deutet zweifellos auf Mittäterschaft hin

the symptoms would suggest an operation — die Symptome lassen eine Operation angeraten erscheinen

5) (PSYCH)

to suggest sth to sb — jdm etw suggerieren

2. vr
(idea, thought, plan) sich aufdrängen, sich anbieten
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suggest [səˈdʒest; US auch səɡˈdʒest] v/t
1. etwas oder jemanden vorschlagen, empfehlen, etwas anregen, etwas nahelegen (to sb jemandem):
I suggest going home, I suggest (that) we (should) go home ich schlage vor heimzugehen
2. eine Idee etc eingeben, -flüstern, suggerieren:
suggest itself sich aufdrängen, in den Sinn kommen (beide:
to sb jemandem)
3. hindeuten oder -weisen auf (akk), schließen lassen auf (akk):
suggest that … darauf hindeuten oder -weisen, dass …; darauf schließen lassen, dass …;
there is evidence to suggest that … es gibt Beweise für die Annahme, dass …
4. denken lassen oder erinnern oder gemahnen an (akk):
the scene suggests Elizabethan times
5. andeuten, anspielen auf (akk), sagen wollen, zu verstehen geben, die Ansicht äußern (that dass):
I suggest wenn ich bemerken darf, meiner Ansicht nach
6. auch JUR unterstellen, behaupten (beide:
that dass)
7. PSYCH suggerieren, jemanden durch Suggestion beeinflussen
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1. transitive verb
1) (propose) vorschlagen

suggest something to somebody — jemandem etwas vorschlagen

he suggested going to the cinema — er schlug vor, ins Kino zu gehen

2) (assert)

are you trying to suggest that he is lying? — wollen Sie damit sagen, dass er lügt?

he suggested that the calculation was incorrect — er sagte, die Rechnung sei falsch

I suggest that ... — (Law) ich unterstelle, dass ...

3) (make one think of) suggerieren; [Symptome, Tatsachen:] schließen lassen auf (+ Akk.)
2. reflexive verb

suggest itself [to somebody] — [Möglichkeiten, Ausweg:] sich [jemandem] anbieten; [Gedanke:] sich [jemandem] aufdrängen

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v.
andeuten v.
behaupten v.
empfehlen v.
(§ p.,pp.: empfahl, empfohlen)
nahelegen v.
suggerieren v.
vorschlagen v.
vorstellen v.

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