suitable

suitable
['suːtəbl], ['sjuːtəbl] adjective geeignet; (for an occasion) angemessen [Kleidung]; angebracht [Bemerkung]; (matching, convenient) passend

this girlfriend is not suitable for him — diese Freundin passt nicht zu ihm

Monday is the most suitable day [for me] — Montag passt [mir] am besten

suitable for children — für Kinder geeignet

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['su:təbl]
adjective
(negative unsuitable)
1) (right or appropriate for a purpose or occasion: I haven't any suitable shoes for the wedding; Those shoes are not suitable for walking in the country; Many people applied for the job but not one of them was suitable.) geeignet
2) (convenient: We must find a suitable day for our meeting.) passend
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- academic.ru/71924/suitability">suitability
- suitableness
- suitably
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suit·able
[ˈsu:təbl̩, AM -t̬-]
adj geeignet, passend; clothes angemessen
what's a \suitable present for a couple celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary? was eignet sich als Geschenk für ein Paar, das seinen fünfundzwanzigsten Hochzeitstag feiert?
my mother doesn't like me wearing short skirts to church - she doesn't think they're \suitable meine Mutter will nicht, dass ich in die Kirche kurze Röcke anziehe - sie findet sie unschicklich
▪ to be \suitable for sb für jdn geeignet sein, sich akk für jdn eignen
not \suitable for children under 14 nicht geeignet für Kinder unter 14
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['suːtəbl]
adj
(= convenient, practical, right for the purpose) geeignet, passend; (= socially, culturally appropriate to the occasion) angemessen

to be suitable for sb (date, place) — jdm passen; (film, job) für jdn geeignet sein; (hairstyle, clothes) das Richtige für jdn sein

she's not suitable for him — sie passt nicht zu ihm

to be suitable for sth — für etw geeignet sein, sich für etw eignen; (socially) einer Sache (dat) angemessen sein

none of the dishes is suitable for freezing — keines der Rezepte eignet sich zum Einfrieren

the most suitable man for the job —

would 8 o'clock be a suitable time? — würde Ihnen etc 8 Uhr passen?

Tuesday is the most suitable day —

quality machinery suitable to the task — Qualitätsmaschinen, die der Aufgabe gewachsen sind

animals that are suitable as pets — Tiere, die als Haustiere geeignet sind

you're not suitable to be parents —

we couldn't find anything suitable — wir konnten nichts Passendes or Geeignetes finden

to be considered suitable — als geeignet angesehen werden

eminently suitable — überaus passend

to make sth suitable for sth — etw für etw passend machen

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suitable adj (adv suitably)
1. passend, geeignet (beide:
to, for für, zu):
be suitable passen, sich eignen
2. angemessen, schicklich (beide:
to, for für):
be suitable sich schicken
3. entsprechend
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['suːtəbl], ['sjuːtəbl] adjective geeignet; (for an occasion) angemessen [Kleidung]; angebracht [Bemerkung]; (matching, convenient) passend

this girlfriend is not suitable for him — diese Freundin passt nicht zu ihm

Monday is the most suitable day [for me] — Montag passt [mir] am besten

suitable for children — für Kinder geeignet

* * *
adj.
geeignet adj.
passend adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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