themselves

themselves
pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst

the results themselves were ... — die Ergebnisse an sich waren ...

2) refl. sich [waschen usw.]; sich selbst [die Schuld geben, regieren]. See also academic.ru/34615/herself">herself
* * *
pronoun
1) (used as the object of a verb or preposition when people, animals etc are the object of actions they perform: They hurt themselves; They looked at themselves in the mirror.) sich(selbst)
2) (used to emphasize they, them or the names of people, animals etc: They themselves did nothing wrong.) selbst
3) (without help etc: They decided to do it themselves.) selbst
* * *
them·selves
[ðəmˈselvz]
pron reflexive
1. (direct object) sich
did they enjoy \themselves at the theatre? hat ihnen das Theater gefallen?
the children behaved \themselves very well die Kinder benahmen sich sehr gut
2. (form: them) sie selbst
besides their parents and \themselves, no one else will attend their wedding außer ihren Eltern und ihnen selbst wird niemand zu ihrer Hochzeit kommen
3. (emph: personally) selbst
they collected the evidence \themselves sie sammelten selbst die Beweise
they \themselves ... sie selbst ...
they \themselves had no knowledge of what was happening sie wussten selbst nicht, was passierte
they tried for \themselves sie versuchten es selbst
4. (himself or herself) sich selbst
anyone fancies \themselves as a racing driver jeder hält sich selbst für einen Rennfahrer
5. (alone)
they kept the money for \themselves sie behielten das Geld für sich
they kept [\themselves] to \themselves sie lebten zurückgezogen
[all] by \themselves [ganz] allein
in \themselves für sich akk genommen
these facts are unimportant in \themselves, but if you put them together, they may mean more die Fakten an sich sind unwichtig, zusammengenommen bedeuten sie vielleicht mehr
to \themselves für sich akk
they had the whole campsite to \themselves sie hatten den ganzen Campingplatz für sich [allein]
6. (normal) sie selbst
after a good meal they were \themselves again nach einer guten Mahlzeit waren sie wieder sie selbst
they didn't seem \themselves sie schienen, nicht sie selbst zu sein
* * *
[Dəm'selvz]
pers pron pl
1) (reflexive) sich
2) (emph) selbst

the figures themselves — die Zahlen selbst or an sich

See:
→ also myself
* * *
themselves [ðəmˈselvz] pron
1. (emphatisch) (sie) selbst:
they themselves said it sie selbst sagten es
2. reflexiv sich (selbst):
they washed themselves sie wuschen sich;
the ideas in themselves die Ideen an sich
3. (nach everybody etc statt himself or herself) sich selbst:
everybody has to look after themselves
* * *
pronoun
1) (emphatic) selbst

the results themselves were ... — die Ergebnisse an sich waren ...

2) refl. sich [waschen usw.]; sich selbst [die Schuld geben, regieren]. See also herself
* * *
pron.
sich selbst pron.

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