populate

populate
transitive verb
bevölkern [Land, Gebiet]; bewohnen [Insel, Gebiet]

heavily or densely/sparsely populated — dicht/dünn besiedelt [Land, Gebiet usw.]; dicht/dünn bevölkert [Stadt]

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['popjuleit]
verb
((usually in passive) to fill with people: That part of the world used to be populated by wandering tribes.) bevölkern
- academic.ru/56820/population">population
- populous
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popu·late
[ˈpɒpjəleɪt, AM ˈpɑ:p-]
vt
1. usu passive (inhabit)
▪ to be \populated bevölkert sein; island bewohnt sein (by/with von +dat)
the river is \populated mainly by smaller species of fish in dem Fluss sind vor allem kleinere Fischarten heimisch
a very sparsely/densely \populated area eine sehr dünn/dicht besiedelte Gegend
2. (provide inhabitants)
▪ to \populate sth etw besiedeln
Eastern Canada was initially \populated by the French in Ostkanada ließen sich ursprünglich die Franzosen nieder
to \populate a stream with trout in einem Bach Forellen ansiedeln
3. COMPUT
▪ to \populate sth etw bestücken
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['pɒpjʊleɪt]
vt
(= inhabit) bevölkern; (= colonize) besiedeln

populated by — bevölkert von

this area is populated mainly by immigrants — in diesem Stadtteil leben or wohnen hauptsächlich Einwanderer

densely populated areas — dicht besiedelte Gebiete pl

densely populated cities — dicht bevölkerte Städte pl

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populate [ˈpɒpjʊleıt; US ˈpɑp-] v/t
1. bevölkern, besiedeln
2. meist passiv bewohnen
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transitive verb
bevölkern [Land, Gebiet]; bewohnen [Insel, Gebiet]

heavily or densely/sparsely populated — dicht/dünn besiedelt [Land, Gebiet usw.]; dicht/dünn bevölkert [Stadt]

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v.
bevölkern v.

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