addict

addict
1. transitive verb

be addicted — süchtig sein

become addicted [to something] — [nach etwas] süchtig werden

be addicted to alcohol/drugs — alkohol-/drogensüchtig sein

2. noun
Süchtige, der/die; (fig. coll.) [begeisterte] Anhänger, der/Anhängerin, die

become an addict — (lit.) süchtig werden

a TV addict — (fig. coll.) ein Fernsehnarr

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['ædikt]
noun
(a person who has become dependent on something, especially drugs: a drug addict; a television addict.) der/die Süchtige(r)
- academic.ru/659/addicted">addicted
- addiction
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ad·dict
[ˈædɪkt]
n
1. (junkie) Abhängige(r) f(m), Süchtige(r) f(m)
drug \addict Drogenabhängige(r) f(m)
to become an \addict süchtig werden
2. (hum: fan) Süchtige(r) f(m)
he's a chocolate \addict er ist süchtig nach Schokolade
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['dɪkt]
n (lit, fig)
Süchtige(r) mf, Suchtkranke(r) mf

he's a television/heroin/real addict — er ist fernseh-/heroinsüchtig/richtig süchtig

to become an addict — süchtig werden

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addict
A s [ˈædıkt]
1. Süchtige(r) m/f(m), MED auch Suchtkranke(r) m/f(m):
alcohol (television) addict Alkohol-(Fernseh)süchtige(r); drug addict
2. (Fußball- etc) Fanatiker(in), (Film- etc) Narr m
B v/t [əˈdıkt]
1. addict o.s. sich hingeben (to sth einer Sache)
2. jemanden süchtig machen, jemanden gewöhnen (to an ein Rauschgift etc):
addict sb to heroin jemanden heroinsüchtig machen
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1. transitive verb

be addicted — süchtig sein

become addicted [to something] — [nach etwas] süchtig werden

be addicted to alcohol/drugs — alkohol-/drogensüchtig sein

2. noun
Süchtige, der/die; (fig. coll.) [begeisterte] Anhänger, der/Anhängerin, die

become an addict — (lit.) süchtig werden

a TV addict — (fig. coll.) ein Fernsehnarr

* * *
n.
Süchtige -n m.,f.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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