know about

know about
transitive verb
wissen über (+ Akk.)

oh, I didn't know about it/that — oh, das habe ich nicht gewusst

did you know about your son's behaviour? — haben Sie gehört, wie sich Ihr Sohn benommen hat?

I don't know about that — na, ich weiß nicht [so recht]

* * *
know about
vi
to \know about about sth/sb von etw/jdm wissen
did you \know about about the burglary? hast du von dem Einbruch gehört?
I don't \know about about the others but I'm staying here ich weiß nicht, was die anderen machen, aber ich [für meinen Teil] bleibe hier
I don't \know about about you but I'm starving ich weiß ja nicht, wie es dir geht, aber ich verhungere gleich!
I \know about about that ich weiß [schon] Bescheid!; (have real knowledge) da kenne ich mich aus!
yep, I \know about about that ja, das weiß ich
I don't \know about about that na, ich weiß nicht; (really not knowing) davon weiß ich nichts
oh, I didn't \know about about it oh, das habe ich [gar] nicht gewusst
she's not to \know about about it sie soll nichts davon erfahren!
I \know about about Mary but who else is coming? ich weiß, dass Mary kommt, aber wer noch?
well I don't \know about about beautiful but she certainly is nice na ja, ob sie schön ist, weiß ich nicht, aber nett ist sie auf jeden Fall!
my grandad \know abouts all there is to \know about about fishing mein Opa weiß wirklich alles übers Fischen
I don't \know about anything about computers von Computern verstehe ich gar nichts
not much is \know aboutn about it darüber weiß man nicht viel
to not \know about the first thing about sth keine Ahnung von etw dat haben
to not \know about the first thing about sb nichts über jdn wissen
* * *
vi +prep obj
(= have factual knowledge, experience of) history, maths, politics sich auskennen in (+dat); Africa Bescheid wissen über (+acc); women, men, cars, horses sich auskennen mit; (= be aware of, have been told about) wissen von

I know about that — das weiß ich

I didn't know about that — das wusste ich nicht

I only knew about it yesterday — ich habe erst gestern davon gehört

I'd rather not know about it — das möchte ich lieber nicht wissen

did you know about Maggie? — weißt du über Maggie Bescheid?

I know about John, but is anyone else absent? — John, das weiß ich, aber fehlt sonst noch jemand?

to get to know about sb/sth — von jdm/etw hören

I don't know about that — davon weiß ich nichts

I don't know about you, but I'm hungry —

she's very clever, isn't she? – I don't know about clever, but she certainly knows how to use people — sie ist sehr klug, nicht wahr? – klug, na, ich weiß nicht, aber sie weiß Leute auszunutzen

we don't know anything about him — wir wissen nichts über ihn

that was the first I knew about it — davon hatte ich nichts gewusst

not much is known about that — darüber weiß man nicht viel

I know all about that — da kenne ich mich aus

I know all about you — ich weiß über Sie Bescheid

that's all you know about it! (iro) — das meinst auch nur du!

I don't know about that! — da bin ich mir nicht so sicher! know of vi +prep obj café, better method kennen

I soon got to know of all the facts/all his problems — ich war bald über alle Fakten/all seine Probleme informiert

I know of him, although I've never met him — ich habe von ihm gehört, aber ich habe ihn noch nie getroffen

not that I know of — nicht, dass ich wüsste

* * *
transitive verb
wissen über (+ Akk.)

oh, I didn't know about it/that — oh, das habe ich nicht gewusst

did you know about your son's behaviour? — haben Sie gehört, wie sich Ihr Sohn benommen hat?

I don't know about that — na, ich weiß nicht [so recht]


English-german dictionary. 2013.

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