GIST - Translation from English into German

English

German

gist [ʤɪst] N

1. gist (essence):

the gist

das Wesentliche

to give sb the gist [of sth]

jdm eine Zusammenfassung [von etw dat] geben

to read for gist

querlesen

2. gist (main points):

the gist

die Hauptpunkte pl

to get the gist of sth

den Sinn von etw dat verstehen

to give sb the gist

jdm die Hauptpunkte nennen

German

English

eine sinngemäße Wiedergabe einer Rede

an account giving the gist [or general sense] of a speech

etw sinngemäß wiedergeben

to give the gist [or general sense] of sth

das war's im Wesentlichen

that was the gist of it

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Findings suggested that a more negative mood made critical details, stored in gist representation, less accessible.

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But many also expressed their support for his op-ed piece, or at least what they saw as the gist of it.

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Evidence for this lies in framing experiments where framing effects become stronger when verbatim information(percentages) are replaced with gist descriptions.

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Similarly, items that were not presented in the past but preserve the meaning of presented items are usually better cues for gist traces.

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Although people are capable of processing both verbatim and gist information, they prefer to reason with gist traces rather than verbatim.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

Reduce complicated issues to the gist.

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Kompliziertes einfach darstellen, Information auf das Wesentliche reduzieren:

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