AVOID - Translation from English into German

in the PONS Dictionary

English

German

avoid [əˈvɔɪd] VB trans

1. avoid (stay away from):

to avoid sb/sth

jdn/etw meiden [o. aus dem Weg gehen]

to avoid sb's eyes

jds Blicken ausweichen

to avoid sb/sth like the plague

jdn/etw wie die Pest meiden inf

to avoid doing sth

es vermeiden, etw zu tun

2. avoid (prevent sth happening):

to avoid sth

etw vermeiden [o. umgehen]

I'm not going if I can possibly avoid it

wenn ich es irgendwie vermeiden kann, werde ich nicht [hin]gehen

to avoid the danger

die Gefahr meiden

to avoid the danger (specific occasion)

der Gefahr entgehen

to narrowly avoid sth

etw dat knapp entgehen

to studiously avoid sth

etw sorgfältig vermeiden

3. avoid (not hit):

to avoid sth obstacle

etw dat ausweichen

OpenDict entry

avoid VB

to avoid a declaration LAW

eine Erklärung anfechten

to assiduously avoid sth

etw um jeden Preis vermeiden

German

English

jdn meiden

to avoid [or steer clear of] sb

etw meiden

to avoid sth

Alkohol meiden

to avoid [or abstain from] [or form eschew] alcohol

etw umgehen

to avoid sth

jd kann nicht umhin, etw zu tun

sb cannot avoid doing sth

etw umdeklarieren Ware, Ladung

to avoid declaring sth

Anfechtungsberechtigte(r)

party entitled to avoid

nicht umhinkommen

to be unable to avoid

Kurzarbeitergeld

short-time allowance (state subsidy to avoid redundancies)

PONS Banking, Finance and Insurance Dictionary

English

German

avoid customs duty phrase handel

avoid customs duty

Zoll umgehen

German

English

Zoll umgehen

avoid customs duty

Zoll umgehen

avoid tariffs

Present

I	avoid
you	avoid
he/she/it	avoids
we	avoid
you	avoid
they	avoid

Past

I	avoided
you	avoided
he/she/it	avoided
we	avoided
you	avoided
they	avoided

Present Perfect

I	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
he/she/it	has	avoided
we	have	avoided
you	have	avoided
they	have	avoided

Past Perfect

I	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
he/she/it	had	avoided
we	had	avoided
you	had	avoided
they	had	avoided

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

For example, they may dislike or avoid eye contact.

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Laughter yoga is done in groups, with eye contact and playfulness between participants.

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These produce people who are highly focused, don't fit into the school system, and who often have poor social relationships and eye contact.

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The principal danger from formic acid is from skin or eye contact with the concentrated liquid or vapors.

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Vicious and frenzied, even eye contact will anger it.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

It is recommended to avoid public means of transport at night.

www.ronny-pannasch.de

Es wird jedoch empfohlen, die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel nachts zu meiden.

www.ronny-pannasch.de

The urban Malta around Sliema and Valetta you should rather avoid with a rental car. The traffic there is quite heavy and the Mediterranean way of driving of the Maltese is not for weak nerves.

www.ronny-pannasch.de

Das städtische Malta um Sliema und Valetta sollte man mit dem Mietwagen eher meiden, denn dort herrscht sehr dichter Verkehr und die südländische Fahrweise der Malteser ist nichts für schwache Gemüter.

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The experiment shows that it is possible by inserting photo activated proteins into neurons photo stimulation can produce an olfactory behavior in these larvae , whereas genetically unchanged larvae generally avoid light.

aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Das Experiment zeigt, dass sich Larven, bei denen Nerven-Zellen, die für attraktive Duftstoffe zuständig sind, lichtempfindlich gemacht wurden, auf das Licht zu bewegen, während genetisch unveränderte Larven Licht generell meiden.

aktuell.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Do we need to avoid stress in order to live longer?

www.nar.uni-heidelberg.de

Müssen wir Stress meiden, um lange leben zu können?

www.nar.uni-heidelberg.de

If possible, avoid visiting the temples around midday because of the heat.

www.ronny-pannasch.de

Eine Besichtigung der Tempelanlagen um die Mittagszeit sollte man aufgrund der Hitze möglichst meiden.

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