CONTRIBUTING - Translation from English into German

in the PONS Dictionary

I. con·trib·ute [kənˈtrɪbju:t, ˈkɒntrɪbju:t, Am kənˈtrɪbju:t] VB intr

1. contribute:

to contribute to [or towards] sth (give money, food, equipment)

etwas zu etw dat beisteuern

to contribute to [or towards] sth (donate)

für etw acc spenden

to contribute towards sb's leaving present

etwas zu jds Abschiedsgeschenk beisteuern

to contribute towards sb's leaving present

sich acc an jds Abschiedsgeschenk beteiligen

to contribute towards sb's leaving present (pay in) to pension etc.

einen Beitrag leisten

2. contribute (give help, support, ideas):

to contribute to [or towards] sth

zu etw dat beitragen

if you're not contributing to the solution, you're contributing to the problem

wer das Problem nicht angeht, macht es noch größer

he didn't contribute much to the meeting

er hat nicht viel zur Besprechung beigetragen

to contribute to community/society

einen gesellschaftlichen Beitrag leisten

to contribute to the success of sth

zum Erfolg einer S. gen beitragen

3. contribute PUBL:

to contribute to sth

einen Beitrag für etw acc schreiben

to contribute to sth (regularly)

für etw acc schreiben

II. con·trib·ute [kənˈtrɪbju:t, ˈkɒntrɪbju:t, Am kənˈtrɪbju:t] VB trans

1. contribute (give):

to contribute sth [to [or towards] sth] money, food, equipment

etw [zu etw dat] beisteuern

to contribute sth [to [or towards] sth] (donate)

etw [für etw acc] spenden

ideas, suggestions to contribute sth [to sth]

etw [zu etw dat] beitragen

2. contribute (submit):

to contribute sth [to sth]

etw [zu etw dat] beisteuern

to contribute sth [to sth]

etw [für etw acc] liefern

to contribute an article to a newspaper

einen Artikel für eine Zeitung schreiben

contribute to mixing

contribute to mixing

zur Durchmischung beitragen

Present

I	contribute
you	contribute
he/she/it	contributes
we	contribute
you	contribute
they	contribute

Past

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

Present Perfect

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

Past Perfect

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