MAKE OF - Translation from English into German

in the PONS Dictionary

make of VB trans

1. make of (understand):

to make sth of sth

etw verstehen

I can't make anything of this book

ich verstehe dieses Buch nicht

can you make anything of this message?

kannst du mit dieser Nachricht etwas anfangen?

I don't know what to make of it

ich weiß nicht, wie ich das deuten soll

to make sense of an action/a word/an argument

den Sinn einer Aktion/eines Wortes/eines Arguments verstehen

2. make of (think):

to make sth of sb/sth what do you make of his speech?

was hältst du von seiner Rede?

I don't know what to make of her

ich weiß nicht, wie ich sie einschätzen soll

I wouldn't make too much of it

das würde ich nicht überbewerten

to make much of sb (appreciate)

viel von jdm halten

to make much of sb (praise)

jdn über den grünen Klee loben

we don't make much of him

wir halten nicht viel von ihm

Phrases:

to make something of it inf do you want to make something of it?

suchst du Ärger?

Present

I	make of
you	make of
he/she/it	makes of
we	make of
you	make of
they	make of

Past

I	made of
you	made of
he/she/it	made of
we	made of
you	made of
they	made of

Present Perfect

I	have	made of
you	have	made of
he/she/it	has	made of
we	have	made of
you	have	made of
they	have	made of

Past Perfect

I	had	made of
you	had	made of
he/she/it	had	made of
we	had	made of
you	had	made of
they	had	made of