PLEASE - Translation from English into German

in the PONS Dictionary

I. please [pli:z] INTERJ

1. please (in requests):

please

bitte

may I see your passport, please?

kann ich bitte Ihren Pass sehen?

please, David, put the gun down

David, bitte nimm die Pistole runter!

pretty please childspeak

bitte, bitte

2. please (when accepting sth):

please

ja, bitte

more potatoes? — please

noch Kartoffeln? — gern

may I ...? — please do

darf ich ...? — selbstverständlich

3. please Brit (to attract attention):

please, Miss, I know the answer!

bitte, ich weiß die Antwort!

II. please [pli:z] VB trans

1. please (make happy):

to please sb

jdm gefallen [o. eine Freude machen]

I'll do it to please you

ich mache es, nur dir zuliebe

it pleases me to see ...

es freut mich, ... zu sehen

to be hard/easy to please

schwer/leicht zufriedenzustellen sein

she's notoriously hard to please

man kann es ihr kaum recht machen

to please oneself inf oh well, please yourself

bitte, wie du meinst

2. please form iron (be will of):

please

jdm belieben

if it may please the court, ...

wenn es dem Hof genehm ist, ...

III. please [pli:z] VB intr

1. please (be agreeable):

eager to please

[unbedingt] gefallen [o. einen guten Eindruck machen] wollen

he's a bit too eager to please if you ask me

er ist ein bisschen übereifrig [o. zu eifrig] , wenn du mich fragst

sth is sure to please

etw wird sicher gefallen

2. please (wish):

to do as one pleases

machen, was man möchte [o. will]

come whenever you please

kommt, wann immer ihr wollt

please God!

so Gott will!

if you please form (please)

bitte

and then, if you please, she had the cheek to say ...

und dann, mit Verlaub, hatte sie doch die Frechheit zu sagen, ...

hard to please phrase MKT COMPET

hard to please (Kunde: kritisch)

anspruchsvoll

Present

I	please
you	please
he/she/it	pleases
we	please
you	please
they	please

Past

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

Present Perfect

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

Past Perfect

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