TIDY-UP - Translation from English into German

English

German

tidy-up N no pl

tidy-up

Aufräumen nt

I. tidy up VB trans

1. tidy up (put in order):

to tidy up ⇆ sth/sb

etw aufräumen/jdn zurechtmachen

to tidy one's make-up

sich dat das Make-up auffrischen

to tidy oneself up

sich acc zurechtmachen

2. tidy up (add finishing touches):

to tidy up ⇆ sth

etw überprüfen [o. durchsehen] [o. form endkorrigieren]

II. tidy up VB intr

tidy up

aufräumen

we ought to tidy up before we go home

wir sollten [besser] aufräumen, bevor wir nach Hause gehen

tidy up this mess!

räum diesen Saustall auf! inf

German

English

etw ausformulieren Gedanken, Text

to tidy up sth sep

etw säuberlich aufräumen

to tidy up sth sep

etw entrümpeln

to tidy sth up sep

etw aufräumen

to tidy [or clear] up sth sep

aufräumen

to tidy [or clear] up

für das Wochenende habe ich mir vorgenommen, meine Akten zu ordnen

I plan to tidy up my files at the weekend

etw in Ordnung bringen (aufräumen)

to tidy [or clear] sth up sep

Present

I	tidy up
you	tidy up
he/she/it	tidies up
we	tidy up
you	tidy up
they	tidy up

Past

I	tidied up
you	tidied up
he/she/it	tidied up
we	tidied up
you	tidied up
they	tidied up

Present Perfect

I	have	tidied up
you	have	tidied up
he/she/it	has	tidied up
we	have	tidied up
you	have	tidied up
they	have	tidied up

Past Perfect

I	had	tidied up
you	had	tidied up
he/she/it	had	tidied up
we	had	tidied up
you	had	tidied up
they	had	tidied up

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

An oversized running litter bin also features in a bid to persuade locals to pick up their own mess and that of their pets.

www.thecourier.co.uk

The designers created a whole mess of disparate environments, then superglued them together in random order.

www.wired.com

He tells her that he punishes people who mess with him, and tells her to get out of his office.

en.wikipedia.org

It's a massive mind mess-up of micro-managing.

www.independent.ie

Mess, by his definition, can range from actual untidiness -- which can function better than precise filing systems -- to disruption, distraction, unexpected collaboration, and context-switching.

qz.com

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

In countries where no garbage disposal service comes to collect waste separately, and where streets are not tidied up ten minutes after a demonstration, waste separation problems are solved in pioneering ways by private and civil society initiatives.

www.sozialmarie.org

In Ländern, in denen keine öffentliche Müllabfuhr 'Bau keinen Mist' plakatiert, den Müll getrennt abholt und zehn Minuten nach jeder Demonstration die Straßen aufräumt, werden diese Probleme pionierhaft von privaten und zivilgesellschaftlichen Initiativen gelöst.

www.sozialmarie.org

-- I thought it was about time to tidy up around here.

www.tykwer-online.de

-- Ich dachte mir, es wäre an der Zeit, hier mal wieder ein wenig aufzuräumen.

www.tykwer-online.de

Sound-based music recommendations, play, sort, and convert music, or simply tidy up track information using the mouse.

www.magix.com

Klangbasierte Musikempfehlungen, Musik wiedergeben, sortieren, konvertieren oder ganz leicht Titel-Infos mit der Maus ändern und aufräumen.

www.magix.com

Suddenly he decides to tidy up.

www.c64-wiki.de

Plötzlich entschließt er sich, aufzuräumen.

www.c64-wiki.de

Someone did quite a job tidying up here.

www.mpg.de

Hier hat jemand ordentlich aufgeräumt.

www.mpg.de