betiteln

v/t

1. (Buch etc.) give a title to, name; find (oder decide on) a title for; wie ist die Zeitschrift betitelt? what’s the name (oder title) of the magazine?, what’s the magazine called?

2. (anreden, nennen) call, address as; wie soll man ihn betiteln? what are you (oder we) supposed to call him?, how are you (oder we) supposed to address him?; jemanden mit Professor betiteln address s.o. as ‚Professor’; jemanden falsch betiteln use the wrong form of address with s.o., get s.o.’s title wrong; jemanden mit Schimpfwörtern betiteln swear (and curse) at s.o., call s.o. (rude) names

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to entitle; to title

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be|ti|teln ptp betitelt

vt

to entitle; (= anreden) jdn to address as, to call; (= beschimpfen) to call

die Sendung ist betitelt ... — the broadcast is entitled ...

wie ist das Buch betitelt? — what is the book called?, what's the book's title?

er betitelte seinen Artikel ... — he called his article ..., he gave his article the title ..., he entitled his article ...

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(to put or write something at the beginning of: His report was headed `Ways of Preventing Industrial Accidents'.) head

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be·ti·teln *

vt

1. (anreden)

▪ jdn [als etw] \betiteln to address sb [as sth]

er möchte gern[e] [als] Herr Professor betitelt werden he would like to be addressed as ‘Professor’

2. (pej: beschimpfen)

▪ jdn [als [o mit] etw] \betiteln to call sb [sth]

3. (mit Titel versehen)

▪ etw [mit etw dat] \betiteln to [en]title sth [as sth]

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transitives Verb

1) give <book etc.> a title

2) s. titulieren

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betiteln v/t

1. (Buch etc) give a title to, name; find (oder decide on) a title for;

wie ist die Zeitschrift betitelt? what’s the name (oder title) of the magazine?, what’s the magazine called?

2. (anreden, nennen) call, address as;

wie soll man ihn betiteln? what are you (oder we) supposed to call him?, how are you (oder we) supposed to address him?;

jemanden mit Professor betiteln address sb as ‘Professor’;

jemanden falsch betiteln use the wrong form of address with sb, get sb’s title wrong;

jemanden mit Schimpfwörtern betiteln swear (and curse) at sb, call sb (rude) names

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transitives Verb

1) give <book etc.> a title

2) s. titulieren

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v.

to entitle v.