betonen

v/t

1. LING., MUS. stress; wie wird das Wort betont? how is that word stressed?, where does the stress come in that word?; falsch betonen wrong(ly) stress, put the wrong stress on

2. (unterstreichen) stress, emphasize, underline, underscore; besonders betonen place particular emphasis on; man kann es nicht genug betonen it can’t be emphasized (strongly) enough; wobei ich „sauber“ betone ‚clean’ being the operative word; ich möchte betonen, dass ... I would like to emphasize that...

3. optisch etc.: (jemandes Figur, Augen etc.) emphasize, accentuate, bring out; die neue Mode betont die Taille the new fashion accentuates the waist

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to emphasize; to stress; to underline; to accentuate

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be|to|nen ptp betont

vt

1) (= hervorheben) to emphasize; Hüften, Augen auch to accentuate; (= Gewicht legen auf auch) to stress

ich möchte noch einmal betónen, dass ... — I want to stress or emphasize once again that ...

See:

→ auch betont

2) (LING, MUS = einen Akzent legen auf) to stress; (= Tonfall gebrauchen) to intonate (form)

ein Wort falsch betónen — to give a word the wrong stress, to stress a word wrongly

du musst den Satz anders betónen — you must stress the sentence differently; (mit Tonfall) you must say the sentence with a different intonation

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1) (to pronounce with stress or emphasis: The second syllable is accented.) accent

2) (to lay or put emphasis on: You emphasize the word `too' in the sentence `Are you going too?'; He emphasized the importance of working hard.) emphasize

3) (to lay or put emphasis on: You emphasize the word `too' in the sentence `Are you going too?'; He emphasized the importance of working hard.) emphasise

4) (to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc): Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual.) stress

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be·to·nen *

vt

1. (hervorheben)

▪ etw \betonen to accentuate sth

dieses Kleid betont ihre Figur this dress accentuates her figure

▪ etw \betonen to stress [or emphasize] sth

▪ \betonen, dass to stress [or emphasize] that

2. LING (akzentuieren)

▪ etw \betonen to stress sth

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transitives Verb

1) stress <word, syllable>; accent <syllable, beat>

ein Wort falsch betonen — put the wrong stress on a word

2) (hervorheben) emphasize

die Taille betonen — accentuate the waist

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betonen v/t

1. LING, MUS stress;

wie wird das Wort betont? how is that word stressed?, where does the stress come in that word?;

falsch betonen wrong(ly) stress, put the wrong stress on

2. (unterstreichen) stress, emphasize, underline, underscore;

besonders betonen place particular emphasis on;

man kann es nicht genug betonen it can’t be emphasized (strongly) enough;

wobei ich „sauber“ betone ‘clean’ being the operative word;

ich möchte betonen, dass … I would like to emphasize that…

3. optisch etc: (jemandes Figur, Augen etc) emphasize, accentuate, bring out;

die neue Mode betont die Taille the new fashion accentuates the waist

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transitives Verb

1) stress <word, syllable>; accent <syllable, beat>

ein Wort falsch betonen — put the wrong stress on a word

2) (hervorheben) emphasize

die Taille betonen — accentuate the waist

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v.

to accent v.

to accentuate v.

to emphasise (UK) v.

to emphasize (US) v.

to stress v.