schwächen

vt/i weaken (auch fig.); (Gesundheit) undermine; (Sehkraft etc.) impair; (vermindern) (Macht, Prestige, Einfluss etc.) diminish; jemanden schwächen auch make s.o. weak; Fieber / Fasten schwächt sehr a fever / fasting makes you very weak; stark geschwächt sein be weakened considerably; Gesundheit: be seriously undermined; Sehkraft etc.: be seriously impaired; Macht, Prestige, Einfluss etc.: be greatly diminished; die Krise hat die Wirtschaft / den Dollar stark geschwächt the crisis seriously weakened the economy / the dollar

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to weaken; to debilitate; to undermine; to cripple

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schwạ̈|chen ['ʃvɛçn]

1. vt (lit, fig)

to weaken

2. vr

to weaken oneself

3. vi

etw schwächt — sth has a weakening effect

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1) (to make weak.) debilitate

2) (to (cause to) become weak, especially in physical strength or character: The patient has weakened; The strain of the last few days has weakened him.) weaken

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schwä·chen

[ˈʃvɛçn̩]

I. vt

1. (entkräften)

▪ jdn/ein Tier \schwächen to weaken sb/an animal

▪ geschwächt weakened

[das] Fieber hat sie geschwächt the fever weakened her

2. (in der Wirkung mindern)

▪ jdn/etw \schwächen to weaken sb/sth

II. vi to have a weakening effect

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transitives Verb weaken

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schwächen v/t & v/i weaken (auch fig); (Gesundheit) undermine; (Sehkraft etc) impair; (vermindern) (Macht, Prestige, Einfluss etc) diminish;

jemanden schwächen auch make sb weak;

Fieber/Fasten schwächt sehr a fever/fasting makes you very weak;

stark geschwächt sein be weakened considerably; Gesundheit: be seriously undermined; Sehkraft etc: be seriously impaired; Macht, Prestige, Einfluss etc: be greatly diminished;

die Krise hat die Wirtschaft/den Dollar stark geschwächt the crisis seriously weakened the economy/the dollar

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transitives Verb weaken

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v.

to bate v.

to damp v.

to debilitate v.

to enfeeble v.

to sap one's energy expr.

to weaken v.