bevölkern

I v/t

1. populate; (bewohnen) inhabit; fig. (Straße etc.) fill, crowd

2. (besiedeln) Regierung etc.: settle, populate, colonize; einen Landstrich bevölkern populate an area

II v/refl become inhabited; fig. be filling up (with people), become crowded; dicht II 1

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to populate

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be|vọ̈l|kern [bə'fœlkɐn] ptp bevö\#lkert

1. vt

1) (= bewohnen) to inhabit; (= beleben) to crowd, to fill

schwach/stark or dicht bevölkert — thinly or sparsely/densely or thickly populated

tausende or Tausende bevölkerten den Marktplatz — the marketplace was crowded with thousands of people

2) (= besiedeln) to populate

2. vr

to become inhabited; (fig) to fill up

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((usually in passive) to fill with people: That part of the world used to be populated by wandering tribes.) populate

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be·völ·kern *

[bəˈfœlkɐn]

I. vt

▪ etw \bevölkern

1. (beleben) to fill [or throng] sth

2. (besiedeln) to inhabit [or populate] sth

II. vr

▪ sich akk mit ... \bevölkern to fill up with ...

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1.

transitives Verb populate; inhabit; (fig.) fill; invade

ein stark/dünn od. wenig bevölkertes Land — a densely/thinly or sparsely populated country

2.

reflexives Verb become populated; <bar, restaurant, etc.> fill up

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bevölkern

A. v/t

1. populate; (bewohnen) inhabit; fig (Straße etc) fill, crowd

2. (besiedeln) Regierung etc: settle, populate, colonize;

einen Landstrich bevölkern populate an area

B. v/r become inhabited; fig be filling up (with people), become crowded; → dicht B 1

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1.

transitives Verb populate; inhabit; (fig.) fill; invade

ein stark/dünn od. wenig bevölkertes Land — a densely/thinly or sparsely populated country

2.

reflexives Verb become populated; <bar, restaurant, etc.> fill up

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v.

to populate v.