- einschläfern
- v/t (trennb., hat -ge-)1. send to sleep; (schläfrig machen) make (feel) sleepy, be soporific2. MED. (betäuben) put to sleep, an(a)esthetize3. (Tier) put down, put to sleep4. (Gewissen) salve; (Gegner etc.) lull into a false sense of security* * *(Tier) to put away; to put down* * *ein|schlä|fern ['ainʃlɛːfɐn]vt sep1) (= zum Schlafen bringen) to send to sleep; (= schläfrig machen) to make sleepy or drowsy; (fig) Gewissen to soothe, to quiet
das kann unsere Wachsamkeit nicht éínschläfern — that won't lull us into a false sense of security
2) (= narkotisieren) to give a soporific3) (= töten) Tier to put to sleep, to put down* * *(to kill (an animal) painlessly, usually by the injection of a drug: As she was so old and ill my cat had to be put to sleep.) put to sleep* * *ein|schlä·fern[ˈainʃlɛ:fɐn]vt1. (jds Schlaf herbeiführen)▪ jdn \einschläfern to lull sb to sleepein Kind \einschläfern to get a child off to sleep2. (schläfrig machen)▪ jdn \einschläfern to send sb to sleep, to have a soporific effect on sb3. MED (narkotisieren)▪ jdn \einschläfern to put sb to sleep, to knock sb out fam4. (euph: töten)▪ ein Tier \einschläfern to put an animal to sleep euph▪ ein Tier \einschläfern lassen to have an animal put to sleep [or put down]* * *transitives Verb1) (in Schlaf versetzen)jemanden einschläfern — send somebody to sleep
2) (betäuben)jemanden einschläfern — put somebody to sleep
3) (schmerzlos töten)ein Tier einschläfern — put an animal to sleep
* * *einschläfern v/t (trennb, hat -ge-)2. MED (betäuben) put to sleep, an(a)esthetize3. (Tier) put down, put to sleep* * *transitives Verb1) (in Schlaf versetzen)jemanden einschläfern — send somebody to sleep
2) (betäuben)jemanden einschläfern — put somebody to sleep
3) (schmerzlos töten)ein Tier einschläfern — put an animal to sleep
4) (beruhigen) soothe, salve <conscience>; dull <critical faculties>* * *v.to lull to sleep expr.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.