sondieren

vt/i

1. (erkunden) sound out; die Lage sondieren see how the land lies

2. MED. probe

3. NAUT. sound

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to probe; to explore; to fathom

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son|die|ren [zɔn'diːrən] ptp sondiert

1. vt

to sound out

das Terrain or Gelände sondíéren — to spy out the land

die Lage sondíéren — to find out how the land lies

2. vi

to sound things out

sondíéren, ob ... — to try to sound out whether ...

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1) (to examine (as if) with a probe: The doctor probed the wound; He probed about in the hole with a stick.) probe

2) sound out

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son·die·ren *

[zɔnˈdi:rən]

I. vt (geh)

▪ etw \sondieren (erkunden) to sound out sth sep; MED to probe sth

II. vi (geh)

▪ [für jdn] \sondieren to sound things out [for sb]

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transitives Verb sound out

das Terrain sondieren — see or find out how the land lies

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sondieren v/t & v/i

1. (erkunden) sound out;

die Lage sondieren see how the land lies

2. MED probe

3. SCHIFF sound

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transitives Verb sound out

das Terrain sondieren — see or find out how the land lies

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v.

to take a sounding expr.