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Translate invention from English to German

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invention:
- Erfindung; Entdeckung; Fund
Wiktionary:
- invention → Erfinden, Einfallsreichtum, Invention, Erfindung, Wortneuschöpfung
- invention → Fund, Erdichtung, Erfindung

English

Detailed Translations for invention from English to German

invention:

invention [the ~] nom

the invention (discovery; find)
die Erfindung; die Entdeckung
- Erfindung [die ~] nom
- Entdeckung [die ~] nom
the invention (discovery; find)
die Erfindung; der Fund
- Erfindung [die ~] nom
- Fund [der ~] nom
the invention
die Erfindung
- Erfindung [die ~] nom

Translation Matrix for invention:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Entdeckung	discovery; find; invention	disclosure; discovery; find; surprising discovery
Erfindung	discovery; find; invention	delusion; disclosure; discovery; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; find; old wive's tale; story; surprising discovery
Fund	discovery; find; invention	digging up; excavation; exhumation
-	conception; design; excogitation; innovation

Related Words for "invention":

reinvention, inventions

Synonyms for "invention":

innovation; excogitation; conception; design; creativity; creativeness; creative thinking
creation
creating by mental acts

Related Definitions for "invention":

the act of inventing¹
a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation¹
the creation of something in the mind¹

Wiktionary Translations for invention:

invention

noun

act of inventing
- invention → Erfinden
capacity to invent
- invention → Einfallsreichtum
small self-contained musical composition
- invention → Invention
something invented
- invention → Erfindung

invention

noun

Linguistik, speziell Wortbildung: ein neues Wort, das nicht aus in der Sprache bereits vorhandenen Morphemen gebildet wird, jedoch unter Beachtung der in ihr erlaubten Lautverbindungen
- Wortneuschöpfung → invention; neologism
besondere, nicht auf der Hand liegende, materielle Konstrukte oder Verfahren, die neue und nützliche Anwendungen ermöglichen
- Erfindung → invention

veraltet: Erfindung
- Fund → invention

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• invention	→ Erdichtung	↔ verdichtsel — iets dat niet bestaat
• invention	→ Erfindung	↔ invention — disposition de l’esprit à inventer.

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University