ausdenken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- concoct verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
- devise verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
- feign verb To pretend to feel or have something that isn't real.
- invent verb To create or design something new that didn't exist before.
Senses
ausdenken is used for these senses in English:
- come up with (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
- concoct (figurative) To contrive something using skill or ingenuity.
- devise (transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
- feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
- invent To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
- make up To invent, to imagine, to concoct
concoct — full definition
- verb To make something, especially food or a drink, by combining different ingredients.
- verb To invent a story, plan, or excuse, often a dishonest one.
devise — full definition
- verb To work out or invent a plan, method, or system through careful thought.
- verb To leave real estate to someone in a will.