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Detailed Translations for Invention from English to German

invention:

invention [the ~] nomen

  1. the invention (discovery; find)
    die Erfindung; die Entdeckung
  2. the invention (discovery; find)
    die Erfindung; der Fund
  3. the invention
    die Erfindung

Translation Matrix for invention:

NounRelated TranslationsOther 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":


Related Definitions for "invention":

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

Wiktionary Translations for invention:

invention
noun
  1. act of inventing
  2. capacity to invent
  3. small self-contained musical composition
  4. something invented
invention
noun
  1. 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
  2. besondere, nicht auf der Hand liegende, materielle Konstrukte oder Verfahren, die neue und nützliche Anwendungen ermöglichen
  1. veraltet: Erfindung

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
invention Erdichtung verdichtsel — iets dat niet bestaat
invention Erfindung inventiondisposition de l’esprit à inventer.