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Detailed Translations for sifting from English to German

sifting:

sifting [the ~] noun

  1. the sifting (selecting; sorting)
    Aussuchen; Selektieren
  2. the sifting (accumulation; collection; gathering; )
    die Menge; die Ansammlung; die Häufung; der Haufen

Translation Matrix for sifting:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
Ansammlung accumulation; clutter; collection; compilation; gathering; pack; pile; piling up; sifting; sorting accumulation; assembling; bunch; clutter; collection; compilation; crowd; gang; gathering; heap; load; party; pile; piling up; set
Aussuchen selecting; sifting; sorting
Haufen accumulation; clutter; collection; compilation; gathering; pack; pile; piling up; sifting; sorting a whole lot; accumulation; bunch; clan; clique; clutter; common herd; compilation; crowd; drove; flock; gang; heap; heaps; herd; horde; load; lot; lots; mass; mob; multitude; pack; party; pile; piles; piling up; quite a lot; stacking; stacks; tons; troop; troupe; wattle
Häufung accumulation; clutter; collection; compilation; gathering; pack; pile; piling up; sifting; sorting accumulation; compilation; heap; load; pile; piling up
Menge accumulation; clutter; collection; compilation; gathering; pack; pile; piling up; sifting; sorting a whole lot; accumulation; amount; bunch; chunk; clutter; common herd; crowd; dose; drove; flock; gang; gathering; group; heap; herd; horde; load; lot; lots; mass; mob; multitude; named set; number; pack; parcel; party; pile; piling up; quantity; quite a lot; set; size; tons; troop; troupe; wattle
Selektieren selecting; sifting; sorting
- winnow; winnowing

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Related Definitions for "sifting":

  1. the act of separating grain from chaff1

sift:

to sift verb (sifts, sifted, sifting)

  1. to sift (percolate; sieve; filter)
    sieben; filtrieren; filtern
    • sieben verb (siebe, siebst, siebt, siebte, siebtet, gesiebt)
    • filtrieren verb (filtriere, filtrierst, filtriert, filtrierte, filtriertet, gefiltriert)
    • filtern verb (filtre, filterst, filtert, filterte, filtertet, gefiltert)
  2. to sift (sort out; arrange; assort; )
    ordnen; gliedern
    • ordnen verb (ordne, ordnest, ordnet, ordnete, ordnetet, geordnet)
    • gliedern verb (gliedre, gliederst, gliedert, gliederte, gliedertet, gegliedert)

Conjugations for sift:

present
  1. sift
  2. sift
  3. sifts
  4. sift
  5. sift
  6. sift
simple past
  1. sifted
  2. sifted
  3. sifted
  4. sifted
  5. sifted
  6. sifted
present perfect
  1. have sifted
  2. have sifted
  3. has sifted
  4. have sifted
  5. have sifted
  6. have sifted
past continuous
  1. was sifting
  2. were sifting
  3. was sifting
  4. were sifting
  5. were sifting
  6. were sifting
future
  1. shall sift
  2. will sift
  3. will sift
  4. shall sift
  5. will sift
  6. will sift
continuous present
  1. am sifting
  2. are sifting
  3. is sifting
  4. are sifting
  5. are sifting
  6. are sifting
subjunctive
  1. be sifted
  2. be sifted
  3. be sifted
  4. be sifted
  5. be sifted
  6. be sifted
diverse
  1. sift!
  2. let's sift!
  3. sifted
  4. sifting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for sift:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
filtern filter; percolate; sieve; sift filter; filter through; seep through
filtrieren filter; percolate; sieve; sift filter; filter through; seep through
gliedern arrange; assort; group; select; shunt; sift; sort out index; itemise; itemize; separate; split up; subdivide
ordnen arrange; assort; group; select; shunt; sift; sort out arrange; classify; group; lay down; order; put in order; range; structure
sieben filter; percolate; sieve; sift choose; disentangle; disentwine; filter; pick; pick out; prefer; read out; select; single out; sort out; unravel
- sieve; strain
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
sieben seven
- pick over; riddle; sieve; winnow

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Related Definitions for "sift":

  1. distinguish and separate out1
    • sift through the job candidates1
  2. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements1
    • sift the flour1
  3. check and sort carefully1
    • sift the information1
  4. move as if through a sieve1
    • The soldiers sifted through the woods1

Wiktionary Translations for sift:

sift
verb
  1. to sieve or strain (something)
  2. to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving
sift
verb
  1. etwas durch ein Sieb geben

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
sift sieben; seihen ziften — de grote van de kleine deeltjes scheiden met behulp van een zeef