speak - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Verbs
				`to speak \| spoke, spoken \|`			`reden \| redete, geredet \|`
				`to speak \| spoke, spoken \|`			`sprechen \| sprach, gesprochen \|`
				`to speak to so.`			`jmdn. ansprechen \| sprach an, angesprochen \|`
				`to speak frankly`			`aus seinem Herzen keine Mördergrube machen`
				`to speak up`			`lauter sprechen`
				`to speak German`			`Deutsch sprechen`
				`to speak out (on sth.)`			`sich^acc. (zu etw.^dat.) äußern \| äußerte, geäußert \|`
				`to speak out (on sth.)`			`seine Meinung (zu etw.^dat.) sagen`
				`to speak out (on sth.)`			`sich^acc. (über etw.^dat.) aussprechen \| sprach aus, ausgesprochen \|`
				`to speak English`			`Englisch sprechen`
				`to speak out`			`die Stimme erheben`
				`to speak tartly`			`in scharfem Ton sprechen`
				`to speak broken German/English/Italian/...`			`(in) Deutsch/Englisch/Italienisch/... radebrechen \| radebrechte, geradebrecht \|`
				`to speak broken German/English/Italian/...`			`radebrechen \| radebrechte, geradebrecht \|`

Nouns
				`request to speak`			`die Wortmeldung pl.: die Wortmeldungen`
				`cat speak`			`die Katzensprache pl.: die Katzensprachen [coll.]`
				`request for leave to speak`			`die Wortmeldung pl.: die Wortmeldungen`
				`push-to-speak button [TECH.]`			`die Sprechtaste pl.: die Sprechtasten [Railroad (Amer.)/Railway (Brit.)]`
				`push-to-speak button [TECH.]`			`der Sprechwunschtaster [Railroad (Amer.)/Railway (Brit.)]`

Adjectives / Adverbs
				`so to speak`			`sozusagen adv.`

Prepositions / Pronouns
				`roughly speaking ...`			`man kann sagen ...`

Phrases / Collocations
				`Speak up!`			`Sprich lauter!`
				`to speak one's mind`			`seine Meinung sagen`
				`to speak one's mind`			`offen seine Meinung sagen`
				`speak of the devil`			`wenn man vom Teufel spricht`
				`Speak of the devil!`			`Wenn man vom Teufel spricht ...`
				`to speak one's mind`			`auspacken \| packte aus, ausgepackt \| [coll.] [fig.]`
				`to speak in tongues [fig.]`			`in Zungen reden [fig.]`
				`to speak one's mind about so./sth.`			`gegen jmdn. vom Leder ziehen [coll.][fig.]`
				`to speak with a forked tongue [fig.]`			`mit doppelter Zunge reden [fig.] [form.]`
				`to speak with a forked tongue [fig.]`			`mit gespaltener Zunge reden [fig.] [form.]`
				`Actions speak louder than words.`			`Die Tat wirkt mächtiger als das Wort.`
				`actions speak louder than words`			`Taten zählen mehr als Worte`
				`nothing to speak of`			`nicht der Rede wert`
				`Children and fools speak the truth`			`Kinder und Narren reden die Wahrheit`

Examples
				`He can speak English`			`Er kann Englisch.`
				`This is due to the fact that I can't speak French.`			`Das liegt daran, dass ich kein Französisch spreche.`
				`the spoken word is sufficient`			`das gesprochene Wort genügt`
				`He is well spoken of.`			`Man spricht gut von ihm.`
				`She speaks in images.`			`Sie redet in Bildern.`
				`That speaks in his favor.^AE`			`Das spricht für ihn.`
				`That speaks in his favour.^BE`			`Das spricht für ihn.`
				`They are not on speaking terms.`			`Sie sprechen nicht miteinander.`
				`English is spoken all over the world.`			`Englisch wird weltweit gesprochen.`
				`fluent in spoken and written ...`			`fließend in Wort und Schrift`
				`fluent in written and spoken ...`			`fließend in Wort und Schrift`
				`in the German-speaking part`			`im deutschen Sprachraum`

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