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Detailed Translations for skim from English to German

skim:

to skim verb (skims, skimmed, skimming)

  1. to skim (cast a glance; cast a look; glance over)
  2. to skim (cream)
    abrahmen; abrunden; abschäumen
    • abrahmen verb (rahme ab, rahmst ab, rahmt ab, rahmte ab, rahmtet ab, abgerahmt)
    • abrunden verb (runde ab, rundest ab, rundet ab, rundete ab, rundetet ab, abgerundet)
    • abschäumen verb (schäume ab, schäumst ab, schäumt ab, schäumte ab, schäumtet ab, abgeschäumt)
  3. to skim (skid; slip; slide; )
    rutschen; glitschen; gleiten; ausrutschen; schlittern; ausgleiten
    • rutschen verb (rutsche, rutschest, rutscht, rutschte, rutschtet, gerutscht)
    • glitschen verb (glitsche, glitschst, glitscht, glitschte, glitschtet, geglitscht)
    • gleiten verb (gleite, gleitest, gleitet, glitt, glittet, geglitten)
    • ausrutschen verb (rutsche aus, rutschst aus, rutscht aus, rutschte aus, rutschtet aus, ausgerutscht)
    • schlittern verb (schlittere, schlitterst, schlittert, schlitterte, schlittertet, geschlittert)
    • ausgleiten verb (gleite aus, gleitest aus, gleitet aus, glitt aus, glittet aus, ausgeglitten)
  4. to skim (cut close; trim; cut; clip; pare)
    – remove from the surface 1
    kürzen; stutzen; schneiden
    • kürzen verb (kürze, kürzst, kürzt, kürzte, kürztet, gekürzt)
    • stutzen verb (stutze, stutzt, stutzte, stutztet, gestutzt)
    • schneiden verb (schneide, schneidest, schneidet, schnitt, schnittet, geschnitten)

Conjugations for skim:

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

Translation Matrix for skim:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
rutschen skidding; slipping
schlittern skidding; slipping
- skimming
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abrahmen cream; skim
abrunden cream; skim
abschäumen cream; skim
ausgleiten glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither blunder; make a slip; slip; sneak; steal
ausrutschen glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither be a failure; be overthrown; blunder; delay; fall; fall flat; fall over; make a slip; postpone; slip; sneak; steal; take a nosedive; topple over; trip
einen Blick darauf werfen cast a glance; cast a look; glance over; skim
gleiten glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither blunder; make a slip; slide; slip; sneak; steal; taxi; whizz
glitschen glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither be going down hill; blunder; delay; fall flat; fall over; go under; make a slip; postpone; prolapse; sag; sink; slide; slip; sneak; steal; subside; topple over; trip; whizz
kürzen clip; cut; cut close; pare; skim; trim abbreviate; abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut back; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; lessen; make smaller; mark down; pare; prune; reduce; regress; scale down; shorten; shrink away; trim; waining
rutschen glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither delay; fall flat; fall over; make a slip; postpone; slide; slip; sneak; steal; topple over; trip; whizz
schlittern glide; skid; skim; slide; slip; slip up; slither blunder; heave; make a slip; roll; slide; slip; sneak; steal; whizz; wobble
schneiden clip; cut; cut close; pare; skim; trim bite; boast; brag; coldshoulder; cut; cut back; cut off; cut up; disregard; etch; exagerate; ignore; pare; play with effect; prune; reap; sting; style someone's hair; talk big; trim
stutzen clip; cut; cut close; pare; skim; trim be amazed; be astonished; be dumbfounded; be surprised; come to a stand-still; get suspicious; halt; stand still; stop; stop for a while
- cream; cream off; glance over; plane; rake; run down; scan; skim off; skim over; skip; skitter
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- skimmed
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- graze; read rapidly; touch

Synonyms for "skim":


Related Definitions for "skim":

  1. used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed1
    • yogurt made with skim milk1
  2. reading or glancing through quickly1
  3. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid1
    • there was a thin skim of oil on the water1
  4. read superficially1
  5. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of1
  6. remove from the surface1
    • skim cream from the surface of milk1
  7. coat (a liquid) with a layer1
  8. cause to skip over a surface1
  9. travel on the surface of water1
  10. examine hastily1

Wiktionary Translations for skim:

skim
verb
  1. throw an object so it bounces on water
  2. ricochet
  3. read quickly, skipping some detail
  4. scrape off; remove (something) from a surface
skim
verb
  1. einen Stein so auf eine Wasseroberfläche werfen, dass er möglichst oft wieder hochspringt
  2. -
  3. (einen Text) schnell und oberflächlich lesen
  1. -

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
skim gleiten; glitschen; rutschen glisser — Se mettre en mouvement, comme couler sur une surface lisse ou le long d’un autre corps.
skim durchgehen; durchqueren; hindurchgehen parcourirtraverser un espace en divers sens.