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Translate sterile from English to German

Summary

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sterile:
- unfruchtbar
Wiktionary:
- sterile → unfruchtbar, steril
- sterile → unfruchtbar

English

Detailed Translations for sterile from English to German

sterile:

sterile adj

sterile (infertile; barren)
unfruchtbar
- unfruchtbar adj

Translation Matrix for sterile:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	aseptic; infertile; unfertile; unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	barren
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
unfruchtbar	barren; infertile; sterile	bare; barren; dry; parced; poor; scorched; unfruitful; withered

Synonyms for "sterile":

unfertile; infertile; barren; sterilized; sterilised; unfertilized; unfertilised; unimpregnated; unfruitful; impotent; unproductive
aseptic; antiseptic
unimaginative; uninspired; uninventive; uncreative

Antonyms for "sterile":

fertile

Related Definitions for "sterile":

deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention¹
- a sterile ideology lacking in originality¹
incapable of reproducing¹
free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms¹
- a sterile operating area¹

Wiktionary Translations for sterile:

sterile

adjective

unable to reproduce
- sterile → unfruchtbar
germless
- sterile → steril

sterile

adjective

Medizin: ohne Krankheitskeime
- steril → sterile
Medizin, Biologie; nur als Adjektiv: unfähig, fortpflanzen
- steril → sterile
übertragen: geistig unfruchtbar; von der Wirkung her kalt und abweisend
- steril → sterile

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• sterile	→ unfruchtbar	↔ stérile — Incapable de se reprodure (1)

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