defecting

dɪˈfɛktɪŋ
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Translation of defecting into German

Adjective

migration

leaving a country or group to join another
  • The defecting soldier sought asylum in a neighboring country.Der Deserteur suchte in einem Nachbarland Asyl.
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Synonyms and analogies of defecting in English

adj.desertingrenegingMore synonyms

Examples of defecting in a sentence

  • Defecting members were not welcomed back.
defect
ˈdiːfɛkt
Noun
1.

error

fault or malfunction in an object
  • The car had a defect in its engine.Das Auto hatte einen Defekt im Motor.
2.

shortcoming

lack of something necessary for completeness
  • His only defect was his impatience.Sein einziger Mangel war seine Ungeduld.
3.

medical

imperfection in a bodily system
  • The heart defect required immediate surgery.Der Herzfehler erforderte eine sofortige Operation.
Verb
intr.
1.

change sides

leave a group to join an opposing one
  • He decided to defect to the rival team.Er beschloss, zum gegnerischen Team überzulaufen.
2.

military

desert a military organization
  • The soldier defected during the conflict.Der Soldat lief während des Konflikts über.

Expressions with defect: examples in English and translations in German

Geburtsfehler
angeborene Fehlbildung
Many birth defects are detectable during pregnancy..
Sehfehler
He was diagnosed with a vision defect at an early age.
angeborener Defekt
Geburtsfehler
The doctor diagnosed the baby with a congenital defect.
Gendefekt
genetischer Defekt
The child was born with a genetic defect.
Herzfehler
The doctor explained that her baby had a small heart defect.
Herstellungsfehler
The crash was blamed on a manufacturing defect in the car's brakes.

Translations of "defecting" in Context ordered by category and frequency

überlaufen

We'll only pretend defecting to the frogs.

Wir tun so, als wollten wir zu den Frogs überlaufen.

wegbrechende

Suppose you have a program which tries to reactivate defecting customers.

Nehmen wir an, Sie haben ein Programm, das wegbrechende Kunden reaktivieren soll.

abtrünnigen

Name me a counter-espionage head who isn't hungry for one high-grade defecting spy.

Nenn mir den Kopf einer Spionageabwehr, der nicht hungrig ist auf einen hochrangigen, abtrünnigen Spion.

übergelaufen

You went so far as defecting to the West...

Du bist in den Westen übergelaufen,

überzulaufen

And don't even think about doing anything crazy like defecting.

Und denken Sie nicht mal an etwas Verrücktes wie überzulaufen.

wegbrechenden

This metric shows how many of your defecting customers right now have made more than one purchase before.

Diese Metrik zeigt, wie viele Ihrer jetzt wegbrechenden Kunden vorher mehr als einmal gekauft haben.

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Other translations for defecting:

  • überlief

defecting: Examples and translations in context

He has as much intention of defecting as you have.

Der will genauso wenig überlaufen wie du.

And she says that a lot of the top cheerleaders are defecting to the show choir.

Und sie sagt das viele der Top Cheerleader zum Show-Chor überlaufen.

You told them I considered defecting.

Du hast ihnen gesagt, dass ich Überlaufen in Erwägung ziehe.

Letting her kill people for defecting.

Wir lassen sie unsere Leute töten, weil sie überlaufen.

and she says that a lot of the top cheerleaders are defecting to the show choir.

und hat mir erzählt, dass Ihre besten Cheerleader zum Showchor überlaufen.

This metric is calculated both as an mean and as a median for all the win-back purchases of all the contacts that were ever defecting customers and returned to being active.

Die Metrik wird zweimal kalkuliert: als Mean (Mittelwert) und als Median für sämtliche Rückgewinnungskäufe all jener Kontakte, die jemals wegbrechende Kunden waren und wieder zu aktiven Kunden wurden.

If the Salehs retain control of the air force, which remains under the control of Saleh's half-brother, employing it against defecting military divisions would likely lead to a bloodbath.

Behalten die Salehs die Kontrolle über die Luftwaffe, die unter dem Kommando von Salehs Halbbruder steht, würde ihr Einsatz gegen die abtrünnigen Divisionen wahrscheinlich zu einem Blutbad führen.

The state academy of fine arts is re-established by professors defecting from the Bauhaus.

Neugründung der staatlichen Hochschule für bildende Kunst durch die vom Bauhaus abtrünnigen Professoren.

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