prone

proʊn
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Translation of prone into German

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Adjective

1.

position

lying face downwards
  • He was found prone on the floor.Er wurde prone auf dem Boden gefunden.
2.

susceptible

likely to experience or suffer from something
  • He is prone to headaches during stressful periods..Er ist anfällig für Kopfschmerzen in stressigen Zeiten
3.

behavior

having a tendency to do something
  • She is prone to making mistakes.Sie neigt dazu, anfällig für Fehler zu sein.
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Expressions with prone: examples in English and translations in German

unfallanfällig
ungeschickt
She is accident-prone and often trips over nothing.
fehleranfällig
This old computer is very fault-prone.
anfällig für
neigt zu
He is prone to making mistakes.
lawinengefährlich
This is an avalanche-prone mountain region.
katastrophenanfällig
unglücksanfällig
The disaster-prone region invested heavily in early warning systems.
fehleranfällig
störanfällig
This method is error-prone and should be avoided.

Synonyms and analogies of prone in English

Examples of prone in a sentence

  • She remained prone to minimize her silhouette.
  • Athletes are prone to injuries.
  • Some plants are prone to disease in damp conditions.
  • He's prone to forgetting his keys at home.
  • Children are prone to catching colds in winter.

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

Adjective
anfällig füradj.

The later spring bloom time of the flowers makes them less frost prone.

Der spätere Frühjahr Blütezeit der Blumen macht sie weniger anfällig für Frost.

anfälligadj.

My impression is also that the horses aren't so prone anymore.

Mein Eindruck ist außerdem, die Pferde sind nicht mehr so anfällig.

geneigtadj.

very imperious, not prone on explaining ourselves to anyone.

sehr befehlshaberisch, nicht geneigt, sich vor anderen zu rechtfertigen.

Bauch-adj.

Depending on patient status, position displayed will either be prone or supine.

Je nach Status des Patienten ist die angezeigte Stellung entweder Bauch- oder Rückenlage.

empfindlichadj.

In addition, these components are sensitive and, thus, accident prone.

Zudem sind diese Bauteile hoch empfindlich und somit störanfällig.

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prone: Examples and translations in context

They were so jam prone, we had to.

Sie waren so anfällig für Marmelade, wir mussten.

The west coastal area is seismically active and forest areas are prone wildfire that can devastate your wild safari.

Der westliche Küstenbereich ist seismisch aktiv und Waldgebiete sind anfällig für Waldbrand, der Ihre wilde Safari zerstören kann.

Although the metal surfaces are not as dirt prone as is high-gloss plastic, some fingerprints are still clearly visible.

Auch wenn die Metallflächen nicht ganz so anfällig für Verschmutzungen sind wie hochglänzender Kunststoff, sind etwa Fingerabdrücke dennoch deutlich sichtbar.

To him, especially children are prone, who often get sick.

Für ihn sind vor allem Kinder anfällig, die oft krank werden.

Today and tomorrow you are more prone than usual to allergic reactions.

Heute und morgen sind Sie für allergische Reaktionen noch anfälliger als sonst.

Some organs are more prone than others to metastasis of primary tumors.

Einige Organe sind anfälliger als andere für Metastase von Haupttumoren.

The later spring bloom time of the flowers makes them less frost prone.

Der spätere Frühjahr Blütezeit der Blumen macht sie weniger anfällig für Frost.

This is often done to success, even among prone users.

Dieses wird häufig zum Erfolg, sogar unter anfälligen Benutzern getan.

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prone toerror-proneprone positionaccident-pronefault-prone
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