English-German translations for efficient

• effizient
  Auch die EU-Kommission war effizient. Even the Commission has been efficient.
  Ob es effizient ist, ist eine andere Frage. Whether it is efficient is another matter.
  Was bedeutet das denn im Klartext, effizient? What does 'efficient' mean in plain language?
• geschäftstüchtig
• leistungsfähig
  Herr Präsident! Wir sind für eine leistungsfähige und moderne Eisenbahn. Mr President, I argue in favour of an efficient and modern railway system.
  Mit dieser Verfassung sollte aus Polen ein gerechter und leistungsfähiger Staat werden. Its purpose was to make Poland a fair and efficient country.
  Sie sagen: "Wir wollen die Union leistungsfähig machen" .You say you want an efficient Europe. So does this Parliament.
• leistungsstark
• tüchtig

Definition of efficient

• making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
• expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
• causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression ''efficient cause'= causative factor or agent
• effective
• a cause; something that causes an effect

Examples

• An efficient process would automate all the routine work
• Our cleaners are almost too efficient: they throw away anything left out on a desk
• The motor is only 20% efficient at that temperature
• Ownership, maintenance, or use of the automobile need not be the direct and efficient cause of the injury sustained

Related words

• coefficient
• inefficient
• efficiently
• ultraefficient
• efficientize
• energy-efficient
• efficient consumer response
• efficient driving
• coefficient of contingency