English-German translations for empty

• entleeren
  Man darf kein Erfolgsinstrument einsetzen und es seines Inhalts entleeren. There is no need to take a successful instrument and empty it of content.
  Rechtswidriges Verklappen und Entleeren von Tanks auf hoher See oder in Küstennähe muss mit Sanktionen belegt sein. Illegal dumping and emptying of tanks, either on the high seas or close to shore, must be subject to sanction.
  In Wahrheit geht es nicht darum, die staatlichen Rentenregelungen zu ergänzen, sondern sie im Gegenteil allmählich ihrer Substanz zu entleeren. The truth is that it is not an attempt to supplement state pension schemes, but rather to gradually empty them of all substance.
• leer
  Trotzdem waren die Läden leer. However, the shops were empty.
  Sollen das alles leere Worte bleiben? Are these to remain empty words?
  Die Reihen des Rats sind leer. The Council' s benches are empty.
• leeren
  Ich spreche hier keine leeren Drohungen aus. I am not making empty threats.
  Das wird die Zahl der leeren Lastkraftwagen noch erhöhen. This will lead to more empty trucks.
  Damit würde die Richtlinie zu einer leeren Hülse. That would make the directive an empty shell.
• ausleeren
• hohl
  Alles andere sind für mich hohle Worte. Everything else, I regard as empty words.
  Bisher waren das immer nur hohle Versprechen! Hitherto we have had nothing but empty promises!
  Sehr oft sind diese europäischen Werte eine hohle Phrase. The phrase 'European values' is often an empty one.
• inhaltslos
• kahl
• leer machen
• nichtssagend
• öde

Definition of empty

• Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant
• Containing no elements , opposed to being null (having no valid value
• Having nothing to carry, emptyhanded; unburdened
• Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language
• Unable to satisfy; hollow; vain
• Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial
• Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy
• Not pregnant; not producing offspring when expected to do so during the breeding season
• Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree
• To make empty; to void; to remove the contents of
• Of a river, duct, etc: to drain or flow toward an ultimate destination
• A container, especially a bottle, whose contents have been used up, leaving it empty. can also be a crate etc.--

Synonyms

• leer

Examples

• an empty purse; an empty jug; an empty stomach
• empty words, or threats
• empty offer
• empty pleasures
• empty dreams
• empty brains; an empty coxcomb
• Empty cow rates have increased in recent years.
• an empty vine
• to empty a well or a cistern
• The cinema emptied quickly after the end of the film.
• Salmon River empties on the W shore about 2 miles below Bear River
• Put the empties out to be recycled

Related words

• emptying
• nonempty
• non-empty
• empty-handed
• empty-headed
• emptyhanded
• emptyness
• empty rhetoric
• empty set