English-German translations for give up

• aufgeben
  Wie ich bereits sagte, wir dürfen nicht aufgeben. As I said earlier, we must not give up.
  Keinesfalls werden wir aufgeben. There is no way we will give up.
  Sie und das burmesische Volk werden nicht aufgeben. She and the people of Burma will not give up.
• kapitulieren
  Wenn wir angesichts der Schwierigkeiten kapitulieren und uns vom Pessimismus überwältigen lassen, werden wir keines unserer Ziele erreichen. If we give up in the face of difficulty and if we allow ourselves to become overwhelmed by pessimism, then we will not achieve any objective whatsoever.
• ablassen
• lüften
• sein lassen
• sich ergeben

Definition of give up

• To surrender
• To stop or quit
• To relinquish
• To lose hope concerning
• To abandon
• To admit defeat, capitulate
• Become fully took over by a certain quality, activity, trait, &c

Examples

• He was surrounded, so gave himself up
• They gave him up to the police
• They gave up the search when it got dark
• He gave up his seat to an old man
• They gave him up for dead
• I gave up my faith years ago
• OK, I give up, you win

Related words

• give up|giving up
• give up (alcohol
• give up (on demands
• give up the ghost
• give up the breath of life
• give up something
• give up all hope
• give it up
• give a leg up