English-German translations for impress

• beeindrucken
  Keiner wird sich von bloßen Worten beeindrucken lassen. No one will be impressed by mere words.
  Das würde den Diktator auch nicht beeindrucken. That would not impress the dictator either.
  Der Chef der Deutschen Bank, Herr Ackermann, ist ja schwer zu beeindrucken. The chair of Deutsche Bank, Dr Ackermann, is a difficult man to make an impression on.
• einprägen
• einschärfen
• imponieren
• prägen

Definition of impress

• To affect strongly and often favourably
• To make an impression, to be impressive
• To produce a vivid impression of (something
• To mark or stamp using pressure
• To produce ; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something
• To compel to serve in a military force
• To seize or confiscate by force
• The act of impressing. in which sense?--
• A stamp or seal used to make an impression
• Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp
• A heraldic device; an impresa
• The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed

Synonyms

• pressgang
• confiscate
• impound
• seize
• sequester

Examples

• You impressed me with your command of Urdu
• Henderson impressed in his first game as captain
• That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind
• We impressed our footprints in the wet cement
• The press gang used to impress people into the Navy
• The liner was impressed as a troop carrier

Related words

• impressive
• impression
• impressed
• impressionistic
• impressionism
• impressionable
• impressionability
• impressionist
• unimpressive