English-German translations for prone to

• anfällig für
  Auch dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass diese Regionen leider anfällig für Naturkatastrophen sind. Nor should we forget that these regions are unfortunately prone to natural disasters.
  Gestatten Sie mir, nur Folgendes zu sagen: Auch diejenigen unter uns, die meinten, sie wüssten Bescheid, haben sich anfällig für seltsame Finanzunfälle gezeigt. But let me just say that those of us who thought they were educated have been prone to the odd financial accident.
  Armutsviertel wie Cité Soleil sind wegen der schlechten hygienischen Situation und unzureichendem Zugang zu sauberem Wasser besonders anfällig für die Verbreitung der Krankheit. Slums such as Cité Soleil are especially prone to contagion due to very bad hygiene conditions and poor access to clean water.

Definition of prone to

• Inclined to; having a tendency to
• Having the potential to

Examples

• Men are naturally exceeding prone to deceive themselves in the opinion they have of themselves
• Some trees are prone to disease in an urban setting
• Are people who report recovered memories more prone to developing false memories?

Related words

• prone
• proneness
• accident-prone
• gossip-prone
• aproned
• error-prone
• pronely
• Pronetarian
• chillprone