English-German Dictionary | German Translation | PONS

How would you like to use PONS.com?

Already a PONS subscriber?

PONS with ads

Go to PONS.com as usual with ad tracking and advertisements.

You can find details of tracking in Information about data protection and under Privacy settings.

PONS Pur

without advertising by third parties

without ad tracking

If you already have a user account for PONS.com, then you can subscribe to PONS Pur here.

Legal notice Data protection Privacy settings

Did you mean?

or

in the PONS Dictionary

call upon VB intr

1. call upon (appeal to):

to call upon sb [for help]: sich acc [Hilfe suchend] an jdn wenden

to call upon sb for advice: jdn um Rat bitten

to call upon God/a saint: Gott/einen Heiligen anrufen

to call upon sb to do sth: jdn dazu auffordern, etw zu tun

to call upon workers to strike: Arbeiter zum Streik aufrufen

to call upon sth: an etw acc appellieren

to call upon sb's sense of fairness: an jds Gerechtigkeitssinn appellieren

2. call upon (use):

to call upon sb's assistance: jds Hilfe in Anspruch nehmen

to call upon [all] one's courage: [all] seinen Mut zusammennehmen

to call upon sb's expertise: jds Fachwissen nutzen

to call upon one's willpower: seine ganze Willenskraft zusammennehmen [o. aufbringen]

dwell on, dwell upon VB intr

to dwell on [or upon] sth: bei etw fig verweilen form

to dwell on [or upon] a subject: auf einem Thema herumreiten sl

put upon VB intr usu passive form (take advantage of)

to put upon sb: jdn ausnutzen [o. CH, A ausnützen]

to be put upon by sb: von jdm ausgenutzt werden

ˈput-upon ADJ inf

put-upon: vereinnahmt

put-upon: ausgenutzt

put-upon: ausgenützt CH, A

put-upon: missbraucht fig

to feel put-upon: sich acc ausgenutzt fühlen

turn upon VB intr

turn upon PHRVB turn on

See also

I. turn on VB trans

1. turn on (switch on):

to turn on ⇆ sth air conditioning, computer: etw einschalten [o. CH a. anstellen]

to turn on the gas: das Gas aufdrehen

to turn on the heat: die Heizung aufdrehen [o. anmachen]

to turn the light[s] on: das Licht anmachen

to turn on the radio/TV: das Radio/den Fernseher anmachen [o. einschalten] [o. CH a. anstellen]

to turn on the water (tub): das [Bade]wasser einlassen

2. turn on inf (excite):

to turn on ⇆ sb: jdn anmachen inf

to turn on ⇆ sb (sexually also): jdn antörnen sl

ok, whatever turns you on!: o.k., wenn's dir Spaß macht!

3. turn on (start to use):

to turn on ⇆ sth: etw einschalten fig

to turn on the charm: seinen Charme spielenlassen

4. turn on (drugs):

to turn on ⇆ sb: jdn antörnen sl

II. turn on VB intr

1. turn on (switch on):

turn on: einschalten

turn on: CH a. anstellen

2. turn on (attack):

to turn on sb: auf jdn losgehen

3. turn on (turn against):

to turn on sb/sth: sich acc gegen jdn/etw wenden

4. turn on (be dependent on):

to turn on sth: von etw dat abhängen

to turn on sth: auf etw acc ankommen

5. turn on (be preoccupied with):

to turn on sth problems: sich acc [im Geiste] etw dat zuwenden

his thoughts turned on Mabel: seine Gedanken wanderten zu Mabel

Present
I	call upon
you	call upon
he/she/it	calls upon
we	call upon
you	call upon
they	call upon

Past
I	called upon
you	called upon
he/she/it	called upon
we	called upon
you	called upon
they	called upon

Present Perfect
I	have	called upon
you	have	called upon
he/she/it	has	called upon
we	have	called upon
you	have	called upon
they	have	called upon

Past Perfect
I	had	called upon
you	had	called upon
he/she/it	had	called upon
we	had	called upon
you	had	called upon
they	had	called upon

See further verb tables

Browse the dictionary

dev

dev

dev

dev