count

zählen

Menschen oder Dinge einzeln abzählen, um festzustellen, wie viele es sind.

In einfachem Englisch: To find how many people or things there are by adding them one by one.

• Count the apples in the bag.
• We counted twenty people in the room.
• Have you counted all the coins?

Synonyme: tally, number

Häufige Wendungen: count the money, count the children, count something twice, count the objects

zählen, von Bedeutung sein

Wichtig sein oder einen Unterschied machen.

In einfachem Englisch: If something counts, it is important or makes a difference.

• Your opinion counts.
• Every small effort counts when we work together.
• What counted most was her kindness.

So benutzt man es: count for something (Experience counts for a lot in this job.)

Synonyme: matter

Häufige Wendungen: really count, count for something, count for little

sich verlassen auf

Darauf vertrauen, dass jemand hilft oder etwas wie erwartet geschieht.

In einfachem Englisch: If you count on someone or something, you trust them to help or to do what you expect.

• You can count on me.
• We counted on good weather for the picnic.
• Can I count on you to arrive early?

So benutzt man es: count on someone/something (We can count on her support.); count on someone to do something (I count on you to keep this secret.); count on doing something (We were counting on getting a lift home.)

Synonyme: rely on, depend on

Häufige Wendungen: count on someone, count on something

zählen, gelten

Nach den Regeln anerkannt oder mitgezählt werden.

In einfachem Englisch: If something counts, it is accepted or included under the rules.

• That goal doesn't count.
• Only votes received before Friday will count.
• Does this course count towards my degree?

So benutzt man es: count towards something (These points count towards your final score.)

Häufige Wendungen: count towards something, count for something

gelten als, zählen als

Als etwas einer bestimmten Art angesehen werden.

In einfachem Englisch: To be considered a particular kind of thing.

• Does soup count as a meal?
• Volunteering counted as work experience.
• These small repairs count as regular maintenance.

So benutzt man es: count as something (Walking to work counts as exercise.)

Synonyme: qualify as

Häufige Wendungen: count as something, count as exercise, count as work

Anzahl, Gesamtzahl

Die Gesamtzahl der Menschen oder Dinge, die beim Zählen ermittelt wurde.

In einfachem Englisch: The total number of people or things found by adding them up.

• The final count was fifty people.
• My essay has a word count of eight hundred.
• The doctor checked her blood count.

Synonyme: total, number, tally

Häufige Wendungen: total count, final count, blood count, word count

Zählung

Das Ermitteln, wie viele Menschen oder Dinge vorhanden sind.

In einfachem Englisch: The act of finding how many people or things there are.

• Let's do a quick count.
• The count of votes took three hours.
• They repeated the count to check for mistakes.

So benutzt man es: a count of something (We made a count of all the animals.)

Synonyme: counting, tally

Häufige Wendungen: a quick count, a careful count, do a count, vote count

Überblick, Zählung

Das Wissen, wie viele Dinge man schon gezählt hat; beim Weiterzählen kann man diesen Überblick verlieren.

In einfachem Englisch: Your knowledge of how many things there are, which you may lose while adding them up.

• I lost count after twenty.
• She kept count of every lap he swam.
• I've lost count of the times we have moved.

So benutzt man es: lose count of something (I've lost count of how many emails she sent.); keep count of something (Can you keep count of the visitors?)

Synonyme: tally

Häufige Wendungen: lose count, keep count, lose count of