English–German
“operate” in German
How to say “operate” in German
“Operate” in German is betätigen.
A deliberate hand movement makes a button, switch, or machine start working.
Example sentences with betätigen
Zum Starten des Programms müssen Sie eine Taste betätigen.
To start the program, you have to press a key.
Tips for using betätigen
- Betätigen commonly takes a direct accusative object, as in "den Knopf betätigen"; "drücken" is more specific when the action is simply pressing.
Other German words for “operate”
Der Chirurg operiert heute an einer Patientin.
The surgeon is operating on a female patient today.