German Conversation · Level 92
59 words
German word
komplizieren
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔmpliˈt͡siːʁən/
Meaning
- verbcomplicate
Example
Die neue Regel kompliziert die Situation.
The new rule complicates the situation.
More examples
Seine zusätzlichen Bedingungen komplizierten das Projekt.
His additional conditions complicated the project.
Core concept
A clear route becomes covered by overlapping folds and extra turns, so its structure is harder to follow.
Common phrases
etwas komplizieren
complicate something
die Situation komplizieren
complicate the situation
ein Problem komplizieren
complicate a problem
Similar words
erschweren: To make an action or situation more difficult to complete or manage.
verkomplizieren: To add further complexity to something that is already complicated.
verwickeln: To entangle elements or relationships, making them difficult to manage.
Definition in German
durch Hinzufügen von Punkten ein Verfahren, eine Lage oder einen Sachverhalt schwieriger und unübersichtlich machen; oft: Komplikationen hervorrufen.
Word origin
Komplizieren comes from Latin complicare, 'to fold together', which developed into the sense of making something entangled or difficult to handle.
Usage tips
- In its causal use, komplizieren takes a direct object, as in 'Die Regel kompliziert die Situation.'
Other meanings
- cause complicationsverb
Opposites
- vereinfachensimplifyverb
- erleichternmake easierverb
Related words
- Komplikationcomplicationnoun
- kompliziertcomplicatedadjective