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To write text on an object, a label, or a surface in order to identify its contents, purpose, or owner.
Vergiss nicht, die Marmeladengläser mit dem Datum zu beschriften.
Don’t forget to label the jam jars with the date.
'Beschriften' (to label) is an inseparable verb with the prefix 'be-'. This prefix turns the action 'schreiben' (to write) into a verb that refers directly to an object that receives writing.
Er beschriftete alle Kisten vor dem Umzug.
He labeled all the boxes before the move.
To indicate the content of the label, you use the preposition 'mit' and the dative. The pattern is: etwas (accusative) mit etwas (dative) beschriften.
Die Biologin beschriftet die Probe mit der genauen Uhrzeit.
The biologist labels the sample with the exact time.
You typically label objects in order to organize or identify them. Common objects are: folders, labels, envelopes, boxes, or signs.
Bitte beschrifte den Ordner mit dem Projektnamen.
Please label the folder with the project name.
to call / mark
Bezeichnen determines what a part is called or how it is classified. Beschriften, on the other hand, means visibly writing this name on the illustration or another surface. Use bezeichnen for naming something and beschriften for putting the text on it.
In der Abbildung beschriftet die Autorin den oberen Teil mit dem Wort Achse.
In the illustration, the author labels the upper part with the word “axis.”
Im Text bezeichnet die Autorin den oberen Teil als Achse.
In the text, the author refers to the upper part as the axis.
