own

own
[əʊn, Am oʊn] pron
1) (belonging to oneself)
sb's \own ... jds eigene(r, s) ...;
is that your mum's car? - no, it's my \own ist das das Auto deiner Mutter? - nein, es ist mein eigenes;
she has a daughter of her \own sie hat selbst eine Tochter;
she's got too many problems of her \own sie hat zu viele eigene Probleme;
his time is his \own er kann über seine Zeit frei verfügen;
a house of his/her \own sein/ihr eigenes Haus;
to make sth [all] one's \own sich dat etw [ganz] zu eigen machen
2) (people)
we like to take care of our \own wir kümmern uns um unsere Leute;
they think of her as one of their \own sie sehen sie als eine von ihnen
PHRASES:
to get one's \own back [on sb] (esp Brit) (fam) sich akk an jdm rächen;
in a class of one's \own eine Klasse für sich akk;
to come into one's \own (show one's qualities) zeigen, was in einem steckt;
(get due recognition) die verdiente Anerkennung erhalten;
[all] on one's \own (alone) [ganz] für sich akk allein[e];
(without help) [ganz] allein[e];
I like living [all] on my \own ich mag es, alleine zu leben;
I can't lift this on my \own ich kann das nicht alleine anheben adj
attr, inv
1) (belonging to sb) eigene(r, s);
was that your \own idea? war das deine eigene Idee?;
his/her \own car sein/ihr eigenes Auto;
to hear/see sth with one's \own ears/eyes etw mit eigenen Ohren/Augen hören/sehen
2) (particular and different) eigene(r, s);
he's got his \own special way of doing things er hat seinen eigenen speziellen Stil, sich um Dinge zu kümmern;
\own opinion/style eigene Meinung/eigener Stil
3) (by or for oneself) selbst;
you'll have to get your \own dinner du musst dich selbst um das Abendessen kümmern;
she makes all her \own bread sie bäckt ihr ganzes Brot selbst;
you'll have to make up your \own mind das musst du für dich alleine entscheiden
PHRASES:
sb's \own flesh and blood jds eigen[es] Fleisch und Blut;
on your \own head be it (Brit) auf deine Verantwortung;
to be one's \own man/woman/person sein eigener Herr sein;
in one's \own right (not due to others) aus eigenem Recht;
(through one's talents) aufgrund der eigenen Begabung;
for sth's \own sake um einer S. gen selbst willen;
to do one's \own thing tun, was man will (fam)
in one's \own time (outside working hours) in seiner Freizeit;
(at own speed) im eigenen Tempo vt
1) (possess)
to \own sth etw besitzen;
you don't \own me! ich bin nicht dein Privateigentum!;
who \owns this piece of land? wem gehört dieses Landstück?;
the house is privately \owned dieses Haus ist im Privatbesitz;
he walked into the office as if he \owned the place er spazierte in das Büro hinein, als ob es sein eigenes wäre;
to be \owned by sb jdm gehören, in jds Besitz sein (geh)
2) (form: admit)
to \own [that] ... zugeben, dass ... vi (form);
to \own to sth etw eingestehen;
they \owned to failing to pay their taxes sie gaben zu, ihre Steuern nicht bezahlt zu haben

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