"be effective" in German to be effective gelten in Kraft sein wirken zur Geltung kommen Detailed translations for "be effective" to be effective to be effective gelten{intransitive verb} to be effective(also: to be valid, to hold true, to hold good, to apply) gelten to be effective(also: to be in force, to be in effect) in Kraft sein to be effective(also: to act, to have an effect, to be at work) wirken{intransitive verb} At the rate the radiation levels are increasing the hyronalin additive will only be effective for Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Bei dieser schnellen Erhöhung des Strahlungsniveaus wirken die Hyronalynzusätze nur noch 38 to be effective zur Geltung kommen