"distinguish sth" in German to distinguish sth. etw. erkennen unterscheiden ausmachen ausnehmen Detailed translations for "distinguish sth" to distinguish sth. to distinguish sth.(also: to realize sth., to realise sth., to differentiate sth., to make out sth.) etw. erkennen to distinguish sth.(also: from), to differentiate sth., to make out sth., to discriminate (between) unterscheiden to distinguish sth.(also: to account for, to put off, to put out, to constitute) ausmachen to distinguish sth.(also: to differentiate sth., to make out sth.) ausnehmen{transitive verb}