"pave the way" in German to pave the way den Weg ebnen Detailed translations for "pave the way" to pave the way to pave the way(also: to prepare the ground) den Weg ebnen And that would pave the way for what they want- war. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Und das würde den Weg ebnen für das, was sie wollen - Krieg.