Was heißt »Über­zahl« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Über­zahl« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • majority
  • superior number

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Protestanten waren in der Überzahl.

Protestants were in the majority.

Er wurde durch Überzahl besiegt.

He was overcome by numbers.

Synonyme

Mehr­heit:
bulk
plurality

Antonyme

Un­ter­zahl:
minority
Viel­zahl:
large quantity
multiplicity
multitude
plurality

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The majority of those men worked in the mine.

  • A majority of the homeless were underwhelmed by the meager portions of thin soup and day-old bread that the church had to offer.

  • The vast majority of children love ice cream.

  • They had the majority in Parliament.

  • The majority of animals have skulls.

  • The majority didn't accept the proposal.

  • In the meantime, the majority of the Germans demand that Wulff resign.

  • In the meantime, the majority of the Germans demand Wulff's resignation.

  • Nowadays, the majority of European countries is ruled by social democrats, but there is a noticeable increase of right-wing extremism.

  • Tom spends a majority of his time helping Mary.

  • Even though South Tyrol is in Italy, the majority of the population speaks German.

  • They believed they were in the majority.

  • I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children; a minimum of government authority.

  • Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

  • I don't believe that some day a majority of the world's population will speak Esperanto.

  • In this country, the majority of the population practices Sunni Islam.

  • The majority of Japanese temples are made out of wood.

  • The bill was approved by an overwhelming majority.

  • Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority.

  • The majority of students here are diligent.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

An­zahl:
number
Zahl:
count
figure
number
tails
tally

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Überzahl. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Überzahl. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2869685, 10178920, 2268383, 1955506, 1747571, 2629419, 2797963, 1365595, 1341405, 1341398, 2976791, 1028008, 3347265, 802426, 713344, 667965, 644349, 3705040, 505982, 3764884, 443628 & 355119. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR