Was heißt »Be­stra­fung« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv Be­stra­fung lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • punishment
  • penalisation
  • penalty

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Sie sind ihrer Bestrafung entkommen.

They escaped being punished.

Sie nahm die Bestrafung mit einem Lächeln entgegen.

She took the punishment with a smile.

Die Bestrafung sollte im Verhältnis zum Verbrechen stehen.

The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.

Sie bestanden auf die Bestrafung des Verbrechers.

They insisted on the criminal being punished.

Wer stiehlt, verdient Bestrafung.

A person who steals deserves punishment.

Die Bestrafung eines Lügners ist keineswegs, dass ihm nicht geglaubt wird, sondern dass er niemand anderem glauben kann.

The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe any one else.

Vielleicht weiß Tom nicht, dass ihn Bestrafung erwartet.

Maybe Tom doesn't know he's going to be punished.

Die Darlehensbedingungen kamen einer Bestrafung gleich.

The terms of the loan were punitive.

Synonyme

Ab­rech­nung:
calculation
Lohn:
wage
Ra­che:
revenge
vengeance
Sank­ti­on:
confirmation
Süh­ne:
atonement
expiation
Ver­gel­tung:
nemesis
quittance
repayment
requital
retaliation
retribution

Antonyme

Lob:
accolade
praise

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Ignorance of the law does not exempt punishment.

  • Mary made a run into the penalty area.

  • When was the death penalty abolished?

  • I think capital punishment should be abolished.

  • Canada’s women soccer team beat Sweden, 3-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw.

  • He advocated for the abolition of the death penalty.

  • He lobbied for the abolition of the death penalty.

  • He converted the penalty.

  • He converted from the penalty spot.

  • He scored the penalty.

  • He missed the penalty.

  • He's missed the penalty.

  • With only a minute to go before full-time and his team trailing by two goals, Tom hoofed the ball towards the opposition penalty area.

  • The referee called a foul inside the area. It's a penalty.

  • You favour the death penalty?

  • Do you support the death penalty?

  • We're against the death penalty.

  • The referee called a penalty.

  • The ball bounced around the penalty area like a pinball.

  • He missed a penalty in the first half.

Be­stra­fung übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Bestrafung. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Bestrafung. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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