Was heißt »El­fe« auf Englisch?

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

  • elfin
  • fairy
  • elve

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Elfen sind die kleinen Helfer des Weihnachtsmannes.

Elves are Santa's little helpers.

Elfen haben spitze Ohren.

Elves have pointy ears.

Die Elfen leben im Wald.

Elves live in the forest.

„Du hast ja keine Ahnung, welche Probleme ich als Elfe aufgrund meiner Ohren habe“, beklagte sich Maria, die Waldelfe.

"You have no idea what sort of problems my ears cause me as an elf girl," complained Maria, the forest elf.

Maria ist eine Elfe.

Mary is an elf.

Maria schrieb dem Weihnachtsmann, dass sie gern mal ein Jahr als Elfe in seiner Werkstatt arbeiten würde.

Mary wrote to Father Christmas saying that she would love to spend a year working as an elf in his workshop.

Männliche Wortformen

Alb:
elf
incubus
Elf:
elf

Synonyme

Al­be:
alb
El­be:
Elbe
Fee:
fay
pixie
pixy
Reh:
roe
roe deer
Syl­phe:
sylph

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The mountain fairy is a beautiful creature.

  • Our little girl can't fall asleep without a fairy tale.

  • Mary is a fairy.

  • My life is like a fairy tale.

  • Children often believe in fairy tales.

  • Every one knew that this also was the work of the fairy in order that while the Princess slept she should have nothing to fear from curious people.

  • The fairy started off at once, and arrived, about an hour later, in a fiery chariot drawn by dragons.

  • The King, to avoid the misfortune foretold by the old fairy, issued orders forbidding any one, on pain of death, to spin with a distaff and spindle, or to have a spindle in his house.

  • Her godmother, who was a fairy, said to her, "You wish you could go to the ball; is it not so?" "Alas, yes," said Cinderella, sighing.

  • This godmother of hers, who was a fairy, said to her, "You wish that you could go to the ball; is it not so?" "Yes," cried Cinderella, with a great sigh.

  • When I was a kid, I liked to read fairy tales.

  • Andersen is a scoundrel! Why can’t he let his fairy tales have a good outcome? Why do they always have to end so sadly?

  • Josie Pye is sulky because she didn't get the part she wanted in the dialogue. She wanted to be the fairy queen.

  • It was like a fairy tale.

  • I love fairy tales.

  • Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales made him the most famous Dane in the world.

  • "Ţeriel" is a bad fairy who often turns into an ogress.

  • It's just a fairy tale.

  • This fairy could take any shape she pleased. All the day long she flew about in the form of an owl, or crept about the country like a cat; but at night she always became an old woman again.

  • The tooth fairy took my tooth and left me 2 dollars. I'm going to spend it all on candy.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Mär­chen­ge­stalt:
fairy tale character
fairy tale figure
Sa­gen­ge­stalt:
legendary figure

El­fe übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

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