Was heißt »Gier« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Junge Männer neigen dazu, Opfer ihrer eigenen Gier zu werden.

Young men are apt to fall a victim to their own avarice.

Obwohl er viel Spielzeug hatte, ließ ihn seine Gier nach mehr verlangen.

Although he had many toys, his greed made him want more.

Gier ist die Wurzel allen Übels.

Greed is the root of all evil.

Sami hat aus Gier getötet.

Sami killed for greed.

Synonyme

Be­dürf­nis:

need

Be­geh­ren:

desire

Be­gier­de:

desire

longing

yearning

Drang:

urge

Durst:

thirst

Geil­heit:

horniness

Hab­gier:

acquisitiveness

Hab­sucht:

avarice

Kon­ku­pis­zenz:

concupiscence

Lust:

inclination

Raff­gier:

rapacity

Sehn­sucht:

longing

yearning

Ver­lan­gen:

desire

Wunsch:

request

wish

Antonyme

Über­druss:

surfeit

Englische Beispielsätze

• "Can I have that yoghurt of yours that's in the fridge, Mary? I've got a real craving for it at the moment." "All right then, but only because it's you."

• Tom said he had a craving for chocolate.

• They're craving chocolate.

• It wasn't love, it was just lust.

• Why is it that, as soon as someone says the word love, lust metamorphoses into passion?

• She has a ravenous craving for chocolate.

• Tom has a craving for chocolate ice cream.

• No, I'm not suffering from asthma. I'm moaning in lust!

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Hab­gier:

acquisitiveness

Raff­gier:

rapacity