Was heißt »Gunst« auf Englisch?

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

  • favour
  • favourableness
  • favor
  • favorableness
  • grace
  • opportunity

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Louis und Paul wetteiferten um Marias Gunst.

Louis and Paul both competed for Mary's heart.

Der heldenmutige Ritter zog aus, um ein großes Ungeheuer zu besiegen, und erlangte die Gunst seiner Angebeteten.

The heroic knight went on a quest to defeat a great monster and won the favor of his lady.

Dadurch wird die Vorstellung begünstigt, dass Wohlstand und irdischer Erfolg Zeichen der Gunst Gottes seien.

This promotes the idea that wealth and worldly success are signs of God's favor.

Er erfreut sich der Gunst der Mädchen.

He enjoys the girls' favour.

Synonyme

Er­bar­men:
commiseration
compassion
mercy
pity
Glücks­fall:
fluke
stroke of luck
Gna­de:
mercy
Mit­leid:
compassion
pity
Wohl­wol­len:
benevolence
good will
positivity

Antonyme

Ab­gunst:
enviousness
Ab­leh­nung:
refusal
rejection
Aus­sichts­lo­sig­keit:
desperation
hopelessness
Ent­zug:
revoking
Feind­schaft:
enmity
hostility
Kon­fis­ka­ti­on:
confiscation
Miss­gunst:
disfavour
envy
grudge
ill-will
jealousy
Neid:
envy
Pech:
pitch

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom was given the opportunity to retract his statement, but he chose not to.

  • I'm not against it, but I'm not in favour of it, either.

  • You win because the odds are stacked in your favour.

  • I'll do it at the first opportunity.

  • You had the opportunity, but you didn't use it.

  • The congress offers us the opportunity to see colleagues from all the countries of the European Union again.

  • The congress will offer us the opportunity to see colleagues from all the countries of the European Union again.

  • Everyone voted in favour.

  • You have to go there at the next available opportunity.

  • It's too good an opportunity to miss.

  • I'd like to ask you for a favour.

  • It's too good of an opportunity to miss.

  • Are you in favour of the proposal?

  • The old man asked me a favour.

  • She always conducted herself with honour and grace.

  • You'd be doing me a favour if you'd let me help you to speed things along.

  • You'd be doing me a favour if you'd let me help you speed things along.

  • He asked me to do him a favour.

  • He asked a favour of me.

  • He asked me a favour.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Chan­ce:
chance
prospect
Ge­fühl:
affection
emotion
feeling
Schick­sal:
destiny
doom
fate
lot
wyrd
Zu­fall:
chance
coincidence
fortuity
happenstance
Zu­wen­dung:
care
caring

Gunst übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Gunst. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Gunst. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 6023736, 9868860, 11122765, 11520547, 12421874, 12392876, 12349620, 12256660, 12211724, 12207947, 12207946, 12177438, 12166403, 12146803, 12142893, 12137699, 12098390, 12056790, 12043040, 12030355, 12030354, 12012961, 12008601 & 12008600. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR