Was heißt »Hoch­mut« auf Englisch?

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

  • pride
  • arrogance

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall.

Pride goes before a fall.

Pride comes before a fall.

Pride cometh before a fall.

Menschlicher Hochmut ist menschliche Schwäche.

Human pride is human weakness.

Durch seinen Hochmut kam sein Fall.

His arrogance led to his downfall.

Sein Hochmut stand dem Erfolg im Weg.

His pride stood in the way of success.

Demut erreicht oft mehr als Hochmut.

Humility often achieves more than pride.

Synonyme

An­ma­ßung:
presumption
Dün­kel:
hubris
Ein­bil­dung:
conceit
illusion
imagination
Hy­b­ris:
hubris
Nar­ziss­mus:
narcism
narcissism
Prä­ten­ti­on:
pretension

Antonyme

De­mut:
humbleness
humility
lowliness

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She hoped fervently that she would be among the first ten at least, so that she might see Matthew's kindly brown eyes gleam with pride in her achievement.

  • Tom swallowed his pride.

  • I had to swallow my pride.

  • His pride was wounded.

  • Heroes like that are the pride of one's country.

  • If I had to sum up your attitude in one word, it would be arrogance.

  • Italians take pride in their dress and appearance.

  • His pride had been offended.

  • If you want to find peace, you must suppress arrogance, avarice and ambition of power.

  • I've got my pride.

  • Swallow your pride!

  • That victory became a source of national pride.

  • When I think of you, only one thing comes to mind: arrogance.

  • What do you take pride in?

  • Tom takes pride in his work.

  • I take pride in what I do.

  • The fundamental character traits of this woman were pride, decisiveness, and courage.

  • We saw a pride of lions.

  • Even today, those people have difficulty showing national pride.

  • He has too much pride.

Hoch­mut übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Hochmut. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Hochmut. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 370463, 804486, 1530226, 2703526, 5038427, 5834863, 5050957, 5050533, 6637294, 4979453, 4894664, 7040075, 7043565, 4347588, 4258914, 4216039, 3856899, 3852691, 3395891, 8414754, 2968584, 2725695, 9090339, 2327958 & 2258385. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR