Was heißt »Jung­fer« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Jung­fer« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • damsel
  • maiden

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Mary will keine alte Jungfer werden.

Mary doesn't want to end up being an old maid.

Ihre Eltern kamen zu dem Schluss, dass sie niemals heiraten, sondern ihr Leben als alte Jungfer beenden würde.

Her parents concluded that she would never marry but would live her life as an old maid.

Synonyme

Jung­frau:
virgin
Virgo

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Do you know Mary's maiden name?

  • After her divorce, Mary went back to using her maiden name.

  • What is your wife's maiden name?

  • My grandfather bought himself a good bicycle, but didn't get to take it on its maiden voyage.

  • The ship sank on its maiden voyage.

  • ?You’re Mary Poppins, aren’t you?” - “Yes; in fact, my first name is Mary, and Poppins is my maiden name.”

  • Daphnis has forgotten me. He is dreaming of marrying some wealthy maiden.

  • The King took the lovely maiden upon his horse and carried her to his palace, where the wedding was held with great pomp.

  • When the prince stepped over the threshold he caught sight of a maiden of wonderful beauty, with brown eyes and fair curly hair.

  • To become king at the cost of a maiden's life was too heavy a price to pay.

  • Again the frog turned into Vasilissa, the wise maiden.

  • "Beautiful maiden," he said, "never will I part from thee and thou shalt be my wife."

  • The beautiful maiden sat on the top of the rock and combed her golden hair in the sunshine.

  • The two men competed for the young maiden's heart.

  • The lovely maiden with azure hair was none other than a very kind fairy who had lived, for more than a thousand years, in the vicinity of the forest.

  • What's Mary's maiden name?

  • What's your wife's maiden name?

  • What's your mother's maiden name?

  • Thou know’st the mask of night is on my face, else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek.

  • Near such high virtue, every maiden fear takes wing at once.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Frau:
cwēn
cwene
frēo
ides
Mrs
Mrs.
spouse
wīf
wife
wīfmann
woman
Tier:
animal
beast
dēor
nyten

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Braut­jung­fer:
bridesmaid

Jungfer übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Jungfer. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Jungfer. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2586710, 6487475, 11055923, 10144333, 9568527, 8873697, 8388443, 8101352, 6213456, 4846234, 4600517, 4600504, 3759377, 3759252, 3115538, 2743468, 2724612, 2544491, 2541622, 2540743, 1681461 & 1680662. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR