Was heißt »List« auf Englisch?

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

  • trick
  • guile
  • wile

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

List geht über Gewalt.

Cunning ignores violence.

„Traue Tom nicht!“ warnte Johannes. „Mit Lügen und Listen wird er uns alle ins Verderben stürzen!“

"Don't trust Tom!" warned John. "He'll ruin us all with his lies and deceit!"

Er hat sie mit einer List dazu gebracht, auf seinen Vorschlag einzugehen.

He tricked her into agreeing to his proposal.

All das Süßholzraspeln war nur eine List, um sie ins Bett zu kriegen.

All the sweet talk was just a ruse to get her into bed.

Die Türken eroberten Buda mit einer List.

The Turks captured Buda by deception.

Man ersann eine List, wie er aus dem Versteck zu locken sei.

A plan was devised to coax him out of hiding.

Synonyme

Bluff:
bluff
Cle­ver­ness:
cleverness
Fin­te:
deke
feint
Gau­ke­lei:
jugglery
Gau­ne­rei:
cheating
swindling
In­t­ri­ge:
intrigue
plot
scheme
Ka­ba­le:
cabal
Kniff:
stratagem
Kom­plott:
conspiracy
plot
Ma­chi­na­ti­on:
machination
Ne­bel­ker­ze:
red herring
smoke grenade
Schläue:
shrewdness
Streich:
prank
Trick:
flim-flam
Tü­cke:
malice
vice
Ver­ar­schung:
piss take

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The solution is only arrived at by a trick.

  • Young adults might dress up and go to Halloween parties, while older adults stay home and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.

  • On Halloween night, children dress up in costumes and grab bags before heading to the streets of their communities to trick-or-treat.

  • Typically, the White House invites trick-or-treaters to receive candy and treats from the president and first lady. The event, however, will not take place this year.

  • Do you know any trick to remove blood stains from a white shirt?

  • I need to learn the trick of making roast chicken with extra crispy skin.

  • Can you teach me that trick?

  • Equating fascism with communism is a time-honored trick.

  • Don't you think you're a bit old to go trick-or-treating?

  • That's a trick question, isn't it?

  • Tom is too old to go trick-or-treating.

  • Tom and his friends went trick-or-treating.

  • Tom and Mary went trick-or-treating.

  • It isn't a trick.

  • Tom was impressed by Mary's magic trick.

  • Tom knows every trick in the book.

  • Can you figure out how I did that magic trick?

  • Want to see a magic trick?

  • Tom showed me a magic trick.

  • Tom and Mary went trick-or-treating with their friends.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: List. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: List. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2081812, 2233905, 3518803, 5303192, 12280444, 12381230, 12242569, 10471474, 10471470, 10471466, 10182184, 10182164, 10055184, 9770199, 9171414, 8855938, 7367848, 7367837, 7367836, 7198735, 6855572, 6258598, 6020456, 5964420, 5666168 & 5568098. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR