Was heißt »Nu« auf Englisch?

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

  • sec (in a sec)
  • flash (in a flash)
  • instant (in an instant)

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Brandy brachte ihn im Nu wieder zu sich.

The brandy brought him around in no time.

Er hat die Arbeit im Nu beendet.

He finished the job in an instant.

Im Nu war sie aus dem Zimmer.

She had left the room in a flash.

She was out of the room in a flash.

Er verschwand im Nu.

He left in the blink of an eye.

Im Nu war der tennisballgroße Knödel verschwunden.

In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

An einem heißen Tag wie diesem ist die Wäsche im Nu trocken.

On a hot day like this, the laundry will be dry in no time.

Synonyme

Au­gen­blick:
eyeblink
moment

Sinnverwandte Wörter

Kurz­weil:
amusement
diversion
pastime
Wei­le:
while

Antonyme

Ewig­keit:
aeon
eternity

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He left, quick as a flash, without saying where he was going.

  • We only have twenty more minutes until we have to be ready to leave for Grandma's house! You'd better get in the tub this instant, young lady!

  • The camera's flash takes two batteries.

  • Don't open that door, not even for an instant!

  • In an instant, my life changed.

  • "Is Tom with you at the moment?" "Yeah, he is. Shall I pass him on to you?" "Yes, please." "All right, wait a sec – Tom! Mary wants to speak to you!"

  • Tom doesn't like instant rice.

  • My shoelace's snapped. I'll be there in a sec.

  • He finished it quick as a flash.

  • Tom usually drinks instant coffee.

  • He made them an instant coffee.

  • The cakes became an instant hit on social media.

  • The toilet-paper-roll-shaped cakes were an instant hit.

  • Tom ate instant noodles for lunch.

  • Tom's book became an instant best-seller.

  • Why does lightning flash and thunder rumble?

  • Tom took an instant dislike to me.

  • The flash of lightning was almost instantly followed by a burst of thunder, for the storm-cloud was very near the castle.

  • Tom drinks instant coffee.

  • I very seldom drink instant coffee.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Zeit:
time

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Nu. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Nu. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 368221, 533442, 1726853, 3135054, 3481768, 6152796, 11464979, 10924081, 10849060, 10793485, 10778560, 10724906, 9849309, 9444493, 9440537, 8991711, 8957650, 8705927, 8705926, 8469530, 8309496, 8029875, 7803491, 7752718, 7697577 & 7582420. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR