Was heißt »Onus« auf Englisch?

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

  • onus
  • duty

Englische Beispielsätze

  • A doctor's duty is to save life and fight death.

  • Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

  • We have taken a great duty upon us, and to this duty, gentlemen, we consecrate our lives.

  • She knows that was our duty.

  • We know that was their duty.

  • We know that was her duty.

  • Life is a gift, and it's our duty to make the most of it.

  • While on board, you can shop duty free.

  • He knows that this it is my duty.

  • I know that that was her duty.

  • It's our duty to help them.

  • Mary is on washing-up duty every third week.

  • Mary has washing-up duty every third week.

  • I have been on duty for three days.

  • Tom did his duty, and Mary did hers.

  • Tom did that out of a sense of duty.

  • We did our duty.

  • Mary is on telephone duty today.

  • It's our duty to obey the law.

  • Tom wasn't on duty at the time.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Ver­pflich­tung:
commitment
obligation

Onus übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Onus. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 12341705, 12261127, 12243555, 12204732, 12204730, 12204728, 12201433, 12119403, 10646735, 10480329, 10306300, 10268697, 10268696, 10230103, 10166908, 10126324, 10024661, 10004163, 9812294 & 9046128. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR