Was heißt »Span« auf Englisch?

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

  • shaving
  • woodchip

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Wo gehobelt wird, fallen Späne.

You cannot make omelets without breaking eggs.

Wo gehobelt wird, da fallen Späne.

You have to break an egg to make an omelet.

When wood is chopped, woodchips will fly.

Beim Holzhacken fliegen Späne.

Splinters fly when you chop wood.

Synonyme

Schie­fer:
slate
Schnit­zel:
escalope
snippet
Speil:
splinter
Spleiß:
splice
Split­ter:
splinter
Sprei­ßel:
kindling

Sinnverwandte Wörter

Sä­ge­mehl:
sawdust
Scheit:
firewood
log

Englische Beispielsätze

  • This shaving foam irritates my skin.

  • This shaving cream irritates my skin.

  • I finished shaving.

  • What have you got against woodchip wallpaper? It looks chic!

  • Tom cut himself while he was shaving.

  • Shaving was not an easy task, for his hand continued to shake very much; and shaving requires attention, even when you don't dance while you are at it.

  • Tom looked unkempt after not shaving for three days.

  • Tom is shaving.

  • Tom is shaving in his room.

  • I am shaving off my beard.

  • Tom is shaving his beard.

  • He hurt his ear while he was shaving himself.

  • He uses an old-style razor, with shaving cream, for a closer shave.

  • How much time do you spend shaving every day?

  • My father is shaving in the bathroom.

  • As is often the case with him, he went to the office without shaving.

  • I cut myself shaving this morning.

  • I cut myself shaving.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Sä­ge­span:
sawdust
wood shaving

Span übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Span. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Span. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 443749, 1258866, 6993031, 12273151, 12273150, 9259627, 8301161, 3923585, 3714165, 3441873, 2236844, 1688712, 1661070, 1660862, 1391673, 1182278, 909527, 438210, 284718, 253423 & 34805. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR