Was heißt »Un­heil« auf Englisch?

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

  • calamity
  • disaster

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Hälfte des Unheils, das auf dieser Welt angerichtet wird, geht auf die Menschen zurück, die sich wichtig fühlen wollen.

Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important.

Dir droht Unheil und Elend.

Misfortune and misery threaten you.

Es braucht nur ein paar wenige Dummköpfe, um großes Unheil anzurichten.

It only takes a few idiots to cause a great disaster.

Die Zunge ist die Hebamme allen Unheils.

The tongue is the midwife of all disasters.

Es ist schon erstaunlich, dass ein einzelner Mensch so viel Unheil anrichten kann.

It's astonishing how much havoc a single person can wreak.

Dass ein einzelner Mensch soviel Unheil anrichten kann!

That a single person can wreak so much havoc!

That a single person can cause so much misery!

Synonyme

Fluch:
curse
malediction
Gei­ßel:
scourge
whip
Un­glück:
misfortune
Ver­häng­nis:
fate
ruin

Sinnverwandte Wörter

Scha­den:
damage
defect
disadvantage
harm
injury
loss
Ver­der­ben:
spoilage

Antonyme

Heil:
hail
heil

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He followed an impulse not to board the ship, and thus escaped the disaster.

  • The day, which began with them sharing an idyllic breakfast on the sun-drenched terrace, was to end in disaster.

  • The prime minister's speech was a disaster.

  • His first driving lesson was a disaster.

  • Breakfast at the hotel was a disaster.

  • This is a disaster waiting to happen.

  • A disaster is taking place in front of our eyes.

  • Everything I do turns into a disaster.

  • Newspapers peddle disaster scenarios.

  • It was a complete and total disaster.

  • That was a total disaster.

  • Carry your drinking water in a reusable bottle. Plastic water bottles are an environmental disaster!

  • The state of Rio de Janeiro has declared a "state of public calamity".

  • My date with Tom was an utter disaster.

  • It was an utter disaster.

  • I like watching disaster movies.

  • Parts of the city looked like a disaster zone following the storm.

  • It was a complete disaster.

  • It's a complete disaster!

  • The asteroids capable of causing a global disaster if they hit the Earth are extremely rare.

Un­heil übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Unheil. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Unheil. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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