Was heißt »Vor­ge­setz­te« auf Englisch?

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

  • boss

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Montagelinie bringt durch Arbeitsteilung Effizienzgewinne, während der Vorgesetzte über die Zuordnung der Arbeitsaufgaben täglich neu entscheidet.

The assembly line brings efficiencies through the division of labour, but the supervisor decides from day to day about the assignment of jobs.

Sie ist meine Vorgesetzte und gleichzeitig meine beste Freundin.

She is my boss and also my best friend.

Männliche Wortform

Vor­ge­setz­ter:
boss
superior

Synonyme

Che­fin:
manager
Di­rek­to­rin:
headmistress

Antonyme

Un­ter­ge­be­ne:
servant
subordinate

Englische Beispielsätze

  • My boss drinks coffee by the bucketful.

  • My boss drinks gallons of coffee.

  • The boss has just given my holiday plans the nod.

  • The new boss doesn't mess about. Whoever doesn't toe the line gets sacked.

  • Mr Takahashi was my boss.

  • Are you the new boss?

  • His boss was quite impressed.

  • We have a very good boss.

  • Tom told his boss that he thought that Mary should be fired.

  • He's angry with his boss.

  • Is that your boss by the window?

  • Is that your boss at the window?

  • Tom requested a pay rise from his boss, but he turned him down.

  • Tom's request to his boss for a pay rise was rejected.

  • Remember when Tom was our boss? I'm sure glad he's gone now.

  • My boss wouldn't let me leave work early.

  • Addressing one's boss as "omae" is unheard of.

  • "These letters still need proofreading." "Tom can do that." "The boss only trusts you with these things, Mary. You know that."

  • "These letters still need to be proofread." "Tom can do that." "The boss only trusts you in these matters, Mary. You know that."

  • Tom didn't like his office, so he asked his boss to let him use another office.

Vorgesetzte übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Vorgesetzte. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Vorgesetzte. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2745787, 10832277, 11093891, 11090620, 11045076, 11013628, 10965573, 10761646, 10734145, 10716655, 10592725, 10569535, 10545716, 10540289, 10525376, 10525375, 10504322, 10298685, 10286339, 10221648, 10221647 & 10032406. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR