Was heißt »Wach­pos­ten« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv Wach­pos­ten (auch: Wacht­pos­ten) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • guard
  • sentinel
  • sentry

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom lockte die Wachposten weg, damit er ins feindliche Lager schleichen konnte.

Tom lured the guards away so that he could sneak into the enemy encampment.

Synonyme

Auf­sicht:
oversight
supervision
Si­cher­heits­dienst:
security service
Über­wa­chung:
monitoring
observation
supervision
surveillance
vigilance

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I'm standing guard.

  • I stand guard.

  • The sentry stood to attention.

  • Great affection united them; in battles, they were always together; and even now they both stood guard at the same door.

  • The news caught us completely off guard.

  • I found a wallet on the ground and gave it to the security guard.

  • "Take good care of my handbag, Tom!" "I'll guard it with my life, Mary!"

  • "Can I come?" "No, you've got to stay here and guard the house."

  • "Here you go," says the train guard.

  • "Here you are," says the train guard.

  • The train guard closed the carriage door.

  • He disguised himself as a security guard.

  • Always be on guard.

  • It was long ago when the world was new and nymphs were needed to guard the forests and to minister to the wants of the young trees.

  • A guard is standing outside.

  • Tom is on guard duty.

  • When we broke up that poaching gang they swore to knife us, and Sir Edward Holly has actually been attacked. I've always been on my guard since then.

  • Tom is a guard, isn't he?

  • "Is there a sneeze guard big enough to protect the earth from gamma rays?" said Tom. "I don't like your stupid jokes," replied Mary.

  • I've been working as a security guard.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Per­son:
person
Stel­le:
digit
job
office
passage
place

Wach­pos­ten übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Wachposten. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: Wachposten. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 12120365, 12046202, 12046201, 11159922, 11073562, 11070869, 10827552, 10333435, 10333434, 10209282, 10209281, 8954408, 8536474, 8171248, 7564596, 7561856, 7118118, 6981690, 6898840, 6882707 & 6660363. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR