Was heißt »ab­schre­cken« auf Englisch?

Das Verb ab­schre­cken lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • scare
  • frighten off
  • deter

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Marias nassforsche Art hat Tom nicht abgeschreckt, sondern von Anfang an beeindruckt.

Mary's brash manner didn't put Tom off, but rather impressed him from the outset.

Tom wasn't put off by Mary's brash manner; from the outset, he was impressed by it.

Tom was undeterred by Mary's brash manner; instead it impressed him from the start.

Lesen Sie dieses Buch und lassen Sie sich nicht von der Anzahl der Seiten abschrecken!

Read this book, and don't be deterred by how many pages it's got!

Read this book, and don't be put off by how long it is!

Lass dich nicht abschrecken.

Don't be discouraged.

Don't be put off.

Don't be deterred.

Mit seinen Stacheln kann der Igel die meisten Raubtiere von sich fernhalten, doch nicht alle lassen sich davon abschrecken.

With its spiny coat, the hedgehog can keep most predators at bay, though not all are deterred by it.

Synonyme

de­mo­ra­li­sie­ren:
demoralise
demoralize
ein­schüch­tern:
intimidate
ent­mu­ti­gen:
discourage

Sinnverwandte Wörter

ab­hal­ten:
detain
deteni
prevent

Antonyme

an­lo­cken:
attract

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The biggest problem with artificial intelligence is that you can't scare it!

  • They put up a sign to deter trespassers.

  • The video cameras are mainly there to deter thieves.

  • Bats scare me.

  • Don't scare the kids.

  • I want to scare Tom.

  • I don't want to scare Tom.

  • Even his own shadow was enough to scare Peter.

  • Is that supposed to scare me?

  • Their threats don't scare her. "I will survive", she said indifferently.

  • I'm learning Klingon to scare normal people.

  • Don't let it scare you.

  • I didn't mean to scare Tom.

  • Do snakes scare you?

  • Do spiders scare you?

  • Tom's dog scared off the intruder.

  • Tom tried to scare his sister by dressing up in a gorilla costume.

  • I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

  • Why is Tom trying to scare me?

  • Birds scare me.

Ab­schre­cken übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: abschrecken. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: abschrecken. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1706245, 4779988, 6864946, 7813759, 10465877, 10164859, 10164858, 9726216, 9393060, 8867501, 8866811, 7886033, 7290392, 7155412, 6855711, 6815634, 6810463, 6532313, 6532250, 6257437, 6211522, 5992837, 5529954 & 5098775. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR