Was heißt »ab­weh­ren« auf Englisch?

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

  • beat back
  • defend
  • fend off

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Talisman, den er trägt, soll die bösen Geister abwehren.

The talisman he's wearing is supposed to ward off evil spirits.

Sie wollte mir einen Schlag versetzen, aber ich habe ihn abgewehrt.

She tried to throw a punch at me, but I blocked it.

Der Ball wurde von dem Torhüter abgewehrt.

The ball was parried away by the goalkeeper.

Synonyme

ab­fan­gen:
intercept
ab­hal­ten:
detain
deteni
prevent
ab­schla­gen:
beat
knock off
auf­hal­ten:
balk
block
hinder
stop
aus­blen­den:
fade out
hide
blo­ckie­ren:
barricade
block
interlock
obstruct
ent­ge­gen­tre­ten:
come across
counter
encounter
oppose
walk towards
walk up
er­sti­cken:
suffocate
hem­men:
block
dam
hamper
hin­dern:
prevent
mau­ern:
lay bricks
pa­rie­ren:
deflect
parry
sper­ren:
block
stop­pen:
stop
un­ter­drü­cken:
blanket
bottle up
oppress
smother
stifle
subdue
suppress
ver­drän­gen:
displace
ver­ei­teln:
foil
thwart

Englische Beispielsätze

  • If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

  • He besought me to defend him.

  • You have the right to defend yourself.

  • Tom will know how to defend himself.

  • Everyone should defend their rights.

  • Have the courage to defend your ideas!

  • Some defend us, and others criticise us.

  • Tell me, do you defend that man's audacity?

  • If a group of stones cannot make more than one eye, then it is vulnerable to capture as it cannot defend itself.

  • NATO can't defend Ukraine.

  • Biden took the presidential oath of office on the steps of the Capitol, swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution and defend the country against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

  • We must defend ourselves.

  • We must help those who can't defend themselves.

  • He used his shield to defend himself.

  • I came here to defend Tom.

  • He wanted to learn how to defend himself.

  • Don’t defend the murderers!

  • He had a right to defend himself.

  • He had the right to defend himself.

  • Mary said she's ready to defend herself.

Ab­weh­ren übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: abwehren. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: abwehren. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1929592, 11983260, 12275158, 12388906, 12353674, 12277572, 12277571, 11521522, 11437784, 11256051, 11032815, 10451955, 10173380, 9678812, 9303067, 9039650, 8946610, 8592048, 8536049, 8161328, 7383256, 7383246 & 6420057. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR