Was heißt »acht­los« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »acht­los« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • careless

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Es war achtlos von ihm, bei angeschaltetem Fernseher schlafen zu gehen.

It was careless of him to go to bed with the TV on.

Es ist achtlos von Ihnen, so etwas zu sagen.

It is careless of you to say such things.

Dieses Werkzeug kann sehr gefährlich sein, wenn es achtlos verwendet wird.

This tool, if used carelessly, can be very dangerous.

Wie achtlos von dir.

How thoughtless of you to do that.

Es gibt ein Gesetz, das verbietet, Abfall achtlos wegzuwerfen, aber dem wird selten Geltung verschafft.

There is a law against dropping litter, but it's rarely enforced.

Synonyme

fahr­läs­sig:
negligent
reckless
ge­dan­ken­los:
thoughtless
gleich­gül­tig:
apathetic
complacent
indifferent
leicht­fer­tig:
carelessly
nach­läs­sig:
oblivious
un­acht­sam:
distracted

Antonyme

acht­sam:
attentive
careful
carefully
observant
observantly
with care

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Both rutting boars and sows with their young can be dangerous to the careless woodland rambler.

  • You're very careless.

  • I'm very careless.

  • It was careless of him to leave the door open.

  • That happened to you because you were careless.

  • I admit I was careless.

  • I admit that I've been careless.

  • Tom was very careless.

  • I didn't think you'd be so careless.

  • I didn't think you would be so careless.

  • Why are people so careless?

  • How could you be so careless?

  • Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • Tom was careless.

  • Tom is very careless.

  • Tom is careless, isn't he?

  • That was very careless of you.

  • It was very careless of you!

  • We're getting careless.

  • Tom is careless.

Achtlos übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: achtlos. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: achtlos. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1328497, 2010826, 2699509, 8599184, 11557258, 10982463, 9116235, 9045635, 8836837, 8272023, 7183758, 6664085, 6356743, 6250243, 6243579, 4665836, 4079759, 3837556, 3422191, 3422190, 3417299, 3396426, 3233631, 2240576 & 2202641. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR