Was heißt »an­fangs« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Er war anfangs schüchtern.

He was shy at first.

He was shy at the beginning.

Merkwürdigerweise kam mir sein eigenartiges Verhalten anfangs gar nicht seltsam vor. Na ja, ein wenig befremdlich vielleicht schon.

Oddly enough, his peculiar behaviour didn't seem at all weird to me at first; well, maybe it did seem a bit strange.

Funnily enough, his peculiar behaviour didn't seem weird to me at all at first; well, maybe it did seem a bit odd.

Das Christentum kam anfangs des ersten Jahrhunderts nach Armenien und wurde im Jahr 301 Staatsreligion.

Christianity came to Armenia at the beginning of the first century and became an official religion in the year 301.

Was anfangs leicht scheint, erweist sich am Ende oft als schwierig.

Things that at first seem easy often turn out in the end to be difficult.

Am Anfang wird es schwer sein, aber alles ist anfangs schwer.

At the beginning it'll be tough, but everything's tough at the beginning.

Es war viel schlimmer, als wir anfangs dachten.

It was much worse than we initially thought.

Obwohl Tom und Maria sich anfangs nicht mochten, wurden sie letztlich gute Freunde.

Even though Tom and Mary didn't like each other at first, they eventually became good friends.

Präpositionen verhalten sich nicht so wie andere Wörter. Die trennbaren Vorsilben des Deutschen muten anfangs seltsam an – später zeigt sich, dass es sich doch um eine tolle Erfindung handelt.

Prepositions are not like other words. The separable prefixes of German seem strange at first. Later they seem like a great idea.

Das kann anfangs Verwirrung stiften.

It can be confusing at first.

Tom war anfangs schüchtern.

Tom was shy at first.

Tom was shy at the beginning.

Ich habe Tom anfangs nicht geglaubt.

I didn't believe Tom at first.

Aber anfangs sah man noch dunklere Stellen in der jungen Saat, die die Leute mit scheuem Grauen betrachteten.

But, there were deep green patches in the growing corn at first, that people looked at awfully.

Innovationen werden anfangs maßlos überschätzt, auf Dauer aber maßlos unterschätzt.

Innovations will be grossly overestimated at first, but grossly underestimated in the long run.

Wie die meisten Menschen, die ein einsames Leben führen, war sie anfangs schüchtern, wurde letztlich aber sehr mitteilsam.

Like most people who lead a lonely life, she was shy at first, but ended by becoming extremely communicative.

Beim Damespiel mit 64 Feldern hat jeder Spieler 12 gleiche Steine, die anfangs auf die dunklen Felder der Reihen 1, 2 und 3 für Weiß und 6, 7 und 8 für Schwarz gelegt werden.

In the 64-square checkers game, each player has 12 equal pieces, initially placed on the dark squares of rows 1, 2, and 3, for white, and 6, 7, and 8, for black.

Das ist komplizierter, als ich anfangs dachte.

That’s more complicated than I thought at first.

Tom hasste Boston anfangs.

Tom hated Boston at first.

Wir dachten das anfangs auch.

We thought so too, at first.

Synonyme

an­fäng­lich:

initial

ein­gangs:

at the outset

at the start

erst:

first

zu­erst:

first

zu­nächst:

firstly

Englische Beispielsätze

• Start at the beginning.

• I didn't like Tom at first.

• She seemed frightened at first, but only for a moment.

• I was there all alone at first, but then came Liisa and her new friend.

• I refused at first.

• The United States faced a Bubonic plague epidemic at the beginning of the twentieth century.

• "Are you and Tom still together?" "No, we split up at the beginning of last month."

• I was confused at first.

• I couldn't stand Tom at first.

• I didn't recognize Tom at first.

• Tom didn't answer at first.

• He seemed like a nice guy at first.

• Why don't you start at the beginning?

• Why don't you just start at the beginning?

• Learning a new language is difficult at first.

• Tom and Mary fell in love with each other at first sight.

• Tom didn't believe it at first.

• I thought so at first.

• Due to lack of money the more advantageous solution initially chosen was abandoned in favour of a necessarily less favourable second choice.

• What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.