Was heißt »an­kern« auf Englisch?

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

  • cast anchor
  • drop anchor
  • anchor
  • lie at anchor
  • ride at anchor

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Das Boot ankerte nahe der Küste.

The boat anchored near the shore.

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Because the cruise ship was too large, it had to drop anchor outside the harbour.

  • The skipper is weighing anchor.

  • The sailing ship dropped anchor in the bay.

  • The captain is weighing anchor.

  • Many boats lay at anchor in the bay.

  • A large number of boats lay at anchor in the bay.

  • I have a tattoo of an anchor on my right arm.

  • Tom threw the anchor overboard.

  • Drop the anchor!

  • The boat is attached to the anchor by a chain.

  • Every ship needs an anchor.

  • To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it– but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

  • The ship cast anchor at Kobe.

  • The ship dropped anchor.

  • The ship is at anchor in the harbor.

An­kern übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: ankern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 3266675, 11018124, 10068439, 10042913, 10042910, 8946819, 8946817, 6657872, 3446837, 1987380, 1885810, 1349176, 907018, 273456, 273415 & 45687. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR