Was heißt »be­geh­ren« auf Englisch?

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

  • desire
  • crave
  • covet
  • wish
  • long
  • yearn

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Gebt mir eure Müden, eure Armen, eure geknechteten Massen, die frei zu atmen begehren.

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Der Vorteil des Alters liegt darin, dass man die Dinge nicht mehr begehrt, die man sich früher aus Geldmangel nicht leisten konnte.

The advantage of old age is that you no longer want what you previously couldn't afford.

Gegen 147 v. Chr. begehrte sein Volk gegen Rom auf.

Around the year 174 AD, his people revolted against Rome.

Sokrates hat gesagt: "Jene, die am wenigsten begehren, sind den Göttern am nächsten."

Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods."

Man kann nicht begehren, was man nicht kennt.

One cannot desire what one doesn't know.

Am Freitag wird der begehrte Friedensnobelpreis verliehen.

The coveted Nobel Peace prize will be awarded on Friday.

Er begehrte den Wohlstand seines Vaters.

He coveted his father's wealth.

Synonyme

bren­nen:
burn
dürs­ten:
be thirsty
thirst
er­picht:
be very keen on
geil:
horny
randy
gie­ren:
be greedy for
lust after
lust for
heiß:
hot
her:
from
here
hither
hun­gern:
be hungry
hunger
starve
lech­zen:
drool
lust
scharf:
acrid
attack dog
caustic
fierce
harsh
hot
live
pungent
severe
sharp
sharp-edged
spicy
stiff
strident
spit­zen:
sharpen
süch­tig:
addicted
hooked
ver­ge­hen:
elapse
pass
proceed
ver­lan­gen:
demand
request
ver­rückt:
crazy
mad
ver­ses­sen:
intent
obsessed
wild:
wild

Sinnverwandte Wörter

for­dern:
demand

Antonyme

ab­leh­nen:
decline
refuse
ver­ab­scheu­en:
abhor
detest

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The monk has a long beard.

  • The long walk made me hungry.

  • The long walk has made me hungry.

  • It was eighty metres long.

  • "Who's in charge here?" "I am." "You wish!"

  • I wish there were an alternative.

  • I wish there was an alternative.

  • It was eight metres long.

  • All day long they discussed what had happened.

  • All day long they talked over what had happened.

  • They talked about what had happened all day long.

  • All day long they talked about what had happened.

  • Who's that tall lad with the long dark hair playing the guitar?

  • She visits him often, but never stays long.

  • Where the hell have you been for so long?

  • An old lady shows her ticket to the ticket inspector. "But that's a child's ticket," he says. "Well, you can see how long I've been waiting for this train, then, can't you."

  • The soccer championships are long.

  • We haven't stocked that model for a long time.

  • I'd been wanting to ask that for a long time.

  • I've been wanting to ask that for a long time.

Be­geh­ren übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: begehren. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: begehren. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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