Was heißt »be­kämp­fen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »be­kämp­fen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • antagonize
  • battle
  • combat
  • fight

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Sie sind zu sehr damit beschäftigt, sich gegenseitig zu bekämpfen, als dass sie sich gemeinsamen Idealen widmen könnten.

They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

Christoph Columbus bekämpfte einst Kerberos, den dreiköpfigen Wächter der Unterwelt, mit nichts als seinem Hut.

Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.

Wir müssen Feuer mit Feuer bekämpfen!

We've got to fight fire with fire!

Komm schon, Säugling, bekämpfe meinen Lügner!

Come on, baby, fight my liar!

Der Grippeimpfstoff beinhaltet Antikörper, die den H1N1-Virus bekämpfen.

A flu shot contains antibodies that fight the H1N1 virus.

Zuerst lachen sie über dich, dann bekämpfen sie dich, und dann gewinnst du.

First they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Ich bekämpfte die Falschheit.

I contended against falsehood.

Sie vereinigten ihre Kräfte, um den Feind zu bekämpfen.

They combined forces to fight the enemy.

Wie bekämpft man einen Kater am besten?

What's the best cure for a hangover?

Synonyme

an­ge­hen:
come on

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Why don't they fight for their rights?

  • Tom put up a brave fight.

  • Significant progress has been made in the fight against malaria.

  • Displayed prominently above the gate was a relief depicting a battle scene.

  • Tom lost, but he put up a good fight.

  • You can only be a soldier for so long before you don't need a reason to fight anymore.

  • Tom tried to provoke a fight.

  • Tom tried to provoke a fight, but John wouldn't be provoked.

  • There is a lot of strategy in the game of Go. It may be seen as a great battle between two armies.

  • In a battle of Ko, there are several moves of a strategic nature on practically the entire board.

  • In order to recapture the Ko, Black now forces White to play elsewhere on the board and, on the next move, repeats the previous attack. And the fight goes on like this, in what is called the battle of Ko.

  • There's a certain British billionaire author who would sue me if I said what I wanted to say about her, and I don't have the money to fight the suit.

  • Chess is a battle between two creative minds.

  • I am coming from the battle front. I ran all the way from there.

  • John challenged Tom to a fight after school by the basketball court, but Tom never showed up.

  • It's OK to fight back when someone hurts you.

  • Two don't fight if one doesn't want to.

  • You can't fight on an empty stomach.

  • Tom wanted to save you, and all you did was fight him.

  • The fight for vaccination has begun.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

kämp­fen:
struggle
wrestle

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: bekämpfen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: bekämpfen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 123, 571391, 609108, 798383, 838775, 963471, 1186171, 1639033, 7533034, 11521507, 11273473, 11254402, 11066283, 10729951, 10633380, 10582356, 10582355, 10451408, 10371849, 10371792, 10316675, 10308950, 10257168, 10164998, 10131707, 10127422, 10124927, 10063839 & 10020657. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR