Was heißt »damp­fen« auf Englisch?

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

  • fume
  • steam

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Wasserkessel dampft.

The kettle is steaming.

Im Kessel dampfte und wallte es.

The cauldron was steaming and bubbling.

Der Atem meines Pferdes dampfte in der frostigen Luft.

The breath of my horse formed vapour in the frosty air.

My horse's breath was steaming in the frosty air.

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She achieved all that under her own steam.

  • She achieved all this under her own steam.

  • To relax the atmosphere at his firm, Tom has had one of the rooms fitted out as a 'pillow-fight room' where, once a day, everyone can go and let off some steam.

  • Now and then he lifted the saucepan lid a little to let out steam.

  • Having got out of the shower, Tom wiped the steam off the mirror and shaved.

  • This ship is steam-powered.

  • I can let off steam there.

  • The steam train came to a sudden halt.

  • I need to blow off some steam.

  • On the walls of the steam sauna is a beautiful mosaic in pleasing colours. Because of the steam and the subdued lighting, it can only be seen dimly.

  • My job is to steam the vegetables for lunch.

  • The steam train abruptly stopped.

  • The cold was so great that she could see her own breath come out of her mouth like steam.

  • Tom and his children watched in awe as the magnificent old steam train thundered past.

  • I just need to blow off some steam.

  • As the iron was heating up, Mary poured distilled water into the reservoir to make steam.

  • I was just blowing off steam.

  • I must let off steam.

  • The result of the invention of the steam engine was that human power was replaced by mechanical power.

  • Tom needs to let off some steam.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

ver­damp­fen:
vaporise
vaporize

Dampfen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: dampfen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 518168, 2588697, 3495570, 10281860, 10281861, 10329799, 11085801, 11149662, 11157144, 8977820, 11477778, 6700103, 6190903, 6178850, 5215072, 3754637, 3195196, 3165731, 3020387, 2543186, 1653261, 1577213 & 1488723. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR