Was heißt »derb« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv derb lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • rough

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Ich werde ihn dir als derben Führer geben.

I'll give them to you as a rough guide.

Maria widerstand nach dem Lesen von Toms Forumsbeitrag dem Drang, eine derbe Antwort zu schreiben.

After reading Tom's forum post, Mary resisted the impulse to post a crude reply.

Der Dolmetscher hat Toms derbe Sprache beträchtlich abgeschwächt.

The interpreter toned down Tom's coarse language considerably.

The interpreter has toned down Tom's coarse language considerably.

Synonyme

bär­bei­ßig:
crusty
grouchy
gruff
grumpy
barsch:
dry
gruffy
bil­lig:
fitting
brüsk:
brusque
brusquely
def­tig:
hearty
solid
substantial
flach:
flat
fle­gel­haft:
boorish
impudent
grob:
coarse
impolite
rude
harsch:
raw
krass:
crass
nass­forsch:
brash
cocky
very forward
ni­veau­los:
lowbrow
mediocre
pam­pig:
soggy
platt:
flat
pri­mi­tiv:
primitive
rau­bei­nig:
bluff
rough-and-ready
rü­de:
rude
rü­pel­haft:
coarse
loutish
rus­ti­kal:
rustic
rustically
schlecht:
bad
shoddy
schroff:
gruff
seicht:
fordable
shallow
shoal
wadeable
un­freund­lich:
unfriendly
unkind
un­höf­lich:
discourteous
impolite
un­wirsch:
disquietingly
splenetic
stroppy
wirsch:
angry

Sinnverwandte Wörter

dicht:
dense
thick
fest:
solid
hart:
hard
unyielding
jung:
young
kräf­tig:
strong
stark:
powerful
strong
un­reif:
unripe

Antonyme

fein:
delicate
fine
good
lo­cker:
loose
reif:
ripe
saf­tig:
juicy
schwach:
weak
ver­dor­ben:
bad
off
weich:
soft
zart:
tender

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom had a real rough day.

  • Here is the rough draft of the manuscript, but the errors still have to be corrected.

  • Tom was sleeping rough for a while after being evicted from his apartment.

  • I made a rough calculation.

  • Sometimes in life you have to take the rough with the smooth.

  • I have a rough idea what needs to be done.

  • You had a really rough day, didn't you?

  • For a rough branch, a keen axe is needed.

  • The suit's made of very rough material.

  • Do you have a rough idea of how long it will take?

  • And Jacob put his rough hand reverently upon the open Bible that lay on Mary's knees.

  • We're out of the rough now.

  • One morning, Gregor Samsa woke from a rough night's sleep and found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous bug.

  • Thousands of people sleep rough in the freezing cold.

  • I saw a rough sleeper at the railway station.

  • I saw a rough sleeper at the train station.

  • Things might get a little rough.

  • You'll have a rough time.

  • The sea is rough.

  • It's been a rough day.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: derb. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: derb. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 754001, 2705844, 4087758, 3729543, 3258509, 2993794, 4825453, 5154719, 2358805, 5316809, 5371884, 2259443, 5580791, 1987207, 5972912, 1496154, 1475677, 6174815, 6174826, 1453788, 1230870, 841233 & 6841574. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR