Was heißt »edel« auf Englisch?

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

  • precious
  • noble

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Edel ist, wer edel handelt!

Noble is as noble does.

Ein edler Mann wird durch ein gutes Wort der Frauen weit geführt.

A noble man by woman's gentle word may oft be led.

Geburt macht nicht edel.

Birth doesn't make you noble.

Er ist ein Mann edler Abstammung.

He is a man of noble blood.

Was hat Euch hierher verschlagen, edler Kapitän?

How came you to venture hither, noble Captain?

Sie ist eine Frau von edler Herkunft.

She is a woman of noble birth.

Synonyme

ad­lig:
aristocratic
äs­the­tisch:
aesthetic
an­mu­tig:
charming
graceful
aris­to­kra­tisch:
aristocratic
blau­blü­tig:
blue-blooded
dis­tin­guiert:
distinguished
ele­gant:
elegant
er­laucht:
illustrious
er­le­sen:
exquisite
select
ex­zel­lent:
excellent
fein:
delicate
fine
good
feu­dal:
feudal
ge­schmack­voll:
elegant
stylish
gra­zil:
delicate
gracile
gra­zi­ös:
graceful
hehr:
august
bold
high
proud
sacred
shrill
sublime
thin
hilfs­be­reit:
cooperative
cooperatively
helpful
hoch­wer­tig:
high-quality
upmarket
hoch­wohl­ge­bo­ren:
Your Honor
Your Honour
il­lus­ter:
glorious
kost­bar:
valuable
kul­ti­viert:
cultured
sophisticated
lu­xu­ri­ös:
luxurious
meis­ter­haft:
brilliantly
expertly
in masterly fashion
in masterly manner
masterful
masterly
virtuoso
no­bel:
classy
qua­li­täts­voll:
high-quality
schön:
beautiful
nice
selbst­los:
selfless
stil­voll:
stylish
sty­lish:
stylish
vor­nehm:
aristocratic
capital
distinguished
elegant
fashionable
genteel
high-class
of gentle birth
of gentle rank
of high birth
of high rank
posh
principal
stately
vor­treff­lich:
excellent
wert­voll:
valuable
zart:
tender
zier­lich:
dainty
delicate
petite

Sinnverwandte Wörter

ge­ne­rös:
generous
ho­no­rig:
honorable
honourable
teu­er:
expensive

Antonyme

bil­lig:
fitting
cha­rak­ter­los:
characterless
insipid
lacking character
spineless

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon are noble gases.

  • No gift is more precious than trust.

  • But while we will never know fully what causes somebody to take the life of another, we do know what makes life worth living. [...] Our time here is limited and it is precious.

  • The philosopher's stone could transmute every precious metal into gold.

  • Silk is very precious.

  • Gold is the most precious of all metals.

  • A mine is where you find precious minerals.

  • When the term "crusade" is used to refer to a noble quest, the groups who suffered from the original medieval crusades are not happy.

  • It is sweet and noble to die for one's country.

  • This region produces precious minerals.

  • There's nothing as precious as love.

  • I want to play a game where a noble female knight with the nickname "Light-Speed" freely manipulates gravity.

  • Friendship is the most precious of all.

  • The savage robbed me of my precious jewels and ran away.

  • He has a noble mind.

  • My time is expensive because time is the most precious thing we have. But for learning languages, I always have the time. Because with each new word we learn, our world becomes a tad more interesting.

  • His noble deed deserves praise indeed.

  • Water is as precious as air.

  • Nothing is so precious as time.

  • Time is more precious than anything else.

Edel übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: edel. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: edel. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1218766, 1652546, 1944912, 3059768, 7757532, 8641492, 1555652, 1646972, 1713048, 1115818, 2031819, 850537, 681478, 2355485, 430193, 409167, 389714, 362084, 324323, 324137, 295120, 2609461, 286900, 270799, 263989 & 263978. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR