Was heißt »ehr­sam« auf Englisch?

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

  • decent

Synonyme

acht­bar:
reputable
ehr­bar:
reputable
eh­ren­haft:
reputable
eh­ren­wert:
reputable
ho­no­rig:
honorable
honourable
ma­kel­los:
immaculate
pristine
red­lich:
candid
do one's best
honest
real
really
sincere
upright
sitt­sam:
well-behaved
un­be­schol­ten:
integer
spotless

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom is a decent, law-abiding citizen.

  • You look like you haven't had a decent meal in days.

  • As far as I know he is a decent fellow enough.

  • You're a fairly decent chess player.

  • My grandad bought himself a decent bike, but didn't get round to using it.

  • Your father was a decent and helpful man.

  • No one who is a decent human being could possibly support this project.

  • Mary lacks the teaching materials she needs to give a decent class.

  • Forced work is pointless: I attract them with decent pay.

  • Tom seems to be a decent guy.

  • He asked the landlord whether he had any decent wine.

  • Tom was unrecognisable: he was clean-shaven, had a decent haircut, wore a tailored suit with polished shoes, didn't reek of sweat, but instead wore a scent, and he behaved in a very gentlemanly way, especially towards Mary.

  • Win or lose, I hope we manage to play some decent football.

  • It's always a challenge to translate these Japanese dialogues into halfway decent, natural-sounding German.

  • The bus service is surprisingly decent, though a reduced service operates during winter.

  • Tycho Brahe, though of noble decent, married a commoner. Together they had three sons and five daughters.

  • My friends Emily, Isabel and I went to the crappiest New Year's Eve party ever. There was not one decent bloke there – we were all on the pull, of course.

  • Tom's a decent, law-abiding citizen.

  • Tom and Mary haven't had a decent night's sleep since the birth of their baby six months ago.

  • Put on some decent clothes.

Ehr­sam übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: ehrsam. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: ehrsam. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 7493713, 8589727, 6289683, 6248979, 8873693, 8913859, 5953412, 9365851, 5261611, 5240990, 9925826, 10153512, 10260591, 10276131, 10492863, 3958582, 11419627, 3232413, 3232196 & 3155627. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR