Was heißt »ei­gen­nüt­zig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »ei­gen­nüt­zig« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • selfish
  • self-interested

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Ich wollte nicht eigennützig sein.

I didn't mean to be selfish.

Er handelt eigennützig.

He acts selfishly.

He's acting selfishly.

Synonyme

ego­is­tisch:
egoistical
egotistical
ei­gen­süch­tig:
self-centered
self-centred
nar­ziss­tisch:
narcissistic
selbst­süch­tig:
self-centered
selbst­ver­liebt:
narcissistic
un­so­zi­al:
antisocial

Antonyme

selbst­los:
selfless

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom was very selfish.

  • I was selfish.

  • Tom is selfish and greedy.

  • Tom is a selfish man.

  • Tom is so selfish.

  • Have you always been so selfish?

  • We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.

  • Tom has been very selfish.

  • I think you're selfish.

  • He was selfish.

  • He's really selfish, isn't he?

  • She was selfish.

  • I was very selfish.

  • Tom is such a selfish jerk.

  • Tom is selfish, isn't he?

  • Tom is very selfish, isn't he?

  • Tom is a very selfish person.

  • Tom is a selfish person.

  • Tom was selfish.

  • Tom is very selfish.

Eigennützig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: eigennützig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: eigennützig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2155937, 8882367, 6706131, 5852957, 5618228, 5584590, 5493774, 5288756, 5287390, 5257330, 4980150, 8478209, 8528243, 8651810, 3820902, 3579541, 3416915, 3416914, 3411002, 3411001, 3409347 & 3409346. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR