Was heißt »ein­ge­ste­hen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb ein­ge­ste­hen lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • admit
  • confess

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Leider wird er niemals seine Schuld eingestehen.

I'm afraid he will never admit his guilt.

Er wollte seinen Fehler nicht eingestehen.

He would not admit his fault.

Ich muss ehrlich eingestehen, dass ich bei meinem ersten Kernspintomogramm schon ein wenig nervös war.

I have to be honest. I was a little bit nervous the first time I had an MRI scan.

Warum willst du nicht eingestehen, dass du dich irrst?

Why don't you want to acknowledge that you're wrong?

Tom und Maria haben ihre Schuld eingestanden.

Tom and Mary admitted that they were guilty.

Tom musste sich eingestehen, dass er Gefühle für seine Freundin entwickelt hatte.

Tom realized that he had developed feelings for his friend.

Wie weit müssen wir noch gehen, bis wir uns eingestehen, dass wir uns verirrt haben?

How far must we walk before we admit we are lost?

Tom wollte sich seine eigene Unwissenheit nicht eingestehen.

Tom didn't want to admit his own ignorance.

Diesen seltenen Vorzug muss selbst der penibelste Kritiker eingestehen.

This rare merit even the most fastidious critic must allow.

Synonyme

an­er­ken­nen:
acknowledge
be­ken­nen:
profess
of­fen­ba­ren:
bare
disclose
reveal
re­a­li­sie­ren:
carry out
implement
realize
zu­ge­ben:
acknowledge
concede

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The company didn't admit liability.

  • I admit that I was a little drunk.

  • Tom did not want to admit it.

  • He did not want to admit it.

  • She did not want to admit it.

  • Tom didn't admit his mistake.

  • Did she admit it?

  • Did he admit it?

  • I have to admit that I am not a good person.

  • Tom refused to admit that he'd made a mistake.

  • He refused to admit it.

  • She refused to admit it.

  • Tom refused to admit it.

  • Why don't you just admit that you're wrong?

  • I will confess I was horribly frightened.

  • Tom was embarrassed to admit that he had started learning the guitar to impress girls.

  • Tom didn't want to admit that he was scared.

  • Tom doesn't want to admit that Mary was right and that he was wrong.

  • I am not ashamed to admit it.

  • Tom is going to go to prison for a crime he didn't commit if you don't confess.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: eingestehen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: eingestehen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 553313, 1022969, 5763538, 6738688, 7535822, 8702057, 10089653, 11888106, 12384643, 4529399, 4104522, 4861644, 4861645, 4861646, 4927473, 3924627, 3924625, 5023058, 3822393, 3788968, 3788703, 3788702, 3773429, 3720662, 5220106, 3658261, 3655927, 5251921 & 3591968. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR