Was heißt »ein­grei­fen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »ein­grei­fen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • intervene
  • interfere
  • encroach
  • engage

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom wollte eingreifen, und Maria schlug ihm ins Gesicht.

Tom tried to intervene and Mary punched him in the face.

Tom wollte eingreifen.

Tom tried to intervene.

Wir müssen uns entscheiden, ob wir eingreifen wollen.

We need to decide whether to intervene.

Synonyme

ein­mi­schen:
put one´s nose in
ein­rü­cken:
enter
march in
move in
ein­schal­ten:
put into operation
put on
switch on
turn on
rein­hän­gen:
all out
be at pains (be at pains (to do something))
break one’s neck (break one’s neck (to do something))
empty the tank
get stuck into
one’s all (give one’s all)
pull out all the stops
put out (put oneself out)
try hard

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Please engage brain before speaking.

  • Intelligence is the ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learn from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning, and to overcome obstacles.

  • Against his better judgement he didn't intervene, instead letting things take their course.

  • We didn't interfere.

  • Let nobody interfere with me.

  • You shouldn't interfere in other people's affairs.

  • The human brain can't help but engage with a question that it is confronted with.

  • I didn't want to interfere.

  • Why did Tom interfere?

  • He says that he must engage in exercise for the sake of his health, but he overdoes it to such a degree that it seems he is ready to die for his health.

  • Tom told Mary not to interfere in his personal affairs.

  • Don't let a boy interfere with your studies.

  • Why did you interfere in an affair that did not concern you at all?

  • I don't want to interfere.

  • It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly. Good afternoon, gentlemen!

  • I asked Tom not to interfere.

  • I won't let Tom interfere.

  • I don't wish to interfere.

  • Don't interfere.

  • Do not intervene in matters which do not concern you!

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: eingreifen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: eingreifen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 7010917, 7592255, 10563948, 11252468, 10464606, 10355559, 10190020, 10009343, 9138038, 7812937, 7144343, 6796569, 6031356, 5936385, 5868195, 5067246, 3823529, 3712697, 2291899, 2276463, 2276266, 2187190 & 2157661. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR