Was heißt »ers­tens« auf Englisch?

Das Adverb ers­tens lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • first

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nur in zwei Fällen ist der Krieg gerecht: erstens, wenn es gilt, der Aggression eines Feindes zu widerstehen, und zweitens, wenn es gilt, einem Verbündeten zu Hilfe zu eilen, welcher attackieret wurde.

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

Er hat beschlossen, das Haus nicht zu kaufen, da es erstens zu teuer und zweitens von seinem Büro zu weit entfernt war.

He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.

He decided not to buy the house because, first of all, it was too expensive, and secondly, it was too far from his office.

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Englische Beispielsätze

  • A child first learns to speak before they can write.

  • In 2023, Ukraine officially celebrates its first Christmas on December 25 instead of on January 7 as before, and as is the case in Russia.

  • For God to pardon our sins, we first have to sin.

  • "Has anyone ever told you you're a babbling idiot?" "No, you're the first."

  • If you come first, you'll be presented with a gold medal.

  • Have you picked your baby's first name?

  • When I'm done with work, before I have time for myself, family comes first.

  • Translate the first and second sentences.

  • More than two hundred years have passed since the metric system was first presented to the world.

  • It's not the first time that this has happened.

  • Sitting on the edge of the bed, she wiped the sleep from her eyes and savoured the first rays of sun of the new day.

  • Never cross the road without looking first to see if there are any cars coming.

  • A year ago today was the first of September.

  • The lift stopped on the first floor.

  • The first victim's name was Tom Jackson.

  • What's the first letter of the alphabet?

  • What is the first letter of the alphabet?

  • Mary married the first man she met.

  • Which present do you want to open first?

  • He won the first prize.

Ers­tens übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: erstens. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 6023650, 12196540, 12232185, 12229964, 12229346, 12217912, 12211673, 12211179, 12210870, 12204511, 12198517, 12184410, 12177416, 12172110, 12172058, 12166572, 12151336, 12130189, 12130188, 12128361, 12127092 & 12125716. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR