Was heißt »fin­gern« auf Englisch?

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

  • finger
  • touch

Synonyme

bas­teln:
do handicrafts
tinker
fum­meln:
fiddle
nes­teln:
fiddle
fumble
wer­keln:
potter about

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Do not put the finger in the mouth because it is full of bacteria.

  • Please don't touch my hair.

  • Are you still in touch with your ex-wife?

  • I've been waiting for days for Tom to get in touch with me.

  • "What's the score?" "We're one-nil down." "How long left?" "Ten minutes plus stoppage time." "They'd better pull their finger out, then."

  • Everyone's pointing a finger at me.

  • Mary has a ring on each finger.

  • The footballer was sent off for giving the referee the middle finger.

  • Show us your natural touch.

  • I'll touch wood.

  • I hope we'll be able to stay in touch.

  • Those trousers are far too long. They almost touch the ground.

  • "Has Tom been in touch?" "No, not yet."

  • Tom has just been in touch with us.

  • I'll be in touch later.

  • I hope we can stay in touch.

  • Visitors are requested not to touch the items on display.

  • Visitors are asked not to touch the exhibits.

  • We couldn't get in touch with him.

  • If I stand on my tiptoes, I can touch the ceiling.

Fin­gern übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: fingern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: fingern. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11909108, 11763107, 11731957, 11593928, 11593873, 11568592, 11273519, 11213710, 11144746, 11137927, 11113482, 11085841, 11074143, 11066243, 11053766, 11051863, 10987887, 10987885, 10793550 & 10778663. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR