Was heißt »ge­gen­tei­lig« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv ge­gen­tei­lig lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • opposite

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Wenn du das machst, wird es nur den gegenteiligen Effekt bewirken.

If you do that, it will only bring about a contrary effect.

If you do that, it will only have the opposite effect.

Trotz gegenteiliger Propaganda der Republikaner sind Menschen, die weniger als 50.000 US-Dollar pro Jahr verdienen, immer noch weit überwiegend demokratisch eingestellt.

Despite Republican propaganda to the contrary, people making under $50,000 per year still skew overwhelmingly Democratic.

Synonyme

ad­ver­sa­tiv:
adversative
dia­me­tral:
diametric
diametrical
dis­kre­pant:
at variance
discrepant
inconsistent
ge­gen­läu­fig:
in the opposite direction
kon­t­rär:
contrarian
contrary
po­lar:
polar
un­ver­ein­bar:
incombinable
incompatible
wi­der­sprüch­lich:
contradictory

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Now she was sitting opposite me, looking at me quizzically.

  • She sat opposite me now, looking at me questioningly.

  • In fact, the opposite is likely to happen.

  • Sadness and happiness are opposite feelings.

  • He was sitting opposite me.

  • We have opposite opinions.

  • The shop is just opposite the theatre.

  • School was the exact opposite of a democratic institution.

  • I bought this book in the bookshop opposite the station.

  • The park is opposite my house.

  • The bank on the opposite side is covered with reeds.

  • They should've got the train going in the opposite direction.

  • They should've taken the train in the opposite direction.

  • New Zealand is more or less opposite Europe on the globe.

  • She is talkative, but her spouse is the exact opposite and never speaks.

  • His house is exactly opposite.

  • Anna often says the exact opposite of what she really thinks.

  • Sometimes the opposite is also the case.

  • I bought this book in the shop opposite the station.

  • You say one thing, and then you do the exact opposite.

Ge­gen­tei­lig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: gegenteilig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: gegenteilig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2019524, 12006040, 11910227, 11910226, 11812342, 11629688, 11539890, 11483251, 11359397, 11327748, 11294156, 11228308, 11222765, 11209217, 11209216, 11188311, 11165015, 11101865, 10987904, 10936583, 10804171 & 10764093. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR