Was heißt »ge­treu« auf Englisch?

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

  • loyal
  • faithful

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Film hat sich getreu an das Buch gehalten.

The film stayed faithful to the book.

Synonyme

ent­spre­chend:
corresponding
respective
er­ge­ben:
result
yield
ge­mäß:
appropriate
in keeping
pursuant
suitable
hun­dert­pro­zen­tig:
hundred per cent
hundred percent
kon­se­quent:
consequential
forceful
laut:
loud
li­ni­en­treu:
blindly obedient
nach:
to
stramm:
taut
tight
ver­trau­ens­wür­dig:
reliable
trustworthy
trusty
zu­fol­ge:
according to
zu­ver­läs­sig:
reliable
trustworthy

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The main characters of the novel are Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza.

  • Alsatians tend to be loyal.

  • He is faithful, but only to a certain extent, and only now and then.

  • You must stay loyal to your family.

  • Is your wife faithful?

  • She always considered him a faithful husband.

  • To whom are you loyal: me or the king?

  • The Pope urged the faithful to concentrate on the essentials by getting rid of what he calls "useless things and addictions" that numb hearts and confuse minds.

  • The Christian faithful flocked to Palestinian-governed Bethlehem in the West Bank to celebrate Christmas.

  • Tom is loyal to his boss.

  • Mary is a faithful wife.

  • Tom is a faithful husband.

  • Tom explored the world with his loyal dog, Buddy, at his side.

  • He is loyal to no one but himself.

  • Tom is loyal to his friends.

  • He mounted his horse, and with his faithful hound went on seeking further adventures through the world.

  • My heart will ever be faithful to thee.

  • Long live the loyal British poodle.

  • A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth.

  • Translations are like lovers- the beautiful ones are never faithful, and the faithful ones are never beautiful.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

maß­stabs­ge­treu:
to scale
true to scale

Ge­treu übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: getreu. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: getreu. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 7821785, 10805366, 10555457, 10303421, 9189065, 8953585, 8589744, 8557772, 8433360, 8409901, 8382495, 8312233, 8312232, 7089469, 6298159, 6285034, 6211547, 5831559, 5342151, 4597631 & 4093276. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR