Was heißt »ge­wandt« auf Englisch?

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

  • skillful
  • elegant
  • deft
  • dexterous

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Er ist gewandt genug, um alle Fragen zu beantworten.

He is smart enough to answer all the questions.

Sie haben sich an ihre örtlichen Politiker gewandt.

They contacted their local politicians.

Er ist nicht weniger gewandt als sein Bruder.

He is no less smart than his brother.

Den Blick nach oben gewandt, betrachtete er den Himmel.

He turned his gaze upwards and looked at the sky.

Turning his gaze upwards, he looked at the sky.

Lincoln war ein guter Politiker und ein gewandter Rechtsanwalt.

Lincoln was a good politician and a smart lawyer.

Sie ist gewandter als er.

She is smarter than he is.

Ein gewandter Scherer kann ein Schaf, je nach Größe und Verfassung, in zwei bis drei Minuten scheren.

A highly skilled shearer can shear a sheep in two to three minutes depending on the size and condition of the sheep.

Tom ist ein gewandter Schwimmer.

Tom is an accomplished swimmer.

Tom ist gewandt genug, um alle Fragen zu beantworten.

Tom is smart enough to answer all the questions.

Wie rasch doch grausam Schicksal sich gewandt hat gegen mich!

How fleetly in my damage cruel Fortune has changed!

How quickly to my detriment cruel Luck has changed!

Synonyme

agil:
agile
be­gabt:
gifted
talented
flink:
nimble
ge­konnt:
skilful
ge­len­kig:
flexible
ge­schickt:
handy
skilled
kul­ti­viert:
cultured
sophisticated
kunst­voll:
elaborate
ornate
leb­haft:
lively
vivacious
leicht­fü­ßig:
light-footed
nimble
mo­bil:
mobile
pro­fes­si­o­nell:
commercial
professional
rou­ti­niert:
experienced
seasoned
wen­dig:
maneuvrable

Antonyme

plump:
plump
ungainly
trä­ge:
lazy

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He's very skillful.

  • Mary wore a simple, yet elegant dress.

  • We should always strive for the most simple and elegant solution.

  • The bicycle is the most elegant and efficient means of transport ever invented.

  • Your handwriting is quite elegant.

  • That isn't very elegant.

  • I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

  • Today Mary is wearing elegant decorative glasses.

  • The elegant dance hall's polished stone floor has the mirror-like appearance of a body of calm, clear water.

  • Swans are beautiful and elegant birds, quite the opposite from crows and vultures.

  • Roman Catholic prayers in English are not as elegant as in Spanish or Tagalog.

  • That's not very elegant.

  • The bicycle is the most elegant, most efficient transportation device ever invented.

  • The double helix that encodes our genome is an elegant structure.

  • His trousers were holey, his shirt stitched with rough and ready repairs, but in curious contrast were the elegant new shoes he was wearing.

  • The bicycle is the most elegant, most efficient means of transport ever invented.

  • The bicycle is the most elegant, most efficient vehicle ever invented.

  • That's very elegant.

  • Character is not formed through elegant speech, but rather through work and personal achievement.

  • There is an elegant solution.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

wort­ge­wandt:
eloquent
felicitous
glib

Ge­wandt übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: gewandt. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: gewandt. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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