Was heißt »greis« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

"Um sicher zu gehen, dass ich nichts falsch mache, habe ich es mir zur Regel gemacht, nur Autoren zu zitieren, die ich vor mindestens siebzig Jahren selbst getötet habe", sagte der greise Jack the Reader.

"To be sure not to make a mistake, I've made it a rule to cite only authors whom I killed myself at least seventy years ago," the aged Jack the Reader said.

Maria erschrak, als sie sah, wie greis Tom geworden war.

Mary was shocked when she saw how old Tom had become.

Mary was shocked when she saw how old Tom had got.

Synonyme

ge­brech­lich:

frail

infirm

grei­sen­haft:

senile

hoch­be­tagt:

elderly

schein­tot:

seemingly dead (L=e)

se­nil:

senile

stein­alt:

ancient

hoary

old as the hills

older than dirt

ur­alt:

ancient

very old

Antonyme

ju­gend­lich:

juvenile

young

jung:

young

Englische Beispielsätze

• The old man asked me a favour.

• It was like old times.

• Who's hoovering? It's making a right old racket.

• I met an old man who said he'd never been to a restaurant in his life.

• How old is Papa Smurf?

• If you want to sell your old sofa, why not put an ad in the local paper?

• He left secondary school aged seventeen.

• Sudan, the last male of the species, is 41 years old, and his past attempts at mating were unsuccessful, so now conservationists will try to artificially impregnate a young, fertile female.

• What an old grump you are.

• My father is old enough to be my grandfather.

• We're sitting in an old theatre.

• How old is your fridge?

• He's my old drinking companion.

• He's my old boozing companion.

• He's my old drinking pal.

• He's been renovating old houses.

• He renovated old houses.

• She's been renovating old houses.

• She renovated old houses.

• He renovated the old houses.