Was heißt »jäh« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Dampfzug blieb jäh stehen.

The steam train abruptly stopped.

Zu den einen kommt die Liebe langsam und schleichend, die anderen überrascht sie jäh wie ein Pfeil.

Love comes slowly and gradually to some, it abruptly surprises others like an arrow.

Tom wurde durch ein lautes Pochen an der Eingangstür jäh aus seinem Schlummer gerissen.

Tom was abruptly woken from his slumber by loud banging on the front door.

Maria machte eine Cruyff-Wende, bei der Tom auf dem Hintern landete und alle anderen Jungen vor Schreck jäh nach Luft schnappen mussten, dass es gut zu hören war.

Mary did a Cruyff turn, leaving Tom on his backside and producing an audible gasp from all the other boys.

Synonyme

ab­schüs­sig:

aslope

steep

plötz­lich:

suddenly

steil:

steep

un­ver­mit­telt:

unexpected

unforeseen

un­ver­se­hens:

all of a sudden

suddenly

unexpectedly

ur­plötz­lich:

very sudden

vor­ei­lig:

rash

vor­schnell:

hastily

premature

rash

Antonyme

all­mäh­lich:

gradual

gradually

step by step

be­son­nen:

considerate

sanft:

gentle

soft

suave

wohl­über­legt:

well thought out (L=E)

well thought through (L=E)

Englische Beispielsätze

• Tom's not as abrupt as he once was. He's really nice now.

• He was always abrupt on the telephone.

• The lift came to an abrupt halt.

• You're very inconsiderate.

• A lot of people find Tom's abrupt manner off-putting.

• Tom is very inconsiderate.

• He is abrupt, but is, in fact, a good-natured person.

• He was confused by the abrupt question.

• That's very inconsiderate.

• You're inconsiderate.

• Don't make abrupt moves.

• She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.

• The car made an abrupt turn.

• There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.