Was heißt »kon­t­rär« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »kon­t­rär« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • contrarian
  • contrary
  • adverse

Synonyme

ab­surd:
absurd
ab­träg­lich:
detrimental
ad­ver­sa­tiv:
adversative
dia­me­tral:
diametric
diametrical
dis­kre­pant:
at variance
discrepant
inconsistent
dis­pa­rat:
disparate
fol­ge­wid­rig:
inconsequent
inconsistent
ge­gen­läu­fig:
in the opposite direction
hem­mend:
clogging
debilitating
inhibiting
inhibitory
repressive
in­ko­hä­rent:
incoherent
noncoherent
in­kon­sis­tent:
inconsistent
nach­tei­lig:
disadvantageous
pa­ra­dox:
paradoxical
po­lar:
polar
un­güns­tig:
inconvenient
unfavourable
un­ver­ein­bar:
incombinable
incompatible

Antonyme

för­der­lich:
beneficial
conducive

Englische Beispielsätze

  • There's no shortage of good books; on the contrary, there are plenty of them.

  • "No one knows my name!" "On the contrary, you're Rumpelstiltskin, aren't you?" "The devil told you that!"

  • Mary is no night owl. On the contrary, she's an early riser.

  • The rehearsal was cancelled because of adverse weather conditions.

  • The invasion of Anglicisms had not yet started in 1945, a common assumption to the contrary.

  • "Have you finished?" "On the contrary. I haven't even started."

  • The theory of reincarnation is not an invention of spiritualism, on the contrary, you can find this idea in the theory of transmigration of Pythagoras.

  • Quite the contrary, I'm the one who must ask for forgiveness.

  • "Are you ready?" "On the contrary, I have not even started yet."

  • These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

  • This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

  • On the contrary, I've never said such a thing.

  • She said that what they were doing was contrary to the company's sexual harassment policy.

  • He's not lazy. On the contrary, I think he's a hard worker.

  • What he has said is contrary to fact.

  • They say he is guilty, but I believe the contrary.

  • I know nothing to the contrary.

  • My opinion is contrary to yours.

  • "I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."

  • "Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I'm just starting."

Konträr übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: konträr. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: konträr. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11134716, 11070336, 11045296, 10730917, 6030614, 4990361, 3120670, 2964023, 1077654, 554912, 554810, 456545, 310014, 301177, 287904, 284248, 254065, 250440, 73973 & 73861. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR