Was heißt »kon­t­ra-« auf Englisch?

Das Präfix »kon­t­ra-« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • counter-
  • double

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Is there a double room?

  • We use double negatives in our language.

  • It was all double Dutch to him.

  • Anger is a double-edged sword.

  • Yiddish, like French, requires double negatives.

  • Tom got a ticket for parking on a double-yellow line.

  • My favourite stringed instrument is the double bass.

  • I'm looking for a double room.

  • We'd like to check in. We've booked a double room under the name Miller.

  • DNA is known for its double helix shape.

  • I'm afraid I haven't booked. Do you still have a double room free?

  • Tom lost possession, and the opposition launched a counter-attack.

  • The actual number is about double that.

  • That car is parked on a double yellow line.

  • The real number is close to double that.

  • Tie your shoelaces with a double knot; then they won't keep coming undone.

  • Tie your shoelaces with a double knot so they won't keep coming undone.

  • It's double the size.

  • Let me answer that question with a counter-question: Who cares?

  • There are no double-decker buses in Algiers.

Kontra- übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: kontra-. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11178512, 11166751, 11134751, 11086232, 11078711, 11053738, 10982524, 10965653, 10769852, 10522567, 10490931, 10314443, 10283355, 9977561, 9790625, 9444439, 9444438, 8920113, 8860292 & 8558156. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR