Was heißt »lau« auf Englisch?

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

  • lukewarm
  • tepid
  • mild

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Es weht ein laues Lüftchen.

A gentle wind is blowing.

Das Licht der Kerze flackert im lauen Wind.

The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.

Ich arbeite nicht für lau.

I don't work for free.

Synonyme

dünn:
thin
fa­de:
flavorless
insipid
flau:
weak
halb­her­zig:
desultory
half-hearted
lackadaisical
kraft­los:
powerless
lasch:
lackadaisical
limp
lau­warm:
halfhearted
leicht:
light
lind:
gentle
mild:
gentle
öde:
abandoned
deserted
empty
schal:
insipid
stale
schwach:
weak
wäss­rig:
watery

Antonyme

heiß:
hot
kalt:
chilling
chilly
cold
cool
freezing

Englische Beispielsätze

  • That winter was unusually mild.

  • Winter was unusually mild.

  • When autumn comes, many people suffer from a mild form of depression that could be treated with phototherapy.

  • Winter was exceptionally mild.

  • Winter will be mild.

  • The palace said the prince, 71, had only mild symptoms and was otherwise in good health.

  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, put himself in isolation after his wife showed mild symptoms of the virus.

  • It's a mild November morning.

  • It's an unseasonably mild November morning.

  • There was a bar inside the marquee at the village fete selling lukewarm beer and cider.

  • Autumn was long and mild.

  • "Would you like your kebab hot and spicy or mild?" "As hot and spicy as possible, please!"

  • Tom and Mary sat together for a long time enjoying life on this mild Cretan evening.

  • The weather was mild.

  • I don't like lukewarm coffee.

  • It was an unusually mild winter.

  • Enjoy the mild weather before the snow comes.

  • The water was lukewarm.

  • We're having a mild winter.

  • Mary likes her coffee steaming hot, while Tom likes his lukewarm.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: lau. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: lau. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2765619, 2941915, 11950179, 9464918, 9464917, 9850727, 9939717, 10113358, 8633863, 8609772, 10497768, 10497771, 10808894, 10853923, 10987789, 11550954, 11951600, 6665343, 5834127, 5228665, 3719561, 3310950 & 3271712. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR