Was heißt »maß­voll« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv »maß­voll« (auch: massvoll) lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • modest
  • temperately
  • restrained

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Verfalle nicht in Extreme. Es ist wichtig, in allen Dingen maßvoll zu sein.

Don't go to extremes. To be moderate is important in anything.

Die Gewerkschaft war maßvoll in ihren Lohnforderungen.

The union was modest in its wage demands.

Um Frankreich zu regieren, bedarf es heftiger Worte und maßvoller Taten.

Ruling France requires fierce words and moderate actions.

Synonyme

ge­mä­ßigt:
guarded
moderate
temperate
mä­ßig:
mediocre
moderate
mo­de­rat:
moderate
ver­hal­ten:
bated
subdued
suppressed

Antonyme

maß­los:
beyond measure
boundless
exorbitant

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He's always so modest.

  • The films shown in this modest cinema had an intermission during which the projectionist changed the reel.

  • There was an intermission in the films shown in this modest cinema, during which the projectionist changed the reel.

  • Mary expresses herself very directly, and is not exactly restrained in her choice of words.

  • You're very modest.

  • Be more modest.

  • She restrained herself.

  • I'm very modest. I brag about it all the time.

  • Mary is a modest girl.

  • The result was rather modest.

  • The result was modest.

  • It was a modest outcome.

  • Being modest is not the same as being reserved.

  • Tom is a very modest man.

  • She's so modest that she blindfolds herself when taking a bath.

  • My goals are modest.

  • The young lady is modest like a violet.

  • I'm very modest.

  • Tom is very modest.

  • Oh, don't be so modest.

Maßvoll übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: maßvoll. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: maßvoll. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 486132, 988426, 9007277, 8815045, 8893124, 8893125, 8919964, 8175232, 8105204, 7382837, 10123268, 10354484, 10512727, 10515979, 10515980, 10703790, 5598573, 4579109, 4499948, 3657493, 3001089, 2699024 & 2396309. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR