Was heißt »mit­tels« auf Englisch?

Die Präposition mit­tels lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • by means of
  • by
  • with

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Schuld beglich er mittels Ratenzahlungen.

He paid the debt through instalments.

Ich verstehe Deutsch genauso gut wie der Irre, der es erfunden hat, spreche es aber am besten mittels eines Dolmetschers.

I can understand German as well as the maniac that invented it, but I talk it best through an interpreter.

Es war eine echte Herausforderung für uns, die Klippe mittels eines Seils herabzuklettern.

It was a real challenge for us to go down the cliff on a rope.

Das wird ein Krieg auf Knopfdruck mittels Nuklearraketen.

It will be a push-button war of nuclear missiles.

Das Haus wird mittels Solarenergie beheizt.

The house is heated by solar energy.

Maria hat mittels einer Zeitmaschine bei der Prüfung geschummelt.

Mary cheated in the exam with the help of a time machine.

Das lässt sich mittels einiger Beispiele illustrieren.

This can be illustrated with the help of a few examples.

Es ist schwierig, es mittels einer Nachricht zu erklären.

It's difficult to explain in a message.

Maria spielte mittels ihrer Gabel mit dem Essen auf ihrem Teller.

Mary used her fork to play with the food on her plate.

Die Menschen können erstaunliche Dinge vollbringen, weil sie Informationen über ihre Kenntnisse und Absichten mittels der Sprache austauschen können.

Humans accomplish amazing things, because they can exchange informations about their knowledge and intentions via the medium of language.

Botanik ist die Kunst, Pflanzen mittels Stücken Papiers auszutrockenen und sie mit griechischen und lateinischen Namen zu beleidigen.

Botany is the art of drying out plants with pieces of paper and insulting them in Greek and Latin.

Der Affe nahm sich mittels eines Stockes eine Banane.

The monkey took a banana by means of the stick.

Fällt das Einparken mittels Rundumsichtanzeige nicht schwer?

Isn't it hard to park while looking at the Around View Monitor?

Der Iran hat den Jemen gewaltsam kolonisiert, und zwar mittels seiner Marionetten, den Huthis.

Iran violently colonized Yemen via its puppets, the Houthis.

Synonyme

an­hand:
by way of
in light of
in the light of
in the view of
durch:
through
über:
above
over
via:
via

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Both word and picture represented an apple by means of lines.

  • "There's that scowl on Tom's face again. What's up with him?" "It usually means he doesn't agree with what's being said."

  • "Zugzwang" is a German word which, with reference to chess, means more or less the following: "obligation to make a move and, consequently, to lose the game".

  • Peace is the continuation of war with other means.

  • "Sensible" in the eyes of most people means that which most people can agree on, and is not linked with making sense, but rather with consensus.

  • "The lizard dares to face the hydra" means something like "Someone is attacking a mountain with a hoe", says another of our friends.

  • It is impossible to depict that by means of words.

  • A man with white hair is like a house with snow on the roof. It is by no means clear that there is no fire in the stove.

  • Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.

  • One needs to buy a house that's within one's means, but one also needs to grasp an opportunity.

  • Does anyone know what it means to die of thirst with the sea right in front of you?

  • The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

  • As a means to pass the time on his long journeys, Christopher Columbus once made a sentence with an infinite number of words.

  • She explained her idea by means of pictures.

  • She unlocked the car door by means of a hairpin.

  • He lives within his means.

  • Poverty with honesty is preferable to wealth obtained by unfair means.

  • Human beings communicate with each other by means of language.

  • We express our thoughts by means of words.

  • Our thought is expressed by means of language.

Mit­tels übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: mittels. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: mittels. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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