Was heißt »nei­den« auf Englisch?

Das Verb nei­den lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • envy

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Er neidete ihnen ihr Glück.

He was jealous of their happiness.

He envied them their happiness.

Er neidete seinem Freund die Beförderung.

He was envious of his friend's promotion.

Tom neidete Maria ihren Erfolg.

Tom envied Mary's success.

Ich weiß nicht, was ich dir mehr neide: dein Gedächtnis oder deine Phantasie.

I don't know what I envy you more: your memory or your imagination.

Sie ahnte nicht, dass die freundlich scheinende Alte, die sich auf ihre Krücke stützte, in Wirklichkeit eine böse Hexe war, die der Königin ihr Glück neidete und entschlossen war, es zu zerstören.

She had no idea that the kind-looking old woman leaning on her crutch was in reality a wicked witch, who envied the Queen her good fortune, and was determined to ruin her.

Tom neidete Maria den Erfolg.

Tom was jealous of Mary's success.

Ich neide Tom den Erfolg.

I'm envious of Tom's success.

Offensichtlich neiden sie ihm seinen Reichtum und Status.

Obviously, they are jealous of his wealth and status.

Sie neidet mir mein Glück.

She is envious of my good fortune.

Synonyme

miss­gön­nen:
begrudge
grudge
resent

Antonyme

gön­nen:
afford
allow
indulge
treat oneself to something (L=e)

Englische Beispielsätze

  • There's no one who, leaving early in the morning for work, wouldn't envy their cat.

  • Tom possesses the extraordinary gift – the envy of me – of being able to read while he walks.

  • I have a wonderful brother-in-law and sister-in-law. But why do you envy me?

  • Tom would have died of envy if he had found out.

  • I think he said that out of envy.

  • Even though you have a lot of money, I don't envy you.

  • I envy your power of imagination.

  • I was green with envy.

  • Love and envy are siblings.

  • I envy them.

  • I do not envy the people at the White House.

  • The thought often comes to me that I envy the future for what it will know about the past.

  • Everyone knows that luck and wealth elicit envy.

  • When she heard that they were so happy, and so well off, envy and hatred rose in her heart and left her no peace, and she thought of nothing but how she could bring them again to misfortune.

  • I don't envy them.

  • I have to say I envy you guys.

  • Envious people die, but envy never does.

  • I have to say I envy you.

  • Tom turned green with envy.

  • I really don't envy you.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: neiden. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: neiden. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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