Was heißt »net« auf Englisch?

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

  • tight
  • very close (L=E)

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Goethes letzte Worte waren nicht "Mehr Licht!", sondern was er im Sinn hatte zu sagen war "Mer licht hier net guud.", was Hessisch ist und so viel bedeutet wie "Man liegt hier nicht gut.".

Goethe's last words were not "more light!" but what he had in mind was to say "Mer licht hier net guud." In Hessian this means "it isn't very suitable in here."

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She's tight-lipped about her plans.

  • We were very close friends and often visited each other's homes.

  • Your trousers are too tight.

  • My swimming costume is too tight.

  • Don't be so tight-fisted.

  • Don't be so tight.

  • The shirt is too tight on you.

  • That shirt is too tight for you.

  • It's very close by.

  • Our timetable is a little tight.

  • These trousers are a bit too tight round the waist.

  • Tom likes to wear tight trousers.

  • Tom was wearing a tight-fitting jumper.

  • Tom wore a tight-fitting jumper.

  • It's very close to here.

  • Crying is a very close neighbor to joy.

  • I came very close to giving up.

  • Tom's band of ageing, overweight pub rockers creaked on to the stage in their tight leather trousers.

  • Don't you think that this sweater is a bit too tight?

  • The railway station is very close to the hotel.

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: net. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 772970, 12273039, 12204294, 12114745, 11926884, 11821616, 11821614, 11209208, 11209207, 11166253, 11144848, 11085840, 11085833, 11066261, 11066260, 11063741, 11031938, 10685618, 10475213, 10472175 & 10172760. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR