Was heißt »rat­los« auf Englisch?

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

  • at a loss
  • helpless

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Männer waren ratlos.

The men were at a loss.

Auf die vom Reporter unvermittelt gestellte Frage hin wirkte sie ratlos.

She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.

Er war ratlos, welchen Weg er nehmen sollte.

He was at a loss which way to take.

Die Ärzte sind ratlos, was Tom fehlt.

The doctors don't know what's wrong with Tom.

Toms Arzt war ratlos.

Tom's doctor couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Der Arzt war ratlos.

The doctor couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Tom war total ratlos.

Tom did not know what to think.

Bei diesem Problem bin ich wirklich ratlos.

That problem has really got me.

Synonyme

auf­ge­löst:
dissolved
durch­ei­n­an­der:
chaotic
jumbled
mixed up
ent­geis­tert:
dumbfounded
fas­sungs­los:
aghast
bewildered
perplexed
speechless
stunned
in­dif­fe­rent:
apathetic
indifferent
kon­s­ter­niert:
with consternation
ver­dat­tert:
befuddled
dazed
flabbergasted
stunned
ver­ständ­nis­los:
blank
uncomprehending

Sinnverwandte Wörter

per­plex:
confused
perplexed
puzzled

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He lay helpless on the floor for two hours.

  • Watching the news can sometimes make me feel so helpless, like the world is falling apart and there’s little I can do to address it but watch it burn around me.

  • He was helpless.

  • Seiji Toda told Japan’s TBS television he was shocked and felt helpless when he saw that his restaurant in Hiroshima had been destroyed by a landslide.

  • I'm not helpless, you know.

  • Being at a loss for a coachman, Cinderella said, "I will go and see if there is not a rat in the rat-trap–we may make a coachman of him." "You are right," replied her godmother; "go and look."

  • Tom was helpless.

  • We were all helpless.

  • I'm helpless without that dictionary, even when it's just for one day.

  • Tom is never at a loss for words.

  • She was never at a loss for an excuse.

  • It seemed that Lisa was at a loss.

  • He's never at a loss for words.

  • Tom felt helpless.

  • I feel so helpless.

  • We're helpless.

  • I feel helpless.

  • Tom is helpless.

  • I was at a loss as to what to do.

  • She was at a loss for words.

Rat­los übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: ratlos. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: ratlos. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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