Was heißt »re­s­pek­ti­ve« auf Englisch?

Die Konjunktion re­s­pek­ti­ve lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • rather
  • respectively

Synonyme

eher:
earlier
sooner
oder:
else
isn't it
or

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I'd rather not sing tonight.

  • I'd rather not sing that song.

  • "I'd rather go back to the asylum than go to live with her," said Anne passionately.

  • I'd rather be pretty than clever.

  • I'd rather not eat right now.

  • I would rather go swimming.

  • Economy and quality are not opposites, but rather two sides of the same coin.

  • If you would rather be a sober alcoholic then I'd recommend a dry red wine.

  • I'd rather starve than steal.

  • Tom said that he'd rather come tomorrow.

  • Instead of complaining that we do not have everything we want, we should rather thank not to receive all that we deserve.

  • I'd rather not go there alone.

  • "It's childish to play with a teddy bear. I'd rather look at the news." "But Tom, you're only six. You can be quietly childish. Just be that and enjoy it!"

  • I'd rather call a taxi for you.

  • Tom preferred to walk ten kilometres rather than pay money for a bus ticket.

  • Learn to show the beloved object through the rays of your feeling rather than consume it!

  • I'd rather be his whore than your wife.

  • Information is necessary. Its absence gives rise not to a vacuum, but rather to the spread of rumours, gossip and misunderstandings.

  • What you see on the edge of the woods is not a tent, but rather a haystack.

  • The Latin in the film doesn't follow the scientifically reconstructed pronunciation, but instead sounds rather like Italian.

Re­s­pek­ti­ve übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: respektive. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: respektive. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 5798519, 5801512, 5825153, 5827597, 5838312, 6021999, 6026284, 5556556, 6054748, 5509425, 6098484, 6115789, 5446024, 6145946, 6146169, 6161192, 6173582, 6176188, 6195556 & 6201103. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR