Was heißt »reu­en« auf Englisch?

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

  • regret

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Es reut mich, was ich gesagt habe.

I feel bad about what I said.

I regret what I said.

Es reut mich, sie geküsst zu haben.

I regret kissing her.

Es reut uns, das getan zu haben.

We regret doing that.

Es reute mich, dass ich das getan hatte.

I regretted having done that.

Es gereut uns nie, zu wenig gegessen zu haben.

We never repent having eaten too little.

Synonyme

be­reu­en:
repent
rue
leid­tun:
be sorry

Sinnverwandte Wörter

be­dau­ern:
deplore
sein:
be
exist
have

Antonyme

be­kräf­ti­gen:
confirm
reaffirm
reinforce

Englische Beispielsätze

  • We regret that we are unable to grant your request.

  • We regret that we are unable to agree to your request.

  • This, I regret to say, was not the case.

  • It is with regret that I confirm that this was not the case.

  • This, I regret to say, did not happen.

  • I regret to confirm that this didn't happen.

  • The memory of a particular image is but regret for a particular moment.

  • I do not regret having lived, since I have lived well.

  • The regret in his voice was palpable.

  • He was to regret the decision a week later.

  • He would regret the decision a week later.

  • Tom has only one regret.

  • Mary's heart aches with regret.

  • I don't constantly regret it anymore.

  • I regret giving up.

  • I regret wasting my time on that.

  • I really regret that!

  • I regret not telling the truth.

  • I regret telling the truth.

  • I regret having told the truth.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

be­reu­en:
repent
rue

Reu­en übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: reuen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: reuen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2182902, 4740346, 5505895, 7464121, 9630278, 11654796, 11642551, 11605259, 11605258, 11605254, 11605252, 11255490, 11055148, 11042010, 10977078, 10977077, 10726306, 10372316, 10344504, 10300024, 10159530, 9722985, 9699450, 9699391 & 9699383. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR