Was heißt »schil­dern« auf Englisch?

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

  • depict
  • describe
  • narrate

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Er schilderte lebhaft das Chaos nach dem Erdbeben.

He vividly depicted the confusion following the earthquake.

Kemal Tahir schildert die Besatzungszeit in Istanbul in den 1920er Jahren in seinem Buch "Die Leute der Sklavenstadt".

Kemal Tahir narrates the occupation days of Istanbul in 1920s in his book named "The People Of The Slave City".

Allzu traurig wär’s, wollte ich all das Leid und die Entbehrungen schildern, die das arme Entlein während des strengen Winters erdulden musste.

It would be very sad, were I to relate all the misery and privations which the poor little duckling endured during the hard winter.

Tom hat mir den Unfallhergang geschildert.

Tom told me how the accident happened.

Es fiel Tom schwer zu schildern, was geschehen war.

Tom had trouble explaining what happened.

Wir müssen nachprüfen, ob sich das, was Tom uns schilderte, wirklich so zutrug.

We need to make sure that what Tom told us happened really happened.

Sie schilderte mir auf humorvolle Weise ihre Begegnung mit ihm.

She gave me a humorous account of her encounter with him.

Synonyme

be­rich­ten:
refer
relate
report
dar­le­gen:
explain
present
por­t­rä­tie­ren:
portrait
portray
wie­der­ge­ben:
give back
render
return

Antonyme

ver­heim­li­chen:
conceal
hide
keep secret

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Can you describe his face?

  • The way you describe Boston makes me want to move there.

  • It's impossible to describe that in words.

  • It is impossible to depict that by means of words.

  • Math and science were invented by humans to describe and understand the world around us.

  • I can't describe my feelings.

  • The Girl Scouts recruited Queen Latifah to narrate a video featuring famous former Girl Scouts–Venus Williams, Katie Couric and many more.

  • How would you describe your ideal man?

  • That's the only way to describe it.

  • There is no such thing as a cynic, just people who describe the world as it is.

  • We will first describe the cause of the catastrophe.

  • I can't even describe how much I've missed home, I've missed it so much.

  • It's difficult to describe.

  • Write a paragraph using adjectives to describe a person's appearance.

  • The queen was more frightened than words can describe, and could neither speak a word nor move from the place so as to awaken the King or the sailors.

  • On a separate sheet of paper, describe your best friend: age, where he or she lives, his or her job, etc.

  • How would you describe the person you love the most?

  • It's really difficult to describe.

  • Words cannot describe how much I love you.

  • Can you describe them to me?

Übergeordnete Begriffe

spre­chen:
propose
speak
talk

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: schildern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: schildern. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 407684, 3776550, 7005840, 7978386, 9455870, 10698803, 12422737, 6012682, 5936368, 6200076, 6200102, 5325778, 6873439, 7023467, 7033186, 7120433, 4800310, 4800257, 4284669, 4016461, 7963705, 3882130, 3786122, 8300312, 3442509, 8555633 & 3328514. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR