Was heißt »schrän­ken« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »schrän­ken« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • set

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Geist ist Bewusstsein, das sich Beschränkungen auferlegt hat. Ursprünglich bist du unbegrenzt und vollkommen. Später schränkst du dich ein und wirst der Geist.

Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.

Der Schneefall schränkte die Sicht ein.

The snow reduced visibility.

The snow was reducing visibility.

Alkohol schränkt das Urteilsvermögen ein.

Alcohol impairs your judgment.

Die Grenzen meiner Sprache schränken mein Denken ein. Ich kann nur sagen, dass ich etwas weiß, wenn ich es mit Worten ausdrücken kann.

The limitations of my language limit my thinking. I can only say that I know something if I know how to express it in words.

Sinnverwandte Wörter

span­nen:
stretch
tighten

Englische Beispielsätze

  • A museum was set up in the former barracks.

  • Was there a reason you set your alarm so early?

  • Tom always keeps a set of jump leads in the boot of his car.

  • My father set his alarm to six in the morning.

  • I set out early to get the best possible spot.

  • The fire alarm was set off.

  • She waited without saying a word until I, likewise silent, set down a steaming hot cup of tea in front of her.

  • Before moving on, Tom set about putting the spot where he had pitched his tent back the way he had found it. When he had finished, there was no sign that anyone had been camping there.

  • The film is set in the present day.

  • You don't have to set off straight away.

  • This will set off a domino effect.

  • I set off for London.

  • I had to set the clock.

  • Will a human ever set foot on a different planet?

  • The sun has just set.

  • Please let me know as soon as possible if they would like to set up part of the conference room to exhibit their products.

  • Having ordered a cup of coffee, she regarded the brown liquid set down before her with scepticism.

  • She ordered a cup of coffee, and looked down sceptically at the brown liquid that had been set before her.

  • Ring me before you set off.

  • He set up as a pharmacist.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

ein­schrän­ken:
cut
limit
reduce
restrain

Schränken übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: schränken. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 3467564, 6672206, 9941528, 10558186, 11505677, 11480078, 11406717, 11327843, 11246216, 11235275, 11222781, 11213830, 11184948, 11169301, 11163371, 11147176, 11134667, 11021302, 11018026, 11017129, 10788091, 10788080, 10787716 & 10773632. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR