Was heißt »schweig­sam« auf Englisch?

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

  • silent
  • taciturn

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Mein Vater ist schweigsam.

My father is quiet.

Sie ist von Natur aus schweigsam.

She is reserved by nature.

Sie sind plötzlich sehr schweigsam geworden.

You've suddenly gone quiet.

They've suddenly gone quiet.

You've gone very quiet all of a sudden.

Er ist schweigsam.

He's quiet.

He is taciturn.

He is reserved.

He is quiet.

Die Dame blieb schweigsam.

The lady remained silent.

Er war schweigsam wie ein Grab.

He was silent as the grave.

He was as silent as the grave.

Das Gespenst näherte sich langsam, feierlich und schweigsam.

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.

Die Engländer sind ein schweigsames Volk.

The English are a taciturn people.

Sie war gestern nachdenklich und schweigsam.

She was quiet and pensive yesterday.

Er war gestern nachdenklich und schweigsam.

Yesterday he was quiet and pensive.

Du bist heute Abend aber schweigsam!

You sure are quiet tonight.

Er ist von Natur aus schweigsam.

He is reserved by nature.

Er ist schweigsam, nicht wahr?

He's quiet, isn't he?

Synonyme

sprach­los:
be lost for words
still:
still
stumm:
mute
wort­karg:
untalkative

Antonyme

ge­sprä­chig:
talkative
red­se­lig:
loquacious
talkative

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Mary usually gives Tom the silent treatment after they've had an argument.

  • Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.

  • It's very silent here.

  • Suddenly, the crowd fell silent.

  • Speak now, or forever be silent.

  • You will remain silent until further instructed.

  • They were silent.

  • Tom fell silent.

  • The village was silent.

  • If you had remained silent, you would have remained a philosopher.

  • The room was completely silent and everyone stared at me.

  • The room was completely silent and everyone stared at us.

  • Tom remained silent for a while.

  • When Tom spoke, they all remained silent.

  • Tom started to speak, but then decided to remain silent.

  • Tom kept silent all day.

  • Tom kept silent for a while.

  • I won't stay silent.

  • I thought it would be better to remain silent.

  • In war the law stays silent.

Schweig­sam übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: schweigsam. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: schweigsam. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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