Was heißt »sich« auf Englisch?

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

  • himself
  • herself
  • itself
  • oneself

Synonyme

ei­n­an­der:
each other

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Mary said that she would buy the flowers herself.

  • The gate opened all by itself.

  • Maria wants to buy herself a new washing machine.

  • Why did Tom kill himself?

  • She managed to elude the embarrassing situation that she found herself in.

  • Tom told Mary that he thought it wouldn't be good if she went there by herself.

  • Tom told Mary that she shouldn't go there by herself.

  • Why did Dan kill himself?

  • The octopus wrapped itself around its prey.

  • My sister does not think for herself.

  • He describes himself as a democratic socialist.

  • It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

  • Mary pictured herself lying on a beach, sipping a piña colada.

  • He has financially ruined not only himself but his family.

  • Tom ended up going by himself.

  • The boy hurt himself with a knife.

  • Tom seldom talks about himself.

  • Tom cut himself.

  • I'm surprised Tom's still alive. I thought he would've drunk himself to death years ago.

  • Tom accidentally shot himself.

Sich übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: sich. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: sich. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 5011493, 4975472, 5018421, 4955263, 5034364, 5038784, 5038787, 4948414, 5062383, 5063203, 5064996, 5067628, 4910927, 4904477, 4902803, 5093323, 4890812, 5102493, 4885357 & 4884436. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR