Was heißt »so­zu­sa­gen« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der alte Mann ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.

That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

Er ist sozusagen ein gelehrter Dummkopf.

He is, so to speak, a learned fool.

Er ist sozusagen ihr Diener.

He is, so to speak, her servant.

Wir saßen sozusagen auf einem Vulkan.

We sat, as it were, on a volcano.

Japan ist sozusagen seine zweite Heimat.

Japan is, as it were, his second home.

Er verliert niemals seine Neugier. Er ist sozusagen ein ewiger Jugendlicher.

He never loses his curiosity; he is, as it were, an eternal youth.

Ein Kamel ist, sozusagen, ein Wüstenschiff.

A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.

Ein Abkommen ist sozusagen ein Vertrag zwischen Staaten.

A treaty is, as it were, a contract between countries.

Er ist sozusagen ein japanischer Edison.

He is a Japanese Edison, as it were.

Diese Arbeit ist sozusagen fertig.

That job is pretty much finished.

Diese Katze gehört sozusagen zur Familie.

This cat is, so to speak, a member of our family.

Mein Vater ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.

My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

Er ist sozusagen eine Enzyklopädie auf zwei Beinen.

He is, so to speak, a walking encyclopedia.

Er ist sozusagen ein Bücherwurm.

He is, so to speak, a bookworm.

Er ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.

He is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

Er ist, sozusagen, wie ein Fisch auf dem Trockenen.

He is, so to speak, a fish out of water.

Das war sozusagen ein Teil der Arbeit.

That was, as it were, part of the job.

Er hat es mir sozusagen versprochen.

He sort of promised me.

He kind of promised me.

Ich war sozusagen ein Außenseiter.

I was an outsider, so to speak.

Und das ist sozusagen ein Begrüßungssatz.

And that's a welcoming sentence, so to speak.

Dieser Hund ist sozusagen ein Mitglied unserer Familie.

This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.

Diese Firma hat sozusagen ein Monopol auf dem Gebiet.

That company has a monopoly in the field, so to speak.

Herr Johnson ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.

Mr Johnson is, as it were, a walking dictionary.

Sie ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.

She is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.

Er ist sozusagen Familienmitglied.

He's a member of the family, so to speak.

Du bist sozusagen wie ein Fisch auf dem Trockenen.

You are, so to speak, a fish out of water.

Die Briten waren sozusagen die Amerikaner des 19. Jahrhunderts.

The Brits were the Americans of the 19th century, so to speak.

Synonyme

fast:

all but

almost

nearly

ge­wis­ser­ma­ßen:

in a way

to a certain extent

ir­gend­wie:

somehow

prak­tisch:

handy

qua­si:

virtually

wei­test­ge­hend:

mostly

wide

widely

Englische Beispielsätze

• Really? You saying that sort of thing makes me really happy.

• You understand more than me about this sort of thing.

• This sort of thing only exists in Switzerland.

• I hope to have that sort of opportunity again.

• The sort of information we need isn't always available.

• The sort of information that we need isn't always available.

• "What sort of book are you reading?" "A novel."

• Every movie preview now starts with an explosion – sort of like how Mary slams down the toilet seat because Tom always leaves it up.

• What sort of person does something like that?

• I'm not interested in that sort of thing anymore.

• "Do you really want to throw away that beautiful dress, Mary? You've always looked so snazzy in it!" "Nan! It doesn't fit me any more, and that sort of thing's gone way out of fashion!"

• It sort of looks like someone used machine translation for this.

• This car seat has a sort of "fart memory."

• "What are you drinking there?" "It's sort of like a health drink Mary has concocted from all kinds of natural ingredients. Tastes quite good. Do you want a cup?" "Er, nah, I'll leave it, thanks."

• He hasn't said what sort of bicycle he's got.

• He hasn't said what sort of bike he's got.

• Does he do any sort of sport?

• I was sort of expecting it, but it was still a bit of a downer.

• My dog doesn't really bark. He sort of just whines.

• This being accomplished, they returned to their sheep and goats, which they found lying on the ground neither browsing nor bleating but worried, as it were, by the absence of their keepers.