Was heißt »um­funk­ti­o­nie­ren« auf Englisch?

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

  • convert
  • repurpose

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Tom hat sein Schlafzimmer zu einem Büro umfunktioniert.

Tom converted his bedroom into an office.

Dan hat sein Schlafzimmer zu einem Büro umfunktioniert.

Dan converted his bedroom into an office.

Synonyme

um­rüs­ten:
adapt
re-equipe
um­stel­len:
surround
um­wan­deln:
transform
zweck­ent­frem­den:
use for a purpose not intended

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom's name was easy to convert to katakana.

  • Sami and Layla wanted to convert to Islam.

  • In her despair, she prayed the Gods to convert her into a bird before she reached her home.

  • Hubble has two solar panels which are each 2.3 meters by 11.9 meters in size. These panels convert sunlight directly into electricity.

  • Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) forced many Tatars to convert from Islam to Christianity.

  • Tom suggested that they convert the old church into a concert hall.

  • Let's try to convert German into a Romance language.

  • Come to think of it, a Jew has never come to my door trying to convert me to Judaism. A point in their favor!

  • She loved fat men, so she decided to convert to Buddhism.

  • If you convert 48 hours into minutes, how many minutes does that make?

  • He is a recent convert to Catholicism.

  • You must convert dollars into the local currency.

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: umfunktionieren. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: umfunktionieren. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 4057722, 6470636, 9373530, 7306890, 6212540, 3958143, 3486610, 3144508, 796896, 602022, 487937, 476623, 387711 & 36884. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR