Was heißt »un­ver­hofft« auf Englisch?

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

  • unexpected

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Ich habe ihn ganz unverhofft getroffen.

I met him totally unexpectedly.

Ich bin froh, dass ich Sie gestern auf dem Bahnhof getroffen habe! Das war wirklich ein unverhofftes Glück!

I'm glad to have met you at the station yesterday. It really was an unexpected pleasure.

I'm glad I saw you at the station yesterday. It really was an unexpected pleasure.

Synonyme

über­ra­schend:
surprising
un­ge­ahnt:
unforeseen
unsuspected
un­ge­wollt:
unintended
unwanted
un­ver­mit­telt:
unforeseen
un­ver­se­hens:
all of a sudden
suddenly
unexpectedly
wi­der Er­war­ten:
against all odds
expectation (contrary to (all/our) expectations)
expectation (against expectation(s))

Sinnverwandte Wörter

plötz­lich:
suddenly

Englische Beispielsätze

  • For Tom, being made redundant was an unexpected shock.

  • For Tom, getting sacked was an unexpected shock.

  • He was surprised by the unexpected outcome.

  • Record flooding in Australia this week has had an unexpected consequence, driving hordes of spiders–including one of the world’s deadliest species–out of their usual habitat and into homes and backyards.

  • Tom's arrest wasn't unexpected.

  • We've encountered some unexpected obstacles.

  • No doubt something unexpected was happening.

  • No doubt something unexpected happened.

  • All of a sudden, Bello broke loose from his lead, bolted towards the river and leapt in. Only now do we realise the reason for this unexpected behaviour lay in the fate of a drowning fawn which the dog pulled up on the bank and thus rescued.

  • Taking the last train is always an adventure full of unexpected twists and turns.

  • I know that it's a little unexpected.

  • To what do I owe the unexpected honour of finding you here in my house?

  • Tom got an unexpected visit from Mary.

  • An unexpected error has occurred.

  • In the evening light, the sandstone façade of the Romanesque basilica lit up with an unexpected splendour of colours.

  • And then something unexpected occurred.

  • It was totally unexpected.

  • This is totally unexpected.

  • Nothing unexpected happened.

  • This was totally unexpected.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: unverhofft. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: unverhofft. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1272671, 4182604, 11134615, 10716434, 10352237, 9868273, 9459111, 8897240, 8782905, 8782904, 8565307, 8300364, 8297979, 6196015, 6002366, 5785989, 5370704, 4567849, 4498437, 4498433, 4498430 & 4498429. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR