Was heißt »va­ge« auf Englisch?

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

  • vague
  • uncertain
  • sketchy
  • hazily
  • vaguely

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nach seinen politischen Maßnahmen gefragt, gab der Kandidat nur vage Antworten.

Questioned about his policies, the candidate gave only vague answers.

Er gab mir eine vage Antwort.

He gave a vague answer.

He gave me a vague answer.

Tom drückt sich vage aus.

Tom is vague.

Du drückst dich vage aus.

You're vague.

Das vage Gerücht erwies sich als falsch.

The vague rumor proved to be false.

Dieser Textabschnitt ist vage formuliert.

This paragraph is vague.

Ich bilde mir ein, dass ich flüssig bin in Englisch, aber flüssiges Sprechen ist natürlich ein vager Begriff.

I like to think that I'm fluent in English but fluency is, of course, a very vague term.

Tom war nicht vage.

Tom wasn't vague.

Tom gab mir eine vage Antwort.

Tom gave me a vague answer.

Tom gab eine vage Antwort.

Tom gave a vague answer.

Sie gab eine vage Antwort.

She gave a vague answer.

Toms Antwort war äußerst vage.

Tom's answer was very evasive.

Maria machte eine vage Handbewegung.

Mary gestured vaguely with her hand.

Mary motioned vaguely with her hand.

Mary waved vaguely.

Mary made a vague gesture with her hand.

Synonyme

ab­s­t­rus:
abstruse
blu­mig:
flowery
bruch­stück­haft:
fragmentary
dif­fus:
foggy
hazy
flüch­tig:
fugitive
im­pli­zit:
implicit
ne­bu­lös:
nebulous
un­be­stimmt:
undetermined
un­deut­lich:
indistinct
un­ge­fähr:
about
approximate
around
omtrentlig
roughly
some
un­ge­nau:
imprecise
un­scharf:
blurred
blurry
fuzzy
out of focus
unsharp
un­si­cher:
unsafe
un­ver­bind­lich:
curt
noncommittal
not binding
without obligation
un­zu­rei­chend:
insufficient
ver­schwom­men:
blurred
blurry
fuzzy
wahr­schein­lich:
likely
on the cards
probable
supposable
verisimilar
wol­kig:
cloudy
zwei­deu­tig:
ambiguous
zwei­fel­haft:
doubtful

Antonyme

deut­lich:
clear
distinct
marked
ein­deu­tig:
clear
unambiguous
unequivocal
univocal
ge­nau:
strictly
truly
ge­wiss:
certain
klar:
clear
lucid
prä­zi­se:
precise
un­wahr:
untrue
wahr:
true

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Nothing is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than its hour.

  • I vaguely remember something like that happening before.

  • I vaguely remember something like that happening once.

  • I've only got vague memories.

  • The book had a sketchy plot.

  • He was uncertain about which way to go.

  • The future is uncertain.

  • The longer I think about it the more uncertain I become.

  • The above table does not reflect uncertain tax positions of $8.4 million, the timing of which are uncertain except for $3.3 million that may become payable during 2017.

  • We gave Tom a talking to, and told him, in no uncertain terms, how to behave.

  • The future is very uncertain.

  • All this seems kind of sketchy.

  • That man looks vaguely familiar.

  • What the day may bring is uncertain.

  • We know just as little of what the soul is as we know of what is life. It's mysterious enough to be uncertain as to how much of the world I am and how much of me the world is. Nevertheless, the unconscious is real in any event, because it works.

  • In living through these uncertain times, it is necessary to be flexible and not be a captive to traditional values.

  • Tom is still uncertain.

  • I have a vague recollection.

  • Tom is uncertain.

  • Friendship in itself is something very vague and even in cases of same-sex friendships, it takes many shapes and is brought on by many different motives.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

un­ge­nau:
imprecise

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: vage. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: vage. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 893790, 1512901, 2205521, 2205523, 2316022, 2759433, 5390381, 6618847, 7636938, 7636943, 7712332, 8793041, 10151990, 11078059, 10592621, 10589393, 10275297, 9986627, 8964569, 8609956, 6879991, 6867135, 6204890, 6137144, 5734564, 5306656, 5181566, 3551668, 2961601, 2273525, 2266990, 2236889 & 1248694. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR