Was heißt »ver­fal­len« auf Englisch?

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

  • decay
  • deteriorate

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Weg ist verfallen.

The path is broken.

Die Stadt verfiel.

The town fell into ruin.

Ich bin der Sucht verfallen.

I'm addicted.

Sie verfiel schließlich der schlechten Angewohnheit des Rauchens.

She eventually got into the bad habit of smoking.

Tom war der erste Mann, den Maria nicht umgarnen konnte, der unnahbar für sie war, und das führte dazu, dass sie ihm restlos verfiel.

Tom was the first man that Maria could not immediately seduce. For her he seemed out of reach. All the more reason for her to fall ever more deeply in love with him.

Sie verfiel in Schweigen, und als sie wieder zu sprechen begann, war ihre Stimme sehr leise.

She fell silent. When she began to speak again, her voice was very quiet.

Tom meint, Maria sei dem Schlankheitswahn verfallen.

Tom thinks Mary has fallen to the skinniness craze.

Nach ihrem Tod verfiel er in eine Depression.

After her death, he sunk into depression.

After her death, he sank into a depression.

Es ist nahezu unmöglich, nicht in die Babysprache zu verfallen, wenn man mit einem kleinen Kind spricht.

It's practically impossible not to use baby talk when talking to a young child.

Tom verfiel wieder seiner Heroinsucht.

Tom relapsed into using heroin.

Tom relapsed on heroin.

Maria verfiel kurz vor Weihnachten in einen Einkaufswahn.

Mary went on an insane shopping spree just before Christmas.

Tom gab sich Mühe, nicht in Panik zu verfallen.

Tom tried not to panic.

Nach dem Tod seines Vaters verfiel Tom stark dem Alkohol.

After his father's death, Tom started drinking heavily.

Die Menge verfiel in Gelächter.

The crowd burst into laughter.

Nach dem Tod seiner Frau verfiel Tom dem Alkohol.

Tom began drinking heavily after his wife died.

Nach dem Tode seiner Frau verfiel er in tiefe Trauer.

After the death of his wife, he fell into a deep grief.

Hing er wirklich an seinem Vater? Ja! Nach dessen Tode verfiel er in eine tiefe Depression.

Was he really attached to his father? Yes. After his death, he sank into a deep depression.

Ich will einfach in Winterschlaf verfallen.

I just want to hibernate.

Ich will in Winterschlaf verfallen.

I want to hibernate.

Wir müssen anerkennen, dass alles besser geworden ist, aber wir dürfen da jetzt nicht in Selbstgefälligkeit verfallen.

We should acknowledge that things have improved, but we shouldn't be complacent.

Anne war wieder in Träumerei verfallen, mit dem Kinn auf den Händen und den Augen im Himmel.

Anne had relapsed into reverie, with her chin in her hands and her eyes on the sky.

Synonyme

ab­hän­gig:
dependent
auf­hö­ren:
cease
quit
stop
aus­ge­hen:
assume
go out
go places
hypothesize
aus­lau­fen:
flow out
leak
run out
bau­fäl­lig:
dilapidated
en­den:
end
he­r­un­ter­ge­kom­men:
down and out
down-and-out
run-down
schlie­ßen:
close
shut
süch­tig:
addicted
hooked
ver­der­ben:
ruin
spoil
ver­kom­men:
be wasted
go bad
go to waste
ver­wahr­lo­sen:
degenerate
get in a bad state
zer­fal­len:
dilapidate
disintegrate
zu­rück­fal­len:
drop back
fall behind
reflect on somebody
relapse
revert to somebody

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The situation may deteriorate at any time.

  • Some soft drinks have very high sugar content and can cause obesity and tooth decay if consumed to excess.

  • We have to pick those apples right now, otherwise they'll decay.

  • Time was running out for the Earthlings as their planetary environment was in decay. Space travel became a necessity.

  • Chopin's health continued to deteriorate.

  • If Tom doesn't take the prescribed medicine, his state of health might deteriorate.

  • The decay of the shrine is due, in part, to acid rain.

  • Tom's health started to deteriorate after the death of his beloved wife, Mary.

  • Salt helps to preserve food from decay.

  • Tom's condition does nothing but deteriorate. We fear that there is nothing more we can do for him.

  • Brushing your teeth helps prevent tooth decay.

  • His state of health continued to deteriorate.

  • His health continued to deteriorate.

  • His condition continued to deteriorate.

  • Without water, sanitation and hygiene standards in the hospitals deteriorate.

Ver­fal­len übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: verfallen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: verfallen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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