Was heißt »ver­fan­gen« auf Englisch?

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

  • succeed
  • work

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Mein Schnürsenkel hat sich in der Rolltreppe verfangen.

My shoelace got caught in the escalator.

Spinnen erwarten, dass Insekten sich im Netz verfangen. So bekommen sie ihre Nahrung.

Spiders wait for insects to become entangled in their nets. That's how they get their food.

Viele gepiercte Jugendliche bleiben mit dem Partner ein Leben lang zusammen – besonders wenn sich der Nasenring des einen in der Zahnspange des anderen verfangen hat!

Many young people with piercings stay together their whole lives, especially if one gets their nose ring stuck in the other's braces.

Ihr Kleid hatte sich in der Tür des Aufzugs verfangen.

Her dress was caught in the elevator door.

Synonyme

an­schla­gen:
aim
bark
chip
knock
level
put up
strike
touch
an­spre­chen:
accost
address
ein­stei­gen:
board
get in
ver­ha­ken:
hook together
zie­hen:
draw
pull
tow

Englische Beispielsätze

  • He went to work even though he was ill.

  • Tom was out of work when I first met him.

  • Do you prefer to work alone or in a team?

  • Do you prefer to work alone or with others?

  • She used to work at the post office.

  • He used to work at the post office.

  • There's no one who, leaving early in the morning for work, wouldn't envy their cat.

  • My grandpa used to work at a slaughterhouse.

  • I hardly ever see Tom. He leaves for work before dawn and gets back after dark.

  • Creating a little flower is lengthy work.

  • That was a bit of work, but I got it done.

  • John went back to work after spending a fortnight in hospital.

  • We need to work together to make the world a better place.

  • Shovelling snow is hard work.

  • Did you work the whole night?

  • After work, Tom usually goes to the bar.

  • Next week we start work on Wednesday.

  • First the work, then the wages.

  • The phone doesn't work at the moment.

  • You don't have to be mad to work here, but it certainly helps.

Ver­fan­gen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: verfangen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: verfangen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 756078, 834922, 1918911, 2327386, 12425236, 12421970, 12402445, 12402444, 12389597, 12389596, 12387003, 12381190, 12355080, 12325118, 12323029, 12307447, 12287109, 12268137, 12264561, 12257778, 12255633, 12255625, 12245812 & 12245722. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR