Was heißt »ver­za­gen« auf Englisch?

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

  • despair
  • lose heart

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Nicht verzagen, Thomas fragen!

Don't despair, ask Thomas!

Nicht verzagen, Freund befragen!

Don't despair – ask a friend.

Die ihr nahestehen, sagen, sie sei verzagt gewesen.

Those close to her say she was despondent.

Synonyme

auf­ge­ben:
assign
give (give (homework))
give up
relinquish
schwarz­se­hen:
dodge the TV license

Englische Beispielsätze

  • With a courage born of despair, she faced her opponent in a duel.

  • Tom fell into the depths of despair.

  • Mary fell into the depths of despair.

  • He drives his teachers to despair.

  • This situation brought him to the brink of despair.

  • He was crying bitter tears of despair.

  • He cried bitter tears of despair.

  • Mary shook her head in despair.

  • Don't despair! There's always a way out!

  • The heroine hurled herself off the castle wall to kill herself in despair at the end of the play.

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

  • At last he fell into so great despair that he thought he would put an end to his own life.

  • Alcohol took me to the brink of despair.

  • Don't lose heart, Tom.

  • Don't lose heart now.

  • We were happy people before you came. Your arrival brought despair.

  • It was a cry of despair.

  • My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

  • When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

  • She was in despair when her husband died.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

auf­ge­ben:
assign
give (give (homework))
give up
relinquish

Ver­za­gen übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: verzagen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: verzagen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 826169, 1245967, 11531086, 10641647, 10131687, 10119767, 9195364, 9139882, 8919958, 8919957, 8411515, 6982270, 6301635, 6212540, 4869703, 2934675, 2270490, 2270489, 1812189, 1281924, 392504, 347791 & 316747. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR