Was heißt »wa­bern« auf Englisch?

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

  • undulate
  • drift
  • swirl
  • waft
  • flicker

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Die Luft wabert, wenn sie heiß ist.

The air looks wavy when it's hot.

Synonyme

spu­ken:
haunt
trei­ben:
drive
zie­hen:
draw
pull
tow

Sinnverwandte Wörter

brut­zeln:
sizzle
knis­tern:
crackle
lo­dern:
blaze
blaze up
lo­hen:
blaze
qual­men:
fume
wal­len:
boil
seethe

Englische Beispielsätze

  • She listened to the verdict without showing so much as a flicker of emotion.

  • When the lift reaches the building's uppermost floors, its ceiling light starts to flicker.

  • The theory of plate tectonics in geology explains the phenomenon of continental drift.

  • The clouds drift round, and they glide by, surrounded by light and the blue sky.

  • Sitting in his armchair, he let his thoughts drift towards the future.

  • I catch your drift.

  • Without gravity, a satellite launched from the Earth would simply drift off endlessly into space, traveling in a straight line, instead of circling the planet.

  • After one last flicker, the candle went out.

  • I get your drift.

  • I like to lie on my back and watch the clouds drift by.

  • To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it– but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

  • This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.

  • Many people drift through life without a purpose.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: wabern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: wabern. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 12423156, 11713182, 10648343, 8866625, 8589847, 8533250, 8378567, 6293883, 6197780, 3728126, 1153425, 907018, 238016 & 1608. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR