Was heißt »wi­der­sin­nig« auf Englisch?

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

  • absurd

Synonyme

aber­wit­zig:
ludicrous
be­scheu­ert:
dumb
stupid
blöd:
silly
stupid
däm­lich:
sodding
stupid
dis­pa­rat:
disparate
fol­ge­wid­rig:
inconsequent
inconsistent
idi­o­tisch:
idiotic
in­ko­hä­rent:
incoherent
noncoherent
in­kon­sis­tent:
inconsistent
ir­ra­ti­o­nal:
irrational
ir­re:
crazy
insane
mad
Irr­sinn:
insanity
lunacy
madness
kon­t­rär:
contrarian
contrary
kon­tra­pro­duk­tiv:
counterproductive
kraus:
crinkly
pa­ra­dox:
paradoxical
Quatsch:
bullshit
nonsense
schwach­sin­nig:
foolish
soft in the head
weak-minded
sinn­frei:
meaningless
senseless
stö­rend:
disruptive
tö­richt:
foolish
un­sin­nig:
nonsensical
unreasonable
un­ver­ständ­lich:
inapprehensible
incomprehensible
unintelligible
ver­rückt:
crazy
mad
wi­der­sprüch­lich:
contradictory

Sinnverwandte Wörter

sinn­los:
senseless
un­ver­nünf­tig:
unreasonable

Englische Beispielsätze

  • To call him a genius is downright absurd.

  • This is an absurd situation.

  • This law is absurd.

  • Tom had the absurd idea of wanting to speak German in the German capital: the waiter didn't understand him.

  • Many consider his idea absurd.

  • At first, the idea seemed absurd.

  • This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard.

  • That would be absurd.

  • How absurd!

  • It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

  • It is absurd to believe that young children can run faster than policemen.

  • It is absurd trying to persuade him.

  • That's quite absurd.

  • That's the most absurd idea I've ever heard.

  • What an absurd idea!

  • It is neither more nor less than absurd.

  • It is absurd to idle away the student life.

  • It's absurd never to admit your mistakes.

  • You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.

Wi­der­sin­nig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: widersinnig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: widersinnig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11143757, 11045354, 11008291, 9949657, 6321874, 5231061, 5078618, 3826975, 2111822, 673291, 324795, 307872, 42263, 42030, 36051, 35484, 21342, 20866 & 2336. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR