Was heißt »wil­lig« auf Englisch?

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

  • willing

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Der Geist ist willig, aber das Fleisch ist schwach.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Frauen unterwerfen sich willig der Mode, denn sie wissen, dass man die Verpackung ändern muss, wenn der Inhalt interessant bleiben soll.

Women are willing to submit to fashion, because they know that the packaging has to change if the content is to remain interesting.

Tom ist willig.

Tom is willing.

Synonyme

er­ge­ben:
result
yield
folg­sam:
compliant
docile
obedient
ge­hor­sam:
dutiful
obedient

Antonyme

un­wil­lig:
angry
reluctant
unwilling
wi­der­wil­lig:
grudging
loth
reluctant
unwilling

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Tom said that he was willing to help us out.

  • Tom said that he'd be willing to do that.

  • Tom says he's willing to help.

  • Tom said he was willing to pay up to $300.

  • Tom and Mary say they're willing to do that for us.

  • Tom and Mary say John is willing to do that for them.

  • I hope Tom and Mary are willing to do that with me.

  • Tom and Mary said they'd be willing to do that for John.

  • I'd be willing to do almost anything Tom and Mary ask me to do.

  • Perhaps the only ones here who're willing to do that are Tom and Mary.

  • Tom and Mary aren't willing to do that unless John helps them.

  • Tom and Mary are almost never willing to do anything we ask them to do.

  • Tom and Mary are willing to do that, but John said they didn't need to.

  • Tom and Mary don't think John would be willing to lend them his guitar.

  • Tom and Mary said nobody else was willing to help them.

  • Tom and Mary said no one else was willing to help them.

  • I wonder if Tom would be willing to help me with my homework.

  • Tom said that Mary would likely be willing to help us.

  • Mary said she was willing to help us do that.

  • Mary said she'd be willing to do that for us.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

ei­gen­wil­lig:
headstrong
idiosyncratic
frei­wil­lig:
optionally
unsolicited
voluntarily
voluntary
lern­wil­lig:
willing to learn
mut­wil­lig:
careless
irresponsible
thoughtless

Wil­lig übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: willig. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: willig. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1272, 6214768, 6615292, 6651488, 6650952, 6647715, 6708236, 6507257, 6505073, 6504343, 6501021, 6500063, 6499344, 6496606, 6493601, 6493592, 6493572, 6490696, 6490695, 6887229, 6431749, 6416199 & 6416178. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR