Was heißt »wit­tern« auf Englisch?

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

  • smell
  • scent

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Letzte Nacht hat es gewittert.

There was thunder and lightning last night.

There was a thunderstorm last night.

Tom witterte Gefahr und war plötzlich besorgt.

Tom sensed danger and was suddenly worried.

Tiere können Angst wittern.

Animals can sense fear.

Pferde können Angst wittern.

Horses can sense fear.

Die Katze scheint eine Ratte zu wittern.

Seems like the cat had gotten wind of a rat.

The cat seems to have got wind of a rat.

The cat seems to have caught the scent of a rat.

Haie können selbst kleinste Mengen Blutes im Wasser wittern.

Sharks can smell even a tiny amount of blood in water.

Ich wittere da eine versteckte Absicht.

I smell a hidden agenda.

Synonyme

ah­nen:
guess
raden
suspect
vermoeden
er­ah­nen:
guess
surmise
er­war­ten:
abide
await
expect
fleh­men:
flehm
flehmen
mer­ken:
notice
realize
schnüf­feln:
sniff
snuffle
schwa­nen:
dread
spü­ren:
feel
sense
vo­r­aus­se­hen:
anticipate
foresee
vor­her­se­hen:
anticipate
foresee
win­den:
wind

Englische Beispielsätze

  • But, soft! Methinks I scent the morning air; brief let me be.

  • That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

  • They smell bad.

  • Do you smell that?

  • She likes the smell of pine trees.

  • I hate it when my clothes smell of smoke.

  • That flower has a strong smell.

  • I can smell the ocean.

  • I like the smell of fresh bread.

  • Do you smell something?

  • I love the smell of pancakes in the morning.

  • I love the smell of coffee in the morning.

  • What's that smell?

  • We see with our eyes, we hear with our ears, we touch with our skin, we smell with our nose, and we taste with our tongue.

  • You smell good.

  • You smell so nice.

  • I can't smell anything.

  • This fruit has an unpleasant smell.

  • This flower has a strong scent, can you smell it?

  • Tom lost his sense of smell.

Wit­tern übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: wittern. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: wittern. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Satzbeispiele] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 1234395, 2754234, 4913651, 5208943, 6785111, 10493328, 11836599, 1649574, 1650051, 1657644, 1680469, 1488215, 1476747, 1454188, 1792439, 1802699, 1841727, 1875790, 1875797, 1886688, 1338419, 1895657, 1314675, 1954881, 1192402, 1153441 & 1093243. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR